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GWP

Abbreviation for Gentlemens Wargames Parlour – gwargamesp.fr.yuku.com – an online community for wargamers, but with a particular focus on the 'What-if' inter-world-war period of A Very British Civil War – VBCW

Original definition 30 December 2010 9:15 AM by Midpoint.

Last revised 13 June 2015 8:17 PM by Editor in Chief Bill .