VIVE L' EMPEREUR! AT HISTORICON 2009!
 Its the 25th Anniversary of Historicon and our farewell to the Lancaster Host. What better way to celebrate than with the 200th Anniversary of a gigantic clash of eagles. Austria's Archduke Charles, called by Lord Wellington the best commander to ever face Napoleon, challenges the man whom Dr David G Chandler labled "history's greatest soldier." But the 1809 campaign was more than just the dusty Napoleonic fields of the Marschfeld at Deutsch-Wagram. In Italy and Hungary Austrian regulars supported by surprisingly effective Insurrections dueled with Prince Eugene de Beauharnais' Franco-Italians. Poles on their native soil confronted Austrian invaders eager to destroy the Grand Duchy of Warsaw. And in the Iberian Peninsula, Wellesley and the Spaniard Cuesta (Viva!) continued their battles against France along the Portuguese frontier at quaint little places like Talavera. From lowly guerilla to majestic Grenadiers a Cheval, this was truly a struggle of epic proportions.
Interested? Well force march to Lancaster, PA and Historicon 2009, 16 thru 19 July, "Ride to the Sound of the Guns!" Napoleon's 1809 Campaign and the Spanish Ulcer. See ya there!
HISTORICON 2010 MOVES TO BALTIMORE!
Following several years of research and fact-finding,
HMGS East has contracted the Baltimore Convention Center, Inner Harbor,
Baltimore, MD
for Historicon 2010 and 2011.
The Board determined that this location provides a great new opportunity to
accomplish HMGS' charter and purpose of "Promoting the Hobby of Historical
Miniatures Gaming."
After extended negotiations to meet all of HMGS's requirements, the final
agreement addresses issues raised from wide-ranging discussions and
member/vendor feedback. The Historicon Convention Team and HMGS East will
continue to take input as we prepare for the move. The Historicon Convention Team and HMGS East Board Members will now devote
our full effort to meeting all of our attendee and vendor needs for
Historicon to include no price increase, as well as appealing hotel,
parking, dining and access/loading options.
HMGS East will release more details as soon as possible via the HMGS East
Newsletter and the HMGS East Issues Forum.
Respectfully,
HMGS East Board of Directors, 11 March 2009 |
KEEPING
HISTORY ALIVE!
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as HMGS East. Our organization was the founding body of the
Society and as such remains its senior, and largest, Chapter.
HMGS East, now boasting 2000+ members worldwide, promotes the hobby of historical miniature wargaming as a registered non-profit charitable and educational foundation. East accordingly has in the past sponsored seminars by distinguished historians such as Dr David
G. Chandler of RMA Sandhurst and special events such as the American Civil War in Miniature series. We also award
grants to other miniature wargaming
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Most importantly,
HMGS East holds three historical miniature gaming conventions
each year. These are COLD WARS in March, FALL IN! in November
and the one and only HISTORICON (called "the mother of
all wargaming conventions" by The
Wall Street Journal )
in July.
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Thanks, and all of us at East hope to hear from you soon!
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sponsoring the East Website until we could get our feet on the
ground. Bob's volunteer spirit is a big reason why HMGS East
not only works, but works well.
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Mayhem in Makassar - For the Ted Henkle Gaming Video Series in support of Historicon 2009, please click here! NEW!
Scruby and Legion Awardees. HMGS East is proud to announce Todd Fisher as the 2009 Scruby Award Winner, with Don Perrin and Phil Viverito as the newest Legion of Honor inductees. Click here to read all about some of the best in our hobby. NEW!
Historicon 09 Preregistration! Now open, please click here to schedule your attendance.
Historicon Awards! Please click here for the official press release on this brand new HMGS event designed to honor the very best.
Election Bios! Its election time for the Board of Directors, so click here for bios on all the candidates. Good luck!
Cold Wars 2009! Click here for a bevy of images from this great convention, bring back great memories or see what you missed!
Press Releases! Click here to read the latest Chapter News, to including the announcement of our Scruby awardee and new Legion members!
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