A short report on one of the largest cons in the world (certainly in the US) "Historicon" by one of the Aussie traders attending, Gerry Webb of Castaway Arts who, together with Nic Robson of Eureka Miniatures, set up the old card table and plied their wares to appreciative American gamers... Top: Nic at Historicon: “My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen...” Bottom: Nic points out to a delighted American gamer that she is about to be stomped by a Brachiosaur. In July this year, Nic Robson and I attended Historicon 2000 in the USA. It was my first visit to the major East Coast miniatures con, Nic had been before and knew what to expect. Historicon is a four day event. Some gamers drive to the show for a day but many take accommodation nearby and stay. Indeed the gaming goes on into the wee hours of the morning and a lot of sleep is missed. Nic and I shared a trade stand with his Eureka Miniatures and my Castaway Arts. The trading room was often crowded and our days were busy, too busy to attend the seminars being presented as part of the event. After closing time though we had time to check out the many gaming rooms. The organisers, HMGS East, provided a handbook that listed each game and it was possible to sign up as a participant for most of them. I counted about 300 of these games over the four day show. The full range of miniatures gaming was represented, including naval and air games. On Friday evening Nic presented his "Jurassic Hyde Park" Victorian science fiction game to an enthusiastic group. The players about to unleash dinosaurs on each other. The action was fast and furious, by turn 2 Queen Victoria had already been eaten by a dinosaur! Both Nic and I had pretty much exhausted our voices during 2 days of trading and by the end of the game he was literally speechless. We ran it a second time for a new group of players and this time I did the talking. Photos courtesy of Gerry Webb of CASTAWAY ARTS. Back to Table of Contents -- Kriegspieler #10 To Kriegspieler List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 2000 by Kriegspieler 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