Wargames Calendar 2006

Events in italics are competition events. Closing dates for competition entries are in red

Underlined dates are already confirmed for 2006

All events are checked in person where possible but thanks goes to the BHGS in the UK and the NASAMW and various HMGS chapters in the US for some of the information on competition and convention dates. Other sites worthy of note that contribute to the maintenance of these pages include Dadi e Piombo in Italy

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United Kingdom & Ireland

Europe

USA & Canada 

Australia

Last Update 22^nd October 2006

United Kingdom & Ireland

January

Closing Date for Godendag 6^th January

Closing Date for SOA Milton Keynes Doubles 7^th January

Closing Date for Northern DBM Doubles 1^st Rnd 19^th January

SOA Milton Keynes Doubles (1^stRnd) (Milton Keynes) 21^st – 22^nd January

Warpcon XVI (Cork, Ireland) 27^th – 29^th January

Celtic Championship (Cork, Ireland 27^th – 29^th January

Crusade (Penarth)                  28^th January

February

October Wargames Association

Open Day (Birmingham) 4^th February

Godendag (Usk) 4^th – 5^th February

PAW (Plymouth) 4^th – 5^th February

Vapnartak (York)  5^th February

Northern DBM Doubles 1^st Rnd (York) 5^th February

Call to Arms (Newbury) 11^th February

Hammerhead (Newark) 12^th February

Closing Date for WPS WAB Grand Tournament 12^th February

Closing Date for SOA Leeds Doubles 18^th February

Badcon 3 (Burton on Trent) 18^th – 19^th February

Burton DBM Doubles                        (Burton on Trent) 18^th – 19^th February

Leprecon (Dublin) 24^th – 26^th February

Legionary MMVI (Exeter) 25^th February

Trucks ‘N’ Tracks (Folkestone) 25^th – 26^th February

Cavalier (Tunbridge Wells) 26^th February

March

Closing Date for Clevedon 15mm DBM Pairs

Shot and Shell (South Shields) CANCELLED

SOA Leeds Doubles (2^nd Rnd) (Leeds) 4^th - 5^th March

Overlord (Abingdon) 5^th March

PAWS 15mm DBA Competition (Portsmouth) 11^th March

Bristol Brawl (Bristol) 11^th – 12^th March

WPS WAB Grand Tournament (Nottingham) 11^th – 12^th March

West Midlands Military Show (Alumwell) 12^th March

Closing Date for BHGS Challenge 16^th March

Closing Date for Northern DBM Doubles 2^nd Rnd 18^th March

15mm DBM Pairs Doubles 2^nd Rnd (Slimbridge) 18^th – 19^th March

Closing Date for Schiltron 15mm DBM 24^th March

Finn Mac Cool Cup (Dublin) 25^th – 26^th March

BHGS Challenge (Ascot) 31^st March – 2^nd April

April

Triples (Sheffield) 1^st – 2^nd April

International Napoleonic Fair           (St Albans) 2^nd April

Student Nationals (Sheffield) 7^th – 9^th April

Wappinshaw                                       (Glasgow) 8^th April

Closing Date for Aqua Sulis Entries

Closing Date for Whoops Apocalypse! WFB Tournament 9^th April

Northern DBM Doubles 2^nd Rnd (Manchester) 9^th April

SE Toy Soldier Fair (Dartford) 9th April

Schiltron 15mm DBM (Glasgow) 15^th – 16^th April

Wargaming Weekend (Loughborough) 21^st – 23^rd April

Salute (London) 22^nd April

15mm DBM Pairs Doubles 3^rdRnd (Bath) 22^nd – 23^rd April

Closing Date for Scottish Open DBM

Closing Date for WPS Club Challenge 30^th April

Aquae Sulis VI (Bath)

