Well, that was an event! One hundred and fifteen of us enjoyed a fabulous evening at the Daniel Owen Centre last Thursday night. Games What better way to bid a fond farewell to the name Deeside Defenders than celebrating by exterminating tyranids on the most rickety, poorly-commanded space hulk you’ve ever seen, charging recklessly into battle for chocolate pudding, playing polo with hobbits on walruses or any number of other games. Food The DOC staff and volunteers made us

The Christmas Do saw the Deeside Defender's last ever painting competition. Sponsored for the third year in a row by the wonderful Rosemary and co , the three winners walked away with more top quality brushes as prizes and of course gloating rights! First Prize "The Knight Before Christmas" by Aidan Holman Aidan seems to be making a habit of winning our painting competitions [and should be stopped at all costs. -Alan] Aidan also takes home, the much coveted, Painting Bauble

The Gregorian Calendar - named after the above named Pontif - has conspired against us this year. Christmas Eve and New Years Eve fall on a Wednesday Christmas Day and New Years Day are Thursdays So there will be no opportunity to play on our normal days over the Christmas period. Our last day of opening in 2025 will be Monday 22nd December. We shall open our doors again on Monday 5th January 2026.

We have been through all the gaming officers' offerings... So what else have we got to reveal? Well.... Quite a lot, actually! The next lot of prizes has come from yourselves, the members of the club, who have kindly donated these. The first donation consists of 4 separate prizes, all for 40k! We have the following Grey Knights Paladin Squad - Equipped with a wide variety of close combat and ranged weapons, Grey Knight Paladins are the boldest, most noble warriors in the Grey

Good Moring! We have prizes to reveal from our last two gaming officers. There are some beauties in today's offerings! Remember, raffle tickets will be on sale until the draw on the 4th December. Look for the people with Red Lanyards  on the day for any last-minute raffle ticket purchasing. First up, we have two prizes from General sci-fi, chosen by our Club Director, John Woolley. For Warhammer Horus Heresy Legions Imperialis game system, we hav e a nice little combo that pr

Hope everyone has had a great weekend! The prizes are stacking up! Here's more info on the prizes you could win! For the Bolt Action game system, we have 3 separate prizes. Italian Army & Blackshirts - 30 WWII Italian Infantry US Rangers - 25 WWII US Infantry Soviet Infantry - 30 Red Army Infantry Big Thanks to Leigh Hughes, our Bolt Action officer, for deciding on the prizes for Bolt Action. Next up, we have another Mega Prize! Worth around £100! A Fantasy/Dark Age set -

5 more sleeps to the Christmas Do! More prizes are up for grabs in the raffle What's better than watching the footy on Boxing Day? Well, how about a kick-a-bout with some Knights or Undead? First up in the prize announcement is 6 lots of prizes for the Blood Bowl game system! There's something for a beginner or hardened veteran of the game! Thank you, Tony Griffiths, our Blood Bowl Officer, for sorting out these prizes. Prizes are 2 x Season 3 Hardback Rule Book 1 x Bretonni

With the Christmas Do fast approaching (Remember it's ticket only! If you've not got a ticket, get one! Less than 30 tickets left), it's time to start rolling out the prizes. We have a sack full of goodies First Up! Two prizes acquired by Tony Pinch, our Boardgame Officer! We have Battle of Hoth Star Wars - A game of heroic and fast-paced battles of miniatures that's set on the ice planet Hoth and re-enacts one of the most famous scenes of Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back.

Over the next few days, expect a lot of these posts! Apparently, Christmas is coming! The first lot of prizes available in this years Christmas Raffle are from Warhammer Old World and Age of Sigmar! Three separate prizes, in the Old World system, we have Dwarfen Mountain Holds: Dwarf Cannon & Organ Gun - This multipart plastic kit allows you to construct two powerful war machines from the Dwarfen Mountain Holds, which can be assembled as either a Dwarf Cannon or an Organ Gun