It’s the summer holidays and what better idea than to meet up with Eastern Association of the Dice Studz in the delightful midlands town of Leamington Spa. To our joy, the town is home to one of those gaming cafes that are springing up faster than Turkish barbers on the British high street. What could possibly go wrong?

Etiquette: ( meaning) the customary code of polite behaviour in society or among members of a particular group.

Not wishing to cause offence, we decided to send the Wives and Girlfriends, plus the Youth section off to play Cluedo. I never did understand the game and once played for three hours without a resolution. I had in fact neglected to note the details of the murderer ; how we laughed!

It was time for the veteran Dice Studz to introduce World War Two gaming to the inclusive space. Would tanks and guns be welcome? Would stares turn to cancellation? Might diversity not be diverse?

We decided on the following house rules for gaming away from our usual locations;

No gun noises, especially automatic weapons simulated through shouting “ dakdakkadakka!”

No songs from the period! One Dice Studz in particular is known to sing songs from around the ( Confederate) campfire in times of high tension! No!

Thirdly, when playing Memoir 44 avoid both effeminate German accents and John Wayne impressions for the US player.

So, two hours passed without incident. The groups on the other tables were unperturbed and the atmosphere remained congenial. Dice Box did charge two pounds fifty per player per hour though and I do hope our local game store owner cottons on to this! All in all, the day proved that the Tercio can mix in Liberal society and I’m hope our simple code will be of utility.