Historicon® 2018 Events List Event Numbers Contain a 2-Digit Game Start Hour Designation (24Hr Time) As the Last 2 Numbers

Historicon® 2018 Events List Event numbers contain a 2-digit game start hour designation (24hr time) as the last 2 numbers

THURSDAY EVENTS Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Napoleon,s battles

Battle of Waterloo, using Napoleon's Battles. The Emperor tries to break the T:590:09 VSF Racing to the Castle Anglo-Allied line again. Push lead,roll dice and have FUN ! Young adults welcome Thursday, 9:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 15, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF3 with adult. GM: Jon Lundberg & MBA

Sponsor: Brigade Games and West Wind, Prize: None T:150:10 Campaign in a Day: Spain and Portugal, May to July 1809 – Theme Period: Victorian Science Fiction, Scale: 28mm, Rules: VSF Races Thursday, 10:00 AM, 7 hrs, Players: 16, Room: Distelfink, Table #: Start Historicon with a light appetizer. Steam fliers, Walkers, Rocket Bikes and D12,13,14,22,23,24 boys riding raptors all feature in a race across the MBA castle table. The event is GM: Peter Anderson timed to end when the dealer hall opens. We run this event every HMGS con. This Sponsor: None, Prize: None event should run on the MBA Castle table Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Snappy Nappy

A multiplayer, multi-table event based upon the situation in Spain shortly after the T:221:10 2nd Punic War - Trebia – Theme return of Sir Arthur to the Peninsula, though the battle of Talavera. For an idea Thursday, 10:00 AM, 3.5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D36 what to expect, see: https://blundersonthedanube.blogspot.com/p/campaigns-in- GM: Kris Snyder day.html **Contact GM [email protected] when you register to facilitate pre Sponsor: None, Prize: None game planning and command assignments. Period: Ancients, Scale: 25mm, Rules: L'art de la Guerre

December 218 BC - Hannibal has crossed the Alps and turned the Gallic tribes in T:190:10 Crossing the Semois - Fight for Bouillon May 1940 Gallia Cisalphina against the Romans. Publius Scipio was just defeated at Ticinus Thursday, 10:00 AM, 5 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D16 and is camped at Placentia along the Po River with reinforcements under the GM: Michael Sincavage command of Tiberius Sempronius. Prior to breakfast, Numidian cavalry began to Sponsor: None, Prize: None harass the Roman camp. The Roman army chased them across the freezing Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Battlefront waters of the Trebia River and prepared to face off against the well-fed and During the drive to Sedan in May 1940, leading elements of the 1st Panzer warmed Carthaginian army. 300 point L'art de la Guerre game. Miniatures and Division task Battle Group Kruger to take the town of Bouillon being held by the rules provided. New players welcome. Rules modified for ease of play. French 55th Infantry and 5th Light Cavalry. The Germans must force a river

crossing and then engage in a nasty city fight. Each side has armor, infantry, and T:512:10 Battle of Charlotte Town anti-tank assets. Familiarity with Battlefront rules or concepts is needed as the Thursday, 10:00 AM, 5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Marietta, Table #: M1 basic rules will only receive a general explanation. GM: Robert Mccaskill & Carnage and Glory

Sponsor: None, Prize: None T:235:10 Crush that Breakthrough (on the Steppes) Period: American War for Independence, Scale: 40mm, Rules: Carnage & Glory Thursday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D42,43,63,64 Lord Cornwallis invades North Carolina. As he advances on Charlotte Town, he is GM: Mitch Abrams met by force of North Carolina and South Carolina militia. Will his force of British Sponsor: None, Prize: None regulars and Provincials defeat the American patriots and capture the town? Need Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Chain of Command (modified) access to electrical source and good lighting. The Wehrmacht has broken out onto the Steppes (during Cold War's 2018) and

the Russian 13th Tank Corp is ordered to stop them before they can relieve their T:301:10 Battle of the Hydaspes trapped comrades in Stalingrad. With strong Russian armor forces ordered to blunt Thursday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG6 any incursion this is true armor on armor combat. If the Russians accomplish this, GM: Cliff Brunken the German 6th Army in Stalingrad will be doomed. This is a Company sized Sponsor: None, Prize: None operation using armor as the primary force structure for both sides. New players Period: Ancients, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Hail Ceasar are welcome BUT prior to play you should be familiar with the Chain of Command Alexander's decision to cross the monsoon-swollen river despite close Indian rules. The CoC Rules will NOT be taught however the modifie surveillance, in order to catch Porus' army in the flank, has been referred as one of his "masterpieces". Although victorious, it was also the most costly battle fought by T:125:10 DAK & Dragons 2.0 the Macedonians. The resistance put up by King Porus and his men won the Thursday, 10:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D26 respect of Alexander, who asked Porus to become one of his satraps. Kids under GM: Miles Reidy 13 please be accompanied by a parent Sponsor: None, Prize: Beyond the Dreams of Avarice

Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: DAK & Dragons T:511:10 Battle of Warburg-July,1760 Recent reports from the local Berbers indicate something ominous is happening Thursday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M2 deep in the Egyptian desert. It must be something big as both the Axis and Allied GM: Bruce Taylor & Carnage and Glory high commands are dispatching teams of crack troops to find out exactly what is Sponsor: None, Prize: None going on. DAK and Dragons is THE definitive historical simulation of WW2 squad Period: Seven Years War, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Lace Warfare level tactics vs. the Dark Gods of Egypt. Perhaps you can answer the age-old The French have plans to outflank the Allies in Hanover by seizing bridgeheads question - can a Panzer III take on a Dragon? DAK and Dragons 2.0 is an near the town of Warburg. A British/Hanovarian/Hessian force has forced marched improved version of last year's very popular game and uses simple homebrew to push the French back over the Diemel River. Can the French hold or be driven rules. Children are welcome w/ Parent. back? Join us and see. Rules taught.

T:506:10 Great Northern War Campaign, Poland, September, 1706 Game 1 – T:193:10 battle of waterloo – Theme Theme Thursday, 10:00 AM, 6 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D21 Thursday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M4 GM: Michael Graziano

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GM: David Bonk & Carnage and Glory Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: UNDER FIRE - LEO WALSH Period: Age of Reason, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Carnage and Glory Computer The Allied defense of Lillehammer was key to the Campaign for southern Norway. Moderated The Allies hoped to stem the German Advance by taking advantage of the In Poland, September, 1706 Russian and Saxon forces have begun a siege of restricted terrain surrounding Lillehammer. This one scenario will be played Warsaw, Poland. The Russians siege train is marching south to join the besieging multiple times during the convention. Each game will use a separate set of forces. Swedish forces, supported by their Polish allies, are intent on destroying Skirmish rules. This is your chance to learn the advantages of Skirmish Gaming. the siege train before it gets to Warsaw. Using the C&G campaign system Russian and Swedish forces will maneuver across central Poland and generate tabletop T:161:10 Picnic Panic Walk Up Demo (Kid Friendly) games to be fought using the Carnage and Glory computer moderated rules Thursday, 10:00 AM, 1.5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG1 throughout the convention. Players will command Swedish or Russian forces to GM: Ben Rubin fight tactical battles and the results will be returned and used to generate the next Sponsor: None, Prize: None battle. Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Picnic Panic Come try Picnic Panic, the game of ant warfare. Command a tribe of ants, each T:400:10 Hannut - First Tank Battle of World War II with its own unique abilities and advantages, as you wage war over a treasure Thursday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D32 trove of candy left by careless humans. Play as the noble firstborn,the strong GM: Thomas Thomas horned ants, the undead black ants, or the hard fighting, hard partying nomants. Sponsor: Fame & Glory Games, Prize: Rule Book Eat the candy you capture. Fast-play, easy to learn introduction to the hobby. Period: World War II, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Combat Command Adults welcome with playing child. No ticket required. First major tank battle of World War II pitting French Somua 35 tanks of the 3rd DLM against the Panzer III's of the 3rd Panzer Division. The Germans must use T:492:10 Sabugal 1811: Wellington Attacks their advantages in command and control and crew quality to over come the Thursday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M6 technical advantages of the tough French tanks. The game uses the innovative GM: Jeffrey Ball & Carnage and Glory Combat Command system which emphasizes maneuver and deception. Rules Sponsor: None, Prize: None available through WargamesVault but are easy to learn and novices are welcome. Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Carnage & Glory II Wellington attempted to attack the weakened French retreating from Portugal but T:335:10 Into the Darkness: NECROMUNDA: Underhive: DEMO fog and poor visibility led to a botched, limited attack. In this scenario, the Light Thursday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D71 Division holds up its advance as the others historically did until visibility clears. GM: James Nicholson Sponsor: The MechaniCon and LXG gaming clubs, Prize: None T:431:10 TANK DUAL Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE & House Thursday, 10:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D85 rules. GM: Robert Varga Do you have what it takes to lead your gangers to victory in the Turf Wars? Come Sponsor: None, Prize: None learn how to play the Necromunda Underhive game. All models provided and rules Period: World War II, Scale: 1/72nd, Rules: Modified Bolt Action taught. All ages are welcome 10 - 88. You are a squad of 6 Panther G tanks assigned the task of defending the Vire/les Carreaux crossroads from the 38 advancing American Sherman's. The Germans T:405:10 Into the Darkness: WARHAMMER 40K: The Plains of KALDORON: held them off for a day and a half can you do better? TANKS Thursday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D73 T:367:10 The Battle of Quatre Bras GM: James Harvey Thursday, 10:00 AM, 6 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL3 Sponsor: LXG & The MECHANICON, Prize: None GM: Jody Sherrill Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: WARHAMMER 40K & House rules. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Come join us in a Warhammer 40,000 TANKFEST. The Plains of KALDORON Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Home rules have seen the most vicious tank battles in the 40th millennium. Come command a Ney vs Wellington. The traditional battle of Quatre Bras. Is Ney up to the almost tank or squadron in this infamous tank battle. Will you become a new tank ACE or impossible task of beating back the Dutch before the British reinforcements begin get destroyed with your tank? to arrive.

T:552:10 JOE HACK - Hadrian's Wall – Theme T:200:10 This Most Presumptuous Dame – Theme Thursday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF2 Thursday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D35 GM: Joe Swartz & NOWS GM: Richard Wareing Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Ancients, Scale: 25mm, Rules: JOE HACK Period: Dark Ages, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Lion Rampant Hadrian had built a wall across northern England to keep the Caledonians out. The Saxo Grammaticus praised the shield maiden Lagertha as a "skilled amazon...of Caledonians have massed their warriors and charge the Roman wall. Reinforced matchless spirit." But he also criticized her as "this most presumptuous dame" who Roman legions are waiting to show them the superiority of Roman weapons, murdered her husband and took his kingdom because she "thought it pleasanter tactics, and morale Will the Romans hold the line or will the Caledonians breach to rule without her husband than to share the throne with him." Join Lagertha, her it? rules taught & minors welcome with adult shield maidens, and their Viking allies as they try to earn their places in Valhalla. Or stand with the men of England as they defend home and country against the T:116:10 LILLEHAMMER - GATEWAY TO THE VALLEY pagan scourge. Thursday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 9, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D15 GM: Maurice Holmes T:585:10 WORLD WAR IV: "OUT-BREAK BREAK-OUT!

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Thursday, 10:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF4 The French and Spanish Fleet is out from Cadiz. Admiral Nelson and his British GM: Peter Panzeri II & MBA fleet are there to intercept them. The rules are designed for large scale fleet Sponsor: Miniature Building Authority, Prize: MVP Prizes from MBA actions of the Age of Sail. Each player will be commanding a squadron of ships of Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: RANGER RULES! By Pete Panzeri the line. Players under 14 please have an adult supervisor. Several Special Ops Teams are dispatched to INFIL into the midst of a deadly Mid-East plague quarantine zone. Each with a mission essential to saving T:237:11 Zombieland "A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Wawa humanity from a deadly outbreak. Strategy, Intrigue and intense combat are all Thursday, 11:00 AM, 6 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D45 necessary to complete the mission and EXFIL. Can you save the planet? Can you GM: Mark Follmer at least survive and avoid being wiped out? Or will this be another doomsday Sponsor: none, Prize: none scenario for you? Join Team MBA for a massive FAST & FURIOUS modern Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Zombieland Homebrewed Rules wargame. Secret Hand-shakes, Hats, & mayhem for all! Zombieland is an easy rules and lots of action game. Players attempt to survive the zombie apocalypse while obeying certain rules. Needless to say, we're going T:568:10 Zombies and More Zombies to roll dice, shout, and have fun; the zombies will keep on shambling along as the Thursday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: New Holland, Table #: NH1 few human PCs try to survive the undead and each other. And any time a die roll GM: Kenny Noe & ODGW comes up '1', another zombie enters play! Fight the undead horde and enjoy the Sponsor: ODGW, Prize: None satisfaction of knowing that YOU have prepared for the zombie apocalypse - at Period: Zombie Apocalyptic, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Mein Zombie least a little bit. Children allowed with responsible adult. The Follmers are not Come play and learn Mein Zombie!! Great game for all gamers 8 years old and responsible adults. Feel free to stop by and jump in playing if you like, we're friendl up!! The Zombie Apocalypse is upon us! Join a band of survivors are they try and reach a safe extraction point. However to get there they must travel through T:539:12 Battletech - Solaris King of the Mountain zombie territory and survive roaming hoards of zombies. The ever present fear of Thursday, 12:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Kinderhook, Table #: K1 being eaten alive or bitten and becoming a zombie yourself! Rules taught GM: Mark Yingling & Battletech Beginners welcomed Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: SciFi, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Battletech - Total Warfare T:578:10 Zombies in the Desert The Jihad wrecked The Game World of Solaris, but the games must go on. The Thursday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 10, Room: New Holland, Table #: NH2 King of the Mountain arena is open for business once again. Join the fight to be GM: Don Carter & ODGW the new Champion of the Mountain. Gain points by being on the top of the Sponsor: ODGW, Prize: None Mountain, avoid the rock slides and other interesting features of the arena. All Period: World War II, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Mein Zombie materials, miniatures and dice will be provided. Intermediate to experienced 1942 - A plague has broken out in North Africa. Survivors from both sides join players and no Players under 15 years old. together to fight the hoard!! Troops scattered in the sand receive orders to rendezvous at Tobruk. Come and play a British or German soldier stop this evil T:398:12 Pionier Counterattack - 28 June 1944 plague! Rules will be taught. Beginners welcomed! Thursday, 12:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D34 GM: Sean Barnett T:391:10 Zulu Ambush! – Theme Sponsor: Brigade Games, Prize: None Thursday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D61 Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Fireball Forward GM: John Desch On the third day of the British Operation Epsom, the panzer pioniers of Sponsor: None, Prize: None Kampfgruppe Weidinger of 2nd SS Panzer Division lead a counterattack against Period: Colonial, Scale: 15mm, Rules: The Men Who Would Be Kings the 7th Seaforth Highlanders and the 9th Royal Tank Regiment south of the No 1 Column has just crossed the Inyezane River when 6,000 Zulus swarmed crossroads at Le Valtru. Can flamethrowers and demolition charges carry the day over the hills into the British column. What happened next was a hotly contested against tanks and tough Scottish infantry? Come and find out! Younger gamers battle. This game will warm the hearts of colonial enthusiasts, and is complete with welcome with adult. British naval troops, Gatlings, and such. The rules will be taught. Children accompanied by an adult are welcome. See you there! T:210:12 THE FIGHT AT FALLEN TIMBERS 1794 Thursday, 12:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Cornwall, Table #: C1 T:537:11 Battletech - Grinder 1 GM: Bryan Leshinskie Thursday, 11:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Kinderhook, Table #: K2,3 Sponsor: Old Glory, Prize: The Prize is a Suprise !!!!! GM: David Yingling & Battletech Period: War of 1812, Scale: 15mm, Rules: FRONTIER-in-FLAMES Sponsor: None, Prize: None Fallen Timbers is the final Battle of the North West Indian war. Fought between the Period: SciFi, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Battletech - Total Warfare Native American Indian Tribes affiliated with the Western Confederacy supported The Grinder is a free for all Battletech Demo game where new (or returning) by the British. Opposed to them is MAD ANTHONY WAYNE and his Legion of the players will be taught using the Introductory Rules. You start out with a Light mech United States. Come join award winning Game Master Bryan W. Leshinskie as he and as you die, you advance to the next weight class. All materials, mimiatures, guides you through the final Battle for the North West Territory. All are welcomed and dice will be provided. Beginner Friendly and Rules taught. to play with no ever turned away...

T:300:11 Napoleonic Naval T:294:13 Alpha Strike Vietnam Thursday, 11:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D25 Thursday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D62 GM: Robert Koffman GM: Jim Casey Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 1:2400th, Rules: Let Fly Period: Modern, Scale: 1/300, Rules: Missile Threat

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A new set of modern air rules by Tom Jensen. This scenario represents a USN The US has landed at Guadalcanal. The Japanese commander takes a cruiser airstrike vs. NVAF and ground assets. Missile Threat is available via force down to attack the US navy forces and foil the invasion. rules taught (3 Wargamesvault.com Rules will be taught and have fun. minutes)

T:525:13 Battle of Qurna - The Garden of Eden – Theme T:160:13 Shatterlands Walk Up Demo Thursday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 7, Room: Marietta, Table #: M9 Thursday, 1:00 PM, 2 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG5 GM: Daniel Erdman & Pittsburgh Band of Gamers GM: Ben Rubin Sponsor: Test of Battle Games, Prize: Test of Battle gift certificates Sponsor: None, Prize: Prizes Awarded Period: World War I, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Command Decision 4 - Test of Battle Period: Fantasy, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Shatterlands December 1914 - 50 miles north of Basra, the retreating Turkish 38th Division took Come try Shatterlands, the new character driven woodland black powder fantasy a stand at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates. The 6th (Poona) Indian skirmish game from Stonegate Forge. Take command 1-2 characters in this Division was tasked with capturing Qurna, the "Garden of Eden" in local tradition. innovative new system that evokes the tactical challenges of French and Indian Both armies found it to be more like hell than paradise. (Maybe the forbidden fruit War skirmish games and the character development aspects of fantasy RPGs. was dates, not apples.) Knowledge of Command Decision useful but not required; Walk away with a free character card and a figure to start your own squad. No children welcome with a supervising adult. ticket required. No one turned away.

T:647:13 Dunsterforce 100th Anniversary Battle - Menjil Bridge, 12 June T:175:13 Smolensk 1941 – Theme 1918 Thursday, 1:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D76 Thursday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF5 GM: John Thomasovich GM: Bob Giglio Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: Wargames Illustrated, Prize: Gift Certificate Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: modified KISS Rommel Period: World War I, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Soldier's Companion (modified) By early July 1941 the Wehrmacht had completed the encirclement of Soviet 12 June 1918. First action involving Dunsterforce in the Caucasus was against forces in the Minsk-Bialystok pocket and prepared to tackle the next objective on supporters of the Jangal Movement under Mirza Kuchak Khan, who led a the road to Moscow: Smolensk. Guderian's spearhead has crossed the Dnepr and religiously Islamic rebellion against the Persian government. A force of 2,000 along with Hoth's panzergruppe is poised to strike eastward. Can the Red Army Jangalis with several machine guns defended the approach to the Menjil bridge, finally stop them? Be a German divisional or Soviet corps commander fighting against a largely Cossack force supported by British armored cars, Hussars and a over 4,000 square miles of Mother Russia. Rules will be taught, beginners are plane, to stop Dunsterforce from reaching the port of Enzeli and then onto Baku. welcome. No one under age 16. From the forthcoming Dunsterforce scenario book by Bob Giglio (available from Partizan Press). This is the Wargames Illustrated Showcase T:592:13 The King is Wandering Again Game. Thursday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF3 GM: Jon Lundberg & MBA T:259:13 Gettysburg - Fought with Bloody Big Battes Sponsor: Brigade Games and West Wind, Prize: None Thursday, 1:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D75 Period: Medieval, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Lion Rampant GM: Mark Jarvis Henry VI is holed up in a Royal Castle and is not in his right mind. The Yorkist Sponsor: None, Prize: None forces began a siege, but were interrupted by a relieving force. Henry's guard has Period: American Civil War, Scale: 6mm, Rules: Bloody Big Battles sallied out to help the rescuers, but Yorkist reinforcements are threatening to bag The whole 3 days in 4 hours in 6mm on a hand painted battle mat and 6mm the whole mess. The Crown rest with the winner. This event should run on the figures from Baccus to play with. The epic battle of the American Civil War using a MBA Castle table quick play rule set that truly lets you play BBB in 4 hours. 4hrs is a tall order for those who have not played BBB before so we will allow 5 hours and hope we get T:185:14 Adriatic Alternative - Goeben some folks who have played BBB. While we might not get through all the three Thursday, 2:00 PM, 6 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D81 days, you will get a hang of the ruleset and might have a better understanding of GM: Chris Carlson the battle. Not a problem if you have not played it before I will teach. Better suited Sponsor: None, Prize: Merchandise voucher to young adults and upwards. Period: World War I, Scale: 1:2400th, Rules: Fear God & Dread Nought > World War One Alternative - Italy has rejected ploys by England and France to T:331:13 Mutiny on Mirkheim - Prelude to Bladerunner desert her formal alliance with Germany and Austria. So when Goeben and Thursday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D33 Breslau make a break into the Med enroute for Istanbul, there is a formidable safe GM: Grant Greffey haven in the middle of the Med awaiting them. Can the pursuing French and Sponsor: None, Prize: None British catch the elusive pair of Germans before they arrive in the friendly waters of Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Warzone Ultimate Edition (Modified) the Adriatic? Join the Admiralty Trilogy as we explore a battle from history that After a bloody mutiny by a NEXUS 6 combat team in an Off-world colony, could have happened. Replicants were declared illegal on earth - under penalty of death." Here is your chance to be more human than human or to retire some Replicants. Players with T:536:14 Battletech - Grinder 2 an INCEPT date after 2006 should have some adult assistance. Thursday, 2:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Kinderhook, Table #: K2,3 GM: David Yingling & Battletech T:256:13 savo island 1942 Sponsor: None, Prize: None Thursday, 1:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D46 Period: SciFi, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Battletech - Total Warfare GM: David Emdee The Grinder is a free for all Battletech Demo game where new (or returning) Sponsor: None, Prize: None players will be taught using the Introductory Rules. You start out with a Light mech Period: World War II, Scale: 1:1200th, Rules: victory at sea (1970)

4 / 2 5 / 2 0 1 8 P a g e 4 | 49 Historicon® 2018 Events List Event numbers contain a 2-digit game start hour designation (24hr time) as the last 2 numbers and as you die, you advance to the next weight class. All materials, mimiatures, GM: Miles Reidy and dice will be provided. Beginner Friendly and Rules taught. Sponsor: None, Prize: Beyond your dreams of avarice Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Homebrew T:406:14 Into the Darkness: WARHAMMER 40K: The Plains of KALDORON Recent aerial reconnaissance has discovered ominous Egyptian ruins near the TANKS, TANKS head of the Nile River. It must be something big as multiple teams of crack troops Thursday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL2 are being dispatched to find out exactly what is going on. SOCOM and Sorcery is GM: Buford Culver THE definitive historical simulation of modern squad level tactics vs. the Dark Sponsor: LXG & The MECHANICON, Prize: None Gods of Egypt. Perhaps you can answer the age-old question - can a TOW missile Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: WARHAMMER 40K & House rules. take out a Dragon? SOCOM and Sorcery 2.0 is an improved version of last year's Come join us in a Warhammer 40,000 TANKFEST. The Plains of KALDORON very popular game and uses simple homebrew rules. Children are welcome w/ have seen the most vicious tank battles in the 40th millennium. Come command a Parent. tank or squadron in this infamous tank battle. Will you become a new tank ACE or get destroyed with your tank? T:222:15 2nd Punic War - Cannae – Theme Thursday, 3:00 PM, 3.5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D36 T:371:14 Limeys and Slimeys GM: Kris Snyder Thursday, 2:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D84 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Brian Whitaker Period: Ancients, Scale: 25mm, Rules: L'art de la Guerre Sponsor: None, Prize: None August 216 BC - For two years Hannibal has been in Italy living on the Period: Age of Piracy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Modified Limeys and Slimeys countryside. Fabius has avoided pitched battle with the Carthaginians for nearly a All pirates must pay for their illegal acts. Sail to capture and punish them or be a year, but now that his dictatorship is over the consuls Varro and Paulius have pirate and show the established navy they hold no influence over you. No brought 8 legions against Hannibal. Once again Hannibal took the initiative and experience necessary. All rules will be taught. Cabin boys and girls welcome. captured the supply depot at Cannae, cutting off the legions from their supply. After two days Varro marched out of camp to confront the outnumbered T:293:14 Mortem et Gloriam Demos with Simon Hall Carthaginian force. 300 point L'art de la Guerre game. Miniatures and rules Thursday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D82,83 provided. New players welcome. Rules modified for ease of play. GM: Robert Smith Sponsor: None, Prize: MeG related swag. T:309:15 Battle of Arsouf 1191 AD – Theme Period: Ancients, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Mortem et Gloriam Thursday, 3:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG10 Learn to play the newest craze sweeping the ancient and medieval gaming GM: Dave Waxtel community: Mortem et Gloriam! Join Simon Hall and his American cohorts to push Sponsor: None, Prize: None lead and throw dice and learn why so many have already jumped onto the MeG Period: Medieval, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Tactic Modified bandwagon in the UK and Europe and why we Colonials are now following suit! Its Richard I (The Lionhearted) of England's led A crusader or me toward Jerusalem. quick to learn so by all means join in with a helper. And if you like it there will be Saladin (The Sultan of Egypt) moved to stop him by the city of Arsouf. Kids under some rulesets available with a special offer for the show. Hands on demos with 13 please be accompanied by an Adult that allow you to learn while you play your first game. T:491:15 Sabugal 1811: Wellington Attacks T:594:14 Project Moon Dust Thursday, 3:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M6 Thursday, 2:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF4 GM: Jeffrey Ball & Carnage and Glory GM: Jim McWee & MBA Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Carnage & Glory II Period: Future, Scale: 28mm, Rules: FUBAR - modified Wellington attempted to attack the weakened French retreating from Portugal but Last night UN fighters enforcing the no-fly zone fired on an unidentified aircraft, fog and poor visibility led to a botched, limited attack. In this scenario, the Light unfortunately it crashed in a lawless part of the city. As dawn breaks military and Division holds up its advance as the others historically did until visibility clears. contractor units are dispatched to secure the crash site, determine the origin and cargo on the downed airplane but can they get there before the local warlords strip T:574:15 The Battle of River Plate – Theme the site bare? Thursday, 3:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 4, Room: New Holland, Table #: NH3 GM: Bill Cira & ODGW T:304:14 Salzburg 1809 Sponsor: None, Prize: None Thursday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG6 Period: World War II, Scale: 1/3000th, Rules: General Quarters 3 GM: Clifford Brunken It is December 13, 1939, and after weeks of searching, three British cruisers have Sponsor: None, Prize: PA found the German heavy cruiser Graf Spee off the coast of Uruguay. The British Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Shako II intend to stop her commerce raiding voyage at all costs. The German commander Jellacic's force occupied the Salzburg region with orders to protect the right flank mistakenly believes that the masts sighted in the distance indicate the presence of of Johann's army in Italy as well as to defend Hiller's line along the Inn River. a convoy, so he decides to attack. Rules taught, beginners welcome. Wrede's Bavarians marched along the Salzach River with discretionary authority to do as much damage as possible to the retreating Austrians. Simultaneously, T:207:16 Battle of Warburg-July,1760 Ludwig's Bavarians probed towards Salzburg from the west Kids under 13 please Thursday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D35 be accompanied by a parent GM: Bruce Taylor Sponsor: None, Prize: None T:145:14 SOCOM & Sorcery 2.0 Period: Seven Years War, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Lace Warfare Thursday, 2:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D26 Same as 10am Game.

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The Japanese are preparing to drive down the Malaya peninsula intent on T:570:16 Bloody crossroads capturing the British bastion of Singapore. To the east they find modern fighters Thursday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: New Holland, Table #: NH2 defending Rangoon. They plan to destroy this threat in a quick stroke...little did GM: Don Carter & ODGW they know that the Flying Tigers were waiting and ready for action! Play four short Sponsor: ODGW, Prize: None battles at the squadron level using new fast paced rules from the creators of Period: American Civil War, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Historical Battlelines Fireball Forward. Bloody crossroads June,1862. While Union forces attempt to take Richmond, Confederate troops stall the attack. Union scouts have found a road around the T:211:16 THE BREAK THROUGH AT TIPPECANOE 1811 Southern defenders, but the South is aware of this route. On one side take the Thursday, 4:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Cornwall, Table #: C1 crossroad and then "On to Richmond." On the other, hold the position and save GM: Bryan Leshinskie the capitol. Sponsor: Old Glory, Prize: The Prize is a Suprise !!!!! Period: War of 1812, Scale: 15mm, Rules: FRONTIER-in-FLAMES T:138:16 Clash in the Pines: Battle of Olustee, Florida In what is now Battle Ground Indian, United States Forces under Governor William Thursday, 4:00 PM, 6 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D73 Henry Harrison of the Indiana territory Fought Native American Warriors led by GM: David Skibicki Tecumseh who were against United States expansion into Native American Sponsor: None, Prize: None territory. The U.S. won a great victory that led William Henry Harrison into the Period: American Civil War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: This Hallowed Ground White House. Tippecanoe and Tyler too All are welcome to play with no one ever (Modified) turned away. February 20th, 1864, General Truman Seymour wants to have his own Sherman- like glory against orders in the state of Florida by marching from Jacksonville to T:357:17 Battle of Roanoke Island Tallahassee. His goal is to further cripple Florida's supply lines to the northern Thursday, 5:00 PM, 6 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL1 fighting Confederates. However, the Confederate forces are aware of his plans GM: Jim Brokaw and lie in ambush to strike. Union Forces clash with Confederate forces in the Sponsor: None, Prize: None largest land battle in Florida. Come decide whether the historic Confederate Period: American Civil War, Scale: 10mm, Rules: Iron and Glory Victory stands or the Union changes fortune in a re-fight of The Battle of Olustee! General Burnside has descended on the North Carolina coast with the object of blockading the Outer Banks. To do this he must capture Roanoke Island and T:360:16 ESR Napoleonics with the Designer destroy the Confederate land and naval forces that defend it. Thursday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D32 GM: David Ensteness T:532:17 Battletech - Grinder Sponsor: The Wargaming Company, LLC, Prize: Nappy the Pen-Ginâ„¢ T-Shirt Thursday, 5:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 9, Room: Kinderhook, Table #: K2 and a discount in our vendor booth! GM: Nathan Bell & Battletech Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 10mm, Rules: ESR Napoleonics Second Edition (Et Sponsor: Mark Yingling, Prize: None sans resultat!) Period: SciFi, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Battletech-Total Warfare A grand tactical, perspective based Napoleonic wargame, focused on building The Grinder is a free for all Battletech Demo game where new (or returning) pressure against the enemy, while struggling to manage the fatigue of your troops players will be taught using the Introductory Rules. You start out with a Light mech and the timing of commitment. "The command system is the core of this ruleset, and as you die, you advance to the next weight class. All materials, mimiatures, reaching a compromise between simplicity and realism rarely met in other and dice will be provided. Beginner Friendly and Rules taught. rulesets."-Dadi&Piombo"â€¦if you really want to find yourself in the shoes of a marshal, make decisions like a general rather than a colonel, then ESR deserves T:366:17 The Battle of Quatre Bras Reinforced your full attention."-Vae Victis ESR Napoleonics can be played at any ground Thursday, 5:00 PM, 6 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL3 scale and with any scale figures. We'll be using 10mm and 150 yards per inch in GM: Jody Sherrill this game. Sponsor: None, Prize: Guacamole and chips Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Home rules T:576:16 Fill 'Er Up Comrade It seems Ney just cannot win with his own forces. Can he soundly defeat Thursday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: New Holland, Table #: NH1 Wellington if the French 1st Corps gets added into the fray? The British MAY GM: Tu Tran & ODGW receive a few additional units as well. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Modern, Scale: 12mm, Rules: Mein Panzer: Modern T:501:18 Battle of Newport, RI, Aug 29, 1778 – Theme In this hypothetical scenario, the Soviet Union has successfully launched a Thursday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M1 surprise invasion of the United States. Soviet forces are pushing forward to GM: Gregory Starace & Carnage and Glory capture a fueling depot. This resource point is critical for a successful push Sponsor: None, Prize: None forward. U.S. forces have been dispatched to ensure the fueling depot does not Period: American War for Independence, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Carnage & Glory fall into the hands of Soviet forces. Can U.S. Forces hold the fueling depot or will II Soviet forces gain control and continue pushing forward? Rules Taught; Beginners Awaking to vacated American siege lines investing Newport, General Pigot orders Welcome the Crown Forces to prepare for battle in the hopes of catching the fleeing Americans, cut off their egress from Aquidneck Island, and destroy General T:241:16 Flying Tigers at Rangoon, Christmas 1941 Sullivan's army. It is approaching 9 am, and the advance elements of both armies Thursday, 4:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D43 have been fighting a running engagement for two hours. Battle lines have been GM: Mark Fastoso drawn and the main elements are poised to begin what will likely be a long and hot Sponsor: Fireball Forward, Prize: None day of carnage and glory. Period: World War II, Scale: 1:600th, Rules: Fire in the Sky

