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NAV-CON 2010
 IS A GO!
NAV-CON is exclusively dedicated to NAVAL WAR-GAMING encompassing miniatures, board games & card games of all Eras - from Ancients, to Modern with an emphasis on WWI and WWII

SATURDAY - OCTOBER 9th,  2010

 Oak Creek Centennial Church & Community Center (Salvation Army)

8853  S. Howell
Oak Creek



 

FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE!

NAV-CON HAS FOUND A NEW AND BETTER LOCATION FOR 2010!

THE SALVATION ARMY COMMUNITY CENTER IN OAK CREEK.

  • Easier to get to, on Howell Ave. in Oak Creek, south of Mitchell Airport.
  • Closer to the freeway, but still on the busline.
  • In the SA Community Center gymnasium, recently remodeled, with much more space.
  • Larger offstreet parking lot at the door.
  • Guaranteed night before set up.
  • Larger vendor area, with more vendors. 
  • Smoke free facility.
  • Improved video & audio systems.
  • Returning food concession.
  • "Theme" events (wanna run a BIG daylong event, contact us!).
  • Within walking distance of Starbucks, Panera, Dairy Queen, Quizno's, Papa John's, Chipotle & McDonald's.
  • Door prizes.
  • Silent auction.
  • Classic naval battle video theatre.
  • More tables.
  • Events from ancient to modern.
  • Open gaming area/bring your own, play something from our free library or open & play your new purchase.
  • Doors will open promptly at 8am.
  • Game demos.

 

       LINKS

 

Naval Wargames Society

ABANDONED ITEM FROM NAVCON 2008!!!

It's been a long time and sorry, it hasn't been a priority for us, but this is something that needs to be taken care of.  We still have an item left behind by an attendee or judge at our convention in 2008.  Before this year's con, we sent out emails about it and we also made PA announcements  at the con itself.  No one has come forward to claim it so we're still holding it for it's rightful owner.  If you were at NAVCON 2008 and think you might have left something, please send an email to navconmail@yahoo.com with a description of what it is.

In order to return the item to the correct person, we are asking for this detailed description.  Since it's been over a year, here's a couple hints. It's an ordinary item, not something for a naval game, and it's used for transporting things.  If you reply and your description comes close, we'll get back to you and work out arrangements for returning the item.  Thanks for your assistance.

 

PICTURES FROM NAVCON 2009!!!

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Avalanche Press setting up at NAVCON 2009

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American Civil War Ironclads at Cornays Bridge

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Birdseye view of action at Cornays Bridge, ACW

Friday, July 30, 2010

EVENTS WANTED!!!

Well the big day is starting to get closer, so your NAVCON Staff is ramping up on the preparations.  You will notice below in the event section that all the information for the 2009 events has been cleared out and we're starting to list the events for 2010.  And to start off, we have posted the events to be put on by the gamer's gamers, the good guys at Battlefield Hobbies.  Be sure to get to NAVCON early so you can get into one of these.

Any gaming convention stands or falls on it's gaming events and NAVCON needs more events!  We're always looking for events.  The requirements are pretty generous.  We're a naval wargame convention so basically it has to be a wargame related to naval warfare.  There are plenty of other conventions for land combat.  We'll consider games of amphibious operations, air wargames if they take place over a body of water, and any other wargame that has something to do with water.  Go ahead and pitch it to us.  Contact info is below.  Even if you have never put on a game at a convention before, we're interested in what you have to offer.  We have the space, the tables and chairs, and players looking for naval games.  We'll need to know your event title, the historical era, the number of players, the rules set, and a brief description.  Hope to hear from you soon.

5:40 pm edt 

Thursday, July 29, 2010

WILL THE ITALIANS GET AWAY?

