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EVENTS!
 Prepared
in conjunction with Richard
Black of the MWAN staff, Tony
Barr of Great Britain and Maj Bill Harting of
the HMGS Mid South Newsletter, the Dispatch.
Contact Rich
Black of MWAN (Tony Barr for Overseas events) via
Email if you would like to be listed. Also, do not hesitate to Email the HMGS East Webmeister direct to insure your event gets listed, or if you have special details or wording you wish to convey. All of us here are willing to help your event gets the exposure it needs to be successful and promote this great hobby of ours.
So by all means, drop us a line and let us know what's going on in your neck of the woods.
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Regions: MS=Mid-South; E=East; MW=Midwest; S=South;
GL=Great Lakes; HA=Heart of America; TA= Tornado
Alley; GS=Gulf South; NW= Pacific Northwest; PSW=Pacific
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12 - 14 Sep 08 GL ADVANCE THE COLORS, Springfield, OH, POC is Mike Stelzer at Email stelzone@sbcglobal.net.
26 - 28 Sep 08 S HURRICON 2008, Holiday Inn Orlando, 6515 International Drive, Orlando, FL Website at hmgs-south.com/hurricon082.htm. NEW!
11 Oct 08 NW GAME DAY AT THE MUSEUM OF FLIGHT, 9404 E. Marginal War, Seattle, WA, Website at www.nwhmgs.org. NEW!
17 - 19 Oct 08 NW TACTICAL SOLUTIONS 2008, hosted by NW HMGS, Miniature Gaming Con, Coeur d'Alene, ID. POC see Website http://tactical-solutions-gaming.tripod.com/.
3 - 5 Oct 08 HOA BORDERWARS 2008, Best Western Inn & Conference Center in Kansas City, Kansas, located at the corner of Rainbow Boulevard and Southwest Boulevard. Website at www.hahmgs.org. NEW!
1 Nov 08 GL FT MIEGS GAMEDAY, Perrysburg, OH, POC Doug Johnson, Fort Meigs, 29100 West River Road, Perrysburg, OH 43552, ph 419-874-4121 or 1-800-283-8916 (toll free) or Email dracopelta@buckeye-access.com .
7 - 9 Nov 08 PSW MINI WARS 2008: THE FALL CAMPAIGN, November 7th, 8th and 9th, 2008 at the Verdugo Hills Boy Scout Center, 1325 Grandview - Glendale, California, Website at hmgspsw.org. NEW!
7 - 9 Nov 08 E FALL IN! (Theme: Warfare in the Trenches - Petersburg to Cambrai), Eisenhower Inn, 2364 Emmitsburg Rd, Gettysburg, PA 17325. POC is Convention Director Jim McWee, Email director@fall-in.org. Website at www.fall-in.org.
6 - 9 Feb 09 MW LITTLE WARS, Marriott's Lincolnshire Resort in Lincolnshire, Illinois. Website at www.hmgsmidwest.com. NEW!
12 - 15 Mar 09 E COLD WARS (Theme: Revolution - 3000 Years of Rebellion, Civil War and Revolutionary Change), Lancaster Host Resort Hotel, Lancaster, PA. POC is Convention Director Frank Preziosa, PO Box 213, Hainesport, NJ 08036, Email director@coldwars.org . Website via http://www.coldwars.org.
16 - 19 Jul 09 E HISTORICON (Theme: "Ride to the Sound of the Guns." - Napoleon's 1809 Campaign and the Spanish Ulcer), Lancaster Host Resort Hotel, Lancaster, PA. HM and called "the Mother of all wargaming conventions" by the Wall Street Journal. POC Convention Director Bob Giglio, 5732 Goldfinch Ct.Ellicott City, MD 21043 and Email director@historicon.org, Website at http://www.historicon.org. Future dates are:
- 15 - 18 Jul 10 E HISTORICON (Theme: "Pike and Shot" - Seventeenth Century European Warfare, 1600-99)
Other
Events:
 14 - 17 Aug 08 GEN CON 2008 – Conducted at the Indianapolis Convention Center in Indianapolis, IN. Miniatures POC: Pete Panzeri (pete@jodiecon.org). Web site: www.gencon.com. Future dates are:
- 13 - 16 Aug 2009, same location
- 12 - 15 Aug 2010, same location
22 - 24 Aug 08 HEAT OF BATTLE. WWII wargaming convention held at D-Day, the National World War II Museum, New Orleans, LA, POC Email walt.burgoyne@nationalww2museum.org or click here for more information.
29 - 31 Aug 08 TACTICON. Denver Gaming Association, for more information see Website at http://www.denvergamers.com/sub/. NEW!
