Primary Events List (PEL)

NOVAG/PW WINTER GAME DAY
PRIMARY EVENTS LIST
GAME TITLE: The Battle of Artemisium - 480 BC
GAME MASTER: Brian DeWitt
PERIOD: Ancients
SCALE: 15mm
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 8
RULES: Greeks at Sea
TIME: 2 Hours
GAME DESCRIPTION: The Battle of Artemisium was a series of naval engagements
over three days during the second Persian invasion of Greece. The battle took place
simultaneously with the more famous land battle at Thermopylae, in August or
September 480 BC, off the coast of Euboea and was fought between an alliance of
Greek city-states, including Sparta, Athens, Corinth and others, and the Persian Empire
of Xerxes I. The Greek fleet was protecting the flank of the army at Thermopylae, whilst
attempting to not being cut off themselves. For the Persians, the strategic situation was
equally simple, although with more options. They needed to force their way through
either one of Thermopylae or Artemisium (since holding both was necessary for the
Allied effort), or to outflank either position. The Persians were at a significant tactical
advantage, outnumbering the Allies and having "better sailing" ships. The "better
sailing" that Herodotus mentions was probably due to the superior seamanship of the
crews; most of the Athenian ships (and therefore the majority of the fleet) were newly
built, and had inexperienced crews. This scenario represents part of the first day of the
battle when the Persians saw the Allied fleet rowing towards them and decided to seize
the opportunity to attack, even though it was late in the day, as they thought they would
win an easy victory.
GAME TITLE: Fontenoy
GAME MASTER: Tim Tilson
PERIOD: War of the Austrian Succession
SCALE: 15mm
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 5
RULES: Black Powder
GAME DESCRIPTION: In the spring of 1745, Marshal de Saxe prepared to invade the
Austrian Lowlands, and take Tournai. Facing him was an Allied army under the 23 year
old Duke of Cumberland. DeSaxe wanted to defeat the Allied army before starting the
siege. Thus he planned to goad them into attacking him. First he dispatched a column
towards Mons. Cumberland accepted the bait and moved his army there, while deSaxe
proceeded to Tournai. Realizing he had been hoodwinked, Cumberland then marched
towards Tournai where deSaxe awaited him on terrain of his choosing. The French
were in an extremely strong +L shaped position, with the village of Fontenoy forming the
hinge. The flanks were protected by woods and the river Schedlt. Finally deSaxe had
made the position stronger with the use of redoubts. At 2:00 a.m. the Allied army was
under arms and ready to advance.
GAME TITLE: Osona: Armored Trains vs Mounted Hereros (German South-West
Africa, 1904)
GAME MASTER: Roy Jones
PERIOD: Colonial
SCALE: 25mm
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 6
RULES: The Sword and the Flame (Modified)
GAME DESCRIPTION: A German armored train, with soldiers and a machine gun, on a
pleasure trip through scenic Hereroland. What could possibly go wrong? Except for
sabotaged tracks, derailed cars, and Herero rifle fire peppering the Germans as they try
to repair the damage. Plus mounted Hereros! A new Herero scenario by Tim Abbott,
derived from the “The Herero War” scenario & rules book by Roy Jones & Eric Alvarado.
For more, go to: http://omaheke.blogspot.com/2015/06/new-skirmish-scenario-incidentat-osona.html and http://www.hererowars.com/
GAME TITLE: The Mad Bolsheviks - Oct 30, 1918
GAME MASTER: Brian DeWitt
PERIOD: Post WWI
SCALE: 1/144
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 8
RULES: Check Your Six (modified)
GAME DESCRIPTION: The American 20th Aero Squadron was a Day Bombardment
Squadron, performing long-range bombing attacks on roads and railroads; destruction of
materiel and massed troop formations behind enemy lines using Liberty D.H.4s. The
‘Mad Bolshevik’ (carrying bombs) insignia marked their planes. The Bolsheviks of the
Russian revolution had not achieved the sinister connotations in the autumn of 1918 that
they later would, and the squadron members felt the bomb-lobbing radical represented
what they intended to do to the Germans. Here the 20th is returning from bombing
Belleville when they are attacked.
