Historical Miniatures game masters are needed for Origins, July 4-7, 2002, Columbus, OH. HOT, or HMGS Origins Team needs you! Join us again for HOT 2002 and Game Master an event at Origins this year! Origins will provide many HOT REWARDS for HMGS Game Masters! According to Anthony J. Gallela, Director of Events for GAMA, "We are very excited to have HMGS participating in Origins 2002." The HOT participants so far include HMGS Great Lakes (The Hosting HMGS organization), HMGS Gamers International, Seven Years War Association, Team Old Glory, JodieCon, and many other groups and clubs. This year, Jim Thomasson of the Colby Street Irregulars in Toledo have promised to send a contingent as well. Other clubs, groups and individual GMs please answer the call soon, so you can make it into the 2002 Pre-Event List and mailings. The deal is this: You get in Free the Day of the Game you run, and in for the weekend if you run two (6 players, 4 hour minimum per game). See below. To get this deal you MUST identify yourself as a HOT GM and PLEASE send the GM application to peterpanzeri@hotmaii.com (Use GM form next page.) As Gallela at GAMA says, "We want to get to work right away on building not just a schedule of events, but an atmosphere where historical gamers don't just want to come to Origins, but where they NEED to come." GAMA had but one question for us: "What can we do/provide that will inspire historical gamers?" As HOT grows yearly at Origins, historical gamers -DO- need to come, to both promote the hobby, and HAVE FUN! ACT NOW!!! The deadline for the Pre-Event book is Jan. 11, 2002. For more information, contact Pete Panzeri, e-mail: peterpanzeri@hotmail.com. If you do not have internet access, please contact Mike Demana, 2513 Arborview Dr., Columbus, OH 43229. HOT GM Registration Form Join our GM TEAM in our 7th Year of "HOT!" All Historical Miniatures GM:s PRERegistering to run two events (4 hour, 6 player minimum each) receive a free 4day Badge ($60 value. A one day badge is given for one-event GMs.) and a HOT Ribbon to GM a 3rd game on Thursday or Sunday. (HOT ribbons normally cost $10 and permit play in ALL Historical Miniatures games). Act now! The deadline for the Pre-Event book is Jan. 11 , 2002. To insure you get your HOT GM badge, please e-mail to peterpanzeri@hotmail.com. Name Point of Contact E-mail address VIP number if available Event rules system used/edition: (remember that Origins posts this first and categorizes by the rules) Event Title (30 character max including spaces) Event Description (3 lines maximum) Type - (Boardgame-BG, Hist. Minis - HM, Non-Hist. Minis - NM) Number of players (min/max): Day - (Thurs., Fri., Sat, Sun) Time (8am, 10am, Noon, 2pm, 5pm,7pm,9pm,llpm) Duration: (1:45, 3:45, 5:45, 7:45, 9:45, etc.) Amount of set-up time needed Special needs: Table layout and number of layouts Miniatures provided? Electrical needs? Yes / No Event Player Information: Ages (YOUNGER players encouraged, 8+-, ALL ages, 12+; MATURE players, adults only) Rules Complexity (SIMPLE - rules explained in 10 minutes, AVERAGE; COMPLEX - complicated rules requiring study, Experience Required (NONE; SIMILAR - all rules taught, but must have experience with similar games-, SOME - some rules taught, must have played the game before-, MASTER - no rules taught, must know game well). NOTE: instead of listing a continual event (i.e., an event with the same description over and over) you can give a standard description with a listing of days/times the event will be running. E-mail the completed form to Pete Panzen: peterpanzeri@hotmail.co. If you do not have internet access, please mail it to Mike Demana, 2513 Arborview Dr., Columbus, OH 43229. Back to Dispatch December 2001 Table of Contents Back to Dispatch List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2001 by HMGS Mid-South This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other military history articles and gaming articles are available at http://www.magweb.com