Origins 2026 ~ Wargame HQ Events

Armchair Dragoons PAO, 29 April 2026

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You can search the entire schedule here, and look for the games with “Armchair Dragoons” at the front of their event title to find us. To help you out, however, we’ve got a listing of all of our games here for you to look through.

Over 50 of our 200-odd events are already sold out, and another 35 or so have a single seat left. Now, some of that can obviously change as people adjust their schedules, but for now, we’re over 1/3 full tables, and only have a handful of events (<20) with all of their seats still open. This listing gives you the total number of seats we created, but it does not give you real-time updates of how many seats are actually available.

#Maneuver Warfare

Event #2641 on Thursday at 9:00 AM for 120 minutes
Event #2679 on Friday at 7:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2680 on Sunday at 9:00 AM for 120 minutes

This deck construction-style game explores the complexities of modern and future war. Attack and defend in the land, air, sea, space and information domains, and destroy your enemy’s reservoir of will before they destroy yours!

4 seats; Game is from Dietz Foundation

1812 Learn & Play

Event #2681 on Friday at 12:00 PM for 180 minutes

1812 is a 2-player game of Napoleon’s 1812 Campaign in Russia to capture Moscow. Your Learn & Play host will review the game play in detail, walking you through the first turns of a game, then coaching as you continue playing.

4 seats; Game is from Decision Games

300 – Earth & Water

Event #2653 on Thursday at 11:00 AM for 120 minutes
Event #2682 on Saturday at 1:00 PM for 120 minutes

In 500 BC, Ionia rebelled against Persia’s rule and Greece supported it. With this “foreign interference” as an excuse, the Persian empire decided to invade Greece. In 492 BC the Persian forces attacked Macedonia from land and sea.

4 seats; Game is from Nuts! Publishing distributed by Ares Games

95: The Years of Sorrow

Event #2683 on Saturday at 12:00 PM for 120 minutes

95’ The Years of Sorrow moves the Squad Battles series to modern European battlefields & depicts a world where the Cold War’s end sparked new conflicts rather than peace. TYOS uses the award-winning card-driven hex-and-counter system to deliver tense tactical decisions and meaningful strategic choices in every encounter.

4 seats; Game is from Flying Pig Games

A More Perfect Union

Event #2656 on Thursday at 12:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2684 on Friday at 9:00 AM for 120 minutes
Event #2685 on Saturday at 3:00 PM for 120 minutes

Simulates the public debate over the ratification of the US Constitution from 1787-1789

2 seats; Game is from Catastrophe Games

Above the Trenches: Fokker Scourge

Event #2686 on Friday at 6:00 PM for 180 minutes

From 1914 to 1918, WW1 transformed technology & warfare forever. Aircraft quickly evolved from scouts to deadly weapons after innovations like synchronized guns. Above the Trenches features an exciting, unique combat wheel. Strategically place your planes & decoys in four different locations, then manage crew, weather & altitude in combat, and upgrade your planes, train pilots, and advance your technology

4 seats; Game is from Flying Pig Games

Advanced Squad Leader Starter Kit

Event #2687 on Friday at 9:00 AM for 120 minutes
Event #7812 on Thursday at 9:00 AM for 120 minutes

Learn to play the introductory kits for the most popular hex & counter wargame series on the market today

4 seats; Game is from Multi-Man Publishing

Afghanistan: Decades of Strife

Event #2688 on Friday at 9:00 AM for 120 minutes
Event #2689 on Saturday at 3:00 PM for 120 minutes

The 20+year struggle between the Coalition and Taliban using the Conflict of Wills system.

2 seats; Game is from Catastrophe Games

Ancient Civilizations of the Middle East

Event #2665 on Thursday at 2:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2690 on Friday at 6:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2691 on Saturday at 8:00 AM for 180 minutes
Event #2692 on Sunday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes

Players compete across up to four Epochs on land and sea, seeking to survive a host of potential natural disasters while making their indelible mark on history

6 seats; Game is from GMT Games

And The War Came

Event #7810 on Wednesday at 4:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #7811 on Thursday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes
Event #2693 on Friday at 4:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2694 on Saturday at 8:00 AM for 180 minutes

New strategic level game of the American Civil War, in which management of your generals is important for your campaigns

