Location: Jay Stribling's house MAP
Scale: 1:2400 naval
Title: "Red Sun Rising"
Setting: Somewhere in the Yellow Sea off the coast of the Korean peninsula
Rules: "Broadside and Salvo" tactical from "White Bear, Red Sun" rules by David Manley
Notes: For International Naval Wargames Day using Jim's 1:2400 scale pre-dreadnought ships
Gamemaster: Jim Pitts
This is a picture of some of Jim's ships from a game we played previously.
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Scale: 25mm
Title: "Rally 'Round the Flag, Boys!"
Setting: Somewhere in Virginia
Rules: Larry Brom's ACW rules (modified)
Gamemaster: Jay
Stribling
American forces (Alex's 1:285 miniatures) advance toward the enemy.
Location: Alex Kirk's house in Forest [Turn off US Hwy 80 at the American Legion & VFW Lodges, M-60 MBT] MAP
Scale: 1:285 microarmor
Title: Hell in Alsfeld!
Setting: The 3rd
Shock Army, Group of Soviet Forces, Germany is forcing the Fulda Gap against
the 1st (US) Armored Division, V (US) Corps.
Rules: “A Fistful of
TOWs”
Notes: Please RSVP to
Alex so he can ensure there are enough provisions for everyone (waffles cooked
by his wife. Yum! Yum!)
Gamers coming from the Jackson metro area can rendezvous at Jay's house for carpooling/convoy to Alex's.
Gamemaster: Alex
Kirk (cell phone is 972-342-6712
Location: Strawberry Patch Park in Madison. We will be in the Little Strawberry House across from Madison Ridgeland Academy's athletic stadium on Old Canton Road just south of St. Augustine and north of Bruce Campbell (Air) Field. MAP
Scale: 25mm.
Title: Going down to the River.
Setting: Russo-Japanese War. A reinforced Japanese infantry division must take a vital river crossing initially defended by a Russian brigade with artillery in a nearby redoubt. Russian reinforcements and some feral Cossacks are have also been sent to the scene.
Rules: Joe Morchhauser's "old school" 1962 rules.
Notes: Please RSVP to Steve by this Friday morning, 1 July, if you are coming to the game.
Gamemaster: Steve Haller
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Scale: 15mm
Title: Last Throes of the Western Roman Empire
Setting:
The Catalaunian Plains in north central France. The Western Roman
Coalition, led by the Roman general Flavius Aetius and the Visigothic King
Theodoric I, battles King Attila's Huns and their Germannic vassals.
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Rules: Commands and Colors - Medieval
Notes: This scenario comes in two parts, west and east. We'll start with the west-side scenario and then play the east-side if we have enough time.
Gamemaster: Jim Pitts
Hope to see you there!
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Location: Fondren Presbyterian Church library, 3220 Old Canton Road
Scale: 15mm
Title: Battle of Concord Crossing (Second play test)
Setting: A "What If" action between portions of the Army of the Cumberland and the Army of Tennessee during the June 1863 Tullahoma campaign
Rules: "On to Richmond!"
Gamemaster: Jim Pitts
Notes: This will be the second play test of the game that Jim will run at the Bayou Wars convention on June 11. If the front door is locked when you arrive, please call Jim Pitts for admittance.
Location: Fondren Presbyterian Church library, 3220 Old Canton Road
Scale: 15mm
Title: Battle of Concord Crossing
Setting: A
"What If" action between portions of the Army of the Cumberland and
the Army of Tennessee during the June 1863 Tullahoma campaign.
Rules: "On to Richmond!"
Notes: This will be a play test of the game that I will run at the Bayou Wars convention on June 11.
Gamemaster: Jim Pitts
If the front door is locked when you arrive, please call me at 769-226-5754 for admittance.
Hope to see you there!
Jim
Due to a lack of response the game has been postponed.
Location: Little Strawberry House in Strawberry Park, Madison. On Old Canton Road across the street from Madison-Ridgeland Academy.
Scale: 25mm
Title: Defending the Redoubt
Setting: Somewhere in Manchuria in 1905. A 10,000-man Japanese division of 2 large infantry brigades supported by artillery and dragoons is advancing on a key river crossing. A small Russian infantry brigade with artillery is defending in a large redoubt; they can be reinforced by 3 other small infantry brigades and Cossacks in the area (Russian forces also number 10,000 men).
Rules: Rules in Joe Morschauser’s 1962 classic How to Play War Games in Miniature.
Notes: RSVP Steve Haller if you plan to come to Madison. Lunch will be sandwich fixings. Start time is 10:00 a.m. We should be finished about 3:00 p.m.
Gamemaster: Steve Haller
Location: Alex Kirk's house in Forest. Address is 211 Greenview Drive.
Jackson metro attendees normally rendezvous at Jay's house by 9:30 to carpool/convoy to Alex's. Contact Jay if you plan on doing that.
