​Britcon 2017, WH40K is back

We are happy to confirm that we will again offer 40k in 2017 with our regular TO team of Stephen O'Neill and Martin Jeanes.

To book use the Britcon 40k Booking form

Following the release of the new edition of the rules, the intention is to play the rules as per the new rulebook, although some modifications to missions and list restrictions may be applied (if we spot anything unbalanced between now and the event) 

Your entry fee includes a "Spend £10, get £5 off" voucher to use with any of our traders at the show, including Lesleys Bits Box 

Army list submission deadline is 31st July.
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For the first time ever The BHGS Challenge moved north to the NEC in Birmingham to run alongside the gaming phenomenon that is UK Games Expo in June 2017.  This put all of our BHGS Challenge players in a hall which at times must have had over 1,000 gamers playing miniatures and card games!

This year's attendance also represented a year-on-year increase in player numbers across those periods and systems which ran this year - so we certainly put on a great showcase for the tabletop gaming side of the hobby in front of the 16,000+ people who came to UKGE too.

​Full results for the periods where we have been sent them so far are now on our website, along with some pictures from the event - have a look and see who you can spot!

After the Challenge we also have the following competitions coming up in the next few months that you may be interested in attending: Britcon in August, the Ancients Pairs and FoW Pairs in September/October, and we are also supporting the Derby Worlds in October 

​This year's BHGS Challenge takes place for the first time alongside UK Games Expo at the NEC this coming weekend, June 3/4.

That means not only our regular tournaments but also 300+ exhibitors from small indies all the way to multi-national companies, hundreds of tournament games, masses of open gaming tables, a huge board game library and "gaming celebrity" guests and speakers !

We will have over 100 players taking part in a range of competitions from Ancients to Epic, so if you are visiting UKGE why not drop in and say 'hi' to us - The BHGS Challenge tables are in Hall 3a next to the main theatre. 

For full details of the events we will be running visit the BHGS Challenge page on our site!

Both the L'Art de la Guerre and FoGAM rankings have now been updated to capture results from all competitions in the 12 months prior to The BHGS Challenge @ UKGE in a couple of weeks.

The L'Art de la Guerre Rankings have now moved onto a new "best 6 results" system, which has seen some significant movements at the top of the table - resulting in some bad news for Dave Allen and his "attend every event going" strategy.  With an very impressive 21 events held in the UK in the past 12 months there are now coincidentally 21 players out of the total pool of 126 who benefit from the full 6 competitions counting in their score, and 7 more with 5 entries as of today. 

The FoGAM rankings see Phil Powell clamber into the top 10, and Paul Bartlett sneaks up to 3rd with a stack of points up for grabs this year at Challenge as the run-in towards Britcon continues. With only 3 Reigate players now appearing in the FoGAM rankings the  group of players from the "Northern Powerhouse" of the MAWS club is now very much head to head with the "Southern Powerhouse" of Plymouth in contesting the spiritual leadership of the UK-based FoGAM world. 

We're delighted to be able to announce that the BHGS will be partnering with the new organisers of the long-running Derby World Show to provide our support to the competition elements of the Derby World Show this year.

The Derby Worlds Show has been a regular fixture on the UK and international competition circuit for longer than many of us have been rolling dice, going all the way back to the days when the show took place in the middle of the city and filled what seemed like every nook and cranny of the Assembly Rooms, subsequently moving out to the University and then even more recently relocating again to the racing circuit over in Castle Donington.  

This year as many of you will already know the Derby Worlds Show will again be moving to another new venue in the shape of Bruntingthorpe Events Centre - a far more modern event venue than Castle Donington, and also the location for the UK's biggest collection of historic Cold War Jets at their onsite aviation museum.

This year's event will again feature one of the best trade shows in the country, together with a host of demo and participation games and a massive roster of events and competitions ranging from Historical to Fantasy, and from Skirmish to Mass Battle rulesets sets.

We are planning on hosting over 20 different competitions running over both one and two days, making this a massive weekend of wargaming with something to suit almost every gaming taste. 

