Slingshot 307, July/August 2016

Containing articles on Arming the Slaves, by Richard Andrews It’s a Long Way to Tibareni (4), by Alastair McBeath The ‘Drunken One’ at Campaign 2016, by Steve Rathgay Actium Naval Rules, by Harry Ryder Pharsalus Battle Day Reports: Pharsalus in Japan, by Aaron Bell Pharsalus with ‘To The Strongest!’, by Paul Innes Pharsalus using ‘Scutarii’, by Bill Butler Hannibal Triumphs! - ‘Morten et Glorium’, by Richard Jeffrey-Cook Another Consideration of Chaeronea, by Chris Hahn

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Society of Ancients Conference

When: 14-16 October 2016

Where: Chesford Grange Hotel Kenilworth

The Society of Ancients is holding its first Conference in 25 years on the weekend of 15^th/16^th October at the Chesford Grange Hotel, Kenilworth.

You are warmly invited to join us at what we believe will be a tremendous event. We are now taking bookings for either the whole weekend with accommodation, or just day attendance if you cannot manage both days. In fact the fun starts on the evening of Friday 14^th October as we gather to play games in the bar in memory of the late Andy Gittins, former President of the Society.

The options for attending the conference are:

• Arrive Friday evening: Friday and Saturday night bed and breakfast, Saturday and Sunday buffet lunches, and Saturday night Society Dinner £279
• Arrive Saturday morning: Saturday night bed and breakfast, Saturday and Sunday buffet lunches, and Saturday night Society Dinner £179
• Day only – Saturday: Saturday buffet lunch £40
• Day only – Sunday: Sunday buffet lunch £40

Tea/coffee and pastries/biscuits/fruit etc at 8:45am before the day starts, and at mid-morning and mid-afternoon breaks are also included in the above prices.

The programme

The aim is to get together as a Society and exchange ideas on wargamimg in the ancients and medieval periods. And have some fun!

The weekend will contain a mixture of presentations, discussion and wargaming sessions in small and larger groups.

There will be options to join various activities, some of which will run more than once , so that you can choose what you like the look of, and what you don’t!

It’s an opportunity to try new things, be they new rule sets that are under development  or more self-contained games like the ones we used to include as a member re-subscription incentive.

Currently this is how the timetable looks, but we will be adding to it and potentially swapping things around over the coming weeks. Let me know if you want to run a session: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

Friday evening – in the Bar

As well as having been an active member and promoter of the Society, Andy Gittins was an avid game designer, and members may remember his “David and Goliath”, Horatius at the Bridge” and especially his epic gladiator game “Gladiolus”. We will be bringing these out of the cupboard along with other games for an evening of duelling, backstabbing and general bonhomie. You are advised not to miss it!

Saturday

The day will begin at 9am with an introduction and welcome to the Conference from the current Society President Roy Boss.

Throughout the weekend, Slingshot Editor Paul Innes will be running a mini-campaign of the Battle of Philippi in 28mm. This will be structured as a series of three battles across the two days of the conference. Saturday morning will start with Antony versus Cassius! He painted all those legionaries and he’s going to use them!

Morning

• Paul Innes will talk about “Shakespeare and Roman Warfare” as a pre-cursor to his Philippi mini-campaign
• Richard Jeffrey-Cook will present a session for players to try his exciting new Ancients rules
• Phil Steele will present a workshop session on designing refights of historical battles, followed by a practical demonstration.

We will break for a buffet lunch at 1pm.

Afternoon

• Matt Bennett will  talk about the 3 battles of 1066 (it is after all the 950^th anniversary of the Battle of Hastings on Friday 14 October!)
• Matt Bennett and Roy Boss will run a refight of the Battle of Hastings using Armati rules
• Simon MacDowall will run a multi-player game entitled “Somewhere in Gaul AD 430”  - this game can take something in the region of 4-8 players and will play on a 6x8 table.

The day will conclude with the Conference Dinner at 7:30pm.

Sunday

The day will start at 9am with a welcome back from Conference organise Richard Lockwood

Morning

• Matt Bennett will talk about the battles of Arsuf and Hattin - the battle of Arsuf is the battle to be refought at the 2017 Battle Day on 1 April 2017.
• Simon MacDowall will run a strategic game (without figures) set in the 4th Century AD  with players taking the roles of Roman commanders in a council of war having to decide what to do as information is fed into them. 
• Richard Jeffrey-Cook will present a second session for players to try his exciting new Ancients rules
• Phil Steele will present a workshop session on designing refights of historical battles, followed by a practical demonstration

We will break for a buffet lunch at 1pm.

Afternoon

• Ian Russell-Lowell will talk about “From Kikkuli to Kinza” - Late Bronze Age Chariot Warfare
• Richard Lockwood will run a game looking at Alexander the Great as a heroic commander
• A repeat of some of the more popular sessions
• Playing a number of Society games

At 4pm we will have a general discussion on the Conference, what we liked, what we didn’t, and hopefully generate ideas for next year, and the day will conclude around 5pm.

The amounts charges below assume that you have already paid the deposit.  If you haven't, just add the deposit to you cart as well as the balance.  There is no requirement to have already booked a place with a deposit to come - we welcome everyone.

Balances may be paid to the Society either electronically by using the add to cart buttons at the bottom of this page or by writing to the Society Treasurer at

Mabar

Blackheath Lane

Wonersh

GUILDFORD

GU5 0PN 

enclosing a cheque payable to The Society of Ancients.

Help make the Society a Society and come along to the Conference!

Deposit (£40):
Note that the full payment amount already assumes that you have paid the deposit.  If you have not yet paid the deposit, that's not a problem - just add the deposit above to your basket first, then add the full conference to you basket.
Full package balance payment - Accommodation Friday and Saturday night, conference Saturday and Sunday, dinner on Saturday night (£239)
One night only balance payment - Accommodation Saturday night, conference Saturday and Sunday, dinner on Saturday night (£139)
Both days plus dinner balance payment - No accommodation, conference Saturday and Sunday, dinner on Saturday night (£75)
Both days balance payment - No accommodation, conference Saturday and Sunday (£40)
Saturday plus dinner balance payment - No accomodation, conference Saturday only, dinner on Saturday night (£35)
Saturday only balance payment - No accommodation, conference Saturday only (£0) - although this is effectively no increase on your deposit, please select it as it helps us manage numbers
Sunday only balance payment - No accommodation, conference Sunday only (£0) - although this is effectively no increase on your deposit, please select it as it helps us manage numbers

SoA DBA3 Reference Sheet - Free!

A handy reference sheet with key data for v3 of De Bellis Antitiquatis (DBA), a set of fast play wargaming rules by Phil and Sue Barker, published by WRG. Free to download - just click on the 'Add to Cart' button below and check out as normal - you won't be charged for this download.

Slingshot 306, May/June 2016

Containing articles on The Vikings of Man, by Mick Hession It’s a Long Way to Tibareni (3), by Alastair McBeath When Push Comes to Shove, by Richard Taylor Clash of Warlords, by Gordon Lawrence Late Roman Army & the Notitia Dignitatum (3), by Luke Ueda-Sarson Pharsalus Battle Day Reports, by Phil Barker, Mick Hession and Simon MacDowall A Note on Goliath’s Kidun, by Dave Beatty

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