Archived Conventions and Events
Archived Conventions/Events
Little Wars 2015 Theme Winner – First Contact!
Little Wars 2015 Winner for Best Theme “First Contact” is Mark Anderson for his event entitled The Battle for Sword Beach June 6, 1944. This was run a huge 8 foot by 16 foot plus table and the miniatures were 15mm. This covered the beach landings and the surrounding area. It was quite magnificent. Congratualtions...
Little Wars New Home for 2016 and 2017!
Little Wars will be moving, starting in 2016 Little Wars has a new home. The Westin Lombard Yorktown Center. We have secured a 2 year deal with the Westin. The Westin is located at 70 Yorktown Shopping Center, Lombard, Illinois. They have 500 guest rooms and suites and 39,000 sq ft of function space. The...
Little Wars 2014 Theme Winner – Great and Not So Great Commanders!
The winner of the 2014 Theme Award goes to John Read and Todd Fisher for their Napoleonic Battle of Rivoli game! Their large setup in 15mm was an outstanding game of quality terrain and superbly painted miniatures that all who played had a great time. Congratualtions to John and Todd for their efforts, they will...
Little Wars 2013 Theme Winner – Turning Points!
The winner of the 2013 Theme Award goes to Steve Fratt for his series of three days at Gettysburg! Steve’s large setup in 5mm scale recreated the three day of this historic battle in amazing detail. Steve is well known for bringing large well terrained events to Little Wars each year, and this was no...
Little Wars 2012 Theme Winner – Technology, Innovations & Advancements!
The winner of the 2012 Theme Award goes to the judging team of Glen Domingo and Justin Gramm, otherwise known as the Shellshock guys as this is the name of their original rule set. Glen and Justin have been avid supporters of Little Wars for as long as we know, running games all three days...
Little Wars 2011 Theme Winner – Last Stands & Forlorn Hopes!
he winner of the the 2011 Theme Award goes to Michael Harris. Michael brought his beautiful French and Indian Wars game complete with a painted back drop. His terrain board included a river, lake, bridge, boat, and realistic looking mountain path. Much fun was had playing this game that Michael ran twice during the convention....
Little Wars 2010 Theme Winner – Warfare in the Orient!
The winner of the 2010 Theme Award goes to Kevin MacDonald for his Operation Bear Grease II Viet Nam game. Kevin’s helicopters had great paintjobs right down to the men hanging out the doors on the guns. Everyone that played in the game had a great time and claimed it was the best game they...
25TH ANNUAL SYW ASSOCIATION CONVENTION MARCH 28-29
Location: Holiday Inn Downtown 213 W. Washington Street South Bend, Indiana 46601 Hotel Reservations Call: 1-574-232-3941 Convention hours: Friday from 8:30 a.m. to midnight Saturday from 8:30 to midnight www.sevenyearswarassociation.com