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Big Muddy Historical Game Event Schedule

Last Updated : 04/23/2025

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Event Code	Day	Start Time	Name	Game System	Game Company	Type	GM	Description
1DCT1	Friday	2:00 PM	Boarding Action Bonhomme vs Serapis 23 Sep 1779	Bigger Battles	Wiley Games	Miniature	BM: Steve Lowry	The USS Bonhomme Richard and the HMS Serapis have been locked together in melee combat. The fight for the upper decks and fighting tops of the two ships will determine the overall victor of the battle. There will be 48 men in 12 groups on each side. We have not yet begun to fight! Minature Scale: 54mm Naval
1DCT2	Friday	2:00 PM	The Capture of Constance Part 2 (Barracks Battles Family Gaming)	And All for One!	Eureaka Games	Miniature	BM: Kevin Fitzpatrick	All ages welcome. Constance Bonancieux is the Seamstress to the Queen and has Her Majesty’s every confidence. She is suspected by Cardinal Richelieu of indulging in treasonous activities, including acting as go between in the affair the Queen is believed to be having with The Duke of Buckingham, the Prime Minister of England. Last year at DieCon, the Cardinal sends his henchman to kidnap Constance and stifle her activities as the Queen’s messenger. The King's Musketeers intervened in the arrest and have spirited her away. It is believed that Constance who has an injured ankle is enroute to a convent for safekeeping and currently at the Inn at St. Francios resting under the protection of the Musketeers with the Red Guard in hot pursuit. Be sure to ask for a free set of the game rules. Miniature Scale: 25mm
1DCT3	Friday	2:00 PM	The Korsun Noose - Ukraine January 1944	Epic World War II	Unpublished Rules	Miniature	BM: David Paul Harrison	On January 26, 1944, in the midst of the Ukrainian winter, the tanks of Gen. Ivan S. Konev’s 2nd Ukrainian Front (army group) battered their way through the German defenders of Kapitanovka. Two days later, the 2nd Ukrainian Front linked up with Gen. Nikolai F. Vatutin’s 1st Ukrainian Front at Zvenigorodka. “We’ve done it this time, I’ve got the Germans in the pincers and I’m not letting them slip out again,” said Konev. Miniature Scale: 3mm
1DCT4	Friday	2:00 PM	War of the Roses	War of the Roses	Warlord Games	Miniature	BM: Harry Brochardt	Small, unrecorded battles did occur. Unknown in corners of jolly old England. No Pikes? Who knows? Black Powder - maybe or not? Miniature Scale: 28mm AWI
1DCT5	Friday	2:00 PM	The Battle of Cahokia	Black Powder	Warlord Games	Miniature	BM: Burt Campbell/Bob Alsop	May 26, 1780 -- Native Americans (hired by the British) attack the town of Cahokia, IL across the river from St. Louis. Will the Illinois Regiment of Virginia successfully defend the village or will the British mercenaries prevail. Miniature Scale: 28mm
1DCT6	Friday	2:00 PM	Homecoming - June 1944	Fistful of Lead	Wiley Games	Miniature	BM: Ray Gluck	The men of the Free French have waited a very long time to retunr home. On the night of 5 June 1944 the French Special Air Force (SAS) parachuted into France to link up with the resistance. The French SAS and resistance carried out numerous missions on 6 June in support of the Allied landings. In response, the German security forces were stretched to the limit both defending and hunting the SAS and resistance base camps. Players will select missions and allocate their resources while trying to thwart their opposition. While the subject is historical, we will be using Fistful of Leadto keep the pace fast and the rules light. Miniature Scale: 28mm WWII
2DCT1	Friday	7:00 PM	Battle of New Orleans, 1/8/1815	Bigger Battles	Wiley Games	Miniature	BM: Steve Lowry	It is dawn of January 8, 1815 a few miles south of New Orleans. The British have decided to attack before the fog has lifted and they are bringing ladders, both items as the British planned but failed to execute. In this scenario, things go a lttle more according to plan and the British have a chance at victory. The fate of the United States hangs in the balance. Miniature Scale 54mm WWII
