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!
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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
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Common rule sets used: DBR, Pike & Shotte, Twilight of the Divine Right
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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.
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Common rule sets” Pickett’s Charge, Bloody Big Battles
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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.
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Rule sets used most often: Lord of the Rings, SAGA
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Common rule sets used: Team Yankee, Battleground HD, Cold War, Spearhead
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Rule sets used: Wings of Glory WW1 and WW2
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Common rules used: Black Seas, Cruel Seas
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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.
2025
November 2, 15 & 16 (incl ADLG Tournament), 30
December 14 (incl Glory is Fleeting Napoleonic event)
2026
January 4, 18
February 1, 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)
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 Event - November
The Victorian Ancients Championships (ADLG)
15 & 16 November 2025
The League is proud to once again be hosting the Victorian Ancients Championship using ADLG v4 rules. It will be held on the 15th & 16th of November 2025 at the Caulfield RSL.
Players can choose armies from the Roman and Dark Age periods of the rule book. Allies can only be selected from these two periods as well. Armies are to be no more than 200 points.
The tournament will be held over 4 rounds with the first round starting at 10.30am on each day and the second round at 2.00pm. Each round will go for 2.5 hours plus 3-18 minutes of random time. Please arrive 15 minutes before the start.
15mm armies are to be used and should accurately depict the troops they represent. Loan armies are available on request.
Please submit your army list by 7 November.
Upcoming Event December
Struggle of Nations 1815 Napoleonic Event
Sunday 14 December 2025
This is team event with a Coalition team matched up against a French team, with armies from a single year in the lists. Last year the theme was 1794 armies only (which the Coalition team narrowly won). This year the theme is 1815 armies only.
The event is played over two rounds using Glory is Fleeting Napoleonic Wargames rules and 15mm figures.
• Game one will be one on one 1,000 point games.
• Game 2 will be 1,600 point doubles games (the doubles pairs will be decided after the first round based on how many people are playing).
Players do not need to submit army lists in advance but do need to come with a 1,000 point list and an 800 point list to be used for the doubles game. For 800 point lists, reduce the minimums in your list (and any attached divisions) by 20% rounded off to the nearest even number (so a minimum of 4 remains 4).
Knowing that not everyone has armies from this period, we will not be strict on troops being used with the wrong hats and as always, armies are available for loan.
Entry is free for members and $5 for non-members. Visitors are welcome to come and play or just observe the fun!
