"HMGS War College at Cold Wars" Topic

For those who might be interested, here is a brief list of the lectures currently scheduled for the HMGS War College at Cold Wars 2025:

FRIDAY

10am Witness Accounts of Herbst Woods, July 1 1862
Speaker: John Michael Priest

11am Taffey 3 in the Battle Off Samar-What Happened and Why
Speaker: Dr. Sean Barnett

Noon The American Civil War in Indian Territory, 1861-1865
Speaker: Professor Jeff Schultz

2pm HMGS Wants You!-Volunteering at HMGS
Speaker: Frank Luberti, Jr.

3pm Pearl Harbor 1941-Day of Victory?
Speaker: Marty Fenelon

5pm The Bulge: Hard Lessons Learned-WW2 80th Anniversary
Speaker: Pete Panzeri

SATURDAY

10am Daniel and Iverson Attack on Two Fronts, July 1, 1863
Speaker: John Michael Priest

11am U.S. Navy and the Washington Naval Treaty of 1922
Speaker: Michael W. Harris

Noon Great War Logistics: East Africa Bundu Style, 1914-1918
Speaker: Professor Jeff Schultz

1pm December 8, 1941-MacArthur's Pearl Harbor
Speaker: Marty Fenelon

2pm HMGS Wants You!--Volunteering at HMGS
Speaker: Frank Luberti, Jr.

3pm Camels in the Kalahari: Duel in the Desert
Speaker: Dr. Roy Jones

4pm Oak and Ironclads
Speaker: Connor Marsland

5pm Iwo Jima: Costly Lessons Learned-WW2 80th Anniversary
Speaker: Pete Panzeri

Next up: the games that go with the War College lectures.

Hope to see you there.

Looks like a great line-up. Wish I could be there.

Thanks for the kind words, Shagnasty.

FYI, in addition to the in person HMGS War College lectures at HMGS conventions, you (and others) can get your "War College at Home" by tuning into the following sites:

The New York Military Affairs Symposium ("NYMAS") at nymas.org

The World War II Discussion Forum at wwiidf.org
and

The Georgetown University Wargaming Society ("GUWS") at guwargaming.org

GUWS has its own YouTube channel with scores of wargaming related videos.

Finally, some past HMGS War College lectures are available at the HMGS website under "Programs" and "HMGS Videos".

Enjoy the lectures.

As mentioned above, the following are some of the games associated with the HMGS War College at Cold Wars 2025:

THURSDAY

6pm Tora! Tora! Oops!-Pearl Harbor 1941
GM: Marty Fenelon

7pm Chaos, Confusion, and Casualties
GM: John Michael Priest

7pm Red Thrust: First Clash 1985: An HMGS War College Game
GM: Frank Luberti, Jr.

FRIDAY

9am Dawn Patrol 1918
GM: Marty Fenelon

10am Iwo Jima Hell: WW2 80th Anniversary
GM: Pete Panzeri

2pm Chaos, Confusion, and Casualties
GM: John Michael Priest

6pm Not So Fast, Tojo!-Pearl Harbor 1941
GM: Marty Fenelon

7pm Seize or Die: Storm at Aob! (German South West Africa, 1905)
GM: Dr. Roy Jones

8pm Iwo Jima Apex: Suribachi: WW2 80th Anniversary
GM: Pete Panzeri

8pm Chaos, Confusion, and Casualties
GM: John Michael Priest

SATURDAY

9am 1917 The Tide Turns
GM: Marty Fenelon

10am Halsey Moves South-Leyte Gulf, 25 October 1944
GM: Dr. Sean Barnett

10am Iwo Jima Climax: WW2 80th Anniversary
GM: Pete Panzeri

2pm Chaos, Confusion, and Casualties
GM: John Michael Priest

6pm Hey Rube! Clark Field December 8, 1941
GM: Marty Fenelon

7pm Camels in the Kalahari (German South West Africa, 1908)
GM: Dr. Roy Jones

7pm Cold War Naval Clash 1965
GM: Pete Panzeri

8pm Chaos, Confusion, and Casualties
GM: John Michael Priest

Enjoy the games. Hope to see you there.

FYI, Civil War historian and author Scott Mingus has been added to the HMGS War College schedule at Cold Wars 2025.

Scott will be speaking on Wargaming and the ACW on FRIDAY at 1pm.

Hope to see you there.

I am really looking forward to this convention. I will be signing the last hardbound, 1st editions of "Strong Men of the Regiment Sobbed Like Children," John Reynolds' I Corps at Gettysburg, July 1, 1863.

They all sound great. It's too bad I want be able to attend any as I will be gaming. I hope someone films these and puts them on YouTube.

FYI, that's the HMGS War College lineup from Cold Wars 2025.

