(This column uses information courtesy of Maj. Bill Harting, HMGS Mid-South and S. Richard Black of the Midwest Wargamer's Association Newsletter.)

SPARTACON 2005
Jan. 8 Lansing Civic Center, Lansing, MI Ray Bramer, 1755 Nemoke Trails #5, Haslett, MI 48840. (517) 347-7519.

WINTERCON
Jan. 15 Macomb Community College Student Center, Warren, MI Dave Durocher, 7815 Moonwood, Westland, MI 48185. (734) 324-5043, or e-mail: DurochD@BASF.com. Web: www.mdgcons.com.

SIEGE OF AUGUSTA
Jan. 14-16 Sheraton Augusta, Augusta, GA Dr. Jim Birdseye, 5037 Autumn Trail, Grovetown, GA 30813-4418. Email:Ê jbirdseye000@comcast.net. Web: www.hmgs-midsouth.org.

SPRING MANUEVERS
Feb. 18-19 Fort Leavenworth Hunt Lodge, Fort Leavenworth, KS Stephen Allie, 11542 U.S. Hwy 59, Oskaloosa KS 66066. (913) 684-3767, or e-mail: allies@leavenworth.army.mil

BASHCON 2005
Feb. 25-27 Student Union, University of Toledo, BASHCon XIX, 2801 W. Bancroft, Toledo, OH 43606. (419) 530-4654, or e-mail: dfriess3@utnet.utoledo.edu. Web: http://utbash.utoledo.edu/index.html.

LITTLE WARS
March 5-6 Marriott Lincolnshire Resort, Lincolnshire, IL 1716 Pinnacle Dr., Aurora, IL 60504. E-mail: Info@Little-Wars.Com. Web: www.little-wars.com.

10TH BATTLE OF COWPENS
March 11-13 Hendrix Student Center, Clemson University, Clemson SC Chris Pagano, 211 Shaftsbury Rd., Clemson, SC 29631. E-mail: cpagano@clemson.edu

WARBAND
March 12 Knights of St. John Hall, 423 Pearl St., Reading, OH Rich Smethurst, 203 Albright Dr., Loveland, OH 45140. (513) 677-1683, or e-mail: smetfam@aol.com. Web: www.hmgsgl.com.

21ST ANNUAL SEVEN YEARS WAR CONVENTION
March 18-19 Holiday Inn Downtown, South Bend, IN Paul Petri, 1723 Ashford Ln., Crystal Lake, IL 60014. (815) 479-1099.

BATTLEFIELDS
March 19 University of Michigan in Dearborn, Dearborn, MI Mike Erisman, 221 Lardmint, Westland, MI 48185. Web: www.proorcon.net

COLD WARS
April 8-10 Lancaster Host Resort, Lancaster, PA Walt O'Hara, 10730 Burr Oak Way, Burke, VA 22015. (703) 503-9833, or e-mail: coldwarswalt@linuxmail.org. Web: www.coldwars.org.

CAPCON XXVIII
May 6-8 The Ohio State University Student Union, Columbus, Oh Guy Flora, 3818 Sunbury Rd., Columbus, OH 43219. (614) 471-9812, or e-mail: flora.1@osu.edu. Web: www.mgaosu.org.

DRUMS ALONG THE MAUMEE 5
May 20-21 Holiday Inn Toledo West, Toledo, OH Jim Thomasson, 1217 Birch Ave., Maumee, OH 43537. (419) 893-3025, or e-mail: JThoma@aol.com. Web: www.hmgsgl.com.

WARPARTY 05
June 17-18 Charles A. Bingham, Jr., Masonic Temple, Symmes Township, OH Rich Smethurst, 203 Albright Dr., Loveland, OH 45140. (513) 677-1683, or e-mail: smetfam@aol.com. Web: www.hmgsgl.com.

ORIGINS 2005
June 30-July 3 Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, OH. For info on the HOT Program, contact Pete Panzeri, 2719 Sweet Cider Rd., Ft. Wayne, IN 46818. E-mail: pete@jodicon.org. Web: www.Originsgames.com

HISTORICON
July 21-24 Lancaster Host Resort, Lancaster, PA John Drye, 6056 Estates Dr., Alexandria, VA 22310. (703) 922-8131, or e-mail: director@historicon.org. Web: www.historicon.org.

ADVANCE THE COLORS 05
Sept. 16-18 The Heritage Center of Clark County, Springfield, OH Steve Smith, 29715 Carolina Ave, Elkhart, IN 46516. (574) 295-9962, or e-mail: Sven_46516@msn.com. Web: www.hmgsgl.com.