Post by stormberg on Jan 19, 2019 12:59:35 GMT -6
Howdy All,
The Collector's Trove and Gary Con would like to announce an ongoing series of events at Gary Con that pay special attention to the early days of war gaming prior to the introduction of Dungeons & Dragons. The special events will be gathered under the aegis: Legends of Wargaming.
To find these events in the registration catalog type "Legends of Wargaming" into the search field and all will be conveniently be pulled up for you! Legends of Wargaming
These time capsule events bring Gary Con attendees the classic board and miniature wargames that were a staple during the early days of the Lake Geneva Tactical Studies Association (LGTSA), International Federation of Wargaming (IFW), Castle & Crusade Society, Midwest Military Simulation Association (MMSA), and Gen Con. Each event will present the history of the game and its significance to the hobby of war gaming and even role-playing games. The original rules, vintage figures, and authentic accessories will be used during play. When possible, the events will involve individuals who played, refereed, and authored the games along side Gary Gygax and his friends during this golden age of war gaming.
This is your chance to experience what it was like to play these games at the earliest Gen Cons and Gary Gygax’s own basement in Lake Geneva!
The games will be taught and refereed so interest is all that is required by players. Even if you don’t sign up to play be sure to stop by to view the displays, ask questions, and watch the fun of classic war gaming!
New Events!
In addition to our regular offerings, we are proud to bring you the following new events:
Battle in the Skies Arneson's D&D Aerial Combat Game 1973 (M. Griffith)
Boot Hill Battle for Blumville (Allen Hammack)
Boot Hill Battle for Blumville (Steve Winter)
Charge! or How to Play Wargames (Jeff Perren)
Circus Maximus Tourney (Gizmo Mathboy)
Mobius Maximus (Gizmo Mathboy)
Wreckus Maximus (Gizmo Mathboy)
Divine Right (Mark Clover)
Quest! The Underworld of Tekumel (Bill Hoyt)
En Garde! (Steve Winter)
Escape from Colditz (George Henion)
Knights of Camelot Fantasy Boardgame (Douglas Waltman)
Scruby the Great Arbela (Steve Fratt)
Avalon Hill Naval War (Edwin Stahlnecker)
Nuclear War (Edwin Stahlnecker)
Warriors of Mars! (Edwin Stahlnecker)
Saturday 6 pm: Battle in the Skies Arneson's Unpublished D&D Aerial Combat Game 1973 with M. Griffith. Play Dave Arneson's unpublished D&D Aerial Combat Rules from 1973! This battle high above Blackmoor Castle will use the original unpublished manuscript for Dave Arneson's 18-page fantasy aerial combat rules submitted for Dungeons & Dragons but never published. Join us over the skies of Blackmoor in this fast and fun game!
Saturday 12 pm (with Allen Hammack) and Saturday 7 pm (with Steve Winter): Boot Hill Battle for Blumville. Play Boot Hill by Gary Gygax, Brian Blume, and Don Kaye in 1973! Allen Hammack, editor of the 2nd edition and Steve Winter, editor of the 3rd edition, will ref this game on terrain ranging from the Rockin' G Ranch, through the town of Blumville, warded by Sherriff Winter, to the badlands of the Hammack Mountains. Teams will partner-up as bandits, vigilantes, ranchers, and lawmen in a shootout to save the town!
Thursday 6 pm and Friday 6 pm: Charge! or How to Play Wargames with Jeff Perren. Learn and play these classic rules for ancient, musket, and "modern" periods with Jeff Perren, Gary Gygax’s co-author of Chainmail and Cavaliers & Roundheads. Charge! or How to Play War Games by Lawford and Young, is a founding text for modern war gaming. Most wargames trace their roots back to this book. Scenario will be 18th century battle of King Peronis vs Gerplatz.
Thursday, Friday, Saturday 9 am (Qualifiers), Saturday 7 pm (Finals) with Gizmo Mathboy. Do you have the speed to be the greatest? Will you entertain the hordes? Will you be ready to ram into other chariots flying across the bloody sand? Then come one, come all and participate in Circus Maximus Tourney run by Gizmo Mathboy or join him on a bloody Sunday playing Mobius Maximus or Wreckus Maximus for more mayhem!
