Additions to the Vendor Discount Program
We're proud and grateful to be able to announce additional vendors offering discounts to SoA members. New vendors to the program, for 2010, include Blaze Away, Hinds Figures, Hinchliffe, Mick Yarrow, North Star, Outland, Pendraken and Tumbling Dice. See the blog for more details, and here for a full list.
Slingshot 268 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 in early March. 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 2010
Battle Day 2010 will see the mighty Hannibal meet his nemesis, Scipio Africanus, on the field of Zama in 202BC. As usual, the event will be held at Bletchley Hall, and we are also hoping to run "sister events" in other locations. Mark your calendar (and remember to bring plenty of elephants!) for 17th April 2010 (not 24th April, as previously advertised). More information can be found on the Battle Day page.And for a full list of upcoming events, check out our Events Page.
The 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.