SAND WARS 2024, Mesa, Arizona, Sat-Sun May 18+19

[Mad Guru]

Four months away and counting down, HMGS-Pacific Southwest will host our first convention of the year, our 3rd annual Southwest regional con taking place in Mesa, Arizona:

SAND WARS 2024

To be held this year at the T.J. Heap Gym, Mesa Community College, located at:

46 W Mesa Community College Coll, Mesa, AZ 85202

I think many will agree that the most important element of every miniature wargaming convention is the GMs and their games, and you can sign up to run a game or games here, and MANY THANKS in advance if you do so:

https://tabletop.events/conventions/sand-wars-2024

As noted on the flyer above, if you have any questions about the con, feel free to contact Convention Director Harmon Ward at:  hjw@pacbell.net

Some day soon you'll be able to click on the above link and register to attend on that same page. I'll return and post the word here when badges and tickets go live.

Until then, courtesy of San Diego Historical Gamer, here are some pics of our most recent HMGS-PSW convention -- Mini-Wars 2023, held in Buena Park, California this past October -- featuring many of the same GMs (myself included) who've run games at Sand Wars the past 2 years:

[Stryder]

CURRENT EVENT LIST FOR SAND WARS 2024 https://tabletop.events/conventions/sand-wars-2024

Event Name   |        Rules and Version

• 1985-Shifting Sands 2024 Saturday & Sunday   |  Battlefront Team Yankee Tournament   
• The Charge of the Light Brigade   |      Homebrew quick play game
• Combined Arms Campaign - Saturday & Sunday   |      Warlord Combined Arms, Bolt Action 2nd, Tank War, Blood Red Skies, Victory at Sea.   
• Micro Armor   North Africa Battle  |      WRG   
• Drums along the Black River     |      Songs of Drums and Shakos   
• Dino Wars!   |      Dino Wars! rules   
• Leonardo da Vinci and the Prince of Foxes   |      Pikeman's Lament with minor modifications   
• GI Joe Adventures   |      Red Traitor (Starship Troopers / Battlefield: Evolution)
• Cruisin' for a Bruisin'   |      Mein Panzer   
• A Song of Ice and Fire - Sand Wars!   |      ASOIAF Tournament
• Paint and Take   |      Miniature Paint and Take   
• Micro Armor Company level action / Ardennes Campaign   |      Modified Squad Leader
• Go Action Fun Time - Night of the Ten Suns   |      RPG   
• Zorro and Old California   |      Red Traitor (Starship Troopers / Battlefield: Evolution)
• Starship Troopers   |      Red Traitor (Starship Troopers / Battlefield: Evolution)   
• Blood and Crowns: Saturday Chevauchée   |      Blood and Crowns
• Gaming with local group Adventures in a Board Gaming   |      Variety of Board Games
• Dungeon Crawl Classics (DCC) Funnel   |      RPG   
• Dungeon Crawl Classic Level 1 One shot   |      RPG   
• Into the Trenches at "Wipers", Sept 1914   |      Simplified Trenchfoot
• Waterloo 1815 revisited   |      Napoleons Battles v1.0
• BattleTech: Mercenary Assault   |      BattleTech Total Warfare; Introductory tech level with pilot special abilities
• Flea Market Saturday and Sunday

[Mad Guru]

Javier,

Thanks for posting the events!  The list of games looks great and varied.  Bummed I can't be there for this third time around, but I wish you and the con lots of success this year and hope to see you back in Mesa in 2025!