The schedule of lectures at Historicon 2025 is available at the Historicon 2025 TTE page.

An updated list will be posted here soon.

Hope to see you there.

When will we have a link to watch on streaming?

Like everything else at HMGS, when somebody qualified steps up and volunteers to do the work, you might get lectures on line or posted to the HMGS web site for future viewing. (There are some there now from past conventions).

The HMGS War College only got busy when speakers volunteered to put in their time and effort to make it such a popular part of the convention program.

HMGS thanks them for their efforts.

Hope to see everyone at Historicon.

Another Cold Wars, another interesting lineup at the HMGS War College.

Hope to see you there. Enjoy the lectures and the related games.

FRIDAY

10am And The Grass Grows Green: Old West Massacres In Retrospect
Speaker: Professor Jeff Schultz

11am John Ford, John Wayne, And Native Americans
Speaker: Robert Mosher

2pm Aerial Battle For The Atlantic In WWII
Speaker: Martin Fenelon, USN (ret.)

Related Games hosted by Martin Fenelon on Thursday and Friday:

Thurs. 6pm Target: Ryujo! Battle Of The Eastern Solomons 1942

Fri. 9am Saratoga Freeman's Farm 19 September 1777

Fri. 6pm Saratoga Freeman's Farm 19 September 1777

3pm Hybrid Warfare
Speaker: Professor Jeff Schultz

5pm Top Ten Little Big Horn Fallacies
Speakers: Dr. Nate Barrick, Pete Panzeri, MAJ, USA (ret.)

Related Games hosted by Pete Panzeri on Thursday and Friday:

Thurs. 4pm "Fort Apache": The Movie and The Game

Thurs. 6pm "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon": The Movie and The Game

Thurs. 8pm "Rio Grande": The Movie and The Game

Fri. 10am "Fort Apache" Wargame

Fri. 2pm "She Wore A Yellow Ribbon" Wargame

Fri. 4pm "Stagecoach": The Movie and The Game

Fri. 8pm "Stagecoach: The Classic Wild West Quest Game"

Fri. 8pm "The Searchers: The Wild West Quest Game"

6pm "HMGS Wants You!"-Volunteering at HMGS
Speaker: Frank Luberti, Jr.

Related Game hosted by Frank Luberti on Thursday:

Thurs. 8pm Red Thrust: Russia 2040: The Next Russian Civil War-An HMGS War College Game

Related Games:

Fri. 6pm Russian Infiltration At Rodynske, Ukraine
GM: Thomas Garnett, COL USA (ret.)

Sat. 10am Ukrainian Counterattack at Rodynske, Donetsk
GM: Thomas Garnett, COL USA (ret.)

Sat. 2pm Naval Academy Wargaming Society-OWS
GM: Midshipman Nicolas Krause, USNA

That covers HMGS War College events for Thursday and Friday.

For more details, please go to the Cold Wars 2026 web page at Table Top Events.

More to follow on Saturday. Stay tuned.

As promised, please see below for the Saturday lineup at the HMGS War College at Cold Wars 2026.

Enjoy the lectures and the related games.

SATURDAY

8am HMGS Outreach
Speaker: Cliff Brunken

Related Game hosted by Cliff Brunken:
Sat. 9am Frostgrave: Tales Of The Frozen City Tournament

10am Prelude To A Gathering Storm
Speaker: Michael W. Harris, USN (ret.)

11am Artificial Intelligence And Modern Warfare
Speaker: Dr. Sean Barnett

Related Game hosted by Sean Barnett:
Fri. 2pm Westward Ho, The Wagons!

2pm Battle For The Night Skies
Speaker: Martin Fenelon, USN (ret.)

Related Games hosted by Martin Fenelon on Saturday:
Sat. 9am Saratoga: Bemis Heights, 7 October 1777

Sat. 6pm Saratoga: Bemis Heights, 7 October 1777

3pm With Stealth And Drawn Sword: Herero Special Troops
Speaker: Dr. Roy Jones

Related Games hosted by Roy Jones:
Fri. 7pm The Trenches Of Onganjira (German South West Africa, 1904)

Sat. 7pm Ordeal At Otjiwarongo! (German South West Africa, 1904)

4pm Conotocarious: Sullivan's Expedition And Upstate New York 1779
Speaker: Connor Marsland

Plus, Saturday games hosted by HMGS War College Friday speaker Pete Panzeri:

10am Rio Grande! Wargame

2pm Ultimate Little Big Horn 1876 Wargame

4pm "The Searchers": The Movie and The Game

8pm Little Big Twilight Zone "The 7th Is Made Up Of Phantoms" Game

Enjoy the lectures and the games.

Hope to see you there.