2DCT2	Friday	7:00 PM	Downed Airman World War II Skirmish	Fistful of Lead	Wiley Games	Miniature	BM: Kevin Fitzpatrick	A British aircraft used to supply the French resistance is down and the pilot is on the run. Can the Resistance get to him before the nearby German Garrison? Miniature Scale: 25mm
2DCT3	Friday	7:00 PM	Balabonovka Pocket - Ukraine January 1944	Epic World War II	Unpublished Rules	Miniature	BM: David Paul Harrison	Since its defeat at Kursk the previous summer, the Third Reich had lost the initiative to the Soviets. Numerical and material superiority allowed the Soviets to choose when and where to attack. Fire brigades of elite German units contained Soviet breakthroughs, but inevitably the front was pushed back westward. But the withdrawing Germans exacted a heavy toll. Miniature Scale: 3mm
2DCT4	Friday	7:00 PM	Capture the Wounded Bear	Emerald Coast Skunkworks	Full Thrust-Project Continuum	Miniature	BM: Adam H. Jones III	The Royal Manticoran Navy (RMN) and the People's Republic Navy (PRN) clashed in a titanic battle. The result was a draw. Large numbers of spaceships were lost, damaged, or left uncrewed due to casualities. Both sides have been scouring the battle field to recover their own ships and attempt to capture enemy ships that could reveal any technological secrets and to possible repair them to add to their respective fleets. The prize ship that both sides want badly is the superdreadnaught PRN Nouveau Paris. The RMN would love to capture her to display to their citizens and repair her. The PRN also would love to man the PRN Nouvea Paris to keep the RMN from taking her. The PRN Nouveau Paris is a short distance from the battle area. She is severly damaged, but her actual status is unknown. The race to capture the "Wounded Bear" starts now! Miniature Scale: 1/5000 Sci-Fi
2DCT6	Friday	7:00 PM	Screaming Eagles Over Normandy: D-Day June 6th 1944	Bolt Action 3rd Edition	Warlord Games	Miniature	BM: Edward Gray	The 101st glider-borne troops must collect their scattered squads and head towards the town of Carentan and hold there until reinforcements arrive from the 'Omaha' and 'Utah' beaches. Miniature Scale: 28mm WWII
3DCT1	Saturday	9:00 AM	Black Gold	Imperial Skies	Rottenlead Publishing	Miniature	BM: Patrick Connaughton	Victorian Steampunk naval combat! In the North Sea, there are riches. The British have been mining Unobtanium for years, now threatened by fracturing ice flows, can they get the last little bit before the mining stations are destroyed? The Prussian and Russian alliance has been signed. Can the convoys make it safely? Miniature Scale: 1/600 Victorian Sci-Fi
3DCT2	Saturday	9:00 AM	Attack on a Cahokia Farmstead (Barracks Battle Family Gaming)	Fistful of Lead Horse & Musket	Wiley Games	Miniature	BM: Kevin Fitzpatrick	All ages welcome. May 26, 1790 just a few miles from the Gateway Center in what is now Cahokia Heights, IL a critical battle of the American War of Independence took place as George Rogers Clark and local forces held off some two hundred British Native American Allies as they attempted to capture and loot Cahokia. As the Chippewa approached the main settlement were numerous farms that faced the initial brunt of the oncoming Native Americans. Miniature Scale: 25mm
3DCT3	Saturday	9:00 AM	Out of Luck	Epic World War II	Unpublished Rules	Miniature	BM: David Paul Harrison	At 0745hrs on 18 July 1944, the British 3rd Division began It's part of Operation Goodwood. Initial progress was fast, the German defenders stunned after hours of heavy bombing and shelling, with Sannerville being captured around midday. The next objective was the chateau at Banneville-la-Campagne. Miniature Scale: 1/285th WWII Armor
