Diary of Events

This is an organic document reliant on organisers keeping us abreast of events and changes to the calendar on an ongoing basis. Submissions for new events or corrections to events we have listed can be made here. 

There is also a live listing of upcoming BHGS events which are currently open for bookings here

Other sites with useful calendars include this Facebook group, the Newark Irregulars website and various official rules forums. For the many FoW and related rulesets events, the FOW forum is the most up to date listing

2017 Events - confirmed and provisional (i.e. some of the entries have simply been repeated from 2016 and included with just a month instead of an accurate date. Please use for guidance only unless specific dates have been given). 

Submissions for new events can be made here. 

January
  • JANUARY 14th & 15th DAK! DAK! GO 3! DAK to the future! 1500pts EW Africa tournament  Brighton. FoW.
  • JANUARY 14th Milton Keynes DBMM 1-dayer, Book 3 (within dates)
  • JANUARY 28th-29th Godendag, NEW Location Firestorm Games, Cardiff. DBM, FoGAM, FoGR, ADLG Doubles, meG Singles.  A BHGS-affiliated event.
  • JANUARY 28th CRUSADE, Show in Penarth, Wales 
February
  • FEBRUARY 5th Vapnartak, Trade Show, York
  • FEBRUARY 5th MAWS FOG-AM Spring Classic. 3 x 2.5 h 650AP games on 5x3 tables; any army pre 1040 AD (no knights). Entry fee £10.00, further details : Chris Tofalos 
  • FEBRUARY 4th  PAW Plymouth - trade show and competitions, L'Art de la Guerre 25mm, Warhammer 40K, Field of Glory Ancients 15mm.  800 points, Field of Glory Ancients 25mm.  Flames of War Bolt Action 28mm, 
  • FEBRUARY 4th & 5th  CORRIVALRY  FOW
  • FEBRUARY  PAWS Spring DBA, Portsmouth see Fanaticus forum for details
  • FEBRUARY 18th  Beachhead Bournemouth Conference Centre, show and competitions including Bolt Action & FOW  contact ben@breakthroughassault.co.uk for more details. 
  • FEBRUARY 19th Rumble On The Rhine. Preston, Frenchwood Social Club Team Yankee 100 points. 3 Games.Blue on Red campaign
  • FEBRUARY 18th & 19th BADCON, www.badwargwww.badwargamers.org.uk/ Burton Doubles, DBMM, FoGAM, FoGR, ADLG
  • FEBRUARY 25th/26th Venta Belgarum FoGAM competition, Winchester
  • FEBRUARY 26th Milan, ITALY - MilanoWargames Show, Info: milanowargames.blogspot.com
  • FEBRUARY 26th  Cavalier, Tunbridge Well, - Trade Show
  • FEBRUARY 25th Alton matched Pairs DBA Competition see Fanaticus forum for details
March April
  • APRIL 1st TeesCon Teeside Wargames Convention, see Waugh Games for details
  • APRIL 2nd  CANNON, Retford , Show
  • APRIL 8th/9th BHGS Roll Call www.bhgs.org.uk Cranfield, near Milton Keynes FOGAM,FOGR,DBMM,MeG, ADLG, SAGA, Bolt Action including 25mm FoGAM, FoGR and DBMM
  • APRIL  Staines DBA Massive DBA Competition see Fanaticus forum for details
  • APRIL 22nd SALUTE - South London Warlords mega-show, London ExCeL
  • APRIL Venta Silurum, 2nd round of the DBM Doubles League, Bridgend 
  • APRIL 'Art of War' Mid War FoW Contact: Steve Charlton  or tim_harris65@hotmail.co.uk        
