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NAV-CON 2010 IS A GO! NAV-CON
is exclusively dedicated to NAVAL WAR-GAMING encompassing miniatures, board games &
card games of all Eras - from Ancients, to Modern with an emphasis on WWI and WWII
SATURDAY - OCTOBER 9th,
2010 Oak Creek Centennial Church & Community
Center (Salvation Army) 8853 S. Howell Oak Creek
FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE! NAV-CON HAS FOUND A NEW AND BETTER LOCATION FOR 2010! THE SALVATION ARMY COMMUNITY CENTER IN OAK CREEK. - Easier
to get to, on Howell Ave. in Oak Creek, south of Mitchell Airport.
- Closer to the freeway,
but still on the busline.
- In the SA Community Center gymnasium, recently remodeled, with much
more space.
- Larger offstreet parking lot at the door.
- Guaranteed
night before set up.
- Larger vendor area, with more vendors.
- Smoke
free facility.
- Improved video & audio systems.
- Returning food
concession.
- "Theme" events (wanna run a BIG daylong event, contact us!).
- Within walking distance of Starbucks, Panera, Dairy Queen, Quizno's, Papa John's, Chipotle & McDonald's.
- Door prizes.
- Silent auction.
- Classic naval battle video
theatre.
- More tables.
- Events from ancient to modern.
- Open gaming area/bring your own, play something from our free library or open &
play your new purchase.
- Doors will open promptly at 8am.
- Game
demos.
LINKS
Naval Wargames Society
ABANDONED ITEM FROM NAVCON 2008!!! It's been a long time and sorry,
it hasn't been a priority for us, but this is something that needs to be taken care of. We still have an item left
behind by an attendee or judge at our convention in 2008. Before this year's con, we sent out emails about it and
we also made PA announcements at the con itself. No one has come forward to claim
it so we're still holding it for it's rightful owner. If you were at NAVCON 2008 and think you might have left something,
please send an email to navconmail@yahoo.com with a description of what it is. In order to return the item to the correct person, we are asking for this detailed description.
Since it's been over a year, here's a couple hints. It's an ordinary item, not something for a naval game, and it's used for
transporting things. If you reply and your description comes close, we'll get back to you and work out arrangements
for returning the item. Thanks for your assistance.
PICTURES FROM NAVCON 2009!!!

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| Avalanche Press setting up at NAVCON 2009 |

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| American Civil War Ironclads at Cornays Bridge |

