My Dad is Kris, who did the Red Oktober Factory! He spent 9 whole months on that board, and I cant be more proud of the guy. Glad he got featured in this video!
Thank you so much for being our eyes and ears. You might not know the depth of gratitude we in your community appreciate giving us a chance to visit the show through your filming. I could not attend this year and you made me feel like I did. A special thanks to you all. 🤗
Truly our pleasure! We enjoy doing the show recaps. It's just a shame we can't get to all the tables. I've seen photos online of really cool tables that we never saw the entire weekend.
hello! you gents have a wonderful group. you are very lucky. i loved the review of the snappy nappy rules, and the great 1813 campaign. all your content is balanced and interesting. please keep up the great work!
Thanks for the video from a viewer who was there for your very first episodes. I also belong to the American Battlefield Trust-ABT who you partnered with at Brandywine. I very kindly asked them to focus on more than Gettysburg and the ACW and introduce AWI and War if 1812 content. For LWTV it would be great to see, in addition to battle reports, more on the “hobby” side of the hobby. Miniatures, comparisons, painting tips, building scenery, and all the off camera activity the club members do before the game. I think this would be greatly beneficial to new gamers and perhaps attract the next generation of gamers you often discuss the need for. ABT took on preserving AWI and War of 1812 battle sites because literally no one else would do it. I now ask LWTV to delve into the other aspects of historical war gaming (beyond game play) because literally no one else is doing it. Are you up for the challenge? I am confident you are our best hope. Thanks as always.
Hey!! Thanks for the shout-out for my Ogre games! Had a blast running them - I'm going to be doing more at other cons. Had a great time at Historicon as always. Definitely a must-attend show.
I adore these videos and seeing Historic wargame conventions like this where there is dozens and dozens of different kinds of games and scales but with that unifying energy of everyone being there for the same thing. It's nice to see people come together to enjoy a hobby even if everyone expresses their interest in the hobby differently.
Looks terrific and a great video. My wife and I were chatting about Historicon this weekend, rather I was saying I had FOMO about missing it. She asked where in the US it was, so may be persuaded to take a trip next year... Who knows...
Glad u guys are back! I feel like the army doesn’t want me to be able to come to historicon. I make it to fallin and cold wars and have since 2021 but I’ve had drill twice, an annual training and now a deployment keeping me from historicon! PA guard killing me! Thankfully I’ll get home with 3-4 days to spare right before fallin this year! Fingers crossed and hope to see you boys there!
It's a long way across the Atlantic to get to Pennsylvania but I do hope that one day I can afford the trip. Until then, I'm gonna have to rely on you guys to be my eyes and ears there. Great job on this video. A special message for Greg... When I returned to the hobby less than two years ago I gave myself a target. To put on a game at Joy of Six 2025. I have never done anything like that before but, at present I am on track to take the Battle of Chancellorsville to next year's show. I will be using the excellent Altar of Freedom rules. Great ruleset, sir. I'm currently in the middle of a 'dress rehearsal' albeit on a smaller scale (not literally it's still 6mm 😂). I'm putting on the Battle of Gaines Mill at my local library in Goole, Yorkshire on the 162nd anniversary of the battle. It's on a 3x3 table with almost everything (Baccus minis apart) scratchbuilt. I'd like to thank you guys for being such an inspiration. Little Wars TV and Peter Berry of Baccus are founder members of my personal Wargaming Hall of Fame.
Had the pleasure to attend HistoriCon in 1998, 2002, 2004, and 2006; headed west to NashCon in 2000. Was ALWAYS blown away by by the creativity and skills of the game masters ... in addition to their investment of time, $$$, and camaraderie; never was I made to feel "backwards" by any vendor, fellow gamer, or game host. A wonderful gathering of knowledgeable and fun people every single time. Oh, wait a tick ... I do remember an all-night ACW game on 4 tables that got a bit out of hand once the kiddies went to bed and the players cracked open the "hard stuff" and tempers did flare; HMGS organizers handled the dust-up quietly yet firmly; problems disappeared quick the rest of the weekend.
LWTV, it was nice crossing paths with you for a brief chat. Great show recap as always. Great convention, HMGS has made a life-time attendees out of us!
