Historicon 20052005 The Age of FightingJuly 21st - July Sail 24th HMGS East Convention July 21st - July 24thLancaster, PA HMGS East Convention Lancaster, PA The Age of Fighting Sail Upcoming Events Please mark your calendars now to support these upcoming HMGS East conventions, where you can continue to have fun with your hobby! FALL IN! 2005 November 10-13 Eisenhower Inn, Gettysburg, PA POC: Mike Pierce 9833 Buckner Road Manassas, VA 20110 Email at:[email protected] Website at www.fall-in.org. Cold Wars 2006 March 16-18 Lancaster Host Resort Hotel, Lancaster, PA. POC: Walt O’Hara 10730 Burr Oak Way Burke, VA 22015 Email: [email protected]. Website at www.coldwars.org. Historicon 2006 July 20-23 Lancaster Host Resort Hotel, Lancaster, PA. POC TBD Website at www.historicon.org. Historicon 20055 The Age of Fighting Sail HMGS-EAST CONVENTION IN LANCASTER, PA July 21-24, 2005 Table of Contents A Word from the Convention Director .................................. .2 General Information .............................................................. .4 Convention Rules ................................................................... .5 Flea Market ............................................................................ .7 HMGS Painting University...................................................8 Tournaments........................................................................... 13 Thursday Events..................................................................... 21 Friday Events ......................................................................... 32 Saturday Events ..................................................................... 59 Sunday Events ........................................................................ 84 Exhibitor’s Directory ............................................................. 96 Convention Site Maps.......................................................105 1 A Word from the Convention Director Warfare in the Age of Fighting Sail These include a huge “Cog Wars” game, a recreation of the siege “Wooden Ships and Iron Men” of Malta on land and sea, Pirates in the Caribbean, “Fighting Instructions” and many others. The Historicon 2005 Theme recognizes centuries of warfare upon the sea. Although the term “Wooden Ships and Iron Men” is often HC05 will also see the return of some popular games from past associated with British Admiral Nelson’s fleet during the HMGS conventions, including the “Operation Market Garden” Napoleonic era, iron men (and women) have put to sea in wooden 20mm WWII game, featuring 100s of vehicles on a 60-foot table ships almost since the dawn of time. and the “Remember the Alamo” game first put on 20 years ago. First powered by oars, then sails and finally assisted by steam Many of the games we see at HMGS conventions are put on by some of the many great local clubs who carry our hobby to the power, “wooden ships” lasted well into the 19th century. The “iron” public during the 49 weekends of the year when HMGS East of their crews lasts into the 21st century. Control of the sea has been key to virtually all the great empires of history, from Carthage doesn’t have a convention. One of these clubs, The Colorado th Anniversary by to England. Historicon 2005 will present games demonstrating Military Historians, is celebrating their 40 bringing a host of games and gamers to Historicon. how those empires gained and lost control of the sea. The convention also offers the long-standing WRG Ancients and Of course, Historicon is the location of the world’s largest hobby Renaissance tournaments, plus tournaments for Flames of War shop for a long weekend, plus the world’s biggest flea market, all (WWII) and Warhammer Ancients. offering a gigantic selection of military miniatures, rules, books and anything else needed to create your own “iron men” (or in As always, Historicon is THE place to be for military miniature our case, often lead) of any era. games this summer. Hope to see you there! Historicon 2005 will feature a number of games related to this John Drye, Director theme along with the usual slate of games from all periods and Historicon 2005 tournaments. 