4 seats; Game is from Blue Panther Games

Ardennes ’44

Event #2630 on Wednesday at 4:00 PM for 240 minutes
Event #2644 on Thursday at 9:00 AM for 240 minutes
Event #2695 on Friday at 2:00 PM for 240 minutes
Event #2696 on Saturday at 9:00 AM for 240 minutes

The Simonitch 40-series of operational-level WW2 games goes to the Bulge in the Winter of 1944

4 seats; Game is from GMT Games

At Storm’s Edge- Falklands 82 Assault

Event #2697 on Friday at 9:00 AM for 240 minutes
Event #2698 on Saturday at 2:00 PM for 240 minutes

Fight the Bomb Alley, Falkland Sound scenario of the Falklands conflict from 1982. March on Goose Green and Port Stanley. This is a pre-publication wargame. This game has been used to support case studies on the Falklands in professional military education, including the US Naval War College.

4 seats; Game is coming from ORBAT Games

At Storm’s Edge- Falklands 82 Opening

Event #2699 on Thursday at 6:00 PM for 240 minutes
Event #2700 on Saturday at 9:00 AM for 240 minutes

Fight the opening naval and air battles of the Falklands-Malvinas conflict from 1982. This is a mature prototype wargame that is pre-publication. This game has been used to support case studies on the Falklands in professional military education, including the US Naval War College.

4 seats; Game is coming from ORBAT Games

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Baltic Empires

Event #2701 on Thursday at 7:00 PM for 240 minutes
Event #2702 on Friday at 1:00 PM for 240 minutes
Event #2703 on Saturday at 1:00 PM for 240 minutes

strategic level wargame about conflicts of the region during early modern era, a transformative period of religious conflict, large scale warfare, and constant struggles for power

5 seats; Game is from GMT Games

Battles in the East Learn & Play

Event #2704 on Friday at 12:00 PM for 180 minutes

Battles in the East is a 2-player series of games on WWII East Front battles. This event will focus on Mius River 1943 (entire series will be available to play). Your Learn & Play host will review game play in detail, walking you through the first turns of a game, then coaching as you continue playing.

4 seats; Game is from Decision Games

Blue & Gray Learn & Play

Event #2657 on Thursday at 12:00 PM for 180 minutes

Blue & Gray is a 2-player series of American Civil War battles. This event will begin with Shiloh, and participants can then play any of the eight games. Your Learn & Play host will review the game play in detail, walking you through the first turns of a game, then coaching as you continue playing.

4 seats; Game is from Decision Games

Brothers of the Sword

Event #2705 on Saturday at 12:00 PM for 120 minutes

Fight through the Baltic Crusades as a faction supporting Catholicism, Orthodoxy, or the pagan cause, while also growing your own kingdom and achieving your personal goals.

2 seats; Game is from Catastrophe Games

Campaigns in Europe Learn & Play

Event #2706 on Thursday at 6:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2707 on Friday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes
Event #2708 on Saturday at 6:00 PM for 180 minutes

Campaigns in Europe is a 2-player series of European campaigns. This event will focus on the 1941 Leningrad campaign (entire series will be available to play). Your Learn & Play host will review game play in detail, walking through the first turns of a game, then coaching as you continue playing

4 seats; Game is from Decision Games

Checkpoint Charlie

Event #2709 on Thursday at 8:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2710 on Friday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes

A game of British Secret Intelligence Service (SIS) espionage missions in Berlin in the early 1960s; it’s about your assets staying one step ahead of the KGB and completing missions without being detected

6 seats; Game is from GMT Games

China’s War

Event #2620 on Wednesday at 2:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2711 on Friday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes
Event #2712 on Saturday at 8:00 AM for 180 minutes

The latest COIN game goes to WW2 as Brian Train’s latest design juggles multiple Chinese factions, and the Japanese

4 seats; Game is from GMT Games

Coast Watchers

Event #2676 on Thursday at 4:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2713 on Friday at 1:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2714 on Saturday at 8:00 AM for 180 minutes
Event #2715 on Sunday at 8:00 AM for 180 minutes

The struggle between Allied intelligence teams and Japanese hunters in the WW2 PTO

4 seats; Game is from GMT Games

Combat Commander

Event #2635 on Wednesday at 6:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2716 on Thursday at 7:00 PM for 180 minutes

