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Bob Giglio,
GM Awards Coordinator - HISTORICON 2005
Congratulations and thanks to all award recipients and volunteer Game Master
(GM) judges. These awards are intended to recognize service or achievement
exemplifying the highest qualities of Historical Miniatures Gaming, with those
awarded under the following award categories.
Best of Show PELA:
Peter English, Samuel Scott & Martin Baber -
Operation Market Garden
Best Theme Event PELA:
Stanley Sunderwirth -
Calder's Actions - 22 July 1805 - 200th Anniversary
1. “Pour Encourage Les Autres” (PELA) Awards (a.k.a. “To Encourage Others”):
“Best of Show” and “Best Theme” often selected from the
“Best of Time Slot” that garner most votes from GM Judges throughout
convention.
Best of Time Slot PELA:
Morning (8 AM-Noon), Afternoon (1-5 PM), and Evening (6 PM-Close).
- Thursday Afternoon: Steve Fliss - Panzer Safari
- Thursday Night: David Waxtel - Battle of Aspern-Essling 1809
- Friday Morning: Frank Luberti - Trench Wars: Palestine 1917
- Friday Afternoon: Bill Daniel - Search for the Crystal Skull of Doom
- Friday Night: Kurt Hummitzsch & Bob Murch - Rugged Adventures: The Good, The Bad and the Greedy
- Saturday Morning: Peter English, Samuel Scott & Martin Baber - Operation Market Garden
- Saturday Afternoon: C. Patrick Hreachmack & Lance King - Attorney's Can't Game WSIM: Too Many Attorneys In The Gene Pool
- Saturday Night: Dave Good - Quatre Bras
- Sunday: Stanley Sunderwirth - Calder's Actions - 22 July 1805 - 200th Anniversary
2. Game Master Battle Streamer Awards:
Rather than attempting to rank one GM over another in diverse historical
periods, scales sizes, judges recognize as many as possible with a certificate
and flag-streamer.
- Steve Fliss - Disposable Heroes
- Maurice Holmes - Celluloid Heroes of the West
- Jim Brokaw - Down in the Delta
- Ross Macfarlane & Rob Dean (HAWKS) - Not Quite Seven Years' War
- Neal Smith & Brent Walker (TSS) - Borodino 1812
- Peter Hess, Rich Knapton, Doug Fisher & Rich Greenway - The Great Siege: Malta 1565
- Neal & Bob Baldwin - French and Indian War Naval - Canoe Race 2
- Mark Stevens - Sword in the Cactus
- John Rigley - Moby Dick
- Dwight Jones & Chaz Amrhein - Darkest Africa: The Sword & The Flame
- David Bonk (TSS) - Battle of Springfield, May 1778
- Rob Walter - Zulu Twilight
- Bill Moreno - Bloody Lane
- Ross Macfarlane (HAWKS) - Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur
- Alfred Gaspar - Pointe du Hoc
- Bruce Weigle - Two if by Sea: The Prussian Invasion of Als, 1864
- David Bonk (TSS) - Carentan Mini Campaign: Game #3
- Mark Lundberg - "To Fly is the Fashion of Cowards"
- Chris Palmer & Eric Schlegel (HAWKS) - Raiders of the Lost Ark, Part 2
- Todd Pressley - Daimyo Influence
- Fred Hubig & John Snead - Battle for Crampton's Gap (South Mountain)
- Duncan Adams (HAWKS) - War of 1812 Fort Raid
- Mark McLaughlin - Princess Ryan's Star Marines
3. HMGS Legion of Honor “Battle Star” Awards:
Recognized by HMGS Legion of Honor members for service or achievement in
promoting Historical Miniatures Gaming. The following were awarded a Battle
Star at CW’05:
- Nigel P. Marsh & Lyle Bickley - Talavera, July 28, 1809
- Douglas Liption - Guadalcanal, 12-14 Sept. 1942: The Battle of Bloody Ridge
- Peter English, Samuel Scott & Martin Barber - Operation Market Garden
- James Moulton - Perry's Victory: Battle of Lake Erie
- The HAWKS' Club Room - "For their combined effort over multiple conventions"
4. GM Award Judging Criteria:
See
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/GMSN.
Apologies for mis-spelled/identified events, names or data from the program; in
the “heat of battle” we may have missed some deserving of Battle
Streamers. All GM’s invited to volunteer for the
FALL IN! 2005 “GM Awards Team”; please contact me.
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