Wow! Designed by Mike Mornard & fought on a sand table, like attendees of early Gen Cons. Exciting miniatures game heavily incorporated into D&D!
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This Chainmail historical scenario will be conducted on the Legends of Wargaming Sand Table ensconced at the center of the Gen Con 50 Horticultural Hall exhibit on the 50-yard-line of Lucas Oil Stadium! The Battle on the Ice recreates the historic battle fought by Prince Alexander Nevsky of Russia against the crusading Teutonic Knights! The referee will be none other than Michael Mornard an early participant in Gary Gygax's wargaming club, the LGTSA, and the playtesting of Dungeons & Dragons. One of the few people to be a player in Dave Arneson's Blackmoor, Gary Gygax's and Rob Kuntz's Greyhawk, and M.A.R. Barker's Empire of the Petal Throne. Indeed, Michael played Chainmail on Gary Gygax’s own sand table! Test your tactical skills in this exciting historical Chainmail miniatures game with someone who was there at the beginning!
Wow! Play a Man-to-Man battle, designed by Gary Gygax & fought on a sand table, like attendees of early Gen Cons. Exciting miniatures game heavily incorporated into D&D!
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The Viking Assault of a Norman Seawatch Fort was designed by Gary Gygax, co-author of the original D&D game, first played by members of his Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association and the Castle & Crusade Society gaming clubs and part of their ongoing campaign in 1970. The referee will be none other than Michael Mornard an early participant in Gary Gygax's wargames club, the LGTSA, and the playtesting of Dungeons & Dragons. One of the few people to be a player in Dave Arneson's Blackmoor, Gary Gygax's and Rob Kuntz's Greyhawk, and M.A.R. Barker's Empire of the Petal Throne. Indeed Michael played Chainmail on Gary Gygax’s own sand table! Test your tactical skills in this exciting miniatures game that is the roots of the original D&D game.
Wow! Play a Man-to-Man battle, designed by Gary Gygax & fought on a sand table, like attendees of early Gen Cons. Exciting miniatures game heavily incorporated into D&D!
Description:
The Viking Assault of a Norman Seawatch Fort was designed by Gary Gygax, co-author of the original D&D game, first played by members of his Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association and the Castle & Crusade Society gaming clubs and part of their ongoing campaign in 1970. The referee will be none other than Michael Mornard an early participant in Gary Gygax's wargames club, the LGTSA, and the playtesting of Dungeons & Dragons. One of the few people to be a player in Dave Arneson's Blackmoor, Gary Gygax's and Rob Kuntz's Greyhawk, and M.A.R. Barker's Empire of the Petal Throne. Indeed Michael played Chainmail on Gary Gygax’s own sand table! Test your tactical skills in this exciting miniatures game that is the roots of the original D&D game.
Wow! Play 1 of Gary Gygax's favorite games: Tractics by Mike Reese, Leon Tucker, & Gary. A WWII miniature tank game fought on a sand table & run by designer Mike Reese!
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This is your chance to learn to play one of Gary Gygax’s favorite games, Tractics by Mike Reese and Leon Tucker, a game Gary helped design, playtest, edit, type, and publish. This WWII armor battle will be conducted on the Legends of Wargaming Sand Table ensconced at the center of the Gen Con 50 Horticultural Hall exhibit on the 50-yard-line of Lucas Oil Stadium! The event will be run by none other than Mike Reese, co-author of Tractics and member of Gary’s original wargame club, the LGTSA. The scenario will be based on the original battle designed by Mike Reese for Tractics' debut at Gen Con in 1971. The event will use vintage Roco tanks and accessories just like the ones used on Gary’s own sand table!
Wow! By Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson, & Mike Carr, this Age of Sail, ship combat game. Taught & refereed by Mike Carr as he recreates games run at early Gen Cons.
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This is your chance to learn to play Don’t Give Up The Ship!, one of the classic miniature wargames of the early 1970s. Co-authored by Gary Gygax, Dave Arneson, and Mike Carr, this Age of Sail, ship to ship combat game recaptures the excitement of the time period and such works of fiction as the Master and Commander and Horatio Hornblower novels. The event will be taught and refereed by co-author Mike Carr as he recreates the experience of many such games run at early Gen Cons.
Wow! Play using original antique spring loaded toy guns to knock down toy soldiers! This fast & fun game is over 100 years old & is the 1st published war game!
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Originally run by Jeff Perren, Gary Gygax's co-author of Chainmail, at Gen Con IV in 1971! Test your skills in this exciting, live-fire, miniatures game that is the roots of miniature wargaming. Two teams of three players will fight it out in a Little Wars battle between the vaunted Bengal Lancers as they fight Pashtun tribesmen under the command of the Mad Mullah! The game will use antique 4.7 inch, spring loaded, toy Naval guns by W. Britains that fire dowels to knock down toy soldiers. The full title of H.G. Wells' book: "Little Wars: a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books." This book is the first set of commercially published military miniatures rules and is the ancestor of modern miniature wargaming.
Wow! Play using original antique spring loaded toy guns to knock down toy soldiers! This fast & fun game is over 100 years old & is the 1st published war game!
