Photos from Cold Wars 2013

[nikharwood]

Great pics Bryan, thanks for posting these 

[Shecky]

That's interesting, thanks for the reply.  So no vendors with our stuff at all?  We stock Warstore and Great Hall Games, and have sent things to Treefort Games and Armory Hobbies recently as well, I'll have to check if they go to any con's.

I know Rob at Great Hall Games. If they do any cons it's usually local but even then they've scaled back. They used to have a big presence at MillenniumCon but a few years ago stopped selling at the con and just sponsor games. Most local cons in the area have anywhere from 2-10 dealers and the biggest, MillenniumCon, might have 300 participants. It wasn't profitable for him to close or scale back his shop just for a weekend, especially when people would stop by the shop either before or after the con anyway.

[Leon]

Are there many companies over there who travel to most of the con's then, or is there just too much distance involved getting to them all?

[General Bt Sherman]

Leon,
I'm only familiar with the three big HMGS cons located on the east coast. They are Historacon, Fall-In and Cold Wars. Fall-In and Cold Wars are held at the same location. Historacon is currently held about 3 hours farther south. I believe that these are the three biggest historical miniature wargaming conventions in the country. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong about this. The economic downturn has had an effect on how far venders travel to attend these shows. Most venders from the central and western parts of the country now only attend Historicon, if any. On the other hand, most venders who are located in the east attend all three shows. As Shecky mentioned there are also many smaller shows around the country, but these are mostly for gamming and only a few local venders attend.
Bryan

[Leon]

Thanks for the info, that's a bit of a shame, it'd be nice to have a distributor who was at more of the con's to help build the scale.  We're not looking for any new trade accounts at the moment though, as we're just too busy to cast up the discounted price stock, so it's something to think about in the future.  We could look at sponsoring games at some of the bigger con's instead maybe.

[General Bt Sherman]

We could look at sponsoring games at some of the bigger con's instead maybe.

That's what I would recommend trying.
Bryan