OK, listen up. Enfilade! is right around the corner - less than a month from the time you get this. As usual, we are running short of events. The quality of any gaming convention is in the games, and if there aren't any it defeats the purpose of having a convention in the first place, doesn't it? So it's time for you slackers to get off your collective duff and figure out a game to put on. Enclosed is an event proposal. Fill it out and get it in the mail today, so that you can be sure of getting both a table and a listing in the convention booklet.

Look at it this way. There are six sessions. If you run one game, then you have five other sessions in which to play. Besides, it really isn't fair to make the same people run all the games. Like Tim McNulty, who's running five, which leaves him only one session where he can just sit down and play. Of course, we all know that Tim is nuts, but that doesn't mean he should have to do everything himself, does it?

Second, if you want to run for office, you need to tell Bill Stewart real soon. We currently have no one in the Secretary position, and with Ed Teixeira moving to Arizona, the Treasurer office will also be vacant soon. Somebody has to step up and volunteer to fill these slots - NHMGS cannot function without them. And without NHMGS there wouldn't be an Enfilade! or the Citadel. So throw your hat into the ring by getting hold of Mr. Stewart at: 3825 44th Ave. SW Seattle, WA 98116

The auction went well, from what I saw. It was held in the basement of American Eagles in Seattle. There were fewer games on Saturday than in previous years, but the auction itself was the usual orgy of trading gold for lead. The only complaint I have heard about the site was that it was too loud, that is, sound really bounces around in that room, which makes it hard to hear when there are several conversations going at once.

Salute was the usual example of Canadian hospitality and good gaming. There seemed to be more Americans there than usual, which was good to see. Thanks to the Trumpeters group for the usual excellent job.

Readers may notice that this edition has a heavy slant towards 20th century subjects, particularly WWII. Hard as it may be to believe, this is not the result of my current obsession with that period. Instead, it is simply a reflection of the articles people have been feeding me. Hopefully some of you interested in other periods will soon contribute to redress the balance.

The National Board of HMGS was formally dissolved a few months back. I'm sure you all immediately noticed the absence of firm leadership in the hobby (yeah, as if). Plans are to have a conversation about re-constituting some sort of national organization at Historicon. Our own Tim McNulty will be ruining his trip back east by attending this meeting. What can I say - apparently we drove a stake through the heart of the National monster, but neglected to also chop off its head. And so the beast may yet rise again....