3DCT4	Saturday	9:00 AM	Open-ACW: Famous Civil War Actions in 10mm	Battle Cry - Modified for Regimental Fighting	Avalon Hill	Miniature	BM: David Schaffner	Fox Gap (South Mountain), Fleetwood (Brandy Station), The Cornfield (Antieam) - all famous engagements of the American Civil War. Played with easy to learn rules, in a hour, and can be played again throughout the session - it's Open-ACW! Miniature Scale: 10mm
3DCT5	Saturday	9:00 AM	The Battle of Wilson's Creek	Valor & Fortitude Rules	Perry Miniatures	Miniature	BM: Burt Campbell/Bob Alsop	On August 10, 1861, Union general Nathaniel Lyon led the attack on Confederate troops near Wilson's Creek, 10 miles south of Springfield, MO. Relive the "Battle of Bloody Hill", the first major battle of the American Civil War Trans-Mississippi Theater. Scale: 15mm ACW
4DCT1	Saturday	2:00 PM	Fight at the Border Fortress	Bolt Action modified for 19th Century	Warlord Games	Miniature	BM: Patrick Connaughton	19th Century Northwest Frontier Border combat. An isolated garrison is under attack! Can the relief column make it in time? Let's find out. Miniature Scale: 25mm
4DCT2	Saturday	2:00 PM	Downed Airman World War II Skirmish	Fistful of Lead	Wiley Games	Miniature	BM: Kevin Fitzpatrick	A British aircraft used to supply the French resistance is down and the pilot is on the run. Can the Resistance get to him before the nearby German Garrison? Miniature Scale: 25mm
4DCT4	Saturday	2:00 PM	Open-ACW: Famous Civil War Actions in 10mm	Battle Cry - Modified for Regimental Fighting	Avalon Hill	Miniature	BM: David Schaffner	Fox Gap (South Mountain), Fleetwood (Brandy Station), The Cornfield (Antieam) - all famous engagements of the American Civil War. Played with easy to learn rules, in a hour, and can be played again throughout the session - it's Open-ACW! Miniature Scale: 10mm
4DCT5	Saturday	2:00 PM	Lightnings Deliver Thunder	Luftwaffe 1946	MSD Games	Miniature	BM: Adam H. Jones III	The capture of Italy allowed the U.S. Ninth Air force to move from North Africa to bases in Italy. The second anniversary of Operation Tidal Wave was a huge attack mounted by the Americans, not with four engine strategic bombers , but with an entire wing of P 38 Lightnings fitted with bombs and drop tanks. Miniature Scale: 1/300 Aircraft
4DCT6	Saturday	2:00 PM	Rome vs Carthage	Age of Hannibal	Greg Wagman Little Wars TV	Miniature	BM: Timothy Lalk	A fictional battle between a Roman army and one which could have been led by Hannibal. Unlike Hannibal's typical battles there is no special strategem which puts the Romans at a decisive tactical disadvantage and the players must rely on their own cunning, management of units, and luck.
6DC??	Sunday	9:00 AM	Pamir Peril 1986: Soviets Ambushed in Afghanistan	Battleground HD	Battleground HD	Miniature	BM: Les Hostetler/Tom Vielott	Age 16+. In the dusty mountains of Afghanistan, the Soviets once again find themselves ambushed by Afghan Mujahideen as they run valuable supplies up to one of their forward bases along the ever-dangerous Pamir Highway. The lead vehicle of an armored convoy of Soviet APCs and trucks has hit an improvised explosive device and is sitting burning on the road. Its compatriots find themselves surrounded by enemies; the Soviets must either fight their way through the ambush or join the corpses littering Afghanistan's mountains.
7DCT1	Sunday	2:00 PM	Illinois Smith and the Temple of Calamity	Fistful of Lead	Wiley Games	Miniature	BM: Ray Gluck	If you're looking for a serious game, then this is not the game you're looking for. Join Illinois Smith and his intrepid band of adventurers, along with 5 other teams, in exploring a los Mayan temple complex in their quest for fortune and glory. Game is semi-cooperative… at least until one player is ahead on victory points. Miniature Scale: 28mm.