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Tunbridge Wells Wargames Society was formed at the end of
the 1960's and has maintained a steady membership since then. Many of our
current members joined at the start of the Society and have, with occasional
absences due to work commitments, been members throughout that time.
The Society meets twice per month on Sunday afternoons from
1300 onwards. For details go to the Meeting dates and venues page. There you
will find the dates and a plan of how to get to the venues.
The Society is run by a Committee, elected at the
AGM. The Society can be
contacted via the Secretary using the email link shown in the Link area on
the right.
Tunbridge Wells Wargames Society has also recently become a member of the
Gaming Club Network. Follow the links to this organisation shown on the
right. What do we do ?
The Society plays wargames in most periods from the Ancient world onwards.
There are groups of members who specialise in specific periods such as
Napoleonic, American Civil War, World War 2, Naval in all periods.
There are usually about 6 to 10 games going on, and there will usually be an
opportunity to join one of these if you arrive early on before the battle
gets started. The Club operates a painting competition at its
meetings on the first Sunday, for which there are annual prizes, awarded at
the Society AGM. See the Painting Competition
page for more details. There is a club newsletter, Rank and
File, which is available free to all members.
Club members also offer painting services. The club also occasionally runs
Special Meetings to allow for "One Day Campaigns". There is now a new page "The
Club Notice Board" devoted to this and other club activities.
The Society runs an Open Day called Cavalier every February, at which we
have many traders and visiting club games, either as
participation or demonstration games. There are also a BIG Bring and Buy. Very good refreshments are available from a
professional catering company. For details see our Open Day page.
The Society has an Annual General Meeting, usually at the first December
meeting.
We put games on at other clubs' shows, regularly at SELWG and Salute. These
games are run by a hard working team of players who ring the changes in the
games put on.
Rules we use With a membership
interested in a wide variety of periods, the club makes use of an equally
wide variety of rules. These range from the "home grown" variety written by
members for use at the club to the whole range of commercially published
works. A list of the rules we use appears on the
Rules Page. We intend to list all the rules we use, or have used, and our
experiences with them. The list is intended to make new members feel at
home. They can see that we also use rules that they use, so we "talk the
same language", though sometimes the "dialect"=interpretation of rule
mechanisms may be personal. A longer term aspiration is to list the rules by
popularity within our club. Who can join ?
There are no restrictions on membership, however, under-16s must be
accompanied by a parent or guardian.
What does it cost and how do I join ?
From 2007
Membership costs £10.00 per annum, renewed annually every January. Each
member receives a membership card for the year which they are required to
bring to each meeting they attend. The committee review the annual fee at
each annual general meeting and asks the membership to vote on any increases
considered necessary.
To deal with the formalities of joining the Society, contact the Secretary
via the link above.
40th Anniversary membership deal
To celebrate our 40 years, membership for the year 2008-9 is free to current
and new members joining during the year. You must, however, still register
as a new member, or renew your membership, with the Secretary at a meeting. Facilities
Our venues are a non-smoking environment. There are
refreshments provided free of charge in the form of tea, coffee and
biscuits. Tables are provided mainly 6 foot by 2 foot, and we
also have larger plywood table tops up to 8 feet by 5 feet. Most are painted
green, though some also have a blue side as well. There are
Club armies in 15mm scale (Napoleonic), several DBA armies, Warhammer 40K
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There are some web packages, such as the BT Yahoo Mail browser where this
sometimes only opens the mail pages but does not directly open the email
composition part. In this case you will have to write in the email address
yourself.
Contact
TWWS
Secretary:
To
contact our secretary for general enquiries and admin questions click on the
email address below.
secretary@twws.org.uk
Cavalier Open
Day
There
is plenty of information about our Open Day on the
CAVALIER page of our site, which
answers most basic questions about trade stands and the bring and buy. To
contact the Open day organiser regarding trade stands or games use this
email link.
cavalier@twws.org.uk
External Links
Gaming Club Network

www.gcnm.org.uk
Use this link for details of what the GCN offers to Wargames
societies
GCN
Events Guide
Use this link to see what shows are being put on in the next
6 months or so by GCN members.
The Wargame League
This is a wargames hobby league which is open to gamers to set up and
monitor on-going campaigns at their clubs. Have a look at
www.thewargameleague.com
Other Club and Wargaming Links
Maverick Models provide flags for wargaming figures. Check out their website
at
www.maverick-models.com
There is a new Directory that has appeared since January, which if properly
developed could become a useful resource. Have a look at
www.wargamersdirectory.com
Grimsby Wargames club have asked for us to put a link here, so I have. It is
a nice looking site. They have put a link to our site as well.
www.gywargames.co.uk
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