March 28th, 29th and 30th: Photos
March 23rd: Cancelled
February 24th: World War 2, Disposable heroes and Coffin for seven brothers, run by Rich Brooks. Photos
January 27th: The Battle of Memphis, an ACW Naval engagement, using "Under two flags", run by Glenn Broome.
December 16th: Wild west Shootout, using "Six Gun Sound - Blaze of Glory" run by Rich Brooks. Photos
November 25th: A Star Wars Miniatures game, run by Greg Hanbuch. Photos
October 28th: A World War 2 game run by Jim Esler, using "PanzerTruppe" Photos
September: The Battle of Fuentes des 'Onoro in 6mm using "Age of Eagles", run by Rich Brooks
August: Rorke's Drift in 28mm, run by Glenn Broome. Photos
July: The Battle of Olustee, an American Civil War game in 15mm, run by George Wilkinson. Photos
June: World War 2, "Disposable Heroes, Coffin for Seven Brothers" 2nd ed. Run by Rich Brooks. Photos
May: American civil war "Fire and Fury". Run by Jim Esler. Photos
April: Sci-Fi Spaceship Battle, run by Greg Hanbuch.
March: American Civil War Naval, run by Glenn Broome Photos
March 9th, 10th & 11th: Hotlead 2007, Photos
February: The Battle of Ravenna, Run by Jim Esler in 15mm using DBI Photos
January: Star Wars (tm) Miniatures, run by Greg Hanbuch.
December (17th): American Civil War Naval, run by Glenn Broome. Photos
November (26th): Sci-Fi Skirmish, run by Rich Brooks using 5150. Photos
October (29th): Roman gladiatorial combat and chariot racing run by George Wilkinson and Glenn Broome.
September (24th): Napoleonic Land combat, using "Masse de Rupture" run by Rich Brooks
September (22nd, 23rd & 24th): Migscon, a nearby convention in Hamilton, Ontario .
August (27th): Battle of Hastings & Stamford Bridge run by George Wilkinson using either "DBA or DBM"
July (30th) Star Wars(tm), run by Greg Hanbuch.
June (18th) An American Civil War Game in 10mm using Fire and Fury, run by Jim Esler.
April (17th): The Napoleonic battle "Fuentes des Onoro", run by Rich Brooks using Masse de Rupture.
March (20th): A DBA big battle the "Battle of Shrewsbury" a hypothetical Wars of the Roses game
March (18th-20th): Hotlead! 2005 Stratford Ontario. Photos.
February (20th): World war II Skirmish, run by Jim Esler using "Battle Practical War gaming"
January (16th): Return of "Protector of the Realm", run by Wim Oudshoorn
December (19th): Our regular Xmas Wild-west shootout, run by Rich Brooks using Six Gun Sound. Photos
November (21st): Two victorian colonial games one run by Glenn Broome using a modified game from the "Colonial Angle webpage" and another colonial game run by Rich Brooks using "The Sword and the Flame". Photos
October (17th):WWII gaming using Battle Practical War gaming. Photos
October Migscon XXV Hamilton Ontario.
September (18th & 19th): ACWfest 2004. Photos
August (15th): American Civil War Naval, run by George Wilkinson.
July (18th): Various board games.
June (20th): Samurai skirmish, run by Wim Oudshoorn
May (16th): Wild West action using Six Gun Sound, run by Rich Brooks. Photos
April (18th): American Civil war Naval combat, run by George Wilkinson. Photos
March (25-27): Hotlead! 2004
March (21st): De Bellus Italiacus, renaissance warfare in Italy, run by Jim Esler. Photos
December (21st): A Trio of Wild West games. All by Rich Brooks, using Six Gun Sound
November (22-23) ACWfest VI, Run by Keith Burnett using Johnny Reb 3. Photos
November (15th): A replay of "The Attack on Fernando Garcia". GM Glenn Broome using the The Sword and the Flame. Photos
October (19th): A hypothetical colonial scenario, "The Attack on Fernando Garcia" GM Glenn Broome using the The Sword and the Flame. Photos
October (17-19) Migscon XIV For more info check their webpage. Photos I took while there.