6 - 7 Sep 08 ASSEMBLY POINT - A GATHERING OF FRIENDS. Held on 2d gaming floor of Games and Commics and Stuff, Glen Burnie, MD with POC Email at info@aocmwc.com. Website at http://gentlemanwargamers.com/.
12 - 14 Sep 08 RECRUITS 2008. Lees Summit High School, Lees Summit, MO, additional information at Website http://recruits.mtswebsites.com/. NEW!
19 - 21 Sep 08 HUBCON XVI. Inn on the Hill, Hattiesburg, MS, more information via Website at http://hubcon.org/. NEW!
19 - 21 Sep 08 GAMERS REUNION. Kahler Grand Hote, Windsor Rooms, Rochester, MN, Website at www.gamersreunion.com. NEW!
20 Sep 08 MINI-MACE II. Golden Corrall, Winston Salem, NC, POC and other info via Website at http://www.justusproductions.com/mini.php. NEW!
20 - 21 Sep 08 CONGRESS OF GAMERS, FORMERLY TRIADCON. Bauer Drive Community Center, Rockville, MD, contact Congress of Gamers (CoG), 7824 New London Dr, Springfield, VA 22153, ph (703) 912-5845 and Email info@congressofgamers.org.
26 - 28 Sep 08 SOUTHERN FRONT 2008. Triangle Simulation Society, Crabtree Valley Holiday Inn in Raleigh, NC. POC is Ed Mohrmann, (919) 245-3894 or eamohrmann@mindspring.com. Vendor POC is Ron Oldham who may be Emailed at oldhamkr@bellsouth.net. Watch our website,
www.trianglesimsociety.org, for hotel reservation details and cost! Future dates are in 2009, same venue October 2, 3 and 4.
27 - 28 Sep 08 NOWSCON 2008. Sheffield Lake Civic Center, 4575 East Lake Road, Sheffield Lake, OH 44054. POC Northern Ohio Wargaming Society via Email nowsboard@yahoo.com.
3 - 5 Oct 08 FLATCON 2008. Interstate Center in Bloomington, IL, Website at www.flatcon.com. All genres. NEW!
11 Oct 08 NAV-CON. American Legion Van Eimeren-Kolonka Post #27, 920 Monroe Ave., South Milwaukee, WI 53172, Website www.nav-con.com. NEW!
24 - 26 Oct 08 ROCK-CON. Wedgebury Indoor Sports Center, 8800 East Riverside Blvd, Rockford (Loves Park), Illinois 61111, Website www.rock-con.com. NEW!
7 - 9 Nov 08 MACE 2008. Radisson Hotel, High Point, NC, POC and other information via Website at http://www.justusproductions.com/mace.php. NEW!
16 - 18 Jan 09 CONQUEST NW. Doubletree Hotel Seattle Airport, Seattle, WA. POC via Website at http://www.conquestnw.com.
25 - 26 Apr 09 TANK SHOCK 2009. Held at the American Armor Foundation's Museum in Danville, Va. The AAF has scores of AFV's from WWI through Iraq, a magnificent display of shoulder arms and automatic weapons, artillery, and more uniforms on display than you can shake a swagger stick at! POC is Pat Walther at Email address (patwalther@earthlink.net). Watch the TSS website for more information as the event draws nigh!
25 - 28 Jun 09 ORIGINS 2009, Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio. HOT Web: www.originsgames.com or miniatures POC: Steve Smith (sven_46516@msn.com). Future dates are:
- 24 - 27 June 2010, same location
Overseas
Events:
No
way HMGS East is going to duplicate a top quality product.
Click
here for the ultimate listing of overseas miniature gaming
events, courtesy of Tony Barr and Britian's ubiquitous Society
of Ancients.
HM=Historical Miniatures,
DBM/WGR Wargames Research Group Ancients/Medieval Tournament, BG=Boardgames, RP=Roleplay, SF=SciFi, POC= Point of Contact,
WRG= Ancients, FM=Fantasy Minis, Mixed= Mixed Gaming, All
Types. In general game types listed in order of main
theme or prevalence if known.
Updated
11 August 2008.
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HMGS 08 Board Election Results! Simply click here to see who the unlucky . . . I mean dedicated souls are who won the election. Congrats to all!
Legion of Honor! Bob Giglio and Jean Lochet have just been selected for induction into the HMGS Legion of Honor. Click here for all the details on two of the hobby's finest.
Sad News. Bob Watts, former Cold Wars convention director and Board member recently passed at the age of 48 due to cancer. Click here for the official notification.
Historicon 08 Pictures Online! Just click here for all the memories and to see what you missed if you could not attend. NEW!
Newsletter! Click here for our latest Newsletter, minus the financials. East members may access the entire document via our Yahoo Group.
Legion Webpage Posted! And speaking of the Legion, just click here to see exactly what this HMGS honor society is all about.
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