Category: Open Day 2025

Welcome to another Wednesday blog post, for this week we are looking back at the games from our recent Open Day.

We start with Stephen’s Barons War game. The table looked great, lots of terrain almost exclusively scratchbuilt by Stephen. With lots of normal life trappings to give it a lived in feel.

Stephen managed a couple of games on the day, the second resulting in a major fight in the middle of the field the claim the trebuchet.

We move onto Mark J and his big Vietnam game. Mark now owns an impressive collection of jungle terrain to say nothing of the miniatures and vehicles assembled and painted.

I’m not sure how far the American armour made it across the table. The game had a settlement complete with villagers, animals and rice fields to set the scene.

Next up and we had a lord of the Rings battle put on by Tony F and Phil. I participated in this battle by helping Phil’s orc forces streaming out of Moria. Well I say helping, Phil gave me a troll to play with but I managed to get it killed in its first battle with Tony’s dwarves.

But a lack of dwarven reinforcements allowed the orcs to push on, but they failed to kill the dwarf king in order to secure victory.

Something different now with David and Chris putting on a game involving Technicals, or improvised vehicles for those not in the know. These were converted from matchbox cars and miniature crews added.

The game involved a dozen vehicles at a time and as you can see was somewhat explosive. It’s always nice to see these different types of games at the society, and a good addition for the Open Day.

Our last game at the Open Day was another outing for Marcus and his award winning labyrinth style pulp adventure game. Featuring dozens of 3D dungeon tiles.

Marcus added a couple of tower tiles this time round and played the game as a dungeon fantasy game this time. It was good to see the tiles used for another game, and I believe they are getting another revamp later this year.

We hope you enjoyed seeing the games that were put on. We’d also like to thank those wargamers (or would be wargamers) that came to our open day to see what we get up to at the society.

If you are interested in coming along to the Maidstone Wargames Society all our details can be found on our about us page.

As we get closer to our open day let’s have a look at some of the games being put on.

Mark J is putting on a large Vietnam game, complete with tanks, helicopters and a whole host of miniatures. Mark has been putting on a number of Vietnam games at the society, this game will be a good example of that. If it’s a period you’ve been thinking of getting then the open day will be a good chance to see a game in action.

Next up Marcus has repurposed his award winning 3D Labyrinth game into a Frostgrave / Fantasy Adventure game. If you fancy a treasure hunt this will be a good game, Marcus’ set up is a huge selection of 3D dungeon tiles. There will be adventurers and monsters galore.

Next up and we have a Lord of the Rings games being put on by Tony F and Phil, who have an extensive range of miniatures. This time round we are promised the battle of Azanulbizar. So it will be a clash between Dwarves and Orcs/Goblins, with no doubt the odd troll or two. If big fantasy battles are your thing, they often appear at the society as either Lord of the Rings or Dragon Rampant. Or any other fantasy rules we feel like giving a try.

And the last game we are show casing is Stephen’s Medieval Barons War game. Stephen has an impressive collection of scratchbuilt terrain for the period so expect an almost model village feel to his game with plenty of armoured  knights running amok.

We have two other games members are still putting together and will post details nearer the time.

Details of how to find us on the day are on out About us page. The open day runs from 11am to 4pm and is a good day to introduce yourself to the society, re-ignite your passion for miniature wargaming or to find out what it’s all about and if it’s the hobby for you.

Our Open Day will be on the 28th June this year. We’re open to the public from 11am – 4pm on the day.

This is a great day to come and see the society in action and throw some dice in one of the various games we will have on the day and chat to the membership about the hobby and the club.

This year we have an eclectic selection of games on offer, which might just be the incentive you need to either get back into the hobby or to find a new home for your own armies and games.

Name	Scale	Period
Vietnam	28mm	Vietnam
Technicals	15mm	Modern/Alternative History
Battle of Azanulbizar	28mm	Lord of the Rings
Second Barons War	28mm	Medieval
Catacombs	28mm	Labyrinth/Frostgrave
Spearhead	6mm	World War 2

Pictures and more details of the games will be appearing on our blog as we approach the day.

Details of where the club meets and location of the Open Day can be found here:
https://www.brigademodels.co.uk/mws/directions.html