BHGS Events Calendar
The UK events calendar now appears to have almost fully shaken off any residual Covid-induced scheduling issues, however please do check with the individual event organiser or on each events website or Facebook page before committing to attend any event listed on this calendar.
Diary of Events
This is an organic document covering predominantly historical-themed wargames events, and is 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.
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.
Event Calendar - events from previous years have been included with just a month instead of an accurate date, to give you an indication of when they "might" return. Please use for guidance only unless specific dates have been given.
Submissions for new events can be made here.
Event Calendar - events from previous years have been included with just a month instead of an accurate date to give an indication of when they "might" take place. Please use for guidance only unless specific dates have been given.
Submissions for new events can be made here.
2023 calendar
November
November
- NOVEMBER 4th (TBC) Cold Ash DBA tournament, see new Fanaticus boards for details
- NOVEMBER 4th Spirecon Chesterfield
- NOVEMBER 4th/5th Vexiliium DBM Tournament Frome
- NOVEMBER Guilford 1-dayer DBMM Competition
- NOVEMBER 5th Round 5 of the Northern League, Leeds, DBMM/ADLG. See Northern League website for details
- NOVEMBER 11/12th WARFARE, Farnborough Exhibition Centre - multiple periods and Trade Show
- NOVEMBER 18th Saga 1-day event Just Play Games Liverpool
- NOVEMBER 25th Battleground Show, Stockton on Tees
- NOVEMBER 25th ADLG Southern League R4 Entoyment, Poole
- NOVEMBER 25th Bataille Empire & MeG Wargames League, Round 4Derby
- NOVEMBER 25th TT! Doubles Event, 7 Dials, London, see TTS! Facebook group for details
- NOVEMBER 26th REVEILLE Show, Bristol see www.bristolwargaming.co.uk
- DECEMBER 2nd/3rd Ribble Rumble Preston see MeG Website for details.
- DECEMBER 2nd RECON Pudsey, now organised by The Pit, see their website for details
- DECEMBER 9th/10th The Devonian Classic ADLG event 28mm and 15mm in Brixham, Devon
- DECEMBER 9/10th ReG event Oxford see ReG Website for details
- DECEMBER 17th FoGR Event, Wolvercote
2024 Provisional Calendar (events have simply been rolled over to the same month where exact dates are not given)
January 2023
- JANUARY MKWS 1-day DBMM event.
- JANUARY 13/14h Ice & Fire MeG Event Battlefield Hobbies
- JANUARY 13th Southern League Round 1 ADLG, Oxford
- JANUARY Penkridge Tabletop Sale, Staffs
- JANUARY 27th/28th Godendag Firestorm Games Cardiff TTS! Welsh Open
- JANUARY 20th/21st FoGR event Battlefield Hobbies, Daventry see Slitherine forum for details
- JANUARY Bakewell Winter Warmer DBA, see new Fanaticus boards for details
- JANUARY 27th/28th Scottish Open ADLG tournament, Tradeston
- FEBRUARY 3rd 1-day ADLG event, York
- FEBRUARY 3rd Vexillim Minimis, DBA Event, Frome, Somerset, see Fanaticus forum for more details
- FEBRUARY 4th Vapnartak, Trade Show and events (ADLG and others), York
- FEBRUARY 3rd/4th PAW Plymouth - trade show and competitions
- FEBRUARY 3rd/4th Corrivalry Flames of War tournament Battlefield Hobbies, Daventry
- FEBRUARY 10th/11th Whiff of Grapeshot, Bataille Empire event, Battlefield Hobbies Daventry
- FEBRUARY 10th/11th Beachhead Bournemouth Conference Centre, show, multiple competitions
- FEBRUARY 17/18th Armageddons Call UK National teams Team Yankee Event Cardiff see FOW Calendar
- FEBRUARY 24th Mercian DBA event see Fanaticus forum for more details
- FEBRUARY 24th/25th BADCON, Burton Doubles, DBMM, FoGAM, FoGR, ADLG, MeG
- FEBRUARY 24th Chalgrove "European" TTS! event
- FEBRUARY 25th Cavalier, Tunbridge Well, - Trade Show
