Upcoming Events

2003

by S. Richard Black and Maj. Bill Harting

Anyone wishing to list conventions or see if a date is free for a future convention can contact me at: 5100 W 154TH AVE, LOWELL, IN 46356 (219)-696-3851, e-mail: hnrblack@mail.icongro.com . I must have your listing by the 10th of the odd months in order to have it to Hal for publication. Web Page: www.earthlink.net/richblacksrr/conventions.html

GS BAYOU WARS XI: 13-15 Jun 03 Quality Hotel 2261 N Causeway - Metairie, LA, 70001. POC: Kevin Chenevert. Web site: http://www.bavouwars.com . Discussion group: http://groups.vahoo.com/grouq/bavouwars .

WARFAIR'03: 13-15 June 03 Atlanta Capitol Plaza Holiday Inn Select POC: 105 Asbury Way, Fayetteville, GA 30215 Email: drackman@bellsouth.net (770)716-0318 Web: http://www.warfair.org or http://www.warfair.com Mxd.

QUIN CON 18: 20-21 June 03, Days Inn, 200 Maine Street, Quincy, IL POC: Jim Brown (217)222-1828 Email: mail@midwestcomics.com WEB: http://midwerscomics.com/Quincon HM, FM, BG, SF

ORIGINS 2003: 26-29 Jun 03 Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio. See HOT Pages at the ORIGINS Web: http://www.Originsgames.com . or Jodie Panzeri, 8230 Golf Green Circle, Houston, TX 77036-4067. E-mail: jodie@jodiecon.org.

GL WARPARTY 03: 12 July Masonic Lodge #419, 11665 LEBANON RD, SYMES TOWNSHIP, OH POC: Rich Smethurst, 203 ALBRIGHT DR, LOVELAND, OH 45140 (513)677-1683 Email: smetfam@aol.com WEB: www.hmgsgl.com HM

E HISTORICON: 24-27 July 2003 (Year Long Theme, Crusade! Clashes of Culture & Ideology: Warfare from 700-1700AD), Lancaster Host Resort Hotel, Lancaster, PA. HM and called "the Mother of all wargaming conventions" by the Wall Street Journal. Convention Director Pat Shields, 7 Michener Ct, St Thomas, ON (Canada) N5R 555, phone 519-633-5757. Email sweethoneymelon@hotmail.com. Web site at http://www.historicon.org. Web: www.hmgs.org HM

GENCON: 25-28 July 03. Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN

PENINSULA CAMPAIGNS '03" August 16, 2003 Kalamazoo, Michigan POC: Tod Kershner Email: kershner@net.ink.net

CONQUEST: 29 Aug-1 Sep 03 Rickeys, 4219 El Camino Real, Palo Alto, CA. General Information 467 Saratoga Ave. PMB 1422 San Jose, CA 95129. (831) 688-4726. E-mail: info@con-quest.com. Web page: http://www.con-Quest.com/

TACTICON: 29 Aug-1 Sep 03 (Tentative) Hyatt Regency Denver Tech Center. Web site: E-mail for information: dgagames@aol.com.

HUBCON XI: 12-14 Sept 03, Hattiesburg Convention Center, Hwy 49 N & 155 POC: pnzr12@vahoo.com mixed

ADVANCE THE COLORS: 12-14 Sept Holiday Inn. SPRINGFIELD, OH POC: David K. VanHoose, 10518 BROOKVIEW DR, CARMEL, IN 46032 (317)581-8840 Email: davidkvh@aol.com or atc@hmgsgl.com WEB: www.hmgsgl.com Dealer coordinator Joe Cairo, e-mail: jccairo@prodigy.net.

