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The Memphis Area Wargamer's League (MAWL) was founded by Kevin Avent in September 2002.
It all started as a group of gamers that had been playing Warhammer 40,000 at Game Masters on Quince...until they went out of business and the local gamers had to look for other places to play. Several of the local gamers were playing at Mid-Town Toys, others started going to the newly opened Kevin's Attic. Neither of these two stores were very convenient for the majority of the gamers from North Mississippi (Olive Branch, Southaven, Horn Lake even as far as Senatobia).
Then a spark of new life hit the local gamers when a new gaming retailer opened in Olive Branch. Reel World Video began selling and supporting the Games Workshop hobby in September of 2002. For several months the local north Mississippi gamers played at Reel World and that was the genesis of what came to be the Memphis Area Wargamer's League.
By sponsoring a regular Tuesday night game night, Reel World helped to keep the group together. During this brief period, Reel World sponsored a Rogue Trader Tournament and provided tables and terrain to support the local gamers.
As early as October of 2002, Kevin created the MAWL website and began frequent and regular emails and updates to the local gamers. Then in March of 2003, Kevin orchestrated the 2003 "March of Death" campaign. This was a six week campaign and it was very successful.
Soon after the conclusion of the March of Death Campaign, management of Reel World Video started to cut back on their support of the Games Workshop hobby. They still provided a location to play games, but basically stopped all retail activities and began to liquidate their inventory. Soon after, the MAWL started looking for a new home. For several weeks, the MAWL members met at a new location called Dark Vision Games in Southaven, MS but without gaming tables and no game terrain, the club basically began playing RPGs and card based games.
The rebirth! Then the big news came...GW opened a battle bunker in Memphis! Hard to believe but now the largest retail store and hobby center in North America is right here in our city. The Hobby Center and Retail store opened in October 2003 and the battle bunker section, "The World of Battle" opened in December with a Rogue Trader Tournament. The "official" Grand Openning was held in April of 2004. With summer here, it wasn't long before the old gang that had been meeting in Olive Branch started showing up on a regular basis at the World of Battle. In June of 2004, Kevin Avent met with the club coordinator for GW and the wheels were set in motion. With the new momentum came a new name...Adeptus Memphis was born! Our first regular game night was June 24th, 2004...the rest is Adeptus Memphis history!
In the summer of 2008, a new local gaming store opened in Olive Branch, MS and the Adeptus Memphis crew started meeting there in addition to meeting at the Games Workshop World of Battle. To see which location we are gaming at each week, be sure to check our online forums and look at the Game Night RSVPs category.
Where we play:
Our club currently meets and games every Thursday from 6pm until closing.
We play at two different locations so check our forums to see where everyone plans to meet this week. (The Game Night RSVPs lists where we are going to play.)
The Gamerz Depot located at 9991 Hwy 178 Suite #6 in Olive Branch, MS
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the Games Workshop "World of Battle" located at 6211 East Holmes Rd.
Here is a map...
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