THE LOCAL NEWSLETTER FOR THE HMGS-Midwest MINIATURE WARGAMING ENTHUSIAST VOLUME 4 ISSUE 6 F A L L 2 0 1 0 BOD Update - Fall 2010 by Jeff Cohen For those that read the dors an accurate assess- vention. We will also at- news letter but have ment of how many atten- tempt to run ads in many not learned the ews...Little dees come to Little Wars local colleges and universi- Wars is moving. We have and our efforts to bring ties. We will also have fly- signed a two year contract more attendees to the con- ers printed out and avail- with the Pheasant vention, and to attract new able for download from our gamers into the hobby. website. This will allow all INSIDE THIS Run Resort in St Charles Illinois. The primary reason We will run an aggressive HMGS-Midwest members I S S U E : for the move being that promotional campaign to to download and print off BOD Update 1 The Lincolnshire Marriott flyers and distribute them was asking for a 300% in- to local business. We will crease in the rental cost of also aggressively seek out Luther Con 2 their facility. We could not great games for the enjoy- AAR negotiate a price that was ment of one and all. acceptable to us so we Without volunteers we LW 2011 Help 2 found another location for would not have a conven- Needed the convention. tion. We especially need I will be assuming the pri- volunteers to help out at The Dutch mary duties as Convention 3 the front desk during the Revolt/Eighty Director for the 2011 Con- convention. If you are inter- Year War vention. There will be a Convention Co-Director, ested in doing so for a few LW 2011 War 13 John Barsanti. He will hours please contact me or College help organizing the many any other BOD members HMGS-MW 14 details required to put on a so we can get your name New Award successful convention, and and schedule a time for also help during the con- for the convention. We will you to help out. This way it Gaming Op- 16 vention. This will allow me be running advertisements portunities the flexibility to run some in Wargames Illustrated as allows our Registration FOW games. well as placing banners on Manager and others that One of my goals for the TMP and Bartertown. We have agreed to volunteer 2011 convention is to have will also be aggressive with some opportunity to get in over 1000 attendees to the postings on those sites as on some of the great convention. How we count well as other sites as well games that will be offered. attendance is simple, to reach out to as one attendee counts as many gamers as just one attendee, no mater possible. This is how many days he attends something that can the convention. At first be done by all glance this may seem obvi- HMGS-Midwest ous, but is my understand- members, help get ing that not all conventions the word out and count attendees that way. I encourage atten- believe we owe our ven- dance to the con- LC 2010 The Lower gym. P A G E 2 Luthercon 2010 AAR by Kevin Seward & Steve Rysemus About 90 Chicagoland gamers Squadron took on elements of Ancients tournament, a In addition we had three Flea came together for a day of a Soviet Motor Rifle Division in Hordes Genesis Tournament Market vendors that offered a historical, fantasy and RPG the Fulda Gap circa 1980, us- and a Flames of War Tourna- variety of items from all genres gaming on November 6th at ing 3mm PicoArmor troops ment all sponsored by Black for sale. Luther North High School in and vehicles. Sun Games. Chicago. Games were plenti- There was plenty to do in the Once again, the Luther ful and varied with 24 different fantasy arena as well. John North High School Booster games and 3 tournaments run Zalanka's Nazi's vs. Dinosaurs Club provided excellent "game during the course of the attracted a crowd each time it food" at very reasonable day. In the historical arena the was run. Kevin Cabai put out a prices. This year they featured games ranged from Romans nice table for Orc's "table-side" service as well. attempting to put down a Drift. Games based on TRON, The venue offers plenty of Frankish revolt run by Dave Battlestar Galactica and Star room to expand. While Burba, through a game based Wars pod racers and Un- LutherCon filled the lower events from recent headlines charted Seas - BlackDwarf gym, the upper gym was only with "Somali Pirate Take- Down all ran during the about 20% full. The planning down" run by Tom Konczal. In day. Monsterpocalypse conference with the LC 2010 between, there was WW I air events sponsored by Privateer new facility owners is combat using "Hostile Air- Press ran at several tables and scheduled for early craft" run by Peter Aguilu, included a demonstration April next year. The ACW naval as Union ironclad game. date should be avail- gunboats clashed with Con- RPG games had a choice of able to announce at federate