September (21st): World War I Aircraft, Rules: Canvas Eagles, GM: Terry Lubka. Photos
August (17th): Picket's Charge. GM: Jim Esler, Rules: Fire and Fury. Photos
July (20th): Chatahootchie Milk Run. GM George Wilkinson using Hammerin' Iron II. Photos
June (15th): Roman Holiday: Chariot Racing GM: Glenn Broome. Gladiatorial Combat GM: Wim Oudshoorn. Photos
May (18th): A Napoleonic Battle in 6mm using Peter Kingsman's Masse de Rupture rules, run by Rich Brooks. photos
April (20th): Gun fighting in the Old West. Photos
March (28th-30th) Hotlead 2003 Some games run by HGA members see the photos. Many games run by non-HGA members see photos
March (16th): DBA Tournament, Steve Salter was the winner going 4 wins and 1 forfeit, Photos
February (16th): the Battle of Novi, Peter Kingsman ran it using his own Masse de Rupture rules. Photos
January (19th): World War I Trench warfare, run by Terry Lubka using modified Trench Storm. Photos
December (15th): Was supposed to a ACW naval game but had to be changed so we reverted to our usual Christmas Wild-West game, this time using Desperado II, Run by Rich Brooks.
November (16th &17th): ACWFest V, turned out to be only a 1-day game, so Roman Gladiators decided to make an appearance on the second day.
October (20th) "The Sword and the Flame" this time run by Glenn Broome, "The raid on El-Kalish"
September (15th): "The Sword and the Flame" run by Rich Brooks. The Battle of Adowa: Dabormida's Brigade, in which the Italians manage to eek out a completely un-historical victory. Photos.
August (18th): The Battle of Ravenna (using modified DBA), run by Jim Esler Photos. Plus some Gladiatorial combat, run by Wim Oudshoorn.
July (21st): Medieval DBM, run by Wim Oudshoorn. And some Napoleonic Naval Combat, run by Dave Ridell using modified Wooden ship and Iron men. Photos
June (16th): Wild/Old West, run by Rich Brooks using "The Rules with No Name".
May (19th): Cheryl Oudshoorn, ran "Escape from Colditz".
April (21st): ACW naval, run by George Wilkinson, using "Smoke on the Water".
March (17th): World War one Aircraft. Run by Wim Oudshoorn using his own "Jump or Burn" rules.
February (17th): Glenn Broome, ran a Napoleonic Battle using Peter Kingsman's "Masse de Rupture" rules.
January (20th): Jim Esler; medieval DBM.
December (the 16th): Rich Brooks hosted a series of Old/Wild-West games using "The Rules with No Name".
November (17th & 18th): ACW-Fest IV. Antietam, Using Johnny Reb III Photos.
October (the 21st): George Wilkinson ran an American Civil game using Johnny Reb 2nd edition as refresher for November's ACWfest.
September: Jim Esler ran a small WW2 battle using "Rapid Fire".
August: Wim Oudshoorn ran his ever popular "Protector of the Realm" War of the Roses DBA Campaign. Rich Brooks debuted his colonial Britons and their Zulu opponents in a "the Sword and the Flame" rules game called N'grogga's Krall, Photos and Scenario specifications
July: Was chariot racing, 2 games were played, Dave Ridell won the first one and Rich Brooks won the second. Glenn Broome hosted using Avalon Hill's Circus Maximus rules.
June: Was a WW II Juno Beach action, run by Dave Ridell, using modified Avalon Hill's Panzer Leader rules. Photos
May: WWI Air-to-air combat, run by Wim Oudshoorn using his own "Jump or Burn" rules.
April Jim Esler ran a small WW2 battle using "Rapid Fire". The French and Austrians wailed away at each other in a Napoleonic battle run by Rich Brooks using Homebrew rules.
March (the 18th): Chariot racing Rules used were in a miniatures conversion of Avalon Hill's Circus Maximus run by Glenn Broome.
Hotlead 2001 Photos
February: WW I Naval combat, the hypothetical 1st Battle of Dogger Bank saw the Forces of the Kaiser win Sinking 1 Dreadnaught (blowing it up actually) and 2 destroyers for the loss of 2 destroyers. Photos
February: While not a Association event these are some photos of something I hope to run for the club soon, if I can get more Zulus. Photos.
