C.W.C. Club News 26.3.11

Hello all, Sorry for the lack of posts. I am having a hard time getting down to the club because of work and life commitments. The club was on last Saturday and 6 of us managed a game of Napoleonics and you can see the results here: http://napoleonicsinminiature.blogspot.com/2011/03/naps-19311-part1.html I believe there were 2 games on the go yesterday with a pretty impressive 15mm ACW battle with trench layout defended by the Rebs with a huge Union army assaulting. Also Stuart and Jonathan fought out a Warhammer Fantasy game. There was a good turn out with a few visitors too. Again the offer still stands if anybody wants to take a few pics and send them over to me I will post them on the club blog. Cheers Paul

CWC Club News 5.1.11

A Happy New Year to everyone and all the best for 2011!!!!!

It is now time to dust off your old armies or display your newly painted Christmas present type armies as the club reopens this Saturday 8th January 2011

To get you in the mood here are some pictures from the games played on the last Saturday of 2010.

As mentioned before Martin and David fought out a Lord of the Rings battle.

And John, M, David P and JP fought out an ACW in 15mm battle.

Now I was present that last Saturday and I listened to John M and David P extracting the Michael from JP all game and watched JP's Rebel artillery take a pounding and to me it looked as though the Union forces were dominating the battlefield so when I left early I naturally thought that Johnny Reb took a pasting.


Apparently not so as after talking with David on the phone it appears that JP's armies broke the Union centre and a southern victory was declared!!!

So I stand shocked, amazed and impressed!!!

Anyway if you have any thought on a game for Saturday email, pick up the phone or let out a shout. I will be down Saturday and so will David and David P jnr.

Merry Christmas!!

We had a good turnout for the last club Saturday of the year with 2 games on the go, 5 players and 3 visitors and everything was done in good spirit.

So wanted to sign out the year by wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!!!

See you all in 2011!!!!!!!

CWC News Saturday 11.12.10

Hello all,
Sorry for the lack of updates (and my lack of attendance!) but real life has been getting in the way.

Games on the go tomorrow:
I believe young David and Martin and a new member who dropped by last week are doing 40K (tyranids and stuff). JP, David P Snr and Jon B are playing ancients and John M and myself will be playing 10mm WW2. I think Stuart and Jonathan will be along too so if anyone else would like to pop along there should be a chance to join in somewhere.

Just 2 Saturdays to go before the festive break so see you all tomorrow at 12pm

CWC Club News 23.10.10

We had a great day at the club on Saturday with 3 excellent looking games on the go and I didn't bother to take my camera down!

Game 1: Young David and Martin had a huge Lord of the Rings battle with hordes of Urik?(Large Orks with big sticks) and regiments of Riders of Rohan and loads of other figures. Not sure what the result was?

Game 2: Was I think the best looking ACW game I have seen down at the club with David P Senior and John M taking on the might of the North (Lanarkshire) David C.

Game 2: JP and myself fought out a brilliant game of naps. His massed French ranks trying to knock my Prussians from the field. I think JP will agree this was my best tactical game yet. JP had Superior cavalry and I managed to hold up his flanks while concentrating the majority of my troops on his main thrust. It was a hard fought draw which was a very good result for myself. It had a real feel of an 1813 battle with loads of hard fighting and grinding down of troops with no clear victory..

Next week . . .
Jon B and myself will be playing Naps again as he slowly builds up his British force and gets into the rules and JP, John M and David P will be DBMin (Sassanids I think?). I don't know what the rest of the guys will be doing so email around and see what's going on.

CWC News Saturday 25.9.10

The club is off tomorrow due to the September weekend and will be back next week.

Last week saw a good day of wargaming. Stuart and John M played out a cool looking WW2 game in 10mm.

David P and DP jnr Jon B, JP, Robert and myself had an excellent 15mm napoleonic game.

And our newest member Jonathan and young Charles played out a good looking Warhammer Fantasy battle.

Unfortunately still no camera.

cheers
Paul

CWC News Saturday 4.9.10

There were 3 games on the go yesterday (unfortunately my camera is dead and I couldn't get any photo's)

1) JP and Stuart fought out a tasty looking fantasy game with JP's very tidy looking Vampire Counts being crushed my Stuart's undead army. This was a really nice looking battle and deserved to be photographed!

2) Young Martin and David fought out another very nice looking Lord of the Rings battle from Martin's new book (battles of the king or something like that?). Anyway they have all the troops in movement trays and it looked the business.

3) The third game saw John M with a union army shooting David P's Rebs to pieces. This was also a really nice looking battle and deserved to be photographed!

I got my paints out and faffed about a bit and had a wee chat with Jon B for the afternoon.

