Innovation in Wargaming Conference

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The Bunker March 2008

The sessions offered were

Overview of the Weekend

Fort Purbrook, Portsmouth March 2007

This was a unique residential wargaming weekend set in Fort Purbrook, Portsmouth, UK. It aimed to offer wargamers the chance to take part in a wide variety and styles of wargames. The event started off with the conference dinner on board a Royal Navy Submarine.

The sessions offered were

Overview of the Weekend

Article by David Bradbury about the Invasion Game

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The Bunker February 2006

The last weekend was a residential wargaming game that aimed to explore all aspects of developing and playing wargames.
The site for the exciting weekend was a nuclear bunker.

Built in 1952, under 40,000 tons of concrete, with room for 600 staff it includes rooms for the BBC, scientists, GPO, the armed services, military headquarters and a cabinet minister. The bunker was a regional headquarters for maintenance of government while the UK was under nuclear attack.

The sessions offered were

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Overview of the Conference by Bob Codery, one of founding members of Wargame Developments Overview

The full write up of the conference, including many of the rules used can be found in the Nugget, the journal of wargame developments Wargame Developments