© Keith Rocco Greetings from the Convention Director Welcome to Historicon 2015! Once again the Historical Anniversary of the end of World War II and the defeat of Miniature Gaming Society is hosting the country’s premiere Japan and Germany , two of the with the Axis Powers. Miniature Gaming Convention. I want to take a moment to It is also a sad end of some miniature empires. We have welcome any new attendees to our Convention and to our lost some of the founding fathers of HMGS over the last hobby. I hope that you are able to take a look at the many year. There are now veteran armies of toy soldiers who have beautiful games that are being put on by our volunteers for lost their emperors. There will be a remembrance during your enjoyment. Historicon 2015 for those members who have passed away. It is the volunteers and the effort that they put into host- If you can please join us in saying farewell. ing their games that make this convention what it is. There The current home of the Historicon Convention is steeped would be no Historicon 2015 Convention without them. So in history with many battlefield sites of the American Civil join me in thanking all our volunteers for their hard work. War right here. I recommend that you take a little bit of time I would also like to welcome back our attendees that have to explore the local area and see what you can locate just a previously been to a Historicon, Cold Wars or Fall In con- few minutes away from the convention site. vention. We have come together again to enjoy our hobby, This year we have a special give away figure for our pre- to learn about Military History through the medium of registered attendees, while supplies last. This figure was miniature figures and our passion to recreate battles in provided to Historicon 2015 by Warlord Games to cele- miniature. brate the convention theme. It is a private from the British This year’s Convention theme is “End of Empires”. This Army of 1815. theme is to acknowledge all of the many empires that have We also have 2 convention t-shirts to choose from this year. now come and gone. There are far too many to name them The artwork was provided by Keith Rocco. It will be diffi- all but here are a few. Early empires like the Sumerian, cult to choose just one so I recommend getting one of each. Hittite, Egyptian and Roman Empires. Moving on, there were Burgundy, Holy Roman Empire, Russia and France, or Please enjoy your Convention experience at Historicon more recently Japan and Germany. This is the anniversary 2015. year of at least three empires . This is the 200th Anniversary of Waterloo and Napoleon’s French Empire. This is the 70th Paul Delaney Director, HISTORICON 2015 Illustrations from left to right: Dragons De La Garde, The Great Gate of Hougomont, and Corsican Ranger © Keith Rocco. Historicon 2015 End of Empires Page 1 Table of Contents Cover Art Greetings from the Convention Director 1 Our cover illustration is entitled “The Great Gate of HMGS Membership Benefits 2 Hougomont” by the renowned historical painter and General Information 3 illustrator Keith Rocco. This painting is especially Convention Staff 3 pertinent this year, because it is not only emblematic of the fall of Napoleon’s empire, this year is the Convention Prices 3 bicentennial of the Battle of Waterloo. Our two First Time Attendees – Please Read This! 4 T-shirt illustrations are drawn from the same period, How Events Work & Event Registration 4 representing both a French Dragons del la Garde, and Shuttle Service 5 a Corsican Ranger. HMGS Gamemaster (GM) Awards 5 We thank Keith Rocco for allowing us to share these magnificent illustrations with you. You can learn more Convention Rules 7 about Keith’s work at www.keithrocco.com. Souvenir Convention Tee Shirt 8 Future HMGS Conventions 8 Wally’s Basement 9 The HMGS Annual Membership Meeting will be held Convention Theme 12 Friday evening at 7:00 pm in Meeting Room 2. The Board of Directors will present reports on the state of HMGS War College 13 the Society. All members are welcome. HMGS Hobby University 16 Gaming Events 24 HMGS Trademark & Copyright Notice Thursday 24 “HMGS”, “Historical Miniatures Gaming Society” Friday 33 and “HISTORICON” are trademarks owned by the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, Inc. (HMGS, 25 W. Saturday 53 Courtland St., Bel Air, MD 21014). Use of the trademarks Sunday 69 without express written permission is strictly prohibited. Vendor Hall Map 78 All text is copyright ©2015 Historical Miniatures Gaming Vendors Directory 79 Society, Inc. Convention Center Maps 85 Shuttle Service Schedules 88 Miniatures photographs © Mitchell Osborne, 2015. Used with permission. wargaming conventions” by The Wall Street Journal) is HMGS Membership Benefits presented in July; and FALL IN! is held during November. Welcome to the Historical Miniatures