"HMGS War College at Fall In" Topic

For those who might be interested, here is a brief listing of the lectures and speakers at the HMGS War College at Fall In 2022 this weekend:

FRIDAY

9am "Jersey Blues: A Military History of New Jersey to 1900" by Cole Snedeker

10am "Borodino 2022 After Action Report" by David Bonk

11am "From the Easter Offensive to the Fall of Saigon: Hanoi's Armor in Action, 1972--1975" by Jeff Schultz

2pm "Irish War of Independence: Vehicles and Ambushes" by Martin Fenelon

3pm "Ancient Vehicles of War: Horses, Camels and Elephants" by Connor Marsland

4pm "The Falklands War and The Principles of War" by Martin Fenelon

5pm "Ottoman Twilight and the Future of Age of Eagles" by Wilbur Gray

6pm "Surviving History's Largest Tank Battle" by Pete Panzeri

SATURDAY

11am "Republican Chinese Victories in WW2: Scenarios for Wargaming" by Ching Chin

Noon "HMGS Wants You!--Volunteering at HMGS" by Frank Luberti

1pm "Writing Military History Books: A Conversation with Steve Zaloga of Osprey Publishing" by Steve Zaloga

2pm "The Wrong Stone Wall: A Reevaluation of Pender's Assault and Buford's Defense of Seminary Ridge" by Mike Priest

3pm "Trainwreck at Osona: Railroad Destruction in Herero Strategy and Tactics" by Roy Jones

4pm "20 September 1944: Visualizing A Second World War Campaign Through Operation Market-Garden's Decisive Day" by Wyatt Brown

5pm "Wargaming and the World War 2 Paper Collection at the MCOE Donovan Research Library, Fort Benning" by Steven Waddell

6pm "Debate: The Greatest Tank Battle Ever" by Pete Panzeri

7pm "The History of NYWA: 50 Years of Wargaming, New York Style" by Frank Luberti

Further details can be found at the Fall In 2022 web site (by clicking on the link for "Games & Events") and in the Fall in 2022 program at the convention.

Hope to see you there.

Some really interesting topics there! I wish someone would record them and put them on podcasts or youtube for those who could not go to the convention.

Thank you for the kind words regarding the HMGS War College.

FYI, past War College lectures are available at the HMGS web site. Please click on the links for "Programs" and "HMGS Videos."

Enjoy the lectures.

I have yet to ever see one of these, the Borodino one on Friday ( was only there Saturday) would have been a good one for me. Only saw a couple pictures and the GM of game I played was there and said the Russians won.

Another convention, another updated topic.

For those who might be interested, here is a brief listing of the topics and speakers at the HMGS War College at Fall In 2023.

As you can see, in some cases there are games associated with the lectures.

FRIDAY

10am "Rise Of The Machines" by Dr. Sean Barnett, RAND & HMGS

Connected game:

SAT 7pm "Red Thrust: The Focsani Gate 2030: The Rise Of The Machines: An HMGS War College Game: An Andrew Swire Memorial Game
Gamemaster ("GM"): Frank Luberti

11am "China In The Second World War And Its Impact On Post-War History" by Ching Chin, HMGS & New York Military Affairs Symposium ("NYMAS")

2pm "M-10s vs. Panthers In Normandy And On The Wargaming Table" by Professor Steve Waddell, HMGS & U.S. Military Academy at West Point

Connected games:

FRI 6pm "Probe At Le Cambe"
GM: Professor John Stapleton, HMGS & U.S. Military Academy at West Point

SAT 9am "Probe at Le Cambe"
GM: Professor John Stapleton, HMGS & U.S. Military Academy at West Point

3pm "Culloden 1746-The Last Clan Battle" by Martin Fenelon, HMGS & USNR (ret.).

Connected games:

SAT 9am "Culloden 1746"
GM: Martin Fenelon, HMGS & USNR (ret.).

SAT 6pm "Culloden 1746"
GM: Martin Fenelon, HMGS & USNR (ret.).

4pm "The Battle Of Shanghai 1932" by Ching Chin, HMGS & NYMAS

5pm "The Custer Controversy: Little Big Horn 1876" by Pete Panzeri, HMGS & USA (ret.).

Connected games:

FRI 10am "Crazy Horse At The Rose Bud: June 1876"
GM: Pete Panzeri, HMGS & USA (ret.).

SAT 1pm "Custer At The Little Big Horn: June 1876"
GM: Pete Panzeri, HMGS & USA (ret.).

SATURDAY

10am "Disaster In The Desert: Operation Eagle Claw (1980)" by Jeff Schultz, HMGS

11am "How Many Degrees From Mister Roberts To Kevin Bacon?" by Robert Mosher, HMGS

Noon "Hilltop Hubris: Operation Rolling Thunder And The Fall Of Lima Site 85 (1968)" by Jeff Schultz, HMGS

1pm "Quo Vadimus?--The Future Of HMGS And HMGS Wants You!--Volunteering At HMGS" by Frank Luberti, Member, HMGS Board Of Directors
Special Guest: Jon Lundberg, President, HMGS

2pm "Weapons Of The Herero War" by Dr. Roy Jones, HMGS

Connected games:

FRI 7pm "Seize Or Die: Storm At Aob!"
GM: Dr. Roy Jones, HMGS

SAT 7pm "The Marines At Okaharui"
GM: Dr. Roy Jones, HMGS

3pm "Opportunities Missed: Clark Field, December 8, 1941" by Martin Fenelon, HMGS & USNR (ret.).

