Welcome to MKWS
Hi,
Welcome to the Milton Keynes Wargames Society web site. This web site is intended to be not only an insight into the activities of MKWS, but also to act as a catalyst to encourage newcomers to take up the hobby either with MKWS or elsewhere.
In general terms most MKWS activity revolves around gaming, using representative miniatures, on either a board or tabletop. The type of game may vary between Historical, Fantasy and Science Fiction. In resent times the variety in gaming has increased significantly. No longer the sole preserve of 15mm 7th Ed. or DBM; MKWS now supports numerous periods, such as Ancients, Renaissance, Napoleonic, Colonial, WW2, Modern, Fantasy, Pirates and Bloodbowl. The list continues to grow only restricted by the imagination and enthusiasm of the members.
I hope that you enjoy your visit to our website, and that you will be encouraged to visit the club one evening.
Neil Sutherland
Chairman
Latest News
Tournament Organisation
5 January 09
Wargamers involved in tournament gaming fall into four groups. There are players, organisers, umpires, and list checkers. Whilst players by their nature are self selecting for the various tournaments, the other three groups rely upon volunteers.
In the past these volunteer roles have been undertaken by anything between one and three volunteers. Organisers and umpires have often not played and therefore sacrificed an all too rare opportunity to game. Playing organisers and umpires have become more the norm in DBMM due to restrictive number of players. I have been impressed with the integrity of those willing enough to take on this administrative role, but also respect their right to game at the same time.
I would suggest that we endeavour, with the agreement of an events’ organiser, the delegation of these three volunteer roles to three different people at each event. So to clarify lets look at three job descriptions.
Organiser
The organiser would set the format for the event, set entry fees, organise trophies, arrange the venue, tables, and terrain etc. On the day the organiser would set the timetable, sort out the draw, and award prizes.
Umpire
The Umpire would be the arbiter of the rules for the event. He may be available for rulings prior to the event and distribute any such rulings to the players. If the umpire intends to play at the event then a second umpire will be necessary for those games involving the main umpire or any of his team if appropriate. These secondary umpires could be nominated on the day if necessary.
List Checkers
Isn’t the web wonderful sometimes? List Checkers need not even be in the same country. All they will need is an email address.
I’m sure you feel the above in not only straight forward, but fairly obvious. You are correct, but sometimes formalising these things will help concentrate the mind. Now that we have our defined roles may I suggest that people are asked to volunteer for those roles they feel most appropriate. An appropriate website such as the DBMM could then have a volunteers wanted email link, so that an organiser could request assistance and only those available need respond. We should all be conscious of the demands upon the essential administrators of our hobby. Spreading the load can only have beneficial long term effects.
Past News
Formula 1 Ancients
24 December 08
Formula 1 Ancients is an Ancients team event, using the results of existing tournaments to determine an overall team champion for the year. At this stage it is envisaged that the Guildford, MK and Rampage one-day tournaments, along with the National League at Campaign and the World Team Championships at Derby will be affiliated with the Formula 1 Ancients.
Teams will be competing for two Championships. A One Day Championship will consider only the results of the one-day events, whilst the other, the Overall Championship will include results of both one-day and two-day events. Two day events will achieve automatic weighting within the overall championship due to the greater number of games, and therefore contributing more results to be added.
Teams
To reflect the differing nature of clubs / individuals wishing to enter Formula 1 Ancients teams may be defined by either one of the two ways as shown below. Players may only be nominated for either 1 or 2 and not both.
1)A team will nominate three named players before playing its first game. For a team to score at an event at least two of the nominated players must be playing. Players may represent more than one team during the season, but only one team per event. Therefore only two of the three nominated players need play in the first round.
2)A team will nominate up to five players prior to the first Formula 1 Ancients event from which they will accrue points. Any two of the nominated five players must play in the team for the team to record a qualifying score. The third player need not be one of the remaining nominated players. If two of the remaining three nominated players intend to play together in a different team at the same event as the original team, then the organisers must be informed which teams’ score is to be forwarded to Formula 1 Ancients prior to the first game at that event. Players may only be included in one group of five nominees per Formula 1 Ancients season.
Scoring
A team’s total score from a contributing round will be added to those scores from the other rounds. Only one-day tournaments will be applied to the One-day Championship, whilst both one and two-day tournaments will be applied to the Overall Championship. Teams that compete in all the qualifying rounds for the One-day Championship or Overall Championship will discard one one-day score from the One-day Championship, and one two-day score from the Overall Championship. A team that misses a round will score zero points for that round.
Results
Results and an on going league table will be posted on the MKWS website www.mkws.org.uk as soon as the results become available. They will also be posted on the DBMM and BHGS websites if that is thought to be appropriate.
Entry
Entry is to be free and not compulsory. Therefore a team not wishing to have its results included will not do so.
Trophies
Trophies will be awarded for first and second place for both the one day and overall Championships.
Recruitment
Further tournaments can be added, when their organisers feel it would be appropriate. The season will run for a full calendar year, starting with the MK one day event in January. No event will be added retrospectively. Any tournament that is able to guarantee that team mates will not play one another can be included. So for example events such as Warfare, Roll Call and Britcon could be included if they were to offer three DBMM periods. There must be at least four teams taking part in an event for the results of that event to be included within the Formula 1 Ancients framework.
Contributing Events
Contributing events should remain autonomous. A contributing event need only provide appropriate team results to Formula 1 Ancients. All decisions relating to format, scale, rules or periods will be at the discretion of the contributing event. The event’s format need only meet the restrictions shown above.
Formula 1 Ancients League Table
| Team/Event | Milton Keynes | Nat. League | Rampage | Guildford | Worlds Derby | Total |
| The MK Whites | ||||||
| Mike Newnham | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jim Gibson | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Neil Sutherland | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Guildford | ||||||
| Ray Briggs | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Chris Hanley | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Toby Partridge | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pinner | ||||||
| Dave Mather | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dave Pallin | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mark Schofield | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| October | ||||||
| Gordon Harrow | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Stuart Whigham | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Graham Edwards | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MK DBM | ||||||
| Darrell Pearce | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Richard Collins | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Jeremy Morgan | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Central London | ||||||
| Alex Harvey | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Gordon Garrad | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Simon Brown | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WAR | ||||||
| Tim Child | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tony Dennis | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Rathgay | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cambridge | ||||||
| Steven Bowns | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Mike Pickering | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| ? | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MK Red | ||||||
| Dave Pothecary | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Phil Hosker | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Craig Hulkes | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MK Blue | ||||||
| Mark Carmichael | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Bainbridge | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Martyn Simpson | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Total | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Site Update
19 December 08
National League
The period options for 15mm Ancients League (FOG) are now on site and available for voting.
The details for the 2009 season 25mm Ancients have been posted.
The 15mm Renaissance League details have been updated for this season.
MKWS Blood Bowl League
We are now accepting entries for the 2009 Blood Bowl League.
Follow the Society Events link.
DBMM 100 Grand Prix
The 2009 dates and periods for the MKWS DBMM 100 grand Prix have been posted. Follow the Society Events link.
DBMM One-dayer
The latest list of teams entered for 17th January 2009 are now posted. Can we get to 30 players?
MK DBMM One Day Comp.
18 October 08
MKWS are running at one day 15mm DBMM team tournament on Saturday 17th January 2009. The details for this event can be found on this site via the Society Events link to the left of this page.