Heart of America Historical Miniature Gaming Society

Borderwars 2023.5
November 10-12
Veteran's Day Weekend

now at the lovely Holiday Inn Overland Park West

at 8787 Reeder St, Overland Park, KS 66214

Get your Hotel room Here.

You'll need to manually select the dates you want your rooms for, and if it's not showing any doubles, go back and change the adults in the room selecter to 4. If they sell out, there are lots of hotels in the area.

Borderwars is the yearly convention of the Heart of America Miniature Gaming Society.

A three day event for all kinds of historical, fantasy and Sci-Fi Miniature gaming

as well as card and board games. All are welcome, and it doesn't cost anything to visit!

Special Guest: Pete Panzeri

Author, game designer, and U.S. Army combat veteran, Pete Panzeri is best known for his award winning book Little Big Horn 1876: Custer’s Last Stand, selected for “Order of the Indian Wars,” Little Big Horn 125th Anniversary Commemoration Keynote Speaker, and Editor’s Choice Award from the Military Book Club, reprinted 13 times since 1996 by Osprey, the Military Book Club, and Praegar Press. Pete’s most recent book is Killing bin Laden: Operation Neptune Spear.

Pete’s wargame publications include Origins-Award-Nominee Santa Anna Rules! Warfare in Mexico 1820-1820 (with Buck Surdu) Volumes I and II, Plains War Campaigns 1876, Crazy Horse Rules!, multiple wargame periodical articles including The Courier, MWAN, and the LITTLE BIGHORN "cover article" for the Wargames Illustrated Anniversary 300th Issue. Pete also served several terms as Academy Chair for the Origins Awards, Dean of the Origins War College and received the HMGS Legion of Honor and 2013 Game Master of the Year Award.

Description: Wait!? Didn’t we like ~MELT~ that Witch already? And we already dropped a house on her sister? Just when Dorothy & the Gang thought it was safe to re-decorate that Castle? The Witch is BACK! Invading Oz with a whole new Army of Flying Monkeys, Spooks and Winky-Guards! Can the Wizard's Balloon Corps, Oz-Green-Dragoons, Munchkins & ALL help the Lion, Tin-Man, and Scarecrow? Or is it REALLY always up to Dorothy and a water-bucket? Songs, Witch Laughs and funny quotes are not optional. Special Prizes for the funniest “MOVIE-Quoters” and best “Trivialist experts!” Play a bloody fast-paced game of Random events, hats, songs, cheers and mayhem. What's not to love? A war Game, A strategy game, a Survival game. Who said: "I DO believe in spooks! I DO believe in spooks!" I do! I do! I DO!!”

DEALERS so far...

Terrain Station!
Good Old Weird Harold's Old Boardgames
Buck-a-Fig
Dead Man's Figs
Tully's Toys
Delinger's Deals

To be a dealer contact HAHMGS

Dealers tables are $25 for a 6 foot table (max of 3, at this point). Or the equivelant floor space.

Put on a game at BW23.5 and get one days admission comped. Two games, get the weekend!

The hotel mostly has 6 foot tables, so if you MUST have 8 footers, you must give us advance notice.

Games at Borderwars 2023

Games will Run Friday Evening, Saturday Morning, Afternoon and Evening & Sunday.

THE WICKED-WITCH RULES!
Table 1
Scale: 25mm
Period: “CLASSIC HORROR FICTION”
Rules: “WICKED WITCH RULES!” by PETE PANZERI

Wait!? Didn’t we like ~MELT~ that Witch already? And we already dropped a house on her sister? Just when Dorothy & the Gang thought it was safe to re-decorate that Castle? The Witch is BACK! Invading Oz with a whole new Army of Flying Monkeys, Spooks and Winky-Guards! Can the Wizard's Balloon Corps, Oz-Green-Dragoons, Munchkins & ALL help the Lion, Tin-Man, and Scarecrow? Or is it REALLY always up to Dorothy and a water-bucket?

