29th OLD EDWARDIAN SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIPS - 13 &14 March 2021

 

Old Edwardian Mind Sports Club dominates wargames events in South Africa.

The 29th OLD EDWARDIAN SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIPS shall be held at the Old Edwardian Society, 11 Ninth Avenue, Lower Houghton, Johannesburg, on 13 &14 March 2021.

The championship is renown for having many of South Africa's top players play in such championships as a warm up to Mind Sports South Africa's Provincial Championships. Past participation in this event is a veritable 'who's who' in South African gaming. No less than eight world champions have used the Old Edwardian Summer Championships in which to hone their skills.

Since the Old Edwardian Summer Championships does not count for MSSA's official rankings, the players who participate in the board gaming, esports and wargames events, are able to dabble with new tactics, and ready themselves for the new season.

The championships shall start on both days at 9H00. The figure-games shall be played on both days.

This is an open championship and open to all whether affiliated to Mind Sports South Africa (MSSA) or not.

Championship Details:
Venue:	Blue Room, Old Edwardian Society, 11 Ninth Ave, Lower Houghton, Johannesburg
Date:	13 &14 March 2021
Game Entry Fees:	R60.00 for Morabaraba, and PES 2020
	R100.00 for Ancients figure gaming
Entries:	Please contact Terry Allwright on: tj.allwright@gmail.com Entries must be submitted by 8 March 2021.
Food & refreshments	Please bring your own

The schedule of play is as follows:

	Saturday – 13 March 2021		Saturday – 13 March 2021
	Morabaraba	Ancients	Ancients	Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 (PES 2020)
Round 1	10H00-10H45	9H00 – 12H00		09H00
Round 2	11H00 - 11H45	14H00 – 17H00		10H30
Round 3	14H00 -14H45		9H00 – 12H00	12H00
Round 4	15H00 - 15H45		14H00 – 17H00	14H00
Round 5	16H00 - 16H45			15H30
Awards shall be awarded immediately after play has ceased.

Medals are awarded to the first three places for Premier and High School divisions.

All MSSA rules shall apply for PES 2021 and Morabaraba. 
 
Due to COVID-19 Regulations, entry will be restricted to 6 players for Wargames and 8 players for Morabaraba and PES 2021.

However, for Ancients wargames the championship uses the very popular 600 points format where losses are carried forward. Should you require the full rules, please contact the club on tj.allwright@gmail.com .

Fees must please be deposited into the Old Edwardian Society's account, which is:

OEWC

F.N.B. - Killarney

Branch Code 256205

Account Number 62071433115

Also read:

• MSSA elections allow change and growth.
• MSSA remains a dynamic institution.
• Preventing dominance by any one club.
• Advantages of affiliation
• Calendar of  Events: 2021
• Events: Western Cape Online Provincial Championships - 27 February 2021
• Events: 11th Online School Championships - 6 March 2021.
• Events: 29th OLD EDWARDIAN SUMMER CHAMPIONSHIPS - 13 &14 March 2021
• Affiliation: Schools
• Affiliation: Private clubs
• Esports titles selected: MSSA's High School Championships.
• Esports titles selected: MSSA's Student Championships
• Esports titles selected: MSSA's Premier Championships.
• Notices: MSSA's new Players' Representative - Jessie Joubert (ZAG Academy
• Notices: Lenel Human makes history.
• Notices: Sahil Ebrahim of PES Society elected as MSSA's Western Cape Provincial Director.
• Notices: Derby events
• Notices: Derby events -the way forward.
• Notices: Publishing your club news.
• Notices: Transfer season
• Notices: Learners may play for both private and school clubs.
• Notices: Calling all those wishing to serve as Selectors to volunteer
• Notices: The various events held by Mind Sports South Africa.
• Rankings: Clash Royale
• Rankings: Morabaraba
• Rankings: Pro Evolution Soccer (PES)
• Test Match results: South African Protea DotA 2 team rises triumphant.
• Test Match results: DOTA2: South Africa vs Azerbaijan
• Trailblazers: Michelle Marder
• New National Team Selection Criteria
• Selecting the national Protea teams for Mind Sports South Africa.

Looking for a new national champion.

 

Macedonian pikes advancing into combat.

