Dice & Bolter is a Wargaming club set within the beautiful South Lakes in Cumbria. It was setup to provide a fun safe tabletop gaming space for anyone that wants to get involved. We have people playing wargames such as Warhammer 40k, RPG sessions and a regular board game table going on.
The club is held on a Thursdays and Sundays at Levens Village Hall (LA8 8NL) 6om until 10pm and there is a charge of £4 per person each club night they take part in. Any monies we earn are put back into the club for the village hall rental, terrain, mats or any other costs that the club incurs. We are also on Best Coast Pairings if your a tournament gamer under Dice and Bolter Tabletop Gaming Club.
Club Committee
The members of the club committee are invested in making this gaming club run to a high standard, to be fair to all and to give everyone the chance to game, learn and enjoy themselves. Please always feel happy to chat to any of them with issues or questions.
Paul started at a young age with Airfix WW2 airplanes, lovingly (badly) built and painted, hanging from his bedroom ceiling, during his teens he became an avid reader of White Dwarf, eventually in the year 2000 he decided to give Warhammer 40k a go. After a few years and life, Paul stepped away away from the hobby.
A few years later he got back into tabletop gaming with Warhammer fantasy, falling in to a beautiful long lasting love for the Tomb Kings. That’s was until several years later when GW did away with them. Swapping back to 40k Paul has recently been using the space tomb kings……sorry Necrons. Also dabbling in Necromunda, Bloodbowl, Kill Team and RPGs.
Mike is the clubs veteran Dungeon Master, weaving fanciful tales of adventure across countless different role playing games since D&D 2nd edition. Picking up White Dwarf #63 back in 1985 changed him forever, leading to a lifetime love of painting, wargaming and board games too.
Frequently finishes last in tournaments but often wins ‘best painted’. If it can take primer, he will paint it. Current painting backlog extends greater than theoretical human lifespan.
He adores shiny new things and is usually the first person to bring a new game that nobody has heard of. Always passionate about sharing new hobby experiences with others. His current fads are D&D5e, Alien RPG, Call of Cthulhu, Frostgrave, Cyberpunk RED and anything Zombie. But that could change. Daily.
Mike rejects all nerd stereotyping by sporting a beard, working for a tech company and podcasting about comic books. Oh wait…
Richard started gaming in 1986 when he started playing D&D in his first year of secondary school. Over the years he has played a lot of warhammer and bloodbowl and dipped his toes in many games systems.
Currently he remains a very keen bloodbowl coach and avid RPG fan both as a player and DM. He is really enjoying guiding friends through the classic Enemy Within campaign.
Still happy to teach people what he is playing and try out new games mainly at skirmish level these days.
Matt started rolling dice, playing games and (badly) painting models at secondary school, bloodbowl was the first game he got into followed quickly by Warhammer 40’000 and Warhammer Quest.
He drifted away from the hobby when he went to uni, moving instead to more outdoor sports, drinking and occasionally studying!
A chance encounter reignited the passion for playing with toy soldiers with Warhammer becoming the main game. Warhammer 40’000, Bloodbowl, Necromunda and Malifaux etc also formed part of his gaming, any excuse to roll dice!
Life eventually got in the way and gaming stopped yet again, to be replaced with animals, animals and more animals!
Having got back into gaming again recently he’s discovered the joys of RPGs which he’s jumped into with both feet. Moving away from the larger games he now also prefers the smaller ones, mainly because it means less models to paint which fits better into his very busy life!
After his girlfriend (now wife) innocently gifted him a box of Tyranids and some paints for valentine’s day some seven years ago, Luke has made a reputation for himself as the clubs resident Tyranid player with the swarm up to over 8k points painted. Currently undefeated throughout 40K ninth edition at the club, and the current league champion, it is safe to say he enjoys a game or two of Warhammer 40k – and is fairly good at it!
Luke enjoys painting models and playing a range of different game systems including Warhammer 40k, kill team and Burrows and Badgers, as well as being a keen but fairly new RPG player.
Rob’s love for wargaming was born from a young age after he was bought the mines of Moria box set one Christmas after watching the Lord of the rings every morning before school. Since then he has grown an extensive collection of Lord of the rings armies to recreate all the best scenes from the trilogy, adding in a couple of hobbit armies too!
Picking up D&D as he entered college he was eventually pushed into the role of forever DM, running several games a week with people all round the globe. Having joined the club several years ago, Rob now enjoys growing the middle earth community at the club, finally getting to be a player in a D&D campaign (as well as DMing another!) along with enjoying a new found use out of his Imperial Guard army, once again rolling across the battlefield.
Matt started gaming when lead figures were made of actual lead, Rogue Trader was a new thing and Necromunda cardboard terrain was a revelation!
After a long stint away from the hobby to indulge in extreme sports, travel and other things, he eventually calmed down and can now be found at the Club playing a mix of 40k, Kill Team and Necromunda.
Matt is a die hard fan of all things Eldar, from Aeldari to Harlequins and Drukhari, but also currently runs a mean Space Marine Raven Guard list and a tough bunch of Escher gangers stalking the Underhive.
A real fan of narrative gaming, Matt likes nothing more than a campaign full of plots and intrigue to grow and develop his army and there are plenty of opportunities for that at the club!
Previous committee members can be found here.
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