I am happy to announce that the webpage to register games to GM and buy tickets to attend MINI-WARS 2026 is now LIVE on the Table Top Events website at the other end of this handy link:
https://tabletop.events/conventions/hmgs-psw-mini-wars-2026
This is the first time in some years that HMGS-Pacific South-West has been able to finalize the convention venue many months in advance, so I'm hoping the ability to promote the event for the next 8 months will help to increase attendance.
In the meantime, here's the flyer for the event, the theme of which is "INDEPENDENCE, Celebrating the 250th Birthday of the U.S.A.":
Unlike last year's Mini-Wars, where I was too busy volunteering to help out with the overall convention to run a game, this year I hope to get back to my usual ways and bring a game as a GM. If that hope turns into a reality, I will of course post about it here in an effort to recruit players for whatever game I manage to bring!
Mini-Wars is a modest size local convention but always features a great collection of stand-out games in multiple genres, including historical miniatures, fantasy and sci-fi miniatures and RPGs, a flea-market, at least a handful of cool dealers, and a few cool lectures and/or classes. 2025 featured a report on the Ukraine War by a retired Army Brigadier General, and classes on figure painting and DIY rocky terrain making. If you are located in Southern California in general or Orange County or Los Angeles in particular, I strongly encourage you to attend! You can learn more about exactly what will be available by checking in on the event list from time to time over the coming months as it fills up with dozens of games (last year there were m ore than 40) and a handful of hobby classes and/or lectures.
Since today happens to be March 11, I'll close by saying that 8 months from now I hope to see you on the campus of Cal State University, Fullerton, playing games and having fun at Mini-Wars!
