Fellow members we have heard all of these above and many more like them. These cries and cliches are always being used for one thing or another. Usually before someone asks you for something. We are no different -- WE NEED HELP -- Throw out the life line, we're sinking! Yes sinking under the workload. And if we sink ... down with us will go fifteen years of hard work by your Wargame Committee. Yes, fifteen years ago a small group of wargamers with the fine help of the MFCA Board of Governor and Annual Banquet Show Committee held the first Wargame Convention in Philadelphia. The refreshments were four boxes of cookies and a box of Ritz crackers, but we drew thirty people, some all the way from New Jersey and Mew York. Over the years we progressed from a small Hotel Yoom to larger quarters with food available (who can forget trying to find the Masonic Hall in Frankford!). Soon we grew to where our friends, the dealers from the March Show started to support us by attending -- A banquet became part of the days activities and our attendance grew larger and larger with wargamers coming in from far distances. More of our dealer friends came to find out and try to supply the figures, games, rule, etc., etc., that we requested. Through this the MFCA offered support help and guidance. Thru all of these years we wargamers let an apathy come over us, to use another cliche, let George do it -- and we did.We came, we fought our games, met the old friends but did we stop and think who made the arrangements, set up the tables, wrote the letters each year as the sixes came up the ranks of the committee weredecimated -- now we must bring out troops from under the table or from the box -- don't let this be ourLittle Big Horn ... Our Waterloo! Charge to the sound of the guns, rear ranks forward, bring up the reserves but most of all give what is left of the committee your HELP. One or two cannot carry the burden for another year. Let us members of MFCA who are interested wargamers contact Jay Hadley (Chairman, MFCA War Game Convention), 918 Harry Street, Conshohocken, Pennsylvania 19428 and join up to work. We can't offer you $13.00 a month and beans and hay but we can with help keep our convention. See you all at MacMorland Center in June. Back to Table of Contents -- Wargamer's Newsletter # 173 To Wargamer's Newsletter List of Issues To MagWeb Master Magazine List © Copyright 1976 by Donald Featherstone. This article appears in MagWeb (Magazine Web) on the Internet World Wide Web. Other articles from military history and related magazines are available at http://www.magweb.com