May

Closing Date for Campaign National Wargames League

Spring Offensive (Stockton) 6^thMay

Fisticuffs (Weymouth) 6^th – 7^th May

Whoops Apocalypse! WFB (Birmingham)                        6^th – 7^th May

Warhammer Historical Gaming

Weekend (Nottingham) 6^th – 7^th May

Battlegroup Neptune (Elvington) 13^th May

Campaign (Milton Keynes) 13^th –14^th May

Cannonade (Falkirk) 13^th May

Beer and Pretzels (Burton On Trent) 13^th – 14^th May

Closing Date for SOA Abingdon Doubles Entries 20^th May

Partizan (Newark) 21^st May

Closing Date for Northern DBM Doubles 3^rd Rnd 23^rd May

WPS Club Challenge (Nottingham) 27^th – 28^th May

June

SOA Abingdon Doubles (3^rd Rnd) (Abingdon) 3^rd - 4^th June

15mm DBM Pairs Doubles 4^th Rnd (Clevedon) 3^rd - 4^th June

PAWS 15mm DBA Competition (Portsmouth) 10^th June

Durham WG Group Open Day (Durham) 10^th June

Vaticon                                                (Dublin)                                  10^th - 11^th June

Q-Con (Belfast) 16^th – 18^th June

Cuchulain Trophy (Belfast)                                  16^th – 18^th June (atQ-Con)

SOA Battleday (Bletchley) 17^th June

Fiasco (Leeds) CANCELLED

Northern DBM Doubles 3^rd Rnd (Manchester) 18^th June

Valhalla (Farnborough) 18^th June

Roll Call (Oxford) 24^th – 25^th June

July

Battlegroup South (Bovington) 1^st – 2^nd July

Gauntlet                                              (Broughton) 1^st – 2^nd July

Bifrost (Birmingham) CANCELLED

Attack (Devizes) 8^th – 9^th July

15mm DBM Pairs Doubles 5^th Rnd  (Devizes)                                 8^th – 9^th July (At Attack)

Ubercon (Cork) 14^th – 16^th July

BHGS DBM Team Championships (Ilford) 15^th – 16^th July

Rampage (Ilford) 16^th July

Sentry (Stoke-on-Trent) 16^th July

To the Redoubt                                  (Eastbourne) 29^th – 30^th July

August

Claymore (Edinburgh) 5^th August

Strongbow’s Shield (Dublin) 5^th August

Firepower                            (Woolwich) 13^th August

Britcon (Manchester) 17^th – 20^th August

Closing Date for entries for the DBM Northern League 4^th Rnd 19^th August

Closing Date for Warcry 25mm Entries 31^st August

September

Closing Date for HOTT Berkeley 2006 1^st September

Border Reiver (Newcastle) 2^nd September

HOTT Berkeley 2006  (Berkeley) 2^nd – 3^rd September

The Other Partizan (Newark) 3^rd September

Northern DBM Doubles 4^th Rnd (Manchester) 3^rd September

Colours (Newbury) 9^th – 10^th September

SE Toy Soldier Fair (Dartford) 10^th September

SOA AGM & Games Day (Harpenden) 16^th September

Warcry II 25mm DBM (Clevedon) 16^th - 17^th September

Essex Warriors Open Day (Writtle) 17^th September

PAWS 15mm DBA Competition (Portsmouth) 23^rd September

Phalanx (St Helens) 23^rd September

SOA Perth Doubles (4^thRnd) (Perthr) 28^th – 29^th October

October

Lincombe Barn Table Top Sale (Bristol) 1^st October

Old Glory World Team

Championships (Derby) 7^th – 8^th October

Closing Date for SOA Chester Doubles Entries 14^th October

Macclesfield Manoeuvres (Macclesfield) 14^th October

Skelp (Forfar) 14^th October

Forest Foray                                       (Lydney)                                 14^th - 15^th October

