Wargame Developments

VCOW 2026
2026-02-06 18:00 - 2026-02-08 17:00 UTC
VCOW is our annual on-line conference, delivered mainly on Zoom, but also taking in other systems such as TTS, Jitsi and Google Slides. Access is available to members only – but you can always get the e-Membership!
Booking is now open (1 Dec 25) – for details see https://wargamedevelopments.org/vcow-2026-booking-open/

AVG 2025
2025-10-25 10:00 - 17:00
The Autumn Virtual Gathering is an online event that emphasises presentation and discussion over game playing. This year it takes place on Saturday 25th October. Bookings will open about four weeks before the event (probably on 24th September) and close eight days before the AVG.

COW 2025
2025-07-11 18:00 - 2025-07-13 17:00 | Missenden Abbey, Great Missenden, London Rd, Great Missenden, HP16 0BD, United Kingdom
COW 2025 will be held at Missenden Abby on the weekend 11th – 13th July 2025. General bookings are now open.

VCOW 2025
2025-02-07 18:00 - 2025-02-09 17:00
VCOW – our virtual conference – will next be held over the weekend of 7th – 9th February. Bookings are now open.

AVG 2024
2024-10-19 12:00 - 22:00
The next Autumn Virtual Gathering will be on Saturday 19 Oct 24. AVG is an on-line event with a focus on presentations and discussions rather than on playing games.
The event is for Wargame Developments members only and is free.
If you are not a member but would like to be there, it is not too late to join – e-membership
is a great deal at £20 per year and includes free entry to the Autumn Virtual Gathering
meeting, discounted entry to our Virtual Conference of Wargamers online gaming event, an
electronic subscription to our journal The Nugget, and the ability to attend our in-person
Conference of Wargamers – details at https://wargamedevelopments.org/membership/
Registration closes at 12 noon UK time on 12th October.
The draft programme is:
1400 Welcome
1402 The Military History of Cyprus, Part Two: 1572 to 2024 – A presentation by Alex
Kleanthous
1500 Break
1510 The Future of Designer’s Notes in Wargames – A forum moderated by Michael
D’Alessandro with Thomas Danger (Danish Defence College), Josh Kovan (US Army War
College), Graham Evans (Wargaming for Grownups) and Evan D’Alessandro (Kings College
London)
1625 Break
1635 Combat Photography 1914-1975: Control and Revolution – A presentation by Terry
Martin
1750 Break
1800 Tetrarchs, Barbarians, Heretics and Eunuchs: Wargaming the Later Roman Empire
284-641 AD – A discussion led by John Bassett and David Bradbury
1900 Supper Break
2015 A presentation by John Curry on an aspect of the history of wargaming
2115 Formal close of AVG 2024
2130 From Kaiserschlacht to Khe Sanh – An after-hours historical lecture and singalong on
1918 and 1968 led by Jim Roche
All timings are UK time.

COW 2024
2024-07-12 18:00 - 2024-07-14 18:00 | Missenden Abbey, Great Missenden, London Rd, Great Missenden, HP16 0BD, United Kingdom
COW 2024 will again be at Missenden Abbey, on 12-14 July 2024. Attendance (including WD membership) costs £350 and the cost to non-residential attendees will be £200. People wanting e-membership can to opt to do so with a £10.00 reduction in the price.
Bookings are restricted to current members of WD until 16 Oct 23, after which non-members will be welcome to book. A deposit of £100 will secure your place.
If possible please pay by bank transfer to:
Account name: WARGAMES DEVELOPMENTS
Account number: 28671901
Sort Code: 09-01-55
BIC: ABBYGB2LXXX
IBAN: [REDACTED]
And send an e-mail to wargamedevelopments@gmail.com saying that you have done so.
If you prefer to pay by PayPal, send an e-mail to wargamedevelopments@gmail.com to request an invoice. You don’t need to have a PayPal account to pay the invoice, just a credit or debit card.
Alternatively send a cheque, made payable to Wargame Developments, with your name and address to: Wargame Developments, 84 Eglinton Hill, Shooters Hill, London, SE18 3DY, UK.