The WW2 squad-combat classic where hand management is a must for battlefield success

4 seats; Game is from GMT Games

Commands & Colors Medieval

Event #2669 on Thursday at 3:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2717 on Thursday at 7:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2718 on Friday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes
Event #2719 on Saturday at 3:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2720 on Sunday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes

Re-fight epic battles of the medieval world using the Commands & Colors system of card-driven combat

4 seats; Game is from GMT Games

Cowpens 1781

Event #2658 on Thursday at 12:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2721 on Friday at 6:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2722 on Saturday at 8:00 AM for 180 minutes

Lieutenant Colonel Tarleton was in hot pursuit of an American detachment led by Brigadier General Morgan in Ninety Six, South Carolina. After retreating north toward Broad River, which was high due to flood waters, Morgan resolved to make a stand at Hannah’s Cowpens, a well-known grazing area for local cattle.

Cowpens 1781, the 2025 Charles S. Roberts Awards winner for Best Gunpowder or Industrial Era wargame, is the debut title of the Black Powder Battles system.

4 seats; Game is from Vae Victis

Dominant Species Marine

Event #2659 on Thursday at 12:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2723 on Friday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes
Event #2724 on Saturday at 10:00 AM for 180 minutes
Event #2725 on Sunday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes

Dominant Species: Marine is a game that abstractly recreates a small portion of ancient history: the ending of an onerous ice age and what that entails for the living creatures trying to adapt to the slowly-changing earth.

4 seats; Game is from GMT Games

Emperor’s Choice & The Emperor’s Voice

Event #8383 on Thursday at 10:00 AM for 120 minutes
Event #8384 on Thursday at 4:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #8382 on Saturday at 1:00 PM for 120 minutes

Pre-publication game covering the internal workings of the Japanese government at the end of WW2. Will there be a surrender, or a fight to the death? How will each faction influence the emperor to make a decision?

4 seats; Game is coming from Worthington Games

Fighting Formations – 29th ID

Event #2624 on Wednesday at 3:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2639 on Thursday at 8:00 AM for 180 minutes
Event #2726 on Friday at 2:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2727 on Saturday at 7:00 PM for 180 minutes

Tactical level WW2 with variable activations, lots of dice, and a focus on the US 29th Infantry Division (“The Blue & The Grey”) in their battles from D-Day to VE Day

4 seats; Game is from GMT Games

Fighting Wings Over Russia

Event #2666 on Thursday at 2:00 PM for 240 minutes
Event #2728 on Saturday at 11:00 AM for 240 minutes

Come learn to fly in a beginner-friendly scenario from “Wings of the Motherland” using the best tacair combat rules available: Fighting Wings 3rd ed! If you’ve wanted to try Fighting Wings or you’re just looking to find a fun & challenging WW2 tactical air combat game, this is your chance to try it out. Each player will fly a German fighter as part of a force trying to stop a marauding band of Red Air Force bombers over Soviet Russia in 1942. Beginners welcome!

8 seats; Game is from Clash of Arms Games

First Monday in October

Event #2729 on Friday at 10:00 AM for 180 minutes
Event #2730 on Friday at 2:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2731 on Saturday at 10:00 AM for 180 minutes

Experience over 200 years of U.S. Supreme Court history in an afternoon with this new historical strategy game!

4 seats; Game is from Fort Circle

Forage War 1777

Event #2732 on Thursday at 7:00 PM for 240 minutes
Event #2734 on Friday at 2:00 PM for 240 minutes
Event #2733 on Saturday at 2:00 PM for 240 minutes

The Forage War, the winter of 1777 saw British & American forces struggling for control of Central NJ’s finite resources, which saw both sides employ guerrilla raids, ambushes, pitched battles, subterfuge, & deception. Players are Washington/Cornwallis & their subordinates during the winter of ’77. Both sides compete over the same resources needed to conduct military operations; however, players must be careful not to overreach and squander resources required for the summer campaigning season.

4 seats; Game is not yet published

Forlorn Hope (WW1 Trench Warfare)

Event #2667 on Thursday at 2:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2677 on Thursday at 4:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2735 on Friday at 7:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2736 on Saturday at 8:00 AM for 120 minutes

Wharf Rat Games Presents their WWI Trench Warfare game from award winning designer Hermann Luttmann.

