{"id":6889,"date":"2022-10-02T14:14:53","date_gmt":"2022-10-02T13:14:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/?page_id=6889"},"modified":"2023-12-27T23:29:54","modified_gmt":"2023-12-27T23:29:54","slug":"diary-2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/diary-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Diary 2023"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fcbkbttn_buttons_block\" id=\"fcbkbttn_left\"><div class=\"fcbkbttn_like \"><fb:like href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/diary-2023\/\" action=\"like\" colorscheme=\"light\" layout=\"standard\"  width=\"450px\" size=\"small\"><\/fb:like><\/div><\/div><p>Below is a list of the planned games for meetings in 2023. If it does not show otherwise, all games are open to join for all those turning up and figures, terrain and rules are provided by those running the game. Please contact the person indicated to make sure that they have spare slots if you&#8217;re really keen on joining a particular event.<\/p>\n<p>There are some notes on booking games, including the number of tables available,\u00a0 which can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/diary-booking-notes\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Wargames Shows that the Society usually attends (Cavalier, Salute and Broadside) have been included for information. Two of these (Salute and Broadside) fall on Society Meeting days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Old diary pages (2022 and earlier) can be accessed <a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/diary-archive\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/\">Return to MWS home page<\/a><\/p>\n<h6>January 14th<\/h6>\n<p style=\"margin: 0cm;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #993366;\">Society AGM, 11:00<\/span><\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #99cc00;\">Curry Night<\/span><\/p>\n<p>PAUL L &#8211; 3mm Ancients refight of Alexander v Darius (3 tables, 6 players)<br \/>\n<del>STEPHEN &#8211; The Warp Sextant &#8211; A Stargrave adventure (3 tables &#8211; 3 players, all spaces taken)<\/del> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Rescheduled to March 11th.<\/span><br \/>\nANDY &#8211; Stargrave Scenario (3 tables, all spaces taken)<br \/>\nJEREMEY\/TONY F &#8211; 28mm Celtos (3 tables, all spaces taken)<br \/>\nALAN K &#8211; 28mm Wild West &#8211; Fistful of Lead: Reloaded (3 tables, 4-6 players, all spaces taken)<br \/>\nJOHN L &#8211; Zona Alfa or Border Reivers (3 tables, 3 players, all places taken)<\/p>\n<h6>January 28th<\/h6>\n<p>JOHN Le &#8211; 15mm Napoleonics, General d\u2019Armee (4 tables, all spaces taken)<br \/>\nMARK J &#8211; Dungeons &amp; Dragons. (3 tables, all places taken)<br \/>\nJEREMEY\/STEPHEN \u2013 Sword &amp; Spear (15mm) \u2013 Wars of the Roses (2 tables, 4 players, all places taken)<br \/>\nALAN K &#8211; 15mm War of Spanish Succession, G\u00e5 P\u00e5 rules (3 tables 2\/3 players, all places taken)<br \/>\nJOHN La &#8211; 28mm Border Reivers (3 tables, 2 players, places available)<\/p>\n<h6>February 11th<\/h6>\n<p>PETE S &#8211; 10mm Vietnam &#8220;Charlie Don&#8217;t Surf&#8221;(2FL) rules. (3 tables, 6 players, all spaces taken).<br \/>\nMARK H &#8211; 1\/3000 WW1 Russian-German Naval action in the Baltic (Mark&#8217;s computerised rules). (5 60&#215;30 tables, 2 card tables, 3 players, all taken)<br \/>\nPAUL &#8211; FOG Ancients. Scale TBC (3 tables, 6 spaces, 2 available).<br \/>\nDAVE B &#8211; General D&#8217;Armee, (2 tables, 4 spaces, all taken).