English DBA Open (Portsmouth) 15^th October

Warrior (Gateshead) 21^st October

SELWG (Crystal Palace) 22^ndOctober

SOA Chester Doubles (5^thRnd) (Chester) 28^th – 29^th October

Gaelcon (Dublin) 28^th – 30^th October

Warhammer Historical Gaming

Weekend (Nottingham) 28^th – 29^th October

November

Fiasco II (Leeds) 4^th November

Targe (Kirriemuir) 4^th November

Closing Date for entries for the DBM Northern League 5^th Rnd 10^th November

Scottish DBM Open (Perth) 11^th – 12^th November

Warfare (Reading) 18^th – 19^th November

Parade Ground (Stockton) 25^th November

Closing Date for SOA Leicester Doubles Entries 25^th November

Northern DBM Doubles 5^th Rnd (Leeds) 26^th November

Reveille II (Bristol) 26^th November

December

Dragonmeet (London) 2^nd December

Recon  (Leeds) 2^nd December

The Other Shieldwall 25mm DBM (Slimbridge) 2^nd - 3^rd December

PAWS 15mm DBA Competition (Portsmouth) 9^th December

SOA Leicester Doubles (6^th Rnd) (Leicester) 9^th – 10^th December

Wargamer (Birmingham) 10^th December

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Europe

January

Chaniers Tournoi DBM (Chaniers, France) 7^th – 8^th January

Kopis (Costa de Caparica, Portugal) 8^th January

Al-Caide (Costa de Caparica, Portugal) 21^st – 22^nd January

Tournoi DBM en equipe des IPO (Levallois, France) 21^st – 22^nd January

Tournoi de Montpellier DBM (Montpellier, France 21^st – 22^nd January

5^thPatras DBM Challenge (Patras, Greece)

February

Toutatis (Sourvilles, France) 4^th February

Les Rencontres DBM/DBA

De Villebarou (Villebarou, France) 4 ^th – 5 ^th February

Kopis (Costa de Caparica, Portugal) 5^th February

Swabian Open DBM (Bad Urach, Germany) 10^th – 12^th February

Trophée "Fébus Avan !"DBA (Pau, France) 11^th February

Tactica (Hamburg, Germany) 18 ^th – 19 ^th February

5^th Interclub DBM Challenge (Cannes, France) 18^th – 19^th February

Legio II (Creazzo, Italy) 19^th February

Red Barons Trophy (Bellegem, Belgium) 25^th – 26^th February

March

Red Barons Wargames Convention (Gentbrugge, Belgium) 4^th March

German Open (Koblenz, Germany) 4^th – 5^th March

Grande Torneio do Sul (Costa de Caparica, Portugal) 4^th – 5^th March

Tournoi FOW de Belgique (Mons, Belgium) 11^th March

Tournoi d'Amiens - St Fuscien (Amiens, France) 18^th – 19^th March

Falcata (Costa de Caparica, Portugal) 19^thMarch

Tournoi FOW de Roquebrune (Roquebrune sur Argens, France) 19^thMarch

Action (Moenchengladbach, Germany) 25^th – 26^th March

Hellana (Agliana, Italy) 26^th March

April

6ème Après-Midi DBA d'Asnières (Asnières sur Seines, France) 1^st April

La Fiera Del Gioco                            (Ravenna, Italy)

Falcata (Costa de Caparica, Portugal) 2^nd April

Nerviens DBM Tournament (Faches-Thumesnil, France) 8^th – 9^th April

XIX Tournoi des Dauphins (Fontaine, France) 22^nd – 23^rd April

Convention de Brottes (Brottes, France) 29^th – 30^th April

Tournoi de l'AJHA (Troyes, France) 29^th – 30^th April

Tournoi Normand DBM (Montivilliers, France) 29^th – 30^th April

May

4° Tournoi FOW de Toulon (Toulon, France) 13^th – 14^th May

10^th Taça de Portugal (Costa de Caparica, Portugal) 13^th – 14^th May

Citta' di Verona (Verona, Italy) 13^th – 14^th May
Tournoi d’Arcueil (Arcueil, France) 19^th – 21^st May

2^nd French 15mm DBA Cup (Angouleme, France)

Tournoi d’Augisey (Augisey, Jura, France)

Gladius Hispaniensis (Costa de Caparica, Portugal) 28^th May

June

Tournoi Alienor DBM (Floirac, France) 10^th – 11^th June

Gladius Hispaniensis (Costa de Caparica, Portugal) 11^th June

3^rdAttritiCon DBM International (Ulm, Germany) 16^th- 18^thJune

Mass Levy (Paris, France) 17^th- 18^thJune

DBA Zürihegel (Zurich, Switzerland) 24^th June

Monsday (Mons, Belgium)

