MGCON - Hiatus

For reasons I can only speculate at Minnesota Gamers' has been unable
to sign a contract with the Holiday Inn – St. Paul East for space for
this year's MGCON. Discussions with the Holiday Inn have been
ongoing since last fall and from my point of view been extremely
frustrating and to be quite frank bizarre to say the least.

Without a signed contract or agreement in place we have looked for
other locations in and around the Twin Cities, including discussions
with organizations in Rochester and St. Cloud but we haven't been
able to find other locations that are large enough, in close
proximity to hotel, and provide enough parking at a price we could
afford.

Internally we discussed the possibility of moving to a much smaller
venue (with or without hotel space) but it due to time constraints
and location requirements we determined that it is too much effort
and cost for very little gain.

Around "Con of the North" the Minnesota Gamers' leadership will meet
to discuss the possibilities for next year and to determine if this
hiatus is a permanent vacation for MGCON.

We look forward to talking with everyone at other gaming events
around the area in the next few months in hopes of determining our
future plans.


Jeff Johnson
Minnesota Gamers'

Package sent to Fernando

I have sent another package to Fernando Enterprises for painting. Included in the package were the following figures:

25mm
Napoleonic Austrian Grenadiers – Grass Green Facings - 8 Figures
Napoleonic Austrian Grenadiers – Apple Green Facings - 8 Figures
Napoleonic Austrian Grenadiers – Parrot Green Facings - 8 Figures
Napoleonic Austrian Grenadiers – Dark Brown Facings - 8 Figures
Napoleonic Austrian Grenadiers – Light Blue Facings - 16 Figures
Napoleonic Austrian Grenadiers – Poppy Red Facings - 8 Figures
Napoleonic Austrian Grenadiers – Pink Facings - 8 Figures
Napoleonic Austrian Hungarian Grenadiers – Light Blue Facings - 12 Figures
Napoleonic Austrian Hungarian Grenadiers – Emperor Yellow Facings - 8 Figures
Napoleonic Austrian Mounted Generals – Arch Duke Charles and staff - 4 Figures
Napoleonic Austrian Mounted Generals – Bellegarde and Staff - 3 Figures
Napoleonic Austrian Mounted Generals – Liechtenstein and Staff - 3 Figures
Napoleonic Austrian Mounted Generals – Hiller and Staff - 3 Figures
Napoleonic Austrian Mounted Generals - 4 Figures
Napoleonic Austrian Mounted Infantry Officers - 3 Figures
Napoleonic French Mounted Infantry Officeres - 5 Figures

August 16th

For Jim's (AKA Fitz) birthday he wants to do a 25mm Napoleonic game. As we haven't really chosen a set of rules for the period we are using a "Wilderness Wars" variant for the game.

I think this will be by default the selected set of rules for the period.

No Posts Lately

Sorry I haven't posted much lately. With work, family commitments (and the need to commit some members of my family), boating, and other activites I haven't done much with my figures.

In the next two weeks I will be preparing for Fitz's Birthday Game on August 16th so hopefully I will post some more information.

Fitz's Reminder for August 3rd.

Hey guys,

Sorry about the late reminder, but due to a special Source event we will not be meeting tomorrow, August 2nd. Instead, we will be meeting at the Source on Sunday, Aug. 3rd, at noon for a 15mm Koenig Krieg game. This game is for all levels of players and figures will be provided. Hope to see you there.

Sincerely,
James Fitzgerald

Letter to Minnesota Miniature Gamers mailing list

Letter sent to the Minnesota Miniature Gamers Mailing List:

On August 16th, in celebration of Jim Fitzgerald's (AKA Fitz)Birthday, the Centurions will be hosting a 25mm Napoleonic Game atthe Source Comics and Games using the Napoleonic "Wilderness Wars"variant.

Our goal is to see how many thousands of 25mm Figures wecan get on the table. The Game will start at 11 AM and everyone is invited to play as always with a Centurions' game there is no cost to play, no experience is necessary and figures will be provided; however if you have figures bring them down.

Jeff
PS If you have figures for this game we are going to be extremely flexible in regards to basing as long as you are within the ballpark (or some semblance of) it okay with us. We will just ask you to adjust your formations.

As for specific period or campaign of the Napoleonic Wars anywherefrom 1792 to 1824 works for us.

Letter to Centurions

Here is a letter I sent to the Centurions Mailing List.

Hey Gang,

This is a reminder for Fitz’s birthday game at the Source Comics and Games on August 16th. We will be playing a “Wilderness Wars” variant for the Napoleonic Period using 25mm figures.

For this game any figures from any campaign or front of the Napoleonic Wars is totally acceptable for us. We have multiple goals for this session, we would like to see how many figures are currently painted, the basing used and to see which periods and/or campaigns people are interested in. So if you have Revolutionary War Austrians, French from the 1806 campaign, Austrians from 1809, Americans from the War of 1812, Russian Cossacks, Ottoman Turks, or anything else related to the period bring it to the game on the 16th.

I do ask that if you know that you are going to be bringing troops to please send me an email. I will be working on rosters and painting up figures for whichever side “appears” to be short troops over the next couple weeks.

I already have heard from several of you but if you would send me an updated list that is pretty close to what you have it would be greatly appreciated.
Fitz: British and Russian (need counts)
Joel: 1809 Austrians and French (An updated list would be great)
Me: Austrian, French and French Allied
Keith: A French Brigade (Any additional figures?)
Possibly - Tom Z. French and Russian. (Going to make an appearance?)
Rumored – Kevin MacDonald (Any truth to those rumors?)

Additionally during the day Fitz and I would like to discuss the possibility of some scenario specific battles starting with the Campaign of 1809 including Wagram in 25mm; of course rules would need to be determined.

Jeff