Battleday 2011 Announcement
It's Kadesh! See elsewhere on this date for initial information, and here for more detail. Keep an eye on the website and the news blog for updates on scheduled games, speakers and on satellite events , and please contact Richard Lockwood (via the contact page - set the topic to "Battleday") if you are interested in getting involved.
Slingshot 270 Published
The latest issue of Slingshot, the bi-monthly magazine of the Society of Ancients, has just gone out to the printers, and should be with members some time in June. See here for more details.
About the Society
The Society of Ancients is an international amateur society for the promotion of the study of ancient and medieval military history and wargaming the period 3000 BC to 1500 AD. It is run by volunteers for the benefit of its worldwide membership. The Society publishes a bi-monthly journal, Slingshot, and sponsors various events, including wargames tournaments.The Society was formed in 1965 by Tony Bath with 20 or so founder members. Our membership is now over 1100 worldwide. The Society is not run for profit but is supported by and exists for the benefit of its members and to promote Ancient military history and wargaming. Membership is open to all, renewable annually.
All finances are ploughed back to improve services and add value. We have also been active in establishing links with the commercial side of our hobby and now members have access to discounts from a range of figure traders, specialist books and games.
The Society publishes its journal, Slingshot, 6 times a year. Most of the content is contributed by Society members on a wide range of items related to Ancient and Medieval military history and wargaming.
There are historical articles, reviews, letters, game design ideas, as well as the usual discussion on various wargames rules. Competition results and the occasional battle report are also published. Slingshot is designed to showcase the written contributions from our membership and features original pen and ink artwork.
Planet Ancients
The "one stop shop" for blog feeds from Society members is now available, formatted in line with the rest of the site, and can also be followed via email and RSS. To request your blog be added, go to the Contact Us page and let us know: set the topic to AddMyBlog!Battle Day 2011
From Battleday coordinator Richard Lockwood:The battle for the 8th annual Society of Ancients Battle Day has been chosen. It is Kadesh.
The event will take place at the usual venue, Sycamore Hall, Bletchley, near Milton Keynes. The date will be Saturday 2 April 2011.
As usual, the aim for the day is to have as many games refighting this battle as we can get, using as many different sets of rules as we can get. We also aim to have a few guest speakers discussing aspects of the battle and warfare in the period.
If you would like to organise and put on a game, please let me know. More details here.
The 2010 Championship
Information about the Society Wargames Championship can now be found here.The Vendor Discount Program
The Society's vendor discount program offers a variety of discounts from a number of companies. We're extremely grateful and very proud of their support. For a full list, go here.
Championship Standings
The SoA Championship Standings are now available online at the website. They'll be maintained and updated on an ongoing basis, as our coordinator Bill Thurlow processes the results.