Fredericksburg, VA Exit 130B: Historican, the Wall Street Journal refers to this event as “the Mother of all wargaming conventions”. Attracting about 3500-4000 people from around the world and around 100 vendors presenting everything you need to recreate military battles throughout history or transform into battles depicted from your own imagination.
Miniature gamers and military history enthusiasts partake in hundreds of interactive tabletop games, tournaments, demonstrations, seminars, training sessions, painting classes and competitions. The majority of events are history-related, with the remainder being fantasy, science fiction, steampunk, or horror miniature games.
Each year, Historicon has a different theme every year, this years being: the End of Empires. Numerous games and supporting events are geared around this focal point. Awards are presented to the Best Theme Event, as well as best games in specific time slots and other honors for particularly well-received or impressive games.
Activities go from 8am until the wee hours. If you are a gamer, and/or military history buff this event is for you.
Location: Fredericksburg Expo & Conference Center, 2371 Carl D. Silver Parkway, Fredericksburg, VA 22401
Dates: July 16 -19, 2015
Hours: Fri, Sat 8 am – 1 am, Sun 8- 5
Tel: 540-548-5555
www.visitfred.com/events/historicon
www.historicon.org