NOVAG Spring Game Day, 28 June 2014. To be held at the Knights of Columbus Hall, St. Leo the Great Catholic Church, 3700 Old Lee Highway, Fairfax VA 22030. Start time is 10:00 a.m. Cost is $3.00 USD per adult. For details or to run a game contact Tim Tilson.
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TITLE: Rolica
GAME MASTER: Eric Freiwald
PERIOD: Napoleonic
RULES: Command & Colors
SCALE: 15mm
LENGTH: 2 hours
PLAYERS: 4
DESCRIPTION: 17 August 1808. Sir Arthur Wellesley has landed in Mondego Bay and is marching towards Lisbon. General Henri Delaborde takes up a position along a ridge lime to stop the "Sepoy general" in his first action in the Peninsula.
TITLE: Ordeal at Owikokorero (German South-West Africa, 1904)
GAME MASTER: Roy Jones
PERIOD: Colonial
SCALE: 25mm
RULES: The Sword and the Flame (Modified)
LENGTH:
PLAYERS:
GAME DESCRIPTION: It was supposed to be a reconnaissance mission, but the Schutztruppen, machine gunners and Marines of the Recon Detachment were looking for a fight. So were Herero riflemen, expertly concealed in the bush. Can the Germans get in close, get their intel and get out alive, or will the Hereros annihilate the Recon Detachment? From the new scenario book "The Herero War". More at hererowars.com.
TITLE: Clearing the Valley Scenario: July 5, 1876
GAME MASTER: John Shirey
PERIOD: Colonial
RULES: Black Powder
SCALE: 40mm
LENGTH: 4 hours
PLAYERS: 4
DESCRIPTION: July 5, 1876. In July 1876 the Transvaal Boers started a campaign against Chief Sekukuni and the Bapedi. One column under Commandant Smit was assigned to clear the banks of the Olifants River of Bapedi including Mathebes Kop which they did on July 4th and 5th. Later in July the Boers attacked Sekukuni's Stad and the campaign dragged on until February 1877. The end result of the war was that the Sekukuni paid a fine and kept his territory, the Transvaal government went bankrupt, and the British annexed the Transvaal in April 1877. This scenario is based on the second attack on the kop.
TITLE: Scenario: Azuma's Last Stand 1030
GAME MASTER: Bob Williams
PERIOD: Pre WWII
SCALE: 1/285th (micro armor)
RULES: Battle Front World War II
LENGTH: 4 hours
PLAYERS: 2 to 6
DESCRIPTION: 28 May 1939. Lieutenant Colonel Azuma Yaoza's 23d Reconnaissance Regiment has been sent around the flank of Soviet and Mongolian units defending the east bank of the Khalkhin Gol to cut off the enemy's retreat once the main Japanese attack gets underway. Instead, Colonel Azuma finds his force cut off from the main body and under attack by Soviet artillery, infantry, and armor. Can the spirit of bushido overcome Soviet numbers and technology?
TITLE: Dieulourad Cavalry to the Rescue
GAME MASTER: Roxanne Patton
RULES: Fireball Forward
SCALE: 20mm
LENGTH: 3 hours
PLAYERS: 4
DESCRIPTION: 13 September 1944. A battalion of the 29th Panzer Grenadiers and company of StuG IIIs was thrown against 80th ID to dislodge them from their bridgehead on the Moselle. As the grenadiers reach the bridge, D Troop of the 25th Cavalry Reconnaissance Squadron was released just in time to bolster the 80th ID's defense.
GAME MASTER: Tim Tilson
PERIOD: WWII
SCALE: 15mm
RULES: Fireball Forward
LENGTH:
PLAYERS: 5
Description: NE India 25 march 1944. The Japanese 31st Division has invaded Maniour province and is advancing towards the base at Kohima. Standing in their way in the 50th Indian Parachute Brigade at the remote village of Sangshak. After a stand off of a few days the Japanese launch a night attack.
TITLE: Action at Butovo 1100
GAME MASTER: Mike Pierce
PERIOD: WWII
RULES: Battle Group Kursk
SCALE: 20mm
LENGTH: 4 hours
PLAYERS: 6
DESCRIPTION: On the first full day of the German offensive on the southern flank of the Kursk bulge, elements of GrossDeutschland Panzer Grenadier Division attack north against well planned and stubborn Russian defenses. Fierce Russian counterattacks were also an element of these early battles. The scenario cover the German attack towards the villages of Butovo and Aleevka.
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TITLE: Air Force/Dauntless
GAME MASTER: Dennis Wang
PERIOD: WW II
RULES: Air Force/Dauntless
SCALE: 1:1 1/300th scale plane miniatures
LENGTH: 2 hours
PLAYERS: 4-6
DESCRIPTION: This is the AH boardgame Air Force/Dauntless.
Bring your Wi-Fi smart device (tablet preferred, but smartphone or laptop will also work) and use it to plot the moves, do the damage and all the calculations you used to do with pencil and paper. Rules and how to use the web app will be taught. The battle will be somewhere in the Pacific. A life vest might be good to have.
