My 2026 Little Wars Convention Loot!

 During Little Wars, I was finally on Sunday able to get out to the vendors and do some "Here! Take my money!" deals with some of the vendors.

Unfortunately by the time I showed up, some were closed, some were packing up and a couple didn't even make it out there.

Darn.

But I did make some deals.

Oddly enough I didn't buy any real figures or such this time, but more scenic items and things.

LOOT:

The first part of my loot haul was my freebies/SWAG and gift stuff.

This included dice, a 3d printed duck, and some other things, including a t-shirt from HMGS-MW.

(Click on photos to get the larger version.)

Of special and particular interest was the gift of "Personalized dice". One of our "crew", had the photo of the three of us from our 2024 LW Sojourn in our Picklehaubs for the "natural 1".

Now whenever I roll the dice and fail with a 1, I get to see our "Pretty faces"....

Each year for Little Wars, I go forth and purchase a "thank you gift", for my "crew"; my friends who honor me by being friends with me. I have a brotherhood in gaming and the game hobby, so each year I honor that by ordering a special commemorative glass from Ben Shot. This company makes amazing products. 

In the past we've gotten glasses with .308/7.62 rounds, and .50 cal rounds in them.

This year because of America's 250th, I did the Betsy Ross flag, and personalized them, and had the musket ball embedded.

Each member got their names and the convention placed on them also; a reminder of a good time.

On Sunday as we were wrapping up, HMGS-MW gave me one of their extra Historicon 2026 t-shirts.

It's a nice "School bus yellow" color for high visibility with a cool logo on it.

Not that I was a member of the staff or anything but still, it's the thought that counts.

(A fashion maven I am not....Please ignore the skulls.)

During the convention, I was awarded a Valor Award Medal.  This is given to GM's who run continuous games over 12 hours in total time. 

Not only did I get stuff, but my wife also scored a gift in the form of Yak meat sausage.

This is from the Star Yak Ranch in Wyoming.

We were gifted this last year and my wife fell in love with the stuff.

So with the exception of the 3D printed duck I was given, that was the end of the "free stuff", and such.

This was my total purchase for Little Wars, and it was all on Sunday.

(Not quite as an extensive haul as previous years, but still a good haul...)

Oddly enough, figures were nowhere on my shopping list. 

I'll be honest, I'm chocked pretty full with Reaper fantasy stuff, and I have a lot of historical figs right now, but I am always looking for scenery and such.

I think I am finding myself enjoying painting those more than figures right now.

So I hit Badger games and picked up some packs of stuff from Bad Squiddo.

The first was the Food Market scenics.

(More market items for people to spend their hard earned, or ill gotten coins on....)

(And some table items...)

(Some garden equipment to make those fields more interesting...)

I also picked up a wide variety of 3D printed furniture items. One can never have enough chairs, tables, bookcases, etc. 

These are pretty well done and after a good cleaning to remove any oils, agents, etc; I think the wood will only need a brushing of Agrax to tone the plastic look down some.

I also picked up some more ladders too....

(One can never have enough ladders so it would seem...)

And while perusing the vendors, I happened to come upon a copy of this.

I had seen a copy of these for sale at HMGS-GL ATC and was intrigued. I'm curious to see how they are.

And then, (joy upon joy), HMGS-MW was offering up some of the Secret Weapon line of paints that had been produced.  IIRC, these are no longer being produced.

(I need another paint rack...)

For stuff from the vendors that was pretty much it.

At the flea market, for me at the time there wasn't that much to buy on Sunday, but I did pick up this book on Irish battles for $1.00.

It's a nice add on to my collection.

And that was it for my "Loot collection" this year....gaming wise that is.

I did get some more stuff at Cheese castle....

(Meat and cheeses...mmmm....)

And of course my two cases of Spotted Cow.

Upon which my cat Gemma decided that "She needed to guard Daddy's beer while he was unloading the vehicle."

She's good that way.

So with the ending of this blog, my foray into Little Wars 2026 is pretty much done for the most part.