4 seats; Game is from Wharf Rat Games

Front Toward Enemy

Event #2737 on Thursday at 7:00 PM for 240 minutes
Event #2738 on Saturday at 12:00 PM for 240 minutes
Tactical engagements in the Vietnam War

4 seats; Game is from Multi-Man Publishing

Germantown Learn & Play

Event #2739 on Saturday at 3:00 PM for 180 minutes

Germantown is a 2-player entry-level game of Washington’s 1777 attempt to retake Philadelphia and keep the American Revolution alive. Your Learn & Play host will review the basics of wargaming, walking you through the first turns of a game, then coaching as you continue playing

4 seats; Game is from Decision Games

The Guerrilla Generation

Event #2623 on Wednesday at 2:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2638 on Wednesday at 7:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2640 on Thursday at 8:00 AM for 120 minutes
Event #2788 on Friday at 5:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2789 on Saturday at 7:00 PM for 120 minutes

Similar to The British Way, a series of 2p COIN-based games that explore insurgencies in Central/South America

4 seats; Game is from GMT Games

Halls of Montezuma

Event #2668 on Thursday at 2:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2740 on Saturday at 2:00 PM for 180 minutes

The new historical game of the USMC operations in Mexico in the 19th century will give players a unique insight into this seldom-gamed conflict

4 seats; Game is from Fort Circle

Hunt for Blackbeard

Event #2652 on Thursday at 10:00 AM for 60 minutes
Event #2654 on Thursday at 11:00 AM for 60 minutes
Event #2741 on Saturday at 5:00 PM for 60 minutes

Pits two players against one another as hunter and hunted in a fast-moving game of detection, deception, and confrontation

4 seats; Game is from Fort Circle

Illusions of Glory

Event #2655 on Thursday at 11:00 AM for 240 minutes
Event #2742 on Friday at 2:00 PM for 240 minutes
Event #2743 on Saturday at 12:00 PM for 240 minutes

The Paths of Glory system goes East! Use the cards in your hand to marshall the forces of Turkey, Bulgaria, Russia, or the Austro-Hungarian empire, as the First World War rage

4 seats; Game is from GMT Games

Kill All Fermitians

Event #2625 on Friday at 3:00 PM for 120 minutes

After ages of peace, the jewel world Graviton Delta erupts in catastrophe as the insectoid Fermitians invade, enslaving its people and spreading alien technology. Intelligence confirms they are preparing the Doomsday Device, capable of destroying entire worlds, with Earth’s research colony New Beyond next. With the famed 124th Galactic Marine Raiders stranded elsewhere, the 56th Volter Rangers — the “Forlorn Hope” — drop from the starcruiser Skybreach to stop extinction

4 seats; Game is from Flying Pig Games

Kriegsspiel

Event #2744 on Thursday at 6:00 PM for 240 minutes
Event #2745 on Friday at 10:00 AM for 240 minutes
Event #2746 on Saturday at 3:00 PM for 240 minutes

The iconic, original double-blind Kriegsspiel is back, with players only able to see and affect their small slice of the battlefield as they war rages around them

8 seats; Game is from IKS

L&C – Chevauchée

Event #2645 on Thursday at 9:00 AM for 240 minutes
Event #2747 on Friday at 7:00 PM for 240 minutes
Event #2748 on Saturday at 9:00 AM for 240 minutes

In-development Levy & Campaign game being played with the designer

4 seats; Game is in development for GMT Games

La Der Des Ders

Event #2678 on Thursday at 5:00 PM for 240 minutes

WW1 on a continental scale with the new game from Hexasim

4 seats; Game is from Hexasim

Little Round Top Learn & Play

Event #2670 on Thursday at 3:00 PM for 180 minutes

Little Round Top is a 2-player entry-level game of the turning point at Gettysburg. Your Learn & Play host will review the basics of wargaming, walking you through the first turns of a game, then coaching as you continue playing

4 seats; Game is from Decision Games

Littoral Commander – Space Force<

Event #2633 on Wednesday at 5:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2751 on Thursday at 7:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2750 on Saturday at 7:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2749 on Sunday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes

Defend and attack as invaders descend onto Earth, Mars, Ceres, or the Moon in Littoral Commander: Space Force.

