UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS/NEWS

 

5June NOVAG Game Day.  NOVAG annual Spring Game Day will be held on Saturday 5 June at the Game Parlor in Woodbridge.  The PEL is at the end of this message.

 

15 May - 13 June.  VA Renaissance Faire. Brian Whitaker, famed HMGS Pirate GM, needs help this spring running his Pirate Game as part of the HMGS outreach at the Virginia Renaissance Faire in Lake Anna, Virginia. The fair runs weekends from May 15 through June 13. The rules are simple and Brian will teach all GMs the rules and explain table set-up, etc. Brian will also provide all materials including buildings, figures, tables, and anything else needed to run the games. These games are a lot of fun to run (if you've ever watched Brian at an HMGS convention you will know...), attract a lot of fair attendees, and provide a valuable outreach to the greater community for HMGS. May 15 is fast approaching so if you can help, please contact Brian directly at 540-295-9276 (c), 540-368-5290 (w) or by e-mail at bwhitaker@nettalon.com for more information.

 

9-10 July.  Hisotricon.  Valley Forge PA.   HMGS Historical Miniatures Summer Convention.

 

NOTE: The HCon people sent me some very nice color brochures. If you want some please let me know and we can arrange something.

 

2-8 Aug World Boardgaming Championships.  Lancaster PA.  See www.baordgamers.org

 

13-15 August.  Guns of August 2010.  ODMS Historical Miniatures Summer Convention in Williamsburg. 

 

Item for Sale.  Normally I would not advertise things for sale. But a company in the UK has produced a model of the Hugomount and asked we query our members.   Contact Dave Smith at sales@sidebysideprint.co.uk or  see www.taylorandsmithmodels.co.uk for further details.

 

New Group There is yet another local gaming group.  This is the Alexandria Arlington Regional Gaming Group (AARGG).  See below under Gaming in Alexandria II.

 

  Game Parlor Chantilly- Tuesday

 

The Washington Gamers Association and Game Club of Maryland offer board games starting at 6:00 pm.  See www.washingtongamers.org for further details.

 

Warhammer.  The Iron Fist League plays from 3:00 until closing.  See www.ironfistleague.com for details.

 

The Game Parlor at Chantilly- Wednesday

 

Ancients/Medieval        DBM            15mm            A.J. Musgrave

 

Games start between 5:00-6:00 p.m.

 

NOTE:  The Wed night group also plays Fields of Glory.  

 

The Game Parlor at Chantilly - Thursday

 

Thursday Night Gaming Group.  For details contact Nigel Clarke (NClarke@verizon.net) or see their Yahoo Group for details.

The Game Parlor at Chantilly- Friday

   

 DATE                PERIOD                SCALE                RULES                HOST4

4 June             WII                        20mm                Battle Front WWII          Patton

 

Scenario: The Battle of Edson's or Bloody Ridge.


Guadalcanal 9/18/42: The Japanese have designed a three-pronged attack on the defenses of Henderson Field.  Two battalion-size forces are to attack at each end of the defense perimeter and one from the jungle toward a ridge held by a under strength Marine Raider and Parachute battalion. The coastal forces get lost and their attacks are ineffective. The jungle attack makes marked progress and is barely beaten by a disparate Marine defense.

 

NOTE:  Roxanne will be using Battlefront as a warm up to another campaign book.  Bob Williams is planning a Khalkin Ghol land book that will use Battlefront rules. 

 

4 June             WII                        20mm                Disp Heroes         

DeWitt

 

Scenario:  Brian promises us a big Eastern Front game.

 

4 June               WWII       

               

20mm           

    Disp

Heroes         Tilson 

 

Scenario: Relief of Deitl Stein.  Back to the Norway 40 book.  This will be an "on call" game.  It will handle 2-5 players.  Thus if we have more players than slots in the other games I will run it.  Or I may just do so because I like it.  :-)

 

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June    Ancients                   15mm                MofA                      Tilson/DiStasio

 

Scenario:  1500 points of Saxons (Tilson) vs. Vikings (DiStasio) this is a rematch but this time with the correct Saxons #64.

 

11 June           Ancients             15mm                MofA                     Pournelle

 

Scenario: To be Determined. 

