NWA Meeting Dates 2017 UPDATED
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- Published on Monday, 02 January 2017 07:00
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Meeting dates for 2017.
Details of the Mitcham venue (all year), the existing Croydon venue (until end August) and the new Croydon venue (from September)
Come along and enjoy friendly tabletop wargaming with miniature figures. Historical games of all periods, fantasy, steampunk and science fiction. Also strategy board games and role playing games. Learn how to paint miniature figures, make great scenery, improve your tactics and above all, have fun.
NWA on FACEBOOK
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- Published on Friday, 23 June 2017 23:51
- Written by John Shaw
Click https://www.facebook.com/NWAGames/ for the NWA public page, where you can find out about upcoming events involving NWA and where the public can ask questions and find out about the club.
Click https://www.facebook.com/groups/nwa.members/ for the members Facebook group which is very active. This is for members to organise games and post photos of club meetings and what they are playing, collecting and painting. Only members can post here, but anyone is welcome to browse and enjoy the banter.
Open Letter to Australian Miniature Producers
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- Parent Category: GENERAL WARGAMING
- Published on Saturday, 24 June 2017 23:21
- Written by James Wright
Club member James Wright has some interesting things to ponder regarding an Australian cultural take on miniature gaming.
Mitcham Meeting 26-May-17
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- Published on Saturday, 27 May 2017 09:07
- Written by John Shaw
Although Winter is upon us, many hardy members of NWA turned out for an evening of tabletop strategy games.
Historical, fantasy and sci-fi games provided a nice mixture to suit all tastes.
Click on the "read more" below to see photos of the various games.
Mitcham Meeting 17-Mar-17
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- Published on Saturday, 18 March 2017 10:07
- Written by John Shaw
Sean celebrated St Patrick's Day in style as this busy Mitcham meeting displayed all manner of tabletop strategy games.
A large team of pilots took to the skies in Wings of Glory as a practise for the huge upcoming "Bloody April" anniversary.
Click on the "read more" below to see photos of the various games.
Croydon Meeting 11-Mar-17
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- Published on Sunday, 12 March 2017 10:07
- Written by John Shaw
This Croydon meeting enjoyed a wide variety of games.
Games included Cold Steel (25mm Napoleonics), Team Yankee (1980s Cold War), Warmachine (28mm sci-fi), Art de la Guerre (15mm Ancient and Medieval) and other tabletop wargames.
Click on the "read more" below to see photos of the various games.
Sword & Spear v2.01 Army Lists
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- Parent Category: ANCIENT & MEDIEVAL - Sword & Spear
- Published on Thursday, 12 May 2016 22:22
- Written by John Shaw
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Download the free Army List generator in Excel for Sword & Spear, a game for Ancient and Medieval combat by Polkovnik Productions and published by Great Excape Games. Updated to version 2.01 and enhanced by NWA member John Shaw. You can also download the PDF army lists in case you want to print and do your lists by hand. |
Croydon Meeting 19-Dec-15
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- Published on Friday, 29 January 2016 11:51
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The last meeting of 2015 for NWA was at the Croydon venue. It featured some massive multpiplayer medieval mayhem in the form of the annual "Cry Havoc" event.
Three different games, each using a different rule set, were part of this meeting at Croydon.
Click on the "read more" below to see photos of the various games.
Pirates in September
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- Published on Friday, 29 August 2014 09:43
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5. Pirates in September IV:
September is once again Pirate Month at NWA. Mike has organised a series of fun events to join in. This year’s “Pirates in September IV”will be somewhat different than previous years.
Click to see the details of the small, large and mega games available to join in.
NWA Sales Night 4-Apr-14
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- Published on Thursday, 27 March 2014 23:03
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NWA SALES NIGHT
Friday 4th April at the Mitcham venue.
Sale from 7:15pm to 10:30pm. Wargaming from 7:00pm to midnight.
Secondhand pre-loved wargaming items from members as well as some new & secondhand stuff from traders. Some of the people we have attending are Sparrow Cast Miniatures, War Game Miniatures, quite a fewl private sellers and of course the NWA Bring and Buy table. Come and catch a bargain or two (or three, or four . . .).
One wargamer's junk is another wargamer's treasure.
Mitcham Meeting 21-Mar-14
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- Published on Friday, 01 June 2012 20:00
- Written by John Shaw
Another busy Mitcham meeting for NWA with plenty of people. Lots of games were supplemented by a scenery making and painting night organised by Brendan.
There was a great variety of games to choose from: World War 2, Warhammer 40K, The Hobbit, Seven Years War and SAGA Dark Age Skirmish just to name a few in reverse alphabetical order for a change.
Click on the "read more" below to see photos of the games, terrain making and painting that occurred at Mitcham by NWA members.
SAGA - Pagan Rus
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- Parent Category: DARK AGES
- Published on Sunday, 01 December 2013 22:46
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The Vikings that established themselves in Eastern Europe were known as the Rus. They established a expanding kingdom that eventually became Russia.
The Rus have some interesting abilities on the "Battle Board" with great names such as "Biting Like Wolves" and "Endless Wastes".