Game Day Events List

Title: Otjosongombe: Last Stand of the Hereros (German South-West Africa, 1904)

Start Time: 10:30 am

Host: Roy Jones

Rules: The Sword and the Flame

Scale: 25 mm

Number of Players: 4 Table Size: 7.5’ x 6’

Event Description:

Herero riflemen and assault forces occupy the deeply cut, dry riverbed of Otjosongombe Creek - a formidable, natural trench line! The Hereros hope to decimate the German column, and then withdraw without being routed. The Hereros must leave no man behind, as the Bastard Detachment will be hot on their heels, hungry for prisoners! From the scenario book “The Herero War”. More at: www.hererowars.com.

Title: Brandywine, 1777

Start Time: 11:15 am

Host: Rich Hasenauer, Steve Hanson and Tony Figlia

Rules: Regimental Fire and Fury

Scale: 12 mm

Number of Players: 8 Table Size: 5’ x 6’

Event Description:

British flanking attack during the American Revolutionary War to dislodge the Americans from a formidable position along Brandywine Creek in Pennsylvania that was impeding the British march from the head of the Chesapeake Bay to Philadelphia. Rules are adaptation of Rich Hasenauer’s Fire and Fury Rules to the AWI.

Title: Battle of Rivoli

Start Time: 11:30 am

Host: Tom Garnett

Rules: Carnage and Glory (Computer assisted)

Scale: 28 mm

Number of Players: 6 Table Size: 10’ x 6’

Event Description:

The Battle of Rivoli (14-15 January 1797) was a key victory in the French campaign in Italy against Austria. Napoleon Bonaparte's 23,000 Frenchmen defeated an attack of 28,000 Austrians under Feldzeugmeister Jozsef Alvinczi, ending Austria's fourth and final attempt to relieve the Siege of Mantua. Rivoli further demonstrated Napoleon's brilliance and led to French occupation of northern Italy. We will re-fight the initial three hours of combat (12 Turns) where the French barely held back the Austrian assault.

Title: Check Your 6 – Khalkhin-Gol Border

Start Time: 10:30

Host: Bob Williams

Rules: Check Your 6

Scale: 1/300

Number of Players: 8 Table Size: 5’ x 7.5’

Event Description:

Air Battle from the Khalkhin-Gol Border Incident in the summer of 1939 between the Japanese and the Russians fought on the border between Manchukuo and the People's Republic of Mongolia.

Title: The Bridges at Toko-ri

Start Time: 10:30

Host: Roxanne Patton

Rules: Check Your 6 Jet Age

Scale: 1/300 Table Size: 5’ x 7.5’

Number of Players: 4

Event Description:

The historical basis for the Mitchner novel and movie, CVG-5 Skyraiders and Corsairs off the U.S.S. Essex attempt to level well protected rail and road bridges in the vicinity of Changnim-ni, North Korea.

Title: Anima Tactics: Demo Game

Start Time: All Day

Host: David Luff

Rules: Anima Tactics

Scale: 28 mm

Number of Players: 1 table 5' x 5'

Event Description:

This is a demo game to the rules Anima Tactics, single figure combat with teams of up to 4 figures. Demo game will run every other hour and all day, fill in between games. Simple D10 system. 1-2 hours, shorter games on demand.