rams near Memphis Pathfinder events with adven- Little Wars 20011 . run by John Fry and Bill Wim- tures in "Master of the Fallen Also in attendance biscus setting up a complete Fortress", "Bloodcove Dis- was two dealers, Black Western town for "A Good guise" and "Rescue at Azlant Sun Games and Pico Day for a Hanging". John Ridge" available. Armor. Both were Siewenie ran a scenario where Tournaments included doing quite well with an American Armored Cavalry Slitherine's Fields of Glory sales. LW 2011 Help Needed! by Steve Rysemus “A war, even the most The HMGS-MW Organiza- Event tickets and taking Anyone who puts in two Anyone interested in taking victorious, is tion is an entirely volunteer some time to sit at the reg- hours of volunteer time me up on my offer? run organization as most of istration desk as well. does get his name entered Anyone interested in step- a national you know. Those of us However for me being the into a drawing to be eligi- ping up to coordinate all misfortune. ..” that work to put on Little Events Director I need ble for a drawing of prod- volunteers? --Field Wars and Luther Con do so even more help. There are uct donated by our ven- Anyone interested in Marshal in our spare time. How- always last minute table dors. You also receive one spending two hours time ever when it comes to con- issues, people requesting event ticket of your choice helping out at the con? Helmuth vention day, our time is more tables or looking for no matter what time that Let’s hear from you and Graf von very much taken up by a pick up games. As well as event is run. what you can do to help Moltke-- . variety of tasks that must the job of walking the GM For my assistant though I our con be the best run con be done on site to make the goodie bags and Medal of am looking for someone to ever! cons run smoothly. To that Honors to each GM at the spend about 4 to 6 hours Thanks end we need HELP! You start of each event session. on Friday and the same on help specifically! While the organization is Saturday assisting me in There are various tasks looking for a Volunteer my work. For this help I where people do stop by to Manager, I specifically am am offering admission to spend some time at our looking for an on site assis- the con for the weekend for event desk handing out tant. free! HMGS-MIDWEST VOLUME 4 ISSUE 6 P A G E 3 The Dutch Revolt / Eighty Year War by Robert Fulton Overview of the Dutch Revolt (1568 to 1648) • Seventeen provinces under Burgundian rule to 1516 • Charles V as King of Spain (1516), then Holy Roman Emperor (1530) ο Netherlands incorporated into the Hapsburg domains in 1540s ο This included the rich cloth manufacturing towns of Flanders ο Because of the original separation of Burgundy and the Netherlands, tradition of inde- pendent administration • At the same time, Dutch society was changing: ο Protestantism (Lutheranism, Calvinism) filtering in from Germany & Geneva ο Most Dutch administrators were no longer aristocrats Philip II; © Wikipedia ο Increased wealth and prosperity from trade and commerce • Conflicts inevitably arose from the policies of Charles V and Philip II ο Working to centralize administration in their huge empire ο Taxation increased; Protestant religion “suppressed” Phases of the War • Prelude & First Phase: Things heat up, 1555-1572 ο Margaret of Parma’s governance; Philip’s confidant Granvelle as head of the Netherlands Raad van Stad ο Conflict between King Philip II of Spain and his Dutch subJects – counteractions ο Petitioning the King for redress; these went unanswered ο Calvinists begin iconoclasm campaign; many Catholic churches desecrated ο Battle of Oosterweel (13 March 1567): 1,000 trained Spanish against mob of 2,500 Calvinists; the Spanish slaugh- tered 33% of the mob with little loss ο Philip sends Fernando Álvarez de Toledo, Duke of Alva, with 10,000 troops, to Brussels 22 August 1567; Alva’s reign of terror ο William the Silent (William I of Orange), stadholder, pledges allegiance to Philip but raises armies to fight the ty- rant Alva ο Battle of Rheindalen (23 April 1568): 5,000 trained Spanish against mob of 2,000 Dutch rebels; the Spanish win; Dutch losses were twice the Spanish ο Battle of Heiligerlee (23 May 1568): Louis of Nassau and Adolph of Nassau (brothers of William the Silent) defeat a force of Spanish; Adolph killed ο Battles of Jemmi9gen (21 July) and Jodoigne (16 October) Spanish victories • Second Phase: Open revolt, 1572 to 1582 ο The Spanish are now fighting the Ottomans, but had for a time suppressed the Dutch revolt ο However, William is able to raise a new army in 1572, prompted by the Sea Beggars’ seizure of Brielle (1 April 1572) ο Siege of Haarlem (11 December 1572 to 13 July 1573); Alva’s son (Don Fadrique) vents his spleen on prominent