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T:104:18 Battle of Papo 112 AD Thursday, 6:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D76 T:238:18 Dyrrhachium (1081) – Theme GM: Jeff Russ Thursday, 6:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D21 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Brett Kite Period: Ancients, Scale: 90mm, Rules: Hail Casaer Sponsor: None, Prize: None Roman forces have taken control of a trade route and the Egyptian forces have Period: Medieval, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Sword & Spear been dispatched to take it back Following the conquest of Italy and Sicily, Robert Guiscard and his Normans are looking to the east. Can the Byzantine emperor Alexios I Komnenos stop him T:428:18 Battle of Rafa Junction - 1967 Arab Israeli War before Macedonia and Greece fall? The Normans and Byzantines clash at the city Thursday, 6:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF1 of Dyrrhacium (modern day Durres in Albania). Each side has a colorful GM: Brendgol Majewski assortment of allies (some less reliable than others) in addition to their native Sponsor: None, Prize: None forces. Who will carry the day? Kids welcome with playing adult. Period: Modern, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Flames of War V.4 Come join the IDF or the Egyptian Army for the key battle of Rafa. This battle pits T:557:18 Full Thrust Space Battle near the New Terra Sector the Israeli 84th Armored Division (Ugda Tal) against the Egyptian 7th Infantry Thursday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Limerock, Table #: Li1 Division. Centurions and Magachs duke it out with T-34/85s and IS-3s; Israeli GM: Chad Zerbe & RAW Mechanized infantry and paratroopers against entrenched Egyptian infantry. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Egyptians have a slim hope for reinforcements, will the T-55s get there in time?Â Period: SciFi, Scale: 1/6000th, Rules: Full Thrust Come fight in Space using the Full Thrust Rules. The ESU will take on the Iron Fist T:250:18 Blood, Bilge, and Iron Balls of the NSL. It will be a slug fest between powerful ships of the line. Along with Thursday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D16 fighters. Come check it out! No Children under 14 please. GM: Robert Kerstetter Sponsor: Gettysburg Area Gamers, Prize: Trophy T:505:18 Great Northern War Campaign, Poland, September, 1706 Game 2 – Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 1:1000th, Rules: Blood, Bilge, and Iron Balls Theme Napoleonic sailing ships A fun and easy sailing game with a few turns and twists Thursday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M4 thrown in. GM: David Bonk & Carnage and Glory Sponsor: None, Prize: None T:205:18 Centennial: U.S. 1st Pursuit Group Over Chateau Thierry Pt. 1 Period: Age of Reason, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Carnage and Glory Computer Thursday, 6:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 15, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D41,42 Moderated GM: Roxanne Patton In Poland, September, 1706 Russian and Saxon forces have begun a siege of Sponsor: None, Prize: None Warsaw, Poland. The Russians siege train is marching south to join the besieging Period: World War I, Scale: 1/144, Rules: Check your Six: Colorful Skies forces. Swedish forces, supported by their Polish allies, are intent on destroying On July 2, 1918. 8 27th Aero Squadron Nieuport 28s encountered seven Jasta 10 the siege train before it gets to Warsaw. Using the Carnage and Glory campaign D.VIIIs. The melee included Flight leader 1Lt Donald Hudson and 2Lt Walter system Russian and Swedish forces will maneuver across central Poland and Wanamaker facing aces Ltns Erich Lowenhardt and Fritz Friedrichs. Wanamaker generate tabletop games to be fought using the C&G computer moderated rules attempted to move Lowenhardt off a fellow pilot's tail when Ace Ernst Udet arrived throughout the convention. Players will command Swedish or Russian forces to and sent Wanamaker down. This is the 1st of 2 games. The 2nd will be run Friday fight to tactical battles and the results will be returned and used to generate the morning. Victory Points earned in this game will be added to those earned in the next battle. second to determine the win Players will be given credit for their successes in this scenario when playing in the second scenario.. Not suitable for children under 15. T:641:18 Isandlwana – Theme Thursday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 14, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D11 T:560:18 China's Return to the Air GM: David Burton Thursday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 7, Room: Limerock, Table #: Li2 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Jim Thompson & RAW Period: Colonial, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Bayonets and Spearpoints Sponsor: None, Prize: None Battle of Isandlwana - Lt. Raw's troopers have found the Zulu Impi. The camp is Period: Korean War, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Check Your 6 Jet Age alerted and the 24th regiment is stood to. British regulars, colonials, and the NNC In March 1951 China pulled its aircrews out of combat to give them more training. will battle the Zulu regiments. Ammo rules will be in play for the British with ammo On 25 Sept 51 a GCI controller detected a flight of F-86's covering a group of F-80 bearers doing their best to keep up with the demand. As for the Zulus...well there's on a ground attack mission. Migs were directed to intercept the F-80's. The Migs thousands of them... Children under 13 welcome with playing adult I have Diselfink dispersed the F-80's but by then the F-86's flying top cover arrived to help. No one Table 11 reserved under 16 with out a playing adult. T:551:18 JOE HACK - Hadrian's Wall – Theme T:322:18 Dark Tides Thursday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF2 Thursday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D44 GM: Joe Swartz & NOWS GM: Patrick Morris Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Ancients, Scale: 28mm, Rules: JOE HACK Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Dragon Rampant see Thursday 10 am for event description rules taught & minors welcome with The chaos magus Maleki has searched for years for the sunken treasure galleon adult carrying the fabled "Ruby of Rebirth". When he found it he raised a great chunk of Sea floor, to get the ship where he can reach it. Naturally, this has annoyed the T:128:18 king philips war Sea Peoples Alliance who sent forces to teach the wizard a lesson. Thursday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D31

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GM: Victor Hiris GM: Thomas Thomas Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: Fame & Glory Games, Prize: Rule Book Period: Colonial, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Song of drums and tomahawks Period: Medieval, Scale: 28mm, Rules: A Game of Knights and Knaves The New England indians ambush a party of pilgrims. Battle for the Iron Throne. Bring any 12 Stand Army from the War of the Roses, Hundred Years War or Westeros and Battle for the Iron Throne (if you don't have T:117:18 LILLEHAMMER - GATEWAY TO THE VALLEY an Army one will be provided). Each player begins with a Great House and battle Thursday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 9, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D15 through a series of rounds gaining and losing allies along the way. Winning the GM: Maurice Holmes last round puts you on the Iron Throne. Game uses Knights and Knaves (medieval Sponsor: None, Prize: None version of modernized DBX). An excellent introduction to DBX gaming with simple Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: BOLT ACTION - 2nd EDITION easy to learn mec The Allied defense of Lillehammer was key to the Campaign for southern Norway. The Allies hoped to stem the German Advance by taking advantage of the T:303:19 Battle of Zama 202 BC – Theme restricted terrain surrounding Lillehammer. This one scenario will be played Thursday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG6 multiple times during the convention. Each game will use a separate set of GM: Tom Uhl Skirmish rules. This is your chance to learn the advantages of Skirmish Gaming. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Ancients, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Command & Colors T:220:18 Rifles on the Penninsula The Battle of Zama was fought in 202 BC in North Africa and marked the end of Thursday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D23 the Second Punic War. Will Publius Cornelius Scipio Africanus repeat his GM: Robert Kerstetter triumphant revenge over the Carthaginians? or will Hannibal Barca demonstrate Sponsor: Gettysburg Area Gamers, Prize: Trophy for Best Brain his military genius yet again? Kids under 13 please be accompanied by a parent Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 40mm, Rules: Sharp Practice 40 mm large skirmish game. Join our heroic Captain of Rifles as he attempts to T:538:19 Battletech - Solaris Circle of Death win a battle while accomplishing his own secret objectives. Thursday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Kinderhook, Table #: K1 GM: Mark Yingling & Battletech T:330:18 Seize or Die: Storm at Aob! (German South-West Africa, 1905) Sponsor: None, Prize: None Thursday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D34 Period: SciFi, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Battletech - Total Warfare GM: Roy Jones The Jihad wrecked The Game World of Solaris, but the games must go on. The Sponsor: Recreational Conflict, Prize: German South-West Africa Miniatures Steiner Coliseum and the Circle of Death event are back better then ever. Select a Period: Colonial, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Sword and the Flame (Modified) force of two mechs of combined 4,500 BV2 (Inner Sphere & Mixed) to battle with Nama rifle fire sweeps the battlefield of Aob, and German officers and men are cut others to gain the most points. The Steiner Coliseum has plenty of tricks for the down like grass. The Germans have only two choices: seize the Nama-occupied contestants. All materials, miniatures and dice will be provided. Intermediate to trench on the ridge to their front, or die out in the open! Meanwhile, German experienced players and no Players under 15 years old. gunners to the rear are running out of shells, and soon will be forced to pick up their carbines to provide fire support for the infantry storming the trench. But as T:177:19 Bomben Auf Engeland I - Zeppelins – Theme German bayonets approach the Nama line, Nama leader Jakob Morenga has a Thursday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D45 trick up his sleeve. From the upcoming scenario book "The Nama Wars"•. More at: GM: Martin Fenelon www.hererowars.com. Sponsor: MSD Games, LLC, Prize: Merchandise Certificate Period: World War I, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Fight for the Skies: Wood & T:299:18 The Battle of Vauchamps Canvas Thursday, 6:00 PM, 3.5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D25 The Zeppelin Campaign against England has created fear among the citizens of GM: Robert Koffman London, and grim determination in the hearts of British pilots. New planes, new Sponsor: None, Prize: None ammunition, and new tactics are being developed. Can they overcome the Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Convention Napoleonic advantages of those gigantic flying machines, soaring high about the clouds at Napoleon is at Bay and seeks to save France by destroying the Allied Army of night? Fast play air-to-air combat with players controlling multiple aircraft. Silesia consisting of Prussians and Russians. The game is designed to be colorful, Beginners are welcome, rules will be taught. represent the period and be completed within 3 hours. Name another Napoleonic rule set that does that. Kids under 14 with adult supervisor requested. T:251:19 Burma Road – Theme Thursday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG7,8 T:223:19 2nd Punic War - Trebia – Theme GM: Mark Wukas Thursday, 7:00 PM, 3.5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D36 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Walter Leach Period: World War II, Scale: 1/144, Rules: Aerodrome(R) 2.0 Sponsor: None, Prize: None Burma 1941. Outnumbered and flying obsolete P-40s, a band of American pilots Period: Ancients, Scale: 25mm, Rules: L'Art de la Guerre flying for Nationalist China - the Flying Tigers - are flying against Oscars and Zeros Hannibal has crossed the Alps and the Romans think they have him trapped but of the Imperial Japanese Army to prevent Japanese control of the skies over the Hannibal has other plans. Try to change the course of History. New players are Burma Road. Pilots will start by dogfighting, then protect or attack a flight of IJA welcome. A great way to learn and play ADLG. 300 pt L'Art de la Guerre game. bombers headed for the Yanks' base at Kunming. Rules taught, equipment Miniatures and Rules provided. New players are welcome. Rules modified for ease provided; wings and medals awarded for victory and valor. Female- and spouse- of play friendly game, under 15 only with playing adult.

T:401:19 Battle for the Iron Throne T:595:19 City Hunters Thursday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D63 Thursday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 7, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF4

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GM: Jim McWee & MBA As the final push to Moscow unfolds to the north, elements of the German 57th Sponsor: None, Prize: None Infantry Division, with support from the StuGs of Sturm Battalion 197, attack into Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: FUBAR - modified Kharkov. The Soviets must with hold back the Germans as the vital industries of A week ago, a UN patrol was wiped out but not before radioing that they were Kharkov are loaded up and shipped east through a shrinking corridor. The infantry under attack by a "cloaked soldier" followed by screams then static. When QRF of the 216th Rifle Division join the last vehicles out of the tank factories in an urban arrived, they found the bodies skinned and missing their skulls with no sign of the brawl for the streets of Kharkov. attackers. Similar attacks happened each night, now special hunter teams have been sent into the city to find those responsible but who is hunting whom? T:653:19 Lancaster County Convention Center site visit Thursday, 7:00 PM, 2 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: Hotel Reg T:189:19 Destroyermen: The Battle for Monterey Bay – Theme Desk Thursday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D14 GM: John Spiess & HMGS GM: Leo Walsh Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Modern, Scale: N/A, Rules: N/A Period: Fantasy, Scale: 1:1200th, Rules: Age of the Dreadnought modified Site visit to the LCCC for any interested club contacts, exhibitors, or members in As Dominion forces land troops to assault St. Francis a "hodge podge"• of ships general who would like to see the Hcon 2019 venue. We have transportation for from the Imperial and Allied navies move in to destroy as much as possible. six. We can take more but you'll need your own transportation if we go over the Frigates, Ships of the Line, Cutters, fishing boats with a mixture of weapons from six. Please arrive 10 minutes before event start/departure time. the "Allied"• fleets meet with Frigates and transports of the Dominion fleet. This battle is from the pages of Taylor Anderson's "Destroyerman" series. This battle T:518:19 Mansteins Backhand Blow – Theme will effect forces in the next battle. Thursday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Marietta, Table #: M3 GM: John Drye & Pittsburgh Band of Gamers T:462:19 Exploring the Dark Continent Sponsor: Test of Battle Games, Prize: TOB Gift Certificate Thursday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P6 Period: World War II, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Test of Battle: Breakthrough GM: Don Hogge & HAWKS In February 1943, the Soviets began an offensive to retake Kharkov. Field Sponsor: None, Prize: None Marshall v Manstein waited for the red Army to over-extend itself, then launched Period: Colonial, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Congo his counterattack. TOS's division-level game will be used to depict the action by II Africa, the dark and mysterious continent; what adventures await those bold SS Pz Corps vs 6 Gds Tank Army enough to venture into the vast jungle? Come and lead a column in search of fame and fortune; or to defend your homeland from bumbling European explorers. T:526:19 Maurice's Revenge - Byzantines vs. Sassanids Gamers under the age of 14 are welcome with an adult. Thursday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M9 GM: Jessee Scarborough & Pittsburgh Band of Gamers T:516:19 First Day at Kursk: 11 Panzer Div Assault on Hill 245 – Theme Sponsor: None, Prize: None Thursday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M7 Period: Dark Ages, Scale: 15mm, Rules: So Convenient for Hewing (Big Battle GM: Michael Pierce & Carnage and Glory Option) Sponsor: None, Prize: None Byzantines and Sassanids face off in a set-piece battle. Can the wily Byzantines Period: World War II, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Battlegroup WW2 (Iron Fist pull a rabbit out of their hat? A Dark Age battle on the Byzantine eastern frontier. Publications) On the right flank of 47th Panzer Korps, 11 Panzer Division struck north towards T:286:19 Naval Battle of Memphis June 1862 the village of Tcherkassoje. Before attacking the town, the division needed to clear Thursday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 16, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG1 the Hill 245 ridgeline. A KG of I/PzGren Regt 110, Aufklarungs Abt 111 , a GM: Keven Pinder company of assault pioneres, and flamethrower tanks attacked. A Russian Sponsor: None, Prize: None counterattack quicly developed. Panzer vorwarts! Children under 12 with adult Period: American Civil War, Scale: 1:1200th, Rules: Fast play Homebrew player. Corinth, Mississippi has fallen, isolating all of West Tennessee. The evacuation of Fort Pillow and Memphis has begun. The Confederate Ram Squadron has been T:486:19 HE-111 at Little Basely by the Sea ordered south to Vicksburg, but when they get to Memphis to refuel, there is no Thursday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P4 coal to be had. Matters go from bad to worse to worse. Nothing remains but to GM: Buck Surdu & HAWKS fight. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Combat Patrol(TM): World War II T:134:19 Pantheon: The Fall of Olympus France has fallen. The Germans are blitzing London. Invasion is expected any Thursday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D84 day. Rumors of parachutists and fifth columnists are rampant. An HE-111 has GM: Kalissa Skibicki crashed at the outskirts of Little Basely by the Sea. The Home Guard and Sponsor: None, Prize: None townspeople rush to capture the crew. The crewmen gather up their weapons and Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Mythic Battles: Pantheon prepare to fight their way to safety. But are the crewmen alone? Rules will be Zeus' reign over Olympus is over and chaos is rampant! The Titans and monsters taught. No booze, please. have been released from Hades' realm. The Gods are too busy fighting each other for power. Legendary heroes have returned to the world. Mythic Battles: Pantheon T:415:19 Hot Time in the City - Kharkov, October 1941 – Theme allows you to pick a God and fight for the right to reign supreme. Who will you Thursday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D64 chose and will you prevail? Rules will be taught and kid (8+) friendly. GM: Brian Lipscomb Sponsor: None, Prize: None T:316:19 Somewhere in the West Country Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Battlegroup Barbarossa Thursday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG10

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GM: John Hollier Thursday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Paradise, Table #: P3 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: David Wood & HAWKS Period: English Civil War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: For Parliament? Or, the King? Sponsor: None, Prize: None It's 1643 and the old friends, Waller and Hopton, are battling it out across Period: Colonial, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Combat Patrol Somerset. As Hopton marches south towards Bath, Waller moves to intercept him A small contingent of British have been intercepted by a large group of Zulu's. Will - what happens when they meet at Pennsylvania? Kids under 13 please be there hasty defense allow them to survive or will they be overrun? Players control accompanied by an Adult sections of infantry in this short, sharp engagement. Combat Patrol uses cards to resolve not only activation but combat. This is a very fast, dice-less, and chart- T:434:19 The Battle of Bloody Creek, 1757 – Theme less, but not simplistic, system. Thursday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D85,86 GM: Robin Empey T:455:19 This Field Shall be Mine Sponsor: None, Prize: none Thursday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P5 Period: French & Indian War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Buckskins and Rangers - by - GM: James Nickle & HAWKS Battlefield Game Designs Sponsor: None, Prize: None Forced to swear allegiance to the British crown, Acadians living in Nova Scotia Period: Ancients, Scale: 10mm, Rules: Bear Yourselves Valiantly conducted several raids against the British. One raid resulted in the capture of a Two forces on the march, one from Carthage and the other from Rome, have British work party from the 43rd Foot. Unfortunately inclement weather forced a come upon each other in what is now southern Italy. The ground that each army small British party led by Captain Peter Pigou to abandon their rescue attempt. deploys upon is of little or no value to either side. However, each commander is Will the British make it back to safety or will the combined Acadian and Mi'kmaqs determined to show his foe that he will impose his will upon what will soon surely led by guerilla fighter Guillaume Johnson eliminate the British incursion once and be a blood soaked field. Gladius and pila will meet elephant and falcata head to for all? This game is not for children under 14 years of age. head until one side calls uncle.

T:100:19 The Battle of Prestonpans (or Gladsmuir) (September 21, 1745) T:588:19 Trench Wars: Poland 1920--Red Star vs. White Eagle – Theme Thursday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D12 Thursday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF3 GM: Tim Couper GM: Frank Luberti & MBA Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: MBA, Prize: None Period: Jacobite Rebellion, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Piquet Field Of Battle 2 Period: Inter-War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Trench Wars (modified) The first of three 1745 Jacobite War engagements at Historicon. Prestonpans was Skirmish game using the Trench Wars rules modified for the Russo-Polish War. the first major conflict of the war. The Jacobites had taken Edinburgh city. General Novices, children with adults, rules lawyers and GMs looking for revenge John Cope, with 2,300 men, determined to engage the poorly-armed Jacobite welcome. Scenario inspired by the classic board game Red Star/White Eagle army, composed of 2,500 highlanders and lowlanders, in what was the 1st designed by David Williams, first published by GDW in 1979 and updated by significant battle of the Rebellion. The armies maneuvered in an open area some Compass Games in 2018. Terrain by MBA; figures painted by John Spiess. way east of city and battle commenced. So, will Johnny Cope? or will the Players under 14 welcome with a playing adult. Highlanders all get kilt? This game will provide a good opportunity for those unfamiliar with these well established rules to join in a straightforward, and tense, T:407:20 Into the Darkness: WARHAMMER 40K: The "TRAILS battle. Thursday, 8:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D26 GM: James Nicholson T:427:19 The Battle of Raab , Hungary 1809 Sponsor: LXG & The MECHANICON, Prize: None Thursday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D22 Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: WARHAMMER 40K & House rules. GM: Robert Lockley Knights are not mere war machines, but relics from a lost age of wonders, Sponsor: None, Prize: none adamantium-armoured giants from a forgotten era. One does not drive an Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Shako II heirloom of the past - it must be bonded with. During a strange and terrible rite Prince Eugene's campaign against Archduke John's Austrians is going well. He known as the RITUAL OF BECOMING aka (the TRAILS). must defeat the Austrian forces decisively to keep the from threatening Napolean's southern flank as him pushes to the Danube river. This is a hugh task as the T:338:20 Necromunda: Campaign: Turf War, Cycle One John's army is in a strong defensive position behind the Pancza stream and on Thursday, 8:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 16, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D71 rising ground. Can you crush John's army or will John get the victory he needs to GM: Tony Spino foil Napoleans plans for the conquest of Austria. YOU decide !! Sponsor: The MechaniCon and LXG gaming clubs, Prize: None Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE & House T:332:19 The Orenstein Conspiracy rules. Thursday, 7:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D33 Bring your own gang and battle for control in the weekend long Turf War! We will GM: Grant Greffey host players as they battle for control of the zone in a Necromunda: Underhive Sponsor: None, Prize: None campaign throughout the weekend. Only have time for one game? Not a Problem. Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Warzone Ultimate Edition (Modified) Experienced players preferred. Necromunda: Underhive and Gang Wars Dr. Hugo Orenstein is hosting a meeting to discuss his latest scheme for Supplements. Message us to secure a slot, ask questions, etc.. Visit our club interplanetary domination at his new secret base. And the capture of a lovely website for more information - www.themechanicon.com Questions and Capitol spy should yield vital information for this new enterprise. But Imperial agent registration, contact GM Tony Spino at [email protected] . John Steele is once again out to thwart "Dr. O."• I also submitted "Mutiny on Mirkheim." I would like to run the two events back-to-back at the same table. T:643:20 STAGE COACH 1877: A WILD WEST QUEST – Theme Thursday, 8:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 24, Room: Cornwall, Table #: C1-3 T:451:19 The Zulu's Are Attacking GM: Peter Panzeri

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Sponsor: OLD GLORY, Prize: PRIZES BY OLD GLORY F:452:09 Battle of Medina de Rioseco (with a Fantasy twist) Period: Western, Scale: 28mm, Rules: FRONTIERS IN FLAMES Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P3 Ringo-Kid (Duke Wayne), Miss Dallas, Buck, Doc Boone or Marshal Curly make GM: David Wood & HAWKS the MAD DASH across Geronimo's Warpath (with or without Cavalry Escort) to Sponsor: None, Prize: None safety. Each Team of 4-5 Players get a Stagecoach & cast of characters on a 4- Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: LSNC - Bear Yourselves Valiantly table adventure across some very hostile territory. Face all challenges and try to The Elven prince, outnumbered by two Ratling armies, decided to attack. make it through alive. DON'T MISS THIS RARE CHANCE TO PLAY IN ONE OF Unfortunately for the Ratlings, Attila the Rat and Genghis the Cat Hater would not THE MOST REWARDING AND FUN GAMES EVER. Reviewed as "Highly cooperate with each other and they were routed. Can you do better? This is the entertaining, surprisingly fun and funny." CHECK-OUT "FRONTIERS-in-FLAMES" same scenario that will be played Saturday evening, using SAFNapoleonics with from OLD GLORY CAN YOU SURVIVE? SPECIAL COOL PRIZES for characters French and Spanish. & Teams who do best. F:565:09 Beyond the Beaches – Theme FRIDAY EVENTS Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Limerock, Table #: Li1 GM: Joe Evans & RAW

Sponsor: None, Prize: None F:437:09 aerodrome1.1 Period: World War II, Scale: 10mm, Rules: Battlegroup Friday, 9:00 AM, 6 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D16 Late Afternoon, June 6, 1944. The 746th Tank Battalion, supported by the 325th GM: Richard Heffner Glider Infantry, try to link up with the paratroopers holding Chef-du-Pont. Can they Sponsor: Stanley F. Kubiak, Prize: wings make it before dark? Period: World War I, Scale: 1/72nd, Rules: Aerodrome1.1

Fun, Fast, Challenging WW1 Air Combat - Vets & Novice welcome. Earn your ( F:206:09 Centennial: U.S. 1st Pursuit Group Over Chateau Thierry Pt. 2 real wings) like over 555 players, over 16 yrs. (45 cons). Gamers earn Wings & Friday, 9:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D82,83 Glory or get shot down in flames. Games last about 1 hr @, pilots shot down yield GM: Roxanne Patton seat to waiting players. Victory records kept. Shoot down friends - Family etc. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Great for first time gamers, ask anyone wearing wings. Rules taught, easy to Period: World War I, Scale: 1/144, Rules: Check your Six: Colorful Skies learn. Youth & Female friendly. 10 & younger only with agreement between Parent The 1st Pursuit Group flew many patrols on July 7th. After the 94th Aero & GM. Squadron's early encounter, a flight of the 95th engaged 5 Fokkers of Jasta 41

near Rocourt. Aces Otto Rosenfeld (13) and Josef Schandermann (17) were given F:480:09 Assault on the Danevirke, 6 February 1864 – Theme credit for downing Neiuports one of which was 1Lt Stuart McKeown. 1Lt Summer Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P9 Sewall, A/C #0, fired at Rosenfeld's D.VII sending it down. This is the 2nd of 2 GM: Bruce Weigle & HAWKS games s. The Victory Points earned in 1st game will be added to those earned in Sponsor: None, Prize: None the 2nd to determine the winner. Players will be given credit for their successes in Period: 19th Century, Scale: 6mm, Rules: Fast-play 1864 Grand Tactical Rules first scenario when playing in the second scenario. Not suitable for children under Determined to resolve the Schleswig-Holstein question once and for all, Prussia 15. has inveigled Austria into jointly invading the Danish provinces in the dead of winter. Now, they face the formidable "Danevirke" fortified line ... plus the cold and F:542:09 CHECK YOUR SIX! - KamikaZZZEEEs 2 - Axis Aces vs. the Red snow. Moltke drew up some clever frontal assault plans and graciously invited the Undead Austrians to take the lead, supporting them with a Prussian Guards brigade. Good Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Vistas C, Table #: VC2 luck, Austrians! This scenario uses the fast-play version of the 1864 Grand GM: Paul Meyer & NOWS Tactical Rules. Sponsor: None, Prize: 1/144 mini

Period: World War II, Scale: 1/144, Rules: Check Your Six! (Some house rules) F:457:09 Bad Day on the Santa Fe The greatest "Bad Guy" aces fly their signature planes against a swarm of Friday, 9:00 AM, 2 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Paradise, Table #: P5 attacking aircraft whose stars are red and whose pilots are ... y'know ... dead. GM: James Nickle & HAWKS Prize to the top-scoring hero. House rules provide the slightly higher level of detail Sponsor: None, Prize: None appropriate for scenarios with smaller numbers of larger-scale aircraft. Rules will Period: Western, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Blood and Swash be taught. Not well-suited for very young players. The train has pulled out of Winslow, Arizona on a quiet day in April of 1882.

However, the barricade on the tracks ahead does not bode well for the day to F:139:09 Clash in the Pines: Battle of Olustee, Florida remain either peaceful or quiet!! Simple, quick play rules mean you need to keep Friday, 9:00 AM, 6 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D73 on your toes and have that peacemaker handy. GM: David Skibicki

Sponsor: None, Prize: None F:500:09 Bampton-in-the-Bush April 27, 1645 Period: American Civil War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: This Hallowed Ground Friday, 9:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M1 (Modified) GM: Nigel Marsh & Carnage and Glory February 20th, 1864, General Truman Seymour wants to have his own Sherman- Sponsor: None, Prize: None like glory against orders in the state of Florida by marching from Jacksonville to Period: English Civil War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Carnage&GloryII Tallahassee. His goal is to further cripple Florida's supply lines to the northern In an attempt to intercept and destroy the King's train of artillery, Cromwell, with fighting Confederates. However, the Confederate forces are aware of his plans elements of the New Model Army, is raiding through Oxfordshire. Local Royalist and lie in ambush to strike. Union Forces clash with Confederate forces in the garrisons muster to stop Cromwell. Meanwhile, Bampton-in-the-Bush clubmen, are largest land battle in Florida. Come decide whether the historic Confederate determined to protect their village and will side with whoever offers them more Victory stands or the Union changes fortune in a re-fight of The Battle of Olustee! beer and cheese.

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F:318:09 CY6! Days of Glory: Sitting Ducks ancient and medieval wargames. Play a one hour game or play a dozen. Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 9, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D46 TRIUMPH! tutors are on hand to help introduce you to the game, teach and GM: Manuel Palomo answer questions. Rules are easy to learn. All materials provided. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: World War II, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Check Your 6! WWII F:461:09 Exploring the Dark Continent Just before dawn on 19 May 1940, a squadron of German bombers attacked the Friday, 9:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P6 airfield at Persan-Beaumont. Most of the remaining French bombers were based GM: Don Hogge & HAWKS there. The fate of the airbase, and the French bomber force, depended on the Sponsor: None, Prize: None intercepting fighters to protect them. Teaching the rules will be limited. Some Period: Colonial, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Congo familiarity with the rules is preferred. Africa, the dark and mysterious continent; what adventures await those bold enough to venture into the vast jungle? Come and lead a column in search of fame F:320:09 CY6! Flight School and fortune; or to defend your homeland from bumbling European explorers. Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD3 Gamers under the age of 14 are welcome with an adult. GM: Tom Ruta Sponsor: None, Prize: None F:515:09 First Day at Kursk: 11 Panzer Div Assault on Hill 245 – Theme Period: World War II, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Check Your 6! WWII Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M7 Wildcats vs Zeros! It had to happen somewhere over the Pacific. This is a training GM: Michael Pierce & Carnage and Glory scenario for rookie pilots. Rules will be taught and the game will progress step by Sponsor: None, Prize: None step. If you always wanted to learn CY6!, then get your lead-filled butt out of bed Period: World War II, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Battlegroup WW2 (Iron Fist and get to the flight line by 0800 hrs!! Rules will be taught. This is a training event Publications) for novice players, not aces. On the right flank of 47th Panzer Korps, 11 Panzer Division struck north towards the village of Tcherkassoje. Before attacking the town, the division needed to clear F:111:09 Dried Corn & Swampfoot, Oct 8, 1759 the Hill 245 ridgeline. A KG of I/PzGren Regt 110, Aufklarungs Abt 111 , a Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D21 company of assault pioneres, and flamethrower tanks attacked. A Russian GM: Robert Moon counterattack quicly developed. Panzer vorwarts! Children under 12 with adult Sponsor: None, Prize: MVP Trophy player. Period: French & Indian War, Scale: 40mm, Rules: Muskets & Tomahawks After their successful "Raid on St Francis", Maj Rogers received word that his F:203:09 Khalkin Gol - the Nomonhan Incident 1939 whaleboats had been discovered & over 700 French troops were waiting in Friday, 9:00 AM, 5 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL4 ambush at Missisquoi Bay. Rogers decided to split up his force into small groups & GM: Michael Sincavage set off on a 200 mile trek thru uncharted wilderness to reach frontier Fort#4. The Sponsor: None, Prize: None French were in close pursuit. Ea player will have their own "side plots" for victory. Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Battlefront Warhoops in the Woods anyone? Children ok with Playing Adult. Any familiarity In moves best explained by machismo, Russia and Japan battle ferociously for with M&T rule set would be helpful. meaningless territory in Manchuria in late 1939. Both sides have large AFV contingents, and while the Japanese have zeal, the Russians are tenacious with F:387:09 Epic Conflicts of the Ancient World: An Introduction to TRIUMPH! better armor and reserves. Brutal fighting is dominated by uphill close assaults. Fast Play Rules for Ancient and Medieval Battles Ancients Seemingly irrelevant, this struggle ends up significantly affecting WWII war Friday, 9:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D51 strategy. Familiarity with Battlefront rules or concepts is needed as only a brief GM: Scott Kastler review of the rules will be made. Sponsor: Washington Grand Company, Prize: None Period: Ancients, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Triumph F:635:09 Lancaster County Convention Center site visit Take on the role of Caesar, the Great Khan, or Pharaoh of Egypt. Lead your Friday, 9:00 AM, 2 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: Hotel Reg Desk forces against your enemies and battle your way across four different matchups GM: John Spiess & HMGS the Biblical, Classical, Dark Age, or Medieval era. This is a walk-up game Sponsor: HMGS, Prize: None opportunity FOR WHICH YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE REGISTERED (just walk- Period: Modern, Scale: N/A, Rules: N/A up if you see an opening). It introduces players to the fast-play TRIUMPH! rules for Site visit to the LCCC for any interested club contacts, exhibitors, or members in ancient and medieval wargames. Play a one hour game or play a dozen. general who would like to see the Hcon 2019 venue. We have transportation for TRIUMPH! tutors are on hand to help introduce you to the game, teach and six. We can take more but you'll need your own transportation if we go over the answer questions. Rules are easy to learn. All materials provided. six. Please arrive 10 minutes before event start/departure time.

