Big Muddy Historical Game Alliance - BMHGA
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Big Muddy Historical Game Alliance
Big Muddy is located in the greater St. Louis, Missouri metropolitan area. We are a group of people interested in historical gaming of all types (miniature table top, board and computer). We are dedicated to bringing gamers of all ages and gaming interests together. And although our focus is on historical gaming, we welcome gamers of all genres, including science fiction, fantasy and role playing games.
Friday November 8th, 2019
Session One: 12:00PM - 4:00PM as of 10/08/2019
Session #1
Table #1/ KONRAD I-EARLY JANUARY 1945
Era & Scale: 144 World War II Ground Combat 2-4 players
Rules: Tank on Tank (modified) by: Lock & Load Publishing
GM Name: David Schaffner
Description: The new year of 1945 has the Soviets surrounding Budapest in Hungary, and their forces pressing ever closer to Germany's last meaningful supply of oil. Hungary must be held! From around Budapest, Panzer forces have been making desperate attacks in the hopes of relieving the city. To the SW, in the area before Zamoly, progress forward is being made.....
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Table #2/ Event: WESTERPLATTE 1939
Era & Scale: 20mm scale World War II Ground Combat 2-4 players
Rules: Bolt Action 1st Edition by: Warlord Games
GM Name: John Nozka
Description: In the early morning hours of September 1, 1939, the Germans launched an all out assault on the Polish military garrison at Westerplatte. This attack was not unexpected. The Poles has been fortifying the peninsula in preparation for what they believed would be inevitable hostilities. The Germans believed that the garrison would fall quickly, the Poles held out for seven days! Come fight the opening battle against the primary defensive position, Wartownia nr.1, at the foot of the peninsula.
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Table #2/ Event: ENEMY IN SIGHT
Era & Scale: 1/200 scale World War II Aerial Combat 2-10 players
Rules: Wings of Glory WWII by: Ares Games
GM Name: James Kantor
Description: Spotters report a Japanese force heading towards the fleet. Torpedo and dive bombers are sent out to stop them before they get through. Fighter cover should hold their CAP while the bombers make their runs.
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Tables #4, #5 & #6/ Events: TBD
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Friday November 8th, 2019
Session Two: 5:00PM - 9:30PM as of 10/08/2019
Session #2
Table #1/ Event: ATTACK INTO THE SAVO NEBULA
Era & Scale: Spaceship Combat 2-6 players
Rules: Full Thrust-Project Continuum by: GZG Games & Hugh Fisher
GM Name: Adam H Jones III
Description: The New Anglican Confederation has blindsided the Imperial Nippon Empire by launching a successful invasion of the planet Solomon located in the Savo Nebula. Loss of this planet will seriously impact the Empire's ability to support the many offensive missions now being prosecuted in the sector. The Imperial command ordered an immediate counterattack to disrupt the invasion. A hastily gathered fleet is now approaching the planet which is inside a nebula of solar gasses which will interfere with our ability to locate and engage the enemy. The commodore of the fleet sends out the order to attack!
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Table #2/ Event: BATTLE OF LISSA
Era & Scale: 1/1000 scale Napoleonic War Naval Combat 2-10 players
Rules: Post Captain by: Old Dominion Game Works
GM Name: Ray Runge
Description: The Battle of Lissa (sometimes called the Battle of Vis; French: Bataille de Lissa; Italian: Battaglia di Lissa; Croatian: Viška bitka) was a naval action fought between a British frigate squadron and a larger squadron of French and Italian frigates and smaller ships on 13 March 1811 during the Adriatic campaign of the Napoleonic Wars. The engagement was fought in the Adriatic Sea for possession of the strategically important island of Lissa (also known as Vis), from which the British squadron had been disrupting French shipping in the Adriatic. The French needed to control the Adriatic to supply a growing army in the Illyrian Provinces, and consequently dispatched an invasion force in March 1811 consisting of six frigates, numerous smaller craft and a battalion of Italian soldiers.
