Wednesday, March 16, 2022

LardEhs Game Day III - October 2022


When:  Saturday, October 22, 2022

Where:  Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Hall, Hamilton (1353 Barton Street East)

What:  Two time slots of TooFatLardies Games

Who (organizers):  Chris Robinson and Barnaby Ore

Who (attendees):  Anyone!  Pre-registration and payment will be required (details pending)

GMs Wanted?  Yes please! We’re looking to have 6-8 games per time slot - To contact me, please e-mail me at chrisrobinson AT nexicomDOTnet to sign up your game

Cost:  $15 for the full day (two game slots). Complimentary admission for GMs. Please pre-register with payment to the Hamilton Tabletop Gaming Society account at htgsgroup AT(@) gmail.com  - e-transfer or Paypal accepted.

Game Pre-Registration:  Once you've registered for the event, please either send your game choice  (and a backup) for each timeslot you wish to play in with your payment as a note, or to Chris at: chrisrobinson AT nexicom.net.  Your game choices will be confirmed with a reply.

9:30 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. Games

A.  Cook’s Mill - 28mm Sharp Practice - GM Roger Chrysler - FULL
October 1814. Due to lack of supplies, the British Right Division has raised the siege of Fort Erie and retreated back to their strong lines at the Chippewa River. U.S. troops are attempting to flank them by crossing upriver. Cook’s Mill has been processing the harvest, so a secondary goal for the Americans is to burn the mill and seize the flour. They’ve thrown a small bridge across Lyon’s Creek but have been detected by scouting Glengarry Light Infantry. Whose reinforcements will get there “firstest with the mostest “?  For four players. 

B.  Rescue the Colonel at Varaville! - 20mm Chain of Command - GM Thomas Sero
D-Day 6th June 1944 - The invasion begins with massive, combined parachute and glider attacks by the allied forces across the battlefield.  The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion's mission, part of 3rd Parachute Brigade of the 6th British Airborne Division, is centred north of Caen, on the eastern banks of the Orne. C Company’s mission is centred around the village of Varaville.  In the middle of their mission, they receive a radio signal that Lieutenant-Colonel Bradbooke’s glider has crashed northwest of Varaville and needs to be rescued.  The Colonel has with him the plans for D-Day and he and the documents must not fall into enemy hands. The mission for C company has changed the Colonel must be rescued.  For four players.
  Canceled - Unfortunately Thomas has had to withdrawn his games.

C.  Beaches of Betio - 20mm What a Tanker - GM Howard Tulloch
The beaches of Betio is our setting as the Honey and Sherman tanks stalk their Japanese foe.  The vehicles had to be light and nimble. The stress of commanding is in managing what you have to do and what the dice say you can do. This will be a continuous demonstration game of up to three scenarios in rotation, games will be about 60 minutes each (allowing for rules overview and game time).  
Scenarios:  
1)  Hit the Beach - all together now!
2)  Weaseling Out the Foe - not so fast!
3)  The Clean Up - yikes, that's a big un!
For four players.

D.  Buon Natale a tutti! - 15mm O Group - GM Sean Malcolmson - FULL
In ‘Bloody December 1943’, Canadian forces came up against the fallschrimjagers of the 1st Parachute Division. Upon reaching the border of the town of Ortona, the Canadians expected the German paratroopers to fall back to a more defensible position. But the fallschirmjagers did not, instead digging in with deadly tenacity. What followed was deadly street to street, house to house & room to room fighting. This scenario tries to recreate a sense of battle that became known as ‘Little Stalingrad’. Using modified ‘O Group’ rules, players will see if the Germans can stand or if the Canadians can push them out. For four players.

E.  Strongpoint Hillman (WN17) - 6mm I Ain't Been Shot Mum! - GM Brian Hall - FULL
The 1st Battalion of the Suffolk Regiment is trying to capture the Pt 61 before last light on June 6, 1944. The first attack failed, perhaps the second will carry the objective?  For 4 or 5 players. 

