by Craig Martelle
6-8 Feb 98, WINTER WAR XXV / Champaign, Illinois, USA. February 6-8, 1998. Held at the Chancellor Hotel. POC is D. McKinney, 304 W Sherman, Box 1012, St Joseph, IL 61873, Phone: 219-469-9917 or e-mail winterwar@prairienet.org 6-8 Feb 98, The Last Square Invitational, Radisson Inn, Madison, WI. POC: The Last Square 1-800-750-4401. Cost is $210 which includes hotel, all meals, beverages, and the show. 13-15 Feb 98, CELEBRATE HISTORY, San Francisco, CA. Held at the South San Francisco Conference Center. Featuring Little Wars, write to Celebrate History, P.O. Box 70332, Point Richmond, CA 94807 or e-mail, info@celebratehistory.com 13-16 Feb 98, STRATIGICON/ORCCON 21, Los Angeles, California, USA. Held at the LAX Wyndham, Los Angeles Airport. Phone: 818-848-1748 for more info. 19-21 Feb 98, Con of the North. Radisson Hotel, St. Paul, MN. Nate Nolan, (612) 490-0560 or e-mail ehren@macalester.edu 20-22 Feb 98, JAXCON, Ramada Inn Conference Center, 5865 Arlington Expressway, Jacksonville, FL 32211, (904) 724-3410, http://www.commnections.com/jaxcon or jaxcon@usa.net, POC is Bryan Stroup (for Historical Games), stroubs@bellsouth.net or (352) 336-9044. 6-8 Mar 98, Cold Wars 98, HMGS East. Holiday Inn Lancaster Host Resort, Lancaster, PA. POC is David Luff, PO Box 5049, Herndon, VA 22070 with Email dluff@erols.com or Website at http://members.wbs.net/homepages/p/k/z/pkzwi.html . 13-15 Mar 98, LITTLE WARS 98, Ramada Hotel O'Hare, 6600 N Mannheim Road, Manheim & Higgins, Rosemont, IL (phone 708-827-5131). HM. POCs: Harold Johnson (Game Info), 315 Haskins Rd, Lake Geneva, WI 53147, phones work 414-248-3625, home 414-248-2466. Tom Harris (Dealers), 1217 Picadilly, Naperville, IL 60563, phones, work 708-979- 3254, home 708-369-0840. 13-15 Mar 98, WarCon '98, College Station, Texas. On the campus of Texas A&M University. Confirmed guest: Scott Haring of Steve Jackson Games, Editor of Pyramid Magazine. e-mail, MSCNOVA@tamu.edu 13-15 Mar 98, MegaCon98 at the Orlando Expo Centre--Orlando,Florida. Please check this website for detailed info.http://www.edgeglobal.com/megacon. Joe Kings 20-22 Mar 98, TwisterCon VI, Best Western Trade Winds Central Inn, Oklahoma City, OK, POC is Richard Houston, P.O. Box 14522, Oklahoma City, OK 73113, Phone: 405-751-1827 27-29 Mar 98, Egyptian Campaign, on the campus of SIUC in Carbondale, IL. POC is Phone: Joel Nadler at 618-529-4630 or e-mail ECgamcon@aol.com 2-5 Apr 98, GAMA Trade Show, Miami, Florida, USA The chance for retailers to meet the manufacturers and distributors that make the industry. e-mail Andon@andonunlimited.com 10-12 Apr 98, HOA. CALL TO ARMS (the Armchair Generals' Ball). US Army Command & General Staff College Officers' Club, Ft Leavenworth, KS. POC Rick Nance, HOAHMGS, 2550West 47th St, Kansas City, KS 66103, phone 913-384-2519 and Email HAHMGS@worldnet.att.net . 