F:386:09 Epic Conflicts of the Ancient World: An Introduction to TRIUMPH! F:339:09 NECROMUNDA: Underhive: DEMO Fast Play Rules for Ancient and Medieval Battles Ancients Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D25 Friday, 9:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D52 GM: James Warrington GM: Terence Mcpartland Sponsor: The MechaniCon and LXG gaming clubs, Prize: None Sponsor: Washington Grand Company, Prize: None Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE & House Period: Ancients, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Triumph rules. Take on the role of Caesar, the Great Khan, or Pharaoh of Egypt. Lead your Do you have what it takes to lead your gangers to victory in the Turf Wars? Come forces against your enemies and battle your way across four different matchups learn how to play the Necromunda Underhive game. All models provided. Rules the Biblical, Classical, Dark Age, or Medieval era. This is a walk-up game will be taught. Room for 6 players, Kids are welcome. opportunity FOR WHICH YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE REGISTERED (just walk- up if you see an opening). It introduces players to the fast-play TRIUMPH! rules for F:344:09 NECROMUNDA: Underhive: DEMO

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Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D75 GM: Buck Surdu & HAWKS GM: James Warrington Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: The MechaniCon and LXG gaming clubs, Prize: None Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Combat Patrol(TM): World War II Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE & House France has fallen. Though invasion is expected, the people of Little Basely by the rules. Sea are nonetheless surprised when a barge full of Germans appears on the Do you have what it takes to lead your gangers to victory in the Turf Wars? Come beach. The Home Guard and other auxiliaries take up arms and rush to repel learn how to play the Necromunda Underhive game. All models and materials will them. Will they be able to throw the Germans back into the sea, or will the be provided. Rules taught. Room for 6 players, Kids are welcome. Germans secure their first foothold in England? Rules will be taught. Younger gamers welcome with a participating adult. F:267:09 On the Road to Lucknow Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG4 F:476:09 Shootout at Kramatorsk - 2 May 2014 – Theme GM: Byron Champlin Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P7 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Michael Byrne & HAWKS Period: Colonial, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Brother Against Brother Sponsor: Age of Glory, Prize: Gift Certificate Every soldier of the Queen and Jack Tar trudging up the dusty road to Lucknow Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Force on Force knows that they must press on. The women, children and men besieged in the On April 13, 2014, demonstrators raise the Donetsk People's Republic flag. city's Residency can't hold their improvised fortifications much longer against the Separatists attack and capture the police station and other civic buildings. The tightening cordon of murderous Mutineers and bloodthirsty Badmashes. Now word Ukrainian government responds by launching a counter-offensive to expel the flutters down the column. Pandies ahead! Just time enough to check the separatists. Will the government forces be successful? percussion cap on your Enfield and take a sip of tepid water against the scorching sun before lurching into line. On boys, on! There's memsahibs and wee ones to F:422:09 Stalingrad-Into the Flames save in Lucknow! Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Strasburg, Table #: S1 GM: Joe Richards F:264:09 Operation Scimitar Modern Microarmor Session 1 Sponsor: Terrain 4 Games, Prize: Terrain by Terrain 4 Games Friday, 9:00 AM, 5 hrs, Players: 11, Room: Host 2, Table #: HO2 1,2 Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Rapid Fire GM: Scott Caldwell Epic re-creation of the battle of Stalingrad. Command the wehrmacht and Sponsor: None, Prize: 1:350 Airplane overwhelm desperate untermensch defenders using your overwhelming firepower Period: Modern, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Combined Ops from Stug's, Pz III's, Nebelwerfers, and elite combat engineers. Earn the Iron A what if Nato invasion of Turkey after Russian intervention. American and Geek Cross. Or take Chuikov's command, and use stealth and subterfuge to keep your Marines, American airborne and armor vs. Russian airborne, armor and command intact while fighting desperately to slow the enemy advance as much as mechanized infantry with Turkish armor and mechanized infantry as wildcards. No possible, all while avoiding being shot by your own Commisars. Come join the fun experience necessary. First of four sessions. Will have 3 gamemasters. A what if on a highly detailed, bombed-out, city-scape. WW2 Street Fight with Rapid Fire. Nato invasion of Turkey after Russian intervention. No experience necessary. First of four sessions. F:218:09 StarDate 3018 Ambush at Elphac Full Thrust mayhem Friday, 9:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D24 F:302:09 Raszyn 1809 GM: David Cashin Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG6 Sponsor: WNGA, Prize: None GM: Clifford Brunken Period: SciFi, Scale: 1/3000th, Rules: Full Thrust Sponsor: None, Prize: PA Alien Confederation Commodore Ting has taken her Scouting Group to the Elphac Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Shako II system in preparation for establishing a replenishment base. Despite her request When the Austrians invaded the Duchy of Warsaw Poniatowski concentrated the for a reconnaissance in force the Serpens Sector Commander has only provided a available Polish troops in a defensive position south of Warsaw to offset their few squadrons of antiquated Attack Craft, Fighters, and an even older Fleet numerical disadvantage. Ferdinand hoped to avoid a war and garner Polish Tender. Heaven help her if the Tellurian Federation has garrisoned Elphac in support that the Austrians were only at war with France. The Polish populace was force. Rules and scenario are designed for new players. Veterans and Walk ups extremely antagonistic towards the invasion force. Ferdinand realized that the should feel free to take an empty seat. Children under 12 welcome with the Poles could not be persuaded to change sides. Not wishing to waste time assistance of a parent. maneuvering, Ferdinand ordered a frontal assault once Mohr's advanced guard arrived in front of Raszyn. Kids under 13 please F:313:09 The Battle of Castalla 1813 Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG10 F:148:09 RELIEF OF SUDBURY, MASSACHUSETTS 21ST APRIL 1676 GM: Tim Reiners Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D32 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Graham Wilkinson Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Shako II Sponsor: 9220-0229 QUEBEC INC, Prize: None After probing towards French controlled areas, Murray's timidity resulted in the Period: Pike & Shot, Scale: 28mm, Rules: MUSKETS & TOMAHAWKS - Anglo-allied force stopping and deploying in a strong defensive position near MODIFIED Castalla. Suchet was concerned about the presence of Murray's Corps. Two other The settlers of Sudbury, Massachusetts are besieged by King Philip's warbands. Spanish armies were in geographical proximity to Murray. Suchet did not want to Can they hold out until the relief column gets through? Muskets, farm implements face the combined strength of three Anglo-allied armies and therefore resolved to and pikes against muskets, tomahawks and hunting knives. strike at Murray's multinational force first. (A Michale Hopper Scenario) Kids under 13 please be accompanied by an Adult F:485:09 Sea Lion Begins Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P4 F:383:09 The Battle of Pelennor Field

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Friday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D71 GM: David Kuijt F:362:10 Bash up the Bakafu Sponsor: Washington Grand Company, Prize: None Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D64 Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Triumph GM: Caleb Gutshall The Gate of Minas Tirith was broken; in rode the Witch King of Angmar. None Sponsor: None, Prize: None could stand against him. None save Gandalf the White, who alone barred his way. Period: 19th Century, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Sharp Practice The Black Rider lifted high his sword and flames ran up the blade. And at that The Boshin War or Boshin Senso, War of the Year of the Yang Earth Dragon, moment, far away, sounded horns, horns wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last. sometimes known as the Japanese Revolution, was a civil war in Japan, fought Take an army of Mordor, huge beyond counting, or one of the West, fighting from 1868 to 1869 between forces of the ruling Tokugawa shogunate and those beyond hope with spears shining in the morning. New players are welcome, the seeking to return political power to the Imperial Court. Come play in the a lesser rules are quick to learn, we do encourage you get a quick practice game in known but fascinating period using the wonder Black Powder skirmish rules written beforehand in one of the 1 hour Triumph Demos! by TooFatLardies!

F:399:09 Whose flag flies over South Georgia? F:323:10 Battle of Lauffer's Bridge – Theme Friday, 9:00 AM, 6 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Host 2, Table #: HO2 3 Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D44 GM: Jay Wissmann GM: Larry Morris Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Victorian Science Fiction, Scale: 1:1200th, Rules: Dystopian Wars Period: American Civil War, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Johnny Reb 3 with home rules The Antarcticans have grabbed South Georgia and Her Majesty wants it back, for Leader and troop qualities Join gamemaster Jay Wissmann and see who will prevail in the southern ocean. In 1862 The lead elements of a Confederate Force had arrived on the field, and with the wagon guard crossed Lauffer Bridge and took up a tenuous defensive F:247:10 A Day in Infamy - Japan Attacks – Theme position waiting for the advancing Union Forces hoping to buy time for the main Friday, 10:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D45 force to escape. New Players Always Welcome. GM: Pete Friesen Sponsor: None, Prize: None F:224:10 Brazen Chariots, 1942 Period: World War II, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Check Your 6 Friday, 10:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D42 Dec 8 1941, aircraft of the Imperial Japanese Army take off from airbases in GM: Joe Moore Formosa; target- Clark Field, Philippines. Can the American P-26s, P-36s, and Sponsor: None, Prize: None newly arrived P-40s defend their base? Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Oh What a Tanker! by Too Fat Lardies F:651:10 Attack on Darwin We'll be demonstrating Too Fat Lardie's new individual Tank on tank rules using Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Strasburg, Table #: S2 British vs. German/Italian vehicles from 1942. The system is highly interactive, GM: Bernhard Rauch easy to learn, and everyone commands a single tank. Children under 16 welcome Sponsor: , Prize: with another playing adult. Period: World War II, Scale: Other, Rules: Check Your 6 February 19 1942, Japanese naval air forces attack the Australian port of Darwin F:143:10 DAK & Dragons 2.0 in order to safeguard their impending conquests of New Guinea and establishment Friday, 10:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D26 of bases in the South Pacific, from interference by allied air and naval forces. GM: Miles Reidy Sponsor: None, Prize: Beyond your dreams of avarice F:365:10 Avocado Wars Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Homebrew Friday, 10:00 AM, 10 hrs, Players: 14, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL3 Recent reports from the local Berbers indicate something ominous is happening GM: Jody Sherrill deep in the Egyptian desert. It must be something big as both the Axis and Allied Sponsor: None, Prize: Guacamole and chips high commands are dispatching teams of crack troops to find out exactly what is Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Home rules going on. DAK and Dragons is THE definitive historical simulation of WW2 squad It is 1815 and Napoleon is deciding when to invade Belgium. Wellington and level tactics vs. the Dark Gods of Egypt. Perhaps you can answer the age-old Blucher decide to make the decision for him and begin to mass their forces closer question - can a Panzer III take on a Dragon? DAK and Dragons 2.0 is an together and closer to the French border. At the same time strange events begin improved version of last year's very popular game and uses simple homebrew to occur. A forest of avocado trees springs up overnight and weird things are rules. Children are welcome w/ Parent. happening. Reports of odd creatures, giant avocados rolling around, and other out of this world are being heard. Can you lead the French, British, Prussians, or F:575:10 First Contact: Dead Air others into battle. Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: New Holland, Table #: NH1 GM: Tu Tran & ODGW F:614:10 Balloon Busting 1918 – Theme Sponsor: None, Prize: None Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Limerock, Table #: Li3 Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Mein Zombie GM: Greg Harding & RAW It has been a long time since you have heard from anyone. Suddenly the radio in Sponsor: None, Prize: None your safe house picks up a message. There is a call for assistance to recover a Period: World War I, Scale: 1/144th, Rules: Check Your 6/Colorful Skies lost package. The first person/group who locates the package, can call for It is 1918 and the air war rages over France. Balloons are used as artillery extraction to the safe zone and collect the reward. Your supplies are running low observers to direct the massive artillery barrages on the opposing lines. Come fly and you are desperate to reach the safe zone. Can you make the pick up deadline WW1 Bi-Planes to shoot the balloons down or to protect the Balloons. The Goal is or be left behind? Rules Taught; Beginners Welcome to see who can Survive! No children under 12 please!

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F:280:10 Hunting the Hunter - Union vs Neo-Soviets – Theme GM: Ben Rubin Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG8 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Ignac Jakovac Period: Fantasy, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Picnic Panic Sponsor: None, Prize: None Come try Picnic Panic, the game of ant warfare. Command a tribe of ants, each Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: FASA VOR The Maelstrom with its own unique abilities and advantages, as you wage war over a treasure Maelstrom is raging, the earth's very existence is on the line, but couple of eternal trove of candy left by careless humans. Play as the noble firstborn,the strong enemies have a bigger fish to fry. Union scouting platoon is dispatched ahead of horned ants, the undead black ants, or the hard fighting, hard partying nomants. Union forces on rumors that a large Neo-Soviet force might be garrisoned in the Eat the candy you capture. Fast-play, easy to learn introduction to the hobby. area, possibly conducting their often horrific genetic r&d. Neo-Soviets cannot be Adults welcome with playing child. No ticket required. trusted and the Union brass has decided to spare no cost to eliminate the source of the evil. The stage is set, there will be no losers, only the winners and the dead. F:327:10 Race for Havana Easy to learn, sci-fi 28mm skirmish game. New players are welcome. Depending Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D61 on time allowance, we will run multiple sessions. All supplies provided. GM: Roland Young Sponsor: None, Prize: None F:550:10 JOE HACK - Celtic Tuetoberg Wald – Theme Period: American Civil War, Scale: 1:600th, Rules: Sail and Steam Navies Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 14, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF2 The Civil War is coming to a close and the Confederate navy is getting desperate. GM: Joe Swartz & NOWS The powerful Stonewall is steaming to port at Havana from Europe to meet with Sponsor: None, Prize: None the main body of the Confederate navy. Will it make it through the Union Period: Ancients, Scale: 28mm, Rules: JOE HACK intercepting forces? Rules will be taught, minors are welcome if accompanied by The Celtics have breached Hadrian's wall and are headed south. Roman legions an adult. with auxillaries rush north, but are betrayed by a deserter. The Caledonians prepare to ambush the Roman column. Will this be a Cletic Tuetoberg Wald or will F:291:10 SHALL STRIKE HIM NEXT MORNIING...UNLESS HE RUNS. - Cane the Romans survive? rules taught & minors welcome with adult Hill 28 Nov 1862 Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D23 F:270:10 La Petite Armee Academy – Theme GM: Kaleb Dissinger Friday, 10:00 AM, 10 hrs, Players: 16, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD1 Sponsor: Refuse the Flank Wargamers, Prize: None GM: Leonard Bearden Period: American Civil War, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Fire & Fury Regimental Sponsor: None, Prize: None As part of MG Thomas Hindman's plan to invade Missouri in late 1862, the Trans- Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 10mm, Rules: La Petite Armee Mississippi Dept cavalry under BG Marmaduke move to Cane Hill, Arkansas to Come try the Napoleonic rules set La Petite ArmÃ©e - a Corps/Army command follow a Federal scouting party and to gather forage. That scouting party is part of level rules set using brigades and batteries as the tactical unit - designed for quick a larger 5,000 man force under BG James Blunt, who happily pushes south to play and plenty of fog-of-war. These one-on-one sessions are for the gamer just investigate. Can the relatively untested Federals make quick work of some pesky wanting to try the rules, and especially for players wishing to familiarize Cornfed cavalry? themselves with the rules before participating in the LPA re-fight of the Battle of Leipzig scheduled for tomorrow. Plenty of room for players on a walk-up basis. F:174:10 Sharks of the deep Players under 15 must be accompanied by a parent. Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D32 GM: James Baker F:118:10 LILLEHAMMER - GATEWAY TO THE VALLEY Sponsor: None, Prize: None Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D15 Period: Modern, Scale: 1:1800th, Rules: Conn...Sonar! GM: Maurice Holmes The new cold war has gone hot. Russian subs escorting an SSBN attempt to Sponsor: None, Prize: None break out into the North Atlantic. Can the US stop them? These rules are fairly Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: ARC OF FIRE simple and are designed for fast play. Don't expect an exact simulation of sonar The Allied defense of Lillehammer was key to the Campaign for southern Norway. conditions. Do expect some tense situations The Allies hoped to stem the German Advance by taking advantage of the restricted terrain surrounding Lillehammer. This one scenario will be played F:159:10 Shatterlands Walk Up Demo multiple times during the convention. Each game will use a separate set of Friday, 10:00 AM, 2 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG5 Skirmish rules. This is your chance to learn the advantages of Skirmish Gaming. GM: Ben Rubin Sponsor: None, Prize: Prizes Awarded F:329:10 Naval Action in the Age of Sail Period: Fantasy, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Shatterlands Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D41 Come try Shatterlands, the new character driven woodland black powder fantasy GM: Eric Boyle skirmish game from Stonegate Forge. Take command 1-2 characters in this Sponsor: None, Prize: None innovative new system that evokes the tactical challenges of French and Indian Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 1:1000th, Rules: Kiss Me Hardy War skirmish games and the character development aspects of fantasy RPGs. Epic battle on the high seas between the British Jolly Jack Tars and the French Walk away with a free character card and a figure to start your own squad. No Sans Culottes using Too Fat Lardies Kiss Me Hardy age of sail naval rules. ticket required. No one turned away. Historical battle between squadrons of ships of the line to demonstrate the TFL rules system. Part of the Lard America game events at Historicon. Come and learn F:343:10 Star Wars Rebels: Imperial Assault a fun and fast set of naval rules. Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D36 GM: John Shirey F:162:10 Picnic Panic Walk Up Demo (Kid Friendly) Sponsor: None, Prize: None Friday, 10:00 AM, 1.5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG1 Period: SciFi, Scale: 54mm, Rules: Star War Rebellion

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The Empire has found the location of a rebel base. The Empire sends in an Sponsor: South Carolina Historical Gaming Society, Prize: None Imperial force to wipe out the rebel scum. The rebels are well prepared for a tough Period: SciFi, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Starship Trooper (modified) fight. Will the force be with rebels or with the Empire. Game uses Hasbro Star Its 1954 and mutant ants have migrated from the atomic test sites at White Sands, Wars figures and models. Kid friendly game. New Mexico to Los Angeles, California. The Army has been called in to destroy the Queen and end her reign of terror. Will this game end like the movie with the F:587:10 The Al Qunaitar Incident. Army being victorious or will the ants prevail as they did at our last club game? Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF4 Come to the tunnels below LA to find out. I will need 30 minutes to set up and take GM: Stan Johansen & MBA down. Sponsor: Stan Johansen Miniatures, Prize: Stan Johansen miniatures Gift Certificate F:589:10 Trench Wars: France 1944--2nd SS Panzer Das Reich Division On Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Rules: Stan Johansen Miniatures "Jihad" The Road To Normandy – Theme download for free Friday, 10:00 AM, 2 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF3 http://stanjohansenminiatures.com/Jihad%20rules%20pdf%201.5%208%206%201 GM: Frank Luberti & MBA 6.pdf Sponsor: MBA, Prize: None Rules: Stan Johansen Miniatures "Jihad" download for free Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Trench Wars (modified) http://stanjohansenminiatures.com/Jihad%20rules%20pdf%201.5%208%206%201 The Das Reich Division is on its way to Normandy to destroy the D-Day landings. 6.pdf Can the French Maquis stop the SS armor? Will the British SOE or American OSS show up to help? Come play and find out. Skirmish game using the Trench Wars F:102:10 The Battle of Inverurie (December 23, 1745) rules modified for WW2. Novices, children with adults, rules lawyers and GMs Friday, 10:00 AM, 3.5 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D12 looking for revenge welcome. Terrain by MBA; figures painted by John Spiess. GM: Tim Couper Players under 14 welcome with a playing adult. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Jacobite Rebellion, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Piquet Field Of Battle 2 F:325:10 War of the Dragons The key port of Aberdeen was in Jacobite hands, Duncan Forbes of Culloden and Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D34 Lord Loudon gathered a small force of Hanoverian highlanders, led by the Skye GM: Robert Schaible chief, Macleod of Macleod, with of Munros, Grants & Mackenzies. These forces Sponsor: None, Prize: None converged at the royal burgh of Inverurie, on the main road to Aberdeen, only to Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Dragon Rampant be surprised late in the day by Lord Lewis Gordon, with a mixture of troops - his The rivalry between the dragons has grown fierce, and skirmishes over territory own regiment, impressed men , and some recently-landed regulars - French has led to open warfare. Two armies led by mighty dragons will meet on the fields Picquets. The second of our three 1745 Jacobite battles - between Hanoverian of battle to determine who has the fiercest roar, sharpest claws, strongest breath, Highlanders and Jacobite Lowlanders!. and the most ruthless cunning. Parent/Child teams are welcome. Rules Lawyers will be fed to the Dragons after the battle. F:275:10 The Brush of the Katana's Blade! Yamamoto Strikes Back. Part 3 of Derail the Tokyo Express F:556:10 What if Nato Intervened in Hungry 1956? Friday, 10:00 AM, 6 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL2 Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Limerock, Table #: Li2 GM: Karl Strohmeyer GM: Chad Zerbe & RAW Sponsor: Small Scale Painting, Prize: 1200 scale Destroyer Models Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: World War II, Scale: 1:1200th, Rules: General Quarters 3.3 (Modified) Period: Modern, Scale: 6mm, Rules: Challenger XXI Modern After the last reinforcement run being disrupted, the IJN will now come down the What if the Suez Canal Crisis did not happen and Austria Was part of NATO. slot in force and deal out punishment to these impudent Americans! While still Would the US have intervened? Maybe yes Probably No but come play and see learning the art of night naval warfare the USN is feeling they have learned what might have happened in an Early Cold War Battle. No Children under 14 enough to challenge the Express and indeed throw it off schedule. Join us for a please. wild night time naval brawl! Good to have some naval gaming experience,rules will be taught. Mature kids 10 years old and up with adult welcome. F:577:10 Zombies in the Desert Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 10, Room: New Holland, Table #: NH2 F:261:10 The Rescue of Marguerite Boudreaux – Theme GM: Don Carter & ODGW Friday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D43 Sponsor: ODGW, Prize: None GM: John Emmett Period: World War II, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Mein Zombie Sponsor: None, Prize: None 1942 A plague has broken out in North Africa. Survivors from both the Allies and Period: French & Indian War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Sharp Practice Axis have decided to join together and fight the horde. Troops scattered across the Marguerite Boudreaux has been captured by the British and is being held at a sand receive word to join at Tobruk. Come play a British or a German to help settlement on the banks of the Sinnemahoning River. Her father, the Magistrate defeat the zombies. Loring Boudreaux, has been able to convince the commander of a nearby trapping outpost that forming a rescue party would be in his best interests. Will the French F:535:11 Battletech - Grinder 1 be able to rescue and return Marguerite, or will the British reaction force foil their Friday, 11:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Kinderhook, Table #: K2,3 plans and retain their hostage? This is a Lard America game and rules will be GM: David Yingling & Battletech taught. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: SciFi, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Battletech - Total Warfare F:233:10 THEM! The Grinder is a free for all Battletech Demo game where new (or returning) Friday, 10:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D62 players will be taught using the Introductory Rules. You start out with a Light mech GM: Paul Fisher

4 / 2 5 / 2 0 1 8 P a g e 16 | 49 Historicon® 2018 Events List Event numbers contain a 2-digit game start hour designation (24hr time) as the last 2 numbers and as you die, you advance to the next weight class. All materials, mimiatures, Sponsor: None, Prize: None and dice will be provided. Beginner Friendly and Rules taught. Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Carnage & Glory II The French/Saxon VII Corps, under General de Division Reynier, is in the forefront F:547:11 Brazen Chariots - Battle of Bir el Gubi – Theme of the French advance. Maybe a little too much to the front? Prussian Friday, 11:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Vistas C, Table #: VC1 Generalleutnant von Bulow is aiming to take advantage of their exposed position! GM: Adam Wine & NOWS It was a rainy day - a day for artillery, bayonet and saber. A fight in the early fall of Sponsor: None, Prize: Certificates 1813. Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Brazen Chariot WWII Tank Battles Just before dawn on Nov. 18, 1941, the British Eighth Army launched Operation F:509:11 The Greyhounds' CounterAttack Crusader, more than 750 tanks made a surprise attack into Libya to relieve the Friday, 11:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M2 siege of Tobruk. The opening moves went well, the British XXX Corps captured GM: Steve Waddell & Carnage and Glory the strategic airfield of Sidi Rezegh but, during the afternoon of Nov. 19, the Sponsor: None, Prize: None M13/40 tanks of the 32nd Reggimento Carri, 132nd Ariete Divisione Corazzata Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Modified NUTS! Skirmish Rules clashed with the A15 Crusader tanks of the 2nd Royal Gloucestershire Hussar's, 30 July 1944, a half-kilometer east of Villebaudon, France. As the German 22nd Armored Brigade. resistance stiffened in the face of the 2nd Armored Division's breakout during Operation COBRA, The 116th Panzer Division, known as the Greyhounds, were F:646:11 Dunsterforce 100th Anniversary Battle - Menjil Bridge, 12 June ordered to halt the American advance at all costs. Employing their own tank 1918 infantry teams, the Greyhounds' Panthers attacked the 2nd Armored's Combat Friday, 11:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF5 Command A. Will your panzergrenadiers be able to halt the American advance? GM: Bob Giglio Sponsor: Wargames Illustrated, Prize: Gift Certificate F:528:11 Torik's Raid Period: World War I, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Soldier's Companion (modified) Friday, 11:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Marietta, Table #: M9 12 June 1918. First action involving Dunsterforce in the Caucasus was against GM: Jessee Scarborough & Pittsburgh Band of Gamers supporters of the Jangal Movement under Mirza Kuchak Khan, who led a Sponsor: None, Prize: None religiously Islamic rebellion against the Persian government. A force of 2,000 Period: Dark Ages, Scale: 15mm, Rules: So Convenient for Hewing Jangalis with several machine guns defended the approach to the Menjil bridge, Torik Broknose and his brother Angmad once again cross the seas to raid. A against a largely Cossack force supported by British armored cars, Hussars and a monastery plundered, the Vikings attempt to return to their ships. But the fyrd has plane, to stop Dunsterforce from reaching the port of Enzeli and then onto Baku. mustered, and red battle ensues. No one under age 16. From the forthcoming Dunsterforce scenario book by Bob Giglio (available from Partizan Press). This is the Wargames Illustrated Showcase F:426:11 VALLEY CAMPAIGN 1863 Game. Friday, 11:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Cornwall, Table #: C1 GM: Peter Panzeri F:541:11 For Future Considerations Part 2 Wicked Day Sponsor: Old Glory, Prize: From Old Glory Friday, 11:00 AM, 6 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Kinderhook, Table #: K1 Period: American Civil War, Scale: 25mm, Rules: FRONTIERS IN FLAMES GM: Bob Maine & Battletech 3 Brigades want to break out of a trap. Can you survive and escape? Intrigue and Sponsor: None, Prize: None intense combat are necessary to complete the mission. Can you save the Army? Period: SciFi, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Total Warfare / Battletech Hats, flags & mayhem for all!! After the Clans lost the Great Refusal to the reborn Star League, the Nova Cats were abjured for joining the league forces and were given 30 days to leave clan F:254:11 Zeus VS. Hera, Battle of Greek Gods space. Several of the more aggressive clans immediately attacked the lightly Friday, 11:00 AM, 2 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD2 defended Nova Cat holdings indiscriminately destroying civilians and military GM: Adam Hughes forces alike. During this dark hour there seemed little hope for the Nova Cats' Sponsor: Crocodile Games, Prize: None survival. ... Unexpectedly, aid came from both the Diamond Sharks and Snow Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Wargods Ravens. This will be a blind objective mission. Several rules will be modified to This is an introductory game for Wargods of Olympus rules by Crocodile games. speed the game, (group initiative moves, terrain effects, etc.) Learn the rules by playing either for the side of Zeus through the embodiment of masculine Spartans or Amazons manipulated by the goddess Hera to seek F:279:11 Relief of Task Force X, Normandy 1944 revenge against his adultery. Rules and mechanics of the game will be taught. Friday, 11:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG7 GM: Alex Newhart F:172:12 1565 The Siege of St. Elmo – Theme Sponsor: None, Prize: None Friday, 12:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D22 Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Fireball Forward GM: Doug Fisher On August 6th as the elements of the 30th Infantry Division were moving into the Sponsor: None, Prize: None area around Mortain, the 3rd Battalion of 120th Infantry Regiment was ordered to Period: Renaissance, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Siege Stein Forkbeard's Castle proceed to Barenton to relieve Task Force X of the 3rd Armored Division. German Malta was envisioned by the Sultan Suleiman as the key to controlling the forces of the 275th Division had taken the town earlier in the day in preparation to Mediterranean. As part of his grand strategy for the conquest of Europe in 1655 the start of Operation Luttich. Who will win control of this key town along the Suleiman sent 38,000 well equipped troops to conquer the island. Turkish strategy southern axis of the Mortain Counterattack? first called for the taking of the Fort St Elmo. Believed by the Turks to take 3 days the siege stretched out for five weeks. Play out the entire scenario in three parts F:496:11 Saxons at Gross Beeren 23 August 1813 as the Turks turn the famous fortress into rubble as the Knights and Maltese buy Friday, 11:00 AM, 5 hrs, Players: 7, Room: Marietta, Table #: M6 time with their lives. GM: John Snead & Carnage and Glory

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F:638:12 Isandlwana – Theme Friday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG2 Friday, 12:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 14, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D11 GM: Rusty Graham GM: David Burton Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: American War for Independence, Scale: 15mm, Rules: American War of Period: Colonial, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Bayonets and Spearpoints Independence Battle of Isandlwana - Lt. Raw's troopers have found the Zulu Impi. The camp is The British have left Philadelphia, marching to New York. Washington has placed alerted and the 24th regiment is stood to. British regulars, colonials, and the NNC his trust in General Lee to engage the British rear guard. Can you do better than will battle the Zulu regiments. Ammo rules will be in play for the British with ammo Lee did? Or as a British player, can you do better and bag the rebel army? You bearers doing their best to keep up with the demand. As for the Zulus...well there's take command of a Brigade or Division, depending on number of players. Rules thousands of them... Children under 13 welcome with playing adult Already have are Regiment Based, Two Figs is a company, 20 figs represent a battalion. Diselfink table 11 reserved System uses D10's for combat and morale with a few D6's. Youtube videos provide basics of the game system. F:208:12 RUSSO-TURKISH WAR 1812 THE BATTLE OF MOLDOVIA https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCY_zMwTUi23B6rsnhLt3Sag Friday, 12:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D85,86 http://ironwolfindustries.wixsite.com/game GM: Bryan Leshinskie Sponsor: None, Prize: The Prize is a Suprise !!!!! F:523:13 Battle of Reata Hill - Intermingled with the Enemy – Theme Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Napoleon's Battles Friday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Marietta, Table #: M3 The Ottomans have invaded Moldovia to teach the Moldovian Prince a lesson. GM: Daniel Erdman & Pittsburgh Band of Gamers Russia has intervened and holds a hastily built fortress. The Turks have bottled up Sponsor: Test of Battle Games, Prize: Test of Battle gift certificates a Russian Corp, but the Army of Free Moldovia and the Russians are force Period: World War I, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Men Under Fire marching to lift the Siege. The Turks are on the heels of the Russian relief force. March 1916: In Africa, British and Belgians see WW1 as conquest of German Can the Russians break out? Can you change the course of this battle and win the colonies. First they must reclaim areas from the Germans under Lettow-Vorbeck. day!!! Join Veteran GMs Bryan Leshinskie and Chris VonFahnestock with his Rhodesians, South Africans, Baluchi and Askari have to capture Latema and faithful sidekick Karsten. As they take you back in time to one of the great battles Reata Hills from Germans and Askari under Major Kraut (yes - his real name!) in Napoleonic history. All are welcomed to play with no one ever turned away!!!!! Allied troops hold part of Reata Hill, and they are intermingled with the enemy. Can they get enough reinforcements to drive the Germans back? How long can F:248:13 A Day in Infamy - McArthur Strikes Back – Theme the Germans delay the Allied advance? Knowledge of Command Decision useful Friday, 1:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D45 but not required; children welcome with a supervising adult GM: Pete Friesen Sponsor: None, Prize: None F:553:13 Battleship Action at Guadalcanal Period: World War II, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Check Your 6 Friday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Showroom, Table #: Stage Dec 10 1941, aircraft of the American Far East Forces assemble repaired aircraft GM: John Gordon & Naval Wargamer's Group and fly out of Clark field to attack Japanese troop ship. B-10s, B-17s are escorted Sponsor: None, Prize: None by P-36s and P-40s. Can they fight through the screen of Zeros to reach the Period: World War II, Scale: 1:2400th, Rules: Seekrieg 5 vulnerable vessels? November 1942: The fight for Guadalcanal is reaching its climax. On the night of Friday the 13th a wild night action took place, with both the Americans and F:229:13 Aerodrome(R) 3.0 Korean War Aerial Combat: Sabres High Japanese suffering losses. Now it is two nights later and both sides are sending Friday, 1:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D14 surface forces back into Iron Bottom Sound. With a large troop convoy heading GM: Stanley Kubiak down The Slot from Rabaul, the Japanese need to knock Henderson Field out of Sponsor: Aerodrome(R) Aerial Combat Games, Prize: Wings and Medals action with a shore bombardment. The Americans are determined to stop them. Period: Modern, Scale: 1:200th, Rules: Aerodrome(R) 3.0 - Korean War-Era Join members of the Seekrieg Admiralty as we re-create naval history on a full Aerial Combat Game scale model of Iron Bottom Sound! US jet aircraft, including F-86 Sabres, are up to counter Mig-15s of North Korea. Fly these aircraft (and perhaps more) in air combat using the new Korean War-era F:336:13 BattleTech - CONFRONTATION AT TORADO (SwordSworn vs version of the popular Aerodrome(R) WW1 and WW2 aerial combat rulesets. Still Galactic Empire) #1 easy to learn and play, lots of fun. Rules taught, equipment provided. Up to 10 Friday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Host 1, Table #: HO1 3,4 players per round, rounds run through allotted time. As always, Wings & Medals GM: Bob Swett for Victories and Valor! Female- and spouse-friendly game; under 15 only with Sponsor: None, Prize: None playing adult. Period: SciFi, Scale: 6mm, Rules: AlphaStrike (Advanced) This is BattleTech vs. Star Wars. It has been three years since the Galactic F:519:13 Attack the Heliograph! – Theme Empire invaded the star system Torado. The Davion forces have barely hung on. Friday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M8 With the arrival of Davion (Swordsworn) re-enforcements, Lt. Colonel Roger E.R. GM: Nancy Ott & Pittsburgh Band of Gamers Tedmoore leads the 107th Armoured Regiment against the dark forces. This is not Sponsor: None, Prize: None your normal mech-vs-mech BattleTech conflict, but a more realistic game Period: Colonial, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Home rules based on The Sword and the employing armor, infantry, air, and artillery supplemented by mechs. This is a Flame faster pace, tactical game. All materials, miniatures, dice, and rulers will be The reconquest of the Sudan is underway! But all is quiet at the heliograph station provided. New to experienced players; children under 14 must be accompanied by deep in the desert. Maybe it's a little too quiet. The scouting party should bring adult. news. The Dervishes have cut us off, you say? Signal for help at once! F:390:13 Clodwig the Red Strikes Back F:231:13 Battle of Monmouth June 28 1778 – Theme Friday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D63

