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This weekend, the Big Muddy Historical Gaming Alliance is hosting a full-weekend
wargaming convention at the St. Louis Mills shopping mall, running from Friday,
May 15, through Sunday, May 17. The theme of the convention is Pyrrhic
Victories. Further details, such as events and vendors, can be found at the Big
Muddy web site at http://www.bmhga.org/index.html .

Also running at the convention will be a couple of board wargame "mini-marathon"
sessions of a couple of the more famous Pyrrhic victories involving large-scale
paratroop drops of WW2: Operation Mercury, GMT's classic game of the German
invasion of Crete; and Hells' Highway, VG's classic game of the Allied attempt
to breach the Rhine River in Holland and end the war by Christmas '44.

There are plenty of open seats for these games, and they lend themselves very
well to multi-commander, team games, due to the nature of the two operations.
Isolated groups of paratroopers fight to gain footholds and achieve their
objectives, while waiting for stronger reinforcements to arrive in the nick of
time.

If you enjoy quality, classic wargaming action, make plans to come to the
convention and mix it up on two of the best depictions of airborne assaults ever
designed. Hell's Highway details can be found at
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2077 , and Operation Mercury can be
previewed at http://www.gmtgames.com/p-134-operation-mercury.aspx and
http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5751 . Scans of the rules are being
posted to a discussion forum thread of the Greater St. Louis Are Wargamers
ConsimWorld SNW site at
http://social.consimworld.com/group/greater_st_louis_area_wargamers .

Hope to see you there!

Chris Fawcett