Greetings! It's been a while since our last post here, so let's start with the good news: the club is in good health and we are still loving our Old School. This year, Brothers of Fire has already been represented in California, Darmstadt, and Gothenburg - with a big trip to Boston for the World … Continue reading Event Report: The Open IV, 9th August 2025 →

Following the sad closure of Rule Zero, we returned to our traditional home of the Rose and Crown in Walthamstow, but in a new area of the pub. 20 players assembled for five rounds of Swiss pairings, playing Swedish Old School. This time we added a special twist with a partial unrestriction of Strip Mine, … Continue reading Tournament Organiser’s Report – COPcon XXI – 16th November 2024 →

Saturday 29th June, London. The third annual (inaugural) The Open - the UK’s pre-eminent Old School championship.  18 players gathered to play, using Swedish rules with UK reprint policy. In amongst the hardened veterans we welcomed a number of newer faces. Once again, The Open had an international flavour. We were joined by Mitja from … Continue reading Tournament Organiser’s Report – The Open III (June 29, 2024) →

April 20th was a special day, the twentieth-ever COPcon. Our regular club gathering since way back in the mists of time, we felt proud of making it to 20 editions and celebrated accordingly. For this COPcon we decided to adopt the X-point ruleset, which attracted many new faces and gave the established players a bit … Continue reading Tournament Mini-Report – COPcon XX, by Brother Jonas →

2023 saw a change to the usual proceedings in Gothenburg, with new organisers holding the fort this year. And holding the event IN a fort. So the event was n00bfest, rather than n00bcon, and no Giant Shark was up for grabs for the winner. But any fears we might have had that the event would … Continue reading Event Report – n00bfest 2023, by Brother Jonas →