Schedule Changes

Hey gang,

Due to some things beyond our control there are some changes to the schedule. The Source will be having their huge Customer Appreciation sale on Saturday, Dec. 17th. Because of this we will be cancelling the game at the Source as there will be no room for our game. Right now we are looking at moving the game to Jeff Johnson's place and changing the game from 25mm Napoleonics to 15mm ACW.

In addition, the game on Jan. 21st is now tentative because of the Source's move to their new location. In talking to Bob of the Source one of three things will happen that day. We will either be playing at the old location (if there are tables) or we will be playing at the new location or we will be relocating. I will keep you informed.

Fitz

New Schedule for 2012

Hey gang,

A new year is upon us and we have a new schedule of upcoming games.

Saturday - Jan 7th
15mm Samurai - Field of Glory
11am Source Comics and Games

Saturday - Jan 21st
15mm SYW - Koenig Kreig
Prussians v. Austro-Russians
11am Source Comics and Games

Elliott James will be running the 15mm Samurai game on the first weekend of January. He will be supplying all of the figures for the game and will be introducing us to Samurai warfare through Field of Glory.

Later in the month we will be putting on a Seven Years War game featuring Mark's new Russians and Tom's new artillery park. Jack's Austrians will also be putting in an appearance for this game too. It will be another one of our Wars of the Jumbled Alliances game and all are welcome.

Hope to see all of you at these games. If there is something that you want to see played in the upcoming year please drop me a line and let me know.

Fitz

Last game of the year is just announced

Hey gang,

Jeff and Gunther Johnson have claimed the last game day for 2011, Dec. 17th. They will be putting on a 25mm Napoleonics game of Horse, Musket, and Gun. Figures will be provided and all experience levels are welcome. Horse, Musket, and Gun is a new set of rules that Jeff has been working on for some time. They are easy to learn and quick to play. This promises to be a very entertaining game. Hope to see you there!

Fitz

Rounding out the year

Hey gang,

Our game schedule is now set through December. Not sure what to do about the 17th of December yet so we are open to suggestions right now. The schedule is as follows:

Dec. 3rd - 15mm ACW - Regimental Fire & Fury
First Playtest
11:00 am Source Comics and Games

Dec. 17th - Open

As always, if you have any questions or comments about the schedule please feel free to let me know. All games welcome all experience levels and generally troops are provided, though you are encouraged to bring your own figures if you have them.

Hope to see you there!

Fitz

Con of the North - SYWCON - BAR

Greetings Everyone,

Just want to touch on a couple of quick subjects.

Con of the North
We are putting together a list of events for the Con of the North (Feb 17-19) and want to make sure everyone is on board with the schedule.

Friday Feb 17 – 2 PM to 8 PM – 25mm Brother against Brother – The Road to First Bull Run
Friday Feb 17 – 8 PM to 2 AM – 15mm Koenig Krieg – The Battle of Warburg
Saturday Feb 18 – 10 AM to 6 PM - 15mm Napoleon’s Battles – The Battle of Borodino
Saturday Feb 18 – 6 PM to 2 AM – 15mm Koenig Krieg – The War of Jumbled Alliances
Sunday Feb 19 – 10 AM to 6 PM – 25mm Napoleonics

All games will be hosted by the Centurions and sponsored by the Source Comics and Games. We are working with the staff at Con of the North to make sure we have the necessary space to run these games.

The Battle of Warburg is an event several people are planning to put on at the SYW convention and this will be the final full blown play test.

I will be getting a hotel room; those interested in getting a room as well will be well advised to make reservations early as the hotel has a tendency to fill up.

Friday 1400-2000
The Road to First Bull Run
Brother against Brother
Six Players
The American Civil War was in its infancy and popular view was one quick battle and the war would be over still held sway in both the North and the South. In preparation for the Federal Army’s Manassas Campaign Union Forces attempt to take the Potomac Crossing at Seneca Fall held by Roberdea Wheat’s 1st Louisiana Special Battalion on July 14th 1861.
Special – This game should complete around 1700 with cleanup taking about an hour. Setup of the Battle of Warburg will begin shortly after a quick break for Supper.

Friday 2000 - 0200
Battle of Warburg
Koenig Krieg – 2nd Edition
Twelve Players
The Seven Years’ War is beginning to wind down in continental Europe. The French Army under duc de Broglie have gone on the offensive and invaded the British Allies of Hesse. The Grande Armée has connected with the Army of the Lower Rhine and has moved into a favorable position against the Ferdinand’s Hessian Forces. Seeking to push the Hessian duc de Broglie leaves Chevalier de Muy Corps defending Warburg as the Grande Armée pushes further into Hesse. Has Ferdinand found the weak link in the French Position.