- MARCH 2nd Hammerhead, Newark - Trade Show & DBA Northern Cup
- MARCH 2/3rd MeG Event, Kent see MeG Forum for details
- MARCH Northern League R1, DBMM & ADLG, Leeds See Northern League website for details
- MARCH Southern League R1, ADLG Event, Central London
- MARCH Oxford FoGR event see Slitherine site for details
- MARCH WMMS Show, Alumwell, W Mids,
- MARCH 14-17th Airecon Harrogate - multi-format gaming show
- MARCH 17th ChillCon, Derby Show
- MARCH 23rd Herts of Lard, TFL Day, Hertfordshire
- MARCH 24th OVERLORD, Show, Abingdon
- MARCH ITALIAN TEAM CHAMPIONSHIP DBMM
- MARCH Time of Inadequate Lighting MeG event, Derby. Details on MeG forum
- MARCH ReG event Weston see ReG Website for details
- MARCH SCHILTRON 15mm ADLG, Grangemouth, Scotland (Held in October in 2021)
- MARCH 23rd Steel Warriors Sheffield see Fanaticus forum for more details
- MARCH 23rd/24th MeG Pacto Campaign Event, Battlefield Hobbies see MeG Forum for details
- MARCH 24th SoA Battle Day Hermitage Village Hall, Newbury
- APRIL 6/7 Roll Call BHGS Competition, multiple periods and rulesets
- APRIL MeG & Bataille Empire 1-day event, Eccles, Manchester
- APRIL 13th SALUTE - South London Warlords mega-show, London ExCeL
- APRIL Rumble on the Rhine Preston, MeG tournament
- APRIL ReG event Oxford see ReG Website for details
- APRIL MeG Event, Preston see MeG Forum for details
- APRIL Stupor Mundi : 1-day ADLG 100 point event, The Battlefield, Firestorm, Cardiff
- APRIL Bu-in-Grad Daventry FoW Event, see FoW Forum for details
- APRIL 27th Alton St Georges Day DBA - see new Fanaticus forum for details
- MAY 5th Diceni The Forum, Norwich - Show
- MATY DBA Competition, Frome, Somerset See Fanaticus boards for details
- MAY Round 2 of the Northern League, Manchester. See Northern League website for details
- MAY 11th Legionary, Exmouth, Show
- MAY The Diadochi ADLG event at The Bat Cave, Blackburn Contact Chris Tofalos
- MAY Peter Pig Battle Day Entoyment, Poole (PBI)
- MAY Campaign, Show & Comps Milton Keynes www.mkws.org.uk
- MAY Carronade, Falkirk, Show
- MAY Westbury Wars, 25mm DBM, Westbury
- MAY 26th Round 2 (probably) of the ADLG Southern League, Reading. See ADLG Forum for details
- MAY ReG event Battlefield Hobbies see ReG Website for details
- MAY Elgin ADLG Event, Scotland. See ADLG Forum for details
- MAY Penkridge Tabletop Sale
- MAY Lincombe Barn Tabletop Sale (Bristol)
- MAY 31st-June 2nd UK Games Expo, Birmingham - includes The BHGS Challenge
- MAY 31st-June 2nd UK Games Expo, Birmingham - includes The BHGS Challenge
- JUNE CORINIUM DBM Competition, Cirencester
- JUNE 8th Broadside Show, Gillingham, Kent
- JUNE 1/2nd MeG Event, Battlefield Hobbies Daventry, see MeG Forum for details
- JUNE Bakewell DBA see Fanaticus Forum for details
- JUNE Vespasian FoGAM Event, Entoyment, Bournemouth
- June ReG event Weston see ReG Website for details
- JUNE Market Larden Evesham TFL Games Day
- JUNE FoGR Event Wolvercote
- JUNE Phalanx Show, St Helens
- JUNE MEG MAGNA event Battlefield Hobbies, Daventry see MeG Forum for details
- JUNE The Mercian : 25mm ADLG event at Asgard Games Café, Walsall
- JUNE Peter Pig Battle Day Entoyment, Poole (Conquerers & Kings)
- JUNE Deep Fried Lard Mussleborough Scotland TFL Games Day
- JULY ADLG Southern League Round 3, Reading
- JULY The Joy of 6, 6mm games, Sheffield Workstation,
- JULY Rapture Gaming Festival, Chatham, wargaming section from Milton 100 Club
- JULY Conference of Wargamers (COW) Rushden
- JULY Armageddon Team Yankee nationals Firestorm Games, Cardiff
- JULY Sgian Dubh 2022 - ADLG event, Larkhall, Lanarkshire
- JULY 'Attack' Devizes www.ddwg.org.uk Multiple ruleset events and trade show
- JULY Ousing Lard TFL Games Day
