UWS Programme for 2024

Although we usually have several games running at each of our monthly meetings, we encourage members to commit in advance to run at least one game per month. That way we hope to ensure there's at least one thing happening every month!

The table below shows what is planned so far.

Please let me know if you'd like to volunteer a game for April.

30 November will also be our annual Bring and Buy sale.

On 28 September we'll have a theme day to mark the 80th anniversary of the Market Garden campaign of 1944 - A Bridge Too Far and all that! If anyone wishes to run a game within that theme, please let me know.

Jeremy D

Date	Period	Scale	Rules (if known)	Organiser(s)
30 Mar	Ancients	28mm	Hail Caesar	Andy & Richard
27 Apr
25 May	Napoleonic	15mm	General d’Armee2	David S
29 Jun	World War Two	28mm	Chain of Command	Jeremy D
27 Jul	Franco-Prussian War	15mm	They Died For Glory	David Br
31 Aug	Napoleonic	28mm	General d’Armee2	Andy
28 Sept	World War Two Market Garden 80th anniversary	Various	Various	Various – contact Jeremy D
26 Oct	Russo-Japanese War – Tsushima (naval battle)	??	??	David T
30 Nov	French & Indian War (Seven Years War in America)	28mm	Sharp Practice 2	Jeremy D and others

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

An introduction to the UWS

 

 

The Ulster Wargames Society (UWS) is the longest established historical miniature wargaming society in Northern Ireland.  We started out in the 1960s as the Ulster Military Modelling Society, but over the years more and more members wanted to game with their nicely painted models.  Eventually we changed the name in the late 1990s, to reflect the fact that for a long time our focus had been primarily on wargaming.

We meet monthly, usually on the last Saturday, from around 9:30am to 5pm.  Most years we have about 20 members signed up, and there’s plenty of room for more.  Visitors are also welcome, although we may charge a small entrance fee.

A typical meeting will feature a large participation game with multiple players, usually with room for people just to turn up on the day and play, and two or three smaller games.  We also run an annual Bring and Buy sale.

As previously mentioned, most of the games we play are historically based.  Frequently used rulesets include:

• ·         Age of Eagles (Napoleonic)
• ·         Battlegroup (WW2)
• ·         Black Powder (Marlburian, Seven Years War, Napoleonic)
• ·         Blucher (Napoleonic)
• ·         Chain of Command (WW2)
• ·         Dux Britanniarum (Arthurian)
• ·         Field of Glory (Ancients and Renaissance)
• ·         Fire and Fury (American Civil War)
• ·         Lion Rampant (Medieval)
• ·         Sharp Practice (Napoleonic)
• ·         They Died for Glory (Franco-Prussian War)

Several of our favourite rulesets are published by TooFatLardies, and in 2013 we enjoyed a visit from the Lord of Lard himself, Rich Clarke.  This event, dubbed the Lardy Ulster Fry, featured a selection of games from the TooFatLardies stable, and a good time was had by all.  Hopefully we’ll be able to arrange a further visit from Rich before too long.

We have also put on display games at different venues, to tie in with local events, most recently a refight of the Battle of Aughrim (1691) at Carrickfergus Town Hall.

We are a friendly bunch when you get to know us, so do feel free to come along to one of our meetings and join in the fun.