Description:
Originally run by Jeff Perren, Gary Gygax's co-author of Chainmail, at Gen Con IV in 1971! Test your skills in this exciting, live-fire, miniatures game that is the roots of miniature wargaming. Two teams of three players will fight it out in a Little Wars battle between the vaunted Bengal Lancers as they fight Pashtun tribesmen under the command of the Mad Mullah! The game will use antique 4.7 inch, spring loaded, toy Naval guns by W. Britains that fire dowels to knock down toy soldiers. The full title of H.G. Wells' book: "Little Wars: a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books." This book is the first set of commercially published military miniatures rules and is the ancestor of modern miniature wargaming.
Wow! Play using original antique spring loaded toy guns to knock down toy soldiers! This fast & fun game is over 100 years old & is the 1st published war game!
Description:
Originally run by Jeff Perren, Gary Gygax's co-author of Chainmail, at Gen Con IV in 1971! Test your skills in this exciting, live-fire, miniatures game that is the roots of miniature wargaming. Two teams of three players will fight it out in a Little Wars battle between the vaunted Bengal Lancers as they fight Pashtun tribesmen under the command of the Mad Mullah! The game will use antique 4.7 inch, spring loaded, toy Naval guns by W. Britains that fire dowels to knock down toy soldiers. The full title of H.G. Wells' book: "Little Wars: a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books." This book is the first set of commercially published military miniatures rules and is the ancestor of modern miniature wargaming.
Wow! Play using original antique spring loaded toy guns to knock down toy soldiers! This fast & fun game is over 100 years old & is the 1st published war game!
Description:
Originally run by Jeff Perren, Gary Gygax's co-author of Chainmail, at Gen Con IV in 1971! Test your skills in this exciting, live-fire, miniatures game that is the roots of miniature wargaming. Two teams of three players will fight it out in a Little Wars battle between the vaunted Bengal Lancers as they fight Pashtun tribesmen under the command of the Mad Mullah! The game will use antique 4.7 inch, spring loaded, toy Naval guns by W. Britains that fire dowels to knock down toy soldiers. The full title of H.G. Wells' book: "Little Wars: a game for boys from twelve years of age to one hundred and fifty and for that more intelligent sort of girl who likes boys' games and books." This book is the first set of commercially published military miniatures rules and is the ancestor of modern miniature wargaming.
Wow! Play the fast, fun miniature game that Gary Gygax played at Gen Con I in 1968! The game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society & write Chainmail, heavily incorporated into D&D!
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This is the game played by Gary Gygax in 1968 at Gen Con I. The game was so much fun, they secretly played it at the back of Horticultural Hall 50 years ago, when they were supposed to be cleaning up, late on Sunday afternoon! It was this game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society and later write Chainmail and Dungeons & Dragons. This game uses a set of rules created by Henry Bodenstedt for use with gorgeous 40mm Elastolin castle and miniatures. A fantastic and fun game with gaming history and nostalgia too!
Wow! Play the fast, fun miniature game that Gary Gygax played at Gen Con I in 1968! The game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society & write Chainmail, heavily incorporated into D&D!
Description:
This is the game played by Gary Gygax in 1968 at Gen Con I. The game was so much fun, they secretly played it at the back of Horticultural Hall 50 years ago, when they were supposed to be cleaning up, late on Sunday afternoon! It was this game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society and later write Chainmail and Dungeons & Dragons. This game uses a set of rules created by Henry Bodenstedt for use with gorgeous 40mm Elastolin castle and miniatures. A fantastic and fun game with gaming history and nostalgia too!
Wow! Play the fast, fun miniature game that Gary Gygax played at Gen Con I in 1968! The game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society & write Chainmail, heavily incorporated into D&D!
Description:
This is the game played by Gary Gygax in 1968 at Gen Con I. The game was so much fun, they secretly played it at the back of Horticultural Hall 50 years ago, when they were supposed to be cleaning up, late on Sunday afternoon! It was this game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society and later write Chainmail and Dungeons & Dragons. This game uses a set of rules created by Henry Bodenstedt for use with gorgeous 40mm Elastolin castle and miniatures. A fantastic and fun game with gaming history and nostalgia too!
Wow! Play the fast, fun miniature game that Gary Gygax played at Gen Con I in 1968! The game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society & write Chainmail, heavily incorporated into D&D!
Description:
This is the game played by Gary Gygax in 1968 at Gen Con I. The game was so much fun, they secretly played it at the back of Horticultural Hall 50 years ago, when they were supposed to be cleaning up, late on Sunday afternoon! It was this game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society and later write Chainmail and Dungeons & Dragons. This game uses a set of rules created by Henry Bodenstedt for use with gorgeous 40mm Elastolin castle and miniatures. A fantastic and fun game with gaming history and nostalgia too!
Wow! Play the fast, fun miniature game that Gary Gygax played at Gen Con I in 1968! The game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society & write Chainmail, heavily incorporated into D&D!
Description:
This is the game played by Gary Gygax in 1968 at Gen Con I. The game was so much fun, they secretly played it at the back of Horticultural Hall 50 years ago, when they were supposed to be cleaning up, late on Sunday afternoon! It was this game that inspired him to form the Castle & Crusade Society and later write Chainmail and Dungeons & Dragons. This game uses a set of rules created by Henry Bodenstedt for use with gorgeous 40mm Elastolin castle and miniatures. A fantastic and fun game with gaming history and nostalgia too!