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Big Muddy Historical Game Event Schedule
Last Updated : 04/21/2024
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| Event Code | Day | Start Time |
Event Name | Game System | Game Company | Type | GM | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1DC08 | Friday | 2:00 PM | The First Day - Mid Morning | Luftwaffe 1946 (modified) | MSD Games | Miniature | BM: John Nozka | HONORING THE 85th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1939 INVASION OF POLAND - Germany has attacked Poland on the morning of September 1, 1939. German Wehrmacht troops blitzkrieg across the Polish countryside, supported by Luftwaffe fighters and bombers. The Polish Air Force has struggled to provide any formidable defense against the invading air armies. It is mid-morning on September 1st near the city of Lodz, Poland. A Luftwaffe air raid is inbound to the city to strike strategic military and civilian targets. A squadron of Polish P.11s has been patrolling in this area and encounters the air raid. Will the Polish Eagles be able to thwart this raid? Miniature Scale: 1/300 WW II Aircraft |
| 1DC10 | Friday | 2:00 PM | OVERDRIVE: Customizable Mecha Battles Demo/Playtest | OVERDRIVE (Self-published) | Tom Vielott | Miniature | BM: Tom Vielott | OVERDRIVE is an in-development game of combat between giant robots, inspired by anime like Gundam and games like Battletech. Build your robot through a fast and intuitive card system, then take your robots out to the field to see how well they last! Games are fast and destructive so you can build, fight, rebuild, and fight again in no time at all! Best of all, the rules and components are available FOR FREE at our website www.overdrivemecha.wordpress.com Miniature Scale: 10mm |
| 1DC11 | Friday | 2:00 PM | Attack on Taffy 3 Leyte Gulf | General Quarters 3.3 | Old Dominion GameWorks | Miniature | BM: Steve Lowry | The Japanese battleships and destroyers from the combined Center and Southern forces are trying to sink the six light carriers of Taffy Three while the American battleships of the Seventh Fleet race to the rescue. Will any carriers get away? Miniature Scale: 1/2400 Ships WWII |
| 1DC12 | Friday | 2:00 PM | Last Plane Out! | Wars of Insurgency | 1st Commamd Wargames | Miniature | BM: Patrick Connaughton | In the 1960's Congo. There's an airfield ahead. Can they get there first? Can the plane even fly? Who will succeed? An unusual game in 15mm. Miniature Scale: 15mm Modern African |
| 1DC13 | Friday | 2:00 PM | Bunker Hill | Black Powder | Warlord Games | Miniature | BM: Ed Gray | Bunker Hill, one of the critical opening battles in the American War of Independence. Miniature Scale: 25mm AWI |
| 2DC08 | Friday | 7:00 PM | Bridge At Remagen | JagdPanzer | JagdPanzer | Miniature | BM: Ray Gluck | The War in the West is nearing its conclusion. Unfortunately, there are still many die-hards and one last obstacle to victory ... the Rhine River. The US 9th Armored Division finds the bridge at Remagen still intact while the German forces in France, and many civilians, are trying to retreat across it. This is a tactical game ... larger strategic issues are left to another day. US forces must secure the West bank of the Rhine and take the bridge, German forces must hold the bridge as long as possible and then deny the Americans a crossing. Miniature Scale: 15mm WW II |
| 2DC10 | Friday | 7:00 PM | Uncle Sam's Eagles | Blue Max | Canvas Eagles | Miniature | BM: Steve King | The United States Air Corps enters World War One. Miniature Scale: 1/72nd Planes WW I |
| 2DC12 | Friday | 7:00 PM | The McGuffin Incident | Meatheads with Missiles | Unpublished | Miniature | BM: Dave Murvihill | Command a Navy task force in a Cold War Treasure Hunt. Miniature Scale: 1/2400 Modern Warships |
| 2DC13 | Friday | 7:00 PM | Bunker Hill | Black Powder | Warlord Games | Miniature | BM: Ed Gray | Bunker Hill, one of the critical opening battles in the American War of Independence. Miniature Scale: 25mm AWI |
