Re: BGG.con worth it?
Keep an eye open for the wargames meet-up geeklist, it should be up in September. Most of my games were lined up months in advance and it works really well if you're going to play wargames. I'm pretty sure you would be able to play HIS for at least half of the convention if you wanted to, there were several games going at once last year it was played every day, and Virgin Queen is sure to be a hot game if it's published by November.