Scale: 1:285/6mm
Title: Hedgerow Hell!
Setting: The Americans continue their slog through the Normandy hedgerows to capture St. Lo. Elite German fallschirmjäger units bolster the German defenses.
Rules: Memoir '44 played using 1:285 microarmor and infantry.
Gamemaster: Alex Kirk
Notes: Alex will provide sandwiches and light snacks to refuel the combatants. This information provided by Jim Pitts. Gaming schedule maintained by Jim Pitts and Jay Stribling. If you are interested in running and/or hosting a game contact one of them.
SATURDAY April 2, 2022
Location: Jay Stribling's house
Scale: 15mm
Title: Battle of Lessie's Moor, 24 June 1643
Setting: After muttering over ale pots all winter, the supporters of the rightful King and the supporters of the Parliament have decided to punish their foes in Borsetshire. The forces have gathered, many toasts have been drunk, and the matches are lit.
Rules: "For King and Parliament"
Notes: This is a fictitious scenario developed by the creators of the rule set. The players generalship will be tested by the relative scarcity of general officers, divided commands, and close terrain. We'll see several different types of foot and horse as well as some artillery for this second game using FKaP.
Gamemaster: Jim Pitts
This is our current list of scheduled games and open game days for April, May and June.
April 2 -- English Civil War by Jim Pitts at Jay's house
April 16 -- Memoir 44 (WW2) by Alex Kirk at his house in Forest
April 30 -- nothing scheduled yet
May 7 -- either American Revolution or Russo-Japanese War by Steve Haller in Madison
May 21 -- nothing scheduled yet
June 4 -- nothing scheduled yet
Jun 10-12 -- Bayou Wars convention (30th Anniversary!) in D'Iberville
Jun 18 -- nothing scheduled yet
If you want to run a game on any of the open dates, please contact Jay Stribling or Jim Pitts so we can get you on the schedule.
See you at a game soon!
Just a quick recap of games played during the 1st Quarter of this year and to get used to posting in the new website format. Stay tuned for the 2nd quarter.
March 19 - Location - VFW Post at 1918 Washington St., Vicksburg
Scale: 1/600
Title: Dawn of Iron – Yazoo Devil and the Devils Charge (4 players) and Plum Point Bend and Memphis (6+ players)
Setting: Ironclad actions along the Mississippi River in 1862
Rules: Dawn of Iron - ACW at Sea
March 5 - Location - Alex's house in Forest, MS
Scale: 1/285 - 6mm
Title: Sword of Stalingrad
Setting: Russians versus Germans in the ruins of Stalingrad, featuring NKVD armored train #73.
Rules: Memoir '44 - Overlord Expansion
Feb 19 - Location: Fondren Presbyterian Church; Old Canton Road, Jackson
Scale: 15mm
Title: Battle of Montgomery, 17 Sep., 1644
Setting: Following the defeat of Prince Rupert at Marston Moor (2 July 1644), the Parliamentarians spent much of the summer clearing the Royalists out of mid-Wales. In early September, they captured a Royalist ammunition convoy and placed it for safety in Montgomery Castle. Royalists gathered forces from Cheshire, Lancashire, and Shrewsbury as well as regiments returning from Ireland and laid siege to the castle. The Parliamentary forces were gathered from Cheshire, Derbyshire, Lancashire, and Yorkshire to raise the siege.
Rules: "For King and Parliament" -- a square-gridded, card driven rule set. Instruction and play sheets will be provided.
Feb 5 - Location: Jay's house - Brandon
Scale: 15mm
Title: Battle of Falkirk Muir, Jan. 17, 1746 (the first day
Setting: This battle was fought on January 17 & 18, 1746, between the Jacobite army under Lord George Murray, and the Government army under General Henry Hawley. A two day affair, the Highlanders did very well on the first day. But the second day's battle saw both sides worn out; they both claimed victory and "went home".
Rules: Jacobite Rising - A Commands and Colors variant
Jan 29 - Location: Jay's house - Brandon
Scale: 15mm
Title: Seelowe Heights, 18-19 April 1945
Setting: Part of the opening of the Russian offensive to take Berlin. After fierce fighting with high casualties on both sides, Russian Marshal Zuikov's 1st Belorussian Front triumphed over German General Busse's 9th Army.
Rules: Memoir '44
Jan 17 - In years past a Jackson Gamer who now lives in North Carolina would visit and gamemaster a game on the MLK holiday using the Carnage and Glory game system. This year, due to the uncertainties brought on by the OMICRON variant of COVID, we had to cancel that game.
Jan 15 - Location: Strawberry Patch small meeting building (“Little Strawberry House”), Madison
Jan 1 - No GameScale: 25mm
Title: Battle of Cowpens (17 Jan 1781)
Setting: Dan Morgan and his 1,400+ Continentals and militia against “Bloody Ban” Tarleton and his 1,000 British regulars and Tories on the almost 241st anniversary of the battle.