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Table #3/ Event: KAMERADEN IN NORMANDY
Era & Scale: 1/300 scale World War II Ground Combat 2-6 players
Rules: Kameraden by: Tony Guido
GM Name: Mark Leukenhoff
Description: Kameraden has been a long time favorite at the Winter War and Little Wars conventions. This is a streamlined version to allow for faster play and has been adapted to the Western Front. Figures represent platoons or companies. You will need to coordinate your infantry, armor, artillery and air power assists in order to succeed in this partial recreation of Operation Cobra in 1944.
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Table #5/ Event: BRUSH WITH NOBILITY MINIATURES
Era & Scale: Various rules and games
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GM Name: Larry Freeman
Description: Larry Freeman of Brush with Nobility Miniatures will demonstrate a variety of miniature and/or board games featured on his vendor table.
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Tables #4 & #6/ Events: TBD
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Saturday November 9th, 2019
Session Three: 8:30AM - 12:30PM as of 10/08/2019
Session #3
Table #1/ KONRAD II-EARLY JANUARY 1945
Era & Scale: 144 World War II Ground Combat 2-4 players
Rules: Tank on Tank (modified) by: Lock & Load Publishing
GM Name: David Schaffner
Description: The winter snow and mud of January 1945 witnesses a desperate struggle taking place for Hungary, to hold Budapest, and ultimately Germany's last meaningful supply of oil. Modest progress made by German forces driving from the SW towards the beleaguered city has switched the offensive action, now Konrad II, to this area of operations. Success or failure in this sector, and control of the expanse around the town of Zamoly is of vital importance!
Table #2/ Event: OVER THE FRONT-1918
Era & Scale: 1/72nd scale World War I Air Combat 4-12 players
Rules: Canvas Eagles by Eric Hotz
GM Name: Terry Callahan
Description: Over the Front is an air battle between British and German aircraft. Fly a Fokker DVII, Albatros DVa’s, British SE5a or Sopwith Camels. The battle takes place late 1918.
Table #3/ Event: BATTLE OF SURIGAO STRAIT
Era & Scale: 1/2400 scale World war II Naval Combat 2-6 players
Rules: Grey Hulls at Dusk(Home Rules) by Paul Youngs
GM Name: Paul Youngs
Description: You will be in command of one of six Admiral Jesse Oldendorf Battleships, also in your group will be a Cruiser, five Destroyers and PT boats. The American BB’s, CA’s, and CL’s had assumed a position across the Strait which capped the enemy 'T'. The battle line, on either side of the Strait, were arrayed with several lines of destroyers and PT boats. Admiral Shoji Nishimura Southern pincer force, centered on the Fuso and Yamashiro Battleships steaming with 16 other war ships during the night through the Surigao Strait towards the Leyte beaches. For each American Commander your mission will be to outscore the other 5 Battleship groups.
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Table #4/ BATTLE OF VALVERDE, NEW MEXICO - FEBRUARY 21, 1862
Era & Scale: 15mm American Civil War Ground Combat 2-5 players
Rules: Fire and Fury (modified) by: Fire and Fury Games
GM Name: Richard Wright
Description: Early January 1862, Texans were itchin for a fight and the greater Confederacy had not called for the Texans to rally in Arkansas or across the Mississippi as yet. General Sibley conceived a plan to take New Mexico with the vision of going all the way to Colorado to obtain the rich gold field there for the Rebels. The entire mounted army moved quickly into the heart of New Mexico to capture Fort Craig, but the US force there was determined not to let that happen. When General Sibley arrived at Fort Craig to find it well defended, he developed a plan to ride north and cut-off the Yanks from their supply. As a Reb, you will attempt to push thru the "lightly" defended Rio Grands River Yank defensive line and gain the Yankee back door. The Yanks have their defense "almost" in place with the famous Kit Carson on the battlefied with a regiment of New Mexicans. The Yankee commander (General Canby) is confident he can whip these Johnny Rebs with his Regulars... will YOU be able to?
