The Dorchester Wargames Group

"An Informal Collection of Enthusiasts"


We meet in a large and comfortable ground floor room (with an adjacent bar!) at the Wessex Hotel, High West St, Dorchester on the 3rd Thursdays of most months. Start-up time is 7.00pm and we tend to finish at about 11.00pm, although there is theoretically no end time as the hotel has a night porter.

Participation is the name of the game, so anyone turning up will be recruited into a game without difficulty (if they want to be!) You are welcome to drift in for a short while to see what is going on, needless to say. Age (physical or mental) is no barrier although we cannot be responsible for children without an accompanying adult.  We play mainly historical wargames in a wide variety of periods, although fantasy games figure regularly.  The room we’re in has enough tables, chairs and space to put on three or four 8’x 4’ games at once.   We’ve usually got between 15 and 25 people attending a good evening, so turn up promptly if you want to find space to put on a game!

We’re not exactly a club, as there are no subs and the only rule is that you’ve got to be friendly (and patronise the bar, to be fair, as the Wessex have been very generous to let us have the venue for nothing).  Folk gather from far-flung places like Yeovil, Bridport, Wimbourne (and even Weymouth!)  Most of us game elsewhere on other weeks, so it’s a good chance to meet up with other local wargamers as possible once a month to find out what else is going on.

 

Admission free - just turn up!

 

2005-6 meeting dates:

 

Nov 17, Dec – no meeting, Jan 19, Feb 16, Mar 16, Apr 20, May 18,

 Jun 15, Jul 20, Aug 17, Sep 21, Oct 19, Nov 16, Dec – no meeting.

 



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Updated 25.10.05