Borderwars 2013
May 3-5 , 2013
Kansas City, KS
Best Western Inn & Conference Center
HOURS:
Friday - 3PM-Midnight
Saturday - 8AM-Midnight
Sunday - 10AM-4PM
Convention theme: War in years that end in '2'
ALL HAHMGS MEMBERS BRING YOUR STUFF TO SELL.
HAHMGS is pleased to welcome our special guest to BW2013
Duke Seifried
The P.T. Barnum of miniature wargames, Funder of Custom Cast & Der Kriegspielers, inventer of the 6 sided die!
Duke will be presenting his Napoleonic Battle of Wagram.
12 players. Using Frank Chadwick's "Volley & Bayonet Rules on Saturday starting at 9:00 AM. There will be a lunch break at Noon and continue on at 1:00 PM until 4 - 5:00 PM.
In glorious 15mm! A must see!
War in years that end in 3!
It's 150 years since Gettysburg and 200 years since the Battle of Leipzig.
But why limit ourselves?
As long as it happened in a multiple of ten years from the present day, than it's worth celebrating! So anyone who puts on a battle that occured in a year that ends with the number two gets $5 discount on admission.
Games at Borderwars 2013
All games and times subject to change. And how!
Boardgame Ruffians
Hey! We love boardgames, and we might just throw down anytime, anywhere. So we'll have a bunch of for anyone to enjoy.
Including:
- Gangland; the card game
- Nuclear War: the card game
- Naval War: the card game
- House Divided: GDW boardgame
- All kindsa DORK games
- Hacker
- Snuffy Smith's HOOTIN HOLLER BUG DERBY!
Doors open at 3pm Friday!
5PM Friday
1940 GLOBAL AXIS & ALLIES BOARDGAME
The BIG worldwide version. The one they stole from the late Mike Duffield.
CAN THE AXIS POWERS FORCE THE ALLIES TO SUBMIT TO THEIR WORLD DOMINATION? WILL THE ALLIES GATHER TO FORCE THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF THE AXIS POWERS? CHOOSE A SIDE! PLAN YOUR STRATEGY! EXECUTE YOU PLAN! THE FATE OF THE WORLD IS IN YOUR HANDS!
2ND EDITION OR THE ALPHA 3 RULES WILL BE USED.
Presented by Bob Roby
6-7pm Friday
The Plains of Abraham
15mm F&I.
The battle for the future of Canada. 4 players. Fast play 18th century rules.
Presented by Bill Boyle
Hastings 1066
The Normans try to take the hill from Harold and the Housecarls.
George Knapp's quick-play D6 design with Normans, Saxons - knights, archers, footmen Housecarles, and peasants all battling in 7-turns for victory or defeat!
Presented by Harold Morgan
GERMANTOWN: ASSAULT IN THE CENTER
A scenario of the battle for Germantown, concentrating on the main assault in the center. Using the great TTTTMS AWI rules. 15mm AWI.
Presented by Bob Vetter
BATTLE FOR THE PLANET OF THE APES!
28mm Gaslight 1889
The apes are marching on the Forbidden Zone. The telepaths attempt to repel the apes by using their mental abilities to project illusions of fire and control the primative humans.
Presented by Scott Hansen.
8-9pm Friday
Foy or The Plains of Abraham II
15mm F&I.
The French try to overturn the results of the previous battle.. 4 players. Fast play 18th century rules.
Presented by Bill Boyle
SATURDAY
Doors open at 8am
9AM Saturday
Easy AWI!
This is a generic American Revolution game for two players. Less than two hours to play. Games decided on points.
The latest from Rothery award winner George Knapp. Using his effortless to learn, a lifetime to master rules system! A can't miss game!
This event will be running all day on saturday with one game after another.
Presented by George Knapp
1940 GLOBAL AXIS & ALLIES BOARDGAME
The BIG worldwide version. The one they stole from the late Mike Duffield.