Next week the club will be closed as various people are away climbing mountains and swimming rivers! So the next date for the club will be Saturday 18th September!!!!

CWC News Saturday 4.9.10

The club will be on tomorrow from 12noon.

I believe John M, JP and David P are playing 15mm ACW plus David P Jnr and Martin M will be doing LotRings.

I believe Jon B and Stuart L are going along (not sure what they will be playing?) I will drop by also and maybe have a bit of an old paint as I have been letting it slack a bit.

Hope to see you all tomorrow.
cheers
paul

CWC News Saturday 21.8.10

Guys,
THE WAITING IS OVER!

You can cast away all the gardening gear and whatever else has filled the void since our self imposed wargames free lifestyle was begun.

CARLUKE WARGAMES CLUB is BACK!!!

Gaming will commence again at the same place:
LAW VILLAGE
And the same time
HIGH NOON (12pm)

So dust off your wee men, start stretching your dice rolling arm and we will see you Saturday!

(actually I won't see you as I am away for the weekend :-( but I will see you the following weekend so have a great time)

CWC News Saturday 19.6.10

Wow, excellent day at the club today. The majority of us made it through to Wappenshaw 1st thing to pick up our goodies from various traders (myself, I had some shiny stuff on order from Pendraken and Warbases with some extra bits from Central Wargaming).

Then it was back to the club for some brilliant games!!!
Von Hannah and Des re fought the Battle of the Boyne (a really colourful looking game) and Young Stephen and Stuart rattled out a pretty big fantasy game with the High Elves against Demons. Game three was with the young lads Craig, Martin and my nephews David and Ian with lord of the Rings. The killer game was the battle I was involved in (JP, John M, David P and myself) a 10mm ACW battle that was a real cracker right to the end swaying back and worth with loads of debate. Pictures to follow!!!


Just a wee note to say the club will be on today!!!!!

Most of us will be going down to Wappenshaw 1st thing then up to the club for 12(ish) for some gaming and showing off our new toys.

Hope to see you all there.
Cheers
Paul

CWC News Saturday 12.6.10

Stuart emailed some of the club members to let us know that it will be on this Saturday.

Young David, Martin and Kyle will be playing Lord of the Rings and I believe John M and JP will be playing ACW. Other than that I am not sure what other games are on? I will probably have a little days painting as I haven't had a chance to get the bushes out for a good while.

Hopefully see a lot of you there.
Cheers
Paul

CWC News Saturday 5.6.10

Well we had a very good day at the club with four games on the go. Muggins here forgot to pack his camera but still we had a great time of it and a few of our long lost members made a welcome showing. So not a bad turnout at all considering a few guys had other commitments.

Young David and Martin had 2 excellently set out Lord of the Rings games on the go and they definitely looked like a lot of fun.

Jamie D, David W and young Craig got stuck into Space Hulk (the new version). This was 1 of my favourite games at school.

Myself and JP fought a brilliant Napoleonic battle with my Russians trying to hold a crossroads against his Frenchies. Really great fun with the battle rocking back and forth. JP broke 2 squares and destroyed a brigade as well as my big 6 gun battery and I managed to capture 1 of his Generals and put 1 of his brigades to flight (2nd time this worked to my opponents advantage) and chase his cuirassier regiment of the table. We were well rusty with the rules and we called it a draw at the end.

John M and David C fought Chumbawumba (ACW battle Chickamauga to those in the know) in 15mm with the JR2 rules and it looked the business. There was a fair bit of debate about 1 critical point and I think some further investigation will be required to sort it out. I believe they fought to a draw?

All in all a pleasant days gaming.

CWC News Saturday 22.5.10

Stuart has text to say the club will be on today.

I haven't heard of anyones plans so hopefully see some of you there.

Cheers
Paul

CWC News Saturday 10.4.10

The Club is definately on this week.

JP and David P are playing 15mm ACW (DC is coming along too I think)

John M did the young ones agree a game of LotRings for this week? I can't remember as I was just off nightshift and will be again tomorrow. Let me know.

I will bring along my Prussian and Russian naps just incase anyone would like to give me a game (RT if your reading)

Everyone welcome as alway so hopefully see you all there.

Sorry for lack of updates on the blog I just don't have the time at the moment!

CWC News Saturday 27.3.10

The club will most definately be on this week so look out your troops.

I think JP, John M and David P will be doing ACW in 15mm, David P Jnr and Martin M will be doing Lord of the Rings and I will be taking part also.. If someone fancies a game of someting else please let me know).