Since the last posting, your NAVCON staff has had several sessions continuing the pursuit of the Italian fleet by the French fleet.  The Italians are so substantially outnumbered that even a wargamer would seek to disengage.  It's complicated by the fact that the Italian fleet includes half a dozen old armored cruisers whose max speed is only 17.5 knots.  The Italians have turned on the smoke generators and their light cruisers and torpedo boats are sacrificing themselves as best they can to protect these old tubs.  There aren't very many left now and one old cruiser has been damaged.  But a French cruiser that got too close took a critical hit from a torpedo launched by one of the few remaining Italian lights.  The faster Italian battleships took their damage but are now pulling away and might make it. One of their three dreadnoughts, the Andrea Doria, was lost to a critical hit but they sank a French ship also.   In this game system, all the ship characteristics of speed, armor, and armament become relevent.

 

In other news, two of your NAVCON staff made it to the Day of Days miniatures convention held in Menomonee Falls Wisconsin last month, hosted by a great bunch of gamers, the guys at Battlefield Hobbies.  The figures and terrain are so lavish that we couldn't help but have a good time even when the dice went against us, as they usually did.  We had a nice visit with them and, as they did last year, they will be supporting NAVCON with their exquisitely painted ship models in some entertaining scenarios.  Check the website for the 2010 events.  We're also in discussions with some others for events including a trireme event and an ACW ironclads event.  But we are going to need more.  If you have a naval scenario and need players, NAVCON is your opportunity.  Get it touch with us.

8:26 pm edt 

Sunday, May 16, 2010

NOW IT CAN BE TOLD

Your NAVCON staff resumed play of it's 1914 alterrnative scenario, as described in previous postings.  A complete day of hourly turns had been played without either side making any contact but with the game judge continually  saying, "This is really interesting."  The main Italian fleet was proceeding west along the north coast of Sicily at the start of the war, to intercept the French troop convoys from N. Africa.  Italian light forces scouting ahead, ran into the main French fleet,which was proceeding east along the north coast of Sicily.  The lights immediately broke contact and disappeared.  The Italian heavies thought better of trying to fight their way through or evading such a dangerous proximate force.  It turned directly north, through the Tyrhenian Sea, heading towards the French ports of Marseille and Toulon, where it at least has a chance of intercepting the convoys before they land.

Unknown ot them, the French fleet also turned directly north and was directly behind the Italians though unseen.  Finally the Italians changed course slightly to get around the island of Elba, off the west coast of Italy (where napoleon had been exciled to a hundred years ago, that one).  It was all the French needed to catch up.  Now there was contact and a few shots were exchanged with only minor damage so far.  The Italians have a good number of old slow battleships that have no way of outrunning most of the faster French ships.  A decision will have to be made to either sacrifice the old lags or turn around the entire Italian fleet and at least take a good part of the French fleet with them.  Meanwhile, where are the Austrians and the British?  Stay tuned.

2:31 am edt 

Sunday, April 25, 2010

CAT AND MOUSE IN THE MED

When we last left off, the French fleet had encountered a force of Italian light cruisers and destroyers off the north coast of Sicily.  The Italians immediately turned around and used their speed to outrun and break contact with the French.  Where there are lights, the main Italian battle fleet can't be far away.  But it was nowhere to be found.  We played thru at least another full day which would be 24 hourly turns, without any further contact.  Back before satellites and even before fleets had planes, airships, or long range radar, the Med is a really big place and fleets are like blind men in a knife fight.  When the fleets collide finally, it will be all the more exciting.  There was a report that enemy subs were spotted off the coast of France.

In other news, members of your NAVCON staff attended the Midwest's premier miniatures wargame convention, Little Wars, and were noticable in their brand new spiffy bright blue NavCon tshirts with gold lettering.  It was good to see so many naval games being set up and played and when not otherwise occuppied in our own game playing, we tried to meet as many naval gamers  as possible to encourage them to attend and put on their games for us at NavCon.  More than a few were previous attendees and judges for us in previous years and said they were looking forward to returning again this year.  We also want to make mention of our long-time loyal sponsor, Avalanche Press, who was at Little Wars and at this point, is planning on coming again this year.  And all this will make it a better naval gaming experience for all of us.  Well that's it for now.