STALINGRAD - Battle for the Factories - Largest Battle-game every in my basement on ping-pong sized table - 19 players - had 3 hand-made two-story RUBBLED & Bombed-out gray factory buildings down the length of the table then single-story houses/buildings down both edges with tanks and infantry fighting through-out to capture the MAJORITY TO WIN !! I saw the STALINGRAD Battle displayed there at Historicon (his was more detailed - BRAVO to him) !! I ;ve gotten to GEN-CON once in my life and I get older every year BUT at least we can watch your review videos !!
Welcome back Little Wars!!! I would like to mention the next big HGMS event - FALL IN 2024 taking place in November 1-3, 2024 in Lancaster, PA. I just wanted to mention it for some of your newer viewers who might have never attended a convention before.
Thank you from the West Coast. Throughout the years, I have attended numerous game conventions, mostly in the SF Bay area. Historicon, being one of the largest and best, is on my bucket list. Looking forward to more material from ya'll!
It was good to see everyone there again. One day me and my kids will catch one of your games. It did slow down Saturday this year. It seemed like Saturday’s game list after about 5pm really thinned out. With only 1 game starting at 8pm Saturday.
Great stuff Lads, very appreciated indeed. I was there in spirit but not body. I have not been in awhile, so you have inspired me to get down there and roll some dice. Great channel you have there.. Always interesting.
Thanks for the review. I wish it was easier to get to Historicon. I'm on the west coast and host lots of games locally but getting to Lancaster isn't easy. That aside, over on this side of the country we are also seeing both an increasing in miniature gaming, and convention attendance. KublaCon - a large convention in the San Francisco bay area is usually very light on Thursday/Friday ... but this year was crazy ... which just carried on straight into Sat/Sun as well. Was great to see and experience it.
I need to get there next year, within in the last 1 year I got interested into wargaming similar to this and I struggle in my area to find clubs to play in (I’m from and in Illinois) you guys are one of the reasons that I got interested in it, thank you.
I am absolutely fascinated at what they are thinking about for Hippodrome! I would love to learn more about this as time goes on, and just the idea of it has a buddy and I thinking of things! Great having you here :)
Great looking tables and games, of course, but I gotta say that this review feels more upbeat and positive about the future of historical wargames than maybe the last one or two Historicon recaps have been. That seem encouraging?
Historicon has been pretty strong for the last few years. Solid crowds, good vibes, a nice mix of gamers and families. Really, ever since they moved to the downtown Lancaster venue the whole atmosphere has been notably improved. There are family activities and restaurants around, so it's more of a destination than the semi-depressing Valley Forge casino, for example.
It's been a few years now that things thin out once you get past Saturday dinner. I always rather marveled at how dramatic the parking lots had already thinned out by crack of dawn Sunday. People with looooong drives are perhaps now opting for sleep over dice Saturday evening.
The Sunday crowd is tiny. A lot of vendors pull out Saturday night, too. That's been an issue for awhile. This is the first HCON I can remember where Saturday afternoon seemed to be thinning out, though.
Years ago HMGS tried several initiatives to try to get people to stay over into Sunday. A raffle you had to be present for to win was one, but none of them reversed the trend.
A BRIDGE TOO FAR - We did this battle-game here in K.C. Mo. on a 40-foot long table with 30 Corp tanks and infantry (20mm) starting at one end and Arnhem Bridge at the other end and ALL the rivers, bridges, and towns inbetween to be fought over the 3-day convention to reach the Brit 1st Para at Arnhem !!! :-)
My sense is that the traffic on Saturday was lighter than that of Thursday and Friday. In fact, I was surprised by the higher than expected (at least by me) turnout on Thursday. Thank you for another great show recap. Now I’m kicking myself for having missed some of the great games that you showed in this video. Keep up the great work guys!
Didn't see any of the guys make major new purchases this year--mostly filling out existing collections, paint, basing materials. Some odds and ends at Wally's Basement. I picked up an old issue of The General with a scenario inside to modify for the club during Caesar's Gallic War. It was a pretty light year for acquisitions!