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Table #5/ Event: BRUSH WITH NOBILITY MINIATURES
Era & Scale: Various rules and games
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GM Name: Larry Freeman
Description: Larry Freeman of Brush with Nobility Miniatures will demonstrate a variety of miniature and/or board games featured on his vendor table.
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Table #6/ Event: TBD
Saturday November 9th, 2019
Session Four: 1:00PM - 5:00PM as of 10/08/2019
Session #4
Table #1/ Event: THE LAST TORPEDO
Era & Scale: 1/285 scale Korean War Aerial Combat Combat 2-7 players
Rules: Luftwaffe 1946 (modified) by: MSD Games
GM Name: Adam H. Jones III
Description: UN attempts to cross the Han River to push back elements of the North Korean Army have been stymied by the North Koreans releasing water from the Hwachon Dam reservoir located upstream. Ground attacks by UN forces to seize the dam have been repulsed. Now, air attacks have been ordered to break the dam and prevent the flooding of the river. When numerous air strikes fail to break the dam, the air commander of VA 195 aboard the USS Princeton puts forward the innovative idea of using torpedoes to strike at the steel overflow gates. The squadron breaks out the long stored WW II torpedoes and load them onto AD-4 Skyraiders as the few WW II veteran torpedo aircraft pilots quickly teach the newer members how to deploy a torpedo from an aircraft. On May 1, 1951, the torpedo attack against the Hwachon Dam is launched.
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Table #2/ Event: TOR VARDEN TOWER-RANGERS OF SHADOW DEEP
Era & Scale: 28mm scale Fantasy Ground Combat 2-6 players
Rules: Rangers of Shadow Deep by: Joseph McCullough
GM Name: Dale Wentz
Description: Rangers of Shadow Deep is a co-operative tabletop miniatures game, based on the Fantasy FrostGrave rule set. You mission is to clear a small village and retake the Tor Varden tower from the eval that currently occupies it. If successful you are to light a fire a top the tower as a signal to others seeking refuge from the eval that is overtaking the lands.
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Table #3/ Event: ODDBALLS ATTACK
Era & Scale: 15mm scale World war II Ground Combat 2-4 players
Rules: Force on Force by Osprey Publishing
GM Name: Ray Gluck
Description: Game length is 2 hours and the game will repeat mid-session. New players will have priority at mid-session but if slots are open you’re welcome to stay for both sessions. Join Oddball and his tankers as they rip through a German rail yard. While the scene from Kelly’s Heroes is a bit one-sided (to say the least) throw in some random events (like a Panzerfaust or some armor ‘passing by’, and the action is more than reckless. This is meant to be a bit ‘tongue-in-cheek’ so if you’re looking for historical accuracy (?) go elsewhere. If you’re looking for something a bit fun then stop by. Get to the bridge, get to the town, get the gold. First, you have to get out of the rail yard.
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Table #5/ Event: BRUSH WITH NOBILITY MINIATURES
Era & Scale: Various rules and games
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GM Name: Larry Freeman
Description: Larry Freeman of Brush with Nobility Miniatures will demonstrate a variety of miniature and/or board games featured on his vendor table.
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Table #6/ Event: BALTIC GAP: MADONA, LATVIA - SEPTEMBER 1944
Era & Scale: 1/285 scale World War II Ground Combat 2-6 players
Rules: Tank on Tank (Modified for Micro Armour) by: David Paul Harrison and David Schaffner
GM Name: David Paul Harrison
Description: The collapse of Army Group Center left Army Group North stranded in the Baltic States. As Army Group North withdrew into an enclave on the Courland peninsula, Russian spearheads attempted to the split the Germans and defeat them in detail. The worst crisis came when the 2nd Baltic Front smashed the German 10th Corps at Madona jeopardizing the German evacuation from Estonia and Latvia.