11:36 pm edt 

Thursday, April 1, 2010

END OF THE BATTLE OF SICILY

The Battle of Sicily was delayed due to the game judge incurring a really bad cold but this past Friday, he had recovered enough for us to get together again.  The British Med fleet of a battlecruiser and about five or six armored cruisers continued to use it's marginal but ultimately decisive speed advantage over the Austrian ships to draw away to the southeast.  The only Austrian ships that could keep up were the light cruisers and the destroyer flotillas and these were arrayed in a long column directly south of the main body of the British.  Such over-aggresiveness just had to be justly rewarded, and before disappearing over the horizon, two British light cruisers took the opportunity to give the Austrians a bloody nose.  They charged into close range and proceed to pump 6" rounds into the leading enemy light cruiser, the German Breslau, serving with the Austrian fleet in this scenario.  Having already sustained some damage earlier in the engagement, down went the Breslau.  The Kaiser would nevertheless be proud.  An Austrian destroyer was also sunk.  Some 4.7" shells did impact the British light cruisers so they at least paid a price.  The remaining Austrian light forces reversed course on orders since it was obvious that the British Med fleet was out of reach.  Now, where will the Austrian fleet be heading?  And will the British Med fleet, having fallen back, be able to get back to the Western Med and make a difference?

Meanwhile, the French Med battle fleet, heading east along the north coast of Sicily suddenly encountered an Italian force of light cruisers and destroyers, who promptly reversed course and disappeared over the horizon.  Can the main Italian battle fleet be far away?  And that's about it for the current situation in this alternative 1914 scenario.

8:56 pm edt 

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CONVENTION INFORMATION


NAV-CON 2010
is a ONE day event.  Doors open Saturday
at 08:00 and close at 24:00.
 

          Admission: $12  Adult (18 or Older) - Students $6

The convention will also host a silent auction, and show Classic Naval war films.

FEATURING

FOR YOUR CONVENIENCE

BEVERAGES, SNACKS, AND FOOD

ON-SITE! 

 

 

Convention Information:     Mark Nies 
 
 
 
Events Wanted!!! 
 
 Contact
 
Event  Coordinator:     Ron Mazurkiewicz
 
 
 
Silent Auction:                         Rick Durand
Items eligible for the Navcon Silent Auction are military related models, figures, boardgames, rules sets, books, videos, etc. Navcon reserves the right to reject any submitted item as inappropriate.  Unlike previous years, items must be organized into "lots" of one to five items and instead of a percentage commission, NAVCON will collect only one dollar per lot at the time the lots are submitted.  The limit of submitted "lots" is five per paid attendee.  Bidding will end at 1600 hours.  

 

 


DIRECTIONS

Proceed North From Illinois or South From
Milwaukee on I94,
Exit  Ryan Rd EAST
towards Lake Michigan. Turn left on S. Howell

Ave. and proceed North to the Salvation Army

Community Center,8853 S. Howell, at the

Northeast corner of Howell Ave. and

W. Centennial Drive.
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http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=8853+s.+howell+ave.,+Oak+Creek,+WI&sll=36.456636,-95.712891&sspn=18.124474,35.683594&ie=UTF8&hq=&hnear=8853+S+Howell+Ave,+Oak+Creek,+Milwaukee,+Wisconsin+53154&z=15

NEW THIS YEAR!!!

A.R.E.A. SANCTIONED TOURNAMENT

THE AVALON HILL CLASSIC

VICTORY IN THE PACIFIC!!!

