Historical Miniatures Gaming Society
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The Historical Miniatures Gaming Society (or HMGS) promotes the hobby of historical miniature wargaming
as a registered non-profit charitable and educational foundation. The organization consists of a loose-knit group of regional chapters, primarily located throughout the United States
.
The largest chapter, East, has over 2,000 members worldwide, although the vast majority are from the East Coast of the United States. HMGS East sponsors three major gaming convention
s (Historicon
, Cold Wars, and Fall In!
), as well as special events and seminars by distinguished historians.
The HMGS-Great Lakes chapter runs the historicals events at the annual Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio
.
The HMGS-South
chapter is also quite active, hosting two large gaming conventions in Florida
.
Miniature wargaming
Miniature wargaming is a form of wargaming that incorporates miniature figures, miniature armor and modeled terrain as the main components of play...
as a registered non-profit charitable and educational foundation. The organization consists of a loose-knit group of regional chapters, primarily located throughout the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
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The largest chapter, East, has over 2,000 members worldwide, although the vast majority are from the East Coast of the United States. HMGS East sponsors three major gaming convention
Gaming convention
A gaming convention is a gathering that centered on role-playing games, collectible card games, miniatures wargames, board games, video games, or other types of games. These conventions are typically two or three days long, and often held at either a university or in a convention center hotel...
s (Historicon
Historicon
Historicon is the largest gaming convention in North America devoted to historical miniature wargaming. It is sponsored by the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, a nonprofit guiding organization...
, Cold Wars, and Fall In!
Fall In!
Fall In! is one of the largest gaming conventions in North America devoted to historical miniature wargaming. It is sponsored by the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, a nonprofit guiding organization, which also sponsors the much larger Historicon convention.Typically, Fall In! is a three-day...
), as well as special events and seminars by distinguished historians.
The HMGS-Great Lakes chapter runs the historicals events at the annual Origins Game Fair in Columbus, Ohio
Columbus, Ohio
Columbus is the capital of and the largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio. The broader metropolitan area encompasses several counties and is the third largest in Ohio behind those of Cleveland and Cincinnati. Columbus is the third largest city in the American Midwest, and the fifteenth largest city...
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The HMGS-South
HMGS-South
HMGS-South is a Florida, USA based chapter of the Historical Miniatures Gaming Society, a non-profit organization devoted to advancing the hobby of miniature wargaming and history....
chapter is also quite active, hosting two large gaming conventions in Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
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