Wargames Calendar 2008

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

Underlined dates are already confirmed for 2008

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 and Fédération Française de Jeu d’Histoire in France

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Europe

USA & Canada 

Australia, South East Asia and Africa

Last Update 21^st July 2008

United Kingdom & Ireland

January

Closing Date for Godendag 6^th January

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

Warpcon XVI (Cork, Ireland) 25^th – 27^th January

Crusade (Penarth)                  26^th January

Godendag (Usk) 26^th – 27^th January

Munster Open DBM (Cork, Ireland) 26^th – 27^th January

February

PAW (Plymouth) 2^nd – 3^rd February

Vapnartak (York)  3^rd February

Northern DBM Doubles 1^st Rnd (York) 3^rd February

Call to Arms (Newbury) 9^th February

Hammerhead (Newark) 10^th February

Closing Date for Finn Mac Cool Cup 15^th February

Badcon 4 (Burton on Trent) 16^th – 17^th February

Burton DBM Doubles                        (Burton on Trent) 16^th – 17^th February

Trucks ‘N’ Tracks (Folkestone) 23^rd – 24^th February

Bristol Brawl (Bristol) 23^rd - 24^th February

Cavalier (Tunbridge Wells) 24^th February

South Cheshire Militaire (Crewe) 24^th February

Leprecon (Dublin) 29^th February – 2^nd March

March

Legionary MMVI (Exeter) 1^st March

Overlord (Abingdon) 2^nd March

CALF Wargaming Weekend (Plymouth) 7^th – 9^th March

PAWS 15mm DBA Competition (Portsmouth) 8^th March

Closing Date for SOA Leeds Doubles 8^th March

Finn Mac Cool Cup (Dublin) 8^th – 9^th March

West Midlands Military Show (Wolverhampton) 9^th March

Closing Date for Slimbridge 15mm DBM Pairs

Closing Date for Celtic Championship Entries 14^th March

Closing Date for Northern DBM Doubles 2^nd Rnd 16^th March

Triples (Sheffield) 15^th – 16^th March

Closing Date for BHGS Challenge 22^nd March

SOA Leeds Doubles (1^st Rnd) (Leeds) 22^nd – 23^rd March

Closing date for Venta Silurum 15mm DBM Doubles 2^nd Rnd 28^th March

Student Nationals (Sheffield) 28^th – 30^th March

PBI Day (Bournemouth) 29^th March

Whoops Apocalypse! WFB (Sutton Coldfield) 29^th – 30^th March

Schiltron 15mm DBM (Glasgow) Moving to June or July. Date to be confirmed

April

Vaticon                                                (Dublin)                                 4^th – 6^th April

Closing Date for Legion Entries 5^th April

15mm DBM Pairs Doubles 2^nd Rnd (Caerwent) 5^th – 6^th April

Northern DBM Doubles 2^nd Rnd (Manchester) 6^th April

Closing Date for Campaign National Wargames League 11^th April

Celtic Championship (Belfast) 11^th – 13^th April

Wappinshaw                                      (Glasgow) 12^th April

SE Toy Soldier Fair (Dartford) 13^th April

BHGS Challenge (Ascot) 18^th – 20^th April

Salute (London) 19^th April

SOA Battleday (Bletchley) 26^th April

Fisticuffs (Weymouth) 26^th April

Wargaming Weekend (Loughborough) 26^th – 27^th April

Legion Pairs Doubles (Bath) 26^th - 27^t April

Closing Date for WPS Club Challenge 26^th April

May

Closing Date for SOA Oxford Doubles Entries 10^th May

Carronade (Falkirk) 10^th May

Campaign (Milton Keynes) 10^th – 11^th May

International Napoleonic Fair           (Braintree) 10^th – 11^th May

Battlegroup North (Elvington) 10^th – 11^th May

Mongoose 08 (Swindon) 11^th May

Durham DBM Doubles (Durham) 17^th – 18^th May

Beer and Pretzels (Burton On Trent) 17^th – 18^th May

Lincombe Barn Table Top Sale (Bristol) 18^th May

Closing Date for Northern DBM Doubles 3^rd Rnd 24^th May

WPS Club Challenge (Nottingham) 24^th – 25^th May

SOA Oxford Doubles (2^ndRnd) (Oxford) 24^th – 25^th May

Partizan (Newark) 25^th May

Games Expo 2008 (Birmingham) 30^th May – 1^st June

Warhammer Historical Gaming

Weekend (Nottingham) 31^st May – 1^st June

June

PAWS 15mm DBA Competition (Portsmouth) 7^th June

Northern DBM Doubles 3^rd Rnd (Derby) 8^th June

Closing date for Pompey Pillage Entries 9^th June

Durham WG Group Open Day (Durham) 14^th June

Valhalla (Farnborough) 15^th June

Closing Date for 15mm DBM Doubles 3^rd Rnd 15^th June

Phalanx (St Helens) 21^st June

Closing Date for SOA Chester Doubles Entries 21^st June

Pompey Pillage 2007 (Horndean) 21^st – 22^nd June

Q-Con (Belfast) 27^th -29^th June

Cuchulain Trophy (Belfast)                                 28^th – 29^th June (at Q-Con)

Rampage (Ilford) 28^th – 29^th June

July

Albanich (Dumfries) 5^th July

Gauntlet                                              (Broughton) 5^th – 6^th July

Battlegroup South (Bovington) 5^th – 6^th July

SOA Chester Doubles (3^rdRnd) (Broughton) 5^th – 6^th July (at Gauntlet)

Attack (Devizes) 12^th – 13^th July

15mm DBM Pairs Doubles 3^rd Rnd (Devizes) 12^th – 13^th July (at Attack)

