So long and thanks

Exploring the blogosphere recently I came across someone who had us listed under "Blogs I Follow". Given that we haven't posted anything since 2013 this is probably a bit inaccurate!

This blog was originally created in 2008 to help co-ordinate the development of a game under the Society of Twentieth Century Wargamers banner (literally; I still have a physical banner) by a group of SOTCW members who had put on public participation games at a number of North of England venues.

For sheer nostalgia's sake here's a picture of Mark B and Richard C with a game we ran at Ellenroad Engine House at Milnrow, Rochdale. I'm guessing this would be in the 1990s.

SOTCW now appears to be in a moribund state, at least two teams of editors having decided that the days of a volunteer-run, specialist paper magazine (at least for a society of that size) are probably finished. Most of the contributors to this blog have moved on to other things so I think It's time we officially gave notice that this is an ex-blog.

If you want to see what some of the contributors have moved on to, please check out more up-to-date stuff as follows:

Terrain-builder and 20mm guru Will McNally can be found at Will's Wargames Blog.

Rob C aka Conrad's largely non-wargaming-related thoughts can be found over at BOOJUM!

Former Journal editor Richard Baber splits his time between Spain and Swansea. You can track his adventures at Baber on Wargames.

Richard Crawley continues to fail to focus on any particular aspect of wargaming. His butterfly-like flitting is documented at The Land of Counterpane.

And finally, the imagi-nation setting that grew out of the SOTCW game at Gauntlet in July 2008 can be explored through the Andreivian Tales blog.