Tabletop wargames from 3000BC to the modern day plus Fantasy & Sci-Fi

The League of Ancients is located at Caulfied RSL in Elsternwick, Melbourne.

We meet two Sundays per month and always welcome new members or people just curious to learn more.

No experience or equipment is required

Games Played at the League of Ancients

This menu shows the most popular periods and rule sets played but members are always discovering new projects in new periods or rule systems. We love it when new members bring fresh inspiration so if you don’t see your favourite game listed, come along and introduce it to us. We’d love to give it a go!

Sassanid cataphracts in 18mm from Forged in Battle miniatures
  • Played mostly in 15mm and 25mm the following are the common rule sets used: ADLG, Command & Colours, SAGA, Hail Caesar, Baron’s War, Strength & Honour, DBA, Infamy Infamy, Lion Rampant, Never Mind the Billhooks

  • Common rule sets used: DBR, Pike & Shotte, Twilight of the Divine Right

  • Common rule sets used: Glory is Fleeting, General d’Armee, Black Powder, Command & Colours, Blucher, Lasalle, Eagles to Glory

    These are played mostly in 15mm and 25mm, although Blucher is usually played in 6mm.

  • Common rule sets” Pickett’s Charge, Bloody Big Battles

  • Most popular rule sets used: Bolt Action, Chain of Command, O Group, Flames of War, 02 Hundred Hours, Blitzkrieg Commander IV, Spearhead, Battlegroup, Memoir 44, All Hell Let Loose, Combat HQ

    Played mostly in 15mm and 28mm although Blitzkrieg Commander in played in 10mm and Spearhead in 6mm.

  • Rule sets used most often: Lord of the Rings, SAGA

  • Common rule sets used: Team Yankee, Battleground HD, Cold War, Spearhead

  • Rule sets used: Wings of Glory WW1 and WW2

  • Common rules used: Black Seas, Cruel Seas

  • The League of Ancients plays various other games and periods including Colonial (Black Powder), WW1 (Spearhead), Sci-fi, Western (Dead Man’s Hand and Legends of the Old West), Franco-Prussian War, Seven Years War, War of Spanish Succession and many others

Calendar of Events

We meet two Sundays a month at the Caulfield RSL in Elsternwick, Melbourne, and a few times a year we meet for the whole weekend at the same venue to run tournaments and other special events.

2026

January 4, 18

February 1 (incl inter-club ADLG event vs NWA), 15 (incl Command & Colours Demo Day)

March 1, 28 & 29 (incl ACW 2-day event)

April 12, 19 (incl Bolt Action event)

May 3, 23 & 24 (incl ADLG tournament)

June 14 (incl Lardies demo day), 28 (incl SAGA event)

July 12, 25 & 26 (incl GIF Napoleonic tournament)

August 9, 23 

September 13, 27 (incl Bolt Action event)

October 11 (incl General d’Armee demo day), 25

November 8, 21 & 22 (incl ADLG tournament)

December 6, 13 (incl Glory is Fleeting  Napoleonic Event)

A SAGA fantasy game at the League of Ancients in Melbourne

About the League of Ancients

One of Melbourne’s oldest wargames clubs, we are also one of the most welcoming. We meet two Sundays a month at the Caulfield RSL in Elsternwick, Melbourne (see the calendar for exact dates).

Whether you’re interested in historical, fantasy or sci-fi games, on land, sea or air, someone will be able to invite you to join a game. Players of all ages and experience levels are required and you don’t even need to have any models to get started!

The RSL provides a great venue to meet with an excellent restaurant and bar to keep the generals well supplied!

Upcoming events February to April 2026

  • Miniature toy soldiers arranged on a textured surface, simulating a battlefield scene.

    Command & Colours Demo Day

    15 February 2026

    A showcase of 8 different games. Whether it’s stemming the Gothic masses, winning honour as a Samurai or refighting the battle of Hoth there will be something for everyone.

  • Miniature figures of Union and Confederate soldiers engaged in a battle, set on a tabletop terrain with trees and a small building, depicting a Civil War scene.

    American Civil War Big Battle weekend

    28 & 29 March 2026

    Join us for two action-packed days fighting a giant Civil War game in 28mm. We will be using Pickett’s Charge rules. The action commences at 10.30am each day.

  • Miniature military figures in camouflage uniforms and helmets, armed with rifles, positioned on a textured terrain with grass and dirt, surrounded by miniature trees and bushes.

    FUBAR! Bolt Action One Day Event

    19 April 2026

    A one day event using Bolt Action WW2 rules. This will be an 1,100 point event with a 14 dice cap. Click the link below for the Player’s Pack. 10.30am start

Our Sponsors

• Gap Games

• Gripping Beast Miniatures

• Elite Miniatures

• Battlefield Accessories

• Khaki Green

• Eureka Miniatures

• Battleground HD

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