SIEGE OF AUGUSTA XII last month (16-18 JAN 04) was at the other end of the spectrum. Dr. Jim Birdseye and the Augusta Section of HMGS MIDSOUTH put together a very pleasant and enjoyable show. It was about half the size of our Tampa conventions, and 1/10th the size of FALL IN 03. But it was not only fun, it produced positive cash flow. Major Bill and his brother Don Harting were down from Nashville. Mike Graziano's Battle of Zama There was a good turnout of Georgia gamers and vendors, and some of us came up from Florida, including Bob Moon of the JAX Garrison, who put on one of his spectacular ACW games. Like FALL IN, SIEGE OF AUGUSTA works on outreach. There is usually some press involvement, and we had several visitors from the local community and several faculty members from the schools where Dr. Jim teaches history. There was a high school chess tournament, and massive NASAMW activity. I was particularly impressed with the quality of the 15mm figures. There were WWII and Vietnam games run by a local high school teacher for several students using dime store plastic figures, home rules, and home decorating terrain. And Chris Hughes of Sash and Saber put his 40mm ACW troops through their paces. I don't often play competitively any more, but I was tempted by that one. If only the Confederates had advanced their skirmishers to the stone wall facing the Yankee batteries! I was intrigued by the low budget and innovative WWII and Vietnam games. And the 15mm figures in the Ancient and Renaissance (Ottomans versus Poles) games look like at least 28mm figures when brought out in the digital photos. I hope the people coming to see what our hobby is like were as impressed as I was. Back to Rebel Yell No. 25 Table of Contents Back to Rebel Yell List of Issues Back to Master Magazine List © Copyright 2004 by HMGS South This article appears in MagWeb.com (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com