<\/p>\n<h6>February 25th<\/h6>\n<p>STEPHEN\/ANDY &#8211; Barons&#8217; War. (2 tables, all spaces taken)<br \/>\nPETE &#8211; Fallujah (Show Game) (3 tables, 3 spaces available)<br \/>\nALAN K &#8211; 28mm WW2 Chain of Command (3 tables, 3 players, all spaces taken)<br \/>\nERIC &#8211; One Page Rules &#8211; Grim Dark Firefight (2 tables, 2 players &#8211; 1 space available)<br \/>\nPAUL &#8211; FOG (3 tables, spaces available)<\/p>\n<h6><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Sunday February 26th<\/span><\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">CAVALIER 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<h6>March 11th<\/h6>\n<p><del>PETER M &#8211; SWED\/PQR, Romans vs Celts (3 tables, 6 players)<\/del>. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Postponed<\/span><br \/>\n<del>MARCUS &#8211; What a Grav Tanker (take #2) &#8211; (3 tables, 2-4 players, 1 space available)<\/del> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Rescheduled to May 27th.<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">TONY G &#8211; 6mm 1859 Second Italian War of Independence &#8211; Battle of Montebello using Bloody Big Battles rule set (2 tables, 2 spaces 1 left).<br \/>\nPAUL &#8211; 3mm WW2 US division V German Regiment (4 tables, all spaces taken.)<br \/>\nSTEPHEN &#8211; The Warp Sextant &#8211; A Stargrave adventure (3 tables &#8211; 3 players, all spaces taken.)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h6>March 25th<\/h6>\n<p>MARK J &#8211; Dungeons &amp; Dragons. (3 tables, all places taken).<br \/>\nJEREMEY\/STEPHEN \u2013 Sword &amp; Spear (15mm) \u2013 Wars of the Roses (2 tables, 4 players, all places taken)<br \/>\nMARK H &#8211; War of the Spanish Succession (6mm) &#8211; Anglo-Dutch\/Imperial Army against the French Army in Germany 1704 &#8211; house rules. (4 large tables, 6 players, 1 places available)<br \/>\nJOHN LA &#8211; Border Reivers (3 tables, up to 4 players)<br \/>\nPAUL &#8211; FOG (3 tables, 3 spaces available)<\/p>\n<h6>April 8th<\/h6>\n<p>PETER &#8211; Space: 1889 \u2013 Victorian ether flyers battling it out in the skies of Mars\u00a0 (3 tables, all places taken)<br \/>\nMARK H &#8211; Napoleonic 1\/1200 Naval using Action under Sail &#8211; French vs. British (2 tables, 6 players, one ship of the line each per player, all places taken), followed by DAVID P Cruel Seas 1\/300 WW2 coastal naval action in the Channel<br \/>\nJOHN Le \/ MARK J &#8211; FOG Clash of the Chairman and Ex-Chairman&#8217;s new armies. (3 tables, all places taken)<\/p>\n<h6>April 22nd<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">SALUTE 50<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">STEPHEN &#8211; 15mm ACW, Battle of Cedar Mountain &#8211; August 9th 1862 (Fire &amp; Fury &#8211; Brigade). Details tbc (3 tables, 1 place left)<br \/>\n<\/span><\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: line-through;\">ERIC &#8211; Call of Cthulhu (setting\/era TBC) &#8211; (2 tables, 5 players, 5 spaces available)<\/span>.<br \/>\nJOHN LA &#8211; Border Reivers. Elizabethan Skirmish action on the English\/Scots border. 3 Tables. Two places taken, two left.<br \/>\nPAUL &#8211; FOG Ancients. (3 tables, places available)<\/span><\/p>\n<h6>May 13th<\/h6>\n<p>JEREMEY\/STEPHEN \u2013 Sword &amp; Spear (15mm) \u2013 Wars of the Roses (2 tables, 4-6 players, all places taken)<br \/>\nMARK J &#8211; Judge Dredd &#8211; Block War. (3 tables, 5 players, all places taken)<br \/>\nJOHN Le &#8211; FoG Ancients (3 tables, all spaces taken)<\/p>\n<h6>May 27th<\/h6>\n<p><del>MARCUS &#8211; What a Grav Tanker (take #2) &#8211; (3 tables, 2-4 players, 1 space available)<\/del><br \/>\nMARK H &#8211; 6mm Napoleonic 1813 game Franco\/Polish attack versus Prussian\/Saxon defence using house rules (5 large tables, 8 players, ALL PLACES TAKEN)<br \/>\nJEREMEY\/TONY F &#8211; Full Thrust (2 tables, all places taken)<br \/>\nANDY &#8211; Stargrave 28mm. Botched Deal&#8221; scenario, using Side Hustle. (3 tables, 4 places, 1 available)<\/p>\n<h6>June 10th<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">BROADSIDE 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p>STEPHEN\/JOHN La &#8211; 15mm Crossfire WW2 Eastern Front. 