1:30-3 p.m. LUNCH

3 - 7 p.m. Games

AA. Cook’s Mill - 28mm Sharp Practice - GM Roger Chrysler
October 1814. Due to lack of supplies, the British Right Division has raised the siege of Fort Erie and retreated back to their strong lines at the Chippewa River. U.S. troops are attempting to flank them by crossing upriver. Cook’s Mill has been processing the harvest, so a secondary goal for the Americans is to burn the mill and seize the flour. They’ve thrown a small bridge across Lyon’s Creek but have been detected by scouting Glengarry Light Infantry. Whose reinforcements will get there “firstest with the mostest “?  For four players.  

BB.  Rescue the Colonel at Varaville! - 20mm Chain of Command - GM Thomas Sero
D-Day 6th June 1944 - The invasion begins with massive, combined parachute and glider attacks by the allied forces across the battlefield.  The 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion's mission, part of 3rd Parachute Brigade of the 6th British Airborne Division, is centred north of Caen, on the eastern banks of the Orne. C Company’s mission is centred around the village of Varaville.  In the middle of their mission, they receive a radio signal that Lieutenant-Colonel Bradbooke’s glider has crashed northwest of Varaville and needs to be rescued.  The Colonel has with him the plans for D-Day and he and the documents must not fall into enemy hands. The mission for C company has changed the Colonel must be rescued.  For four players.
  Canceled - Unfortunately Thomas has had to withdrawn his games.

CC.  Beaches of Betio - 20mm What a Tanker - GM Howard Tulloch
The beaches of Betio is our setting as the Honey and Sherman tanks stalk their Japanese foe.  The vehicles had to be light and nimble. The stress of commanding is in managing what you have to do and what the dice say you can do. This will be a continuous demonstration game of up to three scenarios in rotation, games will be about 60 minutes each (allowing for rules overview and game time). 
Scenarios:  
1)  Hit the Beach - all together now!
2)  Weaseling Out the Foe - not so fast!
3)  The Clean Up - yikes, that's a big un!
For four players.

DD.   Air Action over Guadalcanal - 1/600 Bag the Hun* - GM James Manto - FULL 
A strike force from Rabaul trues to finish off an American destroyer that was damaged in a skirmish in The Slot the night before. The Cactus Airforce sorties to provide air cover.  For four players.  

* An open game of Bag the Hun may be available in the morning too, and a second scenario with the Americans on the attack will be brought:  A strike force from Guadalcanal seeks to finish off a Japanese destroyer that was damaged in a skirmish in The Slot the night before. 

EE.  Second Day at Gettysburg - 15mm ACW Sharp Practice - GM Chris Robinson - FULL
Before the arrival of Sickles' 3rd Corps on the morning of July 2nd, skirmishing had already broken out. A small patrol of dismounted Union cavalry captured a Confederate prisoner but had to leave him behind with a small guard when CSA infantry pickets started probing the terrain around Pitzer's schoolhouse.  Union pickets were also on their way to start the day's probing for the enemy's lines, and so as dawn breaks both sides are creeping onto the table for a sweep while a couple of troopers and a troublesome prisoner duck down...somewhere.  For four players.

7 p.m. Onwards - Curry!

Prize Sponsors

We will once again have game prize support from Crucible Crush Games, a sponsor for LardEhs II, and joining them will be new sponsors, Red Goblin Printing.

Game Sellers Table

For those not able to make the Hamilton Tabletop Gaming Society's game bazaar, we'll have a table set up for a small bring and buy.  Please label any items you bring with your name and price, and be prepared to make change or only take exact change.

Contact

To contact me with any questions or for more information, please e-mail me at chrisrobinson AT nexicomDOTnet

LardEhs Game Day II

Updated May 16 with some news on which games are full and which have spaces (also one game has been cancelled).


When:  Saturday, May 28, 2022

Where:  Royal Hamilton Light Infantry Veterans Association Hall, Hamilton (1353 Barton Street East)

What:  Two time slots of TooFatLardies Games

Who (organizers):  Chris Robinson and Barnaby Ore, with Mike Peterson helping with the fundraising for charity

Who (attendees):  Anyone!  Pre-registration and payment will be required (details below)

GMs Wanted?  Yes please! We’re looking to have 6-8 games per time slot

Cost:  $15 (GMs receive complimentary entry)  Please pre-register with payment to the Hamilton Tabletop Gaming Society account at htgsgroup AT(@) gmail.com  - e-transfer or Paypal accepted.