Songs, Witch Laughs and funny quotes are not optional. Special Prizes for the funniest “MOVIE-Quoters” and best “Trivialist experts!” Play a bloody fast-paced game of Random events, hats, songs, cheers and mayhem. What's not to love? A war Game, A strategy game, a Survival game. Who said: "I DO believe in spooks! I DO believe in spooks!" I do! I do! I DO!!”
Presented by Pete Panzeri

The Battle of Perryville or....
Could I BE anymore of a culmination of the Heartland Offensive?
Table
Players: 3-5
Length: 2-3 hours
Scale: 28mm
Rules: 1 Hour Wargames

The sun rises over what will be the largest battle fought on the soil of Kentucky. But will that soil be free? Or slave? Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Union Army of the Ohio and Gen. Braxton Bragg's Army of Mississippi will decide.
Presented by Bill Boyle & Die Alt Blue Legion.

The Great Northfield Raid
Table
Players: 4-6
Length: 2-3 hours
Scale: 28mm
Rules: Ruthless Rules

The James-Younger gang robs the First National Bank in Northfield Minnesota. The gang must make their getaway under a hail of bullets from local towns people.
Presented by Phil Hartman

D6 Ancients
Table
Players: 2-6
Length: 1-2 hours, each game, running continuously
Scale: 15mm
Rules: Ancients d6

Players command armies of antiquity against their historical opponents for the glory of the empire, republic, democracy, etc. The rules are simple (and free on the internet) yet provides a taste of the historical. Stop by and try this fast to learn game. A great intro to Historical Miniature Gaming.
Presented by Bob Vetter.

BATTLETECH: the Milk Run
Table
Players: 4-8
Length: 3-4 hours
Rules: Old School BATTLETECH
Scale: FUTURE

Your LANCE is hired by a mining firm to escort ore shipments, "THE EASIEST JOB IN THE GALAXY". The firm is paying TOP dollar "up front" and will provide fully operational mechs for your lance. EASY MONEY, A SIMPLE ESCORT JOB & FULLY OPERATIONAL MECHS...for a mercenary, it just doesn't get any better than this.
Presented by Bob Roby.

THE Great Race or Those Magnificent Martians in thier Superb Skyships
Table
Period: Victorian Sci fi
Scale: 28mm
Rules: Modified Circus Maximus
Players: 4-6
Time: 2-4 hours

Almost 20 years ago, March 9, 1870: Thomas edison, in an Aether Baloon of his own design, landed on mars. To commemorate the 20th annirsary, a Great Martian Jubilee is planned. All of the great earth powers will have a pavilion as well some of the more civilised native tribes. Exhibitions of culture and industry amongst the Martian colonies as well as the latest scientific discoveries will be presented.

And finally, on the Anniversary of the GREAT DAY, there will be a Skyship Race! France, belgium, germany, great britain, USA, russia, Japan; all will compete for the MARS CUP! Dont miss this aerial chariot race. Giant skyships flying thru the air of the Midwest Gamefest over the sands of Mars. All Day saturday! Can you steer your Skyship to victory thru the Martian skies!

But even at the Jubilee, the Great Game continues. No, not the race, the endless struggle behind the scenes by the empires and kingdoms of Earth. There are stories, rumors, that ships have been modified, secret agreements have been made, just to ensure victory. What will happen in the skies above the red planet at the Jubilee?
Presented by Brian Beal

George Knapp's Lexington & Concord
Table 1
Players: 2-4
Length: 1-2 hours, each game, running continuously
Rules: GK AWI
Scale: Tactical

This is the first day of the American Revolution. The British have a plan to conduct a quick raid to Concord but things go wrong and the colonial militia respond and harry the British all the way from Concord back to Boston. America's fate, to be ruled by free men, or a King, is to be decided, TODAY!
Presented by George Knapp.

Saga demos
Table
Players: 2-6
Length: 1-2 hours each game
Rules: Saga
Scale: 28mm

Learn to play SAGA with some of the best players in the nation! Gae will be running con
Presented by Charles Yaw

Poland 1939
Tables
Players: 6-12+
Length: 2-3 hours
Scale:15mm operational
Rules: Kiss Rommel

Germany has invaded Poland. Can the valiant Poles hold off the German Blitzkrieg?
Fight the entire campaign on three seperate tables.
Presented by Bill Boyle & Special Guest Judge Pete Panzeri

BATTLETECH: Run for the Ride
Table
Players: 4-8
Length: 3-4 hours
Rules: Old School BATTLETECH
Scale: FUTURE

Your LANCE is hired by a mining firm to escort ore shipments. Easy money until the reactor blew and all civilization on the planet was placed in jeopardy. Luckily your team was on patrol when disaster struck. Rushing back to the colony with a radioactive dust cloud chasing you, you find one leopard class Dropship at the space port. Oh and it looks like your rivals survived and are heading towards the same dropship.

