As usual, the Harford Area Weekly Kriegspielsers ran several games focusing on kids at Historicon. Below is a quick rundown on some of them.

Navies for Kids Giveaway

Buck Surdu ran a game in which a group of kids were given a box full of boats and other materials. They then chose sales for a stack of patterns and colored them. Then we helped them hot glue the sails to the masts. With a set of rules designed for this game, we ran a naval action pitting side A against side B. When the game was over, the kids took hope their two decorated boats, two more the assemble, rules, dice, measuring sticks, a sea cloth, and everything they would need to run the game at home for their buddies.

Some of the kids inspecting their supplies

Getting help to hot glue the sails to their masts

Armies for Kids Giveaway

We worked all year through a series of club painting days and other events to build six complete sets of armies (one French and one Prussian) for a 15mm Franco-Prussian War giveaway. As in previous years, the kids played the game and then each went home with a French Army, a Prussian Army, terrain, dice, tape measures, and a ground cloth.