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SOUTH BUCKS WARGAMES GROUP |
A brief history of SWARG
(AKA Wycombe warband)
The story of SWARG starts in 1990 when after moving to High Wycombe I placed a postcard in the local gaming shop “Not Just Stamps” looking for opponents.
The one & only reply I got was from the late Charles (Karl) Rieveley, a veteran gamer from the days of Don Featherstone et al. Charles was heavily into Napoleonics. One night,when he was (again)just about to rout my left flank, he suggested we start a club. We again placed an advert in Not Just Stamps this time thankfully with a bit more success.
Having gathered a few like minded souls we searched for a venue, here my darling wife sprang to our rescue. She was attending keep fit classes at a local hall & happened to overhear that they had a free night available. So we now had a membership & a venue & our first meeting took place in May 1992. I seem to recall 2mm DBA & Napoleonics being played & that I thoroughly enjoyed myself. The other guys must have too because they came back next time!
Since then we have like most clubs gained & lost members, the current membership (July 2002) is 19 plus one “virtual” member who registers for competitions as “Wycombe warband”. We have few rules “turn up, play & pay” seems to sum it up.
At Christmas we usually have a “silly” game chariot racing, DBA scramble & a quiz. The garnd prize for the game being the “chocolate orange of honour”.
Keep rolling sixes!
MARK