As far as the historical gamer is concerned, GenCon has finally begun to allow participation. Although there were an average of ten historical games at any time, TSR still gives the impression they would like to see us disappear. The two GenCon games I participated in had mixed results. On Friday evening there was a Seven Years War game on a table 6 feet by IS feet. This game totally deteriorated when the Franco-Austrian player realised he could not physically obtain his objectives within the turn limits. On Saturday, I joined an ECW game with five other people. Although the number of troops was a little much for the beginner, an enjoyable time was had by all. The result was the Royalists had no center or left flank and their right flank was crumbling when they conceded. Saturday night was the annual Seven Years War Association game. Although this game is open only to association members and is by invitation only, we had a very enjoyable game. On my side I was beaten by Steve Carpenter, the only commander to lose on our side. (Editor's Notes) The trade stands were only fair as regards the availability of historical miniatures with the majority of dealers providing only fantasy figures. However, Minifigs, Ral Partha and Citidel had a fairly good selection of historical items and I was able to purchase some Gedemo items from a Florida dealer. Back to MWAN #1 Table of Contents Back to MWAN List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1982 Hal Thinglum 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