With thanks to Major(R) Bill Harting, HMGS MidSouth www.geocities.com/hmgs_ms and other sources we have a list of gaming conventions:

23-24 Mar 02 DESERT WARS 02 Las Vegas NV Mxd. POC: Ed Teixeira: twohourwargames@hotmail.com; South Bend, Indiana: 19th Annual SYW Assn Convention, Paul Petri, 1723 Ashford Lane, Crystal Lake Ill 60014; Sheffield, UK: Triples ‘02, L. A. Powell, 19 Chiltern Road Sheffield 0114 220 6042.

April 5-6. West Point, NY. PointCon XXV. Frank Luberti, fpljrnyct@hotmail.com

6-7 April 02 Havoc XVIII. Peter English 44 Maynard Street, Northboro MA 01532 pkrenglish@erols.com

12-14 Apr 02 CAPCON XXV Columbus, OH. Guy Flora, flora.1@osu.edu Web: http://www.mgaosu.org; Birmingham, Alabama, Memorial DBM Tournament, Vincent Solfronk, 328 Orchid Road, Birmingham AL 35215.

23-24 Mar 02: Triples '02. Sheffield. POC: L.A. Powell, 19 Chiltern Rd, Sheffield, S6 4QX. UK 0114 220 6042.

19-21 Apr 02 Lancaster, PA COLD WARS. Cold Wars 2002, POB 1934, Woodbridge VA 22195. Bill Rutherford, 703-878-1225; cwregs@home.com, www.coldwars.org.

26-28 Apr 02, East Peoria IL Spring Offensive at Illinois Central College thegameroom@mwonline.net members.tripod.com/SPRING_OFF/; Tampa, FL. Recon. Rhett Scott, 1416 Forsyth Way, Brandon FL 33511 rhettscott@aol.com

24-26 May 02 PNW ENFILADE 2002. Tacoma /Fife WA 98374 Tim McNulty 12418 67 av ct e. Puyallup Wa 98373 253-770-0957 timmcnulty@msn.com

May 29-June 2 Tempe, Arizona. ConsimWorld Expo/MonsterGame.Con 2.0. Joh Kranz, 465 West Fabens Lane Gilbert AZ 85223 kranz@consimworld.com

June 7-9 Metairie, LA G.S. Bayou Wars;Hilton McManus, hcmcmanus@deltapersonnel.com

July 4-7 Columbus, Ohio. Origins. GAMA, 80 Garden Center Suite 16, Broomfield CO 80020 originscustserv@aol.com

25-28 July 02 E HISTORICON Lancaster PA. James E. Thomas, Jr, 8314 Sprague Pl., New Carrollton, MD 20784, 301-552-4879 Email: kingjt@aol.com

14-15 Sept 02 Colours. Reading. 0118 971 2001

8-10 Nov 02 E FALL IN Gettysburg, PA. POC: Bob Giglio, 5732 Goldfinch Ct., Ellicott City, MD 21043, Ph: (before 9 p.m.) 410-465-7688, ECWCaptain@aol.com

ASL Tournament South Mediterranean March 30-31, 2002 Nimes, France — Salle Escal de Marguerittes 2nd edition of the ASL Tournament by the SMC (Squad Mediterranean Club) Emmanuel Desanois: e.desanois@histofig.com or http://asl.histofig.com

Euro-HexaCon XVI May 6-12, 2002 Braunfels, Germany — Haus des Gastes Annual convention of the "Gesellschaft fuer Historische Simulation e.V." (German society for historical simulation games). In 2002, Euro-HexaCon is run for the 16th time in a row. It is the largest board wargaming convention in Europe - one full (!) week of board wargames. Euro-HexaCon features numerous events like tournaments, intros and presentations where rules are taught, talks on historical, military, political matters and wargame issues. Outstanding board wargame auction on Saturday. Detlef Borchert: Borchert@netcologne.de or http://www.g-h-s.org

ConsimWorld Expo 2002 May 29-June 2, 2002 Tempe, Arizona — Tempe Mission Palms Hotel This is the official annual event of ConsimWorld.COM, which features MonsterGame.CON 2.0. Same top-notch location with twice the meeting space (spacious ballroom facility) and an even greater, action-packed venue make this a "must-attend" event. John Kranz: kranz@consimworld.com or http://www.consimworld.com/expo

MichiCon 2002 June 28-30, 2002 Warren, MI (4 miles north of Detroit) — Italian Cultural & Community Center Three-day event for people who like to play any type of game: board, miniature, role-playing, railroad, introductory, family, collectible card games. Dealers, used-game auction, free parking, food on site, door prizes, raffle, etc. Barry Jensen: info@mdgcons.com or http://www.mdgcons.com/michi

World Boardgaming Championships July 30-August 4, 2001 Hunt Valley, Maryland — Marriott's Hunt Valley Inn Fourth Annual Gaming Conference of the Boardgame Player's Association featuring the Century group of 100 tournaments. The largest gathering of boardgame competitors anywhere. Don Greenwood: doncon99@toad.net or http://www.boardgamers.org