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Game on Saturday, June21, 2025

2025-06-19T12:45:13Z

SATURDAY 06/21/2025 at 10:00 am

Location: Alex' house MAP

Scale: 28mm

Title: Para Assault

Setting: British paratroops assault a small German held village in Normandy.

Rules: Bolt Action, 3rd Edition

Notes: Lunch: Diane's famous waffles! Please RSVP directly to Alex-kirk@sbcglobal.net

Gamemaster: Alex Kirk

Game on Saturday, June 7 (D+1)

2025-06-05T20:18:27Z

SATURDAY 06/07/2025 at 10:00 am

Location: Jay's house MAP

Scale: 6mm or 15mm

Title: D-1 at Normandy

Setting: Actions on Normandy of D+1

Rules: Memoir 44

Notes: Lunch to be determined. Please RSVP directly to Jay -- jstribl_jackson@yahoo.com -- if you will attend.

Gamemaster: Jay Stribling

Game on Saturday, May 31 -- CANCELLED

2025-05-31T02:15:11Z

The game on Saturday, May 31 is cancelled and will be rescheduled for a later date.

Game on Saturday, May 31, 2025

2025-05-28T01:37:48Z

SATURDAY 05/31/2025 at 10:00

Location: Fondren Presbyterian Church library MAP

Scale: 15mm

Title: The Battles at Dorylaeum, 1 July 1097

Setting: The Battle of Dorylaeum took place during the First Crusade on 1 July 1097 between the crusader forces and the Seljuk Turks, near the city of Dorylaeum in Anatolia. Though the Turkish forces of Kilij Arslan nearly destroyed the Crusader contingent of Bohemond, other Crusaders arrived just in time to reverse the course of the battle. There are three scenarios and we'll try to get all three played.

Rules: Commands and Colors Medieval, Crusades

Notes: The front door will most likely be locked so please call 769-226-5754 so I can come and let you in. We'll eat at Quiznos.

Gamemaster: Jim Pitts

Game Saturday May 17th

2025-05-15T21:53:20Z

Game: Saturday May 17, 2025 at 10:00 am

Location: Alex Kirk's house MAP

224 Oakville Cir, Brandon MS

Scale: 28mm

Title: A small village in France

Setting: German and British forces fight over a quaint French village

Rules: Bolt Action 3rd Edition

Notes: My wife will be serving sandwiches and salad for lunch. Please RSVP to alex-kirk@sbcglobal.net

Gamemaster: Alex Kirk

Game on Saturday, May 3, 2025

2025-04-30T13:11:23Z

Game: Saturday May 3, 2024 at 10:00 am

Location: Alex Kirk's house MAP

Scale: 1:200 (+/-) spacecraft

Title: A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away…

Setting: In honor of unofficial Star Wars day (May 4^th be with you) we will once again take to space in a battle of good versus evil, the Rebel Alliance against the Empire. Can you fly an X-Wing or survive in a TIE fighter?

Rules: Star Wars - X-Wing Version 1

Notes: Lunch will be sandwiches provided by Alex

Gamemaster: Ed Sansing

Game on Saturday, April 19, 2025

2025-04-16T20:01:29Z

To celebrate the beginnings of the 250th anniversary of the American Revolution, the Jackson Games are presenting "The Retreat from Concord" as our game this Saturday.

SATURDAY 04/19/2025 at 10:00 am

Location: Alex's house -- MAP

Scale: 25mm

Title: Retreat from Concord, April 19, 1775

Setting: After the British expedition was stymie at Concord when they couldn't find the Patriots munitions supplies, they began to retire through Lexington back to Boston. But the Patriot Minute Men and militia continued to gather and harass the British retreat. Can the British make it out of the Patriot trap?

By the rude bridge that arched the flood,
Their flag to April’s breeze unfurled,
Here once the embattled farmers stood,
And fired the shot heard round the world.