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GM: Gunnar Lopez Friday, 1:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 18, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD4 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Stanley Sunderwirth Period: Dark Ages, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Dux Britanniarum by Too Fat Lardies Sponsor: None, Prize: None After narrowly snatching victory from the jaws of defeat at the start of the Period: World War I, Scale: 1:144th, Rules: Between the Crosses campaign season, the Frankish warlord Clodwig the Red returns to plunder The Luftstreitkraefte goes on the attack in support of the Kaiser's World Roman holdings in Northern Gaul. Will the Romans defend their homes or will the Domination Tour. The French and British must fend off the German attacks on pagans again triumph? their artillery and supply depots and launch desperate reconnaissance missions to identify the German spearheads. Players will each control 1-3 aircraft. Aircraft shot F:278:13 Eylau - Nightmare in the Snow down will be unavailable in future rounds. Rules will be taught. Friday, 1:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF6 GM: Alan Isabelle F:636:13 Lancaster County Convention Center site visit Sponsor: None, Prize: None Friday, 1:00 PM, 2 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: Hotel Reg Desk Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 10mm, Rules: Eagles at War GM: John Spiess & HMGS Refight the most nightmarish battle of the Napoleonic wars on this award-winning, Sponsor: HMGS, Prize: None custom-built table with over 6,000 figures. Eylau is a holocaust, a desperate battle Period: Modern, Scale: N/A, Rules: N/A fought in a raging blizzard, and the first check to Napoleon's previously invincible Site visit to the LCCC for any interested club contacts, exhibitors, or members in Grand Army. general who would like to see the Hcon 2019 venue. We have transportation for six. We can take more but you'll need your own transportation if we go over the F:121:13 Go Strong into the Desert – Theme six. Please arrive 10 minutes before event start/departure time. Friday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D31 GM: Tod Kershner F:225:13 Oh What a Tanker ! razen Chariots, 1942 Sponsor: On Military Matters, Prize: The right to draw the next breath. Friday, 1:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D42 Period: 19th Century, Scale: 1/72nd, Rules: Forget Gordon! GM: Joe Moore In the Sudan in 1885 the desert column is on its way to rescue Chuck Heston at Sponsor: None, Prize: None Khartoum but a large dervish army blocks its way and is thirsting for British blood. Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Oh What a Tanker! from Too Fat Martini-Henry rifles, artillery, Bengal Lancers, machine guns, rockets and who Lardies knows what vs. LOTS of fanatic warriors with pointy sticks. Rules are quick, fun We'll be demonstrating Too Fat Lardies new individual tank on tank rules using and bloody and easy to learn. British vs. German/Italian vehicles from 1942. The system is highly interactive, easy to learn, and everyone commands a single tank. Children under 16 welcome F:504:13 Great Northern War Campaign, Poland, September, 1706 Game 3 – with another playing adult. This is the second round from the 10: AM start time. Theme Friday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M4 F:163:13 Picnic Panic Walk Up Demo (Kid Friendly) GM: David Bonk & Carnage and Glory Friday, 1:00 PM, 1.5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG1 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Ben Rubin Period: Age of Reason, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Carnage and Glory Computer Sponsor: None, Prize: None Moderated Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Picnic Panic In Poland, September, 1706 Russian and Saxon forces have begun a siege of Come try Picnic Panic, the game of ant warfare. Command a tribe of ants, each Warsaw, Poland. The Russians siege train is marching south to join the besieging with its own unique abilities and advantages, as you wage war over a treasure forces. Swedish forces, supported by their Polish allies, are intent on destroying trove of candy left by careless humans. Play as the noble firstborn,the strong the siege train before it gets to Warsaw. Using the Carnage and Glory campaign horned ants, the undead black ants, or the hard fighting, hard partying nomants. system Russian and Swedish forces will maneuver across central Poland and Eat the candy you capture. Fast-play, easy to learn introduction to the hobby. generate tabletop games to be fought using the C&G computer moderated rules Adults welcome with playing child. No ticket required. throughout the convention. Players will command Swedish or Russian forces to fight to tactical battles and the results will be returned and used to generate the F:458:13 Raid on the Suez Canal next battle. Friday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P1 GM: Bruce Anderson & HAWKS F:404:13 Hares Before the Eagle Sponsor: None, Prize: None Friday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D13 Period: World War I, Scale: 10mm, Rules: Take Action GM: Brian Cantwell At the end of January 1915 an Ottoman Army force advanced from Southern Sponsor: None, Prize: None Palestine to attack the British Empire-protected Suez Canal, before the beginning Period: Ancients, Scale: 6mm, Rules: Modified Salamis ad Actium of the Sinai and Palestine Campaign of World War I. Substantial Ottoman forces For years the pirates operating in the Mediterranean Sea have plundered Roman crossed the Sinai Peninsula, but their attack failed mainly because of strongly held shipping and coastal communities, but the recent raid on Ostia was a step too far. defenses and alert defenders. In this scenario, the British Indian Army forces have The Lex Gabinia has given Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus virtually unlimited been replaced by the ANZACs before they departed to land at ANZAC Cove on resources and his methodical campaign is sweeping from west to east and Gallipoli. crushing all pirate resistance. Now Roman scouts have located another pirate anchorage and it's a race against time as the Pirates seek to fight their way free F:642:13 ROMMELS LAST ROMP - TUNISIA 1943 [CORWALL ROOM] – from the closing Roman trap. Young gamers welcome with supervising adult. Theme Friday, 1:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 16, Room: Cornwall, Table #: C2 F:199:13 Kaiserschlacht bei Luft - Round 1: Operation Michael - March 1918 GM: CHRIS KING & MBA – Theme Sponsor: None, Prize: PRIZES BY MBA

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Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: ROMMEL RULES! Friday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P4 Re-fight some of the hardest-fought tank-on-tank fighting of WW2, and one of the GM: Buck Surdu & HAWKS most controversial defeats in US military history with Tigers, Killer-88's, and the Sponsor: None, Prize: None Luftwaffe striking US Stuarts, Lee-Grants and 57mm Anti-tank guns. What would Period: Renaissance, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Combat Patrol(TM): Feudal Patrol Rommel do different? What would Patton have done? US Forces with British Why work for a living when you can just take it from the farmers on the other side support are attacked by heavily up-gunned Germans including the AFRIKA of the border? Using the under-development medieval version of Combat KORPS & Italians. Random events, hats, cheers and mayhem. What's not to love? Patrol(TM): WWII players command small bands of reivers as they clash along the Both sides attack and counter-attack in an intense & exciting battle with combined English and Scottish borders to rustle cattle and sheep. Rules will be taught. Armor, Infantry, Artillery and Close Air Support. Younger gamers welcome with a participating adult.

F:219:13 StarDate 3018 Ambush at Elphac Full Thrust mayhem F:186:14 Adriatic Alternative - Montenegro Friday, 1:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D24 Friday, 2:00 PM, 6 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D76 GM: David Cashin GM: Michael Harris Sponsor: WNGA, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: Merchandise voucher Period: SciFi, Scale: 1/3000th, Rules: Full Thrust Period: World War I, Scale: 1:2400th, Rules: Fear God & Dread Nought Alien Confederation Commodore Ting has taken her Scouting Group to the Elphac World War One Alternative - Italy has rejected ploys by England and France to system in preparation for establishing a replenishment base. Despite her request desert her formal alliance with Germany and Austria. So when war breaks out the for a reconnaissance in force the Serpens Sector Commander has only provided a Austrians move against southern targets in Montenegro, which the French and few squadrons of antiquated Attack Craft, Fighters, and an even older Fleet British send it a substantial force to break the Montenegro blockade and draw the Tender. Heaven help her if the Tellurian Federation has garrisoned Elphac in Austrian fleet into battle. However, the Italians arrive. Can the Adriatic Allies deal force. Rules and scenario are designed for new players. Veterans and Walk ups with the newly formed Entente Cordiale for Med Mastery in the early days of World should feel free to take an empty seat. Children under 12 welcome with the War One? Join the Admiralty Trilogy as we explore a battle from history that could assistance of a parent. have happened.

F:258:13 Wake Island 1941 - America's 1st Pacific Victory F:499:14 Bampton-in-the-Bush April 27, 1645 Friday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Host 1, Table #: HO1 2 Friday, 2:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M1 GM: Dennis Wang GM: Nigel Marsh & Carnage and Glory Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: World War II, Scale: 1/200, Rules: Air Force/Dauntless Period: English Civil War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Carnage&GloryII Wake Island 1941- USA's 1st Pacific Victory. The Wildcats of VMF-211 encounter In an attempt to intercept and destroy the King's train of artillery, Cromwell, with the Zeros of the IJN in the days after the Pearl Harbor. The ensuing air battle and elements of the New Model Army, is raiding through Oxfordshire. Local Royalist repulse of the first Japanese invasion made headlines across the USA. AH garrisons muster to stop Cromwell. Meanwhile, Bampton-in-the-Bush clubmen, are Dauntless with 3" hexes, telescoping stands and 1/200th scale planes! Bring your determined to protect their village and will side with whoever offers them more WiFi enabled devices - tablet, smartphone or computer with a browser. No pencil beer and cheese. or paper needed. Free rules and tutorial prior to game. US Marine Wildcats versus the IJN Zeros just after Pearl Harbor. AH Dauntless with 3" hexes and 1/200th F:531:14 Battletech - Grinder scale planes! BYO WiFi enabled browser. Friday, 2:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 9, Room: Kinderhook, Table #: K2 GM: Nathan Bell & Battletech F:490:13 Welcome to Sunny Spain Sponsor: Mark Yingling, Prize: None Friday, 1:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P2 Period: SciFi, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Battletech-Total Warfare GM: Duncan Adams & HAWKS The Grinder is a free for all Battletech Demo game where new (or returning) Sponsor: None, Prize: None players will be taught using the Introductory Rules. You start out with a Light mech Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Combat Patrol; Napoleonic and as you die, you advance to the next weight class. All materials, mimiatures, Supplement and dice will be provided. Beginner Friendly and Rules taught. The French need to move supplies through hostile country. Though a substantial escort accompanies the convoy danger lurks at every turn. Carve a path through F:456:14 Bootleg Whiskey, Guns or Money? Allied soldiers and partisans, or choose to harass and destroy the convoy. Friday, 2:00 PM, 2 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Paradise, Table #: P5 GM: James Nickle & HAWKS F:584:14 "WHERE EAGLES DARE Sponsor: None, Prize: None Friday, 2:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF3 Period: Inter-War, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Blood and Swash GM: Peter Panzeri & MBA The Santa Fe's Flagship train the Chief is scheduled to pull into Chicago soon on Sponsor: Miniature Building Authority, Prize: MVP Prizes from MBA a pretty spring day in May of 1922. It soon becomes clear that the train is slowing Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: RANGER RULES! By Pete Panzeri long before its next scheduled stop in rural Illinois. What is on board that makes The Classic WW2 film Clint Eastwood, Richard Burton and a Blonde with a pair (of this train worth fighting over? Find out as you play fast and furious with tommy SMG's) must "Go where no army can go! Do what no army can do!" Penetrate guns and 45's as gangland brings its greed into the peaceful countryside. "The Castle of the Eagle" nerve center of the Gestapo ... and BLOW IT UP! Will the SS mow them down? Or can they escape? A million things can always go F:372:14 Buccaneer Wars wrong. Join Team MBA for a massive FAST & FURIOUS WW2 game! Secret Friday, 2:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG5 Hand-shakes, Hats, & mayhem for all! GM: Brian Whitaker Sponsor: None, Prize: Old Glory offering a ship to best player F:484:14 A Rieving We Will Go Period: Age of Piracy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Buccaneer Wars

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All pirates must pay for their illegal acts. Sail to capture and punish them or be a Sponsor: None, Prize: None pirate and show the established navy they hold no influence over you. No Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Mythic Battles: Pantheon experience necessary. All rules will be taught. Cabin boys and girls welcome. Zeus' reign over Olympus is over and chaos is rampant! The Titans and monsters have been released from Hades' realm. The Gods are too busy fighting each other F:317:14 CY6! Days of Glory: Too Little, Too Late for power. Legendary heroes have returned to the world. Mythic Battles: Pantheon Friday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 7, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD3 allows you to pick a God and fight for the right to reign supreme. Who will you GM: Tom Ruta chose and will you prevail? Rules will be taught and kid (8+) friendly. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: World War II, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Check Your 6! WWII F:149:14 RELIEF OF SUDBURY, MASSACHUSETTS 21ST APRIL 1676 On 3 June 1940 the German Luftwaffe launched Operation Paula to destroy the Friday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D33 defending airfields and transportation links around Paris before the start of Case GM: Graham Wilkinson Red, the final assault on France. Massed waves of bombers moved in to finish off Sponsor: 9220-0229 QUEBEC INC, Prize: None any opposition above the City of Lights. Teaching the rules will be limited. Some Period: Pike & Shot, Scale: 28mm, Rules: MUSKETS & TOMAHAWKS - familiarity with the rules is preferred. MODIFIED The settlers of Sudbury, Massachusetts are besieged by King Philip's warbands. F:644:14 Devil Dogs, Over the Top! Can they hold out until the relief column gets through? Muskets, farm implements Friday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D81 and pikes against muskets, tomahawks and hunting knives. GM: Ren Westermeyer Sponsor: Spotsylvania Area Gamers, Prize: None F:214:14 Sherman San Period: World War I, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Bolt Action Friday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D82 Marines fight to reduce the Saint-Mihiel Saliant in September, 1918. Players 10+ GM: Timothy (Tim) Tilson welcome. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Fireball Forward F:112:14 Dried Corn & Swampfoot, Oct 8, 1759 Meiktila Burma, 23 March 1945. the 17th Indian Infantry Division is holding Friday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D21 Mektila, deep in the Japanese rear area. They are being resupplied by air. The GM: Robert Moon Japanese have been unable to close the airfield. However Col Uga of the 49th Sponsor: None, Prize: MVP Trophy Artillery Regt. has a captured British Sherman. With that, his guns and some Period: French & Indian War, Scale: 40mm, Rules: Muskets & Tomahawks infantry he launches a daring night attack. Can he break through or will 1/7th After their successful "Raid on St Francis", Maj Rogers received word that his Gurkhas stop him cold. whaleboats had been discovered & over 700 French troops were waiting in ambush at Missisquoi Bay. Rogers decided to split up his force into small groups & F:239:14 The Air War over Singapore, 1942 set off on a 200 mile trek thru uncharted wilderness to reach frontier Fort#4. The Friday, 2:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG3 French were in close pursuit. Ea player will have their own "side plots" for victory. GM: Mark Fastoso Warhoops in the Woods anyone? Children ok with Playing Adult. Any familiarity Sponsor: Fireball Forward, Prize: None with M&T rule set would be helpful. Period: World War II, Scale: 1:600th, Rules: Fire in the Sky The Japanese are driving down the Malaya peninsula intent on capturing the F:460:14 It's All or Nothing British bastion of Singapore. A few valiant RAF squadrons including Hurricanes Friday, 2:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P6 piloted by Battle of Britain pilots are trying to stem the tide. This mini-campaign GM: Don Hogge & HAWKS follows the action culminating in the Japanese amphibious landing at Endau. Play Sponsor: None, Prize: None four short battles at the squadron level using new fast paced rules from the Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Battleground creators of Fireball Forward. It is February 1941. The Greek Army has pushed the Italians back into Albania. Elements of the elite Kreta Division attempt to crack the Italian line before their F:470:14 The Battle of Medina de Rioseco, 14 July 1808 – Theme position is reinforced. One last push should do it. The fighting was fierce, with Friday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P3 heavy casualties on both sides. Gamers under the age of 14 are welcome with an GM: Eric Schlegel & HAWKS adult. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Le Feu et Fureur (modified Regimental F:340:14 NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE: R7 Train Heist Fire & Fury) Friday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D25 Almost exactly 210 years ago, General Bessieres, outnumbered by 2 Spanish GM: Jeremy Webb armies, decided to attack. Unfortunately for the Spanish, Generals Blake and De la Sponsor: None, Prize: None Cuesta would not cooperate with each other and were routed. Can you do better? Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE & House (It would be hard to do worse.) Players under 13 welcome with a playing adult. rules. Word has quickly spread through the Underhive that a botched train heist has F:384:14 The Battle of Pelennor Field derailed the cargo train and now, like proper scavengers, every gang is coming for Friday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D71 their share of the loot. Necromunda Underhive game. All models provided. Room GM: David Kuijt for 8 players, Kids are welcome. Sponsor: Washington Grand Company, Prize: None Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Triumph F:135:14 Pantheon: The Fall of Olympus The Gate of Minas Tirith was broken; in rode the Witch King of Angmar. None Friday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D84 could stand against him. None save Gandalf the White, who alone barred his way. GM: Kalissa Skibicki The Black Rider lifted high his sword and flames ran up the blade. And at that

4 / 2 5 / 2 0 1 8 P a g e 21 | 49 Historicon® 2018 Events List Event numbers contain a 2-digit game start hour designation (24hr time) as the last 2 numbers moment, far away, sounded horns, horns wildly blowing. Rohan had come at last. mechanized infantry with Turkish armor and mechanized infantry as wildcards. No Take an army of Mordor, huge beyond counting, or one of the West, fighting experience necessary. Second of four sessions. A what if Nato invansion of beyond hope with spears shining in the morning. New players are welcome, the Turkey after Russian intervention. No experience necessary. Second of four rules are quick to learn, we do encourage you get a quick practice game in sessions. beforehand in one of the 1 hour Triumph Demos! F:429:15 SIDE-BURNS BRIDGE F:305:14 The Battle of Quintanapalla 1812 Friday, 3:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Cornwall, Table #: C1 Friday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG6 GM: Peter Panzeri GM: Michael Hopper Sponsor: Old Glory, Prize: From Old Glory Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: American Civil War, Scale: 25mm, Rules: FRONTIERS IN FLAMES Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Shako II A COMBINED arms campaign of infantry cavalry and artillery and Infantry. Can The allied assault against Burgos failed on October 18th. Wellesley then learned your forces survive and avoid being wiped out? Or will this be another massacre? that the French army facing his army had been reinforced and now outnumbered Join GM & Author Pete Panzeri for a massive FAST & FURIOUS Playing event! them. Wellesley lifted the siege around Burgos and prepared to withdraw. Souham received orders not to risk battle till his French Army of Portugal linked up with F:146:15 SOCOM & Sorcery 2.0 Joseph's army which approached Madrid. Souham wanted to give battle so he Friday, 3:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D26 ordered a reconnaissance in force against the allied center at Quintanapalla Kids GM: Miles Reidy under 13 please be accompanied by parent Sponsor: None, Prize: Beyond your dreams of avarice Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Homebrew F:310:15 Battle of Arsouf 1191 AD – Theme Recent aerial reconnaissance has discovered ominous Egyptian ruins near the Friday, 3:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG10 head of the Nile River. It must be something big as multiple teams of crack troops GM: Dave Waxtel are being dispatched to find out exactly what is going on. SOCOM and Sorcery is Sponsor: None, Prize: None THE definitive historical simulation of modern squad level tactics vs. the Dark Period: Medieval, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Tactic Modified Gods of Egypt. Perhaps you can answer the age-old question - can a TOW missile Richard I (The Lionhearted) of England's led A crusader or me toward Jerusalem. take out a Dragon? SOCOM and Sorcery 2.0 is an improved version of last year's Saladin (The Sultan of Egypt) moved to stop him by the city of Arsouf. Kids under very popular game and uses simple homebrew rules. Children are welcome w/ 13 please be accompanied by an Adult Parent.

F:244:15 Beacon F:582:15 TF 38 Attack on Kure (WWII Naval) Friday, 3:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D46 Friday, 3:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 10, Room: New Holland, Table #: NH3 GM: Dylan Burton GM: Stephen Berger & ODGW Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: ODGW, Prize: None Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Plasma and Steel Period: World War II, Scale: 1/3000th, Rules: Task Force Beacon is the seat of power on the planet of Istvaan III. Due to its rich minerals it July 24, 1945. TF 38 Attacks a target rich environment: The naval base at Kure, is also home to many covert battles between the warring factions of the universe. where virtually all of Japan's surviving warships lay anchored. In this game you will However their fighting has attracted the attention of something far more sinister. design and conduct the attack and be ready to defend against counter strikes by Will the factions put aside their differences to face this new menace together? Or IJN land based bombers. A diorama of Kure is included in the game. Rules taught, will they take Beacon for themselves? Come take part in an epic battle as the beginners welcome. commander of your own squad of heroes! Rules are taught. Players under the age of 12 are welcome with an adult F:424:15 The Turning Point: Naval Battle of Guadalcanal Friday, 3:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Strasburg, Table #: S1 F:132:15 Crescendo GM: Eric Johnson Friday, 3:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D83 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Joseph Seliga Period: World War II, Scale: 1:2400th, Rules: General Quarters III (modified) Sponsor: None, Prize: None The struggle for command of the seas around Guadalcanal reached a tipping point Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Fireball Forward in November 1942. The once-formidable carrier forces of the navies of Imperial Throughout 20 August 1944, the Poles on Mount Ormel were attacked by German Japan and the United States had fought one another to exhaustion and stalemate. forces outside of the Falaise pocket. In the afternoon, 2nd SS Panzer Division Breaking that stalemate fell to the powerful surface forces who engaged in some launched a final assault from the East. Its objective was to split the defenders and of the fiercest and most destructive close-range naval combat of the war. Refight break into the Polish rear. The fighting was very intense and even senior officers some of those crucial battles in the dark waters surrounding Guadalcanal. Make were involved. LTC Stanislaw Koszutski, commander of the 2nd Armored operational decisions that may alter the balance of forces available. Beginners Regiment wrote that at one time all of the weapons on his personal tank were welcomed. No players under 17 years of age. firing and in two directions! Rules will be taught. Youngsters welcomed. F:255:15 Zeus VS. Hera, Battle of Greek Gods F:265:15 Operation Scimitar Modern Microarmor Session 2 Friday, 3:00 PM, 2 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD2 Friday, 3:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 11, Room: Host 2, Table #: HO2 1,2 GM: Adam Hughes GM: Scott Caldwell Sponsor: Crocodile Games, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: 1:350 Airplane Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Wargods Period: Modern, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Combined Ops This is an introductory game for Wargods of Olympus rules by Crocodile games. A what if Nato invasion of Turkey after Russian intervention. American and Greek Learn the rules by playing either for the side of Zeus through the embodiment of marines, American airborne and armor vs. Russian airborne, armor, and

4 / 2 5 / 2 0 1 8 P a g e 22 | 49 Historicon® 2018 Events List Event numbers contain a 2-digit game start hour designation (24hr time) as the last 2 numbers masculine Spartans or Amazons manipulated by the goddess Hera to seek Sponsor: The Wargaming Company, LLC, Prize: Nappy the Pen-Ginâ„¢ T-Shirt revenge against his adultery. Rules and mechanics of the game will be taught. and a discount in our vendor booth! Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 10mm, Rules: ESR Napoleonics Second Edition (Et F:328:16 All for a Pig sans resultat!) Friday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D61 A grand tactical, perspective based Napoleonic wargame, focused on building GM: Joseph Morris pressure against the enemy, while struggling to manage the fatigue of your troops Sponsor: None, Prize: None and the timing of commitment. "The command system is the core of this ruleset, Period: Medieval, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Lion Rampant/Dragon Rampant reaching a compromise between simplicity and realism rarely met in other It all started as good news. A large sow had wandered onto the duke's lands. rulesets."-Dadi&Piombo"â€¦if you really want to find yourself in the shoes of a Bacon for everyone! Then this lot o' rough looking gits in full battle kit shows up, marshal, make decisions like a general rather than a colonel, then ESR deserves sayin' it's their pig. It's on the Duke's lands, right. So we reckon it's our pig now. your full attention."-Vae Victis ESR Napoleonics can be played at any ground Tough customers or not. Children OK with Playing adult. Beginners welcome scale and with any scale figures. We'll be using 10mm and 150 yards per inch in this game. F:167:16 AWI Battle of Short Hills, NJ, 26 June 1777 Friday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 7, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D41 F:572:16 Lost Treasure GM: Ronald Bingham Friday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: New Holland, Table #: NH1 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Michael Moran & ODGW Period: American War for Independence, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Blac Powder Sponsor: None, Prize: None The battle of Short Hills, NJ marks the end of the Crown forces offensive efforts Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Mein Zombie around New York and before the start of the Philadelphia and Saratoga If it wasn't bad enough to be stuck in the zombie apocalypse, now you must race campaigns. This is fighting withdrawal scenario is based on a scenario by Steve to to find the lost treasure. Fight on your own or team up but only one person will James, In Wargamer Magazine and uses Black Powder rules. Black Powder be the big winner. Fast paced easy to learn rules. Kill a lot of zombies and maybe experience preferred. No players under 15 your friends too. Join us for a game of Mein Zombie!

F:183:16 Battle of the Pelennor Fields T.A. 3019 F:580:16 Mein Zombie: Plan 9.5 from Outer Space Friday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D23 Friday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: New Holland, Table #: NH2 GM: Louis Valenti GM: Mike Trauger & ODGW Sponsor: W.A.M.P., Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Fantasy, Scale: 15mm, Rules: God of War Period: Zombie Apocolypse, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Mein Zombie "And now we have it, the great battle of our time." The Dark Lord has unleashed Once again Aliens are attempting to conquer Earth by unleashing ravenous the hordes of Mordor against the great bastion of Gondor, Minas Tirith. Will zombie hordes. Dr. Romero has built a weapon to destroy their control ship, but Gandalf be able to hold the defences until Rohan & Aragorn can arrive? Or will the his compound has been overrun. Your mission is to rescue Dr. Romero, destroy Witch King and his legions stomp out the last light of the West once and for all? the enemy spaceship, and save the planet. No pressure! Never mind that zombies Refight the climactic battle of Tolkien's Return of the King. This battle will have are trying to eat you! Mein Zombie is a fast fun game that is easy to learn so you elements of the book and the movie. Beginner friendly & Rules Taught. No Kids can save your brains for the zombies! Rules taught. Beginners welcome. under 14 w/o parent. No food. F:463:16 The Battle of Helm's Deep F:289:16 CY6! - Surprise over the Rising Sun Friday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P9 Friday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D43 GM: Bill Acheson & HAWKS GM: Phil D'Amato Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Fantasy, Scale: 75mm, Rules: Combat Patrol Period: World War II, Scale: 1/300, Rules: Check Your 6! Can Theoden and Aragorn hold Helm's Deep until dawn? Younger players It is a few days after the Bomb has been dropped on Nagasaki and there is no welcome with a playing adult. word from the Japanese on the US proposal to end the war. The US has decided to send a large scale air on Tokyo to finally push the Japanese to surrender. Will F:530:17 Battletech - Grinder the B-29's put the final dagger into Japan's imperial ambitions or will the Rising Friday, 5:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 9, Room: Kinderhook, Table #: K2 Sun spring one final Banzai Charge. GM: Nathan Bell & Battletech Sponsor: Mark Yingling, Prize: None F:326:16 Dark Tides Period: SciFi, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Battletech-Total Warfare Friday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D34 The Grinder is a free for all Battletech Demo game where new (or returning) GM: Patrick Morris players will be taught using the Introductory Rules. You start out with a Light mech Sponsor: None, Prize: None and as you die, you advance to the next weight class. All materials, mimiatures, Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Dragon Rampant and dice will be provided. Beginner Friendly and Rules taught. The chaos magus Maleki has searched for years for the sunken treasure galleon carrying the fabled "Ruby of Rebirth". When he found it he raised a great chunk of F:245:17 Breakdown in Baluchistan Sea floor, to get the ship where he can reach it. Naturally, this has annoyed the Friday, 5:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D64 Sea Peoples Alliance who sent forces to teach the wizard a lesson. GM: Joe Mcgrath Sponsor: Phalanx Consortium, Prize: None F:358:16 ESR Napoleonics with the Designer Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Skirmish Sangin Friday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D32 When their Humvee breaks down on a rural Afghan road, this US Army fire team GM: David Ensteness holes up in a nearby compound to await help, or whatever else may come...

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Experience action packed, skirmish-level asymmetric warfare right out of today's Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Sellswords & Spellslingers headlines. Bring your enthusiasm - rules will be taught. Play Conan, Balthus, and their companions as they attempt to survive Pictish hordes, forest devils, and other unspeakable horrors in a linked set of scenarios in F:140:17 Clash in the Pines: Battle of Olustee, Florida which the heroes race to save the settlers from encroaching doom! Will the heroes Friday, 5:00 PM, 6 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D73 survive long enough to make it back across Thunder River? Only you and Crom GM: David Skibicki know the answer! This co-operative game uses the new Sellswords & Sponsor: None, Prize: None Spellslingers rules and will debut the latest pulp fantasy figures from Above the Period: American Civil War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: This Hallowed Ground Fray Miniatures. No children under 12 (Modified) February 20th, 1864, General Truman Seymour wants to have his own Sherman- F:546:18 Brazen Chariots - Battle of Gabr Saleh – Theme like glory against orders in the state of Florida by marching from Jacksonville to Friday, 6:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Vistas C, Table #: VC1 Tallahassee. His goal is to further cripple Florida's supply lines to the northern GM: Adam Wine & NOWS fighting Confederates. However, the Confederate forces are aware of his plans Sponsor: None, Prize: Certificates and lie in ambush to strike. Union Forces clash with Confederate forces in the Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Brazen Chariot WWII Tank Battles largest land battle in Florida. Come decide whether the historic Confederate Just before dawn on Nov. 18, 1941, the British Eighth Army launched Operation Victory stands or the Union changes fortune in a re-fight of The Battle of Olustee! Crusader, more than 750 tanks made a surprise attack into Libya with the ultimate purpose of relieving the siege of Tobruk. The opening moves went well, the British F:355:18 Assault on Lutzingen XXX Corps captured the strategic airfield of Sidi Rezegh but, during the afternoon Friday, 6:00 PM, 6 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL2 of Nov. 19 the Pz II, Pz III and Pz IV of Kampfgruppe Stephen,5.Panzer-Regiment, GM: Jim Brokaw 21.Panzer Division clashed with the M3 Stuart tanks of the 8th Hussars 4th Sponsor: None, Prize: None Armoured Brigade. Period: Age of Reason, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Will You Go To Flanders 2nd ed Prince Eugene's attack on the forces of Marshal Marsin and Maximilian F:396:18 Culp's Hill, Gettysburg July 2nd Wittelsbach, Elector of Bavaria, at the Battle of Blenheim 1704 Friday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 7, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D86 GM: Grant Daniels F:155:18 Battle of Corinth Oct 3, 1862 – Theme Sponsor: None, Prize: Discount Certificate from Battlefield Terrain Concepts Friday, 6:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D16 Period: American Civil War, Scale: 15mm, Rules: JRIII modified GM: Troy Turner Late afternoon of July 2, 1863 the 3000 men of Johnson's Division attack the thinly Sponsor: Maphogs, Prize: None defended hasty works on Culp's Hill on the Union right flank at Gettysburg. Period: American Civil War, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Brigade Fire & Fury 2 Familiarity with the rules preferred but beginners are welcome. The Union held town of Corinth Mississippi was of great strategic importance to the Confederate war effort in the Western Theater. Gen Van Dorn united two small F:180:18 Devil of a Whipping - Cowpens 1781 Confederate armies, equaling in size the occupying Union Army under Rosecrans. Friday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D62 Van Dorn then launched a surprise attack on dispersed Union forces in a GM: Martin Fenelon desperate bid to recapture the town. The Union army had fortified their positions Sponsor: MSD Games, LLC, Prize: Merchandise Certificate but the Rebels were undaunted. Come join in for one the war's hardest and most Period: American War for Independence, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Thrust of Bayonet equal fights that truly could have gone either way. Bloody Tarleton claims an unbroken string of victories in South Carolina. Now he is chasing the old wagon master, General Morgan. By pushing his troops hard, F:151:18 Battle of Talavera, July 1809 – Theme Tarleton has trapped Morgan with a river at his back. Only a scattered rear guard Friday, 6:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D12 of homespun militia stand between Tarleton and greater glory. This battle could GM: Peter Anderson end the revolution in the south, but will it? Fast play AWI rules with units Sponsor: None, Prize: None representing battalions and regiments. No experience necessary, rules will be Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Field of Battle, 2nd edition taught. Sir Arthur has returned to the Peninsula, and makes a push to take Madrid, with the reluctant cooperation of his Spanish Allies under Cuesta. The battle resulted in F:440:18 Dungeon Hack: Destroy Vecna! his ennoblement as Viscount Wellington of Talavera. Friday, 6:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Paradise, Table #: P2 GM: Noah Guilbault & HAWKS F:559:18 Bellenger gets a Mig Sponsor: None, Prize: Bragging Rights Friday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Limerock, Table #: Li1 Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: DungeonHack+ GM: Jim Thompson & RAW The forces woe have almost won! The avatar of Vecna has been restored and the Sponsor: None, Prize: None lich stalks the dungeon once more and seeks to ensure 10,000 years of darkness. Period: Vietnam War, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Check Your 6 Jet Age The forces of weal must scatter his ashes to the wind! It's capture-the-flag CDR Bellenger CO of VF-162 leads a MIGCAP flight in support of a attack on a Dungeon Hack style. Players control an adventuring party in an epic dungeon RR bridge. The VF-162 intercepted the Migs over the target area. No one under while they get in, get Vecna, and get out alive. Power-up with magical loot, battle 16 with out a playing adult. monstrous beasts, opposing forces, and hope you survive. Will evil prosper? Younger gamers (10+) welcome with a participating adult. F:652:18 Beyond the Black River With Conan and Co. Theme Friday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF5 F:439:18 Fight until Nightfall: Assault at Aob! (German South-West Africa, GM: Joseph Procopio 1905) Sponsor: Second Saturday Scrum Club, Prize: Gift Certificate from Above the Friday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Strasburg, Table #: S2 Fray Miniatures GM: Roy Jones

