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All games are participation games, visitors can and should be play at all of our gaming tables. If neccesary the rules are going to be explained by the presenters as well as tactical advices. Feel free to bring your own miniatures, if you don't own miniatures you can play with minis available.
The Battle of Bunker Hill - British Grenadier rules system (click here for more pictures)
The year is June 17th 1775 and America is now in open rebellion against the English Crown and seeks it's independence.The Americans have laid siege to Boston in what was a British controlled city.The Americans led by Major General Putnam dug in on Breeds Hill which is near Bunker Hill in attempt to hopefully bring in large cannons to bombard the city with.The British led by Lieutenant General William Howe moved against these works so as to remove this threat.Thinking the American Militia would quickly disperse when confronted by British regulars a frontal assault was decided.This decision resulted in very heavy causalities for the British(half their force) before they took the redoubt after three assaults.In what was intended to teach the Americans a lesson,instead inspired the colonists to continue their fight for independence with even more vigor!
The Battle on Peipus Lake - presentend with "Field of Glory" and/or "DBA" rules
In the battle of Lake Peipus a russian army led by the Nowgorodian prince Alexander Newski annihilated an army formed by the Teutonic Order and a danish contingent and put an end to their expansion to the east on the 5th of april 1242. The Teutonic Knights attacked Nowgorod’s array at the banks of the frozen Lake Peipus, but were surrounded and obliterative beaten by the Russian. This Battle can be refought at the Tactica either with the Field of Glory or the Big Battle DBA rules.
WW1 -
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Attack on the Yellowstone Express - an Old West Scenario
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Goetterdaemmerung - a new skirmisher system presented by Tobias Kornemann
Tharwyn, the dying world, where no mortal being and no god is safe from the vengefull Quel’nar. Take part in this epic Battle for fame, honor, power or just blank survival. Experience huge adventures far away from brawly battlefields, lead spitting flyingmachines, fearsome and obliterating constructs and blood dripping rifts. Expreience a dark victorian endtime-world with many charismatic charakters and crazy machines, where steampunk grows into adventure and the ability to play scenes only known from books or films gets real.
Find out more about Goetterdaemmerung here: http://www.goetterdaemmerung-tabletop.com/
Star Wars - May the force be with you (click me for more)
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Napoleonic Wargaming
Mordheim's Tombs - brought to you by Jens and Henning Becker on a wonderful gameboard by Wolfgang Jädtke
Just as you step forward into the stacks and vaults of the city and the sunlight above slowly starts to fade away, you are beginning to understand, that rules are different down here. Here, in the darkness of Mordheim's tombs its no longer only about struggeling with your foes, but just barely surviving, while death awaits behind each and every corner. What will you do, if your last torch fades and the eternal darkness of the tombs of Mordheim lays its weight upon you?" (click here for more)
Warhammer 40K - Planetstrike and "Cinematic Space Marines"
Atomic Cafe - A tabletop adventure game set up by Grimm
Ambush Alley
Ambush Alley is a small Wargame. Players can simulate streetfights in the 21. century with a reaction-system. The activation of units via cards is very dynamical. Here you get the typical "fog of war-element." The game will be played on a nearly 3’-sqare with 15mm miniatures.
Nosferatu - A Symphony of Terror
Successful estate agent Thomas Hutter, young and newly wed, is instructed by his superior to visit Count Orlok in the Carpathians. He is assigned to finalise the Count’s purchase of several estates in his home town Wisborg.
While signing the documents he drops a medallion bearing the image of his wife Ellen. Instantly the Count is taken by Ellen’s beauty! The Vampire numbs Hutter with a single bite and at once leaves by ship for Wisborg to conquer Ellen to be eternally his.
The cargo on his ship: coffins with native soil...but countless rats as well. (click here for more)
Russian Civil War
A small Village. A Pope. The Gold of the Romanovs. An armoured Train. And within the hordes of the whites, the reds, the anarchists and the czechs...
It will be played with the Triumph&Tragedy-Rules.
Dungeon Crawl
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Full Thrust
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Battletech
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African Colonial Wars
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Take tae baa' to tae goal - Irish Rugby Brawl by Rusus
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Check your 6 - "10 plus bandits at angels two-fiver" - "Tally-Ho"
It’s 1940, the Battle of Britain is raging. Will the Royal Air Force halt the onslaught of the Luftwaffe?
Rob and Karl Heinz present aerial combat games. Every player will fly a few Messerschmitts or Heinkels, Spitfires or Hurricanes.
The “Check your 6” rules allow for quick play, while permitting free manoeuvring in 3 dimensions.
Vlad Draculea
The “Kurfpalz Feldherren” will present a historical scenario with Vlad Draculea, better know as Vlad, the impaler. This is not the typical vampire-version in the tradition of Bram Stoker. No Bats, no young virgins, vampires, werwolfs and other creatures of the night.
It is the the siege of Targoviste, the nightly raid of the Osmanic Force and the fight against his brother – Radu, the beautiful.
Shichinin no samurai - 7 Samurai - presented by Vasa
Japan in the year 1587: A gang of marauding bandits want to ransack a mountain village. As the villagers find that out, they decide to defend and hire samurai to help them in this task. Like in Akira Kurosawas movie, help the noble warriors to defend the village from the bandits. It will be played with, for the samurai period adapted, "This Very Ground" rules. (click here for more pictures)
The "Heselberger Schanzen" presented by THS
September 5th, 1634. It ist he 25th year of a long war in Europe. Catholics against Protestants. It is also the fight of King Gustav Adolph II against the Habsburgian emporer.
This battle is set near Nordlingen at the Heselberg (Hesel Hill). The Swedish force tricked the sieging forces of the Emporer. The frontrows were destroyed by the riding force. Panic in the