First stanza of "Concord Hymn" (original title "Hymn: Sung at the Completion of the Concord Monument, April 19, 1836") is a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson written for the 1837 dedication of an obelisk monument in Concord, Massachusetts, commemorating the battles of Lexington and Concord, a series of battles and skirmishes on April 19, 1775 which sparked the American Revolutionary War. The poem was the origin of the phrase "shot heard round the world".

Rules: Commands and Colors, Tricorne

Notes: Alex' wife Diane with provide her scrumptious waffles for lunch. Please RSVP to Alex -- alex-kirk@sbcglobal.net -- so sufficient provisions can be prepared.

Gamemasters: Jim Pitts and Jay Stribling

Game on Saturday, April 5, 2025

2025-04-02T11:43:08Z

SATURDAY 04/05/2025 at 10:00 am

Location: Jay's house MAP

Scale: 25mm

Title: Battle of Atlanta - Peachtree Creek

Setting: The attack of Hardee's Confederate Corps on the right flank of the Army of Tennessee against Thomas' Union Army of the Cumberland on July 20, 1864.

Rules: original Brom rules

Notes: Lunch will be pizza.

Gamemaster: Jerry Ainsworth

Game on Saturday, March 29, 2025

2025-03-26T19:41:41Z

SATURDAY 03/29/2025 at 10:00 am

Location: Alex's house MAP

Scale: 28mm

Title: Commando Action on D+1

Setting: Somewhere behind Sword Beach where British commandos are attacking a couple of strong points held by dug-in inexperienced German infantry.

Rules: Bolt Action, 3rd Edition

Notes:

This is another learning game because Alex hasn't built or painted any vehicles yet.

Lunch will be a sandwich spread.

Please RSVP directly to Alex so he can have enough provisions to "feed the ravening horde." alex-kirk@sbcglobal.net

Gamemaster: Alex Kirk

Game on Saturday, March 1, 2025

2025-02-27T14:39:22Z

SATURDAY 03/01/2025 at 10:00

Location: Jay Stribling's home MAP

Scale: 15mm

Title: Battle of Chotusitz, 1742

Setting: King Frederick the Great vs Prince Charles Alexander of Lorraine during the first Silesian war. Link

Rules: Modified Brom standard

Notes: A light lunch will be served.

Gamemaster: Larry Reeves

Game on Saturday, Feb. 1, 2025

2025-01-29T13:47:14Z

SATURDAY 02/01/2025 at 10:00 am

Location: Fondren Presbyterian Church, 3220 Old Canton Road MAP

Scale: 25mm

Title: Battles at Brandywine River, 11 Sep 1777.

Setting: As the British attack continues, Washington's embattled Continental army attempts to stave off the flank attack of Lord Cornwallis and the follow-up attack by General Knyphausen.

Rules: Commands & Colors Tricorne.

Notes: We'll be back in the church library. If church front door is locked, please call 769-226-5754 and I'll come let you in. And this time I'll make sure my phone isn't accidently in "airplane mode" as it was two weeks ago. 😜

We'll probably eat lunch at Quizno's sandwich shop.

Gamemaster: Jim Pitts

Game on Saturday, Jan. 18, 2025

2025-01-15T15:49:07Z

SATURDAY 01/18/2025 at 10:00 am

Location: Fondren Presbyterian Church (in library) MAP

Scale: 25mm

Title: The Battle of the Brandywine, 11 Sep 1777

Setting: General Washington's Continental army defends the approaches to the Continental capital at Philadelphia, PA from the advances of British General Howe's army.

Rules: Commands & Colors Tricorne

Notes:

We are doing two of the four scenarios from that battle - Washington's attack in the early morning and Cornwallis' flank attack later in the day.

Lunch will be provided courtesy of my amazing wife - her delicious white bean and chicken chili. Please bring your favorite non-alcoholic beverage.

If the church door is locked, please call me at 769-226-5754 for admittance.