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Sponsor: Recreational Conflict, Prize: German South-West Africa Miniatures GM: Van Osgood & RAW Period: Colonial, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Sword and the Flame (Modified) Sponsor: None, Prize: None As German infantry storms the Nama trench at Aob, the German horse holders Period: World War II, Scale: 6mm, Rules: Challenger XXI and wagon drivers located far to the rear think they're safely out of the battle. But Last 25 Panthers of 2nd Pz Div counterattacks US breakthrough near Mortain then Nama leader Jakob Morenga springs his trap, and overwhelming Nama against Combat Command of 3rd ARMD Div 2 miles north of Avranches. forces assault the men, horses, oxen, and precious wagon supplies from the flank and from the rear. It's time for the horse holders and drivers to drop their reins, F:129:18 Pirates! pick up their carbines, defend man and beast, and fight to survive until night falls. Friday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D14 From the upcoming scenario book "The Nama Wars"•. More at: GM: Victor Hiris www.hererowars.com. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Pike & Shot, Scale: 25mm, Rules: gm designed F:637:18 Isandlwana – Theme Boarding action between pirates and the British navy. Friday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 14, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D11 GM: David Burton F:567:18 RAF Strike Mingaladon - March 21, 1942 Sponsor: None, Prize: None Friday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 11, Room: Limerock, Table #: Li3 Period: Colonial, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Bayonets and Spearpoints GM: Keith Eshelman & RAW Battle of Isandlwana - Lt. Raw's troopers have found the Zulu Impi. The camp is Sponsor: None, Prize: Prizes graciously donated by I-94 Enterprises once again. alerted and the 24th regiment is stood to. British regulars, colonials, and the NNC Period: World War II, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Check Your 6 will battle the Zulu regiments. Ammo rules will be in play for the British with ammo After the RAF airfield at Mingaladon, Burma was captured by the Japanese on bearers doing their best to keep up with the demand. As for the Zulus...well there's March 8, the Brits staged a 60 plane raid to counter the build-up of air assets thousands of them... Children under 13 welcome with playing adult Already have stationed there. Come defend the airbase in Nates or Tojos, or be an attacker Diselfink Table 11 reserved. flying Hurricanes or Blenheims in this scenario taken from Brian Dewitt's Battles Above 3 book. Players above 14 years of age only, please. F:549:18 JOE HACK - The Armies Converge – Theme Friday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF2 F:324:18 Skirmish at Kawanakajima 1564 GM: Joe Swartz & NOWS Friday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D44 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Robert Schaible Period: Ancients, Scale: 28mm, Rules: JOE HACK Sponsor: None, Prize: None Each side is formed into three columns with each left column taking the lead and Period: Renaissance, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Ronin forming to block the enemies second column. Each third column swings wide to In September of 1564, the forces of the Takeda clan and Uesugi clan met on the the right to come behind the enemies left. Every Roman opportunity is a plain of Kwanakajima for the fifth and final time. There their forces skirmished for Caledonian threat and vice versa with plenty of chances for flank and rear attacks. 60 days before withdrawing, ending one of the most legendary series of battles of rules taught & minors welcome with adult the Sengoku period. We will relive those skirmishes using Osprey's skirmish rules, Ronin. No one under 14 please. F:425:18 Like Hungry Wolves - Jacobite Rising of 1745 Friday, 6:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 7, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG4 F:257:18 tassafaronga 1942 GM: Nate Gerstner Friday, 6:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D75 Sponsor: Refuse the Flank Wargamers, Prize: None GM: David Emdee Period: Age of Reason, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Modified Pikeman's Sponsor: None, Prize: None Lament/TMWBK Period: World War II, Scale: 1:1200th, Rules: victory at sea (1970) After the battle of Falkirk in January of 1746, Bonnie Prince Charlie withdrew his AJapanese supply run to guadalcanal heads toward the island hoping not to meet army north to the Highland capital of Inverness. It was there they planned to wait any US navy ships, just another in and out supply drop, but l in the dark may be for Spring to bring in new recruits, and hope that dark nights would help French danger. rules taught (3 minutes) blockade runners bring in supplies and money. The Government army, in the face of appalling weather, likewise set up winter quarters in Aberdeen. Although this put F:285:18 The Great Oklahoma Showdown – Theme an end to major operations, the campaign was by no means closed down for the Friday, 6:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG9 winter. Rules will be taught. GM: Douglas Lipton Sponsor: None, Prize: None F:119:18 LILLEHAMMER - GATEWAY TO THE VALLEY Period: Western, Scale: 30mm, Rules: Posse vs Desperado Friday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 9, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D15 When the ruthless 11-member Dillon-Dalton gang took over the town of Ingalls, a GM: Maurice Holmes small army of federal marshals was then selected to capture or kill them. This is a Sponsor: None, Prize: None true historical event with all the people, streets and buildings that were there in Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Disposable Heroes 2 1996. The Allied defense of Lillehammer was key to the Campaign for southern Norway. The Allies hoped to stem the German Advance by taking advantage of the F:508:18 The Road to Tessy-sur-Vire restricted terrain surrounding Lillehammer. This one scenario will be played Friday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M2 multiple times during the convention. Each game will use a separate set of GM: John Stapleton & Carnage and Glory Skirmish rules. This is your chance to learn the advantages of Skirmish Gaming. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Modified Nuts! Two Hour Wargames F:563:18 Operation Luttich Aug. 7th, 1944 – Theme Rules Friday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Limerock, Table #: Li2

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31 July 1944, a half-kilometer east of Villebaudon, France. After enduring 13 hours Period: SciFi, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Battletech - Total Warfare of savage attacks, 2nd Armored Division's CCA, supported by the 29th Infantry You begin as an ancient VampireMech, or Vetus Sanguis as they like to call Division, was ordered to launch its attack aimed at seizing the key town of Tessy themselves. You succeed by killing your rivals, or their feeble spawn. You can sur Vire. But before it could take Tessy, CCA would need to seize the high ground utilize the cattle that roams unchecked. Some of them may prove quite useful, and at Beaucoudray. Can your task force capture the vital high ground and open the may even hold an artifact of considerable power. he newborn, or Neonates road to Tessy? Sanguis, are bound by the blood of their maker and cannot strike at him, but the old farts are not similarly bound. Who will reign supreme? Show us all. All F:381:19 1066 Year of the Conquest and the Battle of Hastings – Theme materials, miniatures and dice will be provided. Intermediate to experienced Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D52 players and no Players under 15 years old. GM: Rodney Cain Sponsor: Washington Grand Company, Prize: 25/28mm Dark Age figure for each F:350:19 Chaos and Confusion:Battle of Hannut 1 – Theme participant Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D42 Period: Dark Ages, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Triumph GM: Ron Carnegie In January of 1066, King Edward the Confessor dies and Harold Godwinson is Sponsor: None, Prize: VA elected to the throne. Two other men also claim the crown of England. King Harold Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Chain of Command must now fight to defend England from two invading armies. Stamford Bridge sees On May 10, 1940, the Germans began to pour into the low countries. On the 11th the defeat Harold Hardrada, one down, King Harold must face William Duke of the 3 DLM of the French Cavalry raced into Belgium to attempt to stop them on the Normandy. The Saxon army deploys on a hillside blocking the road to London Belgium Plains. The first of scenario of a mini-campaign where the near Hastings. On October 14th, 1066 two armies meet in one of the most famous reconnaissance screen of the 3 DLM surprise the enemy. This is game one of a battles in history. New players are welcome, the rules are quick to learn, we do three-game mini-campaign encourage you get a quick practice game in beforehand in one of the 1 hour Triumph Demos! F:232:19 Clash of Armor Friday, 7:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D45 F:171:19 1565 THE SIEGE of ST. ELMO – Theme GM: Bob Scripp Friday, 7:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D22 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Richard Greenaway Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Battlefront Sponsor: None, Prize: None April 13, 1941. The 9th panzer division attempts to cut off the 3rd royal tank rgts Period: Renaissance, Scale: 28mm, Rules: SIEGE OF SWEINFORKBREAD'S retreat. CASTLE Malta was envisioned by the Sultan Suleiman as the key to controlling the F:319:19 CY6! Days of Glory: For the Glory of France Mediterranean. As part of his grand strategy for the conquest of Europe in 1655 Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 9, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D85 Suleiman sent 38,000 well equipped troops to conquer the island. Turkish strategy GM: Don Williams first called for the taking of the Fort St Elmo. Believed by the Turks to take 3 days Sponsor: None, Prize: None the siege stretched out for five weeks. Play out the entire scenario in three parts Period: World War II, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Check Your 6! WWII as the Turks turn the famous fortress into rubble as the Knights and Maltese buy By 9 June 1940, the Battle of France was over. German ground forces had broken time with their lives. the French line, and were advancing against token resistance. Although the situation was hopeless, L'Armee de L'Air would attack once more for the glory of F:432:19 AMERICAN DEFENSE OF FREMAU France. Teaching the rules will be limited. Some familiarity with the rules is Friday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Host 2, Table #: HO2 3 preferred. GM: Robert Varga Sponsor: None, Prize: None F:450:19 Dash for the Hive Period: World War II, Scale: 1/72nd, Rules: Modified Bolt Action Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P5 With an American foothold in France, the German Panther's advance against an GM: Harry Kogelschatz & HAWKS unknown quantity of American Tank's occupying Fremau. As they advance toward Sponsor: None, Prize: None the hidden American's they split their force to approach from 3 areas. The Period: SciFi, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Home Rules Americans held them off can you? Decades after the disastrous events of Hadley's Hope the terraforming colony on Acheron (LV-426), rumors have spread of a Xenomorph outbreak. Weyland-Yati F:288:19 Battle of the Denmark Straits May 1941 corporation is funding an expedition to retrieve royal jelly from the new hive. Other Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG2 groups are showing an interests in retrieving this extremely valuable commodity. GM: Keven Pinder Join the race to the hive as a corporate merc, colonial marine, or space pirates. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: World War II, Scale: 1/2400th, Rules: Mildly modified SeeKrieg IV F:416:19 Dial X for Missile Obsolete but redoubtable Hood and new but unready Prince of Wales face off Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D63 against the crack Bismarck and Prinz Eugen during England's dark summer of GM: Jason Mirosavich 1941. The Brits should have managed at least a draw. They didn't. This time Sponsor: None, Prize: None maybe steady Suffolk and deadly Norfolk will get some play. Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: 7TV 2nd Edition SHIVA (Secret Headquarters of International Villainous Agents) is building a secret F:540:19 Battletech - VampireTech weapon as part of their evil plan to rule the world. British intelligence agency Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Kinderhook, Table #: K1 Department X has located SHIVA's base. Can they destroy the weapon before it is GM: Mark Yingling & Battletech activated? 60s style spy-fi action using the 7TV rules. Sponsor: None, Prize: None

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F:521:19 DOUBLE BLIND Operation Husky January 1941. Moored in Malta's Grand Harbor after receiving crippling damage at Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M8,9 sea from Luftwaffe aerial attacks, HMS Illustrious suffers further attacks from GM: Jake Strangeway & Pittsburgh Band of Gamers German bombers aiming to finish her off. The Fairey Fulmars and 806 Squadron Sponsor: Test of Battle Games, Prize: Gift Certificates to CDTOB rise to its defense. An air-naval combat scenario using the WW2 adaptation of the Period: World War II, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Command Decision Test of Battle popular Aerodrome (R) 1.1 aerial combat system. Rules taught, equipment The Allied invasion of Sicily is underway - American troops are attacking inland provided; wings and medals awarded for victory and valor. Female- and spouse- overrunning Italian coastal units - but they are about to run headlong into a friendly game; under 15 only with playing adult. German counterattack. How well can you do in a double blind scenario? F:228:19 Into the Woods with Shrek and Donkey F:443:19 Eutaw Springs - September 8, 1781 Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D36 Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P7 GM: Nick Wasileski GM: Geoffrey Graff & HAWKS Sponsor: Brigade Games and Cigar Box Battle Mats, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Astounding Tales Period: American War for Independence, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Home Rules - but The 6th Annual Historicon Musical Wargame! A mash-up of two "grown-up"• fairy well tested tale story musicals. Can Shrek, Donkey, and their friends rescue Princess Fiona Cornwallis has taken the best regiments to Virginia, mainly 'second string' before she is forced to marry Lord Farquad. Meanwhile, can Cinderella, Jack, Little regiments remain. The British commander is a newly arrived 'second string, Lt. Red Riding Hood, a Baker (and his wife) make it out of the woods while avoiding Colonel. Almost all the main American commanders in the South are here. The an angry Giantess, a creepy wolf, and a Shatner-like Prince Charming. Strong British are waiting, and unaware. The Americans surprise the Brits and charge. A element of role-playing. very unusual and hard-fought battle. F:187:19 It's High Noon Again – Theme F:421:19 Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D24 Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF1 GM: Leo Walsh GM: Jeffrey Hiley Sponsor: None, Prize: There will be prizes Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Western, Scale: 28mm, Rules: High Noon Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago Yes, boys and girls, we will have a "rip roaring" "rootin tootin" time at the old coral. The Ghost Archipelago appears every few centuries. Filled with steaming jungles, An "anything goes", "shoot um up", game using easy to learn and fast playing lost cities, deadly monsters and untold treasures. Each player takes on the role of rules for all ages and genders. I have lots of figures to choose from, but you are a Heritor, a superhuman warrior, leading a crew of adventurers in the Lost Isles, welcome to bring your own. The rules have a little bit of math, so real young player searching for wealth, and the fabled Crystal Pool. Beginners Welcome, rules might need some help from mom or dad or older friend. Players will earn "coins" taught. Kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. toward prizes.

F:613:19 Gnome Wars: The Incident at Elmore's Castle F:194:19 Kaiserschlacht bei Luft - Round 2: Georgette/Battle of Lys - April Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF3 1918 – Theme GM: James Stanton & MBA Friday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 18, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD4 Sponsor: Miniature Building Authorityand Brigade Games, Prize: Buildings and GM: Stanley Sunderwirth Gnomes Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Gnome Wars Period: World War I, Scale: 1:144th, Rules: Between the Crosses The Allied forces have launched an all out assault on the German positions at With "our backs to the wall", the newly-formed Royal Air Force launches desperate Elmore's Castle. The Germans, having been caught by surprise, are spread thin ground-attack missions to slow the attacking German columns. Players will each but are standing firm praying that the expected relief column is nearby. Extra Info: control 1-3 aircraft with successful returning players from previous rounds Players with a painted unit from Brigade Games do not need pre-register. Rules advancing in skill levels. Aircraft shot down will be unavailable in future rounds. will be taught. No one under age 14 without a playing adult. Parent-Child teams Rules will be taught. encouraged. F:654:19 Membership Meeting F:378:19 Hail Of Fire - The Longest Day, June 6th 1944 Friday, 7:00 PM, 2 hrs, Players: 24, Room: Hopewell, Table #: Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL4 GM: Joby Miller & HMGS GM: Brandon Fraley Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: Raffle Prizes for Participants Period: Modern, Scale: N/A, Rules: Roberts Rules of Order Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Hail Of Fire 2018 Annual Historicon HMGS Membership Meeting. Open to all members. Storm the beaches of Normandy, attack from behind enemy lines, or attempt to fight off the largest seaborne invasion in history! Rules are simple and fast-playing, F:136:19 Pantheon: The Fall of Olympus but with a focus on fog of war. No experience necessary. Ages 12+. Raffle prizes Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D84 for participants! GM: Kalissa Skibicki Sponsor: None, Prize: None F:252:19 HMS Illustrious Blitz – Theme Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Mythic Battles: Pantheon Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG7,8 Zeus' reign over Olympus is over and chaos is rampant! The Titans and monsters GM: Mark Wukas have been released from Hades' realm. The Gods are too busy fighting each other Sponsor: None, Prize: IL for power. Legendary heroes have returned to the world. Mythic Battles: Pantheon Period: World War II, Scale: 1/144, Rules: Aerodrome(R) 2.0 allows you to pick a God and fight for the right to reign supreme. Who will you chose and will you prevail? Rules will be taught and kid (8+) friendly.

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Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 15mm, Rules: SAFNapoleonics F:446:19 Pickett's Charge Almost exactly 210 years ago, General Bessieres, outnumbered by two Spanish Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P6 armies, decided to attack. Unfortunately for the Spanish, Generals Blake and De la GM: Christopher Johnson & HAWKS Cuesta would not cooperate with each other and they were routed. Can you do Sponsor: None, Prize: A copy of Bruce Catton's Gettysburg:The Final Fury to better? Come in find out using SAFNapoleonics, a rules set which lets you fight an each participant entire battle in an evening! Players under 13 welcome with a playing adult. Period: American Civil War, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Junior General Depicts Lee's go-for-broke assault on the Union center on the third day at F:209:19 They Came at Night Gettysburg. Will your lovingly-painted 20mm figures succeed where the veterans Friday, 7:00 PM, 2 hrs, Players: 16, Room: Host 1, Table #: HO1 1-4 of the Army of Northern Virginia failed? Or was Longstreet right when he predicted GM: John Stanoch (sort of) that no 200 figures ever put on a game table could capture that position? Sponsor: Blue Sky Enterprises, Prize: trophy Rules are available in the scenarios section at www.juniorgeneral.org Period: World War II, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Black Cross/Blue Skies At 9:00PM on November 11th, the first wave of 12 Swordfish torpedo planes took F:478:19 SAGA 101 off from the deck of the Illustrious. The ship was just off the western coast of the Friday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Paradise, Table #: P8 island of Cephalonia in the Ionian Sea. The flight crews were all very experienced GM: James Mcwilliams & HAWKS in night flying, for they had been practicing for months. Admiral Arturo Riccardi, the Sponsor: Cotton Jim's Flags, Prize: Saga specific prize. commandant of the home defenses at Taranto was a very cautious man. It was he Period: Dark Ages, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Saga 1st ed. who had ordered all gun crews to stand by their guns on full alert each and every Learn to play original Saga rules. Bring your own 4 point warband or use one night. Although the Italians did not have radar, Riccardi installed a number of provided. Children under 14 welcome with an adult. diaphones around the harbor. These devices were essentially huge amplifiers that listened to the ambient sound in order to pick up the sound of approaching planes. F:158:19 Shatterlands Walk Up Demo At 8:00PM what was thought to be an approaching plane was picked up one of the Friday, 7:00 PM, 2 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG5 diaphones. The sirens blared out and the citizenry made their way to the air-raid GM: Ben Rubin shelters. Within 10 minutes it was determined that it was a false alarm and the all Sponsor: None, Prize: Prizes Awarded clear signal was given. One hour later, another alarm rang out and the whole town Period: Fantasy, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Shatterlands again went into full alert. This too, proved to be a false alarm. However, this was Come try Shatterlands, the new character driven woodland black powder fantasy not the last alarm to sound that evening. This game was a smashing success at skirmish game from Stonegate Forge. Take command 1-2 characters in this Historicon'98 and '99 with all of the participants going home with "combat stories"• innovative new system that evokes the tactical challenges of French and Indian of their exploits that were told and retold for many weeks after the con. Many of War skirmish games and the character development aspects of fantasy RPGs. the mechanics are borrowed from the ever popular "30 Walk away with a free character card and a figure to start your own squad. No ticket required. No one turned away. F:201:19 This Most Presumptuous Dame – Theme Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D35 F:632:19 Skirmish at the Oakwoods, 1812 – Theme GM: Richard Wareing Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Vistas C, Table #: VC2 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Robin Empey Period: Dark Ages, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Lion Rampant (modified) Sponsor: None, Prize: none Saxo Grammaticus praised the shield maiden Lagertha as a "skilled amazon...of Period: War of 1812, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Red Coats and War Hawks - by - matchless spirit." But he also criticized her as "this most presumptuous dame" who Battlefield Game Designs murdered her husband and took his kingdom because she "thought it pleasanter After failing to procure supplies for Fort Detroit, Brigadier General Hull has decided to rule without her husband than to share the throne with him." Join Lagertha, her to send out a larger force led by Lieutenant Colonel James Miller to meet Captain shield maidens, and their Viking allies as they try to earn their places in Valhalla. Brush's company of Ohio Volunteers and escort the much needed supplies back Or stand with the men of England as they defend home and country against the Fort Detroit. Unknown to the Americans, the British have sent out a combined pagan scourge. British and Aboriginal party by the Great War Chief Man Poc to intercept the Americans. Will the Americans succeed or will the British tighten their stranglehold F:123:19 Those Crazy Yugoslavian Partisans! – Theme on Hull? Not suitable for children under 14 years of age Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D13 GM: Patrick Hreachmack F:411:19 SOCCER - World Cup 2018 Sponsor: P. T. Dockyards & Peco Armor, Prize: Coastal WW-2 1/600 miniatures Friday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD2 Period: World War II, Scale: 1:600th, Rules: Flaklighter II GM: Bob Wiltrout During WW-2, the Adriatic was a hot bed of coastal night actions. Night time was Sponsor: None, Prize: None hunting time for coastal forces seeking out enemy transport and naval forces as Period: Modern, Scale: 30mm, Rules: Corner Kick both sides sought to gain control of these important waters. Did you know that the The first semi-final of World Cup 2018. Germany, Brazil, Spain and one other team RN and Yugoslavian Naval Partisans routinely held contests to see who could will play for the ultimate prize, with the Cup Final on Saturday afternoon. Rules are capture enemy ships faster? But the German Kustenjager units were just as easy to learn, but basic knowledge of the rules and tactics of soccer is expected. effective. It will be bloody and frantic as these enemies come together. Do you Players under 10 are welcome if accompanied by playing adult. dare join the fun? no gamers under age 18 please.

F:466:19 The Battle of Medina de Rioseco, 14 July 1808 – Theme F:311:19 Uninvited Guests, Finland, December 1939 – Theme Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 7, Room: Paradise, Table #: P3 Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG10 GM: Kurt Schlegel & HAWKS GM: Jeff Kimmel Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None

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Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Big Chain of Command Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: WARHAMMER 40K & House rules. Deep in a snowy Finnish forest, a Russian force has been cut off and taken refuge Come join us in a Warhammer 40,000 KNIGHT-FEST. Knights are not mere war in a small village. While they wait for rescue, the Russians decide to cook up a machines, but relics from a lost age of wonders, adamantium-armoured giants holiday meal. They don't know that the Finnish troops all around them have from a forgotten era. One does not drive such an heirloom of the past - it must be decided to crash the party. Can the relief column break through in time or will they bonded with. During a strange and terrible rite known as the RITUAL of only find an empty village? Kids under 13 please be accompanied by an Adult BECOMING aka (the TRAILS).

F:514:19 Watch the Flank! 11 Jul 1944 near Charlemagne crossroads – F:349:20 NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE: Campaign Turf War, Cycle #2 Theme Friday, 8:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 16, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D25 Friday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M7 GM: Rob Reitnauer GM: Michael Pierce & Carnage and Glory Sponsor: The MechaniCon and LXG gaming clubs, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE & House Period: World War II, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Battlegroup WW2 (Iron Fist rules. Publications) Bring your own gang and battle for control in the weekend long Turf War! We will Elements of the US 9th Div and 899 Tank Destroyer Bn are moving south to host players as they battle for control of the zone in a Necromunda: Underhive attempting to flank the German attacking Charlemagne and blunt Panzer Lehr's campaign throughout the weekend. Only have time for one game? Not a Problem. attack. Elements of II BN/901 PzGren Regiment, with Panther support, having Experienced players preferred. Necromunda: Underhive and Gang Wars difficulty taking Charlemagne, are also trying to flank the town and its vital Supplements. Message us to secure a slot, ask questions, etc.. Visit our club crossroads. A classic meeting engagement is brewing! Children under 12 with website for more information - www.themechanicon.com playing adult. F:645:20 Roman Chariot Race F:243:19 Whittman's Tigers, Kursk 1943 Friday, 8:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL1 Friday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG3 GM: William Chappell GM: Mark Fastoso Sponsor: None, Prize: Medal Sponsor: Fireball Forward, Prize: None Period: Ancients, Scale: 54mm, Rules: Roman Circus by Brian DeWitt Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Fireball Forward Thrills, chills, and spills in the 1st Century equivalent of NASCAR, with attitude. The massive Soviet counter attack by the 5th Guard Tank Army is rolling forward Drive your chariot around a 12 foot track. Are you Ben Hur (Good)? or Messala in the climatic battle of Prokorovka during the Kursk campaign. Soviet armor has (Bad)? There are no laws in the Hippodrome! See if you have what it takes to broken through 1SS' recon battalion and is threatening to overrun the division's cross the finish line in your chariot. Only one person gets to wear the laurel wreath artillery. Michael Whittman leads the division four remain Tigers in an attempt to and walk away with the gold medal. halt the masses ranks of T-34s. F:306:20 Team Yankee Counter Attack – Theme F:191:20 Charleston Harbour Breakout 31 Jan 1863 Friday, 8:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG6 Friday, 8:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D33 GM: Bob Edoo GM: Eric Turner Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: Pennsylvania Wargaming Militia, Prize: Bragging Rights Period: Modern, Scale: 15mm, Rules: FoW-TY Period: American Civil War, Scale: 1:600th, Rules: Beer and Pretzels Ironclads The Russian Blitz of West Germany has begun. The Warsaw Pack tries to take an At the end of January of 1863, two Confederate ironclads tried to raise the Airfield to prevent NATO reinforcements. Can you stop the Red Thunder? Kids blockade of Charleston, South Carolina. They caused a temporary hole to be under 13 please be accompanied by a parent made in the blockade in the Blockading Squadron. Can you do as well? The usual PaWM rules of naming your own ship, mocking, and emphasis of having fun over F:600:20 THE SAND PEBBLES - The Quest - 1864 Edition – Theme anything else apply. Admiralty lawyers, rules lawyers, and gun deck lawyers shall Friday, 8:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 30, Room: Cornwall, Table #: C1-3 be keelhauled. GM: Peter Panzeri Sponsor: OLD GLORY, Prize: Coll MVP Prizes Sponsored by OLD GLORY F:394:20 FROSTGRAVE in the Grim-dark future Period: American Civil War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Frontiers-in-Flames by Pete Friday, 8:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D31 Panzeri GM: Charles Kline A strategy, survival, wargame. Each Team of 3-5 Players get their own Combat Sponsor: None, Prize: None Crew & US NAVY GUNBOAT pushing up the James River on a FOUR-TABLE Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: FROSTGRAVE - Ghost Archipelago QUEST. Dodge IRONCLADS and rebel Shore-Batteries! Crash through the barrier (modified) chain! Raid & burn Rebel Depots! Free Contraband Slaves! Face all challenges In the grim dark future of humanity, there is only FROSTGRAVE! Join in this and make it through to shell the Richmond iron works. Maybe even return alive. skirmish game using everyone's favorite dark future sci-fi figures and simple rules DON'T MISS THIS RARE CHANCE to play this unpredictable and crazy "QUEST- inspired by FROSTGRAVE - Ghost Archipelago. Each player leads a team of GAME." Reviewed frequently as "The best game EVER!" If you don't have a team characters who will explore the deserted ruins of a futuristic city, searching for or a ticket, still come by & volunteer to be a "character-player."• SPECIAL COOL knowledge and treasure. But who knows what evils they may face in their quest for PRIZES for characters & teams who do best. power? F:375:21 Forager – Theme F:410:20 Into the Darkness: WARHAMMER 40K: The "TRAILS Friday, 9:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D21 Friday, 8:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 16, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D26 GM: Aryeh Levi GM: James Harvey Sponsor: Your Hobby Place, Prize: None Sponsor: LXG & The MECHANICON, Prize: None Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Forager

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Fun, fast paced Napoleonic skirmish game! S:307:09 Battle of Pombal 1811 Saturday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG6 F:166:21 Picnic Panic (For Adults) GM: Scott Landis Friday, 9:00 PM, 1.5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG1 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Ben Rubin Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Shako II Sponsor: None, Prize: None After four months of foraging in a desolate area in front of the Lines of Torres Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Picnic Panic Vedras the French couldn't sustain themselves any longer. Massena ordered a You've played in one of our Picnic Panic demos (or maybe you haven't) with your withdrawal with his army retreating in three columns. The allied army pursued, kids (or maybe you don't even have kids, we don't judge). But did you know Picnic catching up to the French rearguard at Pombal. (A Michael Hopper Scenario) Kids Panic is also a great late night adult game, with just a few significant tweaks? It's under 13 please be accompanied by an Adult been a long day of gaming. Come unwind with us by playing something fast, fun, and with...adult...candies to consume. We promise we won't tell your kids. S:178:09 Bomben Auf Engeland II - Gothas – Theme Saturday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D31 SATURDAY EVENTS GM: Martin Fenelon Sponsor: MSD Games, LLC, Prize: Merchandise Certificate Period: World War I, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Fight for the Skies: Wood & S:438:09 aerodrome1.1 Canvas Saturday, 9:00 AM, 6 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D16 The end of the Zeppelin Campaign against England requires new weapons to GM: Richard Heffner keep pressure on England and divert resources from the front. Heavy, well armed, Sponsor: Stanley F. Kubiak, Prize: wings Gotha bombers flying from Belgium is the answer. The first raids have gone well. Period: World War I, Scale: 1/72nd, Rules: Aerodrome1.1 The time has come for a large daylight raid to show the English that there is not Fun , Fast, Challenging WW1 air Combat - Vets & Novice welcome. Earn your ( stopping the Imperial War Machine! Fast play air-to-air combat with players real wings) like over 555 players, over16 yrs. (45 cons). Gamers earn Wings & controlling multiple aircraft. Beginners are welcome, rules will be taught. Glory or get shot down in flames. Games last about 1 hr @, pilots shot down yield seat to waiting players. Victory records kept. Shoot down friends - Family etc. S:598:09 CAIRO AMBUSH: INDIANA JONES Great for first time games , ask anyone wearing wings. Rules taught , easy to Saturday, 9:00 AM, 2 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF4 learn. Youth & Female friendly. 10 & younger only with agreement between Parent GM: Devon Start & MBA & GM. Sponsor: Miniature Building Authority, Prize: MVP Prizes from MBA Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: RANGER RULES! By Pete Panzeri S:479:09 Assault on the Danevirke, 6 February 1864 – Theme Indy and his "Archeologist Team" caught in a deadly ambush at the Bazaar. Will Saturday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P9 the Marines arrive before arab henchmen and Hitler's Nazi Commandos steal the GM: Bruce Weigle & HAWKS Ark? Will a city wide battle erupt? Or will clever strategy and Intrigue work for Sponsor: None, Prize: None Indy? Who will avoid being wiped out? Join Peter Panzeri & Team MBA for a Period: 19th Century, Scale: 6mm, Rules: Fast-play 1864 Grand Tactical Rules FAST & FURIOUS WW2 wargame. Secret Hand-shakes, Hats, & mayhem for all! Determined to resolve the Schleswig-Holstein question once and for all, Prussia has inveigled Austria into jointly invading the Danish provinces in the dead of S:212:09 Centennial: Quintin Roosevelt of the 95th Aero Squadron winter. Now, they face the formidable "Danevirke" fortified line ...plus the cold and Saturday, 9:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D81 snow. Moltke drew up some clever frontal assault plans and graciously invited the GM: Roxanne Patton Austrians to take the lead, supporting them with a Prussian Guards brigade. Good Sponsor: None, Prize: None luck, Austrians! This scenario uses the fast-play version of the 1864 Grand Period: World War I, Scale: 1/144, Rules: Check Your Six: Colorful Skies Tactical Rules. Four days after his first victory on July 10th, 1Lt. Roosevelt was on patrol with 1Lt. Buford and two others. Roosevelt's patrol spotted seven Fokkers just after S:475:09 Battle of Marinka - 3 June 2015 – Theme crossing the lines. In two minutes, both formation were broken up and the Saturday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P6 encounter devolved into a swirling melee. Buford saw Roosevelt with three Boche GM: Michael Byrne & HAWKS on his tail but could not reach him in time.Young Roosevelt was buried with full Sponsor: Age of Glory, Prize: Gift Certificate military honors by Jasta 50. Not suitable for children under 15. Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Force on Force

The Donetsk People's Republic launches an attack to surround Ukrainian forces. S:141:09 Clash in the Pines: Battle of Olustee, Florida The separatists don't quickly take the town. The Ukraine counterattacks to drive Saturday, 9:00 AM, 6 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D73 the separatists back to their treaty positions. Can the Ukrainians remove the GM: David Skibicki separatists, vacationing Russians and others from Marinka? Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: American Civil War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: This Hallowed Ground S:474:09 Battle of Nikolayevka - Tridentina, Avanti!! (Modified) Saturday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P3 February 20th, 1864, General Truman Seymour wants to have his own Sherman- GM: David Wood & HAWKS like glory against orders in the state of Florida by marching from Jacksonville to Sponsor: None, Prize: None Tallahassee. His goal is to further cripple Florida's supply lines to the northern Period: World War II, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Look Sarge, No Charts WWII fighting Confederates. However, the Confederate forces are aware of his plans The Tridentina Division, the only organized formation from the Italian 8th Army's and lie in ambush to strike. Union Forces clash with Confederate forces in the Alpini Corps (and a bunch of German, Hungarian, and Italian stragglers) are trying largest land battle in Florida. Come decide whether the historic Confederate to break out of the trap created when the Russians surround the forces in and Victory stands or the Union changes fortune in a re-fight of The Battle of Olustee! around Stalingrad. Will they make it?