July

Spartha (Costa de Caparica, Portugal) 2^nd July

September

Crusade (Leopoldsburg, Belgium) 2^nd September

Campionato DBM (Bologna, Italy) 2^nd - 3^rd September

International Team challenge (Ghent, Belgium) 9^th – 10^th September

2^ndTorneio Os Cavaleiros

de Santiago (Costa de Caparica, Portugal) 23^rd – 24^th September

Lobositz 2006 (Lovosice, Czech Republic) 30^th September

October

Campionato DBM (Pisa, Italy) 7^th – 8^th October

Duzi 2006 (Essen, Germany)                        7^th – 8^th October

Campionato DBM (Cartigliano, Italy) 14^th – 15^th October

Trophée Marc-Aurèle DBM (Avenches, Switzerland) 14^th – 15^th October

13^th Campeonato Nacional (Costa de Caparica, Portugal) 21^st – 22^nd October

November

Crisis (Antwerp, Belgium) 4^th November

Campionato DBM (Bologna, Italy) 4^th – 5^th November

Dadi.Com (Milan, Italy) 25^th –26^th November

Lagos 2006 (Lagos,Portugal) 25^th –26^th November

December

Campionato DBM (Milan, Italy) 2^nd – 3^rd December

4^th DBM 100 (Costa de Caparica, Portugal) 10^th December

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US and Canada

January

The Siege of Augusta (Augusta, GA) 13^th – 15^th January

ConQuest LA (Los Angeles, CA) 13^th – 16^th January

Spartacon XV (Lansing, MI) 14^th January

NOVAG Gameday (Woodbridge, VA) 14^th January

Atlanta Team Tournament DBM (Douglasville, GA) 14^th – 15^th January

Barrage X (Baltimore, MA) 21^st January

VictoriaCon (Victoria, BC, Canada) 27^th – 29^th January

February

Winter-Vention (Potosi, MO) 3^rd – 5^th February

Winter War (Champaign, IL) 3^rd – 5^th February

Atlanta Minicon (Atlanta, GA) 4^th – 5^th February

Spring Maneuvres (Fort Leavenworth, KS) 10^th – 11^th February

OwlCon XXIV (Houston, TX) 10^th – 12^th February

Ancient & Medieval Conference (San Ramon, CA) 10^th – 12^th February

WinterCon (Warren, MI) 11^th February

Genghis Con XXVII (Denver, CO) 16^th – 19^th February

Pandemonium 23 (Toronto, Ontario, Canada) 17^th – 19^th February

ConQuest NW (Seattle, WA) 17^th – 20^th February

OrcCon (Los Angeles, CA) 17^th –20^th February

Harbour Storm (Gig Harbour, WA) 18^th February (At ConQuest NW)

B-Day Bash DBM (Kettering, OH) 18^th – 19^th February

Derekcon 36 (Jacksonville, FL) 25^th February

March

Battlefields (Westland, MI) 4^th March

Trumpeter Salute (Burnaby, BC, Canada) 10^th – 12^th March

CosCon (Butler, PA) 10^th – 12^th March

Warband (Reading, OH) 11^th March

Barracks Battles (Jefferson Barracks, MO) 17^th – 18^th March

Cold Wars (Lancaster, PA) 17^th – 19^th March

Gorilla Con III (Pittsburg, KS) 17^th – 19^th March

Fort Worth Wars (Arlington, TX) 24^th – 25^th March

22^nd Annual SYW Association Con. (South Bend, IN) 24^th – 25^th March

Hot Lead (Stratford, Ontario) 24^th – 26^th March

Brimfrost (Anchorage, Alaska) 24^th – 26^th March

Chimaeracon (San Antonio, TX) 24^th – 26^th March

Legends of the Spring (Wauconda, IL) 25^th March

Closing date for entries for HenryBrewer-Gus Sailors

Memorial DBM Tournament 26^thMarch

Simcon (Rochester, NY) 30^th March – 2^nd April

Havoc XXII (Shrewsbury, MA) 31^st March – 2^nd April

Recruits (Lee’s Summit, Missouri) 31^st March – 1^st April

Games University (Irvine, CA) 31^st March – 2^nd April

April

Erie Day of Games                            (Erie, PA)                                            1^st April

