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Founded in 1984, the main event is hosting the Little Wars Convention. This is a 4 day gaming convention held at the end of April. Attendance varies from 500-700 people. Also running a series of smaller events throughout the year. There is a Monthly HMGS Night, running miniature games at Games Plus, in Mt. Prospect IL.
The Joaquin Valley War Gaming Association (SJVWGA), founded in 1972 by Jack Scruby, Ray Jackson and other miniature wargamers, is a subdivision of the War Gaming Society. The Society of Ancients , founded in the 1960s, promoting ancient wargaming and historical research through Slingshot , the society journal.
Historicon is the largest gaming convention in North America devoted to solely historical miniature wargaming. [1] It is sponsored by the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, a nonprofit organization. [2] The Wall Street Journal has described Historicon as the "mother of all wargaming conventions." [3]
The Historical Miniatures Gaming Society promotes historical miniatures wargaming and organizes wargaming events such as Historicon; SaltCON LLC organizes SaltCON and the Ion Award competition for unpublished tabletop games; Numerous independent, local groups run by gamers exist to play tabletop games.
The miniatures used represent troops or vehicles (such as tanks, chariots, aircraft, ships, etc.). The games may reflect historical situations and armies, or may be futuristic or fantasy-based. This list compiles published miniature wargames categorized by their subject matter, genre, or time period covered in their rules.
De Bellis Antiquitatis or DBA (English: Of the Wars of Antiquity) is a fast play set of rules for the hobby of historical miniature wargaming, particularly ancient and medieval wargaming in the period 3000 BC to 1520 AD. Now in 3rd edition.
Both historical and fantasy rulesets are available. Model ships have long been used for wargaming, but it was the introduction of elaborate rules in the early 20th century that made the hobby more popular. Small miniature ships, often in 1:1200 scale and 1:1250 scale, were manoeuvred on large playing surfaces to recreate historical battles ...
In person at Historical Miniatures Gaming Society conventions such as Historicon, Cold Wars and Fall In!, Hill was noted for his elaborate 10mm miniature wargaming layouts for Civil War battles. When GDW went out of business in 1996, Hill founded the Johnny Reb Gaming Company, and published a new and much-revised set of miniatures rules titled ...