Mind Sports South Africa's  South African National Wargames Championships to be held at Old Edwardian Society, 11 Ninth Avenue, Lower Houghton, on, 5 & 6 December 2020 has sparked a great deal of interest in wargamers from around the country.

Attendance of players at clubs has risen with players frantically trying to update their rule knowledge before the clash that will see a new national champion.

Already, there are more entries for the 2021 National Championships than what there were for the 2020 national championships.

Could it be that everyone, sick of COVID-19, want to get out and play again, or that Ancients figure-gaming is more resilient than what people think?

Either way, it is going to be a wonderful championships.

Also read:

• Calendar of  Events: 2020
• Upcoming events: South African National Board Games Championships - 12 December 2020.
• Upcoming events: South African National Online Championships
• Upcoming events: South African National Wargames Championships - 5 & 6 December 2020.
• Affiliation: Schools
• Affiliation: Private clubs
• Esports titles selected: MSSA's School Championships.
• Esports titles selected: MSSA's Premier Championships.
• Results of MSSA's 10th Annual Online Championships for High Schools
• Results of MSSA's Western Cape Online Provincial Championships.
• Results: MSSA's 11th Provincial Online Championships
• Results: Gauteng Online Provincial Championships.
• Test Match results: South African Protea DotA 2 team rises triumphant.
• Test Match results: DOTA2: South Africa vs Azerbaijan
• New National Team Selection Criteria
• Selecting the national Protea teams for Mind Sports South Africa.
• Qualifiers: Clash Royale
• Qualifiers: Counter-Strike: GO
• Qualifiers: Dota 2
• Qualifiers: League of Legends
• Qualifiers: Paladins
• Qualifiers: Pro Evolution Soccer
• The road to Eilat
• IESF announces first three titles for 12th World Championships
• IESF's 12th Esports World Championship - Eilat now set to December 6th - 12th, 2020.
• South African Esports Team to represent South Africa in IESF's 12th Esports World Championships - Eilat.
• Tournament Schedule for IESF Regional Qualifiers - 12th World Championships - Eilat.
• Notice has been given.
• Rankings: Clash Royale
• Rankings: Counter-Strike: GO.
• Rankings: DotA 2 rankings
• Rankings: FIFA '20.
• Rankings: HearthStone
• Rankings: League of Legends
• Rankings: Paladins
• Rankings: PRO EVOLUTION SOCCER (PES)
• Rankings: Street Fighter V
• Rankings: Tekken 7 rankings

South African National Wargames Championships - 5 & 6 December 2020.

 

Romans advancing to victory - Veni, vidi, vici.

Mind Sports South Africa's  South African National Wargames Championships shall be held at Old Edwardian Society, 11 Ninth Avenue, Lower Houghton, on, 5 & 6 December 2020.

To take into account current COVID-19 Regulations at the date of announcement, the event will only allow 18 entries on a first-come-first served basis. No spectators shall be allowed and umpires shall enforce other regulations.

The event counts as a  qualifier for the 2021 National Team Trials.

In terms of the current regulations, any period may be played to more than one rule set if there are sufficient entries, and a player qualified to act as an umpire has volunteered to umpire such rule set.

The championships shall start on both days at 9H00. Players need to register at least 30 minutes before the start of play.

The following periods have qualified to be played, and shall be, should sufficient entries be received:

FIGURE GAMING:
Period	CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE PLAYED ON BOTH DAYS
	Saturday			Sunday
	ROUND 1	ROUND 2	ROUND 3	ROUND 4	ROUND 5
Ancients – DBM 3.2	9H00-12H00	13H00 - 16h00	17h00 - 20h00	9H00-12H00	14H00 – 17H00
Pike & Shot – DBR	9H00-12H00	13H00 - 16h00	17h00 - 20h00	9H00-12H00	14H00 – 17H00

Period	ONE DAY HISTORICAL FIGURE GAMING CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE PLAYED ON SUNDAY ONLY
	Sunday
	ROUND 1	ROUND 2	ROUND 3	ROUND 4
Ancients – DBM 200AP	9H00-10H30	11H00 – 12H30	14H00 – 15H30	16H00 – 17H30

In keeping with Mind Sport South Africa's policies re development programmes, entries are free and gratis to registered players who are unable to afford to enter such championships should the member club formally request assistance. Such applications must be directed to the MSSA at: e-mail: mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com

Please note that if there are not at least 10 players entered for a figure gaming period, then such period shall be played to four (4) rounds and not five (5).