  • APRIL Alton Matched Pairs DBA Competition see Fanaticus forum for details
  • APRIL Legionary, Exeter http://legionaryshow.co.uk/ Trade show and competitions
  • APRIL 30th Antonine's Folly, DBA Competition see new Fanaticus boards for details
May June July
  • JULY 1st & 2nd - Battlegroup South, Show at the Tank Museum, Bovington
  • JULY 1/2   "Sgian-Dubh", Larkhall, South Lanarkshire, 200 AP 6-game ADLG tournament, contact Alan Cutner for details
  • JULY  Toy Soldier, Stockport NWGS Multiple ruleset compatitions
  • JULY Muster on the Parade Ground, Trade Show, Queens Campus Sports Hall, Stockton-on-Tees
  • JULY Avanti, FOW, Preston 
  • JULY 15th/16th  'Attack' Devizes www.ddwg.org.uk Multiple periods including FOW, FoGAM, FoGR, DBMM, AD:LG
  • JULY B-I-G Tides, at Bristol Independent Gaming (Bolt Action Event) 
  • JULY  Square Go FoGR,  Perth, Scotland - contact Hunter Hope 
  • JULY 16th The Joy of 6, 6mm games, Sheffield Workstation, http://www.thejoyof6.co.uk/
  • JULY Ribble Rumble, Bolt Action, WAB, FOW, WFB and others, Preston
  • JULY 30th Round 3 of the Northern League, Halifax, FoGAM/DBMM/ADLG. See Northern League website for details
  • JULY Peak Offensive - Bolt Action Tournament, Matlock, Derbyshire
​August
  • AUGUST Adolf don't Surf' Early War FoW and Vietnam
  • AUGUST 5th Claymore Show, Edinburgh 
  • AUGUST  1-day 25mm ADLG, Thornbury, Gloucs, as part of the IPMS show, contact Keith McGlynn
  • AUGUST 4th-6th - The Worlds, Salamanca, Spain - ADLG, FoGAM & others, running alongside the ETC team tournament 
  • AUGUST 11th, 12th & 13th BRITCON, the BHGS's largest event returns to UMIST in Manchester, see this website for full details  DBA,  FOGAM, FOGR, ADLG, DBMM, EPIC, SAGA, MeG, Bolt Action, 40k, Includes the UK Northern Melee Saga Competition
  • AUGUST 13th “100 Shades of LadG” – a 100pt 28mm LadG competition @ IMPS Avon Show, Thornbury
  • AUGUST 20th 1-day DBMM100 competition, contact Steve Rathgay or see the DBMM Yahoo Group for details
  • AUGUST 21st The Other Partizan, Show, Newark
  • AUGUST FOW Breakthrough Assault’ Bournemouth  bloodbowlnut@hotmail.co.uk
September October
  • OCTOBER Blast-tastic, 6mm SF show from Angel Barracks, Bristol. 
  • OCTOBER  7th & 8th  DERBY WORLD TEAMS www.worldwargames.co.uk Multiple periods and rulesets
  • OCTOBER Stand To! Show The National Railway Museum, Shildon, nr Darlington
  • OCTOBER Skelp Show, Angus, Scotland
  • OCTOBER 22nd  SELWG Show, Crystal Palace 
  • OCTOBER  BHGS FoW Pairs, Battlefield Hobbies, Daventry. 
  • OCTOBER 21/22  Vexillium - DBM competition, (Doubles) Frome, Somerset, 
  • OCTOBER BHGS Ancients & FoGR Doubles, Battlefield Hobbies, Daventry, DBMM, FOGAM, FOGR, ADLG, MeG
  • OCTOBER 21st/22nd Bayfog in Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire More details from paul@navigatorpr.com
  • OCTBER 21/22nd Oxford 25mm FoGR. See Slitherine forum for details
  • OCTOBER  FoW UK Grand Tournament 
  • OCTOBER  English DBA Open,  see Fanaticus forum for details
  • OCTOBER 29th FIASCO, Leeds Royal Armouries show
November December ​​