4 seats; Game is on pre-order from Dietz Foundation

Littoral Commander – Ukraine<

Event #2621 on Wednesday at 2:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2753 on Thursday at 7:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2754 on Friday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes
Event #2752 on Saturday at 7:00 PM for 180 minutes

forthcoming expansion for the well-known Littoral Commander tactical/future wargame library. Prototype demonstrates how LC: Ukraine pushes boundaries of the game engine to capture the scale & revolutionary changes to warfare that have shaped the war in Ukraine. Play-testers get to try out bigger units, modified maps, & new mechanics covering everything from modern fortifications to displaced civilian populations

4 seats; Game is in development for Dietz Foundation

Microverse

Event #2637 on Wednesday at 7:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2663 on Thursday at 1:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2755 on Friday at 7:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2756 on Saturday at 7:00 PM for 120 minutes

A fast-playing Space 4X game with quick card play and many different playable factions

4 seats; Game is from GMT Games

Modern Space Force Operations

Event #2664 on Thursday at 1:00 PM for 240 minutes
Event #2757 on Friday at 4:00 PM for 240 minutes
Event #2758 on Saturday at 10:00 AM for 240 minutes

Designed to educate officers in the reality of modern space operations, you are in charge of a modern national space force. A massive solar flare wiped out everything in orbit, but terrestrial operations still demand satellite support for communications, navigation, and intelligence. How will you prioritize your launches, infrastructure development, and tech R&D to defeat the other players?

4 seats; Game is a student project from CGSC

Napoleon at War Learn & Play

Event #2759 on Saturday at 12:00 PM for 180 minutes

Napoleon at War is a 2-player series of Napoleonic era battles. This event will begin with Wagram, and participants can then play any of the four games. Your Learn & Play host will review the game play in detail, walking you through the first turns of a game, then coaching as you continue playing

4 seats; Game is from Decision Games

Night Witches

Event #2760 on Saturday at 10:00 AM for 120 minutes

Aerial attacks on German Nazis as the famous women of the Night Witches fight for their motherland

4 seats; Game is from Fort Circle Games

One-Hour World War 2

Event #2761 on Friday at 1:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2762 on Friday at 3:00 PM for 120 minutes

Worthington’s ‘quick’ multi-player game of WW2 at the global/strategic level

5 seats; Game is from Worthington

Patria Libre

Event #2660 on Thursday at 12:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2764 on Friday at 3:00 PM for 120 minutes

Mexican revolution between 1810-21 played as a CDG area control game.

2 seats; Game is from Catastrophe Games

Plum Island Horror

Event #2622 on Wednesday at 2:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2646 on Thursday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes
Event #2765 on Friday at 1:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2766 on Saturday at 3:00 PM for 180 minutes

Plum Island is a sprawling isle off the Carolina coast and is home to the vibrant seaside town of Greenport, which also hosts the Plum Island Research Laboratory (PIRL) run by scientists who conducted government-sponsored biological research and experimentation. Legally, of course!

4 seats; Game is from GMT Games

Quartermaster General

Event #2767 on Thursday at 7:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2769 on Friday at 10:00 AM for 120 minutes
Event #2768 on Friday at 2:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2770 on Friday at 6:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2771 on Saturday at 9:00 AM for 120 minutes

Strategic level wargaming with card-driven action and plenty of seats around the table. Played on the oversized map!

6 seats; Game is from Ares Games

Queen of Spies

Event #2661 on Thursday at 12:00 PM for 120 minutes

Join co-designer David Thompson for a demo of the new game design, Queen of Spies. Queen of Spies is a solitaire game in which you run a resistance and intelligence gathering group in a small town in occupied Belgium during WW1

4 seats; Game is from Salt & Pepper Games

Rebel Fury

Event #2772 on Thursday at 6:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2773 on Friday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes

American Civil War battles in Mark Herman’s first volume in the Civil War Heritage Series

4 seats; Game is from GMT Games

Rebels Against Rebellion

Event #2636 on Wednesday at 6:00 PM for 120 minutes

Join designer David Thompson for a demo of his co-designed game, Rebels Against Rebellion. Rebels Against Rebellion is a card-driven war game about guerrilla warfare in the American Civil War. The game focuses on Scott County, TN, where Southern Loyalists fought against the Confederate army and their pro-secession guerrilla allies.