Gamemasters: Jim Pitts and Jay Stribling

Game, Saturday, Jan. 4, 2025

2024-12-31T19:44:35Z

SATURDAY Jan. 4, 2025 at 10:00 am

Location: Alex's house MAP

Scale: 28mm

Title: Paras vs Paras

Setting: American and British Paratroopers versus Fallshirmjagers somewhere in NW Europe.

Rules: Bolt Action, Ed. 3

Notes: This will be an introduction to the "Bolt Action" 3rd edition rules. Lunch will be provided.

Please RSVP directly to Alex at alex-kirk@sbcglobal.net

Gamemasters: Alex and Ed

Hope to see you there!

Game on Saturday, Dec. 21, 2024

2024-12-18T19:34:31Z

SATURDAY 12/21/2024 at 10:00

Location: Alex's house MAP

Scale: 1:285 microarmor

Title: Encounter on the North German Plain

Setting: Elements of the West German 6th and 3rd Panzer Divisions are cut off in Hamburg by advancing Pact forces. At the insistence of the Bundeswehr, the newly arrived US III Corps detached the US 4th Infantry Division (Mech) to the Netherlands for the relief attempt. Unbeknownst to the NATO Allies, the East German 7th Tank Division is starting its westward advance.

Rules: Memoir '84 (revised)

Notes: Lunch will be sandwiches. Please RSVP directly to Alex at alex-kirk@sbcglobal.net

Gamemaster: Alex Kirk

Game on Saturday, December 7, 2024

2024-12-05T21:59:57Z

Location: Alex's house MAP

Scale: 15mm

Title: Angst & 12 pounders!

Setting: 1813 near the end of August, Prussians & French battling somewhere in Germany

Rules: Valour & Fortitude [https://www.perry-miniatures.com/valour-fortitude/vf-rules/?v=7516fd43adaa]

Notes: Another go at these promising rules, this time the 3^rd Ed.

Gamemaster: Phil Young

Game on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024

2024-11-25T23:24:58Z

As our "5th Saturday" game this month we feature:

FRIDAY 11/29/2024 at 10:00

Location: Alex Kirk's house -- MAP

Scale: Microarmor 1:285

Title: Once More into the Breach!

Setting: U.S. and West German forces attempt to delay the advance of the 9th Guards Army at Scheppach West Germany.

Rules: Memoir '84 with new and improved activation and order rules.

Notes: Lunch will be Diane's waffles and bacon. Please RSVP directly to Alex at alex-kirk@sbcglobal.net

Gamemaster: Alex Kirk

Game on Friday, Nov. 29, 2024

2024-11-25T23:23:53Z

FRIDAY 11/29/2024 at 10:00

Location: Alex Kirk's house -- MAP

Scale: Microarmor 1:285

Title: Once More into the Breach!

Setting: U.S. and West German forces attempt to delay the advance of the 9th Guards Army at Scheppach West Germany.

Rules: Memoir '84 with new and improved activation and order rules.

Notes: Lunch will be Diane's waffles and bacon. Please RSVP directly to Alex at

Gamemaster: Alex Kirk

Game on Saturday, Nov. 17, 2024

2024-11-13T20:44:21Z

SATURDAY 11/16/2024 at 10:00 am

Location: Jay's house MAP

Scale: 25mm

Title: Battle of Peachtree Creek, 20 July 1864

Setting: Part of the Atlanta Campaign, it was the first major attack by Lt. Gen. John Bell Hood since taking command of the Army of Tennessee.

Rules: Brom Rules (Old Testament)

Notes: A light lunch will be provided.

Gamemaster: Jerry Ainsworth

Game on Saturday, November 2, 2024

2024-10-30T16:52:15Z

GAME: Saturday November 2, 2024 at 10:00 am

Location: Ed Sansing's house MAP

Scale: 15mm

Title: Second Battle of Villers-Breteonneux, World War 1

Setting: In April 1918 the Germans launch their spring offensive. Four German division supported by A7V

tanks break through the Allied lines creating a 3 mile wide gap. They take the town of Villers-Bretonneux

and threaten the rail junction at Amiens. The Allies responded and British and Australian troops,

supported by Marl IV and Whippet tanks, counter-attacked. The first tank vs. tank battle ensues.