Game Pre-Registration:  Once you've registered for the event, please either send your game choice  (and a backup) for each timeslot you wish to play in with your payment as a note, or to Chris at: chrisrobinson AT nexicom.net.  Your game choices will be confirmed with a reply.

Sponsors:

Vendors:

  • 5 Arrows Figures and Books - 20mm WWII and Ospreys - at a minimum!
  • Cardboard Dungeon Games - Won't have a table at the event, but will be able to bring anything ordered from their shop to the event - use the code LARDDAY to remove shipping from your online order! (Note: obviously you must actually be coming to LardEhs for this to work!)
  • Crucible Crush - Lee will be there with an assortment of merch from CC and other companies.

Current Game Selection

9:30am - 1:30pm
A. Counter Attack at Fontenay-Le-Pesnel (Big Chain of Command) 
Operation Martlet was part of a series of attacks to capture the French town of Caen after the D-Day invasion. XXX Corps was tasked to capture Raury 20km west of Caen. The 49th (West Riding) Division and the 50th (Northumbrian) Infantry Division face 12th SS Panzer Division Hitlerjugend. The 49th has made progress by taking the village of  Fontenay-Le-Pesnel just to the north of Raury. As was their tactic, the 12th SS counterattacked within days.  Will the counterattack by 12th SS be successful or will the West Riding Division hold?

20mm.  6 Players.  GM Thomas Sero

B. Pennypacket Bridge Part I - The Confederate Morning Attack (1863 ACW Sharp Practice) - FULL
A fictional scenario by Nick Skinner from WSS #115 to look at cavalry in the American Civil War, this opening action sees a Confederate infantry column come up against US cavalry setting a defensive screen on the flank of a Union position.  Can the smaller force in blue hold the river long enough for the flank to be covered?  In the afternoon we'll flip the roles and on the same battlefield see if Confederate cavalry can do the same.

15mm.  4 Players.  GM Chris Robinson

C. What A Burmese Tanker! (What a Tanker) 
The jungles of Burma were not tank friendly. The vehicles had to be light and nimble. The stress of commanding is in managing what you have to do and what the dice say you can do. Up to three scenarios in rotation in each time slot:
1. Yikes that’s a big un!
2. Not so fast!
3. All together now!

20mm.  4 Players.  GM Howard Tulloch

D. Parabellum! (Infamy Infamy)
It is 43 AD, and the forces of Caratacus are fighting the Claudian invasion of Britain, under the command of Aulus Plautius. After months of hit and run tactics by the Celtic tribes that have plagued the legions, the Romans have managed to bring a force of Celtic warriors to open battle. The legionaries are primed for the fight. The warriors of the Catuvellauni have driven themselves into a murderous frenzy at the chance to finally come out of the shadows and strike at Rome.  Parabellum. 

28mm.  4 Players.  GM Sean Malcolmson

E. Frenchtown (1812 Sharp Practice) FULL
An American force under Brigadier General Winchester have driven out a small force of Canadian militia and First Nations from Frenchtown, Michigan Territory, and occupied the village. 

The British forces under Colonel Procter have force marched from Amherstburg with their First Nation allies under Chief Roundhead to make a surprise "Dawn Attack” on the U.S. forces.

From TFL Games' War of 1812 scenarios by Mike Hobbs.  

28mm.  4 Players. GM Roger Chrysler

1:30pm - 3:00pm

Lunch - There are several locations for lunch within a short walk or drive of the RHLI Hall.

3:00pm - 7pm

AA. Frenchtown (1812 Sharp Practice) FULL
An American force under Brigadier General Winchester have driven out a small force of Canadian militia and First Nations from Frenchtown, Michigan Territory, and occupied the village. 

The British forces under Colonel Procter have force marched from Amherstburg with their First Nation allies under Chief Roundhead to make a surprise "Dawn Attack” on the U.S. forces.

From TFL Games' War of 1812 scenarios by Mike Hobbs.  