SOUTHERN FRONT: 20-21 Sep 03 (Tentative) Triangle Simulation Society. Holiday Inn Crabtree, Raleigh, NC. POC: Ed Mohrmann (919) 543-9380, E-mail: eamohrmann(a)mindspring.com. Web site: http://www.trianglesimsociety.org

HURRICON 2003: 26-28 Sept 03. S TravelLodge & Conf. Center, Busch Blvd, Tampa, FL POC: http://www.hmgssouth.orci/ HM

FIELDS OF HONOR 2003: October 3-5, 2003 Hotel Fort Des Moines, 10th and Walnut St, Des Moines, IA (515)243-1161 POC: Regal Hobbies, 1980 94th St. Suite D, Des Moines, IA 50325, Darryl@regalminiatures.com or http://www.regalminiatures.com , 515-253-0907 Weekend Pass: $22.00 Early Registration: $18.00 Guests: Duke Seifried (confirmed), Frank Chadwick (Tentative), Greg Novak (Tentative) HM, RPGA, Miniature

HAHMGS BORDERWARS: 10-12 Oct 2003 Best Western Inn & Conference Center, Kansas City, KS POC: Brian Beal, PO BOX 15192, Kansas City, MO 64106. (816) 9363201 bbeal@cysource.com Website: http://www.hahmgs.org THEME: TBA TOURNAMENTS: DBM, WAB, WARRIOR

MS REUNION '03: 17-19 Oct 03 Holiday Inn, Mt. Moriah, Memphis, TN POC: Patrick Philpot, 2608 Galaxie, Bartlett, TN 38134 (Home) (901)384-9961 (Cell) (901)277-5668 Email: patrick@perspectiveinc.net

ROCKCON 2003: November 7-9 2003 Wedgebury Indoor Sports Center, 8800 East Riverside Blvd., Rockford (Loves Park), IL 61111 Weekend: $18.00 Early Registration: $15.00 POC: Rock-Con 2002 c/o Noble Miniatures, PO Box 241, Williams Bay, WI 53191, 262-245-1608, info@rock-Con.com HM, FM, RP, Card, Board, collectible miniatures E FALL IN! 14-16 November 03 State Fair Grounds at Timoneum Md. Fred Hubig, Georgetown Center for Living History, 1301 35th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20007 and Email at frdhubiq@concentric.net . Web site: http://www.fallin.org.

COMMAND CON V: 14-16 Nov 03 (tentative) Big Muddy HGA, Jefferson Barracks Historical Park, St. Louis, MO. For details contact Pat Connaughton (314) 752-3211. or bigmuddyhaa@juno.com. Web page: http://www.bmhaa.org/

E COLD WARS: 12-14 Mar 2004

RECON 2004: April 23-25, S. Comfort Inn Hotel & Conf. Center, Busch Blvd, Tampa, FL POC: http://www.hmgssouth.org/ HM

PNW ENFILADE 2004: 28-30 May 04. Sea-Tac Mariott, 3201 S 17th St., Wa POC: Tim McNulty 12418 67 av ct e Puyallup WA 98373 (253)770-0957 email: timmcnulty@msn.com HM

M-S NASHCON 04: 28-30 May 04 Cool Springs Marriott, Franklin, TN. . POC: Chris Edmondson POB 44, Rockvale, TN 37153, (615)867-0229, Email: echris66@comcast.net HM

ORIGINS 2004: 24-27 Jun 04 Greater Columbus Convention Center, Columbus, Ohio. See HOT Pages at the ORIGINS Web: http://www.Originsgames.com .

E HISTORICON: 22-25 July 2004 Lancaster Host Resort Hotel, Lancaster, PA.POC: Jay Hadley Email: Hadlev-Jays CooperHealth.edu Web: www.hmgs.org HM

GENCON: 5-8 Aug 04. Indiana Convention Center, Indianapolis, IN

E COLD WARS: 8-10 Apr 2004

HURRICON 2004: September 24-26 S. TravelLodge Hotel & Conf. Center, Busch Blvd, Tampa, FL POC:http://www.hmgssouth.org/ HM

RECON 2005: April 22-24 S. TravelLodge Hotel & Conf. Center, Busch Blvd, Tampa, FL POC:http://www.hmgssouth.org/ HM


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