17-19 Apr 98, HMGS South's RECON, Best Western Busch Gardens, Tampa, Florida. Special Guests Hal Thinglum, John Hill, & Bob Jones. POC is Craig Martelle, 1203 English Bluffs Ct, Brandon, FL, 33511, (813) 653-3676. cmartelle@oasistech.com 17-19 Apr 98, CAPCON XXI, Columbus, Ohio. Held at the Ohio Union, Ohio State University Campus. Phone: Guy Flora at 614-688-3556, or e-mail flora.1@osu.edu 17-19 Apr 98, Pointcon, West Point, New York. Cadet Wargames Committee, PO Box 62, West Point, NY 10996, Phone: "B" Company 201-473-2900 25-26 Apr 98, HAVOC XIV, Fort Devens, Ayer, Massachusetts, USA. April 25-26, 1998. Held at Fort Devens by Battle Group Boston. POC Peter Mancini, 200 Bedford Road Apt. 17A, Woburn MA 01801 or e-mail bgb@lynx.neu.edu 23-25 May 98, M-S. NASHCON 98, Smyrna Towne Centre, Smyrna, TN. HM. POC: Steven (Buddy) McPeak, 1011 Waters Edge Cle, Mt Juliet, TN 37122, phone 615-754-6376, Email: smcpeak@nashville.org . 5-7 Jun 98, HMGS G-S. Bayou Wars 98, Quality Inn, Causeway Blvd, Metaire LA. POC: Hilton McManus, 6612 Colbert, New Orleans, LA 70124. (504) 486-5340. 2-5 Jul 98, ORIGINS, Columbus, Ohio, USA. July 2-5, 1998. Held at the Greater Columbus Convention Center and attached Hyatt Hotel. Full Event schedule, Special Guests and 24 hour gaming. e-mail Andon@andonunlimited.com 22-26 Jul 98, HMGS East HISTORICON 98. Holiday Inn Lancaster Host Resort, POC James E. Thomas, 8314 Sprague Place, New Carrolton, MD 20784, POC 301-552-4879, EMail kingjt@aol.com. 6-9 Aug 98, GENCON 98, Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Held at the Wisconsin Center. Fantastic Guests of Honor, 1500+ games planned, The largest all gaming convention in the world. 3-6 Sep 98, Dragon*Con, Atlanta, Georgia. 12th annual Science Fiction, Fantasy & Gaming Convention. Held at the Hyatt Regency Hotel and the Atlanta Apparel, Merchandise and Gift Marts in downtown Atlanta. e-mail dragoncon@dragoncon.org 17-20 Sep 98, Shorecon'98, Cherry Hill, NJ, Held at the Hilton Cherry Hill, NJ. e-mail info@multigenre.com 18-20 Sep 98, HMGS GL's Advance the Colors 98, Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, Dayton, OH, POC is Ferkin Doyle: 28 Carriage Dr. Delaware, OH 43015-1507, (614)-369-0857 or Matt Davidson: 193 Rosemarie Dr. Lebanon OH 45036-1239, e-mail jmd@your-net.com 25-27 Sep 98, HMGS South's HURRICON 98, Best Western Busch Gardens, Tampa, Florida. POC is Rhett Scott, 1416 Forsyth Way, Brandon, FL, 33511, (813) 661-0641. RHETTSCOTT@aol.com 9-11 Oct 98, Border War X, St. Louis, Missouri. Dealers contact Rick Nance at 913-384-2519. Game Masters sign up with Bob Stusse at 314-464-9830. 9-11 Oct 98, WARGAMERS REUNION 98, Smyrna, Tennessee. Held at the Smyrna Towne Centre. POC Steven (Buddy) McPeak 1011 Waters Edge Cle, Mt Juliet, TN 37122, Phone: 615-754-6376 or e-mail smcpeak@nashville.org 18 Oct 98, PicaFight II, Dover, NJ. Held at the Picatinny Arsenal Officers' Club. POC John Thomasovich, 28 Ike Williams Road Newton, NJ 07860, Phone: (973) 724-3748, or e-mail jtsavo@planet.net 21-25 Jul 99, HMGS East HISTORICON 99. Holiday Inn Lancaster Host Resort, POC James E. Thomas, 8314 Sprague Place, New Carrolton, MD 20784, POC 301-552-4879, EMail kingjt@aol.com. Back to The Gauntlet No. 10 Table of Contents Back to The Gauntlet List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1997 by Craig Martelle Publications 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 |