3 tables (all places taken)<br \/>\nPAUL &#8211; 3mm Ancient game using house rules. 3 tables (up to 6 player, 3 places taken)<\/p>\n<h6>June 24th<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">OPEN DAY 2023\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>For a list of the games we will be running at the open day, please click <a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2023\/05\/04\/open-day-of-the-maidstone-wargames-society-2023\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h6>July 8th<\/h6>\n<p>PETER M &#8211; SWED\/PQR &#8211; 28mm massed skirmish (4 tables, 4 places, 3 places available).<br \/>\nSTEPHEN\/ANDY &#8211; 28mm Dragon Rampant (3 tables, places TBC.)<br \/>\nALAN K &#8211; Connaught Breakthrough, August 1599 &#8211; 28mm &#8211; Irregular Wars: Conflict at the World&#8217;s End (3 tables, 3 players, 1 place available)<\/p>\n<h6>July 22nd<\/h6>\n<p>DAVID S \u2013 DBA Tournament \u2013 15mm scale, rules version 2.2, any army (5 tables, 2 places available)<br \/>\nSTEPHEN &#8211; &#8216;Jurassic Moon&#8217; &#8211; a Stargrave Adventure. (3 tables &#8211; 4 players, all places taken)<br \/>\nMARK H &#8211; Napoleonic 6mm using house rules &#8211; (5 large tables &#8211; 4 players, all places taken)<\/p>\n<h6>August 12th<\/h6>\n<p><del>MARK H &#8211; Battle of Dogger Bank, January 1915 -Take one &#8211; 1\/3000 WW1 naval refight using house computerised rules (7 tables of which six must be large width, plus 6 card tables,\u00a0 places already allocated)\u00a0<\/del><br \/>\nJEREMEY\/TONY F &#8211; Full Thrust (2 tables, all places taken)<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\">JOHN Le &#8211; FOG Ancients. (3 tables, places available)<br \/>\nALAN K &#8211; Battlestar Galactica: Starship Battles (2 tables &#8211; places available)<br \/>\nANDY &#8211; 28mm Lion Rampant \/ SAGA Dark Ages (2 tables, all places taken)<\/span><\/p>\n<h6>August 26th<\/h6>\n<p>STEPHEN &#8211; Red King Elf. (3 tables, all places taken)<br \/>\nPETER M &#8211; 6mm Franco-Prussian (or Franco-Austrian). (4 tables, 4-6 places available).<br \/>\nALAN K &#8211; WW2: Operation Martlet &#8211; 28mm Chain of Command (3 tables, 4 players, all spaces taken)<\/p>\n<h6>September 9th<\/h6>\n<p>JEREMEY\/STEPHEN \u2013 Sword &amp; Spear (15mm) \u2013 Wars of the Roses (2 tables, 4 players, all spaces taken)<br \/>\nDAVID P &#8211; General D\u2019Armee Napoleonics (5 tables, 3 places available)<br \/>\nPAUL L &#8211; FoG (3 tables, ? places available)<\/p>\n<h6>September 23rd<\/h6>\n<p>MARK J &#8211; Dungeons &amp; Dragons. (3 tables, all places taken)<br \/>\n<del>ANDY \/ STEPHEN &#8211;\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Second_French_intervention_in_Mexico\">Maximillian Adventure<\/a> &#8211; Rebels &amp; Patriots. (3 tables, all places taken)\u00a0 <\/del><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">Rescheduled to March 9th, 2024 .<\/span><br \/>\nJOHN La &#8211; Crossfire\/ Galleys and Galleons (2 tables, all places taken).<br \/>\nCOLIN &#8211; FoG Ancients, (3 tables, 4 players, 2 spaces available)<\/p>\n<h6>October 14th<\/h6>\n<p>PETER M &#8211; 25mm The Four(ish) Musketeers. (One table, 5 places, 1 place available)<br \/>\nSTEPHEN &#8211; &#8216;The Norman Invasion&#8217; &#8211; a Saga special. Norman and Anglo-Dane armies only (tables tbc, players &#8211; any welcome, but must bring your own army)<br \/>\nJOHN Le &#8211; FOG (3 tables, places available).<br \/>\n<del>MARK W &#8211; Mortem et Gloriam (2 tables, places available).