Art De La Guerre

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Cold Wars 2026
February 5-8 2026
Wyndham Lancaster Host and Convention Center. 

Theme: Armies and Enemies of the Achaemenid Persians 550 BC-330 BC
4  Elamite
8  Neo Babylonian 
17 Bedouin
19 Oman and Gulf States
28 Medes
32 Phoenician Cypriot
39 Alexandrian Macedonian
57 Saitic Egyptian
59 Meroitic Kushite
60 Classical Greek
63 Thracian
64 Achaemenid Persian
65 Lydian
66 Lycian
67 Bithynian
68 Later Achaemenid Persian
76 Scythian
79 Classical Indian 

*No army may have more than 4 units of camels. Allied contingents may only be from the armies listted as well


As normal we will have 15mm theme, 25mm theme and 15mm open and 25mm open

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Friday 9 am
25mm open
15mm them

Saturday 9 am
15mm open
25mm them

200 pts, 2.5 hour rounds, umpires TBD

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The Cold Wars, Table Top Events are now open. Please only take a ticket if you are or are likely to play in the event. Allegedly there may be more space issues this year, but we have not encountered that seriously before. I do think we have enough for our normal turnout so should not be an issue.


15mm theme, Friday, February 6
https://tabletop.events/conventions/cold-wars-2026/schedule/54

25mm open, Friday, February 6
https://tabletop.events/conventions/cold-wars-2026/schedule/52

15mm open, Saturday, February 7
https://tabletop.events/conventions/cold-wars-2026/schedule/53

25mm theme, Saturday, February 7
https://tabletop.events/conventions/cold-wars-2026/schedule/55


I know the TTE is another hoop. But it is the way the world is. It is going to be increasingly helpful especially on the 25mm open.

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Cold Wars 2026 15mm Achaemenid Theme

1 Steve Roper 267pts Thracian
2 Phil Gardocki 264pts Achaemenid Persian
3 Jeff Wiltrout 218pts Achaemenid Persian
4 Jeff Robertson 214pts Scythian
5 David Boor 201pts Thracian
6 Dan Hazelwood 200pts Alexandrian Macedonian
7 Chris Sikorski 198pts Alexandrian Macedonian
8 Dennis Shorthouse 189pts Oman and Gulf States
9 Dan Bigelow 174pts Achaemenid Persian
10 Tom Hazlett 167pts Later Achaemenid Persian
11 Al Kaplan 165pts Elamite
12 Joe DiCamillo 139pts Achaemenid Persian
13 Jay Stone 136pts Alexandrian Macedonian
14 Jeff Herzog 133pts Phoenicians of Cyprus
15 Nat Birrer 120pts Alexandrian Macedonian
16 IMPAIR Alexandrian Macedonian
17 Jim Tobin Alexandrian Macedonian
18 Paul Bellerive Later Achaemenid Persian
19 Kornel Buruacz Classical Greek
20 Don Manser Classical Indian

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Cold Wars 2026 15mm Open

1. Dennis Shorthouse 279pts Tuareg
2. Mark Cribbs 203pts Fatimid Egyptian
3. Phil Gardocki 161pts Republican Roman
4. Don Manser 149 pts Celts
5. Paul Bellerive 145pts French Ordonnance
5. Tom Hazlett 144pts Pyrrhic
6. Nathaniel Birrer 141pts Alexander the Great
7. Jim Bisignani 124pts Alexandrian Macedonian
8. Kornel Burnacz 111pts Medieval Hungarian
9. Mike Kelley 105pts Medieval Spanish

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Cold Wars 2026 25mm Achaemenid Theme

1 Al Kaplan 226pts Later Achaemenid Persian
2 Jay Stone 222pts Alexandrian Macedonian
3 Dan Hazelwood 203pts Alexandrian Macedonian
4 David Boor 188pts Thracian
5 Dan Bigelow 169pts Classical Greek
6 Steve Roper 156pts Neo-Babylonian
7 Chris Sikorski 152pts Alexandrian Macedonian
8 Jim Tobin 149pts Alexandrian Macedonian
9 George Deutsch 119pts Alexandrian Macedonian
10 Jeff Herzog 117pts Alexandrian Macedonian
11 Impair 90pts Classical Greek
12 Jeff Robertson 74pts Achaemenid Persian

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Cold Wars 2026 by the numbers

3 events, 3 rounds each.
24 unique players (last year Cold Wars had same number but different persons) But more people played both days so total games were up.
63 Games
12 were draws
315 player gaming hours
-13 Fahrenheit lowest noted temperature with wind chill
6 the number of new warning lights on my car that didn’t want to start due to cold, but it did start.

15mm Theme Average army size 25

25mm Theme Average army size 24.16

Theme army selection both events combined
13 Alexander Macedon * (34% win ratio)
8 Achaemenid Persian (5 early, 3 late) (42% win ratio)
3 Classical Greek
3 Thracian

No matter what, the theme received universal praise. Special thanks for Tom M who planned it.