Turnip & Tartan, 12 October 2025

Scotland’s Spookiest Turnip28 Event

Author: a_terrible_lizard

Editor: shewhopaints

On 12 October 2025, Kirkcaldy Gaming Society (KGS) held the second Turnip & Tartan (you can have a look at the first one here). Turnip & Tartan is a Turnip28 gaming and hobby event.

Turnip28 is a tabletop game, a post-apocalyptic root-vegetable based Napoleonic setting and a ruleset developed by Max Fitzgerald (https://www.patreon.com/Turnip28).

Similarly to the first one, this Turnip & Tartan event was organised by a mix of volunteers and KGS committee and subcommittee members (myself, Claire, Duncan and Maarten). Additionally, we received the help of the Neeps of Scotland (Bethany, Stuart, Steven, and Jack), the Scottish Turnip28 Discord server that I am also part of.

On the day, the doors opened at midday, and the 12 event attendees were registered at the check-in table, where they received their scoring sheets and an objective marker sculpted and painted by Bethany.

After the event introduction, each participant was given a mysterious letter.

Upon opening the letter, they discovered which one of the three factions they would fight for during the event:

·       The Truth Bearers - worshippers of The Leek of the Lang Toun and defenders of the true faith.

·       The Gallant Gardeners - a mix of peat-sodden peasants and rebellious clodhoppers led by the infamous Lord Alan T’Marsh, an eccentric aristocrat turned war-ticulturist.

·       The Society - led by Lady Chiaki (half-transformed into a crab), they wait in the shadows for the right time to strike, surprise The Leek's fervent worshipers and run them out of Kirkcaldy for good.

Each faction was then given the chance to hold a War Council to discuss strategies, tell each other jokes, exchange snacks and draw their banner.

Following the War Council, participants were assigned to a table together with another person from their faction to play two 2v2 games. All the tables were soon covered in an unbelievable variety of wretched regiments and horrifying miniatures.

In particular, as the event was Halloween themed, Claire provided some spooky terrain she has made with many different materials, including cardboard, coffee sticks, hot glue and colourful LEDs. This was combined with the objective markers sculpted by Bethany with putty (carved turnips with a light inside). The result was incredible.

As for the absolutely amazing models that the players brought to the event, please have a look at the photos below to see weird regiments full of witches, crabs, farmers, and (of course) all sorts of veggies.

The results of the organised games were as follows:

1^st Place – The Truth Bearers

2^nd Place – The Society

3^rd Place – The Gallant Gardeners

For the hobby competition, participants could submit a single entry for each of the following three categories (named by Claire as per tradition):

·       Mouldy Marshes and Gibbets (piece of terrain) - the most wretched battlefield - bogs, graveyards, toppled kirks, rotting fences, haunted wynds.

·       The Rotten Root (single miniature) - the most lone, ghastly figure - a shambling officer, a root-infested scarecrow, or a spectral villager cursed by turnip spirits.

·       The Festered Host (multi-model unit) - the best mob of horrors – ragged regiments, witch-led warbands, or a whole Halloween horde bound together in mud and misery.

All submissions were displayed so that participants could examine them and vote to determine a winner for each category. Bethany, Steven and Scott won with their superbly crafted pieces.

Before I wrap up this blog, I want to thank all the people who helped with the event. This includes KGS, all the volunteers, the Neeps of Scotland and all the participants.

A special thanks to:

·       Claire, for supporting me with the comms, the logistics and providing the super cool terrain.

·       Duncan, for helping me with the logistics and maths.

·       Bethany, for helping me write the handbook, and for testing the scenarios and crafting those wonderful objective markers.

·       Maarten, for sharing all his knowledge on events and helping me put together the physical handbooks.

·       Stuart, for testing the scenarios and providing cheat sheets for everyone

·       Steven and Jack, for helping me write the handbook and keeping me sane most of the time.