NOVAG AND POTOMAC WARGAMERS WINTER GAME DAY
12 FEBRUARY 2012
PRIMARY EVENTS LIST
Title: I am Spartacus!
GM: Brian D
Start Time: 1pm
Period: Ancient
Rules: Home Rules
Scale: 20mm
Players: 8
Table Size: 6' x 10'
Description: Spartacus takes on Rome in this battle from the slave revolt. Rules will be taught.
Title: Quatre Bras
GM: Tim T
Start Time: 1pm & 3pm
Period: Napoleonic
Rules: Command and Colors
Scale: 15mm
Players: 4
Table Size: 5' x 6'
Description: This will be the classic fight on 16 June between Wellington and Ney. The game will be fought using the board game Command and Colors but with 15mm miniatures.
Title: Owiumbo: The Vengeance of the Hereros
GM: Roy J
Start Time: 1pm
Period: Colonial
Rules: The Sword and the Flame (Modified)
Scale: 25mm
Players: 4
Table Size: 5' x 6'
Description: Owiumbo, April 13, 1904: A few days ago at Onganjira, a large composite force of several Herero detachments battled the Hauptabteilung (the main German field force). In a desperate fight the Germans came within a hair's breadth of defeat. But in the end, the Hereros took heavy casualties and were forced to abandon their trenches. The Hereros know that the Hauptabteilung is now coming to Owiumbo, looking for water for man and beast. At Owiumbo, the Hereros are ready to avenge their fallen comrades. They have assembled another huge combined army, including some survivors from Onganjira. The Herero mission: ambush, outflank, and encircle the German Hauptabteilung and then destroy it!
Title: WWI Air Battles
GM: Bob and Cleo L
Start Time: 1pm & 3pm
Period: WWI
Rules: Wings of War
Scale: 1/144
Players: 6
Table Size: 5' x 6'
Description: Air Battles from the Western Front. Rules will be taught.
Title: Clash of the Battlecruisers, Jutland 1916
GM: Bill C
Start Time: 1pm
Period: WWI
Rules: General Quarters 3: Fleet Action Imminent
Scale: 1/3000
Players: 4
Table Size: 6' x 10'
Description: The Battle of Jutland opened with a tremendous clash of the British and German battlecruiser squadrons. The most dramatic events of the entire battle occurred during this phase of the largest naval battle of the Great War. (Rules taught; beginners welcome.)
Title: Russo Japanese Air battles
GM: Bob W
Start Time: 1pm
Period: Pre-WWII, Khalkhin-Gol
Rules: Check Your 6!
Scale: 1/300
Players: 8
Table Size: 5' x 6'
Description: Air battle.
Title: Stalingrad
GM: Tom B
Start Time: 1pm
Period: WWII
Rules: Command Decision
Scale: 12mm
Players: 8
Table Size: 5' x 10'
Description: Stalingrad, 18 September 1942. The German 94th Infantry Division and 29th Motorised Division attempt to wrest control of southern Stalingrad, including the Grain Elevator and the Canning Factory, from the NKVD and Naval Brigade defenders. Small assault parties of infantry, supported by StuGs and Panzers, clear each building one by one, to within sight of the Volga… Command Decision/Test of Battle rules in 12mm.
Game Day will be held at the Centreville Library, 14200 St Germaine Rd, Centreville VA 20121-2299. 703-830-2233 The library is located at roughly I-66 and US 29. Directions Follow. The Centreville Shopping Center directly across the street has a variety of restaurants.
