At the awards banquet on Sunday morning, a variety of notable commanders were highlighted to receive a number of items. The French and Russian C-in-Cs gave summaries. Each table had a most valuable player, and players offered up amusing anecdotes of the game.

A photo of one of the lunches. Same spot for Awards banquet.

The happiest guy in the room was Ahmet. Not only was he devastatingly effective as a commander, he was voted MVP of his table, and won a copy of Eagle Games' Napoleon in Europe. Others walked away with a copy of MagWeb.com Battlemusic CD Emperor Triumphant, gift certificates from other dealers, and commemorative coins.

Speaking of food, the hotel fare was OK, but obviously not spectacular. We're all grumblers, but without going into details, the hotel changed the rules and rates in mid-stream, causing a number of problems, but the conference was stuck and had to slog through minutae that doesn't concern the players. The dinner time pizza and sandwiches--brought in, I might add--were the high points. The buffet was OK. The awards brunch breakfast was better than the lunches. The other breakfasts were OK.

Jumbo Photo (extremely slow: 641K)

More Borodino 2002 Napoleonic Conference

Welcome, Introduction, and the Hotel Chamberlain
Borodino Ballroom
MagWeb.com Napoleonic Speakers Conference
Friday Lecture: Bob Coggins: Napoleonic Unit Frontages and True Linear Scale
Friday Lecture: Frank Chadwick: The Russian Army at Borodino
Friday Lecture: Jean Lochet: Preparation of French Cavalry for Campaign of 1812
Friday Tour: Fort Monroe Casemate Museum
Friday Keynote Lecture: Dr. William J. Gregor: Long Shadow of Napoleon on American Military Planning
Friday Lecture: Jean Lochet: The Attempt to Rebuild the French Cavalry for 1813
Saturday Lecture: Kevin Zucker: The French Army of 1812
Saturday Lecture: Dr. James H. Birdseye: Glory or Shame? The Role of Morale on the Napleonic Battlefield
Saturday Lecture: Dr. George Nafziger: Prelude to 1812: The 1809 Campaign in Poland
Special Guest: Lt. Col. Andrey Pavlov: Deputy Military Attache from the Russian Embassy
Saturday Lecture: Glenn Drover: Napoleonic Game Design and Production
Saturday Lecture: Jean Lochet: The Peace Conference of Prague: Negotiations with Napoleon During the 1813 Armistice
Video Presentation: Dr. Ben Weider: Borodino Re-enactment 1997
Video Presentation: Austerlitz and Sharpe
Re-enactor Presentations: Russians and French
Borodino: The Wargame
Side Wargames: Survivor, et al.
Awards Banquet

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