October 9-11, sponsored by the Triangle Simulation Society
Info from the convention website: 
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Hotel Information for Southern Front:
To reserve a room at $105 (maximum 4 adult occupancy), please visit
the North Raleigh Hilton site and reserve a room using a 3 character Group/Convention code of 'TSS'. Or you may call 1-800-HILTONS and also mention that Group/Convention Code while reserving. Please place your reservation by 9/07/09 to get the Southern Front room rate. This rate and the contact/reservation information is valid for 2009, 2010, and 2011. The North Raleigh Hilton is a smoke-free environment !
Welcome To Southern Front Southern Front is held yearly at the North Raleigh Hilton in Raleigh, NC. Southern Front is oriented towards Historical Miniatures, but includes a good mix of other genre's, such as Pulp, Horror, the various WarHammer games, etc. Generally, you will find 50 to 75 games presented by TSS, the South Carolina Historical Games Society, attending dealers, the Old Dominion Military Society, the Cape Fear Valley Historical Gamers, members of the Jacksonville Garrison and other groups. Southern Front includes a raffle each year, with some truly wonderful prizes. Raffle tickets are $1 each and go to help defray the cost of the venue. This year's (2009) raffle includes 15mm and 25mm painted Colonial figures, 2 FoW boxed sets (78SturmDivision/Sturmkompanie and 8y Gvardeyskiy Strelkovy Korpus/core of a Udarny Strelkovy Batalon) along with a set of paints for each - a total retail value of almost $500 !), WoW painted aircraft in 2-plane sets, CY6 painted aircraft for the Battle of Britain, 5 Osprey titles - and MUCH MORE !
General Gaming Information :
TSS starts Southern Front on a Friday, gaming usually starting at noon, but earlier times are available. The event runs until Midnight on Friday with two general game timespans, afternoon and evening. Games are marked FA and FE respectively. We then open the doors again at 9AM on the Saturday morning. Games on saturday fall into any one of three generalized time-slots, Morning, Afternoon and Evening, labeled SM, SA and SE respectively. The sunday games are usually all grouped together into one category, running anywhere from 9AM through to the end of the event at 5PM. We tend to run roughly twelve 6' x 12' tables in the gaming area. We mark the game information on a huge cork bulletin board in the corner with the table assignments and game information clearly marked. Make sure and tap the game scheduler on the shoulder to ask any questions or notify him of movements or cancellations. We can usually attend to all of your needs with room to spare. Every year it amazes us how many different types of genres and scales are run. We have a very good spread of representative GMs, both local and from other areas, including out of state, that regularly attend the event. You are guaranteed to find something you will enjoy!
Vendors Galore :
Our dealer participation is excellent ! This is because the event is very dealer friendly. We pride ourselves in keeping the dealers right in the periphery of the gaming area, as close to the action as possible, thus bringing buyers to their tablesides while giving them the elbow room they need to operate. We usually have representation from Outland of Pennsylvania, Miniatures of the Chesapeake, Battlefield Terrain Concepts, Tiger Miniatures, The Quartermaster and other dealers from out of state. Local shops also attend, such as The Game Connection and Area 51. Also, Chris Hughes, our local sculptor and miniature artiste extra-ordinaire, runs a dealer table for his locally made and operated business, Sash and Saber miniatures. Of note, he also sculpts for Old Glory minis. Chris' attention to detail and emotion in his miniatures sets them apart from the rest. They are truly works of art. Visit his website for more information,
www.sashandsaber.com .
Location, Location, Location :
The TSS convention is run at the North Raleigh Hilton. This facility is located about 2 blocks off the Raleigh Beltline, AKA I 440 (part of the I 40 network), on Wake Forest Road. The hotel is located within a half-block of a Bahama Breeze, and within a block and a half of a Denny's. The hotel has two dining areas, one for breakfast and the other a full-service sports bar and restaurant. The latter is open until 2 AM for your quaffing pleasure ! We hope you enjoy your stay in Raleigh while attending the event. Please ask us any questions you may have about transportation, lodging, or local site-seeing locales via our Yahoo Mailing List, or via direct
e-mail to the webmaster.
Southern Front and its Sister gaming gatherings support charitable giving. We provide donations to the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation from Front's proceeds, and to other local charities. Spring Fever contributes, and all the proceeds from Tank Shock's raffle go to support the American Armored Foundation's museum in Danville, Virginia.
When you attend Southern Front, Spring Fever, and Tank Shock, please join us in supporting these worthwhile causes.