JodieCon/Campaign'98 was an HMGS theme event of the "1815 Waterloo Campaign" held at USMA Prep School with 39 total Participants over the 3-5 Oct. Columbus Day weekend - Friday to Sunday. Directed by Major Pete Panzeri. With Registration and Resources through Jodie Lindberg, Tactical Umpire - Fred Hubig, Operational Umpire - Dr. Jim Birdseye, and several others who put energy and talent into the event. [The 1999 JodieCon Schedule is below] Rather than brag on it, the participants can all speak for it - - JodieCon AAR EXCERPTS: From: Todd Kauderer [The Campaign is] a mini-campaign that involves a lot of map moves, hidden enemy movements, dispatches, confusion and chaos. Each player is assigned a command and only can speak to other commanders that are in immediate contact. Each independent commander issues strategic movement orders for their command and are responsible for sending dispatches to their teammates. When any commander makes contact with the enemy, a battle may be fought. During the Waterloo weekend in October, there were 3 or 4 battles going on simultaneously in different rooms. The only way the other commanders knew what was happening was if they received a dispatch. It was a far cry from the normal Napoleonic battle where everyone lines up shoulder to shoulder to attack frontally. Pete Panzeri and Fred Hubig (and mostly Jodie) did a fantastic job to set this up and I look forward to going to more in the future. By the way, if you know of other people who might be interested please pass this on. I want to extend my thanks and kudos to yourself, Pete Panzeri, Jodie, Dr. Birdseye, and the others whose names I cannot remember at this time. All your hard work and energy put in to organizing and running the Campaign is fully appreciated. The event was organized very well and registration was a breeze. I arrived at approx. 3 PM on Friday and was involved with my cohorts in 15 minutes. Todd Fisher did an excellent job as Napoleon and his computer [projector] display helped greatly. As for advertisement, I think most of the participants were gathered by word of mouth. I saw the flyer at Historicon and was not greatly interested even though Ft. Monmouth/Sea Girt is only an hour away from me. I was talked into the game by Kevin Combs with whom I have developed a friendship with over the many Empire games he has run at HMGS conventions. That was the strongest reason why I attended. I think the flyers left at the Conventions will sort of get lost in the shuffle of other flyers but that is certainly one way to dvertise. . . . The strategic game seemed to play very well from my viewpoint. . . The troop setup went ok. . . I had no problem with the composition of my force. It played very well. . . I think the best way I can judge this event is to say that I look forward to playing in 1999. Again thank you for all your hard work and good humor during the event. Bob Grosse ---------- Keep me in mind for June of `99. !!! Thanks, Leo Murphy ---------- I had a good weekend and enjoyed the games. I felt the war rooms for each nation were a good idea. I felt things went well for the first try. I appreciate your hard work and interest. I would be willing to work on terrain for the next campaign if you need it and could give me specifics. Things went well and I had a good time. Thanks a lot! Bob Kerstetter PS Let me know what I can do to help get ready for the next one! ---------- I think you did a great job with only a short time to prepare. Event Org/Admin.- Well done with the personalities on the badges. P.S. Could you send me a copy of the units sheets for all the armies. Also I need an address for OLD Glory so that I can redeem the gift certificates. Thanks, Allen ( Uxbridge) Kaplan ---------- I plan on writing a full AAR to you on the rules, both tactical and strategic, with some input. Thanks again, I had a great time. Kevin Combs ---------- This is to extend my personal thanks to all for your hard work, good fellowship and intense participation in Campaign 1815 of 1998. The Army Commanders all did a fantastic job preparing for the event and were inspirations to their staffs throughout, making the campaign interesting and enjoyable for all. Thanks a million! I Look forward to next summer. Fred Hubig ---------- Thanks for the fun weekend. We had a blast, and learned quite a bit about warfare in that era (especially my brother, who went from "how do I put my guys down?" to MVP at Waterloo). I'd certainly be interested in coming in'99. Again, thanks for a great weekend. CDT Boston (the elder) ---------- Glad to hear the Waterloo game went well. Fill me in a little in you get a chance. In the mean time put me down for a tee-shirt. Frank Chadwick ---------- 1999 Campaign Events at fort Monmouth, NJ: 5-6 FEB: 1941 Campaign: Air Assault on Crete 12-14 MAR: MONMOUTH-1778 and Battlefield Tour 2-4 APRIL: GETTYSBURG - 1863 Campaign 11-13 JUNE: 1815 Campaign: Waterloo Contact: CAMPAIGN'99, Jodie Lindberg, PO Box 372, Oceanport, NJ 07757 http://users.nac.net/jthomas/Jodie/JodieCon.html Email: JodieCon@yahoo.com Club/Group discounts call: (732) 460-0250. Back to The Gauntlet No. 15 Table of Contents Back to The Gauntlet List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 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