 

18 June         WWII-Air             1/285                 Check Your Six             Williams

 

Scenario.  Bob will run another scenario from the Khalkin Ghol campaign between Japan and Russia in 1939. 

 

18 June   WW II-Pacific           20mm                   Arc of Fire           Jones/Alvarado

 

Scenario:  Eric and Roy will play test one of the scenarios from their upcoming Tarawa book.

 

18 June    AWI          15mm                    Home Rules                     DeWitt 

 

Scenario: TBD

 

25 June     Napoleonics          15mm                    Nap Battles           Meymarian

 

25 June     ACW                   15mm                    Fire & Fury             Patton 

 

Scenario The Battle of Twin Peaks. The armies of the Piedmont (CSA) and Kanawha (USA) have been sparing up and down the valley all summer. Then on July 22nd, the commander of the Federal army sets in motion a plan to break the stalemate by sweeping around the Rebel right flank near the hamlet of Salamanca. The Federal columns became strung out as they crossed the high ground to the south of the Confederate positions. At that moment, the Confederate commander looked up from his lunch and saw a perfect opportunity roll up the Federal columns. Throwing a chicken breast over his shoulder he cried out, "Release the Third Division!" 

 

25 June   Naval Night???                        ???                   Black

 

Scenario:  Tom Black will run one of his great naval games: Ancient galleys, medieval galleys or Age of sail. 

 

 The Game Parlor at Chantilly-Saturday

 

Warhammer.  The Iron Fist League plays from 11:00 until closing.  See www.ironfistleague.com for details.

 

Board Games. Washington Gamers runs board games on the first Saturday of the month.  See their website www.washingtongamers.org details. 

 

 

The Game Parlor at Chantilly- Sunday

 

Every Sunday       12:00 Heroclix                            Contact Bill Pittman

 

The Game Parlor at Woodbridge-Tuesday

 

Warhammer.  The Iron Fist League plays from 3:00 until closing.  See www.ironfistleague.com for details.

 

The Game Parlor at Woodbridge - Thursday

 

 

Ancients/Medieval         DBM            15mm            Rob Cunningham

 

Games start at 7:00 p.m.

 

The Game Parlor at Woodbridge- Saturday

 

Warhammer.  The Iron Fist League plays from 11:00 until closing.  See www.ironfistleague.com for details.

Eagle and Empire - Wednesday

 

Flames of War and Warmachine.  Starting at 7:00 p.m.

 

Eagle and Empire - Thursday

 

Warhammer Fantasy.  Starting at 7:00 p.m.

 

Eagle and Empire - Friday 

 

AT 43, Warhammer 40k and Classic Battle Tech.  Starting at 7:00 p.m.

 

HOBBYWORKS-Friday 

Warhammer & Warhammer 40 is played in a tournament at the Hobbyworks store in the Fair City mall (Corner of Pickett & Main St in Fairfax City).  Star time is 4:00 p.m.  Contact Hobbyworks at 703-426-8600 or fairfax40@gmail.com.

  

 

BOARD GAMES

 

Games Club of Virginia and Games Club of Maryland have good local club activities every week.  Further info see http://www.gamesclubofmd.org/ and for a calendar see: http://www.gamesclubofmd.org/Calendar.asp Also Washington Gamers runs games on the First Saturday of the month and every Tuesday at TGP-C.

 

 

    ADVANCED SQUAD LEADER 

 

One Saturday per month, the DC Conscripts host a monthly gaming session for ASL. For further info see: www.dcconscripts.org. 

 

 

Fantasy Role Playing:

The Greater Washington DC RPG group runs a monthly RPG event in DC called the RPGala. There are around 8 games each month, some are campaigns, some are one-shots. The session covers all genres and systems. There are usually have 2-3 games of D&D. Examples of other games: Savage Worlds, Shadowrun, Werewolf, Spirit of the Century, Dogs in the Vineyard, GURPS, Star Wars, Battlestar Galactica, Ars Magical, Exalted, Wild Talents, and d20 Modern.  They are always looking for new players and GMs and would be happy to set aside a spot at a future meeting for you to run any game you would like. They are also looking to expand into the farther suburbs of Virginia and Maryland so if you would be interested in helping out with that, please let us know. For complete info, please go to: http://roleplayers.meetup.com/400/

GAMING IN ALEXANDRIA I

 

On Friday, June 25 at 19:30, Renaissance Warfare at it best!  Massive groups of guys with long pointy thingies! Other guys with iron tubes on stick that go boom! Swords, halberds, war-hammers, pikes, mounted knights and cannons anyone?  What about those brightly clad Landsknechts that would be so out of fashion today?  Yes, this will be a fictional battle between a Franco-Piedmont Army and a the Spanish - Imperial Army.  We will be using Pig Wars modified for the late medieval period in 28mm.   

