HMGS Little Wars 2015

Your humble correspondent attended HMGS Midwest Little Wars 2015 in St. Charles IL. The convention seemed to have higher attendance and better quality games this year. I assisted Bill Hupp with his 54mm "The Original Game of Thrones: An Introduction to DBA" learning event.

 Above is the 54mm DBA event: English & French HYW armies.

Above are the 54mm Scots Common vs Feudal English armies. Some very cool miniatures.

 54mm Alamo game

Heavy fighting in the Scots vs English game. The English have lost 3 elements. Our gamers quickly learned the DBA rules and were playing with minimal reference to the charts by the third game.

More DBA action. 

A Wild West town, part of "Uncle" Duke Seifried's Wild West game.  

Another view. 

A homestead. 

The Mexican village from "Magnificent Seven"

Overview of Duke's game.  The game portrayed a Cowtown (Deadwood or whichever one is your favorite) and other scenics you'd expect to find in the West. Outlaws, Lawmen, Posses, Butch Cassidy and Friends with not very friendly Federales, Villistas, Banditos with the Villagers being helped by some tough gunfighters. The daily Stagecoach with its annoying robbers, Boot Hill, Gunfights, etc.

A new popular game: "All Quiet on the Martian Front" in 15mm. Complete with Tripods & Steam Tanks.

 Mike Beers' "Battle of Mockern 1813" game using the classic "Column, Line, & Square" rules in a 30mm Napoleonic game.

Above is a "Sight & Sounds from Little Wars 2015" video that I found on Youtube.