Well, Little Wars has come and gone again. Another big convention for the enjoyment of gamers, and chances taken and missed. All in all, I had a good time, seeing old friends not eeen often enough, and new and different ways of doing it, and making new acquaintances. The site was Zion, Illinois, again. I atill feel this to be a good location, in epite of complaints about location and hotels (reservations will alleviate the second problem, and a gift of severa1 thousand to handle Union requirements will change the first to a Chicago-Cook County location, any taker?). This was tbe first year I attendad aa a "Vendor" with painted figures for sale. I did reasonably well. I didn't get to play, but I saw a lot of friends and had time to talk with them and other vendors. My booth was next to Old Glory, and two finer fellows you couldn't meet. Russ and Dave are men with a vision for the hobby as well as businessmen with a purpose. Other miniature companies (NOT ALL oF THEM) could learn a few things from these fellows. The primary point is packaging, since this hobby where we tend to purchase mass quantities of miniatures, we could do without the fancy cards and packs of four through eight figures packed within, and would prefer a lower price per fiqure inatead, with bags or little boxes. Old fashioned maybe, but old fashioned doesn't mean it isn't the best choice. Sorry for the soapbox stand. There were many games and gamers (the last count I heard was 503). I put on The Stockade, and Son of Stockade, skirmish battles from the 1600s in North America. Both games were enjoyed (although a little slow). I also received the best painted army in a game prize! The Indians won both games by taking the stockade ln each (almost took the Carrlson houee in the second game too). I likad the new prize structure (one for tha most outstanding player and one for the player who had the worst luck). Now a prize is available for the poor guy who gives his beat, but the Dice are not with him on that day. All in all, a fun convention. Back to MWAN #53 Table of Contents © Copyright 1991 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