- JULY Bataille Empire & MeG Wargames League, Round 3 Halifax
- AUGUST Claymore Show, Edinburgh
- AUGUST One-day ADLG, DBA, MeG Thornbury, Gloucs, as part of the IPMS show, contact Keith McGlynn
- AUGUST Northern League R3 Halifax, DBMM/ADLG. See Northern League website for details
- AUGUST 9-11th BRITCON, now in Nottingham see this website for full details Multiple historical periods and trade show
- AUGUST Peter Pig Battle Day Entoyment, Poole (Vietnam)
- AUGUST HOTT Godiva - Coventry see Fanaticus forum for details
- SEPTEMBER Hereward Wargames Show, Trade Show, Peterborough Will return in 2023
- SEPTEMBER Round 4 of the Northern League, Derby, DBMM/ADLG. See Northern League website for details
- SEPTEMBER Colours, Newbury - 1-day trade show, Newbury Racecourse
- SEPTEMBER Penkridge Tabletop Sale
- SEPTEMBER Oxford FoGR event see Slitherine site for details
- SEPTEMBER Border Reiver, show, Gateshead
- SEPTEMBER ReG event Oxford see ReG Website for details
- SEPTEMBER 14/15th FoGAM event Entoyment, Poole
- SEPTEMBER Biblical MeG event Derby, see MeG Forum for details
- SEPTEMBER Iceni Hoveton, Norfolk - DBM Competition 500AP doubles
- SEPTEMBER Bataille Empire & MeG Wargames League, Round 4 Leeds
- SEPTEMBER HOTT Slimbridge see Fanaticus forum for details
- SEPTEMBER Peter Pig Samurai Battle Day Entoyment, Poole (ECW)
- SEPTEMBER 15mm Two-Day ADLG Doubles event at Entoyment, Poole
- SEPTEMBER UK FoW Nationals, Daventry, see FoW Forum for details
- SEPTEMBER South West Model Show at The Tank Museum
- SEPTEMBER Bakewell DBA matched pairs tournament see Fanaticus forum for details
- OCTOBER WARGAMER Show 100 Acre Scout Hut, Aldridge Road, Streetly, B74 2EB (25th Year!)
- OCTOBER Skull Rollers MeG Event Battlefield Hobbies Daventry see MeG Forum for details
- OCTOBER Battle Brothers Saga Doubles London
- OCTOBER Peter Pig Ancients Battle Day Entoyment, Poole
- OCTOBER The Other Partizan, Show, Newark
- OCTOBER Sarisbury Green 3-person team FoGAM event + HOLIGOST DBM event, see Slitherine Forum and JGL's website for details
- OCTOBER SELWG Show, The Lee Valley Sports Centre New venue from 2021 Includes BHGS Teams
- OCTOBER 19/20th King of the North - ADLG event, York
- OCTOBER Brian Boru (DBMM) Event Ireland - Contact Jan van Embden for details
- OCTOBER Saga Grand Melee Cirencester
- OCTOBER ReG event Derby see ReG Website for details
- OCTOBER Derventio Derby MeG Competition see MeG Forum for details
- OCTOBER RE-PLAY, new show at the Royal Engineers Museum at Brompton Barracks, Gillingham, Kent.
- OCTOBER English DBA Open. Details on Fanaticus forum
- OCTOBER FIASCO, Leeds Royal Armouries show
- NOVEMBER (TBC) Cold Ash DBA tournament, see new Fanaticus boards for details
- NOVEMBER Targe, Show, Kirriemuir, Scotland
- NOVEMBER Spirecon Chesterfield
- NOVEMBER Vexiliium DBM Tournament Frome
- NOVEMBER Guilford 1-dayer DBMM Competition
- NOVEMBER Round 5 of the Northern League, Leeds, DBMM/ADLG. See Northern League website for details
- NOVEMBER 16/17th WARFARE, Farnborough Exhibition Centre - multiple periods and Trade Show
- NOVEMBER Saga 1-day event Just Play Games Liverpool
- NOVEMBER Battleground Show, Stockton on Tees
- NOVEMBER ADLG Southern League R4 Entoyment, Poole
- NOVEMBER Bataille Empire & MeG Wargames League, Round 4Derby
- NOVEMBER TT! Doubles Event, 7 Dials, London, see TTS! Facebook group for details
- NOVEMBER REVEILLE Show, Bristol see www.bristolwargaming.co.uk
- NOVEMBER 30th/DECEMBER 1st The Devonian Classic ADLG event 28mm and 15mm in Brixham, Devon
- DECEMBER Ribble Rumble Preston see MeG Website for details.
- DECEMBER RECON Pudsey, now organised by The Pit, see their website for details
- DECEMBER REG event Oxford see ReG Website for details
- DECEMBER FoGR Event, Wolvercote