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S:444:09 Der Axis Strikes Again Sponsor: Steel Fist Miniatures, Prize: Each member of the winning team will take Saturday, 9:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P1 home a painted 28mm landsknecht from Steel Fist Miniatures. GM: Kevin Fischer & HAWKS Period: Renaissance, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Lion Rampant (modified) Sponsor: None, Prize: None In 1549 the government of Edward VI passed the Act of Uniformity to enforce Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Paolo Parente Dust 1947 usage of the Book of Common Prayer, extending the imposition of the English The axis have done it again. They probed a weak point in the line and now the line Reformation on the reluctant Catholic population of Cornwall, who arose in revolt! is threatened to collapse and London sits in the crosshairs. Can the allies hold Without a standing army, England sent German landsknechts and Italian onto this section or will the Axis breakthrough finally? This is a 200 AP battle. Any arquebusiers to suppress the rebellion. Do Cornish longbows stand a chance player can bring their own 50 AP painted Ally or Axis force as long as they arrive against pike and shot tactics? Find out as we replay a battle from the Prayer Book before game time. Rebellion using modified Lion Rampa Each member of the winning team will take home a set of 28mm landsknechts. S:591:09 Empire of the Dead - Airship Style Saturday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF3 S:120:09 LILLEHAMMER - GATEWAY TO THE VALLEY GM: Jon Lundberg & MBA Saturday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D15 Sponsor: Brigade Games and West Wind, Prize: None GM: Maurice Holmes Period: Victorian Science Fiction, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Empire of the Dead Sponsor: None, Prize: None Continuing campaign. Factions arrive in Airships both big and small. Shoot, board, Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Combat Patrol TM shoo off flying monkeys as long as you do it in proper Victorian Style. A flying The Allied defense of Lillehammer was key to the Campaign for southern Norway. Treasure Galleon has appeared and likely holds untold riches - but other The Allies hoped to stem the German Advance by taking advantage of the objectives abound This event should run on the MBA Castle table restricted terrain surrounding Lillehammer. This one scenario will be played multiple times during the convention. Each game will use a separate set of S:388:09 Epic Conflicts of the Ancient World: An Introduction to TRIUMPH! Skirmish rules. This is your chance to learn the advantages of Skirmish Gaming. Fast Play Rules for Ancient and Medieval Battles Ancients Saturday, 9:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D52 S:181:09 Operation Jupiter, Hill 112 GM: Scott Kastler Saturday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D83 Sponsor: Washington Grand Company, Prize: None GM: Peter Dalton Period: Ancients, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Triumph Sponsor: None, Prize: Prize for best in play Take on the role of Caesar, the Great Khan, or Pharaoh of Egypt. Lead your Period: World War II, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Rapid Fire forces against your enemies and battle your way across four different matchups On July 10 and 11, 1944 the British VIII Corps assaulted Hill 112 West of Caen in the Biblical, Classical, Dark Age, or Medieval era. This is a walk-up game Normandy France, The hill was in the hands of the II SS Panzer Corps. The opportunity FOR WHICH YOU DO NOT NEED TO BE REGISTERED (just walk- collision of these two armies resulted in a savage two-day battle between three up if you see an opening). It introduces players to the fast-play TRIUMPH! rules for British and three German Divisions. The question is who will hold Hill 112. ancient and medieval wargames. Play a one hour game or play a dozen. Experience Rapid Fire, Europe's most popular WWII rules set. TRIUMPH! tutors are on hand to help introduce you to the game, teach and answer questions. Rules are easy to learn. All materials provided. S:266:09 Operation Scimitar Modern Microarmor Session 3 Saturday, 9:00 AM, 5 hrs, Players: 11, Room: Host 2, Table #: HO2 1,2 S:342:09 Into the Darkness: NECROMUNDA: Underhive: DEMO GM: Scott Caldwell Saturday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D25 Sponsor: None, Prize: 1:350 Airplane GM: Lorenzo O'Branty Period: Modern, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Combined Ops Sponsor: LXG & The MECHANICON, Prize: None A what if Nato invasion of Turkey after Russian intervention. American and Greek Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE & House marines, American airborne and armor vs. Russian airborne, armor and rules. mechanized infantry with Turkish armor and mechanized infantry as wildcards. No Do you have what it takes to lead your gangers to victory in the Turf Wars? Come experience necessary. Third for four sessions. A what if Nato invasion of Turkey learn how to play the Necromunda Underhive game. All models and materials will after Russian intervention. No experience necessary. Third for four sessions. be provided. Rules will be taught. Room for 6 players, Kids are welcome. S:168:09 Pavlov's House S:195:09 Kaiserschlacht bei Luft - Round 3: Chemin des Dames - May/June Saturday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D82 1918 – Theme GM: David Shuster Saturday, 9:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 18, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD4 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Stanley Sunderwirth Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Bolt Action 2.0 Sponsor: None, Prize: None Stalingrad 1942: Pavlov's House was a fortified apartment building, which Red Period: World War I, Scale: 1:144th, Rules: Between the Crosses Army held for 60 days against a large German offensive in fall of 1942. The siege French and U.S. aircraft battle the Luftstreitkraefte for dominance over the fields of lasted from 27 Sept. to 25 Nov. 1942. Eventually the Soviets managed to relieve France. Players will each control 1-3 aircraft with successful returning players from the siege. It gained its popular name from Sgt. Yakov Pavlov, who commanded previous rounds advancing in skill levels. Aircraft shot down will be unavailable in the platoon that seized the building and defended it during the long battle. Bring future rounds. Rules will be taught. your 750pt German or Soviet army to this event (not required). This battle is only winnable with inf. Street-fighting Academy Armies of the Soviet Union Theater S:133:09 Kill all the gentlemen: The Prayer Book Rebellion of 1549 – Theme Selector on EasyArmy or in the Bolt Action rules are in force (only period vehicles Saturday, 9:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D32 and men GM: Marc Garrett S:215:09 Prague - The Austrian Counter Attack

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Saturday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG3 (with their own Talents & side plots)! A 40mm EXTRAVAGANZA!! Children ok with GM: Timothy (Tim) Tilson Playing Adult. Any familiarity with M&T rule set would be helpful. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Age of Reason, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Black Powder S:382:10 1066 Year of the Conquest and the Battle of Hastings – Theme Prague. 6 May 1757. Prince Charles and the Austrian army are deployed and Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D71 awaiting Frederick the Prussian army. However the Prussians seem to be GM: Rodney Cain marching away. Only Marshal Maximlian Browne realizes they are marching to Sponsor: Washington Grand Company, Prize: 25/28mm Dark Age figure for each attack an open flank. Quickly he turns his second line of troops to stop this threat. participant He then leads them in a counter attack. Can they stop the Prussian flanking force Period: Dark Ages, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Triumph before being outflanked himself? In January of 1066, King Edward the Confessor dies and Harold Godwinson is elected to the throne. Two other men also claim the crown of England. King Harold S:314:09 Russian Front- 1942 – Theme must now fight to defend England from two invading armies. Stamford Bridge sees Saturday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG10 the defeat Harold Hardrada, one down, King Harold must face William Duke of GM: Dave Reiners Normandy. The Saxon army deploys on a hillside blocking the road to London Sponsor: None, Prize: None near Hastings. On October 14th, 1066 two armies meet in one of the most famous Period: World War II, Scale: 10mm, Rules: KISS Rommel battles in history. New players are welcome, the rules are quick to learn, we do German breakthrough to Stalingrad- Germans must breakthrough to the city on encourage you get a quick practice game in beforehand in one of the 1 hour the Volga. Kids under 13 please be accompanied by an Adult Triumph Demos!

S:412:09 SOCCER - World Cup 2018 S:510:10 A Stonewall Jackson Fight in the Valley, 1862 Saturday, 9:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG7 Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M2 GM: Bob Wiltrout GM: David Mattson & Carnage and Glory Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Modern, Scale: 30mm, Rules: Corner Kick Period: American Civil War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Carnage & Glory The second semi-final of World Cup 2018. Germany, Brazil, Spain and one other In the summer of 1862 Stonewall Jackson's veteran army makes a daring morning team will play for the ultimate prize, with the Cup Final on Saturday afternoon. attack in the beautiful Shenandoah Valley against unsuspecting Union forces. Can Rules are easy to learn, but basic knowledge of the rules and tactics of soccer is his veterans make a quick breakthrough or will reinforcements be needed to expected. Players under 10 are welcome if accompanied by playing adult. possibly secure a victory?

S:192:09 Taking it up The Wazoo. S:284:10 A Tiger in Romagny, Normandy 1944 Saturday, 9:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG2 Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Host 1, Table #: HO1 4 GM: Eric Turner GM: Alex Newhart Sponsor: Pennsylvania Wargaming Militia, Prize: Bragging Rights and a coffee Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: American Civil War, Scale: 1:600th, Rules: Beer and Pretzels Ironclads Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Fireball Forward Rear Admiral (VERY Lower Half) Landis has been charged by the Navy Secretary The town of Romagny had fallen to the Germans on the first day of the Mortain to take his force up the Wazoo and pass a series of forts to place the river under Counteroffensive. American forces had failed several times to retake the town as Union control. Good luck with that. Kentucky Colonel States Rights G L Markert is they attempted to relieve elements of the 2/120 surrounded on Hill 314. One more charged with preventing that. Admiralty lawyers, rules lawyers, and gun deck assault on the town was planned, attacking from two directions. Unknown to the lawyers shall be keelhauled. Americans, there was a surprise waiting for them in the town.

S:483:09 The BEF in France S:234:10 ACW Mirror-Image Saturday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P4 Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG4 GM: Buck Surdu & HAWKS GM: P.J. O'Neill Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Combat Patrol(TM): World War II Period: American Civil War, Scale: 15mm, Rules: 2D6 ACW (home brew) The Germans have swept through France and Belgium with dizzying speed. A hypothetical American Civil War meeting engagement. Hidden movement until Lieutenant Fotheringay and his stalwart platoon form the BEF have been assigned contact. 3, two Brigade Divisions vs. the same. Small units, big board, lots of room the unenviable task to holding a small rural crossroads to delay the German to maneuver. Point based Victory conditions, using a streamlined set of rules, juggernaut. Can they hold long enough for their battalion to take up defensive similar to Johnny Reb III but faster. Come play a game where the tactics outweigh positions, or will they be overwhelmed? Rules will be taught. Younger gamers the dice. 5 players, 8' by 5' board. 4 hours. Rules are 2D6 (homebrew). GM- P.J. welcome with a participating adult. O'Neill.

S:113:09 The Long March to Fort Edward August 7-8, 1757 S:449:10 ALIENS Saturday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 7, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D21 Saturday, 10:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Paradise, Table #: P5 GM: Robert Moon GM: Harry Kogelschatz & HAWKS Sponsor: None, Prize: MVP Trophy Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: French & Indian War, Scale: 40mm, Rules: Muskets & Tomahawks Period: SciFi, Scale: 6 inch action figures, Rules: Home Rules Col Monro has just surrendered the fortress of William Henry to Gen Montcalm. The big bug hunt is back! Communication with Hadley's Hope the terraforming The terms of the surrender have enraged his allied Indians, and they have decided colony on Acheron (LV-426) has stopped. The colonial marines are being sent to to ambush the British along their 12 mile trek to Fort Edward. This historical is right investigate. Join this action packed rescue mission. Kids under 10 must be out of the movie "Last of the Mohicans" and ALL of the personality figs are present accompanied by an adult.

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improved version of last year's very popular game and uses simple homebrew S:364:10 Avocado Wars rules. Children are welcome w/ Parent. Saturday, 10:00 AM, 10 hrs, Players: 14, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL3 GM: Jody Sherrill S:347:10 Den Ganzen Lieben Langan Tag! Battle of Hannut 2 – Theme Sponsor: None, Prize: Guacamole and chips Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D33 Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Home rules GM: Ron Carnegie Avocado Wars. It is 1815 and Napoleon is deciding when to invade Belgium. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Wellington and Blucher decide to make the decision for him and begin to mass Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Chain of Command their forces closer together and closer to the French border. At the same time On the 12th of May 1940. The French attempt to stop the German advance my strange events begin to occur. A forest of avocado trees springs up overnight and turning the villages of Belgium into strong points. The3DLM and 4th panzer are weird things are happening. Reports of odd creatures, from out of this world are engaged in fierce fighting all the love long day. The second scenario of the Battle being heard. Can you lead your forces into battle to defeat your enemy which of Hannut mini-campaign might include the forest. The size of the battle and composition of forces will be determined by the number of players involved. This is a Napoleonic battle like S:417:10 Dial X for Missile none other. Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Vistas C, Table #: VC2 GM: Jason Mirosavich S:561:10 Barlow's Knoll - Rodes attack against XI Corps, 2 p.m., July 1, 1863 Sponsor: None, Prize: None Saturday, 10:00 AM, 5 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Limerock, Table #: Li3 Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: 7TV 2nd Edition GM: Steve Delucas & RAW SHIVA (Secret Headquarters of International Villainous Agents) is building a secret Sponsor: None, Prize: None weapon as part of their evil plan to rule the world. British intelligence agency Period: American Civil War, Scale: 15mm, Rules: JR3 with a couple of mods Department X has located SHIVA's base. Can they destroy the weapon before it is from Across A Deadly Field activated? 60s style spy-fi action using the 7TV rules. This scenario explores what happens if Early's division doesn't smash Barlow's flank. Could XI Corps have held against Rodes? Come find out playing on a S:520:10 DOUBLE BLIND Operation Husky beautiful Cigar Box Battle mat of Gettysburg. The scenario is from Across A Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M8,9 deadly Field Eastern Scenario Book. No one under 12 please. GM: Marc Raiff & Pittsburgh Band of Gamers Sponsor: Test of Battle Games, Prize: Gift certificates to CDTOB S:361:10 Button up'd in Burma Period: World War II, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Command Decision Test of Battle Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D41 The Allied invasion of Sicily is underway - American troops are attacking inland GM: Caleb Gutshall overrunning Italian coastal units - but they are about to run headlong into a Sponsor: None, Prize: None German counterattack. How well can you do in a double blind scenario? Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: What a Tanker Come check out the new rules for WW2 Tank dueling from Too Fat Lardies with S:242:10 Flying Tigers at Rangoon, Christmas 1941 What a Tanker. In this game we will be in the Far East while the Commonwealth Saturday, 10:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD2 duke it out with Japanese Imperial forces to see who is the best tanker! GM: Mark Fastoso Sponsor: Fireball Forward, Prize: None S:236:10 Caught Between a Rock and Hard Place Period: World War II, Scale: 1:600th, Rules: Fire in the Sky Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D42,43,63,64 The Japanese are preparing to drive down the Malaya peninsula intent on GM: Mitch Abrams capturing the British bastion of Singapore. To the east they find modern fighters Sponsor: None, Prize: None defending Rangoon. They plan to destroy this threat in a quick stroke...little did Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Chain of Command (modified) they know that the Flying Tigers were waiting and ready for action! Play four short German Armor, engaged with the Russian 13th Tank Corp, must do double duty battles at the squadron level using new fast paced rules from the creators of as another Russian Mechanized Force attempts to complete its mission. Fireball Forward. Competing orders on both sides allow for the fighting of a "two front" battle. Not the type of action most commanders desire but in a swirling armor battle on the S:503:10 Great Northern War Campaign, Poland, September, 1706 Game 4 – Russian Steppes something that occurred on many occasions. New players are Theme welcome BUT prior to play you should be familiar with Chain of Command rules. Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M4 The CoC Rules will NOT be taught however the modified portion which deals with GM: David Bonk & Carnage and Glory large armor formations will be explained. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Age of Reason, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Carnage and Glory Computer S:144:10 DAK & Dragons 2.0 Moderated Saturday, 10:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D26 In Poland, September, 1706 Russian and Saxon forces have begun a siege of GM: Miles Reidy Warsaw, Poland. The Russians siege train is marching south to join the besieging Sponsor: None, Prize: Beyond your dreams of avarice forces. Swedish forces, supported by their Polish allies, are intent on destroying Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Homebrew the siege train before it gets to Warsaw. Using the Carnage and Glory campaign Recent reports from the local Berbers indicate something ominous is happening system Russian and Swedish forces will maneuver across central Poland and deep in the Egyptian desert. It must be something big as both the Axis and Allied generate tabletop games to be fought using the C&G computer moderated rules high commands are dispatching teams of crack troops to find out exactly what is throughout the convention. Players will command Swedish or Russian forces to going on. DAK and Dragons is THE definitive historical simulation of WW2 squad fight to tactical battles and the results will be returned and used to generate the level tactics vs. the Dark Gods of Egypt. Perhaps you can answer the age-old next battle. question - can a Panzer III take on a Dragon? DAK and Dragons 2.0 is an

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S:182:10 Hey you Greeks get off a my lawn! Roman expansion into Italy – Sponsor: None, Prize: None Theme Period: Pulp, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Audacious Adventures Saturday, 10:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D23 Pennsylvania Pete is at it again. He has been exploring the tomb of Two-Ton GM: Steve Clark Kommen and has found clues to the precious Dragon's Tooth. The Dragon's Tooth Sponsor: None, Prize: None is the royal dagger of Two-Ton. It is a big dagger for a big man. Come join the Period: Ancients, Scale: 28mm, Rules: To the srongest adventure and see if Pa Pete can find the dagger before others get their hands on A Roman army is moving across southern Italy. The Greek colonies are resenting it. the change. So they have called upon King Pyrrhus to stop the Romans. This is a demo of a fun and smooth running set of rules that I have not seen played here. S:164:10 Picnic Panic Walk Up Demo (Kid Friendly) They are a card driven set & use a grid move system. Well worth checking out. Saturday, 10:00 AM, 1.5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG1 Help The Greeks send the Romans back were they belong. Or lead the Romans GM: Ben Rubin on to there ever expanding universe. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Fantasy, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Picnic Panic S:548:10 JOE HACK - Celtic Climax – Theme Come try Picnic Panic, the game of ant warfare. Command a tribe of ants, each Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 11, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF2 with its own unique abilities and advantages, as you wage war over a treasure GM: Joe Swartz & NOWS trove of candy left by careless humans. Play as the noble firstborn,the strong Sponsor: None, Prize: None horned ants, the undead black ants, or the hard fighting, hard partying nomants. Period: Ancients, Scale: 28mm, Rules: JOE HACK Eat the candy you capture. Fast-play, easy to learn introduction to the hobby. Both the Romans and Caledonians are tired, but know the climax is at hand and Adults welcome with playing child. No ticket required. have brought up what reinforcements they can field. As the morning fog breaks both sides charge, The Celtics to get the bounty of Roman farms, mines, and cities S:298:10 Road Rage Turf War while Rome wants Celtic "volunteers" to work for them. Who will carry the field ? Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D44 rules taught & minors welcome with adult GM: Stanley Johansen Sponsor: None, Prize: Stan Johansen Gift certificate $20.00 S:296:10 Kerch-Eltigen Naval Operation Period: Post apocalyptic, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Road Rage Post Apocalyptic Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Host 1, Table #: HO1 3 rules by Phil Tortorici GM: Jim Casey 4 Gangs compete for territory containing a natural spring of clean water. Sponsor: The PT Dockyard, Prize: None Period: World War II, Scale: 1:600th, Rules: Flaklighter II S:495:10 Saxons at Gross Beeren 23 August 1813 This Russian naval amphibious offensive in Nov 1943 was the push to force the Saturday, 10:00 AM, 5 hrs, Players: 7, Room: Marietta, Table #: M6 Nazi forces from Crimea. Rules will be taught and have fun. GM: John Snead & Carnage and Glory Sponsor: None, Prize: None S:333:10 Maqueda - September 21, 1936 Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Carnage & Glory II Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 9, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D35 The French/Saxon VII Corps, under General de Division Reynier, is in the forefront GM: Edward Harding of the French advance. Maybe a little too much to the front? Prussian Sponsor: None, Prize: best player each side trophy Generalleutnant von Bulow is aiming to take advantage of their exposed position! Period: Inter-War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Chain of Command This time without the rain! A fight in the early fall of 1813. In the summer of 1936, some of the Army of Africa was moved to the mainland. Upon gathering in Seville, the Nationalists moved north to meet troops of Gen S:469:10 Skirmish at Schlegel's Farm (Kids' Game) – Theme Mola. The Nationalist steadily gained an upper hand against the Republican Saturday, 10:00 AM, 2 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P8 militias and rushed forces sent against them. After failing in their attack on GM: Eric Schlegel & HAWKS Talavera, Torrado's Republicans must now fight a rearguard action against the Sponsor: None, Prize: None advancing Nationalist troops. They successfully manage to slow the Nationalist Period: American Civil War, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Home advance to around 5 km per day. The town of Maqueda, located at an important The Yankees and Rebs are both hungry and Schlegel's Farm is well stocked. road junction, was now to be the scene of another battle. Big-chain-of-command Whoever controls the farm gets dinner tonight. The HAWKS will be hosting one Spanish Civil War game table of shorter games for Kids all day Saturday. Come help us introduce your kid to the fun of miniature gaming. S:498:10 Naseby June 14, 1645 Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Marietta, Table #: M1 S:370:10 Storm at Stonne GM: Nigel Marsh & Carnage and Glory Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D46 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Patrick Berkebile Period: English Civil War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Carnage&GloryII Sponsor: None, Prize: None King Charles and Rupert commanding a veteran force of foot and horse, meet Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Wat a Tanker! Fairfax and the New Model, in the first major engagement of Parliament's highly It is 1940, German forces are breaking through the front lines everywhere. In the trained, organized, well equipped and cohesive new army. The Royalist field army wheatfields outside of Stonne, French and German armored platoons standoff. is confident of victory, but Fairfax outnumbers the King. Failure for either side Wat a Tanker is the TooFatLardies new wargaming rules for armored fighting could be catastrophic to their cause. vehicles.

S:287:10 Pennsylvania Pete and the Dragon's Tooth S:554:10 Tank Fight on Luzon-FireBall Forward Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD3 Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Limerock, Table #: Li1 GM: Annemarie D'Amato GM: George Hunsicker & RAW

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Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: World War II, Scale: 1:3000th, Rules: General Quarters 3 Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: FireBall Forward From August 1942 - December 1942, The Japanese Navy made dozens of The Japanese 2nd Armor attempts to hold a supply point against the US 103rd nocturnal trips into Savo Sound using a mixture of destroyers, cruisers, and fast Infantry Division. Yes the Japanese had a whole tank division on Luzon. They seaplane tenders or minelayers. This became known as the Tokyo Express. Only were faced by the 103rd US Infantry who had integral tanks and attached M7 two runs were intercepted (Battle of Cape Esperance and Battle of Tassafaronga). Priests with 105mm guns. No children under 14, please. This will be a 3rd in December, 1942 with some interesting ships that were available on both sides. Rules taught, beginners welcome S:465:10 The Battle of Chaffin's Farm, 29 Sept 1864 – Theme Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P7 S:262:10 The Rescue of Marguerite Boudreaux – Theme GM: Kurt Schlegel & HAWKS Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D62 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: John Emmett Period: American Civil War, Scale: 10mm, Rules: A Union So Tested (Look Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sarge, No Charts, ACW) Period: French & Indian War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Sharp Practice General Butler and the Army of the James, attempt to assault the works outside of Marguerite Boudreaux has been captured by the British and is being held at a Richmond. This battle would be considered his best performance of the war. settlement on the banks of the Sinnemahoning River. Her father, the Magistrate Come throw hordes of Yankees against dug-in Rebs or stoutly defend the lines Loring Boudreaux, has been able to convince the commander of a nearby trapping outside of the Confederate capital. Players under 13 welcome with a playing adult. outpost that forming a rescue party would be in his best interests. Will the French be able to rescue and return Marguerite, or will the British reaction force foil their S:101:10 The battle of Falkirk Muir (January 17, 1746) plans and retain their hostage? This is a Lard America game and rules will be Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D12 taught. GM: Tim Couper Sponsor: None, Prize: None S:571:10 Then there was one! Period: Jacobite Rebellion, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Piquet Field Of Battle 2 Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: New Holland, Table #: NH1 After turning back from Derby - for want of either any significant support from GM: Michael Moran & ODGW English Jacobites or a French invasion - the Jacobite Army returned to Scotland Sponsor: None, Prize: None and besieged Stirling Castle. Lieutenant GeneralÂ Henry HawleyÂ led a relief Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Mein Zombie force fromÂ Edinburgh, encamping at Falkirk, from where he showed no signs of If it wasn't bad enough to be stuck in the zombie apocalypse, now you must race moving. The Jacobite army of 8,000 then approached Falkirk, surprising the 7,000 to find the lost treasure. Fight on your own or team up but only one person will be Hanoverians, who had to form up hurriedly, the wind driving the sleet in their faces the big winner. Fast paced easy to learn rules. Kill a lot of zombies and maybe The last of our three 1745 Jacobite battles - fought in a storm of wind with your friends too. Join us for a game of Mein Zombie! torrential rain/sleet/snow (or "just another day in Scotland") S:513:10 Watch the Flank! 11 Jul 1944 near Charlemagne crossroads – S:273:10 The Battle of Grimball's Landing, July 16, 1863 Theme Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF1 Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M7 GM: John Mcconnell GM: Michael Pierce & Carnage and Glory Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: American Civil War, Scale: 25mm, Rules: "By Company, Into Line! Period: World War II, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Battlegroup WW2 (Iron Fist To divert Confederate reinforcements from a renewed attack on nearby Fort Publications) Wagner, Brig. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore designed two feints. An amphibious force Elements of the US 9th Div and 899 Tank Destroyer Bn are moving south ascended Stono River to threaten the Charleston & Savannah Railroad bridge. A attempting to flank the German attacking Charlemagne and blunt Panzer Lehr's second force, consisting of Alfred Terry's division, landed on James Island on July attack. Elements of II BN/901 PzGren Regiment, with Panther support, having 8. Soon, Terry demonstrated against the Confederate defenses, but did not launch difficulty taking Charlemagne, are also trying to flank the town and its vital a major attack. On July 16, the Confederates attacked Terry's camp at Grimball's crossroads. A classic meeting engagement is brewing! Children under 12 with Landing. Under 15 Allowed if accompanied by a playing adult. playing adult.

S:271:10 The Battle of Leipzig - Opening Bell – Theme S:555:10 What if Nato Intervened in Hungry 1956? Part 2 Saturday, 10:00 AM, 5 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD1 Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Limerock, Table #: Li2 GM: Leonard Bearden GM: Anthony Mazzo & RAW Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 10mm, Rules: La Petite Armee Period: Modern, Scale: 6mm, Rules: Challenger XXI-Modern Command a Corps or Wing in this refight of the 1813 Napoleonic Battle of Leipzig. What if the Suez Canal Crisis did not happen and Austria Was part of NATO. Fought on a 6' x 8' custom battlefield with more than 2000 figures, the refight was Would the US have intervened? Maybe yes Probably No but come play and see a big hit last year and should be even better. Players are encouraged to participate what might have happened in an Early Cold War Battle. No Children under 14 in the LPA Napoleonic Academy running all day on Friday to familiarize please. themselves with the rules before the battle. Glory awaits! Plenty of room for players on a walk-up basis. Players under 15 must be accompanied by a parent. S:363:11 A pretty severe peppering! New Brunswick NJ, June 22, 1777 – Theme S:581:10 The Express (WWII Naval) Saturday, 11:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL1 Saturday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 12, Room: New Holland, Table #: NH2 GM: Marvin Veeder GM: Stephen Berger & ODGW Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: ODGW, Prize: VA Period: American War for Independence, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Crucible of War

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As the British army withdrew from New Jersey in the summer of 1777 for "bigger Pz IV of 8.Panzer-Regiment, 15.Panzer Division moving southwest toward the designs," Howe tried to set up a warm reception for the aggressively pursuing Trigh el Abd clashed with the M3 Stuart tanks of the 3rd and 5th Royal Tank Morgan and Wyne outside of New Brunswick. A sharp action including a street Regiment, 4th Armoured Brigade. fight, a river crossing, and wide open rolling hills. Win or lose, roll dice, yell and have fun! Beginners encouraged. S:246:11 Breakdown in Baluchistan Saturday, 11:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG9 S:397:11 Attack of Kampfgruppe Frey - 28 June 1944 GM: Joe Mcgrath Saturday, 11:00 AM, 5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D34 Sponsor: Phalanx Consortium, Prize: None GM: Sean Barnett Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Skirmish Sangin Sponsor: Brigade Games, Prize: None When their Humvee breaks down on a rural Afghan road, this US Army fire team Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Fireball Forward holes up in a nearby compound to await help, or whatever else may come... On the third day of the British Operation Epsom, the panzergrenadiers of Experience action packed, skirmish-level asymmetric warfare right out of today's Kampfgruppe Frey of the 1st SS Panzer Division attack the village of Mouen in headlines. Bring your enthusiasm - rules will be taught. their drive to cut the British salient in half. C Company, 3rd Battalion, the Monmouthshire Regiment, stands in their way and tries to slow the German S:154:11 Death of Innocents, August 1914 advance. Will this German attack threaten the entire British operation? Come and Saturday, 11:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D75 decide! Younger gamers welcome with adult. GM: Ronald Bingham Sponsor: None, Prize: None S:610:11 Battle of Gela. 75th Anniversary, July 1943 Period: World War I, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Bolt Action II Saturday, 11:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D61 August 1914, near the French frontier, both French and German forces advance to GM: Patrick Devine occupy a key piece of terrain known as the Chateau le Belle. This will be a Bolt Sponsor: WAMP, Prize: None Action WWI games based on Bolt Action II rules. Bolt Action experience preferred Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: World at War The Allies invade Sicily. Patton's 7th Army has landed and taken the coastal town S:601:11 DEATH ON THE ROSEBUD 1876 – Theme of Gela. Italian and German forces rush to push these Americans back into the Saturday, 11:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 16, Room: Cornwall, Table #: C1-3 sea! Can the Allies hold off the Axis counter attack? Or will the Axis deny the use GM: Peter Panzeri of the "stepping stone" to mainland Italy. Hold on to your Ravioli's cause we are Sponsor: None, Prize: Cool Prizes from Old Glory bringing fast and fun bach to WW2 gaming. This is a Divisional level , fast play Period: Western, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Frontiers in Flames game. Beginner friendly and rules to be taught. No kids under 14 without parent LARGEST BATTLE OF THE PLAINS WARS. A few days before the Little Big playing. No food!!!. Horn, Crazy Horse led Sioux & Cheyenne warriors in a powerful dawn spoiling attack and surprised General Crook's column of US Cavalry, Infantry and S:534:11 Battletech - Grinder 1 Crow/Shoshone Scouts. Will this be a repulse or another massacre? An intense & Saturday, 11:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Kinderhook, Table #: K2,3 exciting battle. Random events, hats, music, cheers, mayhem & PRIZES!! What's GM: David Yingling & Battletech not to love? CHECK-OUT "FRONTIERS-in-FLAMES" from OLD GLORY in the Sponsor: None, Prize: None Cornwall Room. Ok Period: SciFi, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Battletech - Total Warfare The Grinder is a free for all Battletech Demo game where new (or returning) S:622:11 Dunsterforce 100th Anniversary Battle - Menjil Bridge, 12 June players will be taught using the Introductory Rules. You start out with a Light mech 1918 and as you die, you advance to the next weight class. All materials, mimiatures, Saturday, 11:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF5 and dice will be provided. Beginner Friendly and Rules taught. GM: Bob Giglio Sponsor: Wargames Illustrated, Prize: Gift Certificate S:420:11 Blood in the Sudan – Theme Period: World War I, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Soldier's Companion (modified) Saturday, 11:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Host 2, Table #: HO2 3 12 June 1918. First action involving Dunsterforce in the Caucasus was against GM: Bob Liebl supporters of the Jangal Movement under Mirza Kuchak Khan, who led a Sponsor: None, Prize: Cookies religiously Islamic rebellion against the Persian government. A force of 2,000 Period: Colonial, Scale: 28mm, Rules: TSATF modified Jangalis with several machine guns defended the approach to the Menjil bridge, Britain, under Queen Victoria, wanted the best for everyone, and Britain was the against a largely Cossack force supported by British armored cars, Hussars and a best. The fact that the Sudanese had other ideas meant that the Sudanese would plane, to stop Dunsterforce from reaching the port of Enzeli and then onto Baku. have to change. Under a British admiration, a line must be drawn in the sand. No one under age 16. From the forthcoming Dunsterforce scenario book by Bob Blood would be spilled, but all for progress. A balanced slug fest, in the Victorian Giglio (available from Partizan Press). This is the Wargames Illustrated Showcase age. Game.

S:545:11 Brazen Chariots - 2nd Battle of Gabr Saleh – Theme S:131:11 Sergeants D Day - Never Give Up Saturday, 11:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Vistas C, Table #: VC1 Saturday, 11:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D13 GM: Adam Wine & NOWS GM: Michael Bowker Sponsor: None, Prize: Certificates Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Brazen Chariot WWII Tank Battles Period: World War II, Scale: 10mm, Rules: Sergeants D Day Just before dawn, Nov. 18, 1941, the British Eighth Army launched Operation Sergeants D Day takes the Sergeants system to a larger ground scale but smaller Crusader, more than 750 tanks made a surprise attack into Libya to relieve the figures. The same man to man scale and the same great action. Join either the US siege of Tobruk. The opening moves went well, the British XXX Corps captured paratroopers of the German defenders as they fight in Normandy. Command a the airfield of Sidi Rezegh but, during the evening of Nov. 20 the Pz II, Pz III and section of unique individual soldiers. Who will triumph? The decision rests in your

4 / 2 5 / 2 0 1 8 P a g e 36 | 49 Historicon® 2018 Events List Event numbers contain a 2-digit game start hour designation (24hr time) as the last 2 numbers hands. Will you wrest control of the objectives from the stubborn defenders? Will on speed, stealth, and the Long Lance to ensure the safe arrival of this vital cargo. you repel the invaders and stand fast against the onslaught? It is up to you. No That should ensure success but these Americans are unpredictable of late! Be one players under the age of 14 without a playing adult of Tanaka's seagoing Saumuri or one of Halsey's Hell Raisers! All losses are final. This is part of a map campaign game. Naval gaming experience helpful but rules S:393:11 The Fall of Ironhold will be taught. Mature kids 10 years old and up with adult welcome. Saturday, 11:00 AM, 6 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Kinderhook, Table #: K1 GM: Paul Sjardijn S:639:12 Isandlwana – Theme Sponsor: None, Prize: None Saturday, 12:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 14, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D11 Period: SciFi, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Total Warfare and Tac Ops GM: David Burton The Society's first assault without Clan Coyote help, the attack on Ironhold caught Sponsor: None, Prize: None the Steel Viper defenders by surprise. Will you confirm the Society's dominance, Period: Colonial, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Bayonets and Spearpoints or will you provide the traitors with an upset loss? All materials, miniatures and Battle of Isandlwana - Lt. Raw's troopers have found the Zulu Impi. The camp is dice will be provided. Intermediate to experienced players and no Players under alerted and the 24th regiment is stood to. British regulars, colonials, and the NNC 15 years old. will battle the Zulu regiments. Ammo rules will be in play for the British with ammo bearers doing their best to keep up with the demand. As for the Zulus...well there's S:204:12 A Splendid Little War... The Spanish American War Revisited thousands of them... Children under 13 welcome with playing adult Saturday, 12:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D84,85 GM: Bryan Leshinskie S:217:12 Race Across Carolina - Part 3 Sponsor: None, Prize: The Prize is Suprise Saturday, 12:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D45 Period: Early 20th Century, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Modified Sword and the Flame GM: Edward Bowen expanded and revised Sponsor: None, Prize: None When the main blew up in Havana harbor the battle cry was remember the Maine Period: American War for Independence, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Sharp Practice 2 and to hell with Spain. The U.S. declared war and in 1898 the American V Corp This is a continuation of the Sharp Practice mini-campaign started at Cold Wars. led by General Shafter invaded Cuba with the objective of taking Santiago. The British and Americans are still contesting the village of Freemantle, NC. The Veteran Game Master Bryan W. Leshinskie will simulate the invasion of Cuba to British. continue to look for the rumored American camp and the Continentals are included the Naval Battle of Santiago. Yes a land and sea action. This will be the prepared to make a stand to protect the village. There will be militia, riflemen, first major war fought since the Civil War. Can you lead the Rough Riders up San Highlanders, the British Legion and an abandoned beer wagon. This is a Lard Juan hill? All welcomed to play with no one ever turned away... America game and beginners are welcome.