The stage is set, the battle lines are drawn, and you are in command. The rest is history.

Rules: Commands and Colors - The Great War

Notes: Sandwiches and chips will be provided for lunch.

Gamemaster: Ed Sansing

Game Saturday October 19, 2024

2024-10-17T00:41:10Z

Location: Jay Stribling's house MAP

Scale: 15mm

Title: Battle of the Nile, 47 BC

Setting: The combined Roman-Egyptian armies of Julius Caesar and Cleopatra VII defeat those of the rival Queen Arsinoe IV and King Ptolemy XIII and secure the throne of Egypt.

Rules: Commands and Colors Ancients

Notes: A light lunch will be provided.

Gamemaster: Jay Stribling

Re: Game on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024

2024-10-03T03:30:54Z

The game on Oct. 5 has been cancelled. We will try to reschedule it at a later date.

On 10/02/2024 10:25 AM CDT JAMES PITTS wrote:

SATURDAY 10/05/2024 at 10:00 am
Location: Jay's house -- MAP

Scale: 15mm

Title: Encounter at Reichenberg

Setting: Bohemia in the Seven Years War with Prussians vs. Austrians

Rules: Larry's home rules

Notes: Although not an historical battle, it does take place at an historical battle site.

Gamemaster: Larry Reeves

Game on Saturday, Oct. 5, 2024

2024-10-02T15:26:23Z

SATURDAY 10/05/2024 at 10:00 am

Location: Jay's house -- MAP

Scale: 15mm

Title: Encounter at Reichenberg

Setting: Bohemia in the Seven Years War with Prussians vs. Austrians

Rules: Larry's home rules

Notes: Although not an historical battle, it does take place at an historical battle site.

Gamemaster: Larry Reeves

Game on Saturday, Sep. 7, 2024

2024-09-03T20:21:31Z

SATURDAY Sep. 7, 2024 at 10:00 am

Location: Jay's house MAP

Scale: 25mm

Title: An Engagement in Mittleland

Setting: The disputed province of Mittleland between the Kingdoms of Parallelogram and Circumference in the continent of Europa sometime in the Middle Ages when knighthood was in flower.

From the mists of time (and the Jackson Gamers archives) - a previous encounter

between the Kingdoms of Parallelogram and Circumference.

Rules: "Rules by Ral"

Notes: A light luncheon will be served.

Gamemaster: Jay Stribling

Game on Saturday, August 31, 2024

2024-08-28T20:19:25Z

SATURDAY 08/31/2024

Location: Fondren Presbyterian Church library MAP

Scale: 15mm

Title: Approach to Tiberius

Setting: During the recurring wars between the Byzantine Empire and the Fatamids in Egypt, the Fatamids are attempting to oust the Byzantines from Galilee.

Rules: "To the Strongest" modified. All necessary play sheets will be provided.

Notes: There will be a church event going on in the Fellowship Hall and on the back patio so the front door should be open. Just come on back to the library. We'll probably go to Quizno's to eat lunch.

Gamemaster: Jim Pitts

Game on Saturday, August 3, 2024

2024-07-31T14:47:04Z

SATURDAY August 3, 2024

Location: Alex’s house MAP

Scale: Microarmor

Title: Counterattack on Mortain

Setting: "We must strike like lightning!" - Adolf Hitler to Field Marshall Von Kluge. 'Operation Lüttich' began shortly before midnight on the evening of August 3rd. Under direct orders from Hitler, four panzer divisions launched a counterattack westward across the Cotentin Peninsula toward Avranches. Their objective: to cut Patton's forces in half, thereby bottling up the Allied breakout.

Rules: Memoir ’44 on the Normandy ‘Overlord’ map

Notes: Lunch will be Diane's famous waffles. Please RSVP direct to Alex.

Gamemaster: Alex Kirk

Hope to see you there!

