Come join us at Garycon in Lake Geneva Wisconsin. HMGS-Midwest will be running 30 miniature events, along with some of the Legends Of Wargaming. Come and play along with Mike Reese, of Tractics fame and Louis Zocchi, Mike Carr, and Jeff Perren.
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Legends: Arab-Israeli War
Legends of Wargaming event! Sinai desert (central spearhead): Elements of the Israeli 79th Tank Battalion under General Avraham Yoffe's Ugda (task force), charge headlong into Egypt's crack 4th Armored Division and a brutal tank battle, among the largest in modern warfare. The Israelis are outnumbered 2:1, but must crash through the Egyptian forces. Israel's survival hangs in the balance.
Legends: Little Wars For Queen and Country
Legends of Wargaming event! Test your skills in H. G. Wells 1913, exciting, spring-loaded canon and miniatures game that is the roots of miniature wargaming. John Bobek, former editor of IFW Monthly and author of The Games of War, will guide two teams of three players in a Little Wars battle between the vaunted Bengal Lancers as they fight Pashtun tribesmen under the command of the Mad Mullah!
Legends: Iron Bottom Sound
Legends of Wargaming event! This is a WWII 1:2400 naval combat game designed by John Bobek, former editor of IFW Monthly and author of Games of War. John designed this game in 1972 and used it to run miniature battles at Gen Cons in the following years. John will teach the very simple and fast set of rules for a WWII Pacific Theater naval engagement between U.S. and Japanese warships!
Legends: Scruby the Great at Arbela
A classic Legends treatment of the Battle of Arbela between Alexander the Great and Darius III using Jack Scruby 20mm figures and Joseph Morchauser's rules, giants of the 1960s! Join Dr Steve Fratt for this rousing action. No experience necessary!
Legends: Circus Maximus Finals
The top racers from the three qualifiers, along with any previous champions that want to participate, will race to be crowned Gary Con XI's Circus Maximus Champion
Legends: Wreckus Maximus
Did you ever think to yourself that there wasn't enough mayhem in Circus Maximus? That there needed to be even more chances to inflict carnage in new and interesting ways on your fellow drivers. Then prepare to race on a figure 8 track. Seven (7) slots available for online registration and one (1) will be reserved for walk up.
Legends: Moebius Maximus
SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY! Is Wreckus Maximus not over the top enough for you? Does random mayhem and the potential for swift death intrigue you? Then come own down to the Moebius Strip. YOU'll BUY THE WHOLE SEAT BUT IT'S ONLY GOT ONE EDGE! Come race on the twistiest straightaway in the multiverse. Seven (7) slots available for online registration and one (1) will be reserved for walk up.
Legends: Orc's Drift
A blood thirsty host of Uruk Hai, turn their eyes on an overlooked enemy supply depot. Based at this remote site are a small unit of the 24th Regiment-South Wales . Armed with only their rifles, they await the onslaught. The sun is rising; the Orc Shaman, has blessed the shields; the impi's are in position; at the end of today the world will know of the exploit that occurred at Orc's Drift.
"Send the Rangers First"
A column of Orc's and Urik Hi are marching to attack and raid towns in the west. The Captain of Gondor,"Faramire" and his company of Rangers will attempt to slow down the Dark Horde until forces from Gondor and Rohan arrive. Though outnumbered the Rangers are masters of stealth and the perfect ambush. "Send the Rangers First".
The Last of the Sea Kings SA 3621
Soon after Ar-Pharazôn's unlawful ascent to power, Sauron the Fair, begins assailing the Númenórean settlements in Middle-earth. The fallen Maia wishes to destroy Númenor and declare himself King of Men. Ar-Pharazôn becomes very angry, and decides that he would claim the title of King of Men instead, and make Sauron his servant. He lands a great seaborne invasion at the Haven of Umbar.
The Victory Is Ours! …at Quatre Bras!
Dr Steve Fratt has published his new set of Napoleonic miniatures rules, The Victory Is Ours! Come try his new approach to gaming in the era of epic grand tactical musket warfare. Ney will once again try to wrest the vital crossroads from the Duke of Wellington.
