Barrage 2009

31 January 2009

Barrage XIII is a one-day mini-convention run by the Harford Area Weekly Kriegspielers. It will be held at Archbishop Curley High School cafeteria, near Baltimore, Maryland. This is a low-key event. In the past we've had a half dozen dealers, as many as 200 attendees, and thirty or more games. Bring your friends. Run a game.

Gaming begins at 9:00 AM and runs until 9:00 PM. Game masters may begin setting up their games at 8:30 AM.

The overall convention organizer is Geoff Graff. Please contact him for more information about the convention. Also contact him if you are interested in renting dealer or flea market space.

Todd Harland-While is the events coordinator. Contact him if you are interested in running games. We are always interested in game masters other than HAWKS running games at Barrage. Game masters get reduced admission rates. As the event gets closer, come here to see a list of scheduled games.

Prelminary Events List

We are seeking game masters for Barrage XIII. Below are listed some of the games that will be run at Barrage. You sign up for games when you arrive on site. While the list below only mentions mid-day games, we'll have games beginning early in the day as well. Come early and stay all day!

1. Grenadiers to the Rescue
   
   • GM: Tim Tilson
   • 1300-1600
   • Description: August 21st, 1944. The 1st Polish Armored Division has been surrounded and isolated for the past three days. A task force from the 4th Canadian Armoured Division is ordered to breakthrough to the beleagured Poles. Standing in their way is the 2nd SS Panzer Division.
   • Rules: Disposable Heroes
   • Period: WWII
   • Scale: 20mm
   • Players: 5
2. Look Sarge, the Rebs Have Artillery on Cedar Mountain
   
   • GM: Eric Schlegel
   • 1300-1600
   • Description: 9 August 1862. MG Nathaniel Banks, in command of the II Corps of the newly formed Union Army of Virginia, encounters elements of Stonewall Jackson's Left Wing of the Army of Northern Virgina, near Cedar Mountain in Central Virginia, and attempts to crush the Rebel line before Jackson can bring up reinforcements. Players under 13 with a playing adult please.
   • Rules: Look, Sarge, No Charts: ACW
   • Period: ACW
   • Scale: 10mm
   • Players: 4
3. Escaping the Trap
   
   • GM: John R. ("Buck") Surdu and Christopher Palmer
   • 10:00 – 3:00
   • Description: This is the second annual Look, Sarge, No Charts Extravaganza. German armored formations have caught the French in a salient formed by a loop in the Meuse. The French must pull their forces out of the trap before the Germans can close the pocket. Each player commands a battalion. Look, Sarge, No Charts features unique, elegant mechanics that eliminate the need for chart cards on the table. This allows players to fight the battle, not the rules. If you want to see a battalion-level World War Two game that really feels like maneuver warfare, this is the game for you. Children under 13 are welcome with a playing adult. Rules will be taught.
   • Rules: Rules: Look, Sarge, No Charts: WWII
   • Period: WWII
   • Scale: 12mm
   • Players: Up to 12
4. Scarlet Pimpernel
   
   • GM: Rob Dean
   • around lunch time
   • Description: They seek him here; they seek him there. Those Frenchies seek him everywhere. Can you find the Scarlet Pimpernell before he enables the escape of yet more criminal nobelmen.
   • Rules: Home Rules
   • Period: French Revolution
   • Scale: 40mm
   • Players: 8
5. Action in Lorraine -- 1914
   
   • GM: Duncan Adams
   • TBD
   • Description: Obsessed with the offensive and burning to recover lost provinces, the French army surges forward into Lorraine. The Germans, with bigger plans elsewhere, await prepared to hold. This is a company scale action at the tip of the spear.
   • Rules: When Technology Meets Tradition (modified)
   • Period: World War I
   • Scale: 12mm
   • Players: 6
6. Escape from Fort William Henry
   
   • GM: Bill Molyneaux
   • 1300-1600
   • Description: The British army stationed at Fort William Henry have discovered that the French have landed several miles down stream and are going to be advancing on the fort with siege equipment and a large force of Indian allies. The British have received word from General Webb at Fort Edward to evacuate the fort and march to Fort Edward at all haste before the French have enough troops to keep you pinned down and force you into a surrender. As the French you must not let the British army leave intact. This game ran three times at Fall In.
   • Rules: Home mix of The Sword and the Flame boiled down a lot -- very very fast system and very easy to learn. This is my standard rules that I use in many of my games: Boxer rebellion etc. One die rolls for melee etc.
   • Period: French and Indian War
   • Scale: 28mm
   • Players: 6-8



Admission prices are the same as in the past:

• $8.00 at the door
• $6.00 pre-registered
• $4.00 if running a game and pre-registered
• $2.00 active duty military, with ID
• FREE children under 13, with adult


To Pre-register, send a check, made payable to HAWKS , to
Geoff Graff
4027 Old Federal Hill Road
Jarrettsville, MD 21084

Flea market / vendor tables costs are:

• Half day - $6.00 plus admission
• Whole day - $10.00 plus admission
For further flea market table information contact Duncan Adams by Email.

Directions

Coming from North of Baltimore take I-95 South. About 3 miles below I-695 (the Beltway) is the I-95 / I-895 split. Get in the left lanes and take I-895. About 1/2 mile beyond the split take the Moravia Road exit. Turn right onto Moravia Road and go about 0.7 mile to Sinclair Lane. Turn left on Sinclair Lane and go about 1 mile to the school on the left. OR take exit 32 South (Belair Road) off I-695, (the Beltway). This is the exit just West of the I-95 / I-695 intersection. Go about 3.5 miles to Moravia Road. Turn left on Moravia, and about 1 mile later right on Sinclair lane. Again, about 1 mile to the school on the left.



From South of Baltimore, take I-95 through the Fort McHenry tunnel. About 3 miles later take the Moravia Road exit. About 2 miles later turn left onto Sinclair Lane, and again about 1 mile to the school, on the left.