HMGS / Pacific Southwest

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On Saturday and Sunday, February 27th and 28th of 2010 the HMGS/PSW Demonstration Team took their show on the road the Westcoaster Toy Soldier Show at the Marriott Hotel in Irvine, California. Harmon War, RJ Galati, Mark Deliduka and Frank Patterson hosted games on both days and handed out hundreds of pages of information about our organization to attendees at the largest gathering of it’s kind on the west coast. We enlisted and collected dues from five new members and had a great time doing it.

We were demonstrating a wide range of historical periods by basing the demo game on Jerry Pournelle’s “Janissaries” science fiction books. The use of soldiers from different time periods allowed us to reinforce the game table with 28mm Essex War of the Roses and Front Rank Napoleonic and Redoubt American Civil War miniatures. The response was enthusiastic and many of the focused 54mm collectors took literature to bring to friends who wargame with miniatures who were not at the show. We met a large number of people who came up from San Diego and we are going to help them to have a more active HMGS/PSW division down south. We also got hours to browse the tables for metal and plastic toy soldiers, diorama accessories and military collectibles of stunning variety. It was a great weekend and we look forward to doing it again next year.

Tonight, the Bengal Club will be attempting a retry of Plastic Ships & Iron Men — wherein we use the old Wooden Ships & Iron Men rules, a hex mat, and WizKid’s Pirates of the Spanish Main (etc) ships.

Some of us have actual scale model ships, a la “Ship of the Line”, but there’s nothing easier and more convenient than just punching out some ships of the wide variety available in the “Pirates” line and whipping up a battle.

For those who don’t have a copy of the old WS&IM rules, Hasbro has made them available at their website here.

Note that this PDF is missing page 7, so you can find that here. The log sheets here, the counters here, and the advanced tables here.

Brookhurst Hobbies.

Will be giving out to the winners of the Catalyst( BatteTech) event the following in Store Gift Certificates. $ 30.00, $20.00 , $15.00

The entry fee is $ 5.00  towards prizes.  Brookhurst is going all out to show the newest Terrain based Miniature version of the game.   Come on out and try it.  Start time is 12 .

I would like to extend an invitation to game on Dec 5th, at Brookhurst Hobbies. I am the official area Catalyst Rep (Battletech). Catalyst is the company that runs and owns Battletech.

Yes, a few things have changed for the better as there is variety now, and a good solid serious game company backing up the game.

It is also the 25th Anniversary of Battletech.  Also, for those of you that always wanted to take Battletech to a more realistic level without getting over complicated, Catalyst has created fully developed Terrain Miniatures rules.

Ray of the “Art of War” terrain company and I will be running a full scale Battletech event at the store. Hours will be from 12 PM to 5 PM. I will provide all that you need : the rule books and Mechs and Terrain and prize awards.

Don’t be nervous to try out the newer version of the game. It has remained true to the source. However, now movement is in inches instead of hexes.

Come on over — we hope to repeat the great times at the Mini_Wars Convention.

I also run the Official events at St. Crispin’s Hobby Day every month. You can spot me easily as I will be wearing the company uniform and hat.   The event at Hobby Day is scheduled at 11 AM to to 4 PM there will be prizes and info handed out as well.

Don’t worry if you haven’t played in a long time. We have had several returnees, and they have all been having fun getting up to speed.

Brookhurst Hobbies is located at 12188 Brookhurst St. Garden Grove Ca, 92840

Mini-univers.de

Just found this interesting site. Some really nice photos, and more.

I especially like the vignettes of Sam Pekingpah ...

A view from New Zealand:

The Bengal Club, a local SFV gaming organization, has a website that contains many valuable painting tips.

Check it out when you get a chance — and don’t forget to stop by the main page, as well, to see more about the general doings at The Bengal Club.