MICHICON 2003


Lt. Tony Armada, after two conventions, reaches his goal of 5 aerial victories and is promoted to Captain.

MICHICON 2003


Lt. Wardrop obtains his 1st kill of the convention.  He is awarded Military Merit Cross certificate and is promoted to 1st Lt.

MICHICON 2003


2nd Lieutenant Garcia is awarded the Military Cross certificate and is promoted to 1st Lt. after getting his first kill.  Lt. Siegle and the GM (me) are saluting Lt. Garcia.

MICHICON 2003


We have 3 Fokker D.VII's and a Pfalz D.XII swirling around 2 British S.E.5a's, a Sopwith Camel and a SPAD XIII.  It appears that things are about to get dicey.  Lt. R. Siegle (closest S.E.5a) gets his first kill this mission.

MICHICON 2003


Lt. Siegle and yours truly present arms in recognition of Lt. Bailey's first kill and promotion to 1st Lieutenant.

MICHICON 2003


2nd Lt. R. Siegle is awarded the Military Cross certificate and is promoted to 1st Lt. after his first kill.  We wonder why Lt. Bailey fails to salute.

MICHICON 2003


Lt. B. Siegle is promoted to 1st Lt.  His son, Lt. R. Siegle salutes proudly.  Lt. B. Siegle (dad) went on to score 3 more victories during the Con.  The race for the first one to make captain had to wait until the next convention.

MICHICON 2003


Lt. Wardrop obtains his 5th kill of the convention.  He is awarded his ACE card and is promoted to Captain.  Lt. B. Bailey salutes the new Captain.  Captain Wardrop goes on to make Major before the end of the convention.

MICHICON 2003


The swirl of combat.  Next turn results in a great deal of flying lead and torn fabric.  The Germans win this mission.

MICHICON 2003


The Foust family peers into the camera while Lt. Herman at the far end of the table is yawning or just took a bullet.

MICHICON 2003


Captain Garcia leans over and discusses strategy with his squadron while Captain Wardop is deciding if now is a good time to use those last 3 rounds of ammunition.

MICHICON 2003


The plotting phase.  All the pilots are plotting 3 increments of fire, altitude and movement.  Trying to guess where their opponent is going to be while keeping themselves out of harm's way.

Little Wars 2004


The 6pm Saturday night game at Little Wars in Chicago.  Although the game is set to run with 10 pilots, we ran 13 on this mission due to demand.  It was a target rich environment and was a great deal of fun to watch.

Little Wars 2004


The map was crowded with 13 pilots.  It appears 12 of the pilots forgot the cardinal rule of avoiding the middle of the map.  With that many planes, the amount of lead flying made survival a difficult endeavor.