Sunday 9 am: Wreckus Maximus with Gizmo Mathboy. Did you ever think to yourself that there wasn't enough mayhem in Circus Maximus? That there needed to be even more chances to inflict carnage in new and interesting ways on your fellow drivers. Then prepare to race on a figure 8 track!
Sunday 12 pm: Moebius Maximus with Gizmo Mathboy. SUNDAY! SUNDAY! SUNDAY! Is Wreckus Maximus not over the top enough for you? Does random mayhem and the potential for swift death intrigue you? Then come own down to the Moebius Strip. YOU'LL BUY THE WHOLE SEAT BUT IT'S ONLY GOT ONE EDGE! Come race on the twistiest straightaway in the multiverse. 7 slots for online registration and 1 for walk up.
Thursday 6 pm: Divine Right with Mark Clover. One of the most acclaimed games ever published by TSR. The game takes place in the fantasy world of Minaria. Players take on the roles of rulers, each vying to create vast empires. Random events to kingdoms, castle sieges, combat, rival rulers, magic creatures, barbarian hordes, and diplomacy all play a role in the outcome of the game.
Thursday 2 pm, Friday 7 pm, Saturday 2 pm: and 7 pm: Quest! The Underworld of Tekumel with Bill Hoyt. This is your chance to play Quest! the unpublished Empire of the Petal Throne board game designed by original Blackmoor player, Bill Hoyt! A variant of the Dungeon! board game, players will face the mysteries, magic, and monsters of Tekumel! After a brief introduction on the history of the game’s design, Bill will lead up to 12 players into the Tekumel Underworld!
Friday 2 pm: En Garde! with Steve Winter. With a design date of 1973 this game was at the leading edge of the roleplaying game phenomena! Join TSR editor and designer Steve Winter as he leads players on a swashbuckling jaunt through the aristocratic society of the Renaissance. Players vie against duelists, haughty noblemen, and unseen assassins! Will your story be rags, riches, or death by steel?
Thursday 8 am: Escape from Colditz with George Henion. A one-vs-many semi-cooperative game Escape Officers try to acquire the equipment they need for a successful escape (rope, wire cutters, etc.), while the Security Officer tries to hinder them by putting them in solitary confinement and confiscating their equipment.
Thursday 9 am, Friday 9 am, Saturday 9am, Sunday 9 am: Knights of Camelot Fantasy Boardgame with Douglas Waltman. Quest across the the lands of King Aurthur, Merlin, Launcelot, and Morgan LeFay! Play TSR's Knights of Camelot on a gorgeously detailed, giant game board with painted miniatures depicting knights, kings, ladies, brigands, monsters and more! Basic Game, rules will be taught, no experience necessary.
Thursday 6 pm, Saturday 9 am, and Sunday 9 am: Scruby the Great Arbela with Steve Fratt. A classic Legends treatment of the Battle of Arbela between Alexander the Great and Darius III using Jack Scruby 20mm figures and Joseph Morchauser's rules, giants of the 1960s! Join Dr. Steve Fratt for this rousing action. No experience necessary!
Sunday 8 am: Avalon Hill Naval War with Edwin Stahlnecker. Finish Gary Con with Avalon Hill's classic card game Naval War. Depending on the cards drawn you can attack the enemy with salvos from your guns, make carrier strikes, destroyer torpedo attacks, raids by submarines or torpedo boats, or set up minefields. A classic beer and pretzel game. No experience necessary! Game will be taught as it is played.
Thursday 10 am and Sunday 2 pm: Nuclear War with Edwin Stahlnecker. This game was played at the earliest Gen Con game conventions from 1972 onward! A satirical, face-paced game pitting the players as global powers bent on nuclear war! One of the most popular and longest-lived card games of all time. Come on and play! No experience necessary! Game will be taught as it is played.
Friday 8 am: Warriors of Mars! with Edwin Stahlnecker. Amazing chance to learn how to play Warriors of Mars by Gary Gygax and Brian Blume! Published shortly after Dungeons & Dragons in 1974 this set of miniature rules captures the thrill of the Edgar Rice Burroughs novels featuring John Carter, Warlord of Mars! This battle will use miniatures from the amazing Bronze Age miniature line!