I just started trying to look into war games and all the different versions of table top wargames because it's very confusing and i come across this video about historicon thinking oh wow so theres conventions that would be a cool way to maybe check this out and learn only to read that this took place maybe a 10 minute walk from my house. Bad timing and such a missed opportunity lol
@@LittleWarsTVis it just a smaller version of this show and where does it take place? Absolutely looking into attending one of these even if it isn't as large as historicon lol
Yes, there is an event listing on the HCON website organized by date and time, listing every game. Rules used, the GM, scale, and a brief description. There are a LOT of events
@LittleWarsTV thank you and that is where I am at scanning through it all. Haven't played table top in a very long time and having to live altruisticly through your channel lol
Sadly, i haven't been to historicon in years, its past time to make it part of my calendar again. But does anyone know if the con has a separate room for roleplay? I'd love to cool off my competitive nature by running a day long Bushido adventure...
You can simply walk in! Exploring the games and wandering around is free. If you want to play in games or go inside the vendor hall, you can pre register or register the day of the event. It’s pretty cheap to get it.
My Dad is Kris, who did the Red Oktober Factory! He spent 9 whole months on that board, and I cant be more proud of the guy. Glad he got featured in this video!
He did an awesome job! Fantastic table with so much detail. One of the finest boards we saw
Thank you so much for being our eyes and ears. You might not know the depth of gratitude we in your community appreciate giving us a chance to visit the show through your filming. I could not attend this year and you made me feel like I did. A special thanks to you all. 🤗
Truly our pleasure! We enjoy doing the show recaps. It's just a shame we can't get to all the tables. I've seen photos online of really cool tables that we never saw the entire weekend.
@@LittleWarsTV How do one join Historicon?
hello! you gents have a wonderful group. you are very lucky. i loved the review of the snappy nappy rules, and the great 1813 campaign. all your content is balanced and interesting. please keep up the great work!
Thanks so much!
Thanks for the video from a viewer who was there for your very first episodes. I also belong to the American Battlefield Trust-ABT who you partnered with at Brandywine. I very kindly asked them to focus on more than Gettysburg and the ACW and introduce AWI and War if 1812 content. For LWTV it would be great to see, in addition to battle reports, more on the “hobby” side of the hobby. Miniatures, comparisons, painting tips, building scenery, and all the off camera activity the club members do before the game. I think this would be greatly beneficial to new gamers and perhaps attract the next generation of gamers you often discuss the need for. ABT took on preserving AWI and War of 1812 battle sites because literally no one else would do it. I now ask LWTV to delve into the other aspects of historical war gaming (beyond game play) because literally no one else is doing it. Are you up for the challenge? I am confident you are our best hope. Thanks as always.
This was wonderful footage! Thanks for posting this. I love the coverage of all the beautiful dioramas like that killer D-Day box!
OMG YES!!!! Thank you so much for this... I am so glad you're back
More to come!
This makes me want to go to Historicon! Thanks for all that you guys do!
Hey!! Thanks for the shout-out for my Ogre games! Had a blast running them - I'm going to be doing more at other cons. Had a great time at Historicon as always. Definitely a must-attend show.
Had I been using my brain I would have got a pic!
@@tonymarano913 I posted a bunch on my Facebook page and in the Facebook Ogre group.
Some incredible displays there.
It's great to see Little Wars back and as enthusiastic as ever.
Great tour of these tables, including some really impressive efforts at building immersive environments
Man, you guys are going to convert me from a board wargamer into a minis wargamer. Awesome video!
No reason you can’t be both!
I adore these videos and seeing Historic wargame conventions like this where there is dozens and dozens of different kinds of games and scales but with that unifying energy of everyone being there for the same thing. It's nice to see people come together to enjoy a hobby even if everyone expresses their interest in the hobby differently.
It's always very inspiring just to go and see the games. Such incredible effort the GMs put into them. And a great place to get cool terrain ideas
Looks terrific and a great video. My wife and I were chatting about Historicon this weekend, rather I was saying I had FOMO about missing it. She asked where in the US it was, so may be persuaded to take a trip next year... Who knows...
Do it!
You're like a wargaming celeb so everyone would stoked to meet you & I'm buying the 1st round
@@tonymarano913 LOL, there's a fine line between famous and infamous... I'll see if I can wear her down for 2025!