| 3DC08 | Saturday | 9:00 AM | Birth of a Tank Ace | Bolt Action 1st Edition (modified) | Warlord Games | Miniature | BM: John Nozka | HONORING THE 85th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1939 INVASION OF POLAND - The war is going poorly for the Poles. The Germans keep pushing them eastward despite several successful counter-attacks. Now the remnants of a couple of Polish infantry divisions and calvary brigades are attempting to retreat toward Warsaw before being cutoff. Their escape path, the Kampinos Forest. Elements of the 71st Polish Armored Squadron and some supporting infantry are tasked with maintaining the escape route open from advancing German Tenth Army elements. Miniature Scale: 20mm WW II |
| 3DC10 | Saturday | 9:00 AM | Operation Citadelle July 5th-6th, 1943 | Conflict OstFront | Unpublished | Miniature | BM: David Paul Harrison | The 7th Panzer Division crossed the river Donets on July 5th, 1943 and quickly over-ran the positions of the 78th Guards Rifle Division (GRD) despite their fortifications. The following day, 6th July, 7th Panzer chased the 78th GRD across the floodplain but was brought up short by the wooded hills and ridges to the east of the plain. Miniature Scale: 1/285th WW II Micro Armor. |
| 3DC11 | Saturday | 9:00 AM | Battle Masters - Classic 1990s Fantasy Game | Battle Masters fast-play, colorful 3D system | Milton Bradley | Miniature | BM: David Schaffner | A host of savage warriors again threatens the Empire, as an Army of Chaos descends upon the Borderlands to defile and consume all before it! Will you march forth in Imperial ranks to save your people, or succumb to this horde of evil? Miniature Scale: 25mm |
| 3DC12 | Saturday | 9:00 AM | Battle of the Atlantic | Imperial Skies | Rottenlead | Miniature | BM: Patrick Connaughton | German and allies raiders and task forces strive to break the convoys racing towards Europe. The Brits and allied forces fight to protect the convoys! Land based fighters and task forces battle it on the cold and the wind for supremacy in the high Atlantic! Victorian Sci-Fi Aeroship combat using Imperials Skies by Rottenlead. Miniature Scale: 1/200 Victorian Sci-Fi |
| 3DC13 | Saturday | 9:00 AM | Bunker Hill | Black Powder | Warlord Games | Miniature | BM: Ed Gray | Bunker Hill, one of the critical opening battles in the American War of Independence. Miniature Scale: 25mm AWI |
| 4DC08 | Saturday | 2:00 PM | The Princess of Ninjas: Ninjas on the Run | Ninjutsu! (Home Rules) | Tom Vielott | Miniature | BM: Tom Vielott | Betrayed by her friends and framed for a murder she did not commit, the Princess of Ninjas must find her way to safety and rebuild her ninja clan. Her way is guarded by the soldiers of her nemesis, the usurper daimyo Riku, whom she must escape or defeat while finding a friend to shelter her. But nothing is ever what it seems in this land, as other forces are at work to take advantage of the chaos that ensued in the wake of Riku's ascent… Miniature Scale: 28mm |
| 4DC10 | Saturday | 2:00 PM | Is This Good Ground? The 2nd American Civil War | Fistful of TOWs 3 | Ty Beard & Paul Minson | Miniature | BM: Adam H. Jones III | In this alternative history, the Confederate States of America fought the United States to a standstill by 1865. The U.S. negotiated an end to the war and the newly formed country was named the Dixie States of America. The two countries existed side by side from the end of the war until the year 2000. Miniature Scale: 1/28th Micro Armor |
| 4DC11 | Saturday | 2:00 PM | Tussle at Hanging Rock - American Revolutionary War | Muskets & Tomahawks (slightly modified) | Studio Tomahawk | Miniature | BM: David Schaffner & Lance Western | It is August 1780, and the Southern Colonies are under the grip of the King forces. General Thomas Sumter, knicknamed the Carolina Gamecock, is leading a force of Patriots to clean out a Royalist camp at Hanging Rock. Will the Patriot attack be successful, or did they just stir up a hornets nest? |
