Club Annual Meetings 2024

This Saturday (22 February) marks the annual meetings for 2024. Starting at 2pm within the club. All are welcome, and all are encouraged to come to see what is happing with our beloved club.

“Meetings Plural?” you might ask.

Yes there is in fact two meetings the first is the final Annual General Meeting for Humberside Wargames Society. The Society in the form it has been for the last 50 years is coming to a close.

Both meetings will take place downstairs for ease of access to all regulars

Initially we welcome you to celebrate the legacy of what the club has been so far. What has brought us together and what we have grown to love.

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The second meeting is the first Annual Meeting of Humberside Wargames C.I.C.

This meeting both serves as an introduction to what the club is becoming, and will be when the management of the club is formally passed across to a management committee. This management committee will complete the day-to-day management with the assistance of the Directors

Within this meeting you will be able to ask the Directors for further details about how the C.I.C. operates. We put some details regarding this in our update post a couple of weeks ago (seen here). There will also be the opportunity to put forward projects for the committee and Directors to look into for the year. Though if you have such projects we thoroughly recommend you considering joining the committee itself.

How to Get involved with the Management Committee.

There are four spaces available for attendees of the club that wish to get involved with how the C.I.C. operates. This year is an exciting one for the development of the club as we find our feet and help guide projects that are important to you as someone who uses our facilities.

To become a member of the committee you must have attended at least 5 sessions within the last 3 months and have someone who has also attended at least 5 sessions in the last 3 months willing to second you.

Both you and your seconder should drop an email to our email address letting us know. agm@humbersidewargames.org.uk

We look forward to seeing you all and sharing in the excitement on Saturday!

Pathfinder 2 game looking for players – The Topaz Guild

A new Pathfinder 2 game starting in the club is looking for new players. The game uses a homebrew setting and follows the creation of a new adventurer’s guild hall.

Sessions: Saturdays 1pm-5pm, give or take a couple hours. First session 1st of March. Sundays also possible if people can’t make Saturdays

GM: Alexandria

Players: 3-6 slots. Two players so far.

Experience: New players welcome, help with character creation available.

Character Creation: Starting at level 1 for the new players

Guild members getting ready for the New Guild Hall (artist: Lunaros)

The Topaz Guild is the most popular adventurer’s guild in the story-loving country of Visk. Enough that it’s looking to set up in a second country: The rainforest-covered Cargil.

Either adventurers from Visk wanting to get in on the ground floor and make a name for themselves, or someone from Cargil deciding that adventuring might be right for them, you’re here to be one of the first signed up and taking quests at the guild. The specific tasks taken by the party will be largely up to the players – either handling a variety of different quests that get posted to the guild, or independently pushing ahead to delve deep in investigating a mystery that’s caught your attention.

Should you be interested in joining the Topaz Guild either drop us a message here on the website or join our discord to reach out to Alexandria directly.

An update on exciting developments within the club!

You may have noticed that before this weekend it had been a long time since anything was posted up on our website. Don’t worry we still exist and haven’t been sleeping all this time away. Quite the contrary we have been busier than ever.

Since moving into Percy St two years ago our attendance and games offered weekly have doubled. We are now regularly open 5 days a week with a 6th day open every fortnight!

It has never been a better time to run or play games with us. Especially considering we have now incorporated ourselves as Humberside Wargames C.I.C.

free image from Pixabay.com

Is becoming a business a bad thing?

The front room round table

Some people may be concerned about the idea of the club becoming a business.

“Does this mean that our money is no longer going to make the club better and instead is going to be taken by Investors?”

No it does not mean that in the slightest. We have become what is called a Community Interest Company Incorporated by Guarantee. This means we do not have investors that expect profits, instead we have Guarantors who ensure that the company has an amount of funds within it. These Guarantors have no right to profits made by the company.

In addition to the lack of money grubbing investors, as a CIC we are required to annually prove to the CIC Ombudsman we are acting for the benefit of the community. While putting together Humberside Wargames CIC we were required to provide the CIC Ombudsman with a list of activities we are committed to doing as a company. In short the club is still entirely there for the gaming communities of Hull and the surrounding area.

What are the aims of the CIC?

The aims of Humberside Wargames C.I.C. can be found publicly advertised on our Companies house page but we will also outline them below.

Activity 1

“The company will facilitate and support local communities by providing safe spaces and opportunities to participate in immersive storytelling, strategic puzzle and tactical games or activities.”

This is what we have already been doing since day one. The space is here for you to use and is and should always be safe for you to do so

We have many boardgames and roleplay books available for use
The front may have changed but we are still here for you
Activity 2

“The company aims to help bring together our local and diverse communities, promoting social inclusion, wellbeing and combating social isolation.”

We have always believed in the benefit that the games we play provide. Through advertising our services to the local area and welcoming new players to join our games we believe that we can bring the diverse people together in a fun and understanding manner.

How can I get involved and help?

Just by attending and playing in club, paying your fees you are helping to build the community into something more.

Should you wish to go further with assisting the running of the community this is the perfect time to do so. On the 22nd February 2025 we will be having our first annual meeting were we will elect the members of the first management committee.

Should you be interested in joining the management committee please check out the posters in club. Alternatively reach out to one of the current committee members to get more details

We look forward to seeing you in club sometime soon!