CAN THE AXIS POWERS FORCE THE ALLIES TO SUBMIT TO THEIR WORLD DOMINATION? WILL THE ALLIES GATHER TO FORCE THE UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER OF THE AXIS POWERS? CHOOSE A SIDE! PLAN YOUR STRATEGY! EXECUTE YOU PLAN! THE FATE OF THE WORLD IS IN YOUR HANDS!
2ND EDITION OR THE ALPHA 3 RULES WILL BE USED.
This event will be running all day on saturday with one game after another.
Presented by Bob Roby
WAGRAM!
(see above)
10-11am Saturday
Battle of Umaill (813)
A fight between fierce Viking raiders and stalwart Irish defenders using 25mm figures and the Dux Bellorum rules.
The rules are simple and fun and the even should last 2-3 hrs.
Presented by Prisco R. Hernández, Ph.D.
Hyborian Armies DBA Tournament
15mm DBA Hyborian Latter campaign. No knowledge required. Armies provided, or bring your own.
Presented by Bill Boyle
Noon
WAGRAM! Easy AWI! & A&A...
Continues...(see above) More players can join in, and some players may reach their limit and retire, wimps.
KISS Kursk
N-scale WWII
Rules: Kiss Rommel
1st & 2nd SS Panzer are bearing down on Povkorovka! 1st Guards Tank Army will Destroy the Fascist Beasts! U-RAHHHH!
3PM Saturday
Leyte Gulf
Carrier air-strikes, Battleships-battling, Kamikazies, Submarines, day & night actions in the Phillipines using Lou Coatney's The greatest naval battle of ALL TIME!! rules.
Presented by Harold Morgan
DBA Hyborian Latter campaign. No knowledge required. Armies provided, or bring your own. 15mm
Saturday Evening
"House Divided" ACW Tournament
GDW's classic area movement boardgame. Tournament will be using the first year scenario. Copies are provided for tourney, but bring your copy if you have one.
Presented by Bill Boyle
Music of the Martian Skies
PERIOD: Initial Martian Colonisation
SCALE: 25mm
PLAYERS: 4-8+
LENGTH: 2-3 hours
RULES: Gaslight/Space 1889 (modified)
Taking up the Earthman’s Burden, the great Earth powers, England, America, China, etc, have invaded Mars. The valuable Martian natural resources cannot be left in the hands of backward peoples.
The strange airships of Mars rise to battle to face the Earthlings metal gunships. Take flight high above the red planet. Watch out for falling spikes and parachute bombs!
Presented by Scott Hansen & Bruce Weil
Date & Time TBA
Battle of Ligny
Demo game of Le Petit Emperor, fast play Napoleonic rules. 15mm.
Presented by Bill Boyle
Samurai Battle
A 4 -6 player game to playtest Volley and Bayonet modified rules for the Samurai period 1580-1620. Players will command a variety of troops types in a small battle.
Presented by Chris von Fahnestock
Battle of Borodino
Last year, Duke did it in 15mm. This year, Todd Carter's doing Borodino in 6mm!
Presented by Todd (Double-D=Double Pimpin) Carter
CHECK BACK
FOR DATES AND TIMES AS MORE GAMES
ARE ADDED
DEALERS...SO FAR...
- Old Weird Harold's
Old Boardgames
- IALLM Books
- George Knapp
- Buck-a-Fig
- Game Cafe
- Outland Game & Hobby
- John Gleason and Wargames Factory Figures!
- and more to come!
DIRECTIONS TO Borderwars 2013
the Best Western Inn & Conference Center in Kansas City,
Kansas, Located at the corner of Rainbow Boulevard and Southwest Boulevard.If you come in on I-70, take I-35 South. Once on I-35 South, follow
these directions:
Go south at Exit 234-Rainbow Boulevard/US-169 and continue south
until you come to the stop light at Southwest Boulevard. Proceed south about
a block to Applebee's on your right (west side of street). Turn into Applebee's
parking lot. The convention center is on the other side of Applebee's.
Call ahead for reservations: 1.800.368.1741.
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- Weekend Pass - $25.00
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