Courier Dispatch

English Gaming Celebrities
Help Make Cold Wars
Another Successful MiniCon

by Dick Bryant

Michael Montemareno and his staff of volunteers did themselves proud in theirfirstattemptat runninga convention. They had the problem of living up to the previous examples given by Pat Condray and succeeded admirably.

There were over 700 paid attendees for 105 games plus two Ancient Tourneys. 39 dealers were represented as well as a very active flea market.

Phil Barker was brought over for the Trade Wars Ancient Tourney but as would have been expected, helped out in both thatand in the NASAMW Tourneys. I understand that quite a few garners played in both Ancient Tourneys.

The only negative note was that for a period of time there was no direct access between the gaming area and the dealers due to a wedding reception taking place in between. I'm sure that the Bride and Groom won't forget their wedding in the midst of several battlefields. That episode was due to the Hotel reneging on promises made by its representative. Something like that seems to happen at every interface the hobby has with the business world.

The smoke free and food free gaming area was a real pleasure to game in and most games were well attended. The Tarawa Atoll game put on by GHQ using their new terrain construction set won best demonstration of quality terrain, and award given by The Courier.

Peter Gilder was here to help Connoisseur introduce new additions to his 25mm ACW line, while DaveAllsop introduced his new Old Glory 25mm ACW (is there a resurgence of 25mm ACW gaming or what?) and his 20mm MLR WWII figures. Wargames also showed some new Dixon 25mm ACW figures!

NASAMW ANCIENT TOURNAMENT WINNERS
25mm Winner: Derek Downs, New Babylonians
25mm Runner Up: John Metcalf, Early Archaemid Persians
25mm Best Painted: Rick Parrish, Kwarismians
15mm Winner: Dave Stiers, Tibetans
15mm Runner Up: Kevin Donovan, Skythians
15mm Best Painted: Paul Georgian, Nikphorian Byzantine
The Courier Sportsmanship Award: Jacob Kovel
Best Terrain: Jacob Kovel
NASAMW wishes to thank the following companies for the over $300 in donated prizes: Falcon Miniatures, Geo-Hex, Irregular Miniatures U.S.A., Minifigs Ltd., Ral Partha Enterprises, Viking Forge, and Wargames Inc.

PAINTING CONTEST RESULTS
20-25mm Best Army First Prize: Egyptian 330BC-Keith John Warren
Second Prize: Egyptian Army Ramses II-Daniel Burkley
20-25mm Best Unit First Prize: Union Troops-Joe Miceli
Second Prize: Chariots and Runners, Ramses II Daniel Burkley
15mm Best Army First Prize: Aztec Army-Richard Gonzales Second Prize: Heth's Division, Gettysburg 1863 Dave Burton
15mm Best Unit First Prize: Spanish 220 B.C.-Scott Holder
Second Prize: Sudanese-Hank Martin
5mm Best Army First Prize: Soviet Shock Army Caucasus-John Drye
Second Prize: American Revolutionary Army Chris Palmer
Best Naval Forces First Prize: Yellow Sea Fleets 1905-Donald Smith
Second Prize: Axis and Allied Fleets WWII David Emdee

THE COURIER AWARD BEST DEMONSTRATION OF QUALITY TERRAIN GHQ-Tarawa

THE CORRECT DATE FOR HISTORICON'89 IS JULY 20-23 The date given in the last issue is incorrect. Contact Bob Coggins, 4208 Kelway Rd., Baltimore, MD 21218.

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