4 seats; Game is coming from Flying Pig Games

Red Dragon/Green Crescent Learn & Play

Event #2775 on Friday at 6:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2774 on Saturday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes

Red Dragon/Green Crescent is a 2-player game of hypothetical conflict in the Indo-Pacific region. This event will focus on an Indo-Pakistani scenario. Your Learn & Play host will review the game play in detail, walking you through the first turns of a game, then coaching as you continue playing

4 seats; Game is from Decision Games

Relic Wars (play w/ the designer!)

Event #2777 on Friday at 1:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2776 on Saturday at 3:00 PM for 120 minutes

Relic Wars is a ruthless battle-&-exploration game set in a dark fantasy world, brought to life by the striking medieval-inspired art of Riccardo D’Ariano.

Victory comes from either destroying your rivals or claiming three legendary golden chalices — but the instant the third is taken, every survivor turns hunter. Each turn blends tactical combat, clever spell combinations, and powerful upgrades, while sudden Divine Intervention can shatter even perfect plans.

4 seats; Game is from Flying Pig Games

Rising Dragon

Event #2671 on Thursday at 3:00 PM for 120 minutes

Rising Dragon is the much anticipated sequel to Greg Porter’s Armageddon War. Set on October 1, 2034, after the US turns inward, China moves to dominate East Asia with Taiwan at the center of the crisis. Using platoon-level scale, players command invasions, amphibious landings, naval battles, and urban combat with hypersonic weapons & modern tactics. Continuous activations replace traditional turns, keeping combat fluid as technology and strategy decide the region’s fate.

4 seats; Game is from Flying Pig Games

Robotech Reconstruction

Event #2647 on Thursday at 9:00 AM for 120 minutes

Robotech: Reconstruction is a 3 to 4 player COIN inspired boardgame that plays in 1 to 2 hours.

4 seats; Game is from Strange Machine Games

Robotech Reconstruction Championship Belt

Event #2804 on Friday at 2:00 PM for 120 minutes

Robotech: Reconstruction is a 3 to 4 player COIN inspired boardgame that plays in 1 to 2 hours. The winner(s) of the Championship Belt game will become the Robotech: Reconstruction Championship Belt title holder(s) until the next sanctioned Robotech: Reconstruction Championship Belt event.

4 seats; Game is from Strange Machine Games

SADR City

Event #2778 on Friday at 3:00 PM for 120 minutes

Urban fight for hearts and minds in Baghdad, prototype using Zurmat system

2 seats; Game is from Catastrophe Games

Shakespeare’s First Folio

Event #2626 on Wednesday at 3:00 PM for 60 minutes
Event #2631 on Wednesday at 4:00 PM for 60 minutes
Event #2634 on Wednesday at 5:00 PM for 60 minutes
Event #2779 on Thursday at 5:00 PM for 60 minutes
Event #2780 on Friday at 5:00 PM for 60 minutes

Players take the role of printers in the early Seventeenth Century competing to print the first folio of Shakespeare’s plays

4 seats; Game is from Fort Circle

Siege of Constantinople Learn & Play

Event #2662 on Thursday at 12:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2781 on Saturday at 3:00 PM for 180 minutes

Siege of Constantinople is a 2-player game of the 1453 assault to capture the Byzantine capital. Your Learn & Play host will review the game play in detail, walking you through the first turns of a game, then coaching as you continue playing.

4 seats; Game is from Decision Games

Sixth Fleet Learn & Play

Event #2782 on Friday at 3:00 PM for 180 minutes

Sixth Fleet is a 2-player game of hypothetical conflict between US/NATO and the USSR/Warsaw Pact in the 1970’s and 80’s in the Mediterranean Sea. Your Learn & Play host will review the game play in detail, walking you through the first turns of a game, then coaching as you continue playing.