WO GETS A RIDE OFF THIS ROCK AND WHO GETS LEFT BEHIND TO COOK IN THE RADIATION CLOUD? GOOD LUCK!
Presented by Bob Roby.

Lets Go A-Viking
Table
Players: 3-6
Length: 2-3 hours
Scale: 28mm
Rules: Fist Full Of Lead: Might and Melee

This years raiding season has been slim pickings. Time for one last raid against an undefended village. It’s undefended, right?
Presented by Jaye Wiley

3 SS panzer div. plus a supporting Inf. div. attacking 7 Russian Corps plus scattered Inf. toward the train station - the more Russian Reserve units committed on table the less objectives the Germans have to capture to win in 15 turns ! Rules are Kiss Rommel (D12) - room for up to 10 players - each div./corp is about 10 stands (150 stands total).
Presented by Harold Morgan

Three Days to the Rhine!
Table
Players: 3-6
Length: 2-3 hours
Scale: micro-Armor
Rules: 3 days to the Rhine

The Battle of Byrams Ford or the Battle of the Blue
Table
Players: 4-6
Length: 3-4 hours
Scale:15mm
Rules: Johnny Reb III

Sterling Price, leading a confederate raid to Kansas City, finds himself caught between Union Generals James G. Blunt and Alfred Pleasonton. His only hope is to charge both ways! Custom table with 3-D sculpted terrain, a MUST SEE!
Presented by Gary Mills

BATTLETECH: the Milk Run
Table
Players: 4-8
Length: 3-4 hours
Rules: Old School BATTLETECH
Scale: FUTURE

MBT Skirmish!
Table
Players: 3-6
Length: 2-3 hours
Scale: 6mm
Rules: Homebrew

Cold War gone hot! M1A1s vs T80s. This game is designed to be simple to learn and fast to play. Lots of tanks (68!) lots of mayhem.
Presented by Lewis Johnson.

Battle of Stones River
Table
Players: 3-6
Length: 3-4 hours
Scale: 15mm
Period: ACW
Rules: Brigade Fire & Fury 1st Edition

The Confederates are poised to strike the Federal troops that are unaware of their presence. Can the Federals hold off the onslaught? Or, will the Confederates defeat the Federals in detail?
Presented by Kevin Rounsaville

In Country
Table
Players: 3-4
Length: 2-3 hours
Scale: 28mm
Period: Modern Urban
Rules: InCountry

Ripped from the headlines! Whether in Kyev, or Fallujah or even Gaza. Infantry is still the Queen of battle. Especially when you're in town. A very fast paced simple to learn but hard to master set of modern rules.
Presented by Lewis Johnson.

Sea Peoples Invasion
Table
Players: 3-6
Length: 3-4 hours
Scale: 15mm
Period: Ancients
Rules: Impetvs

The Sea peoples have come, invading the north of Egypt. Can Pharoah push them back into the sea? Or, will the Sea People carve out a permanent enclave for themselves?
Presented by Kevin Rounsaville

THE Great Race or Those Magnificent Martians in thier Superb Skyships
Table
Period: Victorian Sci fi
Scale: 28mm
Rules: Modified Circus Maximus
Players: 4-6
Time: 2-4 hours

BATTLETECH: the Milk Run
Table
Players: 4-8
Length: 3-4 hours
Rules: Old School BATTLETECH
Scale: FUTURE

Borderwars 2023.5 November 10-12 Veteran's Day Weekend

Special Guest: Pete Panzeri

DEALERS so far...

Put on a game at BW23.5 and get one days admission comped. Two games, get the weekend!

Games at Borderwars 2023

Borderwars 2023.5
November 10-12
Veteran's Day Weekend