The British Historical Games Society was created in 1996 to act as a body to further the advancement of the historical wargaming hobby. The BHGS runs several national competitions, assists with organising many others and has forged strong international links with other national and international wargaming organisations.
Wargames is the depiction of battles from various periods in history using detailed and researched, model armies and is played on a tabletop playing area using realistically modelled terrain. This may be played at home, at clubs and even at organised competitions. We support a variety of different rules and periods from the first biblical battles through to modern warfare.
Our first objective was to re-establish the National Wargames Championships. This has now been achieved and expanded into a wargaming convention known as Britcon. This is a trade show complete with demonstration and participation games, and various après wargaming activities. Our future aim is to expand the international appeal of the Nationals with more entrants from overseas. To that end BritCon 2012 will host the inaugural Annual Worlds championship.
Our second objective is to continue to foster overseas links with other wargames organisations, and in particular to enable Britain, the home of wargaming, to play a full and leading role in the Annual Worlds network (go here to find out more about the Annual Worlds).
The BHGS compiles the UK National Rankings for several periods and publish these here on our web site. These are used to determine annual champions in the major periods. The current positions and past winners may all be found on the web-site.
The BHGS is now registered with the Data Protection Agency and we hold details of our members on a computerised database. If you are not already registered as a BHGS member, which is free, we invite you to do so now.
We are happy to receive comments on any of the above, and ideas for our developing role. We are here to serve the tournament wargaming community as a whole. We are a non-profit organisation and any surpluses made from our activities are for the benefit of tournament wargaming and are ploughed back into wargaming, facilitating and encouraging tournament play where and whenever we can.
Wargames is the depiction of battles from various periods in history using detailed and researched, model armies and is played on a tabletop playing area using realistically modelled terrain. This may be played at home, at clubs and even at organised competitions. We support a variety of different rules and periods from the first biblical battles through to modern warfare.
Our first objective was to re-establish the National Wargames Championships. This has now been achieved and expanded into a wargaming convention known as Britcon. This is a trade show complete with demonstration and participation games, and various après wargaming activities. Our future aim is to expand the international appeal of the Nationals with more entrants from overseas. To that end BritCon 2012 will host the inaugural Annual Worlds championship.
Our second objective is to continue to foster overseas links with other wargames organisations, and in particular to enable Britain, the home of wargaming, to play a full and leading role in the Annual Worlds network (go here to find out more about the Annual Worlds).
The BHGS compiles the UK National Rankings for several periods and publish these here on our web site. These are used to determine annual champions in the major periods. The current positions and past winners may all be found on the web-site.
The BHGS is now registered with the Data Protection Agency and we hold details of our members on a computerised database. If you are not already registered as a BHGS member, which is free, we invite you to do so now.
We are happy to receive comments on any of the above, and ideas for our developing role. We are here to serve the tournament wargaming community as a whole. We are a non-profit organisation and any surpluses made from our activities are for the benefit of tournament wargaming and are ploughed back into wargaming, facilitating and encouraging tournament play where and whenever we can.