January: Peter Kingsman did a Napoleonic re-fight of Gettysburg with the French taking the roll of the Confederates the union was played by a Allied coalition that had Swedes, Russians and Various German states troops. Photos.
December (the 17th): Grey Aliens invade Roswell New Mexico in "Alien Probe". Wild-West Action using "The Rules With No Name", run By Rich Brooks.
November (11th & 12th): The Third Annual ACWfest. A massive Johnny Reb 2 ed. Battle run by George Wilkinson. Photos
October (the 15th): The First Annual (hopefully) Medieval Fest. A massive DBM battle, run by Wim Oudshoorn. Photos
September (the 17th): Wild-West gaming using "The Rules With No Name", run by Rich Brooks Photos
August (the 20th): George Wilkinson ran a Johnny Reb (2 ed.) Game. It was a Conversion of the Devil's Den and Little Round Top Scenario from Talonsoft's Battleground Gettysburg game.
July (the 16th): As a Prize for winning the DBA Tournament the Previous month Doug Lefler got to host this month's Game A DBM. 2.0 battle Photos
June (the 18th) A dozen members of the association battled for the bragging rights as DBA champion of London. Doug Lefler was the winner.
In May (the 21st) The combined Austrian and British army managed to stop the tide of French Aggression in the pivotal Battle of 1799 "Somewhere in Northern Italy" Using Napoleon's Battles, run by Rich Brooks. Photos
In April (the 16th) the Big Red tide rolled westward in a Modern micro-armor clash between elements of NATO and the Warsaw Pact. Rules used were home brew, run by Peter Kingsman. Photos.
While not a association event here are some Photos of a Wild-West bank robbery that Rich Brooks did using "The Rules With No Name".
In March (the 19th) We re-fought the "Battle of Barnet" A War of the Roses battle using modified DBA with special rules for setup and night moves. Photos
In February (the 20th) we played the Hundred Years War game February "Chevauchee" or Lost in France". Jim Esler was play testing this game for HotLead 2K.
In January (the 16th) A Wild West shoot-out occurred using "The Rules With No Name" Rich Brooks ran the game with his usual iron hand.
What we did in '99
December 19th: George Wilkinson ran some Romanic gladiatorial combat. Afterwards Glenn Broome presented "The Battle Of Salamis -303 B.C." an Ancient Galley using his own Ancient Mariner rules.
November 13th &14th: Scott Cameron and some of the Stratford boys came down to run a 2-day American Civil War battle using Johnny Reb 2nd edition. Photos. Attendance was not quite as good as expected, Next year we will plan to not coincide with the Santa Claus Parade!
October 17th: Wim Oudshoorn ran a large Wars of the Roses battle using DBM.
September 19th: Jim Esler ran a DBM scenario. Then Rich Brooks ran two Old west skirmishes using "The Rules with No Name".
August 15th: "A Protector of the Realm" game, run by Wim Oudshoorn.
July 18th, Some of H G Wells "Little Wars" run by Dave Ridell and the hypothetical 1815 Battle of Paris using "Napoleon's Battles" run by Rich Brooks.
June 20th, We did a double playing of "Hammerin' Iron II" a set of ACW naval combat rules George Wilkinson played the role of Neptune god of the sea. Photos
May 16th, Saw a first for us we played a Board game (Junta), there was also some miniatures played with both Wim Oudshoorn's WWI airplanes and Glenn Broome's Ancient Galleys seeing action.
April the 18th saw the largest gathering of Historical gamers yet with 15 people showing up. Nine took part in a Franco-Prussian war battle which Peter Kingsman ran using a modification of Fire and Fury, with the other 4 doing some World War I Naval combat umpired by Glenn Broome using simplified Seakrieg rules.
Also in March there was HotLead 1999: Follow this link for my pictures of it.
In March it was French and Indian Wars, the defense of a British fort, run by Bruce Pettipas in 25mm. Photo
In February it was Wim Oudshoorn running his War of the Roses Mini-campaign Warrewyk. Photo
In January it was the Battle of Lundy's Lane using modified Fire and Fury run by Jim Esler.
What we did in '98
December due to it being near Christmas and many members not in attendance several shorter games were run. First it was Ancient Mariners a galley game run by Glen Broome, and after lunch it was some time for more World War I Flying, run by Wim Oudshoorn.