Returning Events
The following are the returning Legends of Wargaming events currently scheduled for Gary Con XI:
Thursday
10:00 AM Dungeon! (Dave Megarry)
12:00 PM Dawn Patrol Warmup (George Henion)
1:00 PM Sturmgeschutz & Sorcery (Mike Reese, Ben Reese)
2:00 PM Dungeon! (Dave Megarry)
3:00 PM Dawn Patrol Hot Rod City (George Henion)
6:00 PM Braunstein I (Dave Wesely)
6:00 PM Chainmail -- Battle on the Ice (Mike Mornard)
7:00 PM Dawn Patrol The Baron Strikes Back (George Henion)
7:00 PM Source of the Nile (Ross Maker)
Friday
8:00 AM Chainmail -- Battle of the Hundred (Terry Kuntz)
8:00 AM Dawn Patrol Early War (George Henion)
8:00 AM Siege of Bodenburg (Paul Stormberg)
9:00 AM Chainmail -- Orc's Drift (Kevin Cabai)
10:00 AM Dungeon! (Dave Megarry)
12:00 PM Dawn Patrol Mid-War (George Henion)
1:00 PM Interplanar Melee (Zeb Cook)
1:00 PM Legions of the Petal Throne -- Legions of the Petal Throne (Victor Raymond)
1:00 PM Chainmail Man-to-Man -- Viking Raid! (Terry Kuntz)
1:00 PM Tractics -- WWII Russian Front March 1945 (Mike Reese, Ben Reese)
1:00 PM Don't Give Up The Ship! -- Don't Give Up The Ship! (Mike Carr)
2:00 PM Dungeon! (Dave Megarry)
4:00 PM Chainmail -- Orc's Drift (Kevin Cabai)
6:00 PM Dawn Patrol Late War (George Henion)
6:00 PM Tractics -- Arab-Israeli War (Tibor Ipavic)
7:00 PM Chainmail Man-to-Man -- Combat of the Thirty (Mike Mornard)
7:00 PM Classic Warfare -- Fury of the Celts (Kevin Maurice)
7:00 PM Action on the High Seas -- Iron Bottom Sound (John Bobek)
7:00 PM Source of the Nile (Ross Maker)
Saturday
8:00 AM Dawn Patrol Brisfits Over Flanders (Skip Williams)
8:00 AM Chainmail -- Battle of the Moathouse (Paul Stormberg)
8:00 AM Chainmail -- Orc's Drift (Kevin Cabai)
8:00 AM Sturmgeschutz & Sorcery (Mike Reese, Ben Reese)
9:00 AM Little War of the Worlds (Jason Cook)
9:00 AM Little Wars For Queen and Country (John Bobek)
10:00 AM Dungeon! (Dave Megarry)
10:00 AM Dawn Patrol Open Gaming (George Henion)
1:00 PM Cavaliers and Roundheads (Jeff Perren, Mike Mornard, Terry Kuntz)
1:00 PM Interplanar Melee (Zeb Cook)
1:00 PM Remagen Bridgehead -- Remagen Bridgehead (Jon Pickens)
2:00 PM Dungeon! (Dave Megarry)
2:00 PM Little Wars For Queen and Country (John Bobek)
6:00 PM Tractics -- Arab-Israeli War (Tibor Ipavic)
7:00 PM Action on the High Seas -- Iron Bottom Sound (John Bobek)
7:00 PM Chainmail -- Battle of Brown Hills (Mike Sefton)
Sunday
8:00 AM Dawn Patrol Open Gaming (George Henion)
10:00 AM Strategos N -- Strategos N (Ross Maker)
10:00 AM Jutland -- Jutland with Miniatures (Keith Sloan)
10:00 AM Braunstein IV: Banania (Dave Wesely)
Free Events -- No Ticket Required![/b][/b][/u]
Braunstein's 50th Anniversary Display! Each year in the Legends of Wargaming room (Maple Lawn C), Gary Con in conjunction with The Collector's Trove online auction house (www.thecollectorstrove.com) have put up museum-quality displays featuring the history of the gaming hobby. This year we are proud to present: Braunstein's 50th Anniversary! Started in 1968 by David Wesely and held at his home in Minneapolis, Minnesota, this game is at the roots of the role playing game phenomena! The display will offer an unprecedented look at the history of the Braunstein game through photographs, artifacts, replicas, and memorabilia from the history and development of the game.