S:517:12 Battle of Dennewitz: Ney vs Bernadotte – Theme S:385:12 The Battle of Cynoscephalae - Phalanx vs. Legion – Theme Saturday, 12:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Marietta, Table #: M3 Saturday, 12:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D53 GM: John Drye & Pittsburgh Band of Gamers GM: David Schlanger Sponsor: Test of Battle Games, Prize: TOB Gift Certificate Sponsor: Washington Grand Company, Prize: None Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Test of Battle: Volley and Bayonet Period: Ancients, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Triumph In September 1813 Napoleon sent Marshall Ney with an army of French and Allies 201 BC Rome stood victorious over Carthage at the completion of the Second to take Berlin. An Allied army of Russians, Prussians and Swedes led by the Punic War. Philip V of Macedon had attacked Rome's client states in the former Marshall Bernadotte move to intercept. Mediterranean. These Greek city-states, led by Athens, appealed to Rome for help. In 197 BC the Roman army of Titus Quinctius Flamininus, with his allies from S:627:12 Cadia's Last Stand the Aetolian League, marched towards Pherae in search of Philip. This is your Saturday, 12:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Host 1, Table #: HO1 1,2 chance to take a side and settle once and for all the age-old dispute of phalanx GM: Karl Shanoltz versus legion. New players are welcome, the rules are quick to learn, we do Sponsor: None, Prize: None encourage you get a quick practice game in beforehand in one of the 1 hour Period: SciFi, Scale: 1:1200th, Rules: Battlefleet Gothic Triumph Demos! It is the 41st Millennium. In the grim darkness of the far future there is only war. The Great Warmaster, Abbadon the Despoiler, has launched another crusade S:170:13 1565 The Siege of St. Elmo – Theme against the Imperium of Man. The world in danger is none other than the fortress Saturday, 1:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D24 world of Cadia. All ships have gathered in the planetary system to repel the GM: Doug Fisher traitorous forces back through the Eye of Terror. Can the Emperor's favored Sponsor: None, Prize: None triumph in the face of adversity or, with Abbadon, finally claim victory over those Period: Renaissance, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Siege Swein Forkbeard's Castle who worship a dead god? Players age 12 and under with playing Adult. Walk-ups Malta was envisioned by the Sultan Suleiman as the key to controlling the are welcome as space permits. Mediterranean. As part of his grand strategy for the conquest of Europe in 1655 Suleiman sent 38,000 well equipped troops to conquer the island. Turkish strategy S:276:17 Hide, Seek, and Destroy. Hell upon the Waters Part 4 of Derail the first called for the taking of the Fort St Elmo. Believed by the Turks to take 3 days Tokyo Express the siege stretched out for five weeks. Play out the entire scenario in three parts Saturday, 12:00 PM, 6 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Showroom, Table #: Stage as the Turks turn the famous fortress into rubble as the Knights and Maltese buy GM: Karl Strohmeyer time with their lives. Sponsor: Small Scale Painting, Prize: 1200 scale Destroyer Models Period: World War II, Scale: 1:1200th, Rules: General Quarters 3.3 (Modified) S:454:13 Advance Into The City This is the continuation of the action from the Friday game. The IJN is sending one Saturday, 1:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P1 of the bigger Express Runs of the campaign thus far to bring desperately needed GM: Michael Fischer & HAWKS artillery, food, ammo, and reinforcements to "Starvation Island." They are counting Sponsor: None, Prize: None

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Period: SciFi, Scale: 10mm, Rules: Mobile Suit Gundam: The Gravity Front GM: Sam Fuson & HAWKS The Earth Federation are pursuing the Zeon ground forces and they ran into a city. Sponsor: None, Prize: None It is either because the Zeons are there to resupply or use the populace to prevent Period: French & Indian War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Muskets and Tomahawks an all out air bombardment. Therefore, the Earth Federation must storm the city Daniel Boone is captured by a Shawnee War Party. They take him to their village and drive the Zeke's out. and give him a tomahawk, then they tell him to run for his life. Boone tries to evade the warriors and get back to his home settlement. His friends and neighbors go out S:153:13 Bukrin Bridgehead looking for him. Boone must avoid the Indians as well as French Marines operating Saturday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL2 in the area. GM: Steve Fliss Sponsor: None, Prize: None S:157:13 Shatterlands Walk Up Demo Period: World War II, Scale: 6mm, Rules: Rommel Saturday, 1:00 PM, 2 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG5 The Soviet 3rd Guards and 40th Armies attempt to establish bridgeheads across GM: Ben Rubin the Dnepr before the Germans can form a contiguous defensive line along the Sponsor: None, Prize: Prizes Awarded river's west bank. The German XXIV Panzerkorps detect the crossings and launch Period: Fantasy, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Shatterlands attacks to destroy the bridgeheads. Come try Shatterlands, the new character driven woodland black powder fantasy skirmish game from Stonegate Forge. Take command 1-2 characters in this S:321:13 Eylau - Nightmare in the Snow innovative new system that evokes the tactical challenges of French and Indian Saturday, 1:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF6 War skirmish games and the character development aspects of fantasy RPGs. GM: Robert Andriola Walk away with a free character card and a figure to start your own squad. No Sponsor: None, Prize: None ticket required. No one turned away. Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 10mm, Rules: Napoleon at War Refight the most nightmarish battle of the Napoleonic Wars on this award-winning, S:227:13 The School of Night: A Dead Man in Deptford, London 1593 custom-built table with over 6,000 figures. Eylau was a holocaust, a desperate Saturday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D86 battle fought in a raging blizzard, and the first check to Napoleon's previously GM: Jeffrey Wasileski invincible Grand Army. Sponsor: Brigade Games and Cigar Box Battle Mats, Prize: None Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Frostgrave/ Ghost Archipelago modified S:122:13 Fontenoy, 1745 An arcane civil war is being waged in Elizabethan England. Saturday, 1:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D14 Playwright/spy/magician Kit Marlowe has just been killed, ostensibly in argument GM: Tod Kershner over a tavern bill. But he really died for writing a work of magical dramaturgy that Sponsor: On Military Matters, Prize: None would open the door to another dimension. Various court factions are now racing Period: Age of Reason, Scale: 1/72nd, Rules: Warfare in the Age of Reason, 3rd through the dark streets of London's notorious theatre district to find the Edition manuscript. Who will find it first? Strong element of role-playing. Butcher Billy Cumberland and his Anglo-German-Dutch army will try again to take the important village of Fontenoy from Marshall de Saxe and his French army. Will S:448:14 ALIENS the British guards deliver again the most devastating volley of the smooth bore Saturday, 2:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Paradise, Table #: P5 era? Will the French guards deliver again the wimpiest? A major action of the GM: Harry Kogelschatz & HAWKS linear period. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: SciFi, Scale: 6 inch action figures, Rules: Home Rules S:126:13 GETTYSBURG- JULY 2, 1863 The big bug hunt is back! Communication with Hadley's Hope the terraforming Saturday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D22 colony on Acheron (LV-426) has stopped. The colonial marines are being sent to GM: Andy Niven investigate. Join this action packed rescue mission. Kids under 10 must be Sponsor: None, Prize: None accompanied by an adult. Period: American Civil War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: CARPE DIEM- DEVIL TO PAY Hoods assault on Devil's Den and the Round Tops. Easy to learn and fun to play. S:533:14 Battletech - Grinder 2 Under 13's welcome with playing adult. Saturday, 2:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Kinderhook, Table #: K2,3 GM: David Yingling & Battletech S:253:13 Pearl Harbor - First Wave – Theme Sponsor: None, Prize: None Saturday, 1:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 24, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG7,8 Period: SciFi, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Battletech - Total Warfare GM: Mark Wukas The Grinder is a free for all Battletech Demo game where new (or returning) Sponsor: None, Prize: None players will be taught using the Introductory Rules. You start out with a Light mech Period: World War II, Scale: 1/144, Rules: Aerodrome(R) 2.0 and as you die, you advance to the next weight class. All materials, mimiatures, Tora! Tora! Tora! The historical Day of Infamy played out on a custom mat! and dice will be provided. Beginner Friendly and Rules taught. Japanese dive and torpedo bombers attack the unsuspecting American fleet at Pearl Harbor. Be the best bomber in your wave! Points for sinking/damaging as S:269:14 Close Action! - Saturday's Fleet Battle many USN warships as possible. An air-naval combat scenario using the WW2 Saturday, 2:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 20, Room: Strasburg, Table #: S1 adaptation of the popular Aerodrome(R) 1.1 aerial combat system. Rules taught, GM: Lee Girer equipment provided; Wings & Medals awarded for Victories and Valor. Female- Sponsor: None, Prize: None and spouse-friendly game; under 15 only with playing adult. Period: Age of Sail, Scale: 1:600th, Rules: Close Action by Mark Campbell Captains! Come refight a dramatic naval battle from the Age of Fighting Sail, when S:445:13 Run For Your Life!! fleets of ships of the line dueled to determine who would rule the seas. Realistic Saturday, 1:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P2 movement, combat, and limited communications rules assure that you'll get as

4 / 2 5 / 2 0 1 8 P a g e 38 | 49 Historicon® 2018 Events List Event numbers contain a 2-digit game start hour designation (24hr time) as the last 2 numbers close to real combat as possible. Will YOU win Honor and Glory, or be disgraced Chaos claim the sector? Necromunda:Underhive game. All models provided. in dishonorable defeat? Beginners Welcome. Rules taught, Kid Friendly Game. All Room for 8 players. Kids are welcome. materials provided, Please bring your own courage... S:395:14 Relief of Sorokino S:184:14 Convoy to Yemen Saturday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D36 Saturday, 2:00 PM, 6 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D76 GM: Ed Leland GM: Jay Wissmann Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: Merchandise voucher Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Big Chain of Command Period: Modern, Scale: 1:2400th, Rules: Harpoon April 1942, Southwest of Vzyama, Russia - The snow has finally melted in the rear Modern Day - Rebels in Yemen are in desperate need for munitions and supplies. area of Armygroup Center, raising the hopes of the small groups of Germans cut Previous attempts to break the Saudi led blockade have failed. Decision in off during the Soviet Winter Offensive. Elements of 19. Panzer attempt to relieve Teheran is made to send in a small convoy escorted by Iranian warships, one such group before Soviet Partisans, Airborne and dismounted Cavalry can confident that Saudi ships would not open fire. But just in case, the Revolutionary overwhelm them. Players should be somewhat familiar with the rules. Guard is planning a few surprises in case the Saudis are not intimidated by the Iranian flag. The Saudi naval commander has learned of the inbound convoy and S:240:14 The Air War over Singapore, 1942 planned his own surprise. Join the Admiralty Trilogy as we return to modern naval Saturday, 2:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD2 warfare with a battle between ancient foes with new age weapons. GM: Mark Fastoso Sponsor: Fireball Forward, Prize: None S:196:14 Kaiserschlacht bei Luft - Round 4: Reims/Chateau Thierry - July Period: World War II, Scale: 1:600th, Rules: Fire in the Sky 1918 – Theme The Japanese are driving down the Malaya peninsula intent on capturing the Saturday, 2:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 18, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD4 British bastion of Singapore. A few valiant RAF squadrons including Hurricanes GM: Stanley Sunderwirth piloted by Battle of Britain pilots are trying to stem the tide. This mini-campaign Sponsor: None, Prize: None follows the action culminating in the Japanese amphibious landing at Endau. Play Period: World War I, Scale: 1:144th, Rules: Between the Crosses four short battles at the squadron level using new fast paced rules from the The fourth Ludendorff Offensive against French and Italian positions grinds to halt creators of Fireball Forward. as the U.S. and French launch a counterattack. Players will each control 1-3 aircraft with successful returning players from previous rounds advancing in skill S:114:14 The Long March to Fort Edward August 7-8, 1757 levels. Aircraft shot down will be unavailable in future rounds. Rules will be taught. Saturday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 7, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D21 GM: Robert Moon S:586:14 KIM AND KHLOE'S TROPICAL VACATION Sponsor: None, Prize: MVP Trophy Saturday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 20, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF4 Period: French & Indian War, Scale: 40mm, Rules: Muskets & Tomahawks GM: Howard Whitehouse & MBA Col Monro has just surrendered the fortress of William Henry to Gen Montcalm. Sponsor: Miniature Building Authority, Prize: None The terms of the surrender have enraged his allied Indians, and they have decided Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Astounding Tales! to ambush the British along their 12 mile trek to Fort Edward. This historical is right The tiny, geographically dubious island of Scrofula is known for many things, most out of the movie "Last of the Mohicans" and ALL of the personality figs are present of them very bad - a cruel dictatorship, the drug trade, fanatical revolutionaries, (with their own Talents & side plots)! A 40mm EXTRAVAGANZA!! Children ok with grinding poverty, snakes, headhunters, unimaginative cookery - but the pristine Playing Adult. Any familiarity with M&T rule set would be helpful. white beaches and cheap narcotics have made it a playground for the rich, beautiful and stupid. Naturally, when there's word of a coup, and crime lords falling S:472:14 The Zulu's Are Attacking out, and Russian agents in the cafes, and rebels in the slums and alien sightings. Saturday, 2:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P3 ... and it's time to come for vacation As you would, including two spoiled rich girls GM: David Wood & HAWKS who have given their husbands / chaperones/bodyguards the slip. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Colonial, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Combat Patrol S:489:14 Lionheart A small contingent of British have been intercepted by a large group of Zulu's. Will Saturday, 2:00 PM, 2 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P8 there hasty defense allow them to survive or will they be overrun? Players control GM: Duncan Adams & HAWKS sections of infantry in this short, sharp engagement. Players control sections of Sponsor: None, Prize: None infantry in this short, sharp engagement. Combat Patrol uses cards to resolve not Period: Medieval, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Lionheart only activation but combat. This is a very fast, dice-less, and chart-less, but not It's a grueling medieval battle ... and you are in command. Deploy your army in simplistic, system. this miniatures game version of Parker Brothers' classic board game "Lionheart." The HAWKS will be hosting one table of shorter games for Kids all day Saturday. S:124:14 Those Crazy Yugoslavian Partisans! – Theme Come help us introduce your kid to the fun of miniature gaming. Saturday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL4 GM: Patrick Hreachmack S:341:14 NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE: Cult Uprising in Hab Sector 7 Sponsor: P. T. Dockyards & Peco Armor, Prize: Coastal WW-2 1/600 miniatures Saturday, 2:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D25 Period: World War II, Scale: 1:600th, Rules: Flaklighter II GM: Chris Showers During WW-2, the Adriatic was a hot bed of coastal night actions. Night time was Sponsor: None, Prize: None hunting time for coastal forces seeking out enemy transport and naval forces as Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE & House both sides sought to gain control of these important waters. Did you know that the rules. RN and Yugoslavian Naval Partisans routinely held contests to see who could Foul covens of Chaos are performing vile rituals in the Underhive. Can you put capture enemy ships faster? But the German Kustenjager units were just as aside your House rivalries and work with the other gangs to stop them, or will

4 / 2 5 / 2 0 1 8 P a g e 39 | 49 Historicon® 2018 Events List Event numbers contain a 2-digit game start hour designation (24hr time) as the last 2 numbers effective. It will be bloody and frantic as these enemies come together. Do you Saturday, 3:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG10 dare join the fun? No gamers under age 18 please. GM: Andy Waxtel Sponsor: None, Prize: None S:583:14 WIZARD OF OZ: I DO BELIEVE IN SPOOKS! Period: Medieval, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Tactic Modified Saturday, 2:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF3 Richard I (The Lionhearted) of England's led A crusader or me toward Jerusalem. GM: Petey Panzeri III & MBA Saladin (The Sultan of Egypt) moved to stop him by the city of Arsouf. Kids under Sponsor: m, Prize: MVP Prizes from MBA 13 please be accompanied by an Adult Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: WICKED WITCH RULES! By Pete Panzeri S:213:15 Centennial: Over the Second Battle of the Marne Just when Dorothy & Toto thought it was safe to go back in the Castle. That whole Saturday, 3:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 20, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D81 "Wicked Witch & Flying Monkey thing" has all gotta come back up again... Not to GM: Roxanne Patton mention those Poppies & Winkie Guards! Can the Lion, Tin-Man, Scare-crow, Sponsor: None, Prize: None Munchkins, Wizard all help? Or is it REALLY always up to Dorothy? " I do believe Period: World War I, Scale: 1/144, Rules: Check Your Six: Colorful Skies in SPOOKS! I do believe in SPOOKS! I do! I DO! I ~DO!~. Songs, Spells, Secret Both Germans and Allies were flying continuous missions over the last major Passages, Hats, & mayhem for all! German offensive. Late in the afternoon, 1Lt. Fred Norton's patrol was intercepted by a flight of Jasta 60. In the melee that followed, Lt.s Hoover and Schmidt forced- S:522:15 "Look sir, Droids! landed behind Allied lines brought down by Gunther Dubberke and Paul Volker. Saturday, 3:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Marietta, Table #: M5 Not suitable for children under 15. GM: Tom Vielott & Pittsburgh Band of Gamers Sponsor: None, Prize: None S:373:15 Cog Wars Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: The Sword and the Flame (Modified) Saturday, 3:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D23 The Death Star plans were not in the main computer of the captured Rebel ship. GM: Brian Whitaker Lord Vader will not be pleased if they are not found immediately - but who could Sponsor: None, Prize: Old Glory offering a ship to best player have them? Will the stormtroopers find what they're looking for? And can the Period: Medieval, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Cog Wars natives and farmers protect their homes and keep themselves alive? Men in armor fighting on ships that sink. Go figure. Close and board your enemies. Capture their ships. No experience necessary. All rules will be taught. Cabin boys S:308:15 7th September 1812 Borodino The Death Redoubt and girls welcome. Saturday, 3:00 PM, 6 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG6 GM: Michael Fatovic S:573:15 Convoy Search, April 1918 – Theme Sponsor: None, Prize: None Saturday, 3:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: New Holland, Table #: NH3 Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 54mm, Rules: Modified Shako II GM: Bill Cira & ODGW A great thorn lies in the way of Napoleon's endeavor to crush the Russian Army. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Will he be able to take the Death Redoubt in a timely manner, will he commit his Period: World War I, Scale: 1/3000th, Rules: Fleet Action Immenent most loyal and disciplined troopsâ€¦The Guard! You Decide! Come and see if you The German High Seas Fleet has sortied a select strike force consisting of its can change History Kids under 13 please be accompanied by an Adult newest battle cruisers and battle ships. They are searching for either a British convoy en route to Norway, or the small but powerful force of British warships S:482:15 A Skirmish in France patrolling the convoy route. The result might be a sharp clash between the largest Saturday, 3:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P4 and newest ships from each fleet. Rules taught, beginners welcome. GM: Buck Surdu & HAWKS Sponsor: None, Prize: None S:631:15 Into the Darkness: WARHAMMER 40K: The TRAILS (TANKS, Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Combat Patrol(TM): World War II TANKS and KNIGHTS) The Maginot Line has been outflanked and bypassed. The Germans are dashing Saturday, 3:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 24, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D71 through France to the coast. Lieutenant Carnot and his small platoon have been GM: Buford Culver tasked to hold a small rural crossroads to buy time for his battalion to form a new Sponsor: LXG & The MECHANICON, Prize: None defensive line to the West. Can the small band of Frenchmen hold back the Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: WARHAMMER 40K & House rules. German juggernaut long enough? Rules will be taught. Younger gamers welcome Come join us in a Warhammer 40,000 TANK and KNIGHT FEST. Knights are not with a participating adult. mere war machines, but relics from a lost age of wonders, adamantium-armoured giants from a forgotten era. One does not drive such an heirloom of the past - it S:260:15 Assault on Al Hillah 13 must be bonded with. During a strange and terrible rite known as the RITUAL of Saturday, 3:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D83 BECOMING aka (the TRAILS).Come command a tank, a squadron or a knight in GM: Stefan Sheckells this infamous rite of command. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Skirmish Sangin S:216:15 Lobositz 1756 Out-numbered Coalition Forces are trapped in an abandoned police station in a Saturday, 3:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG3 backwater Iraqi town; can they survive? Spec Ops captured a high value target GM: Timothy (Tim) Tilson who might be a bad guy and found shelter with a Liaison Team shutting down a Sponsor: None, Prize: None police station. On the outside is a group of determined Fedayeen trying to get back Period: Age of Reason, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Black Powder their Sheik who was kidnapped by foreign bandits. Enjoy the drama and suspense Lobosch Hill, outside Lobositz, 1 October 1756. King Frederick and his Prussian of Assault on Precinct 13 in Iraq. Beginners welcome. army are preparing to attack the Austrians under Field Marshal Browne. However there are Grenzers on a hill on the Prussian left flank. Frederick orders the Duke of S:312:15 Battle of Arsouf 1191 AD – Theme Bevern to clear the hill of those pesky rascals. However that is easier said than

4 / 2 5 / 2 0 1 8 P a g e 40 | 49 Historicon® 2018 Events List Event numbers contain a 2-digit game start hour designation (24hr time) as the last 2 numbers done. How quickly can Bevern clear the hill so the Prussian army can advance? The Dwarves and Elves are fighting again! Only this time a Ratling army has Can the Grenzers hold on and force Frederick to deploy more men on the hil away decided to "help" the Dwarves in sacking the Elvish capital. This battle will feature from his main assault? giants, hobbits, gnomes, wizards, even a ballista mounted on a triceratops! Players under 13 welcome with a playing adult. S:268:15 Operation Scimitar Modern Microarmor Session 4 Saturday, 3:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 11, Room: Host 2, Table #: HO2 1,2 S:272:15 The Battle of Leipzig - End Game – Theme GM: Scott Caldwell Saturday, 3:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD1 Sponsor: None, Prize: 1:350 Airplane GM: Leonard Bearden Period: Modern, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Combined Ops Sponsor: None, Prize: None A what if Nato invasion of Turkey after Russian intervention. American and Greek Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 10mm, Rules: La Petite Armee marines, American airborne and armor vs. Russian airborne, armor and Command a Corps or Wing in this re-fight of the 1813 Napoleonic Battle of mechanized infantry with Turkish armor and mechanized infantry as wildcards. No Leipzig. Fought on a 6' x 8' custom battlefield with more than 2000 figures, the re- experience necessary. Fourth of four sessions. A what if Nato invasion of Turkey fight was a big hit last year and should be even better. Players are encouraged to after Russian intervention. No experience necessary. Fourth of four sessions. participate in the LPA Napoleonic Academy running all day on Friday to familiarize themselves with the rules before the battle. Glory awaits! Plenty of room for S:413:15 SOCCER! World Cup 2018 Final! players on a walk-up basis. Players under 15 must be accompanied by a parent. Saturday, 3:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG9 GM: Bob Wiltrout S:202:15 This Most Presumptuous Dame – Theme Sponsor: None, Prize: None Saturday, 3:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D15 Period: Modern, Scale: 30mm, Rules: Corner Kick GM: Richard Wareing The ultimate prize - the 2018 World Cup. This game will match the winners of the Sponsor: None, Prize: None two semifinals played earlier this weekend. Previous Historicon World Cups (2010 Period: Dark Ages, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Lion Rampant (modified) and 2014) were won by Brazil - we'll see what happens this time! Rules are easy Saxo Grammaticus praised the shield maiden Lagertha as a "skilled amazon...of to learn, but basic knowledge of the rules and tactics of soccer is expected. matchless spirit." But he also criticized her as "this most presumptuous dame" who Players under 10 are welcome if accompanied by playing adult. murdered her husband and took his kingdom because she "thought it pleasanter to rule without her husband than to share the throne with him." Join Lagertha, her S:147:15 SOCOM & Sorcery 2.0 shield maidens, and their Viking allies as they try to earn their places in Valhalla. Saturday, 3:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D26 Or stand with the men of England as they defend home and country against the GM: Miles Reidy pagan scourge. Sponsor: None, Prize: Beyond your dreams of avarice Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Homebrew S:602:15 WASHINGTON'S GAMBLE: 1778 – Theme Recent aerial reconnaissance has discovered ominous Egyptian ruins near the Saturday, 3:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 16, Room: Cornwall, Table #: C1-3 head of the Nile River. It must be something big as multiple teams of crack troops GM: Pete Panzeri are being dispatched to find out exactly what is going on. SOCOM and Sorcery is Sponsor: Old Glory, Prize: Cool Prizes from Old Glory THE definitive historical simulation of modern squad level tactics vs. the Dark Period: American War for Independence, Scale: 28mm, Rules: FRONTIERS IN Gods of Egypt. Perhaps you can answer the age-old question - can a TOW missile FLAMES take out a Dragon? SOCOM and Sorcery 2.0 is an improved version of last year's The Monmouth NJ Campaign: Washington's newly trained and equipped very popular game and uses simple homebrew rules. Children are welcome w/ American Continental Regulars and Militia catch up to the rear guard of the Parent. withdrawing British. But will a fierce British Counter Attack succeed? Which army will collapse first in the Summer heat? An intense & exciting battle. Random S:105:15 Somewhere on the Cer - The Balkans, 1914 events, hats, cheers and mayhem. What's not to love? Come CHECK-OUT Saturday, 3:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG2 "FRONTIERS-in-FLAMES" from OLD GLORY in The CORNWALL ROOM. GM: Jared Fishman Sponsor: None, Prize: None S:389:16 A Parting Shot, Parthia vs. Rome 55BC Triumph! Campaign Event Period: World War I, Scale: 10mm, Rules: Field of Battle 2 – Theme Elements of an Austrian corps, with artillery support, plan to counterattack and Saturday, 4:00 PM, 8 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D51 break through Serbian forces in an attempt to clear a viable path towards GM: David Kuijt Belgrade. Can the demoralized Austrians muster the courage to shatter the Serbs, Sponsor: Washington Grand Company, Prize: Plaque or will they continue to underperform and fail on the battlefield? We will see! Rules Period: Ancients, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Triumph will be Brent Oman's Field of Battle 2, a fast moving game that uses a sequence Since the Battle of Pydna destroyed Macedonian power, Rome had slowly been deck instead of a fixed, predictable turn sequence to determine when units move, filling the power vacuum. Now Parthia and Rome now share a border. This is a fight, and fire. While experience with the rules would be beneficial, it is not campaign event where players take a territory and an army and fight a series of 1 mandatory. hour battles to build their empire. Loaner armies available for players with PEL tickets, those PEL slots are intended for new players. If you have your own army, S:464:15 The Battle of Griffin's Farm – Theme please pre-register online on the TRIUMPH forum to have us hold your space. Saturday, 3:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P7 New players are welcome, the rules are quick to learn, we encourage you get a GM: David Schlegel & HAWKS quick practice game in beforehand in one of the one hour Triumph Demos! Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Fantasy, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Bear Yourself Valiantly (Look Sarge, No S:612:16 ASSAULT ON THE ETNA LINE, JULY 1943 - 75TH ANNIVERSARY! Charts: Fantasy, Ancients, Renaissance) Saturday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D61 GM: Louis Valenti

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Sponsor: W.A.M.P., Prize: None is confident of victory, but Fairfax outnumbers the King. Failure for either side Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: World At War could be catastrophic to their cause. Patton's 7th Army races Montgomery's 8th Army to break through the Axis line of defense around Mt. Etna, Sicily. This game will combine the two battles of Troina S:165:16 Picnic Panic Walk Up Demo (Kid Friendly) & Centuripe. Can the Allies break through the Axis defenses? Can the Germans Saturday, 4:00 PM, 1.5 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG1 and Italians buy time for their evacuation and defense of mainland Italy? Hold on GM: Ben Rubin to your raviolis cause we're bringing fast & fun back to WW2 gaming! This is a Sponsor: None, Prize: None Divisional Level, fast-play game. Beginner friendly & Rules Taught. No Kids under Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Picnic Panic 14 w/o parent. No food. Come try Picnic Panic, the game of ant warfare. Command a tribe of ants, each with its own unique abilities and advantages, as you wage war over a treasure S:569:16 Cold War gone HOT! trove of candy left by careless humans. Play as the noble firstborn,the strong Saturday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: New Holland, Table #: NH1 horned ants, the undead black ants, or the hard fighting, hard partying nomants. GM: Kenny Noe & ODGW Eat the candy you capture. Fast-play, easy to learn introduction to the hobby. Sponsor: ODGW, Prize: None Adults welcome with playing child. No ticket required. Period: Modern, Scale: 12mm, Rules: Mein Panzer Core Rules The Red Bear Strikes!! It is a time of Aquarius, when the US has won the Space S:442:16 Plastic Pirates Plunder Port Race, embarrassed the USSR and is an unpopular war in Southeast Asia. Saturday, 4:00 PM, 2 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Paradise, Table #: P8 Brezhnev has had enough of US / NATO aggression and fears another more GM: Geoff Graff & HAWKS widespread "Prague Spring" in the Warsaw Pact countries. USSR invades West Sponsor: None, Prize: None Germany to re-unite the country. Come play Mein Panzer with a modern twist. Period: Age of Piracy, Scale: 40mm, Rules: Plastic Pirates Rules Taught, beginners Welcome. In the quiet port town of Plastique things are so normal. The mayor is greedy, the population angry, the soldiers are hungry, and the Islanders are irritated. And then S:359:16 ESR Napoleonics with the Designer the Pirates arrive! Now what do you expect will happen?? The HAWKs provide Saturday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D32 another game for the younger gamer. GM: David Ensteness Sponsor: The Wargaming Company, LLC, Prize: Nappy the Pen-Ginâ„¢ T-Shirt S:345:16 Report to HQ: Game 3 Battle of Hannut – Theme and a discount in our vendor booth! Saturday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D33 Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 10mm, Rules: ESR Napoleonics Second Edition (Et GM: Ron Carnegie sans resultat!) Sponsor: None, Prize: None A grand tactical, perspective based Napoleonic wargame, focused on building Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Chain of Command pressure against the enemy, while struggling to manage the fatigue of your troops By midday of the 13th of May, 1940 the Germans had mostly taken the Belgian and the timing of commitment. "The command system is the core of this ruleset, plains. French Lt Le Bel is ordered to drive two of his three Hotchkiss tanks reaching a compromise between simplicity and realism rarely met in other through the open ground of the last remaining French held villages to get further rulesets."-Dadi&Piombo"â€¦if you really want to find yourself in the shoes of a orders. Can he survive the German gauntlet to report? The final battle of the Battle marshal, make decisions like a general rather than a colonel, then ESR deserves of Hannut mini-campaign. your full attention."-Vae Victis ESR Napoleonics can be played at any ground scale and with any scale figures. We'll be using 10mm and 150 yards per inch in S:283:16 The Battle of Grimball's Landing, July 16, 1863 this game. Saturday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D43 GM: John Wilk S:579:16 Mein Zombie: Plan 9.5 from Outer Space Sponsor: None, Prize: None Saturday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: New Holland, Table #: NH2 Period: American Civil War, Scale: 25mm, Rules: "By Company, Into Line! GM: Mike Trauger & ODGW To divert Confederate reinforcements from a renewed attack on nearby Fort Sponsor: None, Prize: None Wagner, Brig. Gen. Quincy A. Gillmore designed two feints. An amphibious force Period: Zombie Apocolypse, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Mein Zombie ascended Stono River to threaten the Charleston & Savannah Railroad bridge. A Once more Aliens are trying to conquer the Earth by unleashing ravenous zombie second force, consisting of Alfred Terry's division, landed on James Island on July hordes. Dr. Romero has built a weapon to destroy their control ship, but his 8. Soon, Terry demonstrated against the Confederate defenses, but did not launch compound has been overrun. Your mission is to rescue Dr. Romero, destroy the a major attack. On July 16, the Confederates attacked Terry's camp at Grimball's enemy spaceship, and save the planet! No pressure! Never mind that zombies are Landing. Under 15 Allowed if accompanied by a playing adult. trying to eat you! Mein Zombie is a fun fast game that is easy to learn, so you can save your brains for the zombies! Rules taught. Beginners welcome. This is a S:292:16 The Witch's Cauldron – Theme repeat of the game held Friday 4 PM. Saturday, 4:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D63 GM: Curt Daniels S:497:16 Naseby June 14, 1645 Sponsor: None, Prize: None Saturday, 4:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Marietta, Table #: M1 Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Fireball Forward GM: Nigel Marsh & Carnage and Glory 14 April 1941 Near the El Adem Road. As Rommel makes one final push to Sponsor: None, Prize: None capture Tobruk, elements of the 5th Panzer Regiment assault a Commonwealth Period: English Civil War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Carnage&GloryII artillery line deep within the defensive perimeter. Familiarity with the rules helpful King Charles and Rupert commanding a veteran force of foot and horse, meet but beginners are welcome. Fairfax and the New Model, in the first major engagement of Parliament's highly trained, organized, well equipped and cohesive new army. The Royalist field army S:493:17 Battle of Kolin: June 18, 1757 - Frederick's First Defeat Saturday, 5:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Marietta, Table #: M7

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GM: Edward Harding & Carnage and Glory S:230:18 Aerodrome(R) 2.0 World War 2 Aerial Combat: Pearl Harbor Part 2 - Sponsor: None, Prize: unit honors trophys Second Wave Period: Seven Years War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Carnage & Glory computer rules Saturday, 6:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 24, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG7,8 Frederick the Great attacks superior Austrian Forces under Field Marshall Daun GM: Stanley Kubiak sent to relieve the siege of Prague. Can the Prussians reverse the historic result Sponsor: Aerodrome(R) Aerial Combat Games, Prize: Wings and Medals and force the Austrians off the Pierovsky and Krechor hills and possibly bring a Period: World War II, Scale: 1:144th, Rules: Aerodrome(R) 2.0 - World War 2 swift end to the war. Aerial Combat Game A hypothetical Day of Infamy played out on a custom map! A second wave of S:156:17 Battle of Stones River Dec 31, 1862 – Theme Japanese carrier-based bombers returns to Pearl to finish the job. This time, Saturday, 5:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D75 though, they run into USN Wildcats from the returning USN carriers, out for GM: Troy Turner revenge. An air-naval combat scenario using the WW2 adaptation of the popular Sponsor: Maphogs, Prize: None Aerodrome(R) 1.1 aerial combat system. Rules taught, equipment provided; Wings Period: American Civil War, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Brigade Fire & Fury 2 & Medals awarded for Victories and Valor. Female- and spouse-friendly game; Union Gen Rosecrans brought his army out to fight Confederate Gen Bragg just under 15 only with playing adult. outside of Nashville after much prodding from above. What followed was the deadliest battle of the entire war. Bragg savagely attacked and folded up the Union S:507:18 Along the Hudson, 1777 line. Only desperate stand up fighting saved the Union Army from destruction. Saturday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M2 Some of the most gallant and bloody actions in military history were commonplace GM: Richard Mentch & Carnage and Glory on this day. Come and see the elephant! Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: American War for Independence, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Carnage & GloryII S:337:17 BattleTech - CONFRONTATION AT TORADO (SwordSworn vs Sir Henry Clinton tries to turn the tables on the American Northern Army after his Galactic Empire) #2 relief of the remnants Burgoyne's forces. Saturday, 5:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL1 GM: Bob Swett S:179:18 Bomben Auf Engeland III - Heinkels – Theme Sponsor: , Prize: Saturday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D42 Period: SciFi, Scale: 6mm, Rules: AlphaStrike (Advanced) GM: Martin Fenelon BattleTech vs. Star Wars. It's been 3 years since the Galactic Empire invaded the Sponsor: MSD Games, LLC, Prize: Merchandise Certificate star system Torado and the Davion forces have barely been hanging on. With the Period: World War II, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Fight for the Skies: Luftwaffe arrival of Davion re-enforcements, Lt. Colonel Roger Tedmoore leads the 107th 1946 Armoured Rgt against the dark forces. Are you able to out maneuver/fight and The Battle for France is over, the Battle of Britain has begun. Massive bombing reclaim Torado? This is not your normal mech-vs-mech BattleTech conflict, but is raids are coming in every day, stretching the 'few' more and more as they get a more realistic tactical game that employs armor, infantry, air, and artillery as fewer. Fat Herman is sending in another large raid, and the RAF is rising to meet supplemented by mechs. This is a faster pace, no paperwork, tactical game. All it. Desperate air-to-air combat is a certainty, the result is always in doubt. Fast play materials provided. New to experienced players; children under 14 must be air-to-air rules, each player will control multiple aircraft. No experience necessary, accompanied by adult rules will be taught.

