If, instead of turning left and going down the stairs to Lampeter, you turned right and headed up a set of stairs, you'll reach the back of the Theater. This room has tiered terraces leading down to the stage. Once, a while back, it held the flea market. Once, a long while back, it held a wedding reception (imagine the surprise of the bride whose great day was held in the middle of a "wargame" convention).

Mark Campbell running Close Action. The French and British pounded each other for several hours.

Well, this time, the Theater held a number of games, including several monster size games. Up top was a WWII Command Decision action stretching 25 feet or so. Glenn Kidd deserves some kudos for this.

On stage--and somehow that's fitting--was the always entertaining Mark Campbell running his usual popular Close Action Napoleonic Age of Sail game, available from Clash of Arms.

Just below the stage in the orchestra pit so to speak was a 30 foot long game of two tables linked by a removeable 3 foot long bridge. I have no idea what it was, but it obviously concerned an armored thrust and race for the bridge.

And in between stage and top was a number of games in full swing. It was relatively uncrowded, despite the stairs off the well-beaten path to Lampeter, we aren't yet trained to find the place. Lighting could be a bit brighter in the middle tiers.

More Historicon 2002

Welcome and Introduction
Registration and Tournaments
DBA On-line
Flea Market: Bargains
The Theater: Big Wargames
Re-enactors: British and French
Distelfink Ballroom: Main Gaming
Back Out in the Hallway
"Courier" Room
Dealer Area: Tennis Barn
Don Featherstone
Steve Phenow, Strategikon
Restaurants and Restaurant Fires
War: Age of Imperialism (review)

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