GAME NOTE: This game will start around 2:30 or immediately following Artesium.
GAME TITLE: End of an Iron Dream
GAME MASTER Jason Weiser
PERIOD: WWII
SCALE: 20mm
NUMBERR OF PLAYERS: 6
RULES: Battlegroup WWII
GAME DESCRIPTION: It is 1945, and the Soviets are closing in on the center of this
German city. Can a scratch German force hold off the inevitable? Or, can the Soviets
crush all German resistance and raise the red flag of victory over city hall? Come find
out?
GAME TITLE: WWII Air Battle
GAME MASTER: Dennis Wang
PERIOD: WWII
SCALE: 1/285
RULES: Air Force/Dauntless
GAME DESCRIPTION: Air Force/Dauntless with computer assist. 3" hexes and 1/200
airplanes (Wings of Glory scale) with telescoping flight stands equipped with climb/dive,
bank, altitude indicators. Bring your tablet/smartphone/laptop equipped with a WWW
browser. Windows, Mac, Android, Chromebook all OK. Paper and pencil not
required/used. Novices welcome. Rules PDF free on the Web or at the meeting.
GAME TITLE: Dieulouard: Cavalry to the Rescue GAME MASTER: Roxanne Patton PERIOD: WWII
SCALE: 20mm
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 4
RULES: Fireball Forward
GAME DESCRIPTION: D Troop, 25th Cavalry Reconnaissance reaches the Moselle
canal bridge as panzer grenadiers of the 29th Panzer Grenadier Reg't begin to cross.
GAME TITLE: Holding Hill 285
GAME MASTER: Alex Newhart
PERIOD: WWII
SCALE: 15mm
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 4 to 6
RULES: Fireball Forward
GAME DESCRIPTION: August 8, 1944, 0430 Hrs. Le Pilon,
Normandy, France. It is the second day of Hitler’s Operation Lűttich (the Mortain
Counteroffensive) and things are not going as planned. Americans of the 30th ID have
held their position on two key hills overlooking the city of Mortain allowing them to call
artillery down on the advancing Germans. Out of the fog and the early morning light
comes a determined assault by a Panzergrenadier battalion to retake Hill 285.
Experienced SS Panzergrenadiers, assault engineers, flamethrowers and tanks are
hurled at the understrength infantry company holding the hill. Can they
GAME TITLE: Ranger RECCE
GAME MASTER: Michael Byrne
PERIOD: Modern
SCALE: 28mm
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 6
RULES: Force on Force
DESCRIPTION: With all SEAL teams on missions, elements of the elite Ranger RECCE
unit and 3/75th Ranger Battalion were tasked to secure a high value target. Aerial
insertion had not worked in the past, so the Rangers would make their attack overland
from a staging point. The terrain was more difficult than expected and the attack started
at day break. Can the Rangers capture the high value target or will he escape again?
GAME TITLE: Assault on
GAME MASTER: Phil Pournelle
PERIOD: A Long Time Ago in a Galaxy Far, Far Away
SCALE: Galoob Micro Machines (1/188)
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: 2-6
RULES: West End Game’s Assault on Hoth
GAME DESCRIPTION: Imperial Forces have arrived to destroy the Rebel hideaway on
the ice planet Hoth. The only hope for maintaining the rebellion is to use the Ion
Cannons to enable transport ships to evade Imperial StarDestroyers. General Veers
and his ATAT forces have been dispatched to destroy the Ion Cannon and the defenders
of the base. Luke Skywalker leads Rogue squadron in a desperate attempt to delay the
Imperial Forces long enough to for Princess Leia to complete the evacuation and escape
in the Millennium Falcon. Will the Rebel Alliance survive? Or will the Imperial Forces
prevail? Will Luke be captured and turned to the Dark Side? Take command of either
Imperial or Rebel forces and decide the fate of the galaxy.
Administrative Details:
Winter Game Day will be held on Sunday January 31th 2016 starting at 1:00 p.m. at the
Centreville Library. The library is at: 14200 St Germaine Rd, Centreville VA 20121-2299
703-830-2233 (roughly I-66 and US 29). This event is free. All games start 1:00 p.m