28mm.  4 Players. GM Roger Chrysler

BB. Pennypacket Bridge Part II - The Union's Afternoon Counterattack (1863 ACW Sharp Practice) FULL
In the morning, Union cavalry had to screen a flank from a CSA probing attack, now after eventually taking the battlefield, Texan and Virginian cavalry are guarding the Confederate rear area when Union infantry reinforcements burst onto the scene.  Without the breech-loading carbines of the north, can the greys come up with tactics to hold off this attack?  Part Two of a a fictional scenario from WSS #115 by Nick Skinner to look at cavalry in the American Civil War.  Playing in Part One not required!

15mm.  4 Players.  GM Chris Robinson

CC. What A Burmese Tanker! (What a Tanker) 
The jungles of Burma were not tank friendly. The vehicles had to be light and nimble. The stress of commanding is in managing what you have to do and what the dice say you can do. Up to three scenarios in rotation in each time slot:
1. Yikes that’s a big un!
2. Not so fast!
3. All together now!

20mm.  4 Players.  GM Howard Tulloch

DD. 30K Ultramarines vs. Iron Warriors (Horus Heresy Chain of Command rules variant by Ioan Davies-John) - CANCELLED

As the Warmaster Horus musters his legions of traitors on Ullanor, the Iron Warriors are mired in brutal fighting on the planet of Krade. Originally tasked with preventing the Ultramarines from reaching the final battle on Terra, the Primarch Perturabo has now been ordered to withdraw and join up with the invasion forces. A small garrison lead by Lt. Soltarn Vull Bronn covers the evacuation in the face of the relentless advance… Can the brothers of iron hold out long enough against the onslaught of Guilliman’s finest?

15mm.  4 Players.  GM Anthony Watts

EE. Wertingen 1805 - On the Road to Austerlitz - FULL
8 October, 1805:  after the Grande Armee crossed the Rhine to deal with the Austrian-Russian Third Coalition, Napoleon's advance guard under Murat caught one of General Mack's Austrian corps by surprise at Wertingen.  The French force under the dashing Murat is heavy in cavalry, stiffened by Oudinot's grenadiers, and historically made short work of the Austrians, but the brave whitecoated infantry might make a better showing if ably led in this re-fight.

This 6mm game is a chance to try General D'Armee, the large-battle Napoleonic rules by Dave Brown published by Reisswitz Press.  

6mm.  4 Players.  GM Michael Peterson

FF. Parabellum! (Infamy Infamy)
It is 43 AD, and the forces of Caratacus are fighting the Claudian invasion of Britain, under the command of Aulus Plautius. After months of hit and run tactics by the Celtic tribes that have plagued the legions, the Romans have managed to bring a force of Celtic warriors to open battle. The legionaries are primed for the fight. The warriors of the Catuvellauni have driven themselves into a murderous frenzy at the chance to finally come out of the shadows and strike at Rome.  Parabellum. 

28mm.  4 Players.  GM Sean Malcolmson

7:00pm+

Curry!  As with the first LardEhs Day in November, we'll look to order in curry (other options are available from the restaurant) for those who wish to stay and have a casual dinner and chat afterwards.

Charity Raffle & Dice:

We'll be having a fundraiser (raffle, sale items) for the McMaster Children's Hospital Foundation, thanks to the help of Mike Peterson, aka the Mad Padre.  The fundraising will include:
  • For sale on the day will be official TooFatLardies dice ($2 each), donated by TFL.
  • Raffle tickets ($5 each, 5 for $20) will be available and prizes include a 28mm MDF WWII terrain pack (pictured below) courtesy of Cardboard Dungeon Games once again, 12-packs of TFL dice, a set of Zoporozhian Cossack figures from Pulp Figures courtesy of the Canadian Wargamer Podcast, and yet more dice in TFL rule-sized packs of 24 supported by Dan the Dice Guy.

Other News:
  • For those coming in from out of town and wanting to make a weekend out of it, on Friday night the Hamilton Tabletop Gaming Society is having their monthly game night at the same venue - you're welcome to join in.
  • Please bring cash for any purchases (dice, raffle tickets, entrance fee).
  • For our GMs (and to entice more GMs to come forward!), Cardboard Dungeon Games is also offering a set of weathering paints for our GM-only raffle.

To contact me, please e-mail chrisrobinson AT nexicom.net