 

The 2009 Events Have Now Been Cleared From This Section.
NAVCON 2010 EVENT LISTING
(The 2010 Events are now being posted.  Check back to see what's new!  Times assigned are subject to change )

 
MORNING EVENTS:
 09:00 TO
13:45
     

1A

EVENT

 Battle of Cape Spartivento
ERA
 
WWII

# OF Players
 
2-6

RULE SET
 
NAVAL THUNDER


NAME
 
Jeff Henn
Battlefield Hobbies
 


DESCRIPTION
Late in 1940, the Italian navy had been a fleet in being.  However, after the British struck a crippling blow at Taranto, the Italian Admiralty decided that they were better off taking the fight to the high seas.  Owing to early Italian successes in disrupting reinforcement of Malta, the British began sending larger and more powerful convoys.  Such was the case on November 27, 1940 when a strong British convoy was informed of an Italian force closing on their position.  British Admiral Somerville ordered his escort forces to engage the Italian forces.  Vice Admiral Iachino had orders to avoid combat unless it was heavily in his favour.  Will the Italians judge the odds in their favor and engage the British in a decisive battle?  Or can the British escorts close for battle in either case?
Scale 1/2400

1B

EVENT

Battle of the Yellow Sea


ERA

Russo-Japanese War


# of Players

6


Rule Set

Rise of the Battleship


Name

Dave Himm

Battlefield Hobbies


Description

With mounting pressure on the Russian Navy's First Pacific Squadron trapped in Port Arthur by the Czar, they attempt to breakout to join with the Vladivostok squadron. The Imperial Japanese navy had other ideas in mind. Join up and prepare for a true slug fest.  Scale 1/1000


1 C

Event
ACW Mini Game Marathon


Era
American Civil War

# of  Players

4


Rules

Smoke on the Water


Name

John Cusack

Battlefield Hobbies


Description

Come and join the fight, river style,  during the Civil War.  We have 2 scenarios to challenge the bold.
The Albermarle's fight against 4 Federal double enders. Then prepare for a wild ride as the Arkansas fights its way through the Federal Fleet.  Scale 1/600.


1 D

Event


ERA

# OF PLAYERS


Rules



Name



Description


 

1E

EVENT


ERA


# of Players


 

Rules



Name


Description


1F

Event


 

ERA


# of Players


Rules


 

Name


 

Description

1G

Event


ERA


 

# of Players

Rules



Name


Description



 

1H

Event


ERA


# of Players

Rules


Name


Description
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ID #

1I

EVENT

ERA

PLAYERS

 

 
RULE SET

Name

DESCRIPTION

ID #

1J

EVENT
ERA

PLAYERS


 

 
Rules 


Name

DESCRIPTION

1K

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
14:00 TO

19:00

     

2A

Event

Battle of Ulsan


ERA

Russo-Japanese War



# of Players

3-7


Rules

Rise of the Battleship


Name

Dave Himm

Battlefield Hobbies


Description

14 August 1904.  While the Battle of the Yellow Sea was being fought, the Russian squadron from Vladivostok was engaged in Commerce raiding. Unfortunately they ran into the Japanese 2nd Battle Division under Vice-Admiral Kamimura.  Scale: 1/1000.

 

2B

Event


ERA


# of Players


Rules


Name

  Description
 

2C

Event


ERA


# of Players


Rules


Name


Description


 

2 D

Event

 

 

ERA

 

# of Players

 

Rules


Name

 

 

Description


 

2 E

Event


 

ERA


# of Players


Rules


 

Name


Description

2 F

Event


ERA


# of Players


 

 Rules


Name


 

Description

2 G

Event


ERA


# of Players


 

 Rules

 


Name


Description

2 H

Event



ERA


# of Players


 Rules

 


Name


 

Description

2 I

Event



ERA



# of Players


 Rules


 

Name


Description

2 J

Event



ERA




# of Players


 Rules


 

Name


Description

2 K

Event





ERA




# of Players


 Rules



 

Name



Description



2 L

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
19:15 TO
24:00
     

3A

Event


 

ERA


# of Players


Rules

Name


Description

3B

Event


 

ERA

 


# of Players



 

Name


 

Description

3 C

Event


 

ERA


 

# OF PLAYERS


Rules


 

Name


 

 



 

3 D

Event


 

ERA

# of Players


Rules


 

Name


 

Description

3 E

Event


ERA


 

# of Players


 


 


 


3 F



 


 



 


             

3 F

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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