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2014 Events

January
  • JANUARY 17th -19th Swabian Open in Ludwigsburg, GERMANY, DBMM 2.0, 400 AP 1071-1515 AD. Rules and more information via the DBMM List: 
  • JANUARY 18TH-19TH Godendag, Usk Doubles. DBM, FoGAM, FoGR
  • JANUARY 24th & 25th International Warlords Challenge, Brussels, Belgium, FOGAM (antiquity), FOGN (open), FOW,  http://www.iwchallenge.be/
  • JANUARY 24th & 25th FOW UK Masters Nottingham Battlefront HQ. Winner of Euros + top 17 
February
March
April
May
  • MAY 3rd LEGIONARY 2014, EXETER http://legionaryshow.co.uk/ Competitions to be added in 2014
  • MAY May 10th & 11th Campaign, Milton Keynes www.mkws.org.uk FOGR,FOGAM,FOW,DBMM,MODERN
  • MAY 17th Elgin round of the Scottish League, FoG-AM Open, See Slitherine Forum for details 
  • MAY 17th-18th TRIPLES Wargame Show in Sheffield this weekend, including  Northern Doubles League on Sunday 18th. Held at the English Institute of Sport, Coleridge Road, Sheffield, S9 5DA. Details for Northern Doubles : The DBMM Competition will be Doubles (singles will be allowed), FoG V2 Competition will be Doubles, FoG-R Competition will be Singles (If we have 6 or more players), entry fee £12.00 per Team of 2 or £6 for a single player)
  • MAY 31st and JUNE 1st - UK Games Expo, Birmingham, Multiple Periods
  • MAY 31st & June 1st The 2014 WPS Club Challenge Stockport FOW + other periods
June
  • JUNE  7th & 8th Sturm Uber Normandie (70th Anniversary)Late War, 1770 points, Overlord and Atlantik Wall book only.Nottingham.Contact:m.rood@ntlworld.com
  • JUNE 21st-22nd Roll Call (BHGS Event) BHGS Event - see this website FOG(R/AM/N),FOW,DBMM,DBM, Malifaux, WFB, Epic, SAGA, Bolt Action - This is the BHGS Big Boys Toys event for 2014, so we will be running 25mm periods for most historical rulesets
  • JUNE 28th & 29th FOW Welsh Open Early War 1550 points 
  • JUNE 29th Falkirk round of the Scottish League, FoG-R Late Period, See Slitherine Forum for details 
  • JUNE 29th Bolt Action in Manchester (testing out the Britcon Terrain !) Email  gazbetts@gmail.com for details
July
  • JULY 6th FOW Summer Avanti - 1500pts Mid War, Stafford 
  • JULY 19th & 20th 'Attack' Devizes www.ddwg.org.uk Multiple periods including FOW, FoGAM, FoGR, DBMM
  • JULY 19th & 20th Adolf don't Surf' Early War 1500 and Vietnam
  • JULY 19th & 20th Square Go FoGR,  Perth, Scotland - contact Hunter Hope 
  • JULY 20th - The Joy of 6, 6mm games, Sheffield Workstation, http://www.thejoyof6.co.uk/
  • JULY 27th Southern League FoGR, Central London round, Mornington Crescent
  • JULY 27th Northern League Round 3 at Halifax Club, Belgrave Social Club. 277 Claremount Rd, Halifax, HX3 6A. DBMM Doubles, FoG V2 Doubles, FoG-R Singles (if 6 or more players)
August
  • AUGUST 2nd & 3rd Operation Shingle Anzio FOW  Campaign - Ribble Rumble 2014. Students Union Building, Preston Full details will be posted on the Ribble Warriors Site soon. Contact: belasarius400@yahoo.co.uk 
  • AUGUST 8th to 10th BRITCON, the BHGS's largest event returns to UMIST in Manchester, see this website for full details  FOGAM,FOGR,FOGN,DBMM,FOW, EPIC, SAGA, Bolt Action, 40k, X-Wing. Includes the UK Northern Melee Saga Competition, supported by Gripping Beast
  • AUGUST 9th FOW Breakthrough Assault’ Bournemouth Late War 1650 points bloodbowlnut@hotmail.co.uk
  • AUGUST 15th to 17 th  'The Worlds 2014 in Koblenz, Germany, in the Rhein-Mosel-Halle. Webpage: http://www.komicon.de/the-worlds-2014/
  • AUGUST 16th & 17th FOW Vietnam Storm over Saigon Vietnam 1250pts (start) with Firestorm campaign additions using 'Tour of Duty'.Venue is the Sanctuary, Sutton in Ashfield, Notts.  www.reluctantconscripts.co.uk
September
October
  • OCTOBER 4th & 5th DERBY WORLD TEAMS www.worldwargames.co.uk Multiple periods and rulesets
  • OCTOBER 12th Glasgow round of the Scottish League, FoG-AM Dark Ages, See Slitherine Forum for details 
  • OCTOBER 18th & 19th Vexillium - DBM competition, (Doubles) Frome, Somerset, Entries and Army Lists to: G S Aspinall
  • OCTOBER 19th Farnborough Shot, 1-day FoGR 25mm, MarcCPriest@aol.com
  • OCTOBER 19th Saga Sunday at Ilford Wargames Club, 1-day Saga event. contact Dave Clarke  or Trevor Cooper
  • OCTOBER 25/26 BHGS FoW Pairs and FoGR Doubles - Abingdon, Oxford A BHGS Event
  • OCTOBER 25/26 Bayfog VI in Robin Hoods Bay, North Yorkshire. 15mm FoGAM. 900pts of average troops. More details from paul@navigatorpr.com
  • OCTOBER 26th Autumn Avanti - 1500pts Late War FOW, Stafford
November
December
  • DECEMBER 6th & 7th  'Conflict' www.conflictcentral.co.uk   FoW   
  • DECEMBER 7th  Northern League Round 5 at Emlyn Hall on Emlyn Street, Walkden Manchester M28 3JZ (Manchester Area Wargames Society meeting hall). DBMM Doubles, FoG V2 Doubles, FoG-R Singles (if 6 or more players)
  • DECEMBER 14th & 14th Stockport Pick’n’Mix Multiple periods including FOW, FOGAM, FOGR, DBMM, Saga, (FOW is 13th - Early War, 14th - Late War Two one day comps) held at North West Gaming Centre Stockport. Contact Hammy for details.