Hey there, Scrivo here!
Right off the back of the 1st of our RTT Series and I figured it would be a great topic for a little article.
The Series started very much as a way to get the wider 6++ team to have a focal point for a social, with the remaining spots for friends and frienemies. As with all things this evolved into its own beast: collecting locals, viewers of the YouTube and many names from across the Competitive scene.
It became a testing ground and a shark tank, but without losing the one thing I fight for our events to be: Fun!
I figured I’d go through the process on what we did to help foster that culture and keep the vibes on point.
Doing it for the Vibes
As a team and a content channel we have some very clear principles. We are competitive but not at the cost of our enjoyment and sportsmanship. Putting the tone in how we presented the events was important and hope conveyed this.
Scoring points across the hobby
We went with WTC differential scoring for Game Results, giving people up to 60 points to score. This meant the two other pillars needed to be represented with similar scores. This meant Sporting needed to be measured out of 20 per game. Putting weight into all 3 pillars means that in theory if you attend all 4 events, bring your best painting, play in the most sporting way AND have good games (scoring close fought losses still scores you those differential points).
The Social element
When we first did the events in 2025 as Our Invitational Series, the goal was gaming and a lovely time afterward to decompress and enjoy the company of the other attendees. This worked really well with most of the attendees attending the meal.
A venue to be proud to host in
Finding a venue worthy of hosting an event is key too. Cold sports halls with folding tables are fine and get events out there, but we definitely wanted to give the events a little bit more of a feel of premium. So we collabed with Dark Fire Cafe in St Albans. They have 11 standing height tables with sideboards and shelving underneath for spare models, a drink and even your lunch! They have a full cafe downstairs producing some nice hot drinks and a well-stocked fridge full of local beers (Mad Squirrel Brewery from just down the road) and soft drinks.
Goody Bags!
We all love swag! Every event I’ve run (6++ or otherwise) has had commorative dice, trinkets and swag in a little goody bag. I’m always keen for the prize support to not be floating to the top of the results (or bottom for the Wooden Spoon), so i’d rather have less spent on the main prizes but give everyone a thing to remember the event from. For last years Invitationals we had 3″ measures with the events name on. Seeing them far and wide in use makes it feel like they were the right decision.
Golden Ticket? The Pressure!?
This year we found ourselves with the lovely weird position that the application for Golden Tickets for the World Championships of Warhammer was successful for the series. My first concern was that the event would attract some slightly more intense players who wanted the tickets. The first event was entirely not this! We have always attracted some very competitive and skilled players so the field was already rather stacked.
ut this time we found ourselves with multiple WTC national players competing on the tabletop AND sports votes. The myth of top tier players being unpleasant tryhards is slowly being undone by the amazing results from these players.
The results from each event feeds into a spreadsheet I have for stacking peoples 3 scores so that by the end of event 3 we have a Best Overall and Most Sporting to offer the Golden Tickets to. This puts merit on being a fantastic hobbyist, sport and gamesmanship.
Go bigger? Size isnt everything
The events comfortably sell through at 22 players, but should they be bigger? Potentially. The danger is if the events grow too large you lose that social element that has made them special previously. Sometimes keeping them comfy and not too frequent helps keep the events quality up and makes them feel worth attending (I hope!).
Hopefully this blog has been useful as a guide on taking your own first steps into Event Organising, if you have any questions feel free to contact us!