MORNING EVENTS:	09:00 TO	13:30
1A	EVENT Raid 20! - Risking the Oriskany	ERA Korean War	# OF Players   4-8 players	RULE SET AirWar c21, with house rules. Aircraft are 1:600 models	NAME Jerome Mrozak	DESCRIPTION On November 18, 1952 the USS Oriskany (CV-34) is off Vladivostok when its radar detects up to 20 aircraft approaching. Its CIC vectors 4 Panthers on CAP to intercept.  In the scrap that follows up to 5 Russian MiGs are damaged or destroyed.  But suppose that the Russians had something more in mind than a dogfight?
1B	EVENT Red Dragon Rising	ERA Modern - current	# of Players  2 at a time, multiple plays, can do as a team	Rule Set Board Game  S&T 250 - larger components to fit convention table	Name Mike Welsh	Description Red Dragon Rising - a convention-sized version of the strategic-level game from S&T #250, the People's Liberation Army/Navy throwing it's weight around circa 2014. Can they secure their sea frontier?  Can the USN stop them?  2 players, but fast enough to where it can (and will!) be played multiple times in one session.
1 C	Event Battle of Lissa	ERA Austro-Prussian War 1866, The Seven Weeks War	# of  Players 12 (6 per side)	Rules Home rules customized specifically for the Battle of Lissa.	Name Jeff Nicholls	Description  The Prussians (allied with Italy) having already decisively defeated the Austrians at Koniggratz on July 3, 1866, the transfer of Venice from Austria to Italy was already virtually guaranteed.  But the Italians themselves having been repeatedly trounced by the Austrians on land in this war,ordered out their navy to win at least one battle to preserve Italian honor.  Italy had a spanking brand new ironclad fleet, on paper at least second only to France in the Mediterranean, and they were eager to try it out on the Austrians.  The result was the first ironclad battle in European history, with more than twenty major ships involved, and the largest naval battle in European waters between Navarino and World War One.  It was also one of the most studied naval battles in history, influencing ship design and tactical doctrine for a generation afterward.
1 D	Event Craces’ Race	ERA   World War II	# OF PLAYERS 8-10	Rules Modified Fletcher Pratt	Name Roger Reynolds	Description Convention Theme Event!   Craces' Race; After the carriers have withdrawn from the Coral Sea battle, the Japanese continued on with their invasion effort. RAN Adm. Crace, with US and RAN cruisers and destroyers attempt to head off the convoy and meet the IJN cruiser escort.  Played on floor, knee pads optional (but recommended!).   Scale of miniatures used: 1:1200.  Day Long Event: Starting AM into PM, or Evening until conclusion reached.
1E	EVENT “Above & Below – What if the Japanese Had and an Extra 15 Minutes at Midway?”	ERA   WW II	# of Players  Up to 8 players	Rules Savage Skies Edition II	Name J. Pete Aguilu	Description 1/285.  The Japanese carrier fleet has been re-arming bombers on the decks, but they are nearly done with the change-over and have begun staging and launching a strike force against the American carriers, Yorktown and Enterprise. The escorting zekes are already in the air, 20 from each carrier. Some as high up as 5000 ft... Then the American torpedo bombers are spotted. Flak goes up and what comes down will depend on the skill of the pilots on both sides! The scenario is a small sub-set of the entire battle as aircraft engage over one of the Jap carriers. Players pick the side and which flight they are in.
1F	Event "The Battle of the Philippine Sea, 1908".	ERA Pre-Dreadnought	# of Players 2 - 8	Rules Termite Rules	Name Tom Vakos, Xyele Miniature Gaming	Description - 1/6000 scale Alternative History.  Teddy Roosevelt's Great White Fleet is headed for Japan to show off America's "Big Stick". Admiral Togo has sortied the Japanese Fleet  to meet them with the surviving hero ships from the war with Russia, some new additions straight from the shipyards, and some captured Russian battleships.  Diplomacy breaks down and the shooting starts.
