Two Great Organizations to Join....

Field Master · August 23, 2013, 05:06:47 PM

Attention all HPS Simulations, John Tiller Software, Matrix Age of Muskets - Napoleonics - American Civil War, Slitherine Gamers & AGEOD Players

Looking for Some Action!

Stop by these great organizations: Wargame Clubs - http://wargame.ch/ - Featuring - The American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC) , the Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC) and the Colonial Campaigns Club (CCC)

Also - The Blitzkrieg Wargaming Club - http://theblitz.org/ ------ Visit the Black Powder & Cold Steel Ladder http://www.theblitz.org/message_boards/forumdisplay.php?fid=163

Two of the Internets Oldest Wargaming Collectives

These places are great ways to meet new people and experience the best all these games have to offer!

Post here with any comments or questions or feel free to email me, Scott Ludwig at: eric2900@aol.com

Hope to see you there!

Staggerwing · August 23, 2013, 05:10:53 PM

Howdy, Field Master. I'm moderately familiar with theBlitz.org but the other one, wargame.ch, not so much... Swiss?

Field Master · September 04, 2013, 08:17:46 PM

Hey sorry, just checked this. Never got a notice of a reply.

The Blitz is a ladder based system that plays a wide variety of games in different ladders. From all the Tiller/HPS/Battleground games from Ancients or Modern times, a whole host of various Matrix games and also Combat Mission series. It is more relaxed in a sense and offers gamers the ability to compete.

The Swiss Club for all intents and purposes is only hosted on Swiss servers, they are not anything Swiss related otherwise. They are three separate Clubs, the American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC) , the Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC) and the Colonial Campaigns Club (CCC). Each play games from the various eras and game makers.

The ACWGC plays all John Tiller/HPS/Battleground Civil War games, Matrix Forge of Freedom & War Between the States and AGEOD's American Civil War.

The NWC plays all John Tiller/HPS/Battleground Napoleonic games, Matrix Crown of Glory, Slitherine's Commander: Napoleon at War, HistWars: Les Grognards and AGEOD's Napoleon's Campaigns.

Finally the CCC plays all Early American War Series games from John Tiller/HPS and also AGEOD's Birth of America, Birth of America II: Wars in America and Rise of Prussia.

Each of these three Clubs are more than just a ladder Club. They have a historical format, that is independent of the games, but also adds extra flavor and fun to being a part of them. It places you in a world where you enlist for one of the armies in a Club and after a short training game are given a rank and assigned to a historical unit in an army from era. So an example, you join the ACWGC on the Union side, after a quick training game you can be assigned to a brigade in the Army of the Potomac, Army of the Shenandoah, Army of Tennessee or the Army of the Cumberland. There is a discussion board where different topics are discussed and you also look for opponents. Each time you play a game there is a game system you register them in that tracks the game and the results. Each time you end a game you get points, but what is different from a ladder is those points will eventually lead to a rank promotion and in many cases awards, medals, decorations and other things for your efforts on the battlefield. If you wish to get more involved than just playing games there are higher commands that come with responsibilities such as calling men under your command to a muster or roll call or leading them in a multiplayer game. But this leads to more points for extra duties as well as higher ranks and more medals et al. Plus you get to know more people. It is all whatever you want to make it. So it has more of an actual military and historical feel to it while still being fun and rewarding. It just has more to it than a ladder club like the Blitz.

The three direct Club links are:

American Civil War Game Club (ACWGC) - http://www.wargame.ch/wc/acw/

Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC) http://www.wargame.ch/wc/nwc/Napann1.htm

Colonial Campaigns Club (CCC) - http://www.wargame.ch/1776/index.html

Does that explanation help a bit?

JasonPratt · September 07, 2013, 08:52:47 PM

Very nice!

Field Master · September 07, 2013, 10:45:14 PM

Thank you Sir! :D

They are fun places, now doubt! :)

JasonPratt · September 08, 2013, 09:43:22 AM

um... okay, I shall start doubting now... ;D

Field Master · September 09, 2013, 07:04:18 PM

Quote from: JasonPratt on September 08, 2013, 09:43:22 AM
um... okay, I shall start doubting now... ;D

Haha, good catch Jason! Yes my proofreading skills escaped me that time... ;D

Field Master · August 29, 2014, 11:40:10 PM

Dropping by for an advertisement bump. :)

Hope everyone has a great weekend!! O0

Field Master · June 17, 2015, 06:13:46 PM

We are starting up a Tournament in the Colonial Campaigns Club (CCC) for our 15th Anniversary: Forum Topic Link

We had a great recruitment year last year. Broke a number of records and had a lot of fun. 2014 Year in Review Forum Topic Link

Looking to do the same this year.....so stop on by and sign up if you want.... O0

Happy Wednesday! 8)

Field Master · October 17, 2015, 11:35:03 AM

Just another brief update:

The Napoleonic Wargame Club (NWC) - http://www.wargame.ch/wc/nwc/Napann1.htm

Has a redesigned website. Be sure to check it out!

Also check out our new About Us page too, that explains a bit of who we are as an organization: http://www.wargamech.ca/wc/nwc/Club_Webpages/AboutUs.html

Happy Gaming!! :)