Glad u guys are back! I feel like the army doesn’t want me to be able to come to historicon. I make it to fallin and cold wars and have since 2021 but I’ve had drill twice, an annual training and now a deployment keeping me from historicon! PA guard killing me! Thankfully I’ll get home with 3-4 days to spare right before fallin this year! Fingers crossed and hope to see you boys there!
It's a long way across the Atlantic to get to Pennsylvania but I do hope that one day I can afford the trip. Until then, I'm gonna have to rely on you guys to be my eyes and ears there. Great job on this video.
A special message for Greg... When I returned to the hobby less than two years ago I gave myself a target. To put on a game at Joy of Six 2025. I have never done anything like that before but, at present I am on track to take the Battle of Chancellorsville to next year's show. I will be using the excellent Altar of Freedom rules. Great ruleset, sir. I'm currently in the middle of a 'dress rehearsal' albeit on a smaller scale (not literally it's still 6mm 😂). I'm putting on the Battle of Gaines Mill at my local library in Goole, Yorkshire on the 162nd anniversary of the battle. It's on a 3x3 table with almost everything (Baccus minis apart) scratchbuilt.
I'd like to thank you guys for being such an inspiration. Little Wars TV and Peter Berry of Baccus are founder members of my personal Wargaming Hall of Fame.
Had the pleasure to attend HistoriCon in 1998, 2002, 2004, and 2006; headed west to NashCon in 2000. Was ALWAYS blown away by by the creativity and skills of the game masters ... in addition to their investment of time, $$$, and camaraderie; never was I made to feel "backwards" by any vendor, fellow gamer, or game host. A wonderful gathering of knowledgeable and fun people every single time. Oh, wait a tick ... I do remember an all-night ACW game on 4 tables that got a bit out of hand once the kiddies went to bed and the players cracked open the "hard stuff" and tempers did flare; HMGS organizers handled the dust-up quietly yet firmly; problems disappeared quick the rest of the weekend.
LWTV, it was nice crossing paths with you for a brief chat. Great show recap as always. Great convention, HMGS has made a life-time attendees out of us!
I was able to make it for Saturday and play a game of Austerlitz while play testing new rules. So fun, sorry to have missed you.
STALINGRAD - Battle for the Factories - Largest Battle-game every in my basement on ping-pong sized table - 19 players - had 3 hand-made two-story RUBBLED & Bombed-out gray factory buildings down the length of the table then single-story houses/buildings down both edges with tanks and infantry fighting through-out to capture the MAJORITY TO WIN !! I saw the STALINGRAD Battle displayed there at Historicon (his was more detailed - BRAVO to him) !! I ;ve gotten to GEN-CON once in my life and I get older every year BUT at least we can watch your review videos !!
I'm still busted up that the bar exam kept me and my WIP Hacksaw Ridge table away this year. In Shallah we'll be there next year!
Hope to see you there!
Brilliant!! Thanks.
Thanks for the great overview! And awesome to hear that the love of historical wargaming is gaining new and diverse fans :)
Oh and also great to see the lard zone living up to its usual standards!
Welcome back Little Wars!!! I would like to mention the next big HGMS event - FALL IN 2024 taking place in November 1-3, 2024 in Lancaster, PA. I just wanted to mention it for some of your newer viewers who might have never attended a convention before.
Totally concur w/ Adam Wine’s award 🥇. A loyal and great game master, having played several times w Adam. Great video update.
I can't wait to see new game videos in the new part of the home game space! God Bless my friends!
Hey that's me in the background, playing the Arnhen Bridge game!
Good to have you back! More content more often please guys. 🙂
Great show guys!
Plan to make a pilgrimage to Historicon when I have a job and am earning enough for a flight to America.
Thank you from the West Coast. Throughout the years, I have attended numerous game conventions, mostly in the SF Bay area. Historicon, being one of the largest and best, is on my bucket list. Looking forward to more material from ya'll!
Ok ok…gents. Water? Please. Wargames. History and Scotch. 😂
Seriously can’t wait to participate in the future.
Water in the form of ice for the whiskey maybe?
@@LittleWarsTV hahahah!!! Approved. 🥃
It was good to see everyone there again. One day me and my kids will catch one of your games.
It did slow down Saturday this year. It seemed like Saturday’s game list after about 5pm really thinned out. With only 1 game starting at 8pm Saturday.
