Society news & other items of (possible) interest to members as of: Janu.., oops, let's make that February (sorry) 2020

Over at Dales's Blog there's a developing thread on the topic of 'Playing One-Hour Wargames Virtually'  (the link is to the second post in a series which happens to focus on playing a medieval game, so I felt justified in including it).  This post and those prior all have some interesting and potentially very useful information for gamers who might be thinking along these lines.

While at Ancients on the Move, Phil Steele gives a pretty thorough review of the UK DBA League - the 2020 Welsh Open, held at this year's Crusade Show, run in Penarth, South Glamorgan ('oh for a glass of Brains Dark, the true, the richest Hippocrene, with creamy head and ... ah me, the memories),  by the aptly named Penarth & District Wargames Society.  Of course. the surprise discovery in this oyster full of pearls is that Phil, ex-SoA President and avid DBA player, had hitherto never been to the show.

And for those who may have missed it, at the same blog, a 'Review of the 2019 Year' for the Society's Shows North team.

A quick reminder that there's lot's going on for Ancient and Medieval Wargamers under the auspices of the British Historical Games Society.

Check this link to get news of The BHGS Challenge 2020, to be be held at the NEC in Birmingham, alongside UK Games Expo, over the weekend of 30th & 31st May and including events focussed on games with FoG:AM, DBMM and L'Art de la Guerre, in a variety of scales.

And also Britcon (7-9th August, Manchester), The London GT BHGS Historical Teams at the end of June, and of course the almost-sold-out Roll Call coming up this April.

Over at The Wargames Website Ancients forum, news of more 15mm plastic Romans (Imperial, by the look of the pictures) but this time from Grenzer Games.  Where will it all end?  With a lighter wallet, most likely.

Meanwhile, the Devon Wargames Group have been bathing in blood, figuratively speaking, with a goodly sized skirmish, using Daniel Mersey's 'Lion Rampant' rules, between  plucky Romans and pesky Huns.  Or vice versa.  Hmmm, what's the correct name for the fear of seeming Hun-phobic?

And to close, some nicely depicted medieval eye-candy, complete with rock garden.