Rules: “Whites of Their Eyes” by Steve Haller
We have moved the blog to a new host, but the migration went sideways. I have backups of the old site, but have to repost everything by hand, which will take a little bit. I'll get it all up as quickly as I can.
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Location: Jay Stribling's Home
Scale: 20mm
Title: Flogging the Assyrians
Rules: Pharaoh Rides to War
Game Master: Jay Stribling
Notes:The game will used Eric Teuber's old (30+ years old) 20mm armies of Egypt and Assyrians.
Location: Fondren Presbyterian Church Library
Scale: 25mm
Title:Russo-Japanese war
Rules: I can not remember the name of the rules, but they are the same ones that we used in his last RJW game.
Game Master: Steve Haller
Notes: This game will use Steve's"True 25mm"RJW armies.
Location: Alex Kirk's home in Forest Ms
Scale: 6mm
Title: WWII Armor game
Rules: Memoir 44 rules from the Board game of the same name.
Game master: Alex Kirk
Notes: A fun game in Alex's splendid"Wargamer's man Cave"
Location:Jay Stribling's Home
Scale: 25mm
Title: Cavalry Action on the Way to Leipzig
Rules: To the Sound of the Guns
Game Master: Jim Pitts
Setting: A meeting engagement somewhere south of ParisAs the allied Armies of the North and of Silesia advance south towards Leipzig, part of the cavalry of the Grande Armee attempts to halt their advance cavalry force.
Notes:Specific cavalry oriented play sheets will be available.A light lunch will be provided
Location:Strawberry Patch Park in Madison (smaller yellow house behind larger one at 7574 Old Canton Rd. across from MRA athletic field)
Scale: 25mm
Title: The battle of Eutaw Springs
Rules: Whites of Their Eyes
Game Master: Steve Haller
Notes: This was the last large battle in the Carolinas during the American Revolution. There will be 250 BritishLoyalist figures facing an attack by 300 Americans from Steve’s 25mm collection.
Location:Jay Stribling's Home MAP—https://tinyurl.com/eyk66xkj
Scale:25mm
Title: The battle of Perryville 1962
Rules:For this battle in the American Civil War we will use Larry Brom's"ACW rules"
Game Master: Larry Reeves
A light lunch will be provided so that we will lose less time.[[/emphasis]]
Location:Fondren Presbyterian Church Library
Scale:15mm
Title: Tanks, Tanks, and More Tanks! The Battle of Prokhorovka, July 1943
Rules:Memoir 44‘Overlord'(Epic)
Game Masters: Jim Pitts and Jay Stribling
Notes: This will be quite a large game. The tank battle of Prokhorovka was a clash between two immense armored forces. As the SS Panzer Corps started its advance, the Soviet artillery erupted and soon after the 5th Guards Tank Army under Gen. Pavel Rotmistrov accelerated toward the German advance. Rotmistrov's plan was to close quickly to negate the advantage held by the longer range German tanks.The fighting became a swirling melee and soon the battlefield was littered with the shattered remains of smoking armor. Losses on both sides were enormous. Combined, over 700 tanks were lost and because the battlefield remained in Soviet control the Germans could not recover and repair their losses.
Notes on the Location:We are finally getting to return to my church for a club game.But there are a couple of considerations for attending—If you are fully vaccinated, you are encouraged to wear a mask; if you are not fully vaccinated, you must wear a mask.These are not my directions, but those of the Session of the church.As an officer of the church, I must insist that these considerations be followed, especially the latter one.Right now with the proliferation of the Delta variant among the unvaccinated, we must all be especially careful.
There will also be some members of the church there preparing the Meals on Wheels in the Fellowship Hall.If the front door is locked, please call my cell phone (769-226-5754) and someone will come let you in.If the door is unlocked, please walk all the way down the hall, take a quick right then left, and continue down to the library at the end of that hall.
Jim Pitts
Location:Jay Stribling’s house MAP—https://tinyurl.com/eyk66xkj
Scale:25mm
Title: The battle of Quinby Bridge and Plantation.
Rules:We will use Larry Brom's The Sword and the Flame rules.
Game Master: Jay Stribling standing in for Steve Haller
A light lunch will be provided so that we will lose less time.
Location:Jay Stribling’s house MAP—https://tinyurl.com/eyk66xkj
Scale:25mm
Title: Rage among the mercenaries
Rules:Renaissance Rules by Dave Tuck
Scenario: various bands of mercenary Condottiere soldiers fight in Italy to advance the cause of France or Spain. Set in the 1500s, this is the period of the most colorful armies of all time.
Game Master: Jay Stribling
A light lunch will be provided so that we will lose less time.