Convention Calendar

1997

by Brian O'Leary


Conventions listed below feature primarily historical miniatures unless noted otherwise.

Mar 1-2 Victory in the Pacific Tournament, at Days Inn, 12121 75th St., Kenosha, WI 53142, ph: 414-857-2311. Contact: Glenn E. L. Petroski, 6829 23rd Ave., Kenosha, WI 531421233, ph: 414-654-5044.

Mar 14-16 Cold Wars, Lancaster Host Resort, Lancaster, PA. Contact: Bob Watts, 902 Langley Rd., Glen Burnie, MD 21261-7037, ph: 301-761-0627

Mar 21-23 Twistercon 5, at the Ramada Inn, Norman, OK, ph: 405-321-0110. Contact: Jonathon Keepers, 57 Landers Ct., El Reno, OK 73036, ph: 405-376-4959

April 4-6 Little Wars '97, at Ramada Inn Hotel O'Hare. 6600 N. Mannheim Rd., Rosemont Ill 60018, for reservations call 847-827-5131. Contact: JeffHammerlund 107 West Chicago, Algonquin, 11160102 or call 847-658-4333.

Apr 18-20 Capcon, at The Ohio Union, Ohio State University, Columbus, OII. Contact: Guy Flora at 614-688-3556. Features all types of gaming.

Apr 19 Gamecon 10, at the Westpark Hotel, Tysons Corner, VA. Contact: NOVAG, POB 223660, Chantilly, VA 20153; E-Mail at novag@mail.com, or fax 703-421-7524. Features both historical miniatures and science fiction miniatures.

Apr 24-27 Till the Sun Goes Down-10th Annual Civil War Conference, at the Sheraton Four Points Hotel, located on US 40 west one-half mile off of 1-70, HagersTown, Maryland, ph: 1-800-325-3535. Contact: APCWS, 11 Public Square, Suite 200, Hagerstown, Md 21740, ph: 301-665-1400. This is not a game convention, but a Civil War Conference featuring seminars with educators (Edwin C. Bearss), authors (Jeff Scharra), and actors from the movie Gettysburg (Sam Elliot) battlefield tours, vendors, etc.

Apr 25-27 Battle of Cowpens, at HoJo 1-85 and Laurens Rd. (276), Greenville, SC. Contact: Tim Walker, 210 Reisling Way, Mauldin, SC 29662, or call 803-281-0488.

May 8-11 Call to Arms,•at the Frontier Crossroads Club, Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Contact: HAHMGS at 913-384-2519.

May 23-25 Nashcon `97, Smyma Town Centre, Smyma, TN. Contact: Steven McPeak, 1011 Waters Edge Cle, Mt Juliet, TN 37122 or call 615-754-6376 or Email at smcpeak@nashvillc .org.

May 23-25 Enfilade'97, at the Best Western Executive Inn, Fife, WA. Contact: Tim McNulty, 12518 Reservoir Rd. E., Puyallup, WA 98374 or call 206-770-0957.

Jul 17-20 Origins '97,9 the Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH. Contact: Andon at 206-204-5815 or ANDON@AOL.COM. To Schedule a Kist. minis event contact Dave Merrick, 675 Almanore Ave., Suite 201, Sunny Vale, CA 94086. Features all types of gaming.

Jul 23-27 Hlistoricon, Lancaster Holiday Inn (formerly Lancaster Host Resort), Lancaster PA. Contact: JT Thomas Jr., 8314 Sprague Place, New Carrolton, MD 20784 or call 301552-4879.E-Mail at KingJT@AOL.COM.

Aug 15-17 NOVAGCON '97, at the Westpark Hotel, Tysons Corner, VA. Contact: NOVAG, POB 223660, Chantilly, VA 20153; E-Mail at novag@,mail.com, or fax 703-421-7524. Features both historical miniatures and science fiction miniatures.

Sept 19-21 Wargamers Reunion VII, Smyrna Town Centre, Smyrna, TN. Contact: Steven McPeak, 1011 Water; Edge Cle, Mt Juliet, TN 37122 or call 615-754-6376 or Email at smcpeak@nashville.org.

Nov 7-9 Fall In, Eisenhower Inn & Convention Center, Gettysburg, PA. Contact: Bob Giglio, 2016 Amherst Rd., Hyattsville, MD 20783 or call (w) 410-787-7787, (h) 301-422-9015.


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