Conventions

ATKM is on the road! We attend several collectibles shows and wargame conventions each year. The following is a list of the shows we plan to attend, along with glimpses into some of our past cons. Come out and meet us. Hopefully we'll be in your neighborhood soon.

Atlanta Toy Soldier Show	February 17-19, 2012 Atlanta, GA	atlantafigures.com
Cold Wars	March 8-11, 2012 Lancaster, PA	http://coldwars.org/
Recon	April 26-29, 2012 Cocoa Beach, FL	LINK
Nashcon	May 25-27, 20112 Nashville, TN	LINK
Historicon	July 19-22, 2012 Fredericksburg, VA	http://historicon.org/
Skirmish Game Day	August 13, 2012 Plano, TX	http://www.dfwirregulars.com/
Hurricon	September 2012 Orlando, FL	LINK

 

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Council Fires is an old wargames show in Southern Ontario brought to new life by ATKM buddy Dave Hoyt. The lovely Gina and I attended in early October 2011, along with master game masters Bob and Matt Lehman. The Ohio boys brought their AWI collection and terrain to create a massive table. These shots only offer a glimpse of the spectacle.
Scenes from the ATKM booth at Hurricon 2011. At center are painted AWI British units up for sale. Far right is the obligatory ATKM demo table where approximately a dozen games were played over the weekend.
The traditional ATKM Invitational game, Saturday night at Hurricon 2011. Players bring their own painted units supplemented by ours, and duke it out. This AWI battle involved 14+ units per side, and 6 players. The British won by a hair -- everyone was taken by surprise given the pounding the rebels delivered all game. Far right, two separate generals' cavalry charge one British player's failing infantry units at the same time, on the same card. I've never seen the likes before.
Nashcon was held over Memorial Day weekend. It's always a fun, intimate show. We hosted a dozen or more demo games throughout business hours.
By night, Mike Lee and I fought some booze-soaked games that had to be followed by cigars.
Here are a few shots of the ATKM booth at Recon 2011 in Cocoa Beach, Florida. The show is run by HMGS South.
The Flordia rendition of the ATKM "Big Game." This AWI throwdown was by invitation only, held for some of our good supporters in the sunshine state.
Everyone brought their own painted forces. The cards were cruel to the British (or favored the Americans), but it still turned out to be a close game.
These pics are in chronological order, so you can see the American advance and even penetration of the British center.
The Cold Wars 2011 booth. We used a lot of painted figures in formation to show what could be done with 54s in wargaming.
A "Last of the Mohicans" game run at CW '11 by Mike Fatovic using the ATKM rules and some figures, along with plenty of plastics from other companies.
The show-stopping ATKM Big Game at CW '11, this time around focusing on the War of 1812.
This was a combined effort between Bob and Matt Lehman, me, and Dave Hoyt. Bob did all the terrain and half the figures, while I contributed the other half of the figures.
This game was arguably bigger than any actual 1812 battle. It included 24 units per side commanded by 8 players in total. Amazingly, the Americans won in record time -- about 8 cards into the second turn!
We attended the 2011 Atlanta Toy Soldier Show. It's the first one of the convention year, and an easy way to get back into the swing of things, being local.
Cold Wars 2010 AWI Game Bob & Matt Lehman's AWI game using ATKM rules and figures. The table was 30 feet long and 6 feet wide, with 14 players. We used all of Bob and my collections combined, making for 800-900 figures on the table. We were done in 3 hours, with a British victory. It was spectacular!
Cold Wars AWI Game The game won a best of show award, and deservedly so!
An amazing 54mm AWI game hosted by Bob and Matt Lehman at Fall In 2009.
Everything you see here was created or painted by Bob, and the game deservedly won a best-of-show award on Saturday night.
Rules and (most) figures are All the King's Men.		Bob with fellow Rebel player Robby.
Historicon 2009 "Big Game"
1st Invitational Game Hcon 08	The battlefield underway	L to R: Jamie Peterson, Larry Caskey and Edgar Pabon
Winners Matthew Grove and Chris Johnson	Viewers Fred Perillo and Bob Lehman	Hosted by the enigmatic Gina and Ken Cliffe

 

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