Session 7 (10:00 am - 2:00 pm)
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The Death's Head at Andreevka - Battlegroup - 4 Players - Barry Brueggeman
Platoon level WWII: On July 12, 1943, near Kursk, the 6th Panzer Grenadier Regiment of the 3rd SS Panzer Division, Totenkopf, has established a bridgehead over the Pael River and are holding the nearby village of Andreevka. Elements of the 36th Guards Separate Heavy Tank Regiment of the 18th Tank Corps with support from the 127th Guards Motorized Rifle Regiment are trying to retake the village. Can the Guards retake Andreevka before it can be relieved? Scale: 6mm |
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Rangers Lead the Way! - V for Victory - 4 Players - Andy Bouffard
Two reinforced platoons of US Rangers of the 2nd Battalion, under Lieutenant Colonel "Big Jim" Rudder, assault prepared German positions in the Green Hell that was the Hurtgen Forest, where some of the strongest defenses of the West Wall were established. Scale: 28mm |
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SOG: Prairie Fire - Warfighter: Vietnam - 4 Players - Ben Clemenceau
1-4 players (ideal), 6 players (max). - Cooperative Command a MACV-SOG (Military Assistance Command, Vietnam - Studies and Observations Group) "spike team" as they navigate the jungles of Laos on a deniable operation to locate a Viet Cong logistics base and mark it for strike. Survive disease-ridden wetlands, incessant insect bites, and sweltering heat. Take down North Vietnamese patrols quickly and quietly. Fend off elite Viet Cong ambushes while evading larger enemy response groups. And when you locate the enemy base, mark it for air strikes and pull out! Warfighter: Vietnam is a cooperative, card-based wargame from Dan Verssen Games wherein players kit out infantry squads and trek them across the varied terrains, challenges, and encounters that US/ARVN/AUS soldiers faced in the Vietnam War. Players progress left-to-right across the board, generating emergent encounters and narrative stories together until they reach their objective and must complete a specific task. What matters more? Completing the objective? Or surviving for extraction? Scale: Board/Card Game |
Lunch (2:00 pm to 3:00 pm)
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Chow Time
We'll break for one hour to enjoy lunch and listen to a presentation by historic author Edward Cotham. Midtown Bar & Grill has a complete menu here. |
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Gabe Shuffield
An educator with the Battleship Texas Foundation, Gabe will update us on the current state of USS TEXAS and the BTF's plans for her in the future. |
Session 8 (3:00 pm - 7:00 pm)
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Bastogne - NUTS! - Brigadier General Commands - 6 Players - Daniel Shaw
This is the scenario out of the rule book and will be umpired by the author. Christmas Day 1944. Can the Germans break the ring of elite troops around Bastogne? Or will the US paras hold the line? Scale: 6mm |
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Don't Mess with Texas! - Reign of Steel at Sea - 4 Players - Ed Jablonski
Play the game whose picture is on the main page of this convention! Battleship Texas escorts a convoy in the N. Atlantic! This scenario uses the “Reign of Steel at Sea” Tactical Naval Combat System for the Avalanche Press’ Second World War at Sea series (using RADAR, floatplanes, plunging fire, etc.). It will be exciting and challenging for both sides (up to 2 players each side). Historically, BB-35 Texas and the German Battleship crossed tracks less than three days apart in early 1941. But what if they had met? In this scenario, the Bismarck and her escorting cruiser Prinz Eugen are assumed to have sailed just a few days later, and consequently have eluded their British interceptors. The German’s mission is to hunt and destroy helpless merchant ships, but here they have stumbled upon a valuable England-bound convoy escorted by the USS Texas, plus, a few American Destroyers as well. However, the USA is a still officially a neutral power! But you know what they say: Don’t mess with Texas! |
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Lego Moby Dick - More Agressive Now! - Community Rules - 8 Players - Andy Blozinski
Players will command their own harpoonin' whale boat to spear their way to glory conquering the great white menace of the seas. Or will they? Moby's not just a target this time. If there is enough time left, we'll run a round of the 4 player Jaws board game. One player is the shark chomping his way through meals, the others play Brody, Hooper, and Quint. Scale: Lego |
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Rangers Lead the Way! (Continued) - V for Victory - 4 Players - Andy Bouffard
Two reinforced platoons of US Rangers of the 2nd Battalion, under Lieutenant Colonel "Big Jim" Rudder, assault prepared German positions in the Green Hell that was the Hurtgen Forest, where some of the strongest defenses of the West Wall were established. Scale: 28mm |
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