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Tables #4/ Event: TBD
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Saturday November 9th, 2019
Session Five: 6:00PM - 9:30PM - as of 10/08/2019
Session #5
Table #1/ HALSEY'S REDEMPTION
Era & Scale: 1/1800 scale World War II Naval Combat 2-8 players
Rules: Naval War 1942 (Home Rules) by: Robert Stusse
GM Name: Robert Stusse
Description: Admiral Halsey decides to split TG 34, he will command the element that supports Spruance’s carriers from his Flagship the battleship USS New Jersey. He leaves Admiral Willis “Ching” Lee in command of the remainder of TG 34, now designated TG 34.2. TG 34.2 consisted of 2 fast battleships, 1 heavy cruiser, 1 light cruiser and 5 destroyers (USS Washington BB-56, USS Alabama BB-60, CA-32 USS New Orleans, CL-89 USS Miami, DD-386 USS Bagley, DD-537 USS The Sullivans, DD-535 USS Miller, DD-673 Hickox). Can Admiral Lee cover the San Bernadino Strait and protect Taffy 2 and 3?
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Table #2/ Event: 9th Annual Big Muddy Napoleonic Naval Pairs Competition (Game 1)
Era & Scale: 1/1200 scale Napoleonic Naval Combat 2-4 pairs of players
Rules: Action Under Sail by: Tabletop Games
GM Name: Steve King
Description: This is part of the Big Muddy Pairs competition, an invitational event held each year at Command Con. The Pairs is a team competition, with two teams of two players, playing both sides of the battle simultaneously on two identically set up tables. The winning team is the one who can make the best of both an attacking and defensive position. Synopsis of this year's chosen battle: The Capture of the Ca Ira during the Revolutionary War. The Ca Ira is a French 80 gun ship of the line badly damaged after the Battle of Genoa on March 14th 1795. The British Admiral orders all ships to make haste to capture her, first on the scene is HMS Inconstant a 36 gun frigate!
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Table #3/ ESCAPE TO THE SEA
Era & Scale: 18mm scale Alternate World war I Sci-Fi Ground /Naval Combat 6-8 players
Rules: All Quiet on the Martian Front by: Ironclad Games
GM Name: Burt Campbell & Pat Lewis
Set in a small coastal town in 1916, an offshore destroyer, aided by land troops and tanks, tries to hold off Martian tripods and buy time for civilians to escape via small boats. Will the local population get away? Will the combined efforts of naval and army forces push back the Martian horde? Or will the alien invaders devastate the population and advance the Red Menace?
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Table #4/ REBEL HUNT
Era & Scale: 1/275 scale Sci-Fi Spaceship Combat 2-10 players
Rules: Star Wars X-Wing 2.0 by Fantasy Flight Games
GM Name: James Kantor
Description: Imperial Base J-24 has located a Rebel Convoy attempting to cross their sector. Quickly scrambling every ship they can muster, the Imperials head out to intercept. Their orders are clear, “Let nothing escape!”
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Table #5/ Event: BRUSH WITH NOBILITY MINIATURES
Era & Scale: Various rules and games
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GM Name: Larry Freeman
Description: Larry Freeman of Brush with Nobility Miniatures will demonstrate a variety of miniature and/or board games featured on his vendor table.
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Table #6/ Event: 9th Annual Big Muddy Napoleonic Naval Pairs Competition (Game 2)
Era & Scale: 1/1200 scale Napoleonic Naval Combat 2-4 pairs of players
Rules: Action Under Sail by: Tabletop Games
GM Name: Steve King
Description: This is part of the Big Muddy Pairs competition, an invitational event held each year at Command Con. The Pairs is a team competition, with two teams of two players, playing both sides of the battle simultaneously on two identically set up tables. The winning team is the one who can make the best of both an attacking and defensive position. Synopsis of this year's chosen battle: The Capture of the Ca Ira during the Revolutionary War. The Ca Ira is a French 80 gun ship of the line badly damaged after the Battle of Genoa on March 14th 1795. The British Admiral orders all ships to make haste to capture her, first on the scene is HMS Inconstant a 36 gun frigate!
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