2 Convention Committee & Staff Convention Hours It takes hundreds of hours of planning and hard work to organize an Wednesday HMGS-East convention. Please take a moment to offer a special Registration Desk 6 pm – 9 pm “Thank You” to past, future – and especially present – convention Thursday staff and volunteers. Registration Desk 8 am - 8 pm Events Noon - 1 am If you would like to work as part of the planning or on-site staff for an Exhibitor Hall Noon - 6 pm upcoming HMGS East convention, please tell a staff member at the Flea Market 1 pm - 7 pm registration desk. Friday Registration Desk 8 am - 8 pm Director ..........................................................................John Drye Events 8 am - 1 am Exhibitor Hall 9 am - 6 pm Co-director......................................................................JT Thomas Flea Market 9 am - 1 pm 2 pm - 6 pm Events Manager ........................................................... JT Thomas Saturday Registration Desk 8 am - 5 pm Registrar ..........................................................Dudley J. Garidel Jr. Events 8 am - 1 am (Bill Rutherford - PayPal) Exhibitor Hall 9 am - 6 pm Flea Market 9 am - 1 pm Program Book Manager .......................................... Mitch Osborne 2 pm - 6 pm Sunday GM Support Group .....................................Peter and Jodie Panzeri Registration Desk 8 am - Noon Events 8 am - 5 pm Exhibitor Manager .........................................................Jay Hadley Exhibitor Hall 9 am - Noon Flea Market (free) 9 am - Noon Flea Market Coordinator ................................................. Doug Ray Convention Promotions ..............................................James Mattes Admission Fees HMGS Member Admission (Weekend) $20.00 Webmaster ....................................................Orest Roman Swystun Non-Member Admission (Weekend) $30.00 One Day Admission $15.00 Registration Desk Coordinator ................................ Sandra Beneke GM (gamemaster) Weekend Admission FREE Flea Market Table, Friday PM $20.00 Flea Market Table, Saturday 9 am - 1 pm $20.00 Flea Market Table, Saturday 2 pm - 6 pm $20.00 Minors (14 or younger) FREE * Family (of paid admission) FREE ** Convention T-Shirt in Large or XL size $12.00 Convention T-Shirt in XXL or XXXL size $16.00 Membership Meeting HMGS Lapel Pin 1" by 1.25" $ 6.00 New HMGS Membership $20.00 Membership Meeting, Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, Renewal 1 Year HMGS Membership $20.00 Eastern Chapter * Gamers age 14 or under. Same privileges as for general The Historicon General Membership Meeting will be held at admission (i.e. may sign up for games, etc.) the Vista ‘C’ Room (that’s the breakfast nook) of the Holiday Inn Lancaster Host Resort on Saturday Morning, beginning at ** Family must be accompanied by a valid paid admission. Family 8:00 a.m. and lasting about two hours. badges are meant for family members who, while not gamers, may still enjoy entrance to all convention areas (for Christmas Trademark Notice shopping?). Family is not permitted to participate in convention “HMGS” and “Historical Miniatures Gaming Society” are events, except may view videos, if any. registered trademarks of the Historical Miniatures Gaming Refunds Society, Inc. (HMGS East), SUITE 200, 2105 LAUREL BUSH ROAD BEL AIR, MD 21015. Due to the high costs of conducting registration for this convention, as well as other related costs associated with this event, it is not Use of “HMGS” or “Historical Miniatures Gaming Society” possible for Convention Staff to issue refunds of any type or for trademarks without express written permission is strictly any reason, without HMGS East approval. prohibited. 3 General Information Is This Your First Convention? not, ask to be placed on a stand-by list to fill any no-shows Then please read this. Historicon is one of the largest gatherings of (seminars are generally first-come-first-seated, so plan to arrive historical miniatures gamers and exhibitors on the East Coast. We early). expect more than 2,000 attendees from across the nation, as well as Awards from Canada and overseas. HMGS East has a tradition of awarding Pour Encourager Les But the largest contingent will come from east of the Mississippi, Autres Awards (PELAAs) for convention games. Roughly quite possibly from your very own neighborhood. So take the speaking, these awards go to the games that best embody what opportunity to chat with your fellow hobbyists. Not only will you HMGS is all about and display the positive traits of miniature meet some great people, but you might find a new gaming group and gaming - well-painted figures, great-looking terrain, interesting friends as well. scenarios, enjoyable rules, good sportsmanship, an enjoyable time To get started, study this program carefully. Read the various event - basically events that do the most to “encourage the others”. The descriptions to identify those you wish to play or watch. Learn the GM Coordinator and volunteers will be walking around throughout layout of the convention areas, and most important, do not be afraid the convention looking at set-up, professionalism, how much fun to ask questions, take photographs, or chat with event hosts and the game is to play, and other criteria. Awards will be presented exhibitors. during the convention. So, take a look around and you might see some of your