Club Directory
This is by no means an exhaustive list of UK historically-leaning wargaming clubs, and with Covid having disrupted things for a couple of years it's also likely to have a fair few errors and dead links where clubs have gone by the wayside - but at least it's a start!
Clubs wishing to have their websites added or details changed in this list should contact the BHGS vis this form
Clubs wishing to have their websites added or details changed in this list should contact the BHGS vis this form
UK Based Clubs:
- Abingdon Wargames Club - Abingdon based gaming club
- Barnstaple and North Devon WG Club - meet every Monday evening. Historical games - from all periods - are played alongside Fantasy. Contact Everett Sharp for more details
- Bath Wargames Club Claverton Down Community Hall in Bath, Sundays.
- Beacon Wargames Club - Thursday 6:00-11:00 at Elton Community Centre, Elton, Cheshire.
- Bedford Gladiators - Bedford based gaming club
- Birmingham Guards Wargaming & Tabletop Club (meeting in Sheldon), every Friday 6:30pm till 11:00pm
- Bracknell Wargamers - Bracknell based club
- Bristol Big'uns - Bristol based club
- Bristol Quick Fire Games Club - meets bi-weekly at the Meadow Vale centre, Speedwell. Contact Bill Reynolds
- Brighton Wargames Club - Brighton based gaming club
- Burnley Wargames Group - Burnley based gaming club
- Burton & District Wargames Club - Organisers of the Burton Doubles
- Carmarthen Old Guard Wargames Club - meeting weekly in the Ore Knot in Carmarthern. Contact Kyle Roberts
- Cambridge City Games Club - Cambridge based gaming club
- Central London Wargames Club - London based gaming club, meeting Mondays & Thursdays in Mornington Crescent
- Chelmsford Bunker - Chelmsford based club
- Cheshunt Wargames Club - in Herts
- Chesterfield (Grassmoor) - Mountain Gremlin Games, local FLGS with drop-in gaming tables
- Clevedon Crusaders : Meet every Friday in Yatton Village Hall, Many periods played - contact Nick Fuller[email protected]
- Coltishall Cowards - Norfolks premier DBM hotbed !
- Cornwall Wargames Association - meets at Quintrell Downs Village Hall near Newquay
- Coventry - Scimitar Wargames, also on Facebook
- Crawley Wargames Club Prime meetings Friday and Sunday
- Darlington - Prince Bishop’s Wargames Club, Brafferton. Contact Ken Bell for details
- Devon Wargames Group, Exeter
- Devizes & District Wargames Club - Devizes based club
- Darkfire Wargamers - a small group of Wargamers based out of Perth, UK who offer a diverse range of games including FoW, FoG, FoGR and a number of others.
- Durham Wargames Club - Durham based gaming club
- East London Wargames Club
- East Manchester Historical Games Society
- Edinburgh League of Gamers - playing a range of games from historical to Warhammer
- Essex Warriors - Writtle near Chelmsford based club
- Evesham Wargames Club - Now part of Wyvern Wargames club
- Exeter - Devon Wargames Group
- Templars - Falkirk Wargames Club
- Farnborough Wargames Society
- Gaming Club Network - an association of independent gaming clubs with a code of conduct
- Gateshead - Generals Outpost Club, 1st Thursday of each month
- Glasgow and District Gaming Club (GDWS)
- Grimsby Wargames Society - Grimsby based gaming club
- Guildford Wargames Club. Meets at St John’s Centre,Merrow GU4 7DA on Monday evenings
- Halifax Wargames Club - playing ADLG, DBMM in ancients. Wednesday 7:30 to 10:30. Contact Roger Greenwood
- The Harrogate and Ripon District Wargames Club, Thursdays, Dene Pk Centre Harrogate: contact Paul Thornton
- The Herts Volunteers , originally in Bishop’s Stortford, now Meeting in Quendon, Essex, contact Michael Hoddy
- Horchurch Wargames Club - Hornchurch based club
- Hull & East Riding Wargames Club
- Huntingdon & District Wargames Society meeting at The Montagu Club, Huntindon on Thursday evenings
- Ilford Wargames Group - Ilford in Essex
- Leicester Juggernauts Wargaming Club, Kirby Muxlow - Meeting tuesday nights, see their facebook page for details
- Leeds Night Owls
- Luton Legionnaires Wargames Club
- Liverpool Wargames Association - 2,500 Sq Feet of gaming space in the centre of Liverpool - a members Association run for the members, by the members
- MADGamers - in the Windsor and Maidenhead area, meeting on Friday nights
- Maidenhead Reapers - meeting on Mondays in Blandford House from 6pm, playing a range of historical and "Warhammer" games including Saga and Bolt Action
- Mailed Fist Wargames Group
- Manchester Area Wargames Society
- Manx Wargames Society - Isle of Man, (Port Erin).