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| Birdseye view of action at Cornays Bridge, ACW |
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Wednesday, November 11, 2009
PICTURES! PICTURES! WE GOT PICTURES!As shown above, we finally posted some pictures of the Big Day on this website, thanks to one of our attendees,
who kindly shared some of those he took while with us.
The first picture shows Avalanche Press setting up.
It was a big job, needing four long tables to hold all the products brought. The picture also gives an idea of what
the hall looked like, as patriotic as one would expect of an American Legion hall. By the way, since this is posted
on Nov. 11th, let's acknowledge all our vets. We at NAVCON, are old enough to remember that years ago, Veterans Day
was a big deal. In grade school, we stood for a moment of silence at 11:11, the moment the 1918 armistice took effect.
The next two pictures are from our Ironclads scenario. It's perhaps a little unfair to feature this since most
naval games take place on the open sea and this is a riverine action. But in our view, the terrain used for this game
was so spectacular, that it would be unfair not to post it.
These are the pictures we have posted for now.
They give a bit of an impression of what happened at our CON. There are some more pictures available which we might
post on this site in the future.
That's it for now. Carry on!
8:19 pm est
Friday, November 6, 2009
After Action VIIA couple weekends after NAVCON, another wargame convention took place, the venerable Rock Con, at Rockford,
IL. A couple members of the NAVCON staff made it down there and said hi again to a few of the gamers we just saw
at NAVCON. We put out fliers for NAVCON 2010 even though we don't have specific plans just yet. Also, we
were surprised to meet purveyors of Houston Ship models and hard corps naval wargamers, Star Books and Games. Check
them out at: http://www.greatendeavours.co.uk/ships/country_ships.php?nation_id=100
Houston Ships have a line of 1/1000 scale models of all the major naval classes for the period 1866-1905 and they
really look good. The scale is large enough to show a lot of detail. Lists of these models were available at NAVCON
since Star Books and Games couldn't make the trip to a small one-day convention like ours, they being from Lawrenceburg,
Indiana. Indeed, they haven't even been to Rock Con for fifteen years. They reported making some sales and might
be back next year, and also might show up at the major miniatures convention of the area, Little Wars.
We
were glad to see some naval game events at Rock Con. One was "Dawn off the coast of Preveza," a game of galley
warfare in the Mediteranean during the Renaissance between the Ottomans and the Pope's "Holy League." Here's
a fascinating, colorful period that rarely gets attention and it's about time someone did something with it. The models
look great and are so different that anyone walking by is compelled to look some more and find out what's going on.
Good job!
Another one was "Tirpitz Breakout" using Naval Thunder rules. The famous WWII German
battleship Tirpitz is coming out of the fjords to attack Allied Arctic convoys. This was run several times and I was
told later that at one of the sessions at least, the game was changed to a hypothetical engagement between Japan and the US
in the Pacific, during WWII. Cruisers got pounded and sunk and battleships were lost to critical hits in the ammo magazines.
It can happen and you gotta love it.
Well that's it for this posting.
5:36 pm est
Monday, November 2, 2009
After Action VIFor this posting, we want to again acknowledge and thank our longest-term and most loyal supporter, Avalanche
Press. AP has been coming to NAVCON and setting up for four years now and that's pretty reliable. As mentioned
before, this year AP donated games as door prizes, and this added greatly to the NAVCON experience. Avalanche Press
also advertised NAVCON on their own with their own email program. From talking to some attendees on NAVCON day and from
some of the exit feedback forms attendees filled out, we discovered that a good number showed up thanks to emails received
from Avalanche Press. That's not just effort, that's results. That's what counts in the end. And if you
want results in terms of 20th century naval campaigns, you can't do better than Avalanche's Great War at Sea system.
By now, I think they've covered just about everything, actual and hypothetical, but they're still expanding the line and supporting
it. So check it out.
Carry on!
7:52 pm est
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CONVENTION
INFORMATION
NAV-CON 2010
is a ONE day event. Doors open Saturday at 08:00 and close at 24:00.
Admission:
$12 Adult (18 or Older) - Students $6
The convention will
also host a silent auction, and show Classic Naval war films. FEATURING FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE BEVERAGES, SNACKS, AND FOOD ON-SITE!
Items eligible for the Navcon Silent Auction are military related models, figures, boardgames, rules sets, books, videos, etc. Navcon reserves the right to reject any submitted item as inappropriate.
Unlike previous years, items must be organized into "lots" of one to five items and instead of a percentage commission,
NAVCON will collect only one dollar per lot at the time the lots are submitted. The limit of submitted "lots"
is five per paid attendee. Bidding will end at 1600 hours.
DIRECTIONS
Proceed North From Illinois or South
From Milwaukee on I94, Exit Ryan Rd EAST towards Lake Michigan. Turn left on S. Howell Ave.
and proceed
North to the Salvation Army Community Center,8853 S. Howell, at the Northeast
corner of Howell
Ave. and W. Centennial Drive. .
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=8853+s.+howell+ave.,+Oak+Creek,+WI&sll=36.456636,-95.712891&sspn=18.124474,35.683594&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=8853+S+Howell+Ave,+Oak+Creek,+Milwaukee,+Wisconsin+53154&z=15
NEW THIS YEAR!!! A.R.E.A.
SANCTIONED TOURNAMENT THE AVALON HILL CLASSIC VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC!!!
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The 2009 Events Have Now Been Cleared From This Section. NAVCON 2010 EVENT LISTING (The 2010 Events are now being posted. Check back to see what's new!
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EVENT Battle
of Cape Spartivento
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RULE SET NAVAL THUNDER
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NAME Jeff Henn Battlefield
Hobbies
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DESCRIPTION Late in 1940, the Italian navy had been a fleet in being. However, after the British struck a crippling blow
at Taranto, the Italian Admiralty decided that they were better off taking the fight to the high seas. Owing to early
Italian successes in disrupting reinforcement of Malta, the British began sending larger and more powerful convoys.
Such was the case on November 27, 1940 when a strong British convoy was informed of an Italian force closing on their position.
British Admiral Somerville ordered his escort forces to engage the Italian forces. Vice Admiral Iachino had orders to avoid combat unless it was heavily in his
favour. Will the Italians judge the odds in their favor and engage the British in a decisive battle? Or can the British
escorts close for battle in either case? Scale 1/2400
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EVENT Battle
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Rule Set Rise
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Name Dave Himm Battlefield Hobbies
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Description With mounting pressure
on the Russian Navy's First Pacific Squadron trapped in Port Arthur by the Czar, they attempt to breakout to join with the
Vladivostok squadron. The Imperial Japanese navy had other ideas in mind. Join up and prepare for a true slug fest.
Scale 1/1000
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Event ACW Mini Game Marathon
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Name John Cusack Battlefield Hobbies
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Description Come
and join the fight, river style, during the Civil War. We have 2 scenarios to challenge the bold. The Albermarle's
fight against 4 Federal double enders. Then prepare for a wild ride as the Arkansas fights its way through the Federal Fleet.
Scale 1/600.
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Play your favorite naval boardgames from Avalon Hill, Avalanche
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Rules Rise
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Name Dave Himm Battlefield Hobbies
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Description 14
August 1904. While the Battle of the Yellow Sea was being fought, the Russian squadron from Vladivostok was engaged
in Commerce raiding. Unfortunately they ran into the Japanese 2nd Battle Division under Vice-Admiral Kamimura. Scale:
1/1000.
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Play your favorite naval boardgames from Avalon Hill, Avalanche
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| SEEKRIEG 5 On-Line Store |
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Acrylic Flight Stands, Bases, Tokens etc
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