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 The October Wargames Association meets weekly to play many different games including:

Board Games – Settlers of Catan, Civilisation, Carcasonne and others

 

Wargames- Warhammer, Pirates of the Spanish Main, D+D Minis, Star Wars Minis, Many Historical Periods and rules :

POW, DBM, DBA, WRG, many skirmish games : western gunfights, Napoleonic you name it and we will try it!

 

Roleplaying games. D+D, Traveller, HARP, C+S, Judge Dredd and others.

 

When and Where do we meet?

October Wargames Association

We meet every Tuesday night 6.00 to 11.00 pm

Ladywood Social Club, Ladywood Middleway, Ladywood, Birmingham.

Ladywood Social Club
Ladywood Middleway
Birmingham West Midlands B16 8SY
Tel: (0121 454 2805)

More details on the club available here

We welcome new members- Just turn up and we will get you a game.

Contact us:

www.itstime4games.com

club website

Call 0121 373 8522 – Richard  or email r.denning@btinternet.com


 

Some recent Participation Games:

Bob’s Western Gun Fight. For pics follow this link.

Circus Maximus 28mm Chariots

WW2 Big Figures Skirmish game (54mm)

D and D Miniatures

PICTURES OF OUR PARTICIPATION GAMES AT CLUB ARE HERE

Field Trips

We have organised trips to several battlefields. In 2004 we went to Arnhem. (pics to follow)

We plan future trips to WW1 battlefields. (Probably in 2006)

above: Bovington Tank Museum Dorset in 2001).                     Above: Pegasus Bridge in 2002

Wargames Competitions some of us enter are:

*      Roll Call  in June

*      UK Nationals at Loughborough in August

*      The Worlds at Derby in October

*      Warfare at Reading in November

Shows you might see our games at:

We also put on demo or participation games at some of these shows plus Alumwell in March, Sheffield Triples in April,  Midland Militaire in June, Wargamer  in September , Warfare in November and Sandwell in December have been attended on occasion.

Sheffield Triples in particular is the occasions of big scale Napoleonic wargame. See my site on Napoleonic Principles of War .

Plans for games at shows:

We plan the following games this year (2005)

Wargamer – old Sutton Show now moved to Great Barr(probably Early march)

Big colonial 28mm battle using the Afriboria rules

NEXT YEAR (2005)

Allumwell

To be decided

 

Triples at Sheffield

Operation Overlord. IN 10mm scale on a table 16feet long ALL of Normandy at 1 unit= a company scale.

If you fancy joining us for a game let me know.

Any queries please contact me.

 

 

Below are pictures of some of our group.

Elephant Hunt in Darkest Africa                                                   Pirates (Reading in 2001)                                                    Leipzig Game at Tripples

Ligny in 2000