Entry fees are:              R100.00 for figure gamers.

Only players who are registered with fully-paid-up members may participate.

Players are reminded that the majority choice of rules as at the closing date for entries shall be used.

All entries must be entered by the club official on the Google Drive page allocated therefore.

Army lists must be e-mailed to the head of umpiring at mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com on or before 28 November 2020.

The following Medals may be awarded at the Championship:

• PREMIER: Medals shall be awarded to the first three players who are registered players.
• SCHOLARS: Medals shall be awarded to the first three high school scholars, and to the first three primary school scholars, provided they have not received any Premier medals.
• UNDER 24: Medals shall be awarded to the first three players who are under 24 years of age, provided the players have not received any Premier Medals.
• WOMEN: Women will be awarded medals as per the same basis as above, that is in all three categories.

Colours and National Team Trials:

• National Colours: All Players that win all of their Matches at a National Championship will earn National Colours.
• Provincial Colours: All Players that win all of their Matches at a Provincial Championship will earn Provincial Colours. All Players who score within the top 50% in a specific Period at a Provincial Championship, and who also score within the top 50% at a National Championship in the same period and in the same year, will earn Provincial Colours.
• National Team Trials: All Players that score within the top 20% or top three places, whichever is greater, in a specific Period at a Provincial or National Championship will earn an invitation to National Team Trials. National Team Trials shall be held in the event that a National Team must be selected to represent South Africa when competing in such Period in an International Championship.

Also read:

• Calendar of  Events: 2020
• Upcoming events: South African National Online Championships
• Affiliation: Schools
• Affiliation: Private clubs
• New National Team Selection Criteria
• Selecting the national Protea teams for Mind Sports South Africa.

Wargaming in South Africa

Introduction

Wargames in the modern sense was effectively launched with the publication by Paul Stanley in 1962 of Donald Featherstone’s book War Games: Battles and Manoeuvres with Model Soldiers.

Where or when wargames began is impossible to say, but it is probable to say that our early ancestors devised games of strategy played with stones on areas marked out on the bare ground. Organised wargaming dates back at least 5,000 years with the traditional tactical games such as GO (the Chinese game of encirclement), Morabaraba (the African game of manoeuvre and capture).

The first use of miniature figures to depict military battles was in 3000 BC in Ancient Egypt. (11^th Dynasty).

Throughout history, enlightened military commanders, such as Alexander the Great, are known to have used relief maps and markers to assist in planning their operations. The first true wargame dates back to the 18^th century when Helwig, Master of pages to the Duke of Brunswick, devised a game played on a gridded map with counters representing the three main arms of the period - infantry, cavalry and artillery. In 1811, a game invented by Count von Reisswitz was introduced to the Prussian court. Called Kriegspiel, it used coloured counters to represent military units but was played on a sculptured relief map and used movement rates based upon the actual marching rates of the armies at that time. The game rapidly gained popularity and was soon being used to help train junior officers.

Throughout the 19^th century Count Reisswitz’s game was constantly discussed and modified by its adherents. This resulted in a cumbersome and unwieldy set of rules. As Kriegspiel became increasingly sophisticated, actual statistics from current battles, were included to bring the rules into line with the weapons and tactics of the time. As a result, both the German Schlieffen Plan of 1914 and the initial Allied response to it were largely based upon strategies which had been pre-played as wargames. All subsequent military campaigns have used a greater or lesser degree of wargaming in their planning. Today’s armed forces have at their disposal large computers and simulators, enabling the participants to concentrate on decision making rather than rule interpretation.

Up to this point wargaming had been exclusively a military preoccupation, but in 1913 novelist H.G.Wells wrote a book called Little Wars. In this he drew up rules for a game using the popular lead model soldiers and matchstick firing guns of the period. The horrors of the Great War however, made wargaming an unpopular hobby and it languished until its modern revival in 1962.

