BROADSIDE GAMES SHOW
The Broadside Games Show is MHWC's yearly public show, held in the town of Gillingham, Kent. Featuring many traders and club demonstration games, it's a fantastic day out for hobbyists and enthusiasts alike!
WITH SPECIAL GUEST: DAN ABNETT
Dan Abnett is a multiple New York Times bestselling author and an award-winning comic book writer. He has written more than sixty novels, and is especially celebrated for his Warhammer 40,000 fiction, including The Eisenhorn Trilogy, Gaunt’s Ghosts, Horus Rising, and The End And The Death. In comics, his run on The Guardians of the Galaxy for Marvel formed the inspiration for the blockbuster movies. He is a regular contributor to the UK’s long-running 2000AD, with such critically acclaimed series as Brink, The Out, Lawless and Sinister Dexter, and also writes extensively for the games industry, work which includes Alien:Isolation and Warhmmer 40,000: Darktide. Dan lives and works in Maidstone, Kent, in the UK.
TRADERS AT BROADSIDE 2025 :
All listed traders & clubs are links to their websites where possible, have a look at what will be offer at Broadside!
More traders announced soon…
Walking Route from Gillingham Train Station to Broadside. You can also take the 182 or 101 Buses from King Street Stop A
Cuirassier Books
Dave Lanchester Books
Darkk Crystal
M+C Painting
Grubby Tanks
Athena Miniatures
Games at Broadside 2025 :
Gradual Sunset - Deal Wargames Club
Titan Showdown - Gravesend Gamers Guild
Battlezone - Maidstone Wargames Society
Middle Earth Skirmish - Medway Wargames Club
Victory at Sea - Hythe Tyrants
Battle of Rivoli 1797 - Postie’s Rejects
WW2 Armour in France - SEEMS
Bridge over La Vie - Shepway Wargames Club
Star Wars Legion - Dengar Appreciation Society
The Ruin of Britain - Real Time Wargamers
1941 Desert Encounter - TWWS
World War Z - Friday Night Fire Fight
Gotterdammerung Berlin - Retired Wargamers Reloaded
Freemans Farm - Hailsham Wargames Club
Cyberpunk Red Combat Zone - North Kent Nomads
Battle of Gela 1943 - Canterbury Crusaders
The Rocketeers guide to Rocketships - Ilford Wargames Group
Battle of Granicus 334 BCE - Society of Ancients
Hammers Slammers - The Werelords
Horus Heresy - Warzone Events
Western Gunfight - Skirmish Wargames
Activities at Broadside 2025 :
Signings - Dan Abnett
Gaslands, Hobgoblin, Boarders & Black Flags - Man O’ Kent Games
Robin Hood - Big On Strategy
Model Display - Medway Veterans Hub
Magic The Gathering & Yu-Gi-Oh - Cataclysm Games
Cosplay Stand & Necromunda Game - 601st Cosplay Group
Battletech - Battletech UK South East
Laser Blade & Alien Worlds - Echidna Games
Flesh & Blood - Cup of TCG
Aeonian Void - Kitt Miniatures
Painting Area - Apple J-Ax & Kent Scouts
The Monster Merchants
Kent Scouts
Club Games
G1: Friday Night Fire Fight: World War Z
G2: North Kent Nomads: Cyberpunk Red Combat Zone
G3: Skirmish Wargames: 54mm Wild West Shootout
G4: Tunbridge Wells Wargames Society: Desert Encounter 1941
G5: Society of Ancients: Battle of the Granicus 334BCE
G6: Warzone Events: Warhammer 30,000 Horus Heresy
G7: Canterbury Crusaders: Battle of Gela 1943
G8: The Werelords: Hammer's Slammers
G9: Retired Wargamers Reloaded: Gotterdammerung 1945
G10: Medway Wargames Society: 54mm Middle Earth Skirmish
G11: Gravesend Gamers Guild: Warhammer 40,000 Titan Showdown
G12: Hythe Tyrants: Victory at Sea
G13: Maidstone Wargames Society: Battlezone
G14: Real Time Wargames: The Ruin of Britain, 10mm Dark Ages
G15: The Dengar Appreciation Society: Star Wars Legion
G16: South East Essex Military Society: TANKS in Normandy 1944
G17: Posties Rejects: The Battle of Rivoli 1797, 6mm French Revolution
G18: Ilford Wargames Group: The Rocketeers Guide to Rocketships
G19: Deal Wargames Society: Gradual Sunset, Thailand 1980s
G20: Shepway Wargamers: Bridge Over La Vie, France 1944
G21: Hailsham Wargames Club: Freeman's Farm, 28mm AWI
Participation Areas
P1: Battletech
P2: Echidna Games: Laserblade/ Alien Worlds
P3: North Kent Nomads: Moonstone
P4: Kent Scouts
P5: The Monster Merchants
P6: Kitt Miniatures: Aeonian Void
P7: Dan Abnett Books/Comics/Signing
P8: Big On Strategy: The Adventures of Robin Hood
P9: Medway Veterans Hub Model Club
P10: Flesh and Blood Card Game
P11: Pokemon & Yu-Gi-Oh
P12: Flank March: Fulda Firestorm, 1980s Cold War Gone Hot
P13: Man O’ Kent Games
Traders List
T1: The Pit Gaming Shop
T2: KR Multicase
T3: Eagle Figures
T4: Warlord Games
T5: Dave Lanchester Military Books
T6: Cataclysm Games
T7: Encounter Terrain
T8: Pumpernickle Games
T9: Conquest Miniatures
T10: Surprised Stare Games
T11: Lvl Up Games
T12: Debris of War
T13: Imperator Models
T14: Darkk Crystal
T15: Sheppey Models
T16: Blotz
T17: Nervosa Games
T18: Model-Army.com
T19: Parkfield Miniatures
T20: Battlezone Miniatures
T21: SMFX Models and More
T22 Cuirassier Books
T23: North Kent Nomads
T24: Apple J-Ax
T25: Sarissa Precision
T26: Athena Miniatures
T27: Ragnarok Scenics
T28: The Dice Miners
T29: Brigade Models
T30: M+C Model Painting
T31: XWC Miniatures and Moonbeast Games
T32: Reaction Games
T33: Brickskrieg
T34: Full Metal Miniatures
T35: Grubby Tanks