WD Display Team (North) at Partizan 2024
2024-05-19 08:00 - 17:00 | Newark and Nottinghamshire Showground, Lincoln Road, Winthorpe, Newark. NG24 2NY, Newark and Nottinghamshire Showground, Lincoln Road, Winthorpe, Newark, NG24 2NY, United Kingdom
WD Display Team (North) will be at Partizan 2024 on 19th May with their game “Five Minute Battle of The Bulge”. Do drop by and say hi, and even have a game, if you’ll be at Partizan.

Sheffield CALF 2024
2024-03-15 08:00 - 17:00
Sheffield CALF is essentially a one-day version of the sort of things that go on at Wargame Developments’ Conference Of Wargamers (COW). Got it? CALF is organised by WD member Tim Gow – with the assistance of the session presenters and of course the lovely staff at Tapton Hall. Attendance is by prior booking only.
Here is the CALF Prog 2024 from this year’s event.

VCOW 2024
2024-02-02 17:00 - 2024-02-04 17:00
VCOW 2024 will be held on-line on 2-4 Feb 24. The costs will be £10 for members. Please make payments by direct debit to the Treasurer and inform him by email of your booking. All offers of sessions to Tim Gow.

AVG 2023
2023-10-21 09:00 - 17:00
Our next Autumn Virtual Gathering will be held on Sat 21 Oct 2023. This is a day long on-line event focussed on discussion and presentations rather than playing games. We’ll post a call for presentations and an agenda nearer the time.

The Other Partizan 2023
2023-10-08 10:00 - 16:00 | Newark and Nottinghamshire Showground, Lincoln Road, Winthorpe, Newark. NG24 2NY, Newark and Nottinghamshire Showground, Lincoln Road, Winthorpe, Newark, NG24 2NY, United Kingdom
Display Team North will be having a stand at The Other Partizan 2023 at Newark on 8th October 2023. Our featured game will be Martin Rapier’s World War One in Three Turns.

COW 2023
2023-07-07 18:00 - 2023-07-09 18:00 | Missenden Abbey, Great Missenden, London Rd, Great Missenden, HP16 0BD, United Kingdom
UPDATE: COW 2023 has now happened. Visit the COW 2023 to read all about it.
WARNING: Rail union ASLEF is planning an overtime ban running from Monday 3 July until the end of Saturday 8 July – which will effect anyone trying to get to COW by rail (like me!). It might be worth having a Plan B in place – or perhaps looking at using Groups.io to arrange a lift!
UPDATE: There are plans for a pub-based pre-COW meetup in Little Missenden on the Friday lunchtime before COW. Details on Groups.io.
For 2023 the now itinerant COW is moving to Missenden Abbey (see location details below) which will hopefully offer a Knutson Hall style vibe.
Bookings for COW 2023, at Missenden Abbey, Great Missenden, are now open to members and non-members. There are still a few residential places available over the weekend of 7th – 9th July 2023.
The price is £350 per person. If you want a place you need to pay a deposit of £100 by bank transfer to:
Account name: WARGAMES DEVELOPMENTS
Account number: 28671901
Sort Code: 09-01-55
BIC: ABBYGB2LXXX
IBAN: GB67ABBY0905528671901
Please send an e-mail to wargamedevelopments@gmail.com confirming that you have paid, and if paying by bank transfer is a problem you can e-mail and ask for a PayPal invoice.

VCOW 2023
2023-02-03 18:00 - 2023-02-05 17:00 | Online
Virtual COW (VCOW) 2023 will be held on-line 3-5 February. Deadline for bookings is 12 noon UK time Saturday 14th January 2023. If you would like to offer a session then please email Tim Gow at tgwmlimited@gmail.com giving: Session Title, Description, Duration and Number of Attendees.
The programme will be released shortly.
Note: This listing will be updated as planning for VCOW progresses.

COW2022
2022-07-08 18:00 - 2022-07-10 18:00
COW2022 was held at the Defence Academy, Shrivenham. For all information in the event please see our COW pages.