 

NOTE: Please let Steve know via e-mail at stevekrobinson@yahoo.com or 703-360-6274 if you are interested in participating so he can scale the game accordingly. 8226 Clifton Farm Court, Alexandria, VA 22306. 
 

GAMING IN ALEXANDRIA II -AARGG

 

The Alexandria-Arlington Regional Gaming Group will meet on Saturday June 19, 2010 at 10:00 am at the Beatley Central Library, 5005 Duke St Alexandria, VA 22304

 

Come beat the heat with us in June for another day of great games and company! In June, we return to one of our favorite location: Beatley Central Library in Alexandria. There will be tons of both food and games, so be sure to bring your favorite snack to share along with your game(s) of choice. For any newcomers, we like to play Euro games, social games, card games and more!

 

The time for this event will be 10:00 am - 4:30 pm (the library closes at 5).

 

We'll be in the large meeting room, which is to your right and just down the hall before the circulation desk. We will be requesting donations of $1-5, as the space is not free, but this is not required

 

For further info see http://www.meetup.com/AARGGH/

RPG WOODBRIDGE

RPGs and wargames in NoVA- Melee/Wizard, GURPS, D&D and Star Wars currently running, along with an assortment of other intermittent boardgame and miniature events. Go to this link for more information http://www.meetup.com/RPGsBoardgamesWargamesMiniatures/
 

Formula One Miniature Gaming- Saturday/Sunday

 

Sunday, 13 June - Canadian GP - Mosport circuit - 6 laps; Contact Rob Cunningham at rccun2@aol.com for details at to location and time. 
 

 

NOVAG SPRING Ô10 GAME DAY

 

PRIMARY EVENTS LISTS

 

Title:  Action Above the iNyezane

GM: Roxanne Patton

Rules: Home

Scale: 25m

Period: Colonial

Players: 4-6

Scenario Description:  Number 1 column has crossed the iNyezane River and settled in for breakfast.  A company of the Natal Native Contingent is sent after some errant Zulus that appeared on the ridge above the camp.  After chasing the interlopers to the adjacent spur, a mass of Zulus swarms over the crest above them.

 

Title: Otjihinamaparero: The Threatened Flank

GM: Roy Jones

Rules: Sword and the Flame (modified)

Scale: 25mm

Period: German Southwest Africa, 1904

Players: 4

Description: 

The Hereros at Otjihinamaparero have set up their defenses in the high rock wall overlooking the Omaruru riverbed. A frontal assault against this 4500-meter long natural fortress would be suicidal, so the Germans attack the north and south flanks of the position. Schutztruppen and Marines, supported by a machine cannon, launch the north flank assault. But the Hereros hold their ground, thanks to the protection of the impregnable rock wall. They shower the attacking Germans with lead, killing or wounding all of their leaders. The Germans are pinned down by their largely unseen foe. The Hereros now prepare to destroy their enemy. But the Hereros must act quickly; otherwise, the Germans will break the morale of the Herero army.

 

Title:  Khalkin Ghol

GM: Bob Williams

Rules: Check Your Six

Scale: 1/300

Period: Pre-WWII-Air

Players: 6

Scenario Description: Bob will run one of his exciting scenarios featuring the Russians vs. Japanese air battles over Mongolia in 1939.  Scenario will be dependent on the number of players.

 

Title:  Fallscrimjagers Forward

GM: Tim Tilson 

Rules: Disposable Heroes

Scale: 20mm

Period: WWII.

Players: 5

Scenario Description:  Normandy August 20, 1944. :  Normandy August 20, 1944. The Allies have trapped the German 7th Armee in the Falaise Pocket. The only way out is over Mt Ormel that is held by the Polish 1st Armored Division.  At 1000 hours the Fallshirmjager and other assorted troops attempt their break out supported by some armor.