The Preliminary Events Listing for Origins 2000 is out and reveals an incredible number of historical miniatures events. Nearly 100 are listed so far, with more coming in all the time. A good chunk of the historicals are being run by HMGS members from various chapters, including Great Lakes, as part of the HMGS Origins Team 2000 (or HOT2K).

World War II events are the most numerous, so far, proving the popularity of this period continues to rise. Next in number are Horse & Musket era games -- Napoleonics providing the bulk of these. There are also a surprising number of naval miniatures scheduled for Origins. These range from Pirate ships to Age of Sail to Ironclads to Dreadnaught, all the way up to World War II battleships.

The HOT2k project at Origins is run by Pete Panzeri for the fourth consecutive year. Pete secured a deal for HMGS game masters that grants them free entry into the con when they run two events (six player, four hour minimum) and work two hours at the HMGS Information desk.

For a preregistration guide call Origins at (800) 529-EXPO, or e-mail: origins@wizards.com. Web site: www.wizards.com/origins.

Some of the events scheduled for Origins so far:

Ancients/Medieval
Ben Hurt Tournament, Chariots racing in Rome
Chainmail, "Beer, Bimbos, Sheep & Monks"
De Bellis Antiquitatis, "Ad Decimum, 533 AD," "Battles from History Tournament"

Age of Reason
Fields of Honor, "Battle of Monmouth"
Mitre, Moustache & Musket, "Battle of Mehr, 1758"

Napoleonics
Age of Napoleon, "Marengo," "Little Brother Charles and his bridge," "The Russian Bear Attacks!"
Black Powder and Iron Balls, "Quatre Bras - Ney vs. Wellington"
Close Action, "Sadras," "Pondicherry," "Negapatam," "Lissa"
Fire As She Bears!, "Battle of Aland, 1789"
General Glen's, "Baptism Under Fire" (demo ran 7 times)
Le Petit Empereur, demo game
Napoleon's Battles, "War of 1812 campaign (played in 3 parts)"
Piquet, "Join the Army and See Bavaria"
Valmy to Waterloo, "Marengo, June 14, 6 p m"

American Civil War
Ironclads, "Charleston Breakout"
Old Glory, "Confederate Alamo"
War Pigs, "Civil War Pigs"

World War I
Fear God & Dreadnaught, "Battlecruiser Showdown!"
Hostile Aircraft, "Fighting the Fokker Scourge"
Richtofen's War, "Dogfight: World War I Style"

World War II
Baker Company, 7 demos run throughout the con!
Battleground World War II, "The Last Bunker"
Clear for Action, "Bring Pasta to a Slow Boil," "Add British and Stir Well," "Continue to Stir Until Obscured"
Colonial Diplomacy, "Ukraine, 1942"
Command at Sea, 3rd Edition, "To Light the Torch"
Home Rules, "Germany Declares War on France," "Moon Sound," "Samar, 1944," "Hold the Oasis!"
Impact!, "Road to Rhineland"
Kameraden, "Kharkov, 1943," "Krasnoselka, 1944"
Old Glory, "Kampfgruppe Alamo"
Steel Thunder, "Battle for Singling"
War Pigs, "Battle of the Bulge"

Modern
Charlie Company, 7 demos of Vietnam War
Harpoon, "Fire in the Arabian Sea"
Steel Thunder, "4th Indo-Pakistani War, 2001"

Miscellaneous
Jolly Roger!, "Black Flag! Dangerous Waters," "Spanish Main: Pirate campaign"
Desperado, "Claim Jumpers," Wild West skirmish
Old Glory, "The Conquistador Alamo"
Piquet, "Abd Ben Lego Goes to Market (French Foreign Legion)"
Plastic Ships and Fuzzy Men, "High Seas Drifter"
Space 1889, "Invasion New York"