4pm "Stories With Hashmarks: A Son Looks Back On His Father's WWII Service In China" by Robert Mulligan, HMGS

5pm "The Bin Laden Controversy" by Pete Panzeri, HMGS & USA (ret.).

Connected games:

FRI 8pm "Black Hawk Down"
GM: Pete Panzeri, HMGS & USA (ret.).

SAT 8pm "Raid On Bin Laden: Sudan 1996"
GM: Pete Panzeri, HMGS & USA (ret.).

Enjoy the lectures and the games.

Hope to see you there.

Great job Frank love the connected game concepts. I think you should consider a you tube channel to view the lectures on. Just my two cents. See you at the con.

In addition to the above in person lectures at the Hopewell Room at Fall In 2023, the following lectures will be available via Zoom to convention gamers and those at home as part of the "HMGS War College at Home" program:

FRI 7pm "The New Cold Wars: Their Origins And Their Likely Trajectories" by Professor John Mearsheimer, University of Chicago at nymas.org

SAT 1pm "Battle Of The Cities: Urban Warfare On The Eastern Front" by Anthony Tucker-Jones at wwiidf.org.

Enjoy the lectures.

Thanks for the connected games concept. I'll link them.

Walt

War College attendees that use Guidebook. There is a menu item called SPEAKERS. Click on the speaker, and you will see each event linked to that speaker, game or seminar.

Walt

I have also added the two virtual seminars to the Seminar list.

Walt

Thanks for all the great work, Walt.

Looking forward to Fall In 2023.

For those who might be interested, here is a brief listing of the lectures and speakers (and associated games) at the HMGS War College at Fall In 2024:

THURSDAY

5pm "Chat with Board Members"
Host: Kevin Carroll

FRIDAY

9am "The Hungarian Civil War, 1527-28"
Speaker: Cole Snedeker

Game: "Cruiser battle in the South China Sea"
Sat. 2pm
GM: Cole Snedeker

10am "Bad Guys-Playing U.S. Adversaries in Military Wargames"
Speaker: Sean Barnett

Game: "Army Gold"
Sat. 10am
GM: Sean Barnett

11am "A Brief History of the USMC in China, 1900-1949"
Speaker: Jeff Schultz

1pm "HMGS Wants You!-Volunteering at HMGS"
Speaker: Frank Luberti

Game: "Red Thrust: Littoral Commander-The Baltic: 1985-2025"
Thurs. 8pm
GM: Frank Luberti

2pm "What Now? IJN Carriers on the Defensive at Midway"
Speaker: Martin Fenelon

Games: "Major Henderson vs. IJN"
Thurs. 6pm

"Devil Dogs on the Prowl"
Fri. 9am

"Vindicators Dive In"
Fri. 6pm

"Those Marines Fight Like Devil Dogs"
Sat. 9am

"Buffalo Herd Over Midway"
Sat. 6pm

GM: Martin Fenelon

SATURDAY

10am "Brewster Buffalo Goes to War!"
Speaker: Jeff Schultz

11am "Development of Optical Rangefinders"
Speaker: Christopher Carlson

Game: "Second Battle of Guadalcanal"
Fri. 2pm
GM: Christopher Carlson

1pm "Band of Brothers Seminar with George Luz, Jr."
Speaker: George Luz, Jr.

Game: "Band of Brothers with George Luz, Jr."
Sat. 7pm
GMs: Mark Fastoso & George Luz, Jr.

2pm "Marines Over Midway-June 4, 1942"
Speaker: Martin Fenelon
Games: See above

3pm "Point-Blank Range: An Introduction to the Nama Wars"
Speaker: Roy Jones

Games: "The Dunes of Zwartfontein"
Fri. 7pm

"The Guns of Gochas"
Sat. 7pm

4pm "HMGS Wants You!-Volunteering at HMGS"
Speaker: Frank Luberti
Game: See above

Enjoy the lectures and the games.

Hope to see you there.

Thanks,
I always enjoy watching these War College lectures on streaming, they are high quality and forth viewing as an important part of HMGS.

Why are we resurrecting a three year old thread on War College events? Best to start a new topic IMHO.

TRU

One stop shopping, TRU.

Each HMGS convention has a War College thread.

All the past lectures are available for review in each thread. Many of the same speakers show up from year to year. You can look at their past topics. Some of their past lectures are available for review on the HMGS web site.

Plus, it's easier to manage this way rather than to start a new topic each year for three different conventions.

Hope that helps.

Looking forward to seeing your Isandlwana game in action at Fall In 2024. Not to influence the Awards Committee (they never listen to me anyway), but I suspect there's a PELA with your name on it (again) in your future.

In addition to the above in person lectures at Fall In 2024, the HMGS War College invites Fall In attendees (and others) to watch the following related on line lectures, sponsored by the New York Military Affairs Symposium ("NYMAS") and the World War II Discussion Forum ("WWIIDF") on their personal devices:

nymas.org

Friday, Oct. 25, 7pm

"Battle of the Borderlands, 1919-1920: Russia, Poland and Ukraine" by author Steve Zaloga.

Monday, Nov. 4, 7pm

"History and Theory in Strategic Studies, War Studies and Professional Military Education" by Professor Cliff Rogers, Chair of the U.S. Military Academy History Department in Ancient and Medieval Warfare.

wwiidf.org

Saturday, Nov. 2, 1pm

"On to Victory: The Canadian Liberation of the Netherlands, March 23-May 5, 1945" by author Mark Zuehlke.

Enjoy the lectures.