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Club meeting 10 May 2026
Games at today's club meeting:
15mm DBMM - Ben (Mithridatic) played Philip (New Kingdom Egyptian)
Glory is Fleeting - Benny (French) played Shaun (Austrians)
Andrew (Russians) played Brett (Neapolitans)
Marcel (Prussians) played Mike (Ottoman Turks)
Bolt Action - Bruce (U.S.) played Robert (British Paras)
Flames of War - Kit (U.S.) played Sofia (Germans)

New Kingdom Egyptians - 15mm DBMM


Bolt Action game at the North Shore Wargames Club


Club meeting 26 April 2026
Games at today's club meeting:
Saga - Ben (Huns) played Marcel (Saracens)
Lee (Lancastrians) played Robert (English)
Ben played Lee
DBMM - Benny (Later Macedonians) played Wayne (Greco-Indians) in a 15mm practice game before Wayne takes his army to a tournament in Thailand
Glory is Fleeting - a 4000 point a side game between Brett and Gerard (1813 Russians and Austrians) and Philip and Shaun (1813 French and Poles)
Crossfire - in a game most appropriate to Anzac weekend, Bruce and Grant had a game with the Maori Battalion attacking Italians on Takrouna ridge.
Flames of War - Andrew (U.S.) played Sofia (Italians)

Crossfire game with the Maori Battalion attacking Italians on Takrouna ridge


Glory is Fleeting - 1813 Russians and Austrians vs 1813 French and Poles


Club meeting 12 April 2026
Lots of wind and rain today (difference of 3 on the weather roll) but that didn't stop hardy players coming along for some games.
Glory is Fleeting - Andrew (Prussians) played Brett (French Imperial Guard). Andrew, recently crowned NZ Glory is Fleeting champion at the Nationals over Easter, had to concede to Brett in this game.
Benny (1805 French) played Mike (1805 Anglo-Russian)
Gerard (1815 Russians) played Shaun (Peninsular French)
Bolt Action - Ben played Bruce

North Shore Wargame Club's Saga Sunday 29 March 2026


Club meeting 29 March 2026
Thanks to everyone who came along to the club today. Sometimes our fifth-Sunday meetings are a bit quieter, but today we saw several games in action:
Saga - Brett (Swiss) played Marcel (Saracens)
Brett (Britons) played Ben (Huns)
Glory is Fleeting - Andrew (Prussians) played Mike (1805 Anglo-Russian Expedition)
Benny (1805 French) played Shaun (Austrians)
Gerard (1815 Russians) played Philip (1812 French)
Flames of War - Sofia (Soviets) played Steve (U.S.)
Kit (Germans) played Steve (U.S.)

Flames of War game at the NSWC


15mm Napoleonic wargame played using Glory is Fleeting rules


Club meeting 22 March 2026
Quite a busy day at the club today. We had eight table set up and played 12 games:
Saga - Alan (Yorkist) played Brett (Germans)
Alan (Yorkist) played Robert (HYW English)
Brett (Britons) played Lee (Vikings)
Glory is Fleeting - Andrew (1812 British) played Philip (1815 British)
Daniel (1813 French) played Shaun (1815 British)
Marcel (Prussians) played Mike (Swedes)
Philip (1815 British) played Benny (1805 French)
Corbon (Wurttemburgers) played two games against Gerard (Russians)
Bolt Action - Ben (Germans) played Bruce (U.S.)
Flames of War - Lee (1940 German) played Sofia (1940 French)
Kit (Early War German) played Sofia (French)

15mm 1815 French grenadiers


Flames of War game at the NSWC


Club meeting 8 March 2026
Another great meeting with nine games being played.
Saga - Alan (Yorkist) played Robert (100 Years War English)
Glory is Fleeting - Andrew (French) played Marcel (Prussians)
Philip (British Cavalry Corps 1815) played Stuart (Kingdom of Italy)
Brett (Tyroleans) played two games against Mike (1805 Anglo-Russian expedition)
The Men Who Would Be Kings - Bruce and Grant played a couple of Anglo-Zulu War games using 10mm figures
Flames of War - Malcolm (Soviets) played Steve (Germans)
Roman (Germans) played Sofia (British armour)

10mm Anglo-Zulu War


15mm Napoleonic French and Prussians


Annual General Meeting 22 February 2026
At our AGM we re-elected the committee (Steve, Stu and Kit) and left the fees unchanged at $50 for the year. Thanks to everyone who attended the meeting and signed up for another year. If you wish to pay online, the club's account is 03-0181-0079415-000 (North Shore Wargames Club)

We also had a great range of games being played:
Saga - Marcel (Saracens) played Rob (Moors)
Ben (Free Company) played Brett (Germans)
Valour & Fortitude - Kit and Shaun had another 15mm ECW game using Scots and English armies
Glory is Fleeting - Andrew (Russians) played Gerard (Russians)
Mike (Anglo-Russians 1805) played Philip (French 1812)
Brett (Tyroleans) played Stu (Kingdom of Italy)
Flames of War - Lee (Germans) played Steve (Soviets)

Club meeting 8 February 2026
We had a good turnout at the club today with an interesting variety of games.
Saga - Brett and Daniel had two practice games using Britons and Spanish
DBMM 25mm - Mark (Classical Indians) played Philip (Saite Egyptians). The old ranges of Hinchliffe Indians were much admired in their new paint jobs.
Valour and Fortitude ECW - Kit and Shaun tried out the new English Civil War variant of V&F using English and Scots Royalists in 15mm scale
Glory is Fleeting - Andrew (1815 British) played Mike (1805 Anglo-Russian)
Brett (Tyrolean) played Gerard (1815 Russians)
Corbon (British in North America) played Daniel (1813 French)
Corbon (British, just outside New Orleans) played Mike (1805 Anglo-Russians)

25mm DBMM Ancients game


Valour and Fortitude English Civil War game


Club meeting 25 January 2026
These are the games we played at the club today:
Saga - Ben (Condottieri of Milan) played Jed (Burgundians)
Glory is Fleeting - Andrew (Russians) played Benny (French 1806)
Flames of War Mike played Steve

North Shore Wargames Club's Saga Sunday, 25 January 2026


Club meeting 11 January 2026
We had four Glory is Fleeting games today:
Brett (1809 French) played Mike (Ottoman Turks)
Andrew (1815 British) played Daniel (1813 French)
Benny (1806 French) played Daniel (1813 French)
Philip (1812 French) played Shaun (1813 Austrians)

15mm Napoleonic Glory is Fleeting game at the North Shore Wargames Club



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