Thanks, guys, for the report and your interesting thoughts👍
excellent presentation gentlemen
...Like a episode of Green Acres when Oliver would start one of his inspirational speeches a fife would play in the background... XD
Hah there’s an old school reference
You FOOLS! you have revealed our secret Lair! What's the point of having a secret Lair that is not secret
Great video!! See ya next year!!!
Was there myself and picked up sooo many new projects and things to work on and play! loved seeing everything!
They all looked great but that Stalingrad one was my favorite. So many bricks...
Great stuff Lads, very appreciated indeed. I was there in spirit but not body. I have not been in awhile, so you have inspired me to get down there and roll some dice. Great channel you have there.. Always interesting.
This was so great! You guys were a big inspiration to start my own channel and one day I will be out to historicon to shake your hands and say thanks
So glad to hear that! The more the merrier!
Thanks for the review. I wish it was easier to get to Historicon. I'm on the west coast and host lots of games locally but getting to Lancaster isn't easy. That aside, over on this side of the country we are also seeing both an increasing in miniature gaming, and convention attendance. KublaCon - a large convention in the San Francisco bay area is usually very light on Thursday/Friday ... but this year was crazy ... which just carried on straight into Sat/Sun as well. Was great to see and experience it.
That russo-japanese war campaign looks great! Hope you can showcase it on the channel at some point
Exciting stuff! Looks fantastic!
AMAZING !!!!!!
Awesome like always
I need to get there next year, within in the last 1 year I got interested into wargaming similar to this and I struggle in my area to find clubs to play in (I’m from and in Illinois) you guys are one of the reasons that I got interested in it, thank you.
I’ve been watching all the old video’s again
Oh boy, you have a long list to digest!
@@LittleWarsTV I know the old videos will last for a few weeks
Great review of the event, would love to come and see it for real.
I always enjoy your convention recaps. Thanks
Next year I think I'm finally going to make it. Been dreaming of this for the past 5. Looks like such a blast.
I sooo wanted to go this year but plans didnt align so Im so thankful to see all the great games that were there!
Will definitely try next year.
I think Ive watched all of your histoicon videos. Thanks for another great year
Great video as always. It was nice to see you.
I had the chance to go to historicon this year and it was a great experience
Our favorite show of the year for sure. Such a great event!
Wish I could have gone! Will have to try for next year!
Thank you for visiting us at Hobby University.
It looked busy! So nice to see families and full sessions!
It was a pleasure meeting you
I am absolutely fascinated at what they are thinking about for Hippodrome! I would love to learn more about this as time goes on, and just the idea of it has a buddy and I thinking of things!
Great having you here :)
Not only was there a bigger age range this year, but there were a lot more women playing games this year than the past two years that I've attended.
Agreed. Anecdotal evidence but it seemed like we saw more women and a good number of kids. Some quite young. Very refreshing and a good sign
One of these days we'll make a Con!
I would love to attend this one day, but The US is not around the corner
Nice! Gamers of Summer is coming up on Labor Day weekend if you might be up for running something at our local event in Harrisburg.
Harrisburg you say?
Thanks, gents. My wife and I have not been to an Historicon since 2019. We are hoping to be there soon! - Michael
Great video !
Glad to see the chariot races are still taking place.
that hypodrome looks awesome. I'm yet to see a naumachia wargame tho, would be spectacular
Great looking tables and games, of course, but I gotta say that this review feels more upbeat and positive about the future of historical wargames than maybe the last one or two Historicon recaps have been. That seem encouraging?
Historicon has been pretty strong for the last few years. Solid crowds, good vibes, a nice mix of gamers and families. Really, ever since they moved to the downtown Lancaster venue the whole atmosphere has been notably improved. There are family activities and restaurants around, so it's more of a destination than the semi-depressing Valley Forge casino, for example.
STL city jersey sighting!
thanks guys great stuff
Looks good. Been a while since I went to Historicon...I'll have to fix that.
Thank you for this very well-made video. Almost as good as being there...Almost.
Hope you guys come and check out Adepticon in March at it's new venue in Milwaukee!
It's not the same dates as GaryCon again is it?
10:00 the guy looks like a Viking
Noo way! Pum pum param papapapa parrrrara! Its amazing!