1G	Event The Second Battle of Chesapeake Bay	ERA Age of Sail	# of Players 6	Rules Close Action  1:2400	Name Leonard Krol	Description Morning  October 1,1830      Hypothetical battle between Great Britain and every ship of the line The USA every built.
1H	Event Victory In The Pacific Boardgame	ERA World War II	# of Players 6	Rules Avalon Hill Second Edition (1981)	Name Glenn E. L. Petroski	Description  3/4-inch Cardboard counters.  Standard 8-turn game. .
ID # 1I	EVENT  Decisive Battle: IJN vs. USN in the Pacific	ERA WW II	PLAYERS Up to 10 players	RULE SET Naval Thunder: Battleship Row	Name  Michael Cummings	DESCRIPTION 1/3000 .   An American and Japanese fleet bump into each other in the vast expanse of the Pacific. Find out how well you would have commanded a cruiser detachment or a mighty battleship in this scenario. The easy to learn Naval Thunder rules will be used and no experience is required. The miniatures are all 1/3000 scale from Davco, Navwar, and MY Miniatures in England. All materials will be provided although you may bring your lucky D10s, rulers, and pencils if you wish.
ID # 1J	EVENT	ERA	# OF PLAYERS	Rules	Name	DESCRIPTION
1K	Event Things that go bump in the Med	ERA World War II	# of Players 6	Rules Naval Thunder	Name Jeff Henn of Battlefield Hobbies	Description 1/2400th.  After a series of attacks on the British convoys bound for Malta by the Italians, the Royal Navy has had enough. They are bound to put an end to the harassment. It is time to seal them in their ports or send them to the bottom.
1L	Event The Battle of Tsushima	ERA Russo-Japanese War	# of Players 6	Rules Naval Thunder/Rise of the Battleship	Name Dave Himm of Battlefield Hobbies	Description 1/1000th.  After an 18,000 mile journey, the Russian Navy has one last obstacle in their way before they make it to Vladivostok, the Japanese Navy. Which nation shall rise like the morning sun, and which will sink to the bottom ? This will be a battle of the main battle lines, battleships and armored cruisers only.
1M	Open Boardgaming	VARIOUS	VARIOUS	VARIOUS	A.R.E.A. / Petroski	Play your favorite naval boardgames from Avalon Hill, Avalanche Press, and more.  All players will be registered with A.R.E.A. for free!
	AFTERNOON EVENTS	13:45 TO	18:15
2A	Event It’s Time to get out of this Place	ERA ACW Naval Scale: 1/600	# of Players 6	Rules Smoke in the Water	Name Dave Himm & Jeff Henn of Battlefield Hobbies	Description  With the Confederacy crumbling around them, the Charleston Squadron decides to take control of their own fate. In the true spirit of NAVY men, they decide that it is better to die fighting on the water rather than watching their ships being scuttled from shore. Who knows, they may even take a lot of those damn Yankees with them. Stand by your guns, it’s time to steam to hell.
2B	Event Scourge of the Western Seas	ERA War of 1812	# of Players 2 to 6	Rules Away Boarders!	Name Jeffrey Knudsen	Description The Royal Navy attempts to exterminate a nest of American privateers.
2C	Event Introductory Scenario #1	ERA Modern 1970's	# of Players Up to 4	Rules Modern Naval Conflicts by NWS	Name Ron Mazurkiewicz & Rick Durand	Description Soviet naval intelligence has discovered that a Belknap-class missle cruiser is racing northward to reinforce a USN carrier group that is NE of Iceland.  Fortunately for the Soviet side it has a Kresta I anti-ship cruiser in the area that may be able to locate and intercept the US ship.  Have a look at the latest and most comprehensive rules for modern naval warfare with this introductory scenario.
2 D	Event Craces’ Race	ERA World War II	# of Players 8 to 10	Rules Modified Fletcher Pratt	Name Roger Reynolds	Description Convention Theme Event!   Craces' Race; After the carriers have withdrawn from the Coral Sea battle, the Japanese continued on with their invasion effort. RAN Adm. Crace, with US and RAN cruisers and destroyers attempt to head off the convoy and meet the IJN cruiser escort.  Played on floor, knee pads optional (but recommended!).   Scale of miniatures used: 1:1200.  Day Long Event: Continued from AM into PM, or Evening until conclusion reached.
