{"id":11000,"date":"2026-01-12T11:58:03","date_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:58:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/?p=11000"},"modified":"2026-01-12T11:58:03","modified_gmt":"2026-01-12T11:58:03","slug":"a-new-beginning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/brigademodels.co.uk\/mws\/blog\/2026\/01\/12\/a-new-beginning\/","title":{"rendered":"A new beginning…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Maidstone Wargames Society held their first meeting of the year on Saturday. This meeting includes our AGM so often has a good turnout.<\/p>\n

Around 24 members were in attendance for the meeting. The AGM was, as usual, short, only around 30 minutes. Also, as usual, the existing committee was re-elected without opposition. Despite the chairman’s pleas to be released!<\/p>\n

There was also a very good turnout of games, covering a variety of scales, periods of genres, here’s a short photo round up.<\/p>\n

John L<\/strong> brought out his 1:1200 Baltic Galleys for some Naval action.<\/p>\n

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Another naval game, but a few centuries later and under the water rather than on it, Peter M<\/strong> staged a 1:100th Stingray game, “Anything can happen in the next half hour<\/em>“.<\/p>\n

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Paul and Colin<\/strong> brought out some 3mm Ancients for some FoG games.<\/p>\n

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Tony G and Stephen<\/strong> both fielded Anglo-Saxon warbands for some 28mm SAGA games.<\/p>\n

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Some more recent conflict now, some late WW2 Chain of Command action staged by chairman Mark J <\/strong>with 28mm vehicles and figures.<\/p>\n

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And last, but by no means least, Tony F and Phil<\/strong> staged a battle from the Lord of the Rings, again in 28mm.<\/p>\n

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That’s it for the round up of the first meeting of the year.<\/p>\n

MWS meet on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month (except the 4th Saturday in December) from 10:00 to 17:00 at Linton Village Hall, south of Maidstone on the A299.<\/p>\n

Information about the Society, including directions, can be found here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The diary of planned games can be found here<\/a>, this is updated throughout the year so please have a look from time to time.<\/p>\n

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