Henry Brown, 12, left, Adam Dykes, 15, and Michael Werling, 15, all of Perrysburg, play a War of 1812 based game. The Historical Miniature Gaming Society (HMGS) Great Lakes chapter hosts a gaming event in Ft. Meigs in Perrysburg, Ohio on November 2, 2013.
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Paul Runowski, 8, and his father David Runowski, both of Ann Arbor, center, and Mike Upton, of Dayton, playing The Battle of Thames River, fought in October 5, 1813. David Runowski noted that these historic games teach history, math and geography.
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Jim Kopchak, of Parma, and his "Fight for the Miller Cornfield", a battle at Antietam on September 17, 1862.
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Gen. Hooker and a flag bearer leading the Union troops in the "Fight for the Miller Cornfield", a battle at Antietam on September 17, 1862.
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A detail from Jim Kopchak's of the "Iron Brigade" of Gen. Gibbon from the "Fight for the Miller Cornfield", a battle at Antietam on September 17, 1862. Kopchak lives in Parma, Ohio.
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Susan Smith, of Columbus. left, and Gregg Pittenger, also of Columbus, listen as Douglas Johnson, event coordinator, explains the Off-Road Race to them. Johnson is a member of the Great Lakes chapter of the Historical Miniature Gaming Society. Johnson designed the game to teach the basics of miniature gaming.
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Kevin Rutherford, left, moves a fighter in the Great Rail Wars, with his son Matthew Rutherford, 8, both of Perrysburg, and Dan Elmore, of Toledo, right.
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Henry Brown, 12, left, Adam Dykes, 15, Michael Werling, 15, and Stephen Schnurbusch, 15, all of Perrysburg, play a War of 1812 based game.
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Jim Kopchak, of Parma, adding artillery burst to his "Fight for the Miller Cornfield", a battle at Antietam on September 17, 1862.
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Delsin Ross, 12, of Sharon Township, explains his game to Spencer Brown, 9, of Perrysburg. Ross invented a game and built the structures based on the 1989 Batman movie. "To be fair, I had to make it possible for Batman to fall into the vat of acid", said Ross.
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