2 E	Event  Battle of the Yazoo River—July 15, 1862	ERA   American Civil War Naval	# of Players Four players (1 Confederate and 3 Union)	Rules Ironclads! Board game rules	Name John Fry	Description 1/600 models on 4 inch hexes.  A Union gunboat, ram, and ironclad search the Yazoo River for an elusive Confederate ironclad ram.
2 F	Event By The Dragon's Tail	ERA WWII alternate history, late 1940's	# of Players 4 to 8	Rules Home rules	Name Michael Miserendino of M Collective	Description  Miniatures, 1:1850.  A large combined Japanese fleet has been identified on a course for an allied base.  Allied task forces converge on the enemy formation at speed in an attempt to engage the Japanese fleet before it can attack the allied base, however estimates indicate this will be very close.  Take a divergence from actual WWII history, commanding either Japanese or allied naval forces with weapons systems that never existed beyond the experimental stage or paper plans, or not until much later.
2 G	Event “Wilhelmshaven Massacre”	ERA WW I	Max # of Players Up to 4 players	Rules Fires in the Sky Edition I	Name J. Pete Aguilu	Description A1/285.  'what if' scenario based on the new Sopwith Cuckoo that was produced for this raid planned for 1918 – 5 of the 120 attacking torpedo planes have picked out a target, the battleship 'Kaiser' and are deployed in attack formation. Scrambling Hansa-Brandenburg seaplanes are showing up in ones and twos, but will they be able to stop the attack? (secret objectives and hidden vulnerabilities will add to the uncertainty of the outcome)" Note: this game has been run before at Nav-Con, but with Hostile Aircraft rules. Fires in the Sky (and Savage Skies E-II) use a new card-based movement system that plays in about half the time of a comparable H. A. scenario, and takes only a few moves to learn the basics.
2 H	Event "War in the Pacific, 1930.  Battle of the Philippine Sea".	ERA Inter War	# of Players 2 - 8	Rules Termite Rules	Name Tom Vakos, Xyele Miniature Gaming	Description 1/6000 scale Alternative History.  The naval disarmament conferences of the 1920's were a failure.  The Great Powers proceeded with their massive naval construction programs.  In 1930 the showdown came between the U.S.and Japan. Anglo-Dutch reinforcements may arrive.  Which side will they take?
2 I	Event The Oil Grab	ERA   Modern - current	# of Players  2-5 or maybe more	Rules Shipwreck, SSN (boardgame), + House Rules	Name Mike Welsh	Description The Chinese direct the PLAN to seize a Japanese oil rig in the East China Sea.  What will they bring with them?  What will the Japanese rules of engagement be?  How alert will they be? More of a minis-type approach, using primarily Shipwreck rules.  Large hex mat, cardboard counters for minis
2 J	Event Merchants & Marauders	ERA Golden Age of Piracy, 1600's	# of Players 2-4 players	Rules Boardgame by Z-Man	Name Dale Grap & NSG	Description Live the life of an influential merchant or a dreaded pirate in the Caribbean. Seek your fortune through trade, rumor hunting, missions, and of course, plundering. Will your captain gain eternal glory and immense wealth - or find a wet grave under the stormy surface.
2 K	Event   Axis & Allies Pacific (1st Edition) Expanded	ERA World War 2	# of Players 6	Rules Axis and Allies Pacific 1st Edition with house rules for expansion	Name Dale R. Ridder	Description Can the five Allied players:  the US, the British in India, the Dutch in the Netherlands East Indies, the Aussies, and the Chinese cooperate well enough to stop the Japanese, or will internal dissension doom their efforts?
2 L	Event Kaiser's Pirates	ERA WW1 Global	# of Players 2-4 players	Rules Card Game by GMT	Name Gary Mader & NSG	Description Each player controls a group of the Kaiser's commerce raiders. Sink or capture as many merchantmen as you can.