Game on Saturday, July 20, 2024

2024-07-17T04:14:23Z

SATURDAY - 07/20/2024 at 10:00 am

Location: Jay Stribling's house - MAP

Scale: 25mm

Title: Battle of Bemis Heights, 7 Oct 1777

Setting: Action fought during the Saratoga campaign between Gates' American army and Burgoyne's British army. Burgoyne's defeat led to his surrender ten days later, which resulted in encouraging the French to actively entire the conflict. eventually leading to America's victory and independence.

Rules: Commands & Colors - Tricorne

Notes: Lunch will be provided.

Gamemaster: Jay Stribling

Game on Saturday, July 6, 1776

2024-07-04T20:38:47Z

SATURDAY 07/06/2024

Location: Fondren Presbyterian Church, library, 3220 Old Canton Road, Jackson

Scale: 15mm

Title: The Battle for Long Island, 27 Aug 1776 -- British Flank March

Setting: After the British landing on Long Island, Clinton was ordered to take an elite force and make a night march around the Continental left flank. While Clinton made the night march, Grant attacked the Continentals at Gowanus road, while Heister in command of the Hessian troops, attacked the Continentals along Flatbush road at Battle Pass. The attacks were to hold the Continentals in position and distract them from the main army coming around the flank.

The Battle of Long Island, a National Guard

Heritage Painting by 21st century artist

Domenick D'Andrea that was created for the

National Guard Bureau. The painting depicts

the Delaware Regiment at the Battle of

Long Island on August 27, 1776.

Rules: Commands & Colors - Tricorne

Notes: We will be back in the church library. If the front door is locked, please call me at 769-226-5754 so I can come let you in. If the door is unlocked, please come all the way back to the library. We'll eat lunch at Quizno's.

Gamemaster: Jim Pitts

Additional Note: If we complete the Flank Attack game and still have enough time, Jay will set up the "Grant's Attack" portion of the Battle of Long Island. On August 22, Washington received word that the British had landed on Long Island. His troops were deployed on the high ground in front of Brooklyn Heights, hoping to inflict heavy casualties on the British before his troops fell back to the main defenses. On the British side, Clinton was ordered to take an elite force and make a night march around the Continental left flank. While Clinton made the night march, Grant’s British troops would attack the Continentals to hold them in position and distract them from the main army coming around the flank.

Hope you can join us for some rollicking American Revolution action.

Jim

Game on Saturday, June 29, 2024

2024-06-26T16:03:14Z

There will NOT be a game on this 5th Saturday. Stay tuned for details about the game on Saturday, July 6.

Game on June 15, 20204

2024-06-13T21:08:53Z

SATURDAY -- June 15, 2024

Location: Jay Stribling’s house MAP

Scale: 25mm

Title: Battle for Lübeck - North Gate, 6 Nov 1806

Setting: After the defeat at Jena-Auerstadt, General Leutnant von Blücher escaped from the Prussian debacle and took shelter in the Hanseatic city-state of Lübeck. There he is attacked by the pursuing French columns commanded by Marshal Bernadotte.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_L%C3%BCbeck for more details.

Rules: Commands & Colors Napoleonic

Notes: Please RSVP to Jay so he can have enough provisions.

Gamemaster: Jay Stribling

Game on Saturday, June 1, 2024

2024-05-29T16:02:10Z

SATURDAY June 1, 2024

Location: Alex Kirk's house [enter through garage and come up stairs] MAP

Scale: 1:285 (Microarmor)

Title: Battle at Alfeld.

Setting: A fictitious engagement around Alfeld, Germany. The scenario is based on the Red Storm Rising battle at Alfeld where General-Colonel Pavel Leonidovich Alekseyev leads the Soviet 20th Tank Division against the British 6 Armored Brigade.

Rules: Alex's modified Fist Full of Tows 3.

Notes: This is his playtest for Bayou Wars convention next weekend. Lunch will be sandwiches.

Please RSVP to Alex at alex-kirk@sbcglobal.net

Gamemaster: Alex Kirk