November was a special two day event. Saturday saw Scott Cameron present, an American Civil War Battle using Johnny Reb (2nd edition) Photos. Sunday Rich Brooks ran "The Battle of Casa Nostra" a fictional Napoleonic battle using the Napoleon's Battles rules After action report.
In October there were a two shorter games, first up was Glenn Broome he orchestrated an ancient galley battle, followed by Cheryl Oudshoorn refereeing Escape from Colditz in 3D.
For September the 20th Peter Kingsman ran an American Civil War battle based on the first day of Gettysburg using the Fire and Fury rules set.
When August the 16th session arrived Rich Brooks ran a Napoleonic scenario (Battle of Casa Nostra) using The "Napoleon's Battles" rules set from Avalon Hill.
For July Wim Oudshoorn ran a Samurai Skirmish scenario using the "Road to Osaka" rules.
In June George Wilkinson ran an American Civil War Scenario (Cheat Mountain) using "Johnny Reb" (2nd ed.).
In May it was time for some W.W.I air combat using Avalon Hill's "Knights of the Air" rules set, modified for miniatures, Wim Oudshoorn was game master.
In April it two different time periods; George Wilkinson ran an ACW Naval Scenario, and Jim Esler ran a DBM Scenario both of these were in preparation for The HotLead '98 Miniature gaming convention.
In March it was time for a new period, therefore we did a Franco-Prussian War scenario with Peter Kingsman using modified Fire and Fury rules.
In February it was a Napoleonic scenario with Kurt Purcell using heavily modified Volley & Bayonet.
In January it was Two De Bellis Multitudinous (DBM) games run by Jim Esler and Wim Oudshoorn. Jim ran one in the ancients period and Wim's was in the late medieval period.
What we did in '97
In December it was some exciting multi-player Wars of the Roses (late medieval) game with Wim Oudshoorn using both Protector of the Realm and De Bellis Antiquitatis (DBA) rules.
In November it was an American Civil War scenario with George Wilkinson using Johnny Reb III.
In October it was more W.W.I aerial dog fighting, and some DBA.
September's game was a W.W.I aerial dogfight run by Wim Oudshoorn using modified Knights of the Air rules.
In August it was more Napoleonic action this time using Peter Kingsman's "Masse de Rupture" rules set.
In July we fought "The Battle of Fuentes des Onoro" using the "Napoleon's Battles" rules by Avalon Hill, run by Rich Brooks.
In June it was DBM 200, run by Jim Esler
Also in May while not an Official Association event, many members partook in the Final Battle of Wim Oudshoorn's King Maker PBEM campaign.
In May George Wilkinson ran a American Civil War battle using the "Johnny Reb 2nd ed." rules set.
In April a French rearguard and Austrian vanguard clashed in a Napoleonic action, using the "Masse de Rupture" rules set, run by Peter Kingsman.
In March there was a W.W.II clash of ships of the Imperial Japanese Navy and the American Navy, Using "Sea Kreig" which Wayne Aitken and James Nietzert ran.
In February we fought a multi battalion World War 2 Micro armor action using the "Spearhead" rules run by Mike Reider.
In January we Moved to our new venue, Police Headquarters where we engaged in a Wild West Shootout, using the "Six Gun Territory" rules, which Doug Scott ran.
What we did in '96
In December we held a D.B.A. tournament, due to Christmas only six players showed up to contend for the title it came down a showdown between Greg Hanbuch's Landsknetchs vs Jim Esler's Romans. Jim won to become the Champ.
In November we fought an American Civil War action at "Logan's Crossroads" run by George Wilkinson using "Johnny Reb 2nd edition". After Action Report
In October Peter Kingsman ran another American Civil War Scenario "Retreat from Gettysburg: Fairfield" again using the "Fire & Fury" rules set. After Action Report
In September we fought a Napoleonic battle, using the "Napoleon's Battles" rules set by Avalon Hill, which Rich Brooks ran.
In August we played "The Battle of Barnet", a War of the Roses scenario using "D.B.A.", which Wim Oudshoorn ran.
In July we played "Prelude to Philipi" a Roman Civil War scenario using "D.B.A.", which Jim Esler ran.
In June we played An American Civil War scenario using GDW's "Fire and Fury" rules set, which Peter Kingsman ran.
