NOVAG/POTOMAC WARGAMERS PRIMARY EVENTS LIST
WINTER GAME DAY
28 January 2023
Location:
The Centreville Library
14200 St Germaine Rd
Centreville VA 20121-2299
703-830-2233
(roughly I-66 and US 29.)
Vendors: There will be no vendors, but there will be door prizes.
Start time: We have the room starting at 10:00 am. Three games will start then. The remainder will start at 1:00 pm. See below.
Admin: There will not be any vendors or flea market because the library does not allow any items to be sold. Nor is there an admission fee. Gamers need not register ahead of time. Just show up at the time for the game you want to play.
**Starting at 10:00 am**
Game Event Title: Borodino
GM: Brian DeWitt
Era: Napoleonic
Number of Players: 6
Scale: 20mm
Rules: Command and Colors Napoleonic
Description: Refight this major Napoleonic battle using the innovative and popular rules from Command and Colors Napoleonic system. Gorgeous 20mm figures. French versus Russians in a knock down drag out fight. What could be better? This game will be completed in under three hours and run again at 1:00 pm. This game will run less than three hours and be repeated at 1:00 pm.
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Game Event Title: The Chase of Iman Shamel
GM: Dave Berczel and Ron Prillaman
Era: Colonial 1870.
Number of Players: 4-8
Scale: 54mm
Rules: Bolt Action
Description: Your orders from Moscow are to capture the renegade Iman Shamel. Local Russian forces fan out to find and capture him alive. Can he evade capture, or will he end up a guest of the Czar? This game will run the entire day.
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Game Event Title: Panthers in the Mist: Defense of Krinkelt -Rocherath, December 1944
GM: Mike Pierce
Era: WW2
Number of Players: 6
Scale: 20mm
Rules: Battlefront WW2
Description: The German Wacht AM Rhein plan in the north called for the 277th Volksgrenadier division to quickly break through the American lines and allow the 12 SS Panzer Division to thrust along Rollbahn B to the Meuse. The dogged defense of the inexperienced US 99th Infantry Division frustrated this plan. After being repulsed in a night attack on 17 December, Obersturmbanfuhrer Muller grouped his kampfgruppe (elements of 25 SS Panzergrenadier Regiment and 1 SS Panzer Regiment) for a deliberate attack on the villages of Lausdell and the twin villages of Krinkelt and Rocherath. Now defended by elements of 2nd Infantry division, this was a critical position for both sides. Only by clearing it could the Germans maintain their rapid advance westward. This game will run the entire day.
**Starting at 1:00 pm**
Game Event Title: Borodino
GM: Brian DeWitt
Era: Napoleonic
Number of Players: 6
Scale: 20mm
Rules: Command and Colors Napoleonic
Description: Refight this major Napoleonic battle using the innovative and popular rules from Command and Colors Napoleonic system. Gorgeous 20mm figures. French versus Russians in a knock down drag out fight. What could be better?
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Game Event Title: OPEN RANGE – A cattle drive rule set for RUTHLESS
GM: Michael DeCarlo
Era: Old West
Number of Players: 8
Scale: 15mm
Rules: RUTHLESS/OPEN RANGE
Description: That would be Quick! -- The herd is bedded down and Night Guards are posted while the rest of the Trail Crew gets some sleep. But there can be things in the dark- like rustlers, wolves or Indians. It can wear on the Night Guard. A Herd is always just one good spook away from stampeding! OPEN RANGE is a rules mechanic to add cattle driving to the RUTHLESS Rules' Old West gun fights. This opens a whole new dimension for scenarios based in the Old West.
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Game Event Title: Assault at Liewenberg; The South Height! (German South West Africa, 1904)
GM: Roy Jones
Era: Colonial
Number of Players: 6
Scale: 25mm
Rules: The Sword and the Flame (Modified)
Description: Sailors of the Landungskorps SMS "Habicht" find their advance along the Swakop River Valley blocked by concealed Hereros in elevated, boulder fighting positions. A Herero-occupied hill south of the river dominates the entire battlefield and must be neutralized. The Battle of Liewenberg starts with a struggle for the South Height! From the scenario book "The Herero War". More at hererowars.com.
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Game Event Title: Ariete Advances on Tobruk
GM: Peter Schweighofer
Era: World War II
Number of Players: 2-8
Scale: 15mm
Rules: Panzer Kids
Description: April 1942 – Rommel drives his German Afrika Korps back across North Africa for a second time during the war. As British forces retreat toward Tobruk tanks of the Italian Ariete Armored Division surprise rearguard British armored unit defending a village, hoping to delay the Axis advance while they try to evacuate with as much precious petrol as their lorries can carry. Drop in to learn the easy Panzer Kids rules and fight a quick skirmish or stick around to try some of the optional rules to add depth to your game experience. Wargaming beginners welcome. Kid-friendly game; ideal for players 7-12 years old. Interested parents and more experienced gamers encouraged.
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Game Event Title: Battle of the Coral Sea
GM: Will Nesbitt
Era: WWII
Players: 4-8
Scale: 1:2800
Rules: Flattops and Floating Fortresses
Description: Naval conflict depicting the Battle of Coral Sea. The actual battle of Coral Sea was entirely over the horizon and was a carrier battle between the Japanese and Americans over a period of 2 days. On the first day the Americans have cloud cover and on the second day the Japanese had the benefit of cloud cover. Owing to the distance between the fleets and the cloud cover, this will be a game with some hidden movement. The game covers both days of the battle, but the fleets are close enough that some gunnery and torpedo fire will occur. Simple to learn d10 based game.
Game Event Title: Deathrace 2023
GM: Bob Evans
Era: Post-apocalyptic
Players: 8
Scale: 20mm
Rules: Gaslands
Description: Ring in the new year with an afternoon of racing mayhem and carnage. Complete one lap to take the crown. Sounds easy, right?
Game Event Title: Lord of the Underworld
GM: Don Hawthorne
Era: Ancient Mythology
Players: 2 to 6
Scale: 28mm
Rules: Of Gods and Mortals
Description: Hades and Anubis square off to determine once and for all which one will rule the Land of the Dead. The battlefield is supposed to be neutral ground, but many gods have clashed here before, and there my be unknown artifacts or even unexpected allies to help turn the tide. All materials supplied, but experienced players with their own OGAM armies of up to 900 points are welcome to join in for a battle royale. (NOTE: If you would like to bring your own army, please restrict your forces to those found ONLY in the original rulebook; Egyptian, Greek, Norse or Celt. Thank you.)
