Summer 2009 - HMGS MidWest

THE LOCAL
NEWSLETTER
FOR THE
MINIATURE
WARGAMING
ENTHUSIAST
HMGS-Midwest
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BOD Update - Summer 2009
The BOD has set the dates for
Little Wars 2010, and these
dates will be released as soon as
we have a signed contract with
the Lincolnshire Marriott. The
dates will be in late April.
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THIS ISSUE:
2009 Treas2
urer’s Report
New Fall
Con!
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Website
Update
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Troops for
Troops
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Website
Update
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Gaming Opportunities
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We are looking for volunteers to
help run Luther Con in October.
We are looking for this to be a
local area convention, the goal is
to get more exposure to High
School age students and bring
them into the hobby. This should
also help to slowly increase attendance at Little Wars.
Another initiative is Troops for
Troops, but since this was something started by Kevin, I will let
him talk about this more later.
The new National Infantry Museum and Soldier Center at Patriot Park, Columbus Georgia, will honor the legacy of the
United States Infantry. The museum’s galleries will trace infantry
history from colonial times to
the present and will feature interactive and immersive exhibits
to enhance the visitors experience. The focus of the educational effort will be to teach history, as the history of the U.S.
Army Infantry parallels the history of our country. In addition
to the 190,000 square foot museum, there will be a five acre
parade field for infantry and basic
training graduations and change
of command ceremonies. A Walk
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by Jeff Cohen
the few remaining landing craft
from WWII. They also have
many events during the year.
Not quite as close by worth the
drive would be to Springfield
Illinois, the home of the Illinois
National Guard Museum. It is
suppose to be very nice.
http://
www.nationalinfantrymuseum.co
m/
Jeff fielding a question during
one of his games.
of Honor flanked by gardens and
memorials will lead visitors to
the museum. A recreated WWII
era Company Street, featuring
the headquarters and sleeping
quarters used by General George
S. Patton in 1941 will take visitors back to the scenes of our
country's largest wartime
buildup. The facility will
also include a 3-D IMAX theater,
restaurant and museum store.
If you are looking for some
places closer to home there is
always Cantigny, home of the 1st
Infantry Division museum, located in Wheaton Illinois. They
just had a dedication of one of
http://www.cantigny.org/
museums/firstdivision.aspx
http://www.il.ngb.army.mil/
Museum/default.htm
NEWSFLASH!!!!!
Little Wars 2010
While we do not have a signed
contract we are planning on
holding Little Wars 2010 on
April 23rd through April 25th,
2010! We have these dates on
hold with the Lincolnshire Marriott, back in the Racquet Club.
Save the date, and stay tuned for
more details.
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Treasurer’s Report by Kevin Seward
($515.00) Operating Expenses: count from January 2009. The
2008 Federal Tax Preparation
Fees, State Registration Form
Preparation and Fees.
$48,182.64 Balance as of
6/30/09.
results will be posted in the
Fall newsletter.
The statement listed here was
provided to the tax preparation service for the Society's
State and Federal tax and regis- 2008 tax return.
tration documents have been
filed.
Anticipated expenses include
postage for membership cards
and costs for supporting Luther Con.
Profit & Loss -Year Ended December 31, 2008
Revenue
$27,404.00 Little Wars
$3,000.00 Membership
$675.49 Interest
$31,079.49 Total Revenue
Expenses
-$25,843.21 Little Wars
-$331.39 Newsletter
-$737.50 Website
-$2,235.45 Admin & Other
-$29,147.55 Total Expenses
$1,931.94 Total Profit
I am currently doing a line-byline scrub of the Society's ac-
Reconciliation of Cash Balance
$43,785.44 01/01/2008 Cash Balance
$45,717.38 Balance as of 12/31/2008
New Fall Con By Steve Rysemus
!
HMGS Midwest in cooperation
with Black Sun Games is
proud to bring this new convention to the Chicago gaming
community.
gaming (historical in particular)
will bring the younger masses
into our hobby and show then
there is something more than
video games.
The idea behind this con is to
bring the LOCAL gaming community together combining
board games, CCGS, and all
facets of table top gaming.
Bringing in the youth and giving
them exposure to all facets of
Starting out small we hope this
will grow into a well established convention for the
years to come.
with a student ID.
Event submission is now open as
well—see the HMGS Website
for details.
Oct 3-4, 2009—Luther North
High School, Chicago, IL.
Admission for
students is free
Website Update by Steve Rysemus
By now you should have all
seen the new gallery on the
website with the pictures that
were taken at Little Wars
2009.
In addition new pages have
been established for our new
HMGS-MIDWEST
fall convention Luther Con.
