Black Orc Down and friends bring marketplace alive at Home Nations

Save on postage, pick up what you need in person

The Home Nations is just two short days away and no doubt coaches who are set to attend will be buzzing for the weekend ahead. And so they should be with three-hundred and twenty coaches from fourteen different nations due to compete in Loughborough this weekend.

With so many coaches from far and wide it’s a great opportunity to bring together some of the vendors who bring our game alive, none more so than The Home Nations main sponsor - Black Orc Down.

Black Orc Down over the last few years have supported The Home Nations to grow, and have been a vital support whilst providing some great dice and tournament gifts. The question is will it be Scotland or England’s turn to have their tournament dice this year?... You’ll have to wait and find out on Saturday morning!

Black Orc Down serving the early birds at last year's Home Nations!

A Marketplace of shiny toys!

The Home Nations is delighted to host a market place with five great vendor partners, details of which below.

Black Orc Down

Black Orc Down are our proud event sponsor and partner. Known for producing the best dice in the business amongst other things. They have also recently released their new range in Git Coin. Stop by and say hello to Chris and salve your bribing needs with some flash Git Coin. 

Git Coin, for all your bribing needs from Home Nations Sponsor - Black Orc Down

If you’ve got friends that are jealous of your Home Nations swag then they might just be sending you along with a shopping list. This year’s Home Nations’ dice and tournament gift will be available to buy on the stand and online after the tournament - save on the postage!

Having produced the tournament dice for the last two Home Nations the question everyone asking is it Scotland or England that Black Orc Down will be putting in the van?

Charlie Victor

You’re either a loom band coach or you’re a Charlie Victor skill band coach! Duncan will be there with an extensive range of Skill Bands and other shiny things. CV also has a kickstarter set to launch in a few days - stop by find out the details!

Who'd be caught dead in a loom band when Charlie Victor can make your players look so snazzy!

Cowan Design

Cowan Design, run by Mark, is the producer of our lovely trophies that winners will get to take home. All the way from Scotland, take the chance to pick up some of the nicely crafted Dice Jails for all those errant ones!

Last year's trophies to keep crafted by Cowan Designs including Dice Jails for the Wooden Spoon!

If you’re a TO, I can highly recommend chatting to him about the trophies he makes.

Coaches note Cowan Design will also be running their Block Dice challenge - how lucky are your dice?

Hearth Forge Games

Will be pootling up from Cornwall, and they have some great stuff. Whether it’s one of their very cool pitches, or one of their creative side games adjacent to Blood Bowl there’s always something being invented by Hearth Forge Games that’s worth having a tinker with. Whether its Stunty Toss or Blood Brawl - I’m sure you’ll be able to enjoy a mini-game in between rounds!

The Coach's Playbook - Hearth Forge's latest creation, two of which will be given as prizes to the MVPs of the Open and the Bowl!

Greasy Miniatures

Greasy Miniatures are a new edition to the Home Nations market place and they bring something completely different to the party. Printed teams from a range of quality creators such as Ugni, Realms of Path, Brutefun and others. Some of you who are lucky enough to win prizes could find yourself spoiled with a Greasy Miniature team this weekend. Stop in, say hello and make them feel welcome to The Home Nations

Greasy Miniatures - first time at Home Nations with an array of great teams for your next project!

Stop in on the marketplace, support the creators who support our community!

Proud Sponsors of the Home Nations