- Milton Keynes Wargaming Society - MK based club and organisers of Campaign
- Nottingham Wargames Club
- Nottingham Board & Wargames Group
- Newark Irregulars
- North Down Warlords
- Northampton Warlords - Northampton based gaming club
- Nottingham Board and Wargames Club - Multiple venues, multiple weeknights, all in central Nottingham
- October Wargames Association - based in Birmingham
- Oxford Wargames Society - Oxford based gaming club
- Pennine Raiders - Halifax-based wargames club. We play a variety of rules including ADLG, DBMM, Bolt Action, Black Powder, Pike & Shotte and Hail Caeser.
- Phoenix Gaming Club - Rushden based gaming club
- Plymouth Association of Wargamers - also hosts of the annual PAW show
- Pinner Wargames Club
- Pontefract Wargames Club, at M&I Models and Miniatures. Contact Mark for details
- Reading & Newbury Wargames Club - organisers of the Colours show
- Redditch Tabletop Gamers
- Reigate Wargames Group, now meeting as part of Surrey Spartans
- Ringwood Association of Wargamers - a new group in Ringwood on the edge of the New Forest
- Rygas Roughnecks - Exeter based club
- Rotherham Wargames - meetings held Saturdays 9am - 4pm at The Masbrough and Thornhill Community Centre, College Road, Rotherham S60 1JE
- Scimitar Wargames - Coventry, also on Facebook
- Sheffield Wargames Society - Meets on Wednesdays at Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Farm Rd, Sheffield, S2 2TP - Games played: A bit of everything!
- Sheffield and Rotherham Wargames Club (not the same one!) Thursdays at Farm Road Sports & Social Club, Sheffield
- Shrewsbury Wargames Society - Shrewsbury based club
- Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers - If that's your bag these guys will be it.
- South Birmingham Wargames Club meet every Friday and a couple of Sundays a month at 81 Church Road, Moseley . Contact Rod Chapman for details
- Southend on Sea Wargames Group - Southend based club
- Southampton / New Forest, Wessex Wargames Society (meeting every other Saturday ).
- South London Warlords - Organisers of Salute
- South East London Wargames Group (SELWG) - organisers of the SELWG show at Lee Valley Sports Stadium, the club meets in Catford.
- South Somerset Wargames Club - meets Thursdays
- Shropshire Independent Gamers - contact Christian Delaney
- Spalding Wargames Club - The Vista Spalding on Wednesday nights. Contact via Facebook page or email
- Stourbridge & District Wargamers - Friday nights at The Church Hall, Vicarage Road, Amblecote. Contact Dave for details
- Stronghold Wargames A virtual club who regularly hold events at gaming venues around the UK
- Surrey Spartans, Couldsen, Surrey
- SW Circuit - Home of the South West Doubles League and associated 25mm competitions
- Swindon & District Wargamers - Swindon based club
- Tanelorn Wargames Club (East London)
- Tabletop North - Northern Ireland
- Templars - Falkirk Wargames Club
- Thames Valley Wargamers - Bourne based club
- The Sad Muppet Society - Basingstoke based club
- Tonbridge Wargames Club - meets on alternate Monday evenings.
- Tring Wargames Club
- Wargames Association of Reading - Reading based gaming club and organisers of Warfare
- Warwickshire Gamers - Whitnash based club (junc. 15 M40)
- Wessex Wargamers Winchester
- Wessex Wargames Society (based in Southampton / New Forest, meeting every other Saturday ).
- Wigan Tabletop Games Club meet Friday and Sunday evenings, playing a plethora of games not limited to: Pikeman's Lament, Song of Blades and Heroes, HOTT, DBA, Epic 30K, WH40K, Warmahordes, Gaslands, Pulp Alley, WH Ancients, Blood Bowl, Dreadball. We also play board games!
- Windsor and Maidenhead - MADGamers, meeting on Friday nights
- West Norfolk Wargamers WnW, Meet monthly by arrangement; usually at Southery Village Hall. Contact [email protected] for details
- Wrexham Wargame Club, second and fourth Tuesday of each month from 7pm at the "Saith Seren", Chester Street, Wrexham. Search for "Wrexham Wargamers" on facebook
- Wycombe Warband - High Wycombe based club
- Wyre Forest Wargames Club - Based in Kidderminster but with members from a wide area of the Marches
- Wyvern Wargamers - Worcester, Redditch, Tewkesbury, Cheltenham and surrounding areas
There are other lists of clubs online, including:
- The Collection Calculator
- Reinforcements by Post Painting Service
- Tabletop Gaming Magazine
- Gaming Club Network Facebook listing