It's been a few years now that things thin out once you get past Saturday dinner. I always rather marveled at how dramatic the parking lots had already thinned out by crack of dawn Sunday. People with looooong drives are perhaps now opting for sleep over dice Saturday evening.
The Sunday crowd is tiny. A lot of vendors pull out Saturday night, too. That's been an issue for awhile. This is the first HCON I can remember where Saturday afternoon seemed to be thinning out, though.
Years ago HMGS tried several initiatives to try to get people to stay over into Sunday. A raffle you had to be present for to win was one, but none of them reversed the trend.
A BRIDGE TOO FAR - We did this battle-game here in K.C. Mo. on a 40-foot long table with 30 Corp tanks and infantry (20mm) starting at one end and Arnhem Bridge at the other end and ALL the rivers, bridges, and towns inbetween to be fought over the 3-day convention to reach the Brit 1st Para at Arnhem !!! :-)
8:49 That bro lifts!
Who, Brad? Maybe....
My sense is that the traffic on Saturday was lighter than that of Thursday and Friday. In fact, I was surprised by the higher than expected (at least by me) turnout on Thursday. Thank you for another great show recap. Now I’m kicking myself for having missed some of the great games that you showed in this video. Keep up the great work guys!
Well you had a good excuse-you were busy! Great looking game.
@1:10 I want that Hokusai Cat T-Shirt!!!
I need to go to Historicon
One of these Years I hope to go. Did you guys grab anything interesting in your collection while there?
Didn't see any of the guys make major new purchases this year--mostly filling out existing collections, paint, basing materials. Some odds and ends at Wally's Basement. I picked up an old issue of The General with a scenario inside to modify for the club during Caesar's Gallic War. It was a pretty light year for acquisitions!
I felt that Friday and Saturday were quite quiet compared to the past. I am not sure how to feel about that but as far as my throat is concerned; yay.
OMG Hex grid carpet
Hoping we'll find out much more about Miles' Russo Japanese war campaign, sooner rather than later!
As a play-by-post-er, I am very interested in the rules the Midway game was using.
Avalon Hills classic board game, mixed with Fire in the Sky for the combat resolution!
Why dont yall come down to Siege of Augusta in Augusta GA? We would love to have yall.
14:46 Sabaton is a great band
Yes it is. That man is clearly a man of culture
hmmm, new drinks? It used to be twelve years old whisky..... Now it's.... twelve years old water?? 😜🤪🤭
Ah if only I didn't live 3,000 miles away.
I just started trying to look into war games and all the different versions of table top wargames because it's very confusing and i come across this video about historicon thinking oh wow so theres conventions that would be a cool way to maybe check this out and learn only to read that this took place maybe a 10 minute walk from my house. Bad timing and such a missed opportunity lol
It happens every summer! And in November they host another show called Fall In also in Lancaster
@@LittleWarsTVis it just a smaller version of this show and where does it take place? Absolutely looking into attending one of these even if it isn't as large as historicon lol
I trust the fact that Miles ran a Russo-Japanese War campaign means we’ll get something similar on the channel? Maybe???
"Did someone see torpedo boats?"
The Egyptian labyrinth was Stargate not Raiders of the lost Arc. The Stargate ring in the center gave it away
Who's Richard Clarke?!?...😉
Wish I could have come, looks amazing though. Any chance you guys will be at the HMGS midwest convention?
Little Wars outside Chicago? Probably not this year, but we would like to attend that show.
i miss ur vids
who was it that had the livestream ?
i can't find then
How do we find more info on the games that were mentioned in the video? just the Historican website?
Yes, there is an event listing on the HCON website organized by date and time, listing every game. Rules used, the GM, scale, and a brief description. There are a LOT of events
@LittleWarsTV thank you and that is where I am at scanning through it all. Haven't played table top in a very long time and having to live altruisticly through your channel lol
Sadly, i haven't been to historicon in years, its past time to make it part of my calendar again. But does anyone know if the con has a separate room for roleplay? I'd love to cool off my competitive nature by running a day long Bushido adventure...
There’s not a separate room but there are RPG events at the show being run!
How does one join Historicon?
You can simply walk in! Exploring the games and wandering around is free. If you want to play in games or go inside the vendor hall, you can pre register or register the day of the event. It’s pretty cheap to get it.