| 4DC12 | Saturday | 2:00 PM | Seeing the Elephant | Johnny Reb 2.5 | Game Designers Workshop | Miniature | BM: Steve King | The first battle of the American Civil War. How will the troops react to the first time in combat? Miniature Scale: 15mm ACW |
| 4DC13 | Saturday | 2:00 PM | Pike & Shot | Pike & Shot | Warlord Games | Miniature | BM: Harry Borchard | Renaissance comes to life. Warfare in Europe . Miniature Scale: Epic |
| 5DC10 | Saturday | 7:00 PM | Kaiju City | Kaiju City | Unpublished | Miniature | BM: Dave Murvihill | Lighter fare for a Saturday night, destroy a city with a giant monster. Miniature Scale: 1/1200 |
| 5DC12 | Saturday | 7:00 PM | Hunt or Be Hunted | Fistful of Lead | Wiley Games | Miniature | BM: Ray Gluck | A Weyland-Yutani Corporation deep space probe detected ruins on the 4th planet in a system. A detachment of Colonial Marines has been dispatched to investigate several sites. This should be a cake walk, but you never know when you’re stomping around in someone’s backyard, and Weyland-Yutani Corporation has a track record for withholding life-saving information. Players will run a squad of Colonial Marines, clan of Predators, or brood of Aliens with competing objectives. Miniature Scale: 28mm |
| 6DC08 | Sunday | 9:00 AM | The Rebels Triumphant | Great and Glorious Days (Home Rules) | R.P. Butler | Miniature | BM: Steve King | The first Colonial major success of the War of Independence. A whole British Army Surrenders!!!! Miniature Scale: 15mm AWI |
| 6DC09 | Sunday | 9:00 AM | Godzilla Island | Wings of Glory WWI/Tripods & Triplanes | Ares Games | Miniature | BM: Kevin Fitzpatrick | Renowned Scientist, Dr. Leroy Shaw of the London Institute or Strange Phenomena has dispatched an expedition to the South Pacific in search of the giant monster that locals refer to as Godzilla. He hopes to bring the creature back to London for study. It has also been learned that Count Wilhelm Von Hanneke has gathered a group of intrepid pilots to locate the monster and return him to the Berlin Oddities School of Peculiar Things. Will these two great scientific minds colloborate of clash over the beast from a bygone age? What dangers are in-store for the adventurers as they head into uncharted waters and the skies above Godzilla Island? Miniature Scale: 1/144 Aircraft |
| 6DC12 | Sunday | 9:00 AM | Defensive Point nr. 54 | Bolt Action 1st Edition (modified) | Warlord Games | Miniature | BM: John Nozka | HONORING THE 85th ANNIVERSARY OF THE 1939 INVASION OF POLAND - The German invasion of Poland is progressing rapidly. The new German style of warfare, blitzkrieg, is a surprise to the Polish Army and it is trying to deal with the onslaught. Hopefully, years of fortification building along the Polish frontier with Germany will be able to slow down German progress in key places. While Panzer elements make progress towards Naklo, a German Infantry Battalion has been dispatched to investigate a Polish defensive position near Sepolno. The Poles manning Defensive Point nr. 54 have heard the reports on the radio of the rapid advance and have been waiting in anticipation of the appearance of German troops in their area. Will they be able to slow down or even stop the German advance? Miniature Scale: 20m WWI |
| 7DC10 | Sunday | 2:00 PM | OVERDRIVE: Customizable Mecha Battles Demo/Playtest | OVERDRIVE (Self-published) | Tom Vielott | Miniature | BM: Tom Vielott | OVERDRIVE is an in-development game of combat between giant robots, inspired by anime like Gundam and games like Battletech. Build your robot through a fast and intuitive card system, then take your robots out to the field to see how well they last! Games are fast and destructive so you can build, fight, rebuild, and fight again in no time at all! Best of all, the rules and components are available FOR FREE at our website www.overdrivemecha.wordpress.com Miniature Scale: 10mm |