CALL TO ARMS 2008
May 2-4
At the Best Western Inn & Conference Center
in Kansas City, Kansas, Located at the corner of Rainbow Boulevard
and Southwest Boulevard.
Our theme at this years Call To Arms is...THE
WEST.
MORE
NEW GAMES ADDED FOR CTA08!
See the CTA08 page for more details.
As part of our special Theme promotions, Minifigs
will give away a free Old West figure to everyone who attends Call to
Arms 2008!
HAHMGS Celebrates its 20th anniversary
in 2008!
...it was twenty years ago today...
The Heart of America Historical
Miniature Gaming Society held our first convention in 1987. It's been
20 years and 4 (or is it 5?) versions of Command Decision since then, and we're
still going strong.
We'll have special guests and promotions
at our conventions Call to Arms (May 2-4) and Borderwars (Oct 3-5).
As well as other events celebrating 20 years of historical
miniature gaming in the Kansas City Area!
Check back as we'll be revisiting 20 years of HAHMGS History.
New convention director
Todd Carter
(That's Sargant Carter!)
Call To Arms 08 will have a
new convention director,
Todd Carter!!
Todd has recently returned from
Afghanistan and will be taking over the convention duties from Brian Beal.
Todd has several ideas for our next show, and hopes to see you at Call to
Arms 08, May 2-4 2008.
DUKE SEIFRIED UNABLE TO ATTEND SHOW
Duke was to be our special guest at Call to
Arms 2008.
However he underwent a triple bypass last week,
and even he will have to rest for a couple of days.
We still will have his John Carter of Mars game, but not the AWI game.
Our positive waves go out to the Duke, and we will have a big card for everyone
to sign at the show.
ACW GAME DAY IN LAWRENCE AUGUST 16, 2008
At the Lawrence Public Library from 10 a.m. to
4 p.m.
Civil War on the Western Frontier. Organised
by Mike Machell
There are already approximately 4-6 demonstration
games The theme is Civil War games, but this is broadened considerably
to encompass the Mexican-American War, on up to WWI dogfights.
If anyone wants to do a game at this session,
they should contact Mike as soon
as possible. He need's to finalize the list by the end of this month.
Check out the last gameday at the library here.
It made the Paper!
We
will offer a 10% discount to any HAHMGS member!
For
further details, please see our website.
HEY! HAHMGS MEMBERS IN
MANHATTAN!
Did
you know there's a game store in Manhattan? Well, we
didn't either, cuz it's kinda hard to find.
It's
the Patch &
Crow's Nest, 1800 Claflin Rd., Ste. 1 (lower level).
In the little mini-mall next to
the campus, on the way to Jardine. Just keep opening doors
until you find the stairs going down.
They've
got comics, RPG stuff, board games and historical miniatures.
Check
'em out if you're in the Manhattan area.
And
tell em HAHMGS set you!
HEY! HAHMGS MEMBERS IN LAWRENCE!
Did
you know there's a game store in Lawrence? Well, we didn't
either, cuz it's kinda hard to find.
It's
the www.htgames.com at
23rd and Penn, behind the Dukin Donuts.
There's
a gaming area in the back, and semi-regular Sunday Historical Miniatures
gaming.
Tell
em HAHMGS sent you!
NEW CONVENTION LISTING SITE
Check out Under the
Grid
The "alternative" event hub.
THANKS FOR COMING TO BORDERWARS
'07!
HAHMGS
wishes to thank FRANK CHADWICK for putting on the first
ever Command Decision tournament right here in Kansas City.
Frank
wants to thank everyone who attended for giving him such a warm welcome.
This was his first time coming to Kansas City. Frank says the convention
and the people were both 'just great', and he can't wait to come back
to the Heart of America.
Click
here for pics from the show
and more.
LINKS
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out the best source for military or othe info on the
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