S:142:17 Clash in the Pines: Battle of Olustee, Florida S:544:18 Brazen Chariots -The Battle of Sidi Rezegh – Theme Saturday, 5:00 PM, 6 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D73 Saturday, 6:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Vistas C, Table #: VC1 GM: David Skibicki GM: Adam Wine & NOWS Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: Certificates Period: American Civil War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: This Hallowed Ground Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Brazen Chariot WWII Tank Battles (Modified) During the opening moves of Operation Crusader, November 1940, the British 7th February 20th, 1864, General Truman Seymour wants to have his own Sherman- Armoured Brigade captured the strategic airfield of Sidi Rezegh. The Germans like glory against orders in the state of Florida by marching from Jacksonville to want it back, so on the morning of Nov. 21, the panzers of the 8.Panzer-Regiment, Tallahassee. His goal is to further cripple Florida's supply lines to the northern 15.Panzer Division and the 5.Panzer-Regiment, 21.Panzer Division attacked from fighting Confederates. However, the Confederate forces are aware of his plans the southeast. Can the A15 Crusader tanks of the 7th Queens Own Hussars hold and lie in ambush to strike. Union Forces clash with Confederate forces in the them until the tanks of the 4th and the 22nd Armoured Brigades arrive? largest land battle in Florida. Come decide whether the historic Confederate Victory stands or the Union changes fortune in a re-fight of The Battle of Olustee! S:356:18 Down in the Delta Saturday, 6:00 PM, 6 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD3 S:494:17 Saxons at Gross Beeren 23 August 1813 GM: James Brokaw Saturday, 5:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 7, Room: Marietta, Table #: M6 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: John Snead & Carnage and Glory Period: American Civil War, Scale: 10mm, Rules: Iron and Glory Sponsor: None, Prize: None A Union fleet of supply schooners and wooden gunboats have arrived at the Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Carnage & Glory II mouth of the Big Muddy River. A Confederate force of wooden gunboats and The French/Saxon VII Corps, under General de Division Reynier, is in the forefront ironclads must sail down stream and eliminate the supply ships before Union of the French advance. Maybe a little too much to the front? Prussian monitors can arrive. Simple rules. Generalleutnant von Bulow is aiming to take advantage of their exposed position! This time without the rain! A fight in the early fall of 1813. S:615:18 Escaping the Doom at Secoris Saturday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 9, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG4 GM: Jared Smith

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Sponsor: Second Saturday Scrum Club, Prize: None Period: World War II, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Check Your 6 Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Space Hulk - 4th edition Despite Mingaladon airbase being attacked earlier in the day, the Japanese The Blood Angels Space Marines encounter the horrific alien Genestealers for the conducted their planned air assault on the combined RAF/Flying Tiger base at first time on a space hulk in the Secoris system, and try to escape before they are Magwe, Burma. Some scheduling issues caused the bombers to arrive at the all wiped out! Rules will be taught. No children under 12, please. target prior to their escort. Can the Hurricanes and Tomahawks stop the Sallys escorted (sort of) by Nates and Oscars from blasting their base? Scenario taken S:453:18 Fantasy Combat Patrol: The Dwarven Loot Train from Brian Dewitt's Battles Above 3 book. Players above 14 years of age only, Saturday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P1 please. GM: Christopher Palmer & HAWKS Sponsor: None, Prize: None S:640:18 Isandlwana – Theme Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Combat Patrol Saturday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 14, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D11 Try out the innovative fast-paced Combat Patrol rules in a Fantasy setting; using a GM: David Burton modified version of the upcoming official Border Reivers supplement. Dwarves try Sponsor: None, Prize: None to protect their loot train from marauders Children under 14 only with a playing Period: Colonial, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Bayonets and Spearpoints adult. Battle of Isandlwana - Lt. Raw's troopers have found the Zulu Impi. The camp is alerted and the 24th regiment is stood to. British regulars, colonials, and the NNC S:543:18 FIGHTING STEAM - Head 'Em Off at the Head of the Passes! will battle the Zulu regiments. Ammo rules will be in play for the British with ammo Saturday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Vistas C, Table #: VC2 bearers doing their best to keep up with the demand. As for the Zulus...well there's GM: Paul Meyer & NOWS thousands of them... Children under 13 welcome with playing adult Already have Sponsor: None, Prize: None Diselfink table 11 reserved Period: American Civil War, Scale: 1:1000th, Rules: FIGHTING STEAM Seizing an opportunity, Confederate raiders and runners attempt to drive through a S:558:18 Operation Freedom Train weak spot in the Federal blockade and break out into the Gulf. Blue water Saturday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Limerock, Table #: Li1 warships of all shapes and sizes clash in a fog-shrouded free-for-all at the mouth GM: Jim Thompson & RAW of Pass a l'Outre. Fighting Steam is a fast-play game for ACW naval actions Sponsor: None, Prize: None inspired by the SPI classic Fighting Sail: Sea Combat in the Age of Canvas and Period: Vietnam War, Scale: 1:285 micro, Rules: Check Your 6 Jet Age Shot 1775-1815. Rules will be taught. Young players welcome with a playing adult. F-4's from the 469th TFS are on a MIGCAP mission in the Hanoi area. GCI vectored a flight of Mig-19's to the area to engage them. No one under 16 with out S:502:18 Great Northern War Campaign, Poland, September, 1706 Game 5 – a playing adult. Theme Saturday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M4 S:562:18 Operation Luttich Aug. 7th, 1944 – Theme GM: David Bonk & Carnage and Glory Saturday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Limerock, Table #: Li2 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Van Osgood & RAW Period: Age of Reason, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Carnage and Glory Computer Sponsor: None, Prize: None Moderated Period: World War II, Scale: 6mm, Rules: Challenger XXI In Poland, September, 1706 Russian and Saxon forces have begun a siege of Last 25 Panthers of 2nd Pz Div counterattacks US breakthrough near Mortain Warsaw, Poland. The Russians siege train is marching south to join the besieging against Combat Command of 3rd ARMD Div 2 miles north of Avranches. forces. Swedish forces, supported by their Polish allies, are intent on destroying the siege train before it gets to Warsaw. Using the Carnage and Glory campaign S:130:18 Pancho Villa! system Russian and Swedish forces will maneuver across central Poland and Saturday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 9, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D45 generate tabletop games to be fought using the C&G computer moderated rules GM: Victor Hiris throughout the convention. Players will command Swedish or Russian forces to Sponsor: None, Prize: None fight to tactical battles and the results will be returned and used to generate the Period: Western, Scale: 25mm, Rules: achtung gringo next battle. Pancho Villa raids Columbus, New Mexico!

S:403:18 Hot Time in the City - Kharkov, October 1941 – Theme S:169:18 Pavlov's House Saturday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D62 Saturday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D82 GM: Brian Cantwell GM: David Shuster Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Battlegroup Barbarossa Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Bolt Action 2.0 As the final push to Moscow unfolds to the north, elements of the German 57th Stalingrad 1942: Pavlov's House was a fortified apartment building, which Red Infantry Division, with support from the StuGs of Sturm Battalion 197, attack into Army held for 60 days against a large German offensive in fall of 1942. The siege Kharkov. The Soviets must with hold back the Germans as the vital industries of lasted from 27 Sept. to 25 Nov. 1942. Eventually the Soviets managed to relieve Kharkov are loaded up and shipped east through a shrinking corridor. The infantry the siege. It gained its popular name from Sgt. Yakov Pavlov, who commanded of the 216th Rifle Division join the last vehicles out of the tank factories in an urban the platoon that seized the building and defended it during the long battle. Bring brawl for the streets of Kharkov. your 750pt German or Soviet army to this event (not required). This battle is only winnable with inf. Street-fighting Academy Armies of the Soviet Union Theater S:566:18 IJAAF Strike Back at Magwe - March 21, 1942 Selector on EasyArmy or in the Bolt Action rules are in force (only period vehicles Saturday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Limerock, Table #: Li3 and men GM: Keith Eshelman & RAW Sponsor: None, Prize: Prizes graciously donated by I-94 Enterprises once again. S:436:18 Sharpe's Priest – Theme

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Saturday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 9, Room: Host 1, Table #: HO1 1,2 The HAWKs annual Historicon Armies for Kids giveaway game, this time it's GM: Robin Empey Ancient Warfare. After playing this game, all the kids in the game take home two Sponsor: None, Prize: none armies and some extra goodies to play with their friends. Gamers 10 and under Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Green Jackets and Voltigeurs - by - only. The HAWKs wish to thank the gamers whose donations made this game Battlefield Game Designs possible. Richard Sharpe and his Chosen Men have been ordered to retrieve a French Catholic Priest, who has been hiding in the small Spanish village of Cordoba ,and S:402:19 Battle For Independence bring him back to alive for interrogation. His capture is crucial as he has valuable Saturday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D12 documents outlining the locations and directions used by the French convoy lines GM: James Lombardi throughout the Spanish region. British Intelligence wants both the priest and his Sponsor: None, Prize: None invaluable paperwork. Will Sharpe once again save the day or will the French Period: American War for Independence, Scale: 54mm, Rules: All The Kings finally triumph? This game is not for children under 14 years of age Men A meeting engagement between the British Redcoats and The Continental Army. S:354:18 The Struggle for Omaruru (German South-West Africa, 1904) The Continental Army is trying to drive the veteran Redcoats back across the sea. Saturday, 6:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D34 Will the victory be for the Continentals or His Majesty's Army. GM: Roy Jones Sponsor: Recreational Conflict, Prize: German South-West Africa Miniatures S:152:19 Battle of Geronium, 217 BC – Theme Period: Colonial, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Sword and the Flame (Modified) Saturday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D31,41 The Hereros hold the German garrison town of Omaruru; the Kaiser wants it back! GM: Peter Anderson But Herero riflemen are defending in depth from stone fieldworks and strong Sponsor: None, Prize: None points, with their usual courage and skill. A tough job awaits Hauptmann Franke's Period: Ancients, Scale: 28mm, Rules: To the Strongest! elite 2nd Feldkompagnie. From the scenario book "The Herero War"•. More at: Hannibal sets a trap for Minucius Rufus, commanding half of the Roman army, but www.hererowars.com. Fabius Maximus is watching from the Mountains with the other half of the army. Can the Romans avoid yet another defeat by the wily Carthaginian? Fast playing S:473:19 A Battle During The Year Of The Four Emperors rules with a subtly gridded table and cards, but no dice! Saturday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P3 GM: David Wood & HAWKS S:277:19 Battletech - Capture the Flag Sponsor: None, Prize: None Saturday, 7:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Kinderhook, Table #: K1 Period: Ancients, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Look Sarge, No Charts - Bear Yourselves GM: Edward Wright Valiantly Sponsor: None, Prize: None It's AD 69, Galba had replaced Nero, Otho replaced Galba, and now Vitellius is Period: SciFi, Scale: , Rules: Battletech - Total Warfare marching from Germany, with overwhelming forces to replace Galba. But Galba's Your units have been bid to win a trial of possession for the planet of Rasalhague. allies have taken all but one of the bridges and fords in their path. Can Vitellius' This trial will be in the form of an ancient Terran game of capture the flag. All forces take the last bridge, or will Galba's take it (and also any change of Vitellius materials, miniatures and dice will be provided. Intermediate to experienced marching on Rome before Galba reinforcement's arrive from the east?) players and no Players under 15 years old.

S:290:19 Among the Wasteland Wreckage S:471:19 Chief's Modified Top Gun Korea Saturday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG5 Saturday, 7:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Paradise, Table #: P2 GM: Joseph McGuire GM: Donald Smith & HAWKS Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: THt Period: Modern, Scale: 1:160th, Rules: Modified Top Gun Out in the hotzones the wreckage of an old airliner has been discovered. Can you Air to Air combat between F-86s vs Mig-15s. Who will survive. and your warband make it out alive with the haul of a lifetime. Brave wasteland critters and other scavengers to pick the great bird's rusted corpse clean. S:616:19 Dead Run Home Base Radiation burns, lacerations, and bullet holes free for all takers. Due to matural Saturday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D62 content, game may be inappropriate for young wastelanders. GM: Michael Pierce Sponsor: None, Prize: None S:297:19 Another Day in Gao Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Dead Run (Home) Saturday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD2 The zombie apocalypse continues to ravage the world. A group of survivors is on GM: Jim Casey the move from a horde that has been following them. They have found a small Sponsor: DishDash Games & Phalanx Consortium, Prize: None town that might offer sanctuary. But first they must eliminate all of the zombies, Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Skirmish Sangin and find the ammo, food and meds they need to be safe. Children under 12 with A squad of Legionaries are 'babysitting' a Malian army unit retrieving stolen arms adult player. in Gao Mali. The assignment is cake so far... Rules will be taught and have fun. S:593:19 Desert Breeze S:447:19 Armies for Kids Giveaway; Ancients Saturday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF4 Saturday, 7:00 PM, 2 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Paradise, Table #: P8 GM: Kirk Stephens & MBA GM: Chris Johnson & HAWKS Sponsor: Miniature Building Authority, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Modern, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Open Conflict Period: Ancients, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Milk and Cookies Rules Mayhem and chaos rule in a third world town as the war on terror returns.

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S:188:19 Destroyermen: The Dominion assault on Saint Francis – Theme Sponsor: NOVAG, Prize: None Saturday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D85 Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Sword and the Flame - Modified GM: Leo Walsh The Haitian Slave Revolt started in August 1791 with central organizer Voodoo Sponsor: None, Prize: None Priest Boukman. French forces loyal to the French Crown and Colonists battled Period: Fantasy, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Unpublished back and forth with the Slave Army. In 1793 many French units were called back Thousands of regular Dominion troops move on St. Francis from the south as the to Europe and the Slave Army took to the offense. Toussaint L'Ouverture became few Imperial regulars and every able bodied man fills in the militia of the colony. leader of Black forces some time after Boukman was killed in battle. Old artillery pieces of assorted sizes, naval cannon, and regular artillery are hauled down to the perimeter barricade. This is a battle from the pages of Taylor S:468:19 Junta Anderson's "Destroyermen"• series. Grand tactical rules are easy to learn, fast Saturday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 7, Room: Paradise, Table #: P9 playing and bloody. GM: Eric Schlegel & HAWKS Sponsor: None, Prize: None S:418:19 Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago Period: Modern, Scale: 20mm, Rules: GASLIGHT Saturday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF1 The classic board game has been turned into a miniatures game, so head on GM: Jeffrey Hiley down to Los Republica de los Bananas for coup season. Takeover as head of a Sponsor: None, Prize: None powerful family and fight to support or overthrow El Presidente. Players under 13 Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Frostgrave: Ghost Archipelago welcome with a playing adult. The Ghost Archipelago appears every few centuries. Filled with steaming jungles, lost cities, deadly monsters and untold treasures. Each player takes on the role of S:197:19 Kaiserschlacht bei Luft - Round 5: The Empire Strikes Back - Aug a Heritor, a superhuman warrior, leading a crew of adventurers in the Lost Isles, 1918 – Theme searching for wealth, and the fabled Crystal Pool. Beginners Welcome, rules Saturday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 18, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD4 taught. Kids under 12 must be accompanied by an adult. GM: Stanley Sunderwirth Sponsor: None, Prize: None S:127:19 GETTYSBURG- JULY 2, 1863 Period: World War I, Scale: 1:144th, Rules: Between the Crosses Saturday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D22 The Canadians and Australians counterattack with massive RAF support. This GM: Andy Niven time, it's the Luftstreitkraefte that has to try to prevent "The Black Day of the Sponsor: None, Prize: None German Army". Players will each control 1-3 aircraft with successful returning Period: American Civil War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: CARPE DIEM- DEVIL TO PAY players from previous rounds advancing in skill levels. Aircraft shot down will be Hoods assault on Devil's Den and the Round Tops. Easy to learn and fun to play. unavailable in future rounds. Rules will be taught. Under 13's allowed with playing adult. S:115:19 Operation Ironclad the Battle of Madagascar 5 May 1942 – Theme S:596:19 Gnome Wars: The Fort in Teutoburg Forest Saturday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D13 Saturday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Ballroom Foyer, Table #: BF3 GM: Richard Claydon GM: James Stanton & MBA Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: Miniature Building Authorityand Brigade Games, Prize: Buildings and Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Bolt Action Gnomes In order to prevent the Japanese from using Vichy French controlled Madagascar Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Gnome Wars as a submarine base the British planed an invasion and conquest of the island. H On the retreat after losing their brewery in a fierce battle, Lon's Lunkheads race to Force was removed from the Western Mediterranean and a mixture of regular and meet up with the rest of their clan at a German fort in Teutoburg Forest. The Indian Army troops assembled including 6 Valentine and 6 Tetrarch tanks. The Highlanders, Swiss, and Sikhs hope to catch and defeat Lon in order to crush his landings were unopposed but fighting became bogged down with well dug if monopoly of the gnome beer market. Let's hope that their pillaging of the brewery French forces and the tanks being taken out by artillery. To break the deadlock the doesn't influence the allies' battle readiness. Players with a painted 300-point unit old destroyer HMS Anthony dashed straight past the harbor defenses of Diego- from Brigade Games do not need pre-register. Rules will be taught. No one under Suarez and landed fifty Royal Marines. age 14 without a playing adult. Parent-Child teams encouraged. S:137:19 Pantheon: The Fall of Olympus S:369:19 Guadalcanal, August 1942 Saturday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D84 Saturday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 12, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D44 GM: Kalissa Skibicki GM: Peter Landry Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: Fantasy, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Mythic Battles: Pantheon Period: World War II, Scale: 1/200, Rules: Wings of Glory Zeus' reign over Olympus is over and chaos is rampant! The Titans and monsters Immediately after the US Marines secured the air strip, the Japanese started a have been released from Hades' realm. The Gods are too busy fighting each other campaign to regain it. Almost daily, air assaults were sent by the Japanese and for power. Legendary heroes have returned to the world. Mythic Battles: Pantheon met by the Marines in Wildcat and Dauntless along with the Army's 67th Pursuit allows you to pick a God and fight for the right to reign supreme. Who will you Squadron with P-400 aircraft. An early air battle on the 24th of August 1942 chose and will you prevail? Rules will be taught and kid (8+) friendly. consisted of a force of 24 Betty and 6 Kate bombers escorted by 29 Zeros were sent to attack Henderson. Some of the force had hit bad weather so they did not S:459:19 Poking Around the Van Deurne Kanal Oct 44 all meet as planned. Beginners welcome, rules taught, under 10 with adult. Saturday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P6 GM: Don Hogge & HAWKS S:249:19 Haitian Slave Revolt Sponsor: None, Prize: None Saturday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D35 Period: World War II, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Battleground GM: Brian Dewitt

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The Maas salient was seen as a quiet sector. The US 7th Armored Division was retainers are as loyal as he thinks, and subplots, betrayal, and deception are the moved into the area to free up British forces. Due to the marshy terrain and the theme of the day. Mayhem and confusion. That which makes the 13th century so belief the Germans were not capable of offensive action, the 7th Armored covered enjoyable. Figures are revivals of those characters from the medieval skirmish its front with small detachments while the main elements were further to the rear. board game Cry Havoc. Rules are Blood Eagle with modifications from Cry Havoc. On the fog shrouded morning Oct 27th 1944, the US 87th Recon would suffer a Join in for a rousing game of pillage, destruction, and grand old knightly prelude of the Ardennes offensive. Gamers under the age of 14 are welcome with arrogance. an adult. S:423:20 Into the Darkness: WARHAMMER 40K: The TRAILS (TANKS, S:527:19 Port Republic - June 9, 1862 TITANS and KNIGHTS) Saturday, 7:00 PM, 5 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Marietta, Table #: M9 Saturday, 8:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 24, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D26 GM: Jessee Scarborough & Pittsburgh Band of Gamers GM: James Harvey Sponsor: Test of Battle Games, Prize: Gift Certificates Sponsor: LXG & The MECHANICON, Prize: None Period: American Civil War, Scale: 15mm, Rules: Volley & Bayonet Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: WARHAMMER 40K & House rules. The day after Cross Keys, Jackson was faced with a tremendous dilemma. Come join us in a Warhammer 40,000 TANK and KNIGHT FEST. Knights are not Fremont's divisions remained west of the Shenandoah River, with Shields' division mere war machines, but relics from a lost age of wonders, adamantium-armoured east of the river. The river was in flood, and only crossable on the Port Republic giants from a forgotten era. One does not drive such an heirloom of the past - it bridges or to the north near Conrad's Store. In essence, Jackson had three must be bonded with. During a strange and terrible rite known as the RITUAL of options: (1) Attack Fremont, (2) Attack Shields, or (3) Retreat. Jackson believed BECOMING aka (the TRAILS).Come command a tank, a squadron, a knight OR Shields' command was the weaker force, and attacked. The rest is history. TITAN in this infamous rite of command. Scenario No. 5 from the new V&B ACW Scenario Book: A Storm in the Valley 1862. S:603:20 LEWIS & CLARK UNLEASHED - The [Con]QUEST – Theme Saturday, 8:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 32, Room: Cornwall, Table #: C1-3 S:477:19 Saga of Lower Uncton GM: Peter Panzeri Saturday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P5 Sponsor: OLD GLORY, Prize: Cool Prizes from OLD GLORY GM: James Mcwilliams & HAWKS Period: 19th Century, Scale: 28mm, Rules: FRONTIERS IN FLAMES Sponsor: Cotton Jim's Flags, Prize: Saga specific prize. NOT your Grandma's "Middle-School" Lewis & Clark. It's not just a Quest... It's a Period: Dark Ages, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Saga 1st ed. Flat-Out Con-Quest! Each Team of 3-5 Players get their OWN US Army The story of Lower Uncton continues. Fight for glory and booty! Write your own detachment pushing west on a FOUR TABLE QUEST. Recruit allies, "acquire" Saga! Will you go home empty handed or will you destroy your enemies an claim supplies, overcome the elements and vanquish all who oppose you. Face all all the spoils? Bring your own 4 point warband or use one provided. Children challenges and claim lands for the USA and ... maybe return alive. A WAR Game, under 14 welcome with an adult. a conquest game, a strategy game, and a Survival game. DON'T MISS THIS RARE CHANCE TO PLAY IN ONE OF THE craziest GAMES EVER! Come by S:315:19 Somewhere in the West Country THE CORNWALL ROOM & CHECK-OUT "FRONTIERS-in-FLAMES" from OLD Saturday, 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Heritage, Table #: HG10 GLORY. CAN YOU SURVIVE? SPECIAL COOL PRIZES for characters & Teams GM: John Hollier who do best. Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: English Civil War, Scale: 28mm, Rules: For Parliament? Or, the King? S:351:20 NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE: Campaign Turf War, Cycle #3 - It's 1643 and the old friends, Waller and Hopton, are battling it out across APOTHEOSIS Somerset. As Hopton marches south towards Bath, Waller moves to intercept him Saturday, 8:00 PM, 4 hrs, Players: 16, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D25 - what happens when they meet at Pennsylvania? Kids under 13 please be GM: Tony Spino accompanied by an Adult Sponsor: The MechaniCon and LXG gaming clubs, Prize: None Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE & House S:433:19 The Battle for Benning rules. Saturday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D46 Bring your own gang and battle for control in the weekend long Turf War! We will GM: Robert Varga host players as they battle for control of the zone in a Necromunda: Underhive Sponsor: None, Prize: None campaign throughout the weekend. Please refer to the Thursday event listing for Period: World War II, Scale: 1/72nd, Rules: Modified Bolt Action more info - Campaign - Necromunda Turf War, Cycle One Binning was one of the towns the German army used for their withdrawal from France. Binning was a main defensive position, due to its 3 bridges across the S:481:20 Rearguard at Outpost Priebe – Theme Elbe. These bridges were essential to both sides. Can you preserve or capture Saturday, 8:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Paradise, Table #: P4 them for use by your side? GM: Gregory Priebe & HAWKS Sponsor: None, Prize: None S:609:19 The Pesants are Revolting. Serfs Up! Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Star Wars Supplement Combat Patrol(TM): Saturday, 7:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 7, Room: Host 1, Table #: HO1 4 WWII GM: John Cone The Clones are advancing toward the Republic base camp on the planet of Sponsor: None, Prize: None Christophsis. Supplies are running low and the Trade Federation is refusing to let Period: Medieval, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Blood Eagle. Modifications from Cry any through to the Clone troopers. Droid forces advance steadily. Lieutenant Havoc Boomer and his Clone platoon conduct a delaying action at Outpost Priebe to give The villagers, and a few of the local nobles are furious over the abuses of their time for supplies and reinforcements to arrive. Can the Clones hold long enough? lord, Sir Clugney. When a renegade priest begins to enflame them further, Rules will be taught. Younger gamers welcome with a participating adult. Clugney moves to take the village and terminate this rebellion. But not all of his

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S:374:21 Forager – Theme GM: Jody Sherrill Saturday, 9:00 PM, 3 hrs, Players: 4, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D36 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Aryeh Levi Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Home rules Sponsor: Your Hobby Place, Prize: None Players get to choose from QB, QB reinforced, Avocado Wars, or anything in Period: Napoleonic, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Forager between. Fun, fast paced Napoleonic skirmish game! U:176:09 Smolensk 1941 – Theme SUNDAY EVENTS Sunday, 9:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL1 GM: John Thomasovich

Sponsor: None, Prize: None U:226:07 Annual Historicon Prayer Breakfast Period: World War II, Scale: 15mm, Rules: modified KISS Rommel Sunday, 7:30 AM, 1 hrs, Players: 20, Room: Vistas Café, Table #: Vistas Cafe By early July 1941 the Wehrmacht had completed the encirclement of Soviet GM: James Thomas forces in the Minsk-Bialystok pocket and prepared to tackle the next objective on Sponsor: Fellowship of Christian Wargamers, Prize: None the road to Moscow: Smolensk. Guderian's spearhead has crossed the Dnepr and Period: Modern-Current, Scale: None, Rules: The Word along with Hoth's panzergruppe is poised to strike eastward. Can the Red Army We welcome all to join us in a brief hour of Prayer! This is a tradition that dates finally stop them? Be a German divisional or Soviet corps commander fighting back to the early days of HMGS. We are a Christian group that welcome all for over 4,000 square miles of Mother Russia. Rules will be taught, beginners are breakfast and prayer. We look forward to your company on this day! See you this welcome. Sunday. If you want any additional information you can email me at

[email protected], and I will gladly answer. Thanks for your time! U:376:09 The Battle of Scarif

Sunday, 9:00 AM, 6 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D22,23 U:263:09 Close Action! - Sunday's Fleet Battle GM: Shawn Kaup Sunday, 9:00 AM, 6 hrs, Players: 25, Room: Strasburg, Table #: S1 Sponsor: None, Prize: None GM: Mark Campbell Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: Simple Skirmish House Rules Sponsor: None, Prize: None Rebel spies have infiltrated the Citadel Tower on Scarif in search of plans to the Period: Age of Sail, Scale: 1:600th, Rules: Close Action by Mark Campbell Empire's new super weapon, the Death Star. As Captain Andor and his team Captains! Come refight a dramatic naval battle from the Age of Fighting Sail, when frantically look for the Death Star plans, a small band of freedom fighters create a fleets of ships of the line dueled to determine who would rule the seas. Realistic diversion, and hold out hope that help will arrive. Participants can play as either a movement, combat, and limited communications rules assure that you'll get as Rebel unit or Imperial unit. This game will also feature armor vehicles and close to real combat as possible. Will YOU win Honor and Glory, or be disgraced spacecraft. in dishonorable defeat? Beginners Welcome. Rules taught, Kid Friendly Game. All materials provided, Please bring your own courage... U:430:10 Bataan! The Game

Sunday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 5, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D31 U:353:09 Into the Darkness: NECROMUNDA: Underhive: ASSAULT on GM: Roxanne Patton PRECINCT 13 Sponsor: None, Prize: None Sunday, 9:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D25 Period: World War II, Scale: 20mm, Rules: Disposable Heroes GM: Lisa O'Branty You've seen the movie! Now play the game! Staring Robert Taylor as Sgt. Bill Sponsor: LXG & The MECHANICON, Prize: None Dane 31st Infantry, Thomas Mitchell as Cpl. Jake Feingold 4th Chemical Coy, Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE & House Lloyd Nolan as Cpl Barney Todd 26th Cavalry, Robert Walker as Musician 2nd rules. Leonard Purckett, and Desi Arnez as Pvt. Felix 194th Tank Bn. A pickup platoon is The renegade Guilder Vec has been apprehended by the Adeptus Arbites for given the mission of holding back the Japanese advance over a viaduct bridge on selling unauthorized black market specials. The arbites are bringing him to the Bataan peninsula. precinct 13. Squads of enforcers and arbitrators have been deployed to make sure he gets there. A contract has been issued for the renegade guilder he must not get U:352:10 NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE: Campaign Turf War, Cycle #4 - The to the precinct. He's wanted ALIVE by his guilder brethren to be made an example SHOWDOWN of guilder justice. Come join us in the hunt for Guilder Vec or the protection detail Sunday, 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, Players: 16, Room: Distelfink, Table #: D26 for Guilder Vec. This is a bring and battle campaign event. Bring a 1000 credit GM: James Nicholson starter gang or use your gang from the turf war campaign. Sponsor: LXG & The MECHANICON, Prize: None

Period: SciFi, Scale: 28mm, Rules: NECROMUNDA: UNDERHIVE & House U:198:09 Kaiserschlacht bei Luft - Round 6: The Yanks are Coming - Sep rules. 1918 – Theme Bring your own gang and battle for control in the weekend long Turf War! We will Sunday, 9:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 18, Room: Vistas D, Table #: VD4 host players as they battle for control of the zone in a Necromunda: Underhive GM: Stanley Sunderwirth campaign throughout the weekend. Please refer to the Thursday event listing for Sponsor: None, Prize: None more info - Campaign - Necromunda Turf War, Cycle One Period: World War I, Scale: 1:144th, Rules: Between the Crosses

The U.S. Army Air Service (with French support) comes into its own in the St. U:467:10 The Thunder Dome Invitational Road Warrior Cross-country Race Mihiel Offensive. The Luftstreitkraefte fights back with new types coming on line. Sunday, 10:00 AM, 3 hrs, Players: 8, Room: Paradise, Table #: P1 Players will each control 1-3 aircraft with successful returning players from GM: Eric Schlegel & HAWKS previous rounds advancing in skill levels. Rules will be taught. Sponsor: None, Prize: None

Period: Future, Scale: 26299, Rules: Future Race (modified) U:368:09 Players Choice Sunday, 9:00 AM, 6 hrs, Players: 10, Room: Hotel Lobby, Table #: HL3

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Join the crazy race through a figure 8 course using Jamie Davis' popular Future Race rules, where bumping is encouraged (some say mandatory) and style points will be awarded for the most spectacular wreak. A new course will be used this year featuring a river and 3 bridges. Players under 13 welcome with a playing adult.

U:488:10 Zorro and the Dastardly Plot Sunday, 10:00 AM, 2 hrs, Players: 6, Room: Paradise, Table #: P3 GM: Duncan Adams & HAWKS Sponsor: None, Prize: None Period: 19th Century, Scale: 25mm, Rules: Blood And Swash On the distant fringe of the Spanish Empire the pueblo of Los Angeles has become a hotbed of intrigue. El Zorro - treasonous outlaw or peoples' hero, depending one your perspective - knows that something evil is afoot. Can he uncover the plot in time to defeat the evildoers?

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