Events planned include:

• Armati
• DBMM
• FoG - A/M
• WAB
• WRG 6th
• WRG 7th
• L'Art de LaGuerre
• Impetus
• Saga
• Mortem et Gloriam
• FoG - R
• By Fire & Sword
• Malifaux
• Dystopian Wars
• Firestorm Armada
• BGMR
• Warmachine
• Warmaster
• X -Wing
• Bolt Action

​Currently we're collecting details from the umpires and theme-setters for each event and we will be publishing full details as soon as we have them on the new Derby World Show website - www.derbyworlds.com - so mark your diaries for the 7th and 8th of October 2017 !

You can get in touch with the BHGS team via the BHGS website or by email to info@bhgs.org.uk . The Derby Worlds team can be reached at info@derbyworlds.com or 0800-6126-430”

Adding in the results of the 15mm and 25mm periods staged at Roll Call 2017 has seen a bump in the number of players listed in the UK L'Art de la Guerre rankings, with 122 different players now having taken part in at least one of the 19 ADLG events to be held across the UK in the last 12 months.

Central London continue to have somewhat of a monopoly at the top of the table, but with Campaign, The BHGS Challenge, another round of the Northern League, two West Country events and Sighian Dubh in Scotland all coming up before Britcon there is still plenty of scope for that to change...

Roll Call 2017 took place over the weekend of 8-9 April in our regular venue of Cranfield, near Milton Keynes. Results from all the periods we have been sent so far are published on our website

With over 140 players signed up, 2017 was notable for the first Roll Call appearance of Mortem et Gloriam, for L'Art de la Guerre becoming the biggest period in terms of overall player numbers and also the first time the majority of games played did not run to the 'traditional' "3.5 hour" format.

Congratulations to all our winners, and we hope to see you next at the BHGS Challenge!

We'd also like to send our best wishes to Dave Ruddock and Kevin Ellis, both of whom were taken ill during the weekend - we are assured both are on track to make a full recovery.

With the 2016-17's "Race to the Big Prize" in he FoGAm Championship now well and truly underway, this edition of the FoGAM rankings sees a spectacular fall from grace for Robert Taylor, dropping from 1st to 10th and being well and truly leapfrogged in the process by the ever-reliable Mr Pete Dalby.

Pete has been a regular visitor to the top of the rankings for many years now - and lets face it, we all wish we carried our years even half as well as he manages to do with his, as this rare colour photo from some years ago clearly demonstrates.

(History fans will also no doubt be delighted to know that the BHGS Archive is gradually being restored to working order. Most recently the full results from every Britcon held since 2006 have now been uploaded onto this site - including the first ever FoGAM event at Britcon 2007 - so, this is your big chance to see just how good Pete was even way back then !) 

The latest update to the L'Art de la Guerre rankings comes almost 3 months into the new year as the calendar of events has been filling up fast with ADLG  featuring for the first time at PAW and The Northern League as well as the first outing for the Central London Spring Tournament. Sneaking in between these was the Burton Doubles, all of which has resulted in the number of players taking part in at least one ADLG event  in the last 12 months shoot up to an impressive-sounding 113, with more first-timers set to be added to the rankings at Roll Call in a few weeks time.

Dave "proper wargamers name that, Dave, isn't it?" Allen remains top of the pile, although the statisticians among you may notice that this appears to be more down to his ability to enter more events than anyone else in the rankings, rather than anything else... 

The details of our 1-day, 4-round Saga event running this year at The BHGS Challenge@UKGE in the heart of the West Midlands have now been released.

The event is for  6 point armies selected from a roster of 7 points, using anything in SAGA Dark Age Skirmishes, Northern Fury, Raven’s Shadow, Varjazi & Basileus or SAGA The Crescent & The Cross and even from SAGA Aetius & Arthur. All Heroes of the Viking Age, Heroes of the Crusading Age, Swords for Hire and Dogs of War may be used as per their rules.

You may not use the SAGA Revenants or the Arab lists from Wargames Illustrated, however War Banners and Priests as described in The Crescent and Cross rules and latest official errata FAQ are allowed. 

Full details on the BHGS website
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