Saturday 1000 – 1800
Battle of Borodino
Napoleon’s Battle – 3rd Edition
Twelve Players
Napoleon’s invasion of vast heartland of Russia had seen months of marching and fighting, however the elusive Russian Armies refused to stand and fight a decisive Battle. Less than 100 miles from Moscow Czar Alexander and Field Marshall Prince Kutuzov have decided to make their stand at the sleepy hamlet of Borodino. Napoleon has mustered every soldier in an attempt to shatter the Russian Army.

Saturday 1800 – 0200
Battle of the Jumbled Alliances
Koenig Krieg – 2nd Edition
Twelve Players
Sometime serious wargamers need a break; while the army lists and makeup are historic players will randomly be assigned. Players are encouraged to bring their own forces and priority will be given to players that do and a number of units will also be available.

Sunday 1000 – 1800
Battle of La Suffel
Horse Musket and Gun
Eight Players
Ten days after the Battle of Waterloo the French V Corps under General Rapp comes under attack from Austrian III Corps near Strasbourg. Join us for a Napoleonic Battle in 25mm as we attempt to discover if the French can hold off the superior numbers of the Austrians.

Seven Years' War Convention
If you don’t already have it in your calendar The Seven Years War Convention is March 30th and 31st, 2012 in South Bend Indiana.

Batailles de l'Ancien Régime
After much gnashing of teeth and discussion we have decided to move forward with a Batailles de l'Ancien Régime (aka BAR) project, focusing on the series of wars which occur between 1737 and 1748. This includes a Russo-Austrian-Turkish War, King George’s War, the War of Jenkin’s Ear, the Silesian Wars amongst many other conflicts between the European Powers.
The project will works towards 1:10 figure to men ratios using 25mm Figures.
I have jumped in front of the bus and will be painting more Austrians, there is a rumor that someone is painting Turks; however Russians (and them bloody Cossacks) will be in short supply.

Fall 2011 Schedule or how a good plan goes awry

Hey gang,

So we have a new plan... I've had a request for a couple of games that have necessitated some changes to our schedule for the fall. The new schedule is as follows:

Sept. 3rd - 10mm TYW game - Field of Glory
11:00 am Source Comics & Games
This is Labor Day weekend and we'll see what happens.

Sept. 17th - 25mm Samurai - Field of Glory*
11:00 am Source Comics and Games
*Rules are still under discussion

Oct. 1st -15mm Ancients - Field of Glory
Romans v. Carthage
11:00 am Source Comics and Games
This is a reschedule of the game from 9/17

Oct. 15th - 10mm Napoleonics game - Napoleonic Command
Bavarians v. Russians (or Austrians)
11:00 am Source Comics & Games

Nov. 5th - 15mm SYW - Koenig Kreig
War of Jumbled Alliances
11:00 am Source Comics and Games

Nov. 19th - ReCon
A variety of games during the day
10:00 am Coon Rapids VFW

If you have any questions or comments about the schedule please feel free to let me know. All games welcome all experience levels and generally troops are provided, though you are encouraged to bring your own figures if you have them.

Hope to see you there!

Fitz

September Schedule

Hey gang,

Here's the schedule for September.

Sept. 3rd - 10mm TYW game - Field of Glory
11:00 am Source Comics & Games
This is Labor Day weekend and we'll see what happens.

Sept. 17 - 15mm Ancients - Field of Glory
Romans v. Carthage
11:00 am Source Comics and Games

For those that weren't able to make the game this weekend, you missed Show-and-Tell. Turns out that there are plenty of Punic troops laying around, both Doug and Noel stopped by to show off their Cartheginians. In addition, Doug has a sizeable collection of Republican Romans too. And Joe K. couldn't resist showing off his large collection of Seleucid troops. Looks like we are ready for a new period of Ancients.

As for the TYW period we should see some new armies come into play. Expect a larger Swedish presence and look for some actual Imperialists to show up at the next game. Should be interesting. I know that the game is slated for the Labor Day weekend but when we last ran a TYW game, which was on the 4th of July weekend, we had an amazing turnout. I hope that we can repeat that in September.

Hope you can make the games.

Fitz

August Schedule is confirmed

Folks,

The August schedule has been confirmed. We will be doing a FoG game on the first weekend. Originally I had hoped to do a Punic-themed game but it was not to be, so we will be doing another EIR-themed game.

On the third weekend we will be playing SYW using Koenig Krieg. Tom Zwirn and Jeff Johnson are throwing this game together and questions about it are best addressed to them. This will be a central theater game but, as always, all forces are welcome.

Hope to see you at the games.

Fitz

Game on Saturday, July 30th

Hey gang,

Elliott James has decided to add another Napoleonic Command game to the schedule this month. As you probably know by now he has had to roll his Misfits of Gaming group in with another, the Geek Partnership Society. This has brought him a number of advantages, including the use of their clubhouse. Included below are the specifics of Elliott's game:
"I'm going to be putting on another NC game on 7/30, sorry for the short notice.

