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Big Muddy Historical Game Event Schedule
Last Updated : 06/01/2025
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Event Code | Day | Start Time | Name | Game System | Game Company | Type | GM | Description |
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1DC07 | Friday | 2:00 PM | Boarding Action Bonhomme vs Serapis 23 Sep 1779 | Bigger Battles | Wiley Games | Miniature | BM: Stephen 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 |
1DC08 | 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 |
1DC09 | Friday | 2:00 PM | The Korsun Noose - Ukraine January 1944 | Epic World War II | Unpublished Rules | Miniature | BM: David Paul Harrison | On January 26, 1944, in the midst of the Ukrainian winter, the tanks of Gen.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 |
1DC10 | 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 |
1DC11 | 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 |
1DC12 | 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 |
2DC07 | Friday | 7:00 PM | Battle of New Orleans, 1/8/1815 | Bigger Battles | Wiley Games | Miniature | BM: Stephen 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 |
2DC08 | 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 |
2DC09 | 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 |
2DC10 | Friday | 7:00 PM | Capture the Wounded Bear | Full Thrust-Project Continuum | Emerald Coast Skunkworks | 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 |
2DC11 | Friday | 7:00 PM | Dual of Eagles | Canvas Eagles | Phil Hall, John Harshman, & Eric Hotz | Miniature | BM: Stephen King | A typical day on the Western Front with the Royal Flying Corps dog fighting with the Imperial German Airforce. Miniature Scale: 1/72 WWI Aircraft |
2DC12 | 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 |
3DC07 | 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 |
3DC08 | 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 |
3DC09 | 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 |
3DC10 | 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 |
3DC11 | 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 |
4DC07 | 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 |
4DC08 | 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 |
4DC10 | 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 |
4DC11 | 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 |
4DC12 | 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. |
5DC07 | Saturday | 7:00 PM | Resupply of Synistahg | Full Thrust - Project Continuum | Emerald Coast Skunkworks | Miniature | BM: John Nozka | The Empire has blockaded the planet of Synistahg and is starving the population of the planet for sympathizing with the Rebel cause. The Rebels have been alerted to the situation and are attempting a break of the blockade. Come join the battle and May the Force be with You – whichever side you are on. Miniature Scale: Star Wars Pocketmodels |
5DC09 | Saturday | 7:00 PM | Leetown | Regimental Fire and Fury | Fire and Fury Games | Miniature | BM: Stephen King | The opening battle of the Pea Ridge Campaign, March 7-8th 1861. Miniature Scale: 15mm ACW |
5DC11 | Saturday | 7:00 PM | (New) Run the Blockade! | Dahlgren and Columbiad | Long Face Games | Miniature | BM: Andrew Biedenstein | Rebel coastal forces attempt to break the US Navy blockade to allow a pair of blockade runners to deliver critical war materials. Miniature Scale: 1/600 ACW Naval |
5DC12 | Saturday | 7:00 PM | (New) Welcome to Vietnam | Charlie Company | RAFM | Miniature | BM: Raymond Runge | The Year is 1965, you’ve arrived in South Vietnam for your Tour of Duty as a member of a squad of Marines. You and brother Marines will perform missions searching for rice caches and enemy headquarters, or you’ll be a VC/NVA Squad ambushing the Marines. Miniature Scale: 20mm |
6DC07 | Sunday | 9:00 AM | Danube 1809 | Orders to Eagles | Nick Wilkowski | Miniature | BM: Stephen King | Napoleon has invaded Austria, This is a corps level Napoleonic game with Austrians trying to stop the tide of French advance. Miniature Scale: 6mm Napoleonics |
6DC09 | Sunday | 9:00 AM | TANGO - Cold War Gone Hot | Pz8 - 1975/2010 Wargame Rules | Panzer Eight | Miniature | BM: David Schaffner | The Hunfeld Frontier - marks entrance to the Fulda Gap, and was the gateway into the heart of West Germany. Part of this route that passes through the towns of Oberufhausen and Wolf, is where Soviet forces and American troops would likely had first collided if the Cold War had gone Hot! Experience a battle probelm based on US army training instruction, played with easy-to-learn rules, and over an authentic duplication of the actual terrian space. Miniature Scale: 1/500 scale Modern Armor |
6DC10 | Sunday | 9:00 AM | Pamir Peril 1986: Soviets Ambushed in Afghanistan | Battleground HD | Battleground HD | Miniature | BM: Tom Vielott/Les Hostetler | 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. Miniature Scale: Modern Historic Miniatures |
6DC11 | Sunday | 9:00 AM | Wynkahthu Mayhem | Full Thrust - Project Continuum | Emerald Coast Skunkworks | Miniature | BM: John Nozka | A sizable Rebel fleet is transitioning near Wynkahthu, a gas giant. Unbeknownst to the Rebels, their movements have been relayed to the Empire and the Empire is sending its own fleet to deal with the Rebels. Join us, grab a capital ship and join the battle and May the Force be with You – whichever side you are on. Miniature Scale: Star Wars Pocketmodels |
7DC07 | 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. |