HenryBrewer-Gus Sailors
Memorial DBM Tournament (Birmingham, AL) 1^st - 2^nd April

Spring Campaign (Glendale, CA) 7^th-8^th April

Derekcon 37 (Jacksonville, FL) 8^th April

Pointcon (West Point, NY) 8^th April

Spring Spears 15mm DBM (Monterey, CA)

Little Wars (Lincolnshire IL) 21^st – 23^rd April

Fal-Con (Colorado Springs, CO)

Redcon 15mm DBM (Kingston, Ontario, Canada)

Recon (Tampa, FL) 28^th – 30^th April

Tank Shock (Danville, VA) 29^th – 30^th April

May

Capcon (Columbus, OH)

Call to Arms (Kansas City, KS) 5^th – 7^th May

Mayday (Edmonton, Alberta, Canada) 13^th May

5^th Annual Toy Soldier Show (Newport News, VA) 13^th May

Drums Along the Maumee 7 (Toledo, OH) 19^th – 20^th May

Cangames (Ottawa, Canada) 19^th – 22^nd May

Novag Gamesday (Chantilly, VA) 20^th May

Nashcon (Franklin, TN) 26^th – 28^th May

Kublacon (Burlingame, CA) 26^th – 29^th May

June

Diecon (Collinsville, IL) 2^nd – 4^th June

Prairiecon                                           (Brandon, Manitoba, Canada)           2^nd – 4^th June

Enfilade (Olympia, WA) 9^th – 11^th June

Bayou Wars (Vicksburg, MS)  16^th - 18^th June

Syracon I V(Syracuse, NY) 17^thJune

Warparty (Symmes Township, OH) 24^th June

Origins (Columbus, OH) 29^th June – 2^nd July

July

Chicagoland DBM Doubles               (Joliet, IL)                                        

Summer Camp (Fort Leavenworth, KS)

Historicon (Lancaster, PA) 20^th – 23^rd July

Recon                                                  (Coon Rapids, MN)                           29^th July

August

Gencon (Indianapolis, IN) 10^th – 13^th August

Peninsular Campaigns (Kalamazoo, MI) 12^th August

Rapier (Jacksonville, FL) 19^th August

Tacticon (Denver, CO) 31^st August - 3^rd September

September

ConQuest SF (San Francisco, CA) 1^st - 4^th September

Hubcon (Hattiesburg, MS) 15^th - 17^th September

Advance the Colours (Springfield, OH) 15^th - 17^th September

Hurricon (Tampa, FL) 22^nd – 24^th September

Migscon (Hamilton, ON, Canada) 22^nd – 24^th September

Royalcon (Montreal, QC, Canada) 23^rd – 24^th September

Flatcon (Bloomington, Il) 29^th September – 1^st October

Southern Front (Raleigh, NC) 29^th September – 1^st October

Fields of Honor (Des Moines, IA) 29^th September – 1^st October

October

Council of the Five Nations (Albany, NY) 6^th – 8^th October

Skirmish (Plano, TX) 7^th October

OshCon                                               (Oshkosh, WI)                                   7^th – 8^th October

Border Wars (Kansas City , KS) 6^th – 8^th October

November

DBX Con (Columbus, OH)

Rock Con (Rockford, IL) 3^rd – 5^th November

PentaCon XXII                                  (Fort Wayne, IN)                                3^rd – 5^th November

Breakthrough (Surrey, BC, Canada)

Fall In (Gettysburg, PA) 10^th –12^th November

Millennium 9                                      (Austin, TX) 10^th –12^th November

Gencon So Cal                                    (Anaheim, CA)                                   16^th –19^th November

Ucon (Ann Arbour, MI) 17^th –19^th November

Command Con VIII (St Louis, MO) 17^th –20^th November

Minnesota Gamers Convention (St Paul, MN)

December

Atomicon (Las Vegas, NV) 1^st – 2^nd December

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Australia & SE Asia

January

Cancon (Canberra, Australia) 27^th – 29^th January

March

April

Leviathan (Sydney, Australia)

September

MOAB (Sydney, Australia) 30^th September – 2^nd October

December

Gamecon (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

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