If anyone has any ideas or is planning coming down let use know.
A big thanks to Des for being the 1st Carluke Wargames Club member to be a follower on our own blog! A bottle of Buckfast Tonic Wine No.1 and 2 tickets to see the Gypsy Kings in concert will be winging their way to you as you read this!! Enjoy!!! These can be trade in for a cup of tea and a couple of jaffa cakes at the club this Saturday.

Note: Buckfast and tickets are none refundable, read small print for terms and conditions.

CWC News 10.3.10

Most of us will be aware of the resent down turn in numbers at the club by now. Stuart has sent out an email with some ideas to help keep our club running:

Dear All
On Saturday 13th of March the club is on BUT I require notification of who will be attending so that if the need arises I can cancel. I know that John Preston and John Marshall wish to attend so please let me know.Now an update re the current situation at Carluke Wargames Club. Only 2 people, apart from myself, turned up on Saturday 6th March (David Wood and John Marshall.) At 1230 I decided to cancel the day and paid the £11.05 for the 5hrs we had booked. This amount came out of my own pocket and will be re imbursed from the clubs funds which are rapidly going. We currently need 6 members a week for the club to break even but at the times we dont. I can see the future of the club, and it has over 20yrs history behind it, slowly dwindling.
I am fully aware that the vast majority of members, myself included, cannot attend every Saturday due to work and family commitments but we must look to the future of our past time within out community. Either that or travel a larger distance to a club that does not play your system, or does not meet when you are free. So if you cant attend the club on a particular Saturday please give me notice incase I have to cancel.
Maybe the club needs some attraction for members to attend and to attract new ones. Something to capture their imagination with a minimum expenditure.
In the past year, a couple of new gaming rulesets have been introduced to the club Johnny Reb - American Civil War combat and Gereral De Brigade - Napoleonic warfare. These have both been well met by adult members but sadly have not captured the attention of our younger members so we have to look to them for the furure of the club.
I wish to introduce, in the near future, a couple of new gaming systems into the club "Uncharted Seas", "Imperial Commander" and "Hordes Of The Things". All these systems are quite cheap to buy all about £25 to £30 or so for a complete force (I have the rules for each and can copy them). Paul Provan and I are both currently looking for a rule set for Zombie Combat - Resident Evil style - in the modern period (Paul has kindly purchased and painted the figs.)
Imperial Commander is built around a range of 15mm Sci Fi figures and are designed to give a fast, skillful game when using around 50 figures a side.
Uncharted Seas is Fantasy naval combat produced by Spartan Games
Hordes of The Things 15mm fantasy combat similar to DBA
The only options I can see for the clubs future are:
1) A membership fee
2) A higher weekly sub.
3) Meeting twice a month
4) Meeting once a month
If anyone has any suggestions for the club, please let me know and I will forward on to all and will assist if I can. I dont run the club, I am just keeping a great hobby that we all enjoy running within an easy distance for us all.
Remember. We have all put so much time and effort into our hobby that it would be a shame for it to go to waste.
Please also see the attached "flyer." If you know of anyone who may be interested, please print it out and pass it on.
If I have inadvertantly missed anyone from this email, can you please forward it to them and pass their email address to me so that I can include them in any future mailings.

Stuart Livingstone
http://uk.mc234.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=livingstonestuart@talktalk.net

Saturday 6.3.10

Stuart wanted me to pass on that the club will be open for business this Saturday the usual time 12pm-5pm.

I unfortunately will not be able to attend as I have a 1st birthday party on (unless the wee soul falls asleep half way through then I will see you there!)

Cheers
Paul

CWC News 20.2.10

Just to let everyone know the club will be on tomorrow and at the moment there will be a couple of games on the go.

Stuart and Stephen will be playing Warhammer Fantasy (casting spells and stuff) and the 3 Johns and myself will be playing ACW. If anyone wants to join in no probs.

I will have David P's ACW figs with me.

See you tomorrow

CWC News 13.2.10

Just to let everyone know that the club will be on this week 12pm-5pm.

Last week we had a small turn out with just six of us but had a very enjoyable Napoleonics game

http://napoleonicsinminiature.blogspot.com/

Hope to see our numbers pick up over the coming weeks.

Merry Christmas!!!

Well it's finally that time of year again and the club is of course closed through the festive season. Stuart asked me to let everyone know that the club starts up again on the 9th of January 2010.

Thanks to everyone for making the club a big success and great fun especially after the long lay off through the summer when we had to search out a new home.









You better go run
You better go hide
You better not shout
I'm telling you why
Zombie Claus is coming to town!

He'll eat you when your sleeping
He'll eat you if your awake
He'll eat you if you've been bad or good
so go hide for goodness sack!



So from Zombie Claus and myself see you in 2010.





Lets hope we get all the wee metal men for Christmas that we want!