I've had over 40 emails with additions, deletions and corrections to the Wargame Clubs of the World listings. I'm certain that there are many more that need deleting, adding and editing. A big thank-you goes to all of you who took the time to write in and make the list more meaningful. With this being the last issue of MWAN Magazine, I'm sure many are wondering what will become of the list. I plan to print it once per year in the new Historical Miniature Gamer Magazine. I am also thinking of making a webpage under HMGMagazine.Com with the listing, and an ability for people to email in corrections. It would make searching for a club that much easier, and that much easier to keep more up-to-date. I have never been one for clubs, until now. I'm a recent convert to the club, and I think it's the best thing that's happened to my gaming since I started. When I started, there were six of us who played together. We all were 1:72 or 1:76 scale armor modellers. We had hundreds of tanks and thousands of infantry between us, as well as a healthy collection of aircraft. My friend Ian Becking (now a Battery Commander with the 30th Field Artillery Regiment in Ottawa, ON, Canada) found a copy of Gavin Lyall's Operation Warboard. It was a novel-sized book all about historical miniature wargames, with a chapter in the back with rules for World War II armor gaming. We all bought copies and we we never looked back. High school ended, and so did that club. At college, I was involved with and eventually became President of the Wargames Club. In many colleges this would have been looked down upon as geeky, but I attended the Royal Military College of Canada, and playing with tanks, planes, ships, guns and soldiers went over reasonably well. Still, that didn't last, and that was the last time I was in a club. That is, until just recently. I joined the Rockton Gamers under the auspices of Mark Anderson, Pete Elmer and Uncle Duke Seifried. They meet every Wednesday and play. Mark has built his basement into the most amazing purpose-built-for-wargaming basements that I've ever seen. It's fully finished, and we can play games up to 24 feet long on gorgeous terrain boards with a ton of great painted figures. We arrive by 7pm, and the game's going by 7:30. It's amazing how fast you can set up a game when everything's organized and ready. We play until around 10:30pm, and then either call the game, or leave it to be resolved the next week. Mark, luckily, doesn't have any cats! I love cats, but cats and leaving a wargame table set up can definitely be a conflict. I can't make every week, and nor can most of the other players. Still, it has let me get back into gaming, instead of just thinking about gaming. I roll dice, move troops and do it with people I genuinely like! I don't have to wait for the next convention, I simply have to wait until next Wednesday! It has rejuvenated me and my enthusiasm for the hobby. If I can get Michael Cosentino to come more often, maybe his Editorials might be happier, too! So I say, join a club, and get back into gaming. It's fun, and sometimes we forget that. Back to MWAN # 133 Table of Contents Back to MWAN List of Issues Back to MagWeb Magazine List © Copyright 2005 by Legio X This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com