Conventions

This is a list of the conventions we expect to attend in 2024.

  • January 06. 2024 Spartacon XXXII – new location:
    Dewitt VFW Hall, 12250 Old US 27, Dewitt, MI.  48820
  • christopher.maes0@gmail.com  / phone  (517) 420-8122
  • $15 admission fee. Hall opens at 8am for general entry. This is a nice convention to start the convention circuit for the year.

    website, https://spartacon.weebly.com/   8am-midnight. $15 covers you for the day.  We will be running a CY6 game in the 2nd session, 2pm-6pm.  Contact information – Chris Maes – christopher.maes0@gmail.com or email spartacon@comcast.net

  • Cincycon, March 1/2/3, 2024, Cincinnati, Ohio –  www.cincycon.org    This is a nice show and worth the effort.
  • Cold Wars 2024 CANCELLED www.coldwars.org   
  • March 16, 2024 Battlefields, Livonia, Michigan https://tabletop.events/conventions/battlefields-2019  Livonia Elks Club, 31117 Plymouth Rd., Livonia, MI.  Running a scenario – Russians vs Finns from actions of 9 Jan’42.
  • DayCon, ???.   Dayton, Ohio. We attended 2019 for the 1st time. Very nice show, good games https://www.daycongaming.com/
  • April 19-21, 2024. Little Wars.   Westin Lombard Yorktown Center, Lombard, Ill. Nice location, good access to chow & hotels although the convention hotel is hard to beat.
  • May 2024 ???  Drums At Ft. Meigs, Perrysburg, Ohio www.hmgsgl.com
  • XXX Michicon, Oakland University, Rochester, Michigan www.metrodetroitgamers.wordpress.com
  • July 17-21, 2024 Historicon, Lancaster, PA. Dealer hall open July 20-23. Returns to downtown Lancaster,  www.historicon.org
  • A couple of the guys who wrote Desperate Measures, Under Southern Skies and Pining for the Fjords will be running Check Your 6! games at Historicon. They are Gary Archer and George Paler.
  • More stuff. I-94 Enterprises will be running 2 CY6! games at the show.Thursday 7pm, so T19:194  Baltimores Over Africa. First public playtest of this scenario. Escorted Baltimores intercepted by Axis forces.Friday 7pm, so F19:193. From Battles Above 4, Finns vs Russians. No Safe Place, scenario tweaked to allow better balance of workload per player.

    Also, we are packing to leave Saturday evening and depart Sunday morning. As such, we’ll not be in the dealer room Sunday. This is due to horrid dock logistics / access and the absolute hassle of getting packed. So, please plan accordingly……

    New decal releases. Expect Ukrainian, Swedish and updates of a couple of older decals, in particular US-101 and GR-101.

    New planes.

    Saab Drakken and Ju-88C.

  • August 2024  Nashcon, Nashville, Tennessee., at Sheraton Music City hotel. Due to the balance of revenue / costs, we’re not likely to attend in 2025. Decision TBD https://www.nashcon.org
  • Pro Or Con.  Oct 5, 2024 – Livonia Elks Hall, Livonia, Michigan. https://www.proorcon.webs.com.
  • Oct 11-12 2024 -Friday / Saturday, Advance the Colors, Springfield, Ohio. www.hmgsgl.comAdvance the Colors, Springfield, Ohio. Oct 11-12. Sure, show up and see what 15-20,000 third world people can do to a US city of 40,000. F’n gummint. Haiti’s been a crap hole for over 200 years and bringing it here doesn’t help us or their ‘nation’. Grumble.

    That said, Clark County Fairgrounds will host Advance the Colors under the HMGS Great Lakes chapter. Good, busy show.

  • Fall-In, Lancaster, PA, Nov 1-2-3. Back to ‘the Host’ on US-30 east of the downtown area. Drive well between bouncing Bambi (it is their breeding time, and the road goats just have to try to screw up a car) and kids on the evening of Oct 31.

    We’ll be running a CY6 game from the Battles Above 2 book on Friday evening at 7pm. An anniversary battle (Nov’40) between Italian and British. Or, Spaghetti O vs Cheeri-O….

    Roll well and looking forward to seeing folks again. Nov  1/2/3, 2024 – Fall-In 2024, Lancaster, PA… www.fall-in.org
    Back to ‘the Host’ on US-30 east of the downtown area. Drive well between bouncing Bambi (it is their breeding time, and the road goats just have to try to screw up a car) and kids on the evening of Oct 31.

    We’ll be running a CY6 game from the Battles Above 2 book on Friday evening at 7 pm. An anniversary battle (Nov’40) between Italian and British. Or, Spaghetti O vs Cheeri-O….

    Roll well and looking forward to seeing folks again