Festival of History (Kelmarsh Hall ) 19^th– 20^thJuly

To the Redoubt                                  (Eastbourne) 26^th -27^th July

August

Claymore (Edinburgh) 2^nd August

Closing date for Strongbow’s Shield Entries 8^th August

Firepower                            (Woolwich) 10^th August

Britcon (Manchester) 14^th – 17^th August

Military Odyssey 23^rd – 25^th August

Closing Date for Northern DBM Doubles 4^th Rnd 24^th August

Strongbow’s Shield (Dublin) 30^th August

September

Closing Date for HOTT Berkeley 2008

Border Reiver (Newcastle) 6^th September

HOTT Berkeley 2008  (Berkeley) 6^th - 7^th September

The Other Partizan (Newark) 7^th September

Northern DBM Doubles 4^th Rnd (Manchester) 7^th September

Closing Date for SOA Luncarty Doubles Entries 13^th September

Colours (Newbury) 13^th – 14^th September

SE Toy Soldier Fair (Dartford) 14^th September

SOA AGM & Games Day (Farnborough) 21^st September

Essex Warriors Open Day (Writtle) 28^th September

PAWS 15mm DBA Competition (Portsmouth) 27^th September

UWS DBM Competition (Belfast) 27^th September

SOA Luncarty Doubles (4^th Rnd) (Luncarty) 27^th – 28^th September

October

Old Glory World Team

Championships (Derby) 4^th - 5^th October

Macclesfield Manoeuvres (Macclesfield)

Skelp (Forfar) 11^th October

English DBA Open (Portsmouth)

SELWG (Crystal Palace) Not held this Year

Warrior (Gateshead)

Gaelcon (Dublin) 24^th – 26^th October

Forest Foray                                       (Lydney)                     25^th – 26^th October 

Roll Call (Oxford) 25^th – 26^th October

Warhammer Historical Gaming

Weekend (Nottingham)

November

IWF 1^st Individual European

Championships (Dublin)

Closing Date for Scottish Open DBM

Fiasco II (Leeds)

Targe (Kirriemuir)

Closing Date for Northern DBM Doubles 5^th Rnd

Wargaming Weekend (Loughborough)

Warfare (Reading) 22^nd -23^rd November

Northern DBM Doubles 5^th Rnd (Leeds)

Scottish Open DBM (Luncarty) 29^th – 30^th November

Reveille (Bristol) 30^th November

December

Dragonmeet (London)

Recon  (Leeds)

SOA Leicester Doubles (5^thRnd) (Leicester)

The Other Shieldwall 25mm DBM (Slimbridge)

PAWS 15mm DBA Competition (Portsmouth) 6^th December

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Europe

January

Italian DBA League 1^st Rnd (Castegnato, Italy) 13^th January

Chaniers Tournoi DBM (Chaniers, France) 19^th – 20^th January

Journées Figurines et Jeux 2008 (Sartrouville, France) 19^th - 20^th January

La Convention de

Jeu d'Histoire des IPO (Levallois, France)

What Tabetop Convention (Walddorfhäslach, Germany)

February

Toutatis (Sourvilles, France) 2^nd February

Les Rencontres DBM/DBA

De Villebarou (Villebarou, France)

Swabian Open DBM (Bad Urach, Germany) 8^th – 10 ^th February

Tournoi de Selles (Selles, France)

Thanatos Tempus (Vitry sur seine, France) 16 ^th – 17 ^th February

6^th Interclub DBM Challenge (Cannes, France) 16 ^th – 17 ^th February

Italian DBA League 2^nd Rnd (La Spezia, Italy) 17^th February

Tactica (Hamburg, Germany) 23^rd -24^th February

Legio (Creazzo, Italy) 24^th February

March

Red Barons Wargames Convention(Gentbrugge, Belgium) 1^st March

Italian DBA League 3^rd Rnd (Rome, Italy) 1^st March

Dadifiction (Lodi, Italy) 9^th March

Coupe de France DBA (Pau, France) 15^th March

German Open (Koblenz, Germany) 15^th – 16^th March

Gothcon XXXII (Gothenburg, Sweden) 20^th – 24^th March

Action (Moenchengladbach, Germany) 21^st – 23^rd March

La 3ème Fantastique Convention

des Jeux (Brussels, Belgium) 22^nd – 23^rd March

De Bellis Cavaillonis (Cavaillon, France)

Convention des Grandes

Compagnies de l'Est Parisien (Paris, France)

Tournoi d'Amiens - St Fuscien (Amiens, France)

Petites Guerres (Levallois, France) 29^th – 30^th March

Histoire Vivante au

Domaine Napoléon (Seclin, France) 29^th – 30^th March

April

10ème Après-Midi DBA d'Asnières (Asnières sur Seines, France) 5^th April

XXI Tournoi des Dauphins (Grenoble, France) 5^th – 6^th April

Tournoi de l'AJHA (Troyes, France) 5^th – 6^th April

Hellana (Agliana, Italy) 6^th April

Italian DBA League 4^th Rnd (Agliana, Italy) 6^th April

11^th DBM Stoertebeker Cup (Baltrum, Germany) 11^th – 13^th April

Tournoi Normand DBM (Montivilliers, France) 12^th – 13^th April

Tournoi de Montpellier (Montpellier, France)

Italian DBA League 5^th Rnd (Castelvetro, Italy) 20^th April

Tournoi de Roquebrune (Roquebrune sur Argens, France) 26th – 27th April

May

Trophée de la Garde Nervienne (Moncheaux, France) 3rd – 4th May

Naoniscon (Pordenone, Italy) 6^th May

Cavaillon dans le pacifique

- Convention Ludique (Cavaillon, France) 8^th May

Wargames Day (Milan, Italy) 11^th May