2 M	Event The Battle of Actium	ERA Ancient Naval Warfare	# of Players  4 players	Rules GMT Great Battles Of History - Vol. III. War Galley Rules.	Name Gerry Tangney  and NSG	Description  The Battle of Actium, 31 B.C. Marcus Antonius & Cleopatra vs Octavian & Agrippa.     One of the most decisive battles in history, Actium turned Octavian from a somewhat sorry military loser into the first Roman emperor (Augustus) and determined the course of European history forever.     Antony & Cleo try to best the Roman navy & steal away to Egypt with their huge treasure trove.
2 O	Open Boardgaming	VARIOUS	VARIOUS	VARIOUS	A.R.E.A. / Petroski	Play your favorite naval boardgames from Avalon Hill, Avalanche Press, and more.  All players will be registered with A.R.E.A. for free!
	EVENING EVENTS	18:30 TO	23:00
3A	Event “Raid 20!” -- Risking the Oriskany	ERA Korean War	# of Players 3-6 players	Rules AirWar c21, with house rules. Aircraft are 1:600 models.	Name Jerome Mrozak	Description Same as AM session but with varied forces and with additional house rulles.  On November 18, 1952 the USS Oriskany (CV-34) is off Vladivostok when its radar detects up to 20 aircraft approaching. Its CIC vectors 4 Panthers on CAP to intercept.  In the scrap that follows up to 5 Russian MiGs are damaged or destroyed.  But suppose that the Russians had something more in mind than a dogfight?
3B	Event Regatta	ERA Modern sailing	# of Players 6	Rules Regatta by the Avalon Hill Game Com	Name Leonard Krol	Description Race a sailing ship
3 C	Event What it took to Sink a Ship. Gunfire & Air Attack Damage in WW2.”	ERA World War II	# OF PLAYERS No Limit	Rules N/A	Name Dale R. Ridder	Description The NAV-CON War College.  A presentation on research into damage results in naval combat of WWII. Plenty of statistics and charts.  How accurate are damage results in naval wargames rules?  This presentation will give as close an answer as can be found.
3 D	Event Craces’ Race	ERA World War II	# of Players 2 to 4	Rules Modified Fletcher Pratt	Name Roger Reynolds	Description Convention Theme Event!   Craces' Race; After the carriers have withdrawn from the Coral Sea battle, the Japanese continued on with their invasion effort. RAN Adm. Crace, with US and RAN cruisers and destroyers attempt to head off the convoy and meet the IJN cruiser escort.  Played on floor, knee pads optional (but recommended!).   Scale of miniatures used: 1:1200.  Day Long Event: Continued from AM and PM, into Evening until conclusion reached.
3 E	Event Red Storm Rising	ERA North Atlantic, 1990's	Max # of Players 2 players	Rules Attack Sub by AH Card Game	Name Gary Mader & NSG	Description Naval warfare from Tom Clancy's book. Multiple scenarios with subs & surface combatants.
3 F	Event Cod Wars!	ERA Modern era - 1970's	Number of Players  2 at a time, multiple plays in the session	Rules Cod Wars boardgame available online - larger components	Name Mike Welsh	Description Cod Wars! - It's 1972 and British fishermen have been encroaching on Iceland's fisheries.  Can the Icelandic navy prevent this?  Will the RN prevail once again?  Will this go nuclear?  2 player convention- size boardgame, but, again, can be played multiple times in the session.   You want obscure, you don't get more obscure than this!   Board Game, huge counters
3 G	Event Scourge of the Western Seas	ERA War of 1812	Number of Players 2 to 6	Rules Away Boarders!	Name Jeffrey Knudsen	Description The Royal Navy attempts to exterminate a nest of American privateers.
3 H	OPEN BOARD GAMING	VARIOUS	VARIOUS	VARIOUS	A.R.E.A. / Petroski	Play your favorite naval boardgames from Avalon Hill, Avalanche Press, and more.  All players will be registered with A.R.E.A. for free!

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