As part of a new Historical gaming group in Montreal, we have run two "1 day open day events" at our main gaming store Abyss
https://www.abyssrestopub.ca/ as a way of introducing the many GW WH 40K players to historical gaming and to help the store owner to stock/sell more historical products.
The first event had Bolt Action/Chain of Command games for WW2 and SAGA games for Ancients plus a painting area. The second event saw Congo and Muskets & Tomahawk games.
Besides the 7 regular historical gamers, we have 3 new players that have attended both event days and around another 7 that have Historicals as their 'second' interest.
This new group is very much into having fun during their games and looking to expand the range of games played.