NORTH
SHORE WARGAMES CLUB
History
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The club started in 1977 in Devonport and has moved around a bit including halls in Belmont, Mairangi Bay and Castor Bay. In May 2007 we moved into our new venue, the Forrest Hill Scout Hall. There has also been the odd hiatus between relocations in the eighties. In recent years we have hosted the Nationals Wargaming Tournament and the North Island Wargaming Tournament, bringing the Nationals to the North Shore for the first time in New Zealand wargaming history.
The club originally met on Saturdays, of course that was in the Old Days before we had such things as work on Saturdays or even weekend shopping. We changed to Sunday meetings sometime in the early 80s, but the exact date eludes me for now. In 2005 we changed our meeting schedule so the club now meets on the 2nd, 4th and 5th Sunday of every month (previously we met on alternating Sundays.) This was done in part to synchronise our meetings with those of the Auckland Wargaming Club, who meet on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of the month.
The club became an incorporated society in 2003.
This website was launched in November 2003, and in May 2005 our club established a Yahoo group.
This list is by no means complete and still needs some work.
Let us know if you have any information that will help fill in the gaps
To contact us please email: [email protected]
One of the earliest events was reported in the magazine Battle for Wargamers (Vol. 5, No. 9, September 1978, p.373).
Warboard '78
The above meeting, the New Zealand North Island Wargaming Convention, was held over the Easter break in Auckland. 95 competitors attended, some travelling over 1,000 miles from the South Island. This was the largest gathering of wargamers yet held in New Zealand and titles in Ancients, Renaissance, Horse and Musket, Napoleonic, World War II, and World War II naval were contested over the four day period of the convention.
In addition to the trade displays, at which it was pleasing to see New Zealand manufacturers represented by Kiwi Models, there were a number of very successful display games organised. Particularly successful was a large Napoleonic battle, with maps on blackboards, a running total of casualties and an indication of the status of each unit, and a running commentary for spectators. The Auckland University Students Union cafeteria proved to be an excellent venue for what has been described as the most successful convention yet held in New Zealand.
| 1975 | Natcon | Wellington Lower Hutt Venue |
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| 1976 | Natcon | (May not have been held?) | ||
| 1977 | Natcon | Kapiti (last minute replacement for Nelson?) |
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| 1978 | Natcon "Warboard '78" |
Auckland Auckland Univeristy Students Union cafeteria |
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| 1979 | Natcon | Nelson | Nicon | Porirua Viard College |
There were NiCons at Tauranga and New Plymouth in the early 80's - exact details to be confirmed.
| 1980 | Natcon "Call to Arms" |
Wellington Lower Hutt Venue |
Nicon? | Lower Hutt? |
| 1981 | Natcon | Christchurch | Nicon | Hastings |
| 1982 | Natcon | Wellington Lower Hutt Venue |
Tauranga? Tauranga Boys College |
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| 1983 | Natcon | Palmerston North | ||
| 1984 | Natcon | Nelson | ||
| 1985 | Natcon | Auckland | ||
| 1986 | Natcon | Wellington Victoria University Venue |
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| 1987 | Natcon | Christchurch | ||
| 1988 | Natcon "Valhalla" |
Palmerston North | Nicon "Northern Militaire" |
Auckland |
| 1989 | Natcon | Wellington Lower Hutt Venue |
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| 1990 | Natcon | Christchurch | ||
| 1991 | Natcon | Wellington | ||
| 1992 | Natcon | Palmerston North | ||
| 1993 | Natcon | Wellington St Patricks College Hall |
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| 1994 | Natcon | Christchurch Canterbury University |
Nicon | Hamilton |
| 1995 | Natcon "Lev�e en masse" |
Palmerston North | Nicon | New Plymouth |
| 1996 | Natcon "Over the Top" |
Hamilton | Nicon | North Shore Auckland University Venue |
| 1997 | Natcon | Auckland | Nicon "Judgement Day" |
Wellington St Patricks College Hall |
| 1998 | Natcon "Call to Arms" |
Wellington St Patricks College Hall |
Nicon "Terms of Endearment" |
Hastings |
| 1999 | Natcon "Return to the South" |
Christchurch | Nicon | Hamilton |
| 2000 | Natcon | Hamilton | Nicon | Hutt |
| 2001 | Natcon | Hastings | Nicon | Tauranga |
| 2002 | Natcon | Christchurch | Nicon | North Shore Rangitoto College hall |
| 2003 | Natcon "A Bridge Too Far?" |
North Shore East Coast Bays Leisure Centre |
Nicon | Palmerston North |
| 2004 | Natcon | Upper Hutt | Nicon | Tauranga |
| 2005 | Natcon | Christchurch | Nicon "Friendly Fire" |
Auckland |
| 2006 | Natcon | Hamilton | Nicon "Nicon in the Naki" |
Taranaki |
| 2007 | Natcon | Upper Hutt | Nicon | Cambridge |
| 2008 | Natcon | Christchurch | Nicon | Palmerston North Massey University Events Centre |
| 2009 | Natcon | Hamilton Melville High School |
Nicon | Hawkes Bay Napier Boys High School |
| 2010 | Natcon | Hutt Club St Patricks School Hall |
Nicon | Tauranga |
There are expressions of interest from Christchurch to host the 2011 Natcon, and from the Auckland clubs for 2012
The Hamilton club have indicated that they are interested in bidding for Nicon 2011.
