The Museum also hosts regular wargame meetings on the first Thursday of every month along with regular weekend wargame demonstrations for the public. Mention code HOB or Heat of Battle when registering to get a low rate of $69. The partner hotel for Heat of Battle is the Hotel New Orleans, conveniently located only four blocks from the Museum. Meal tickets are available for purchase with registration.
Tickets are also available for single day admissions. The $45 weekend registration includes lectures, participation in games and chances at door prizes as well as entrance to the nation’s premier World War II Museum. Heat of Battle registration is open to gamers at all levels as well as anyone who would like to come and observe. All offerings will be focused on World War II campaigns on land, sea and air in many Theaters of Operation. So far almost 40 games have been scheduled including a monster Stalingrad game with over 400 buildings and a game of the Avalon Hill chestnut, D-Day! Two Flames of War Tournaments are scheduled. Presented by The National World War II Museum’s Education Department, Heat of Battle is an educational and entertaining opportunity to recreate history via board and miniature games.“Being able to recreate battles like the Bulge or Normandy is the best way to understand the complex decisions that soldiers and commanders had to make,” said Walt Burgoyne, Education Programs Coordinator and Heat of Battle director. NEW ORLEANS (July 31, 2008) – Walk in the footsteps of McArthur, Eisenhower and everyday fighting men with the Heat of Battle wargaming convention on August 22 - 24, 2008.
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