Origins began on June 27th and ended on the 30th. The site was Towson University in Towson, Maryland, which is north of Baltimore. The University is well laid out, is fairly expansive and modern in appearance. The historical miniatures wargames were in the third floor of the student union while the vendors were in another building, the gym, which required a shuttle bus. The busses operated frequently and the time in transit was in the realm of 5-10 minutes. I assume that other activities were in other buildings on campus. Attendance was light in the historical area on Thursday evening and built up considerably in the two following days that I was in attendance. There were a variety of historical wargames each day. Easily the most popular was "The Alamo". One session was held on Friday night and another on Saturday. Twelve slots were open for players and there was always a 1-2 deep line of spectators ringing the table. The compound was expansive and very well done. The miniatures were all Frontier so far as I could tell and were very appealing. The participants genuinely had a very enjoyable time. The Mexican players frequently were overheard to shout things like "ARRIBA" or "ANDALAY" and so on while there were many cheers from the Texicans as they won particular assault phases beating back Genearlissimo Santa Anna's hordes. It was a wonderful spectacle and powerful stuff indeed. I wanted to get a slot to lay myself and was urged by Dale Wood of Kalamazoo, Michigan, to do so and who tried to pick up an extra spot for me, but alas, duty called me elsewhere to pick up toy soldiers from the Tricorne game which Ken Bunger and I had just finished. I read in reader Wally Simon's POW REVIEW magazine that the Alamo wargame is a club project of the Potomac Wargamer's Club. Apparently most everyone pitched in to paint 30 or so figures while one soul volunteered to build the Alamo, What a wonderful club project. I wish MWAN could do something like this. How about it guys? How about the Illinois, Wisconsin and Indiana readers all getting together to create a MWAN wargame project like The Alamo? Any takers? I'll paint up 30 Mexicans for a start. Then after it is all completed, we could meet at the various conventions around the midwest such as Little Wars? Editor's Note: Does anyone have any interest in such a project? Please drop me a line if so. Back to MWAN #17 Table of Contents Back to MWAN List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 1985 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