Historicon 2002

Convention Report

by Russ Lockwood



Once again, the good folks at HMGS East presented a marvelous convention centered around military history and historical miniatures. Hundreds of events allowed you the opportunity to command troops from every era, from ancient Egyptians to modern Americans, and even a little bit beyond. The toughest decision was which event to enter--so many interesting and visually appealing ones. Historicon 2002 was held July 24-28, 2002, at the Lancaster Host Resort on Rte 30, just east of Lancaster, PA, and took up just about every nook and cranny of the resort center.

For those that have never been to Historicon (or the other HMGS East sponsored conventions: Cold Wars and Fall In), it's a real treat. Several thousand military history buffs and wargamers descend on the Lancaster Host Resort and spend four days participating in hundreds of battles with historical miniatures, meandering around the show looking at the various displays and wargames, attending lectures, and of course, buying miniatures, books, videos, paints, rules, on-line archive memberships, and other products in the dealer's area.

The theme this year was 1812: War on Two Continents, which in US parlance means the War of 1812 between the British and US and the other war in 1812 with the French and French allies versus Russia. Taking the lead in this period was Nigel Marsh and others using the Carnage and Glory computer-assisted rules--the same rules that will be used by a 15-person umpire team at the upcoming Borodino 2002 Napoleonic Conference (plug: a non-profit conference sponsored by JodieCon, MagWeb.com, HMGS, Old Glory and set for Sept. 5-8, 20002 at Fort Monroe, VA: http://www.magweb.com/sample/borodino.htm for info, or, http://www.jodicon.org for info and on-line registration--a few divisional commands are still left).

NOTE: As the articles in MWAN # 120 are identical to the articles in the MagWeb.com travel section, these links will take you direct to the Travel section. It avoids duplication. However, note there are no links back. Please make sure you return to MWAN # 120 when you are done. --RL

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