By its very nature, wargaming causes wargamers to divide into small cells of individuals who hide in basements and gather around their tables to plot the overthrow of boredom. These Bands of Brothers have all they need—a table, miniatures, dice, ruler, & chips—or do they? There are times, when in our very effort to abolish boredom by playing a game, that we slip into boredom by having the same old game with the same old group, and never looking beyond. Where can we go to see new games, new ideas in terrain, new miniatures, and meet new wargamers? Conventions!

Left to right: Siefried, Featherstone, Liebl.

I have a fairly fertile imagination because it’s full of…full of…full of ideas, and yet I’ve rarely gone to a convention from which I’ve not come away with new ideas. I’d never thought about Victorian Sci-Fi until I’d gotten involved in some of the HAWKS games, and I was hooked. I’d never thought about, or even read about the Spanish Civil War until bumping into Pat Condray. Conventions are also a place to meet new friends and renew old friendships.

NOVAG is hosting GAMECON 19 on September 27 from 9:00 AM until 8:00 PM! It will be held at the West Park Hotel, which is next to route 7 2 miles east of the Dulles Toll Road at 8401 West Park Drive in McLean, Virginia at Tyron’s Corner. Call (703) 734-2800 for further details. Napoleon is planning to be there. Von Moltke is planning to be there. Plan to be there! Bring a friend. Bring a game. Prepare to be entertained.

See the NOVAG website for details at www.novag.org.

TIME to RE-ENLIST in NOVAG
August is the beginning of our membership drive. Help us stay afloat by sending your membership check ($9 for single, $14 for family) to: NOVAG The Gamer’s Closet P.O. Box 223660, Chantilly VA 20153

Quotes

“Don’t tell me peace has broken out.”
--Bertolt Brecht

“Wit is educated insolence.”

--Aristotle (284-322 B.C.)

Some people are like Slinkiesot -- really good for anything, but you still can’t help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.