<br \/>\n<\/del>DAVID S\/ALAN K\u00a0 &#8211; X-Wing (3 Tables, 1 place available)<del><br \/>\n<\/del><\/p>\n<h6>October 28th<\/h6>\n<p>MARK J &#8211; Dungeons &amp; Dragons. (3 tables, all places taken).<br \/>\n<del>STEPHEN &#8211; 15mm American Civil War (Brigade F&amp;F) &#8211; &#8216;The Battle of Mansfield April 1864&#8217; (3 tables, 1 place available)<br \/>\n<\/del>JOHN La &#8211; Border Reivers (3 tables, 4 players, 3 places available)<br \/>\nSTEPHEN \/ TONY G &#8211; 28mm Medieval Barons War (2 tables, all places taken)<br \/>\nJOHN Le &#8211; FoG (3 tables, places available)<\/p>\n<h6>November 11th<\/h6>\n<p>JEREMEY\/STEPHEN \u2013 Sword &amp; Spear (15mm) \u2013 Wars of the Roses (3 tables, 4 players, 2 places available)<br \/>\nMARK H \u2013 Battle of Dogger Bank, January 1915 &#8211; Take two\u2013 1\/3000 WW1 naval refight using house computerised rules (7 tables of which six must be large width, plus 6 card tables, places already allocated)<br \/>\nDAVID P &#8211; General D\u2019Armee either V1 or V2 with time limited moves. Prussian\/Saxons v Russians. (5 tables and 4 players, 2 places available.)<br \/>\nMARCUS &#8211; SCUBA Time (2 tables, 2 spaces available)<\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">NOTE &#8211; This meeting currently requires 17 of the 18 canteen tables and 6 of the 20 card tables available. Any further games may need to use the boards and card tables.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<h6>November 25th<\/h6>\n<p>ERIC &#8211; Battletech Alpha Strike &#8211; (3 tables, 4 players, all places taken).<br \/>\nJOHN Le &#8211; Annual FoG tournament (6 tables and 3 boards).<br \/>\nDAVID P &#8211; Napoleonic game (5 tables, places TBC)<br \/>\nMARCUS &#8211; SCUBA Time redux (2 tables, 2 spaces available)<\/p>\n<h6>December 9th<\/h6>\n<p>MARK J &#8211; Judge Dredd campaign, part 1 &#8220;I am the Law!&#8221; (3 tables 5 players, all spaces taken.)<br \/>\nSTEPHEN &#8211; &#8216;There Ain&#8217;t No Sanity Clause&#8217; &#8211; a festive Stargrave adventure (3 table, all spaces taken)<br \/>\nPETE S &#8211; Kingmaker boardgame &#8211; original version. 6 players. (3 places taken). Mince pies, roasted Boars Head and flaggons of ale optional.<br \/>\nDAVID S\/CHRIS &#8211; Star Wars Armada (3 tables, 2 places available)<\/p>\n<h6>December 23rd<\/h6>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">NO MEETING<\/span>\u00a0\u2013 Hall not available<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/\">Return to MWS home page<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below is a list of the planned games for meetings in 2023. If it does not show otherwise, all games are open to join for all those turning up and figures, terrain and rules are provided by those running the game. Please contact the person indicated to make sure that they have spare slots if &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/diary-2023\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Diary 2023&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5127,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-6889","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/P9A5LG-1N7","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[],"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6889","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6889"}],"version-history":[{"count":158,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6889\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8475,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/6889\/revisions\/8475"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5127"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6889"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}