On the weekend of Oct. 6th thru Oct. 8th, HMGS Great Lakes held Rally 'Round the Flag '95. Rally '95 was held on the Ohio State University Campus at the Student Union in Columbus, Ohio. At this convention, a DBM Single Open Tournament was run. Prizes were awarded by the Dayton Painting Consortium. Ltd.. Columbia Games, and Ral Partha. A four on three (500 pts. per side) game was played for fun on Saturday evening and overall I think everyone had a good time. Congratulations goes out to Rich Novak, who came all the way from Indianapolis to win with, of all things, an Early Libyan Army. Rich barely had room to deploy his army he had so many psilo. I've got to admire a guy who would take the time to paint so much (I understand Rich borrowed this army). So, here are the final results(drum roll please)...

Rich Novac Early Libyan 21 Pts
Michael Barringer Later Muslim Indian 19 Pts
George Soika Later Carthaginian 16 Pts*
Wayne Carter Later Achaemenid Persian 16 Pts**
Jeff Fletcher Late Imperial Roman 13 Pts
Doug Anderson Anglo Norman 5 Pts

Best Sport - Doug Anderson
Best Painted Army - Jeff Fletcher

* Won head to head
** Lost head to head

As you can see, you don't always have to win to be a good sport, and your army doesn't always fight as good as it looks. Thanks to all who participated, and once again, thanks to all of the sponsors.