I would also point out that if
anyone would like to contribute an article for this newsletter to pleas contact me. Anything that is relevant to our
hobby, terrain articles, re-
views, battle reports, or historical articles are more than
welcome. Also we have
launched the new members
forum which includes a place
for you to sell your unwanted
gaming supplies.
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Troops for Troops by Kevin Seward
In response to an on-line request
from an American soldier, several
HMGS-Midwest members, local
game stores, Flames of War -USA,
and others have shipped over
$800.00 worth of wargaming supplies to troops in Afghanistan. About $200.00 worth of additional supplies are pending shipment. Supplies shipped have included completed / painted miniatures, various Battlefront miniatures kits, paints, rule books, gaming supplies and terrain.
This effort is the second such collection drive. HMGS-Midwest
members also provided war-gaming
supplies for American troops in Iraq
on a smaller scale.
Black Sun Games (5426 N. Kedzie,
Chicago IL) and Games Plus
( Mount Prospect IL) have both
offered to serve as collection points
for donated gaming materials.
Jeff Cohen, President of HMGSMidwest, contacted Battlefront
USA and requested their support in
this effort. They agreed to provide
and ship an additional $500.00
worth of terrain sets and other
gaming supplies above what has
already been donated.
member or contact me directly. Our e-mail addresses are on
the HMGS-Midwest web page.
Here is a partial list of things
they're looking for:
Contact / ship your donations directly. The information you'll need,
along with a "shopping list", is
posted on the HMGS-Midwest
yahoo web group. The address /
Point of Contact is listed at the
bottom of message # 619.
15mm WW II miniatures
Bunkers/Fortifications/terrain
Bases-all sizes
Material for basing
Paints+brushes
BFG
40k
Other
Any games that are historical or
science fiction based, that include
the pieces
and rules, will be played when the
other troops are taken, especially
pick up
games and games that can be played
over a long period of time, like
months (ie, They already have a
copy of Car Wars, Risk, Axis and
Allies, The Civil War).
A more complete list is on the
HMGS-Midwest yahoo group.
Lastly, Ambush Alley Games recently posted a message on The
Miniatures Page (TMP):
"If you are interested in donating
cash for the purchase of scenery
and other gaming supplies for use
by NATO gamers in Khandahar,
please make a PayPal donation to:
[email protected]."
The full message text is at: http://
theminiaturespage.com/
news/156816/
Thanks for you consideration.
If you are interested in donating
gaming supplies there are several
ways you can help:
Drop off donations at Black Sun
Games or Games Plus. I can arrange for pick-up and shipment
from there.
Contact an HMGS-Midwest Board
Website Update cont’d
Joining the forum is easy, just go to
the Join page and then the Membership page. Right there in the middle
of the page is the link to the forum.
The forum is for HMGS Members
only and for vendors. Each registrant for the forum will require
authorization by the site admin,
which will involve an email to verify
your membership or if you are a
vendor where you are from. Non–
member of course can browse the
forum but will not be allowed to
post. Feel free to add pictures,
battle reports and all questions on
the forum. We will have representation from the BoD members as
well. You will also find info on both
conventions and any other info.
We welcome any other ideas that
you may have for improvements to
the website. We have included
links to the other HMGS chapters
and will be attempting to keep a list
of upcoming conventions and game
days as we find out about them. If
you have info on any events that
may be of interest to our members
please notify the newsletter editor/
webmaster so that I can get the
info up on the site.
“The secret of
all victory lies
in the
organization of
the nonobvious.”
--Marcus
Aurelious--.
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HMGS-Midwest Board of Directors
President
The local newsletter for the miniature
wargaming enthusiast
http://www.hmgsmidwest.com/
Jeff Cohen
Executive
Rodger Kruse
Vice President
Vice President Loren Haberkamp
Membership
Questions? Submissions?
Steve Rysemus, Newsletter Editor
Secretary
Harlow Stevens
Treasurer
Kevin Seward
[email protected]
Gaming Opportunities
Fall In!
Sept 25-27, 2009
HMGS-East, July 16-19, 2009, Eisenhower Inn Gettysburg, PA
Lee’s Summit, MO
http://www.fall-in.org/
Historical Miniatures Game Society Night
HURRICON, 27 Sep 2009 S Holiday Inn Cocoa
Beach, Cocoa Beach, FL,
http://hmgs-south.com/
hurricon09.htm
GL ADVANCE THE COLORS
24 - 27 Sep 2009
http://www.hmgsgl.com/
Advance the Colors 2009
HMGS-Great Lakes, Sept 24-27,
2009, Heritage Center of Clark
County, Springfield, OH
http://www.hmgsgl.com/index.php?
id=ATC
Fall Recruits!
http://recruits.mtswebsites.com/
Games Plus, 2nd Friday every month,
Games Plus, 101 W Prospect Ave, Mt
Prospect, IL
http://games-plus.com/