Additionally, Dave Wesley himself will be running two special, ticketed sessions of the game, the original, set in the fictional German town of Braunstein, and the fourth iteration of the game, Banania, set in an imaginary banana republic!
Chainmail Jousting: Saddle Up! Step up to the lists and see how you fare in the annual, Gary Con Chainmail Jousting Tourney! A dedicated gaming table will be set up with a beautiful diorama of vintage 70mm Elastolin figures and self-guided instructions to play. Face off with one of your friends or make a new one and challenge him to a tilt! Just 5-10 minutes to joust!
Step up to the list and see how you fare in the third annual, Gary Con Chainmail Jousting Tourney! Each game takes 5-10 minutes to play. You do not need a ticket for this free event--just come to Maple Lawn C from 8 am Thursday and Friday, and on Saturday from 9 am to noon. A dedicate area, table 121 will be set up with a beautiful diorama of vintage 70mm Elastolin figures and self-guiding instructions.
The top competitors from jousts taking place prior to noon Saturday will qualify for the second round of the tournament at 1 pm Saturday, when the four best knights compete in an elimination round.
The result of these matches will be posted at 8 pm Saturday, revealing the two knights who will compete in the Grand Tournament. Come and cheer them on!
Special Events!
In addition to the Legends of Wargaming events, The Collector's Trove is proud to present the following incredible events:
Saturday 2 pm and 6 pm: Gaming at Gary's House. Each year since the 40th Anniversary of D&D, the owners of Gary Gygax's former home at 330 Center St. in Lake Geneva have invited us to run special sessions of Original Dungeons & Dragons during Gary Con. This year, two sessions will be offered to Gary Con attendees. The adventure for these sessions will be a Gary Con first! An incredibly deep, original Greyhawk Castle level by Rob Kuntz -- an adventure that was last run at 330 Center St. in 1974 in the very same dining room in which we will be playing! This will be the first time this adventure has been offered to the public in nearly 44 years!
Thursday 12 pm and Saturday 10 pm: Secrets of Blackmoor. This is a feature length documentary film about the origins of RPGs. It presents the story of the Twin Cities gamers and their search for the Fog of War via the discovery of an old war game from the 1880's called: Strategos. Over a span 10 years, their efforts at creating the ultimate war game experience gives rise to D&D the first published RPG in 1974.
Thursday 8 pm: Tonisborg. In May 1971 Dave Arneson invited friends to play a Middle Ages Braunstein and they were hooked! A year and a half later he would demonstrate this new game to Gary Gygax who would use it to create Dungeons & Dragons!
As one of the few dungeons from a time before the publication of D&D, Tonisborg is a true relic.
Created in the summer of 1973 and then misplaced for over 3 decades, it has come to be known as The Lost Dungeon of Tonisborg. Recently re-discovered by the Secrets of Blackmoor production team it is now yours to explore.
All participants will receive a certificate of participation and a special 4 level set of dungeon maps and keys upon completion of this adventure.
Be one of the first to delve into Greg Svenson's storied Tonisborg Dungeon in search of the Three Crowns of Power.
Thursday 6 pm, Friday 6pm, and Saturday 6 pm: Blackmoor. Now is your chance to experience what it was like to play those early Blackmoor Castle dungeon adventures with one of its original players Bob Meyers! Bob has carried on the tradition of running Blackmoor for Dave Arneson's original players and they say it is the closest thing they have experienced to actually playing with Dave Arneson as their Dungeon Master!
Wanted: New Marshals!
Each year, The Collector’s Trove seeks out new events to sponsor for Legends of Wargaming. Currently we are seeking new Game Marshals to teach and demonstrate just about any 1975 or earlier miniature or board wargame.
This year we are excited to have the following new Legends of Wargaming Marshals join us: M. Griffith, Gizmo Mathboy, Mark Clover, Douglas Waltman, and Edwin Stahlnecker. Welcome aboard!
Oftentimes our referees come up with new twists on the theme and use the old rules and even vintage equipment to conduct novel new games, so let your imagination run wild! Contact us at stormber@cox.net if you are interested in being a part of this phenomenal program!
