Horus Heresy Weekender - What we know so far

On Wednesday, Black Library and Forge World jointly announced the Horus Heresy Weekender, heres a sumary of all the infomation released so far (which isn't that much):

Horus Heresy Weekender

 

Dates: 18-19/05/13
Location: Nottingham Belfry Hotel, Nottingham, UK
Price: £70
Doors open 9am, event starts 10am

What is it?
Two days of Horus Heresy stuff, Black Library and Forge World in attendance

Things to Do

• Authour and artist signings
• painting tips, workshops & demonstrations  from Forge World
• Horus Heresy staff game Between authours Aaron Dembski-Bowden and John French, appparently
• Forge World Displays inc Istvaan III board from UK Games Day 2012
• Seminars from the sculptors, artists and writers involved with the Horus Heresy
• Gaming
• quote: "unmissable evening entertainment"

Things to Buy

• Limited edition event exclusive hardback Horus Heresy Anthology with six short stories
• Event Exclusive Audio Drama
• Event T-shirt(s)
• "Unique" Art Prints
• Exclusive Models (no mention of what yet)

Ticket also mentions a "goody bag" in exchange for your ticket stub, no idea what it will include though. They did one for the Black Library Weekender 2012 which had a "I am Alpharius" t-shirt in it (I think)


Guest List
Black Library:
Graham McNeill
Dan Abnett
John French
Aaron Dembski-Bowden
Gav Thorpe
Neil Roberts
James Swallow
Nick Kyme

Forge World:
Alan Bligh
Phil Stutcinskas
Mark Bedford
Simon Egan

Also mentioned but not on the Guest List:
Rhys Pugh 


Here is some info about the short story anthology, courtesy of Graeme Lyon, Black Library Editor:

What’s that? You want me to tell you about the stories? Hmm, well… okay, if you promise not to tell anyone. My esteemed colleague Laurie Goulding has been feverishly gathering tales from authors such as Graham McNeill, Aaron Dembski-Bowden, Rob Sanders, Gav Thorpe and John French.

As for what the stories cover… Well, I have to be cryptic. Actually, that’s a fib. I don’t have to be, I just want to. So…

· Someone who returned from the dead has an encounter with an old friend who seems to have done the same.

· Fans of the Horus Heresy card game (or of the Collected Visions book) will recognise the titles of two of the stories.

· John French continues the exploration of Horus that he started in Warmaster.

· Two lots of Angels return, but their primarchs don’t. Yet. (As an aside, just what are the Lion and Sanguinius up to? Maybe we’ll find out soon…)

· We might well see more of the many-headed serpent, the servants of a different serpent altogether and perhaps even a certain sunless world.

I have a feeling that the Limited edition Horus Heresy short story anthology will be a highly sought after item, might even make back the cost of the event, who knows.

And that's about it. Black library say that ~25% of tickets had sold, they also say that tickets are extremely limited, although this is standard sales stuff. I'm almost tempted to get a ticket, but without any hint of a schedule I'm not sure if its going to be worth it, plus I don't really want to have to book a room somewhere. The Nottingham Belfry where it is being held has rooms for £116, £24 more than the weekends on either side, go hog wild if you want.