Wargaming in South Africa

Historical figure-gaming in South Africa is administered by Mind Sports South Africa.

Figure gaming was started in South Africa in the 60’s, when a small group of enthusiasts started a club at the then show grounds in Johannesburg.

In 1980 the wargaming clubs banded together to found Mind Sports South Africa. The MSSA was taken into membership of the Confederation of South African Sport in May 1991and was awarded the ability to award Springbok Colours. As soon as the NOSC was unbanned, the Union applied to that body for membership and upon being accepted as a member remained loyal to it until it was finally wound up as the NSC to become the Sports Commission and later the SASCOC.

Periods most popular in South Africa are:

Figure gaming:

The most popular periods played in South Africa are:

• Ancients,
• Pike & Shot,
• Horse & Musket, and 
• World War 2 

The MSSA is committed to developing new clubs.

Mind Sports South Africa is one of the few South African Sports Federations that earmarks 20% of its income to the development of new clubs.

Anybody wishing to start a club is more than welcome to contact the Union.

Participation in International events

The Union participated in the World Championships for the first time in 1991.

Since then South African wargamers have been regular participants in international championships and have earned the respect of all f the other top players from around the world.

Also read:

• Selecting the national Protea teams for Mind Sports South Africa.
• Wargaming: MSSA's 24th Western Cape Championships - 28 and 29 March 2020.
• Revised 2020 Calendar of events
• Rules: DBM 3.2

Wargames: MSSA's 24th Western Cape Championships - 28 and 29 March 2020.

Knights on the move.

The MSSA's 24th Western Cape Championships shall be held at Monument Park High School, 40 Dan King Rd, Kraaifontein, 7570, on 28 and 29 March 2020.

In terms of the current regulations, any period may be played to more than one rule set if there are sufficient entries, and a player qualified to act as an umpire has volunteered to umpire such rule set.

The championships shall start on both days at 9H00. Players need to register at least 30 minutes before the start of play.

The following periods have qualified to be played, and shall be, should sufficient entries be received:

FIGURE GAMING:
Period	CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE PLAYED ON BOTH DAYS
	Saturday			Sunday
	ROUND 1	ROUND 2	ROUND 3	ROUND 4	ROUND 5
Ancients – DBM 3.2	9H00-12H00	13H00 - 16h00	17h00 - 20h00	9H00-12H00	14H00 – 17H00
Pike & Shot – DBR	9H00-12H00	13H00 - 16h00	17h00 - 20h00	9H00-12H00	14H00 – 17H00
World War II – Flames of War	9H00-12H00	13H00 - 16h00	17h00 - 20h00	9H00-12H00	14H00 – 17H00

Period	ONE DAY HISTORICAL FIGURE GAMING CHAMPIONSHIPS TO BE PLAYED ON SUNDAY ONLY
	Sunday
	ROUND 1	ROUND 2	ROUND 3	ROUND 4
Ancients – DBM 200AP	9H00-10H30	11H00 – 12H30	14H00 – 15H30	16H00 – 17H30

In keeping with Mind Sport South Africa's policies re development programmes, entries are free and gratis to registered players who are unable to afford to enter such championships should the member club formally request assistance. Such applications must be directed to the MSSA at: e-mail: mindsportscorrespondence@gmail.com

Please note that if there are not at least 10 players entered for a figure gaming period, then such period shall be played to four (4) rounds and not five (5).

Entry fees are:              R71.00 for figure gamers.

Only players who are registered with fully-paid-up members may participate.

Players are reminded that the majority choice of rules as at the closing date for entries shall be used.

Entry fees must be deposited directly into Mind Sports South Africa's account, held at ABSA Bank, account number, 90 4766 7676.

All entries, and army lists (if applicable) must be e-mailed to: Colin Webster at minndsportscorrespondence@gmail.com on or before 19 March 2020.

Also read:

• How school clubs affiliate for the 2020 season.
• The various events held by Mind Sports South Africa.
• New National Team Selection Criteria
• Selecting the national Protea teams for Mind Sports South Africa.
• Boardgames: MSSA's 24th Western Cape Provincial Championships - 28 and 29 March 2020.
• Esports: MSSA's 24th Western Cape Provincial Championships - 28 and 29 March 2020.