The following is what we have in place for Spring Maneuvers- April 15, 16 & 17th Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. Pre-Event List of Games to be run: Napoleonics-25mm Mark Johnson Normandy 1944-10mm Chris-Outland Several-Variety Harold Morgan Warhammer-Samarai Chris Cofelt Fire & Fury-Gettysburg Shawn Culver Fire & Fury-Champions Hill George Knapp Tactica George Knapp FASCINATING ALAMO George Knapp On To Mexico Steve Allie Stone's Throw-Cavemen Greg Nichols Dreadnaught Naval Sam Gill French & Indian John Davis WWII Naval John Davis Tentative additions include; Western Gunfight Jay Arnold WWII Naval Jay Arnold Last year we had 22 scheduled games the above already boasts 17!!!!!!!! Lots of room for more games and more periods. It looks like a great Convention is shaping up. I want to thank all of you for biting the bullet and committing to hosting games at Spring Maneuvers 1999. Spring Maneuvers 1999 will be held April 15, 16 & 17, 1999 at the Frontier Conference Center at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Admission will be $8.00 for the weekend before Friday 7PM and $5.00 for a day or after 7PM Friday. Youths under 18 years of age and Spouses may enter free with a paid admission by parent or spouse. Vendor Tables will be sold for $15.00 each allowing one person to be admitted per table. The gaming will be blocked in 3 hour intervals with the understanding that a lot of games will require two blocks of time. Some games will only need the three hours to conclude. Presenters might want to run two or three smaller games in lieu of one 6 to 8 hour game to allow the players to experience several games and systems and to shop the vendors. This is only a suggestion. Thursday will start at 5PM going to Midnight with only the one session. Doors will open at 4 PM. Friday will start at 9 AM Gaming 9 to 12, 12 to 3, 3 to 6, 6 to 9 & 9 to 12. Saturday will be the same as Friday's Schedule. Sign up Sheets will be on a board at the front desk so everyone will know the games coming up and those looking for additional players. The concession will have Hot Dogs, Sandwiches, Chips & Candy, Chilli, Pop & Coffee. Anything that you can think of that you would like to see available please E-Mail me. Please send the information on your event registration via E-Mail and I'll put the schedule together which will be available on E-Mail and at the Convention in Hand outs. Checks for Vendors need to be sent to Tom Day, 814 W. South Ave. Independence, MO. 64050 Make Checks out to Frontier Army Living History Assn. Vendors include: Silver Eagle Buffalo Books Waldo Hobby Harold Morgan's Classic Games My best estimate of projected attendance for Spring Maneuvers 1999 is between 150 and 200 paid attendees. This does not include youths under 18 with parent or spousal units both of whom are free. This is about twice the size of last year's show and less than the largest event at the Plumber's Hall ( the first appearance of Don Featherstone) The local room rates are about $40.00 a night and the admission is only $8. for the weekend and $5. after 7pm Friday which leaves more discretionary money in the Gamer's pockets. This will not be just an Historical Convention. I will send out a listing of games to be conducted as soon as I have enough input so to help you in planning your inventories to bring to the Convention. MAGWEB AT SPRING MANEUVERS 1999 MAGWEB WILL BE AT SPRING MANEUVERS VIA MY WEB TV UNIT. They will be offering Free Rulers for the Gamers attending. Thanks, MAGWEB! MINIFIGS has graciously offered to provide gift certificates to be given out at Spring Maneuvers 1999. We will use them as awards to the gamers attending. MINIFIGS will be represented by Outland Games. Thanks to both MINIFIGS and OUTLAND GAMES. We Have Flyers!!!!! Anyone who can distribute flyers for the Convention please contact me with a Mailing Address and the number of flyers desired. Also, How many Hobby Stores you are going to leave flyers at for a Color poster. Get in your games for the Convention as soon as possible. We still need games to run. Campaign Ribbons- When each game runs each participant finishing the game recieves a Campaign Ribbon to be attached to his or her name tag. These of course, are yours to keep. All games or Campaigns as they will be referred to will be assigned a different color ribbon to be handed out. The Gamer who conducts the game recieves a special Campaign Ribbon to signify that he ran that game. As you play different games throughout the Weekend you will have a collection of Campaign Ribbons displayed showing the Campaigns that you have participated in. A gamer in the Campaign will be determined to have done the best job will recieve a special badge or Brevet to show his success. The Best Campaign of the Convention will recieve a Special Award on Saturday Night. So get your info on your Campaign into me as soon as possible. Lodging At Spring Maneuvers 99-II In sequence from Closest to Farthest All Doubles have two Queen sized beds Commander's Inn, 913-651-5800 distance- Biscuit Toss 39 Rooms single $36.50/ double 50.00 Ramada Inn, 1-800-272-6232 distance 1-1.5 Mile 97 Rooms, Pool single $50.00/ double $56.00 Terrace Court Motel, 913-682-0499 distance- 2-2.5 Mile 16 Rooms single $37.00/ Double $42.00 Super 8, 1-800-800-8000 distance- 3-3.5 Mile 60 Rooms single $42.16/ double $46.45 (probably tax inc.) Best Western, 1-800-528-1234 distance- 3-3.5 Mile 52 Rooms, Pool single $52.00/ double $60.00 w/3 $62.00 w/4 $67.00 ( This guy has been to Conventions!!!!!) Lansing Econo Lodge,1-800-356-0689 distance- 5-5.5 Mile 40 Rooms single $40.00/ double $48.00 Holiday Inn Express, 1-800-HOLIDAY distance- 5-5.5 Mile 67 Rooms, indr. Pool Rooms $ 71.00 Condotels, 913-727-6590 distance- 5-5.5 Mile 144 Rooms, Pool, Sauna Room Rates are Not Available Lodging is also available 10 Miles away in Weston ( many Bed & Breakfasts ) & Platte City on I-29. The KCI Airport is 15 Miles away from the Fort and has many Hotels around it. Back to Table of Contents Penny Whistle #40 Back to Penny Whistle List of Issues Back to MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1999 by Lion's Den Publications. 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