From: Rick Rutherford <rickr@s...>
Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2002 14:31:12 -0500
Subject: Washington DC Area Gamers
Hi all, There are a couple of retail stores in the Washington DC metro area where miniatures gamers usually congregate: Little Wars 11213K Lee Highway Fairfax, VA (703) 352-9222 The Game Parlor Sully Place Shopping Center 13936 Metrotech Drive, Chantilly, VA. 20151 Phone : (703) 803-3114 Fax : (703) 803-3115 Personally, I go to Little Wars every Thursday night with a mostly-regular group of 10-20 people and play various miniatures games, including all of the GZG games. In fact, Full Thrust was the game we all started playing together, over 7 years ago. It's a very open group, and if you're willing to introduce yourself & show that you're interested, you'll be invited to sit down and play. The owner of the store is really into miniatures games, both historical & fantasy/sci-fi, and knows where to get obscure and hard-to-find figures. He has even sculpted some 25mm scale Vietnam-era historical figures, but I forget who manufactures them. Even though I live in suburban Maryland, I regularly make the trek out to Fairfax, VA to play miniatures... luckily, there seems to be a critical mass of miniatures gamers in the area, and that has kept things going for quite some time now. In addition, there's a gaming group called "NOVAG" (Northern Virginia Gamers) that gets together at the Game Parlor on Fridays and Saturdays, and they also play miniatures games (I don't know which ones, exactly). There's a small rivalry between the owners of the two stores, but everyone shops at both, regardless. NOVAG is also holding a 1-day convention this Saturday, March 30. The convention is called GAMECON 16, and it's held at the WestPark Hotel, at 8401 WestPark Drive, in Tyson's Corner, VA. Tel: (703)734-2800 or 800-533-3301 If you're familiar with the area, it's next to route 7, about 2 miles east of the Dulles toll road and a quarter mile west of Rt. 123. Most of the local gaming people will be there.