4 seats; Game is from Decision Games

Sky Galleons of Mars

Event #2627 on Wednesday at 3:00 PM for 240 minutes

Tactical ship combat in the “Space: 1889” universe

6 seats; Game is from GDW

Space Empires 4X

Event #2783 on Friday at 9:00 AM for 240 minutes
Event #2784 on Friday at 2:00 PM for 240 minutes
Event #2785 on Saturday at 2:00 PM for 240 minutes

Each player builds up a space empire and uses it to conquer the other players, incorporating a rich theme without overcomplicated rules

4 seats; Game is from GMT Games

Star Fleet Battles

Event #2786 on Friday at 9:00 AM for 240 minutes
Event #2787 on Saturday at 7:00 PM for 240 minutes

tactical Starship combat set in the classic Star Trek universe

6 seats; Game is from Amarillo Design Bureau

Torch & Tunisia

Event #2648 on Thursday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes
Event #2790 on Friday at 5:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2791 on Saturday at 11:00 AM for 180 minutes

Designed to educate officers on joint force employment, you take charge of either the Axis or Allied forces in the Western Mediterranean in 1942-1943, using air, land, and naval forces. The Allies have more combat power but must meet or beat the historical timeline for taking Tunis; the Axis run a delay operation but have opportunities to give the Allies a bloody nose and thereby delay the landings in Sicily and Italy.

4 seats; Game is a student project from CGSC

True Command

Event #2649 on Thursday at 9:00 AM for 120 minutes
Event #2793 on Friday at 12:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2792 on Saturday at 9:00 AM for 120 minutes

Division command and command post management in the opening days of Barbarossa WW2.

4 seats; Game is from Catastrophe Games

Twilight Struggle (w/ the Designer!)

Event #2794 on Friday at 6:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2795 on Saturday at 3:00 PM for 180 minutes

Come play the Cold War confrontation classic, with one of the designers as the GM!

4 seats; Game is from GMT Games

Urgent Commands

Event #8314 on Friday at 9:00 AM for 120 minutes
Event #2796 on Friday at 11:00 AM for 120 minutes
Event #2797 on Saturday at 4:00 PM for 120 minutes

Wharf Rat Games presents a prototype for an upcoming Battle of the Bulge game with a unique twist on player decision-making

4 seats; Game is upcoming from Wharf Rat Games

Vikings Learn & Play

Event #2798 on Friday at 3:00 PM for 180 minutes

Vikings is a 1-player entry-level game of leading forces on raids, exploration, settling, and pillaging. This event will be a full five-map campaign game. Your Learn & Play host will review the basics of wargaming, walking you through the first turns of a game, then coaching as you continue playing.

4 seats; Game is from Decision Games

The Von Moltke Problem

Event #2628 on Wednesday at 3:00 PM for 180 minutes

A more collaborative approach to a traditional Kriegsspiel that retains the double-blind nature of the fog of war, but has players operating as a team rather than individually

8 seats; Game is from IKS

War Cabinet

Event #2672 on Thursday at 3:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2799 on Saturday at 9:00 AM for 120 minutes

Fast playing game between the Allies and the Axis in Europe of WW2, formerly known as High Command.

2 seats; Game is upcoming from Catastrophe Games

War of Giants

Event #2673 on Thursday at 3:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2800 on Friday at 12:00 PM for 120 minutes
Event #2801 on Saturday at 12:00 PM for 120 minutes

Guerrilla Conflict in the Vendee, A Conflict of Wills game covering the revolution against Napoleon.

2 seats; Game is upcoming from Catastrophe Games

We Are Coming Nineveh

Event #2632 on Wednesday at 4:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2674 on Thursday at 3:00 PM for 180 minutes

The Iraqi government campaign to liberate the western area of the city of Mosul from the forces of Daesh in 2017

4 seats; Game is from Nuts! Publishing, distributed by Ares Games

Weimar Republic

Event #2650 on Thursday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes
Event #2802 on Sunday at 9:00 AM for 180 minutes

Card Driven Game of political struggle in interwar Germany

4 seats; Game is from GMT Games

Year of the Rat Learn & Play

Event #2675 on Thursday at 3:00 PM for 180 minutes
Event #2803 on Saturday at 12:00 PM for 180 minutes

Year of the Rat is a 2-player game of the 1972 North Vietnamese offensive and the Cambodian Incursion. Your Learn & Play host will review the game play in detail, walking you through the first turns of a game, then coaching as you continue playing.

4 seats; Game is from Decision Games

Zurmat II

Event #2651 on Thursday at 9:00 AM for 120 minutes

Zurmat pits the Taliban versus the Coalition, as players secretly add influence or decoys each turn, then taking an action that gets stronger the longer you wait, trying to win over the most tiles before the game ends

2 seats; Game is upcoming from Catastrophe Games

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