Adam's arranged a MESBG day today (Sunday 7th) so the club will be open. If you haven't booked already, feel free to turn up and join in the spectacle of Middle Earth heroes and villains as they battle it out.
Tables are likely to be available for other games.
On Sunday the 6th of July SWS hosted a Warhammer 40K 3rd Edition Games Day!
All participants enjoyed a fun day of gaming, with lots of comical moments and laughter. We even had Cupcakes and Pizza too!
In the Eldar vs White Scars Game we had tanks and Marine bikes manoeuvring for their advantage.. whilst a Heroic / idiotic charge was performed by an eldar storm squad!!
We also had an Eldar vs Tyranid brutal game with eldar running from tyranid horrors at all times whilst desperately pouring everything is stop the Hive Tyrant on its rampage!
Meanwhile Imperial Guard took on a force of Battle Sisters… and to the surprise of all the Guard won in close combats too!
Orks unsurprisingly also made an appearance causing carnage with Kila-Kans, whilst Gretchin formed a bridge in a water feature for Boyz to safely cross!
SWS are looking to do another 3rd edition Games day in August, so stay tuned and if you are interested in coming along make it known to us on our Facebook pages!
On Saturday the 12th of April we hosted a Middle Earth Battle Strategy Game tournament at the SWS club house. We had 10 fantastic players battle it out through three randomly selected scenarios: Destroy the Supplies, Fog of War, and Reconnoitre.
We were lucky to have 10 unique armies (the 500-point MESBG meta is currently overwhelmed by Eagles) and 10 fantastic players who gave their all with victories, defeats, draws, and lots of fun!
The winner was new club member and first-time tournament player Jake with his Lurtz’s Scouts list! And runner up was another new member, and I believe first time tournament player Ian with his Eagles! Two new members, smashing it on their first tournament. If you would like to see the blow by blow scoring you can find it on Longshanks here: https://www.longshanks.org/event/22817/
Our next Tournament is July 27th with the event TBC – watch this space – but the theme will be Dragon Sickness and the points will be 700. Hopefully we will have the new scenarios by then too!
If you are interested in playing some MESBG feel free to shoot me a message or post on the group. We have an avid and growing MESBG community at SWS and you are bound to find a fun game with good people who are more than happy to take you through the rules! The tournaments we run are casual but give you a flavour of what the ranked tournaments feel like. We also have a club team for the Great British Hobbit League, who knows where we will get to next!
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29TH March 2025 saw a small unit of SWS members stand shoulder to shoulder with other wargames societies and business to support the Get in the Game event held at RAF Cosford. Organised by “Company of Makers” this event showcased a number of different game settings and formats on display with loads of involvement for those that attended. Primarily aimed at Veterans and those currently serving within the Armed forces, there were also a host of various ages and backgrounds visiting the event. This is the 2nd event that has been done by the company, the first being held at the Army Flying museum last year and hopefully more to come.
SWS had the pleasure of running two tables at the event. One being based on the Check your 6 Jet Age along with a more historical setting of a Castle Siege. With veterans scattered through our ranks at SWS as well as serving members it was a fulfilling day for all those involved, with a few people expressing interest in joining our society which is always a positive!
It was a day of Johns with two visually impactful games showing the other clubs how it should be done.
John Geary and John Turner played a participation game of Aliens! which had loads of elements that were 3D printed by Mr Geary. The Dropship dominated the scene but not the game, as there was plenty of action going on all over the beautiful play area where show attendees could take on any of the characters. I'm not sure how they managed to play the game as there were so many people coming along to talk about it. It was a very popular item in our SWS display.
John Sheldon's stunning z-shaped game of an early Greek battle was majestic. No buildings or fancy equipment here, just the hordes of beautifully-painted figures and the SWS scenery boards arranged so that units needed to engage in specific ways. As the battle raged, the show judges paid a couple of visits and we were rewarded with Best Display Game for the third year running.
Huge thanks to those who turned up to assist on the day. When I arrived in the afternoon it was clear that many people had been busy, and I chatted with Tim, Tom, Chris K., Johns Sheldon, Turner and Geary, Ian Tanner. It was a quiet show with not much footfall, mostly due to it being Mothering Sunday. Clearly not many mothers wanted a day out at a wargame show. Their loss.
Plans are already in place for next year's offering. If you've not been to a wargame show we would love to have you supporting our prestigious display at Alumwell next year. It's a great show with many traders selling their wares, plenty of grognard wargamers to talk to and lots of games and systems being played.
Please feel free to log in and leave a comment with your perspective of the day and possibly a promise to assist next year - it would be great to have you involved.