Venue will be Geek Partnership Society,1121 Jackson Street NE Ste 105 & 135Mpls, MN 554413
Jackson is one street west of Central at Broadway. Jeff, this is the site I'm suggesting if we need a public/private venue away from the Source. If you can support I would be greatful.

Elliott"

Hope you can make it.

Fitz

Tentative August Schedule

Hey gang,

Here's what we are looking at for August:

Aug 6th - 15mm Ancients - Field of Glory
Early Imperial Romans v. the World
11:00 am Source Comics and Games

Aug 20th - 15mm SYW - Koenig Kreig
War of Jumbled Alliances
11:00 am Source Comics and Games

These games are tentative right now, depending on whether someone has to run their favorite game. We are always open for new games and are looking for driven people who would like to try their hand at refereeing games (either the existing games we are playing or some new period.) Please feel free to contact me and let me know if you'd like to try running a particular scenario.

Fitz

June and July 2011 Schedule

Hey gang,

Here is the schedule for June and July.

June

4th - 15mm Ancients game - Field of Glory
Early Imperial Rome v. Sassanids
11:00 am Source Comics & Games

18th - 15mm Napoleonics game - Napoleon's Battles
Hundred Days Campaign
11:00 am Source Comics & Games

July

2nd - 10mm TYW game - Field of Glory
11:00 am Source Comics & Games

(Change)16th - 10mm Napoleonics game - Napoleonic Command
11:00 am Source Comics & Games

As always all experience levels are welcome and figures will be provided, though players are encouraged to provide their own commands.

May Schedule

First, our normal game on the 7th will not be happening at the Source due to their Free Comic Book Day event. Free Comic Book Day happens on the first Saturday in May every year and I forget about it every year. Jeff Johnson wanted to put on a game that day and I have not heard if there will be a different venue for it yet. I will keep you informed.

Second, we will be playing 10mm TYW on the 21st. Due to the amount of troops that are in the works for the game it is impractical to try and run another game using Forlorn Hope at this time. So, given the success of the Field of Glory game on Apr. 18th, I am going to try using the FoG Renaissance rules for the game on the 21st. We had a lot of success with people picking up the rules very quickly for the Roman Civil War game and I am hoping that we will have the same success with the TYW period. Tom and I will be exploring options for the game as the TYW project has an odd basing system that will affect how the game is played.

Fitz

Apr. 16th Game

This game will be our attempt at restarting Ancients for the group.

Tom Zwirn is putting the finishing touches on his 69 AD Roman Civil War plan and wants to put a game on the table this spring. This is the Year of the Four Emperors when civil war tears the Roman world apart and Vespasian would restore order. Tom has been working on several Principate period armies and will be using them to put on the game.

As always all experience levels are welcome and all figures will be provided. If you want to provide your own figures for the game Tom asks that you keep them to the period around 69 AD and the Roman Empire.

Fitz

Spring 2011 Schedule

Here is the new Centurion's schedule for the Spring of 2011. The March dates are solid. There has been a change in the April line up as the 10mm TYW armies will not be ready until May.

March
5th - 15mm Turkenkrieg game - Koenig Krieg
ReCon

19th - 15mm Sci-Fi game - Future Wars Commander
Source Comics and Games

Apr
2nd - 15mm SYW game - Koenig Krieg
Source Comics and Games

16th - 15mm Ancients game - Field of Glory
Source Comics and Games

May
7th - 25mm Napoleonics Game - Horse Musket and Gun
Jeff's Birthday Bash
Location to be determined

21st - 10mm TYW game - Forlorn Hope
Source Comics and Games

As always all experience levels are welcome and figures will be provided, though players are encouraged to provide their own commands.

Upcoming Outing - February 18th & 19th

The next Centurions outing will occur on the normal weekend but we will be changing the venue at the request of the people at the Source. We were asked if we would mind putting on a couple of games at Con of the North and I told the Source people that I'd put on a couple of games that weekend. I realize that there will be a cost to these games, the entrance fee, but I hope that you will show up for one or both games.

Game #1. I will be putting on a 15mm Napoleonics game using Napoleon's Battles. I'm still working on the sides but the game will begin setup around 3:00 pm and I don't expect it to last more than four hours. All experience levels will be welcome and all figures will be provided.

Game #2. Tom Zwirn and I will be putting on a 15mm Seven Years War game using Koenig Krieg. This will be an Austrian v. Prussian game though you are welcome to show up with whatever troops you have, we'll find room for you. This game will begin setup around 10:00 am will last until we are done.

Hope to see you there. For more information about the con, see their website: http://www.conofthenorth.org

Fitz