HMGS Inc., with over 2,000 members worldwide, pro- Gaming Society (HMGS). Our orga- motes the hobby of historical miniature wargaming as a nization was the founding body of the registered nonprofit charitable and educational organi- Society and largest. Our conventions zation. We sponsor seminars by distinguished historians, are among the largest, but all of the military re-enactors, and a variety of other special events. other affiliated clubs also offer outstand- HMGS HMGS also awards grants to other miniature wargaming ing events. In whatever Chapter they’re clubs and activities, and funds related causes such as bat- held, HMGS conventions present a wide variety of excel- tlefield preservation. You can find more information at our lently run games featuring fine miniatures and engaging web site: https://hmgs.site-ym.com/ terrain. We hope you’ll visit all of them. Membership costs $25.00 per year and brings you discounts HMGS Inc. conducts three historical miniature gaming at HMGS conventions nationwide. Ask at the Convention conventions each year. COLD WARS occurs in March Registration Desk about joining HMGS. or April; HISTORICON (identified as “the mother of all Page 2 Historical Miniatures Gaming Society GENERAL INFORMATION Convention Hours Day Events Vendor Hall Registration * Wally’s Basement Wednesday Open Gaming Closed 7 pm – 9 pm Closed Thursday 10 am – 1 am Noon – 6 pm 9 am – 6 pm 2 pm – 5 pm Friday 8 am – 1 am 9 am – 6 pm 8 am – 6 pm 10 am – 1 pm; 2 pm – 5 pm Saturday 8 am – 1 am 9 am – 6 pm 8 am – 4 pm 10 am – 1 pm; 2 pm – 5 pm Sunday 8 am – 5 pm 9 am – Noon 8 am – 9:30 am 9 am – 11 am * Event Registration will not be open on Wednesday. Convention Staff Convention Prices It takes thousands of hours of planning and hard work to HMGS Member Admission (Weekend) $25.00 organize an HMGS convention, especially one as big as Non-Member Admission (Weekend) $50.00 HISTORICON. Please take a moment to offer a special 1-Day Admission $25.00 “Thank You” to past, future - and especially present – con- Sunday-only Admission $15.00 vention management and staff - who have volunteered their time to support this year’s convention and ensure that you, Military 1-day Admission [Note: must show $15.00 the attendee, have a spectacular experience! military ID (active, reserve, retired).] Wally’s Basement Table (per session) $20.00 If you would like to work as part of the planning or on-site staff for an upcoming HMGS convention, please tell a staff Minors (age 14 or younger) FREE * member at the registration desk, or contact the Convention Spouse (of paid admission) FREE ** Director at: [email protected]. Convention T-Shirt $19.00 Convention Committee: The following are senior staff – (in Small, Medium, Large or XL size) The Management – responsibility for all the pre-convention Convention T-Shirt (in 2XL or 3XL size) $22.00 work. Convention T-Shirt (in 4XL size) $26.00 Convention Director Paul Delaney New or Renewing 1-Year $25.00 HMGS Membership Deputy CD for business Joe Swartz Deputy CD for operations James E. “JT” Thomas Jr * Gamers age 14 or under. Same privileges as for general Events Managers Bill Rutherford, Tim Broome admission (i.e., may sign up for games, etc.) Promotions Manager Paul Delaney ** Spouse badge may only be obtained if accompanied by Publications Manager Mitch Osborne a person with a valid paid admission badge when register- Registration Manager Mike Fijalka ing. Spouse badges are meant for spouses who, while not gamers, may still enjoy entrance to all convention areas CRS Registration Paul Trani (Hint: Birthday or Christmas shopping!) Attendees with Vendor Manager Dudley Garidel Spouse badges are not permitted to participate in conven- Convention Coordinators tion events (games, seminars, etc.) If you have any questions, please see them (look for a red Refunds: Due to high cost of conducting registration, as ribbon under their staff badge labeled ‘Coordinator’). well as other related associated costs, it is not possible for convention management to issue refunds for any reason Awards Christin Sciulli without HMGS approval. Events / GM Desk Tim Broome Hobby University Heather Blush Seminar Coordinators Steven McCall, John Dunn Registration Desk Neil Brennan, Brenda Zartman Wally’s Basement Doug and Barbara Ray, Chris Johnson Historicon 2015 End of Empires Page 3 General Gaming Events: Each gaming event at the con- First Time Attendees – Please vention is described in this program, along with its starting Read This! time, location, period of history represented, figure scale HISTORICON is THE largest gathering of gamers and and rules that will be used. Many have sponsors who donate exhibitors in North America dedicated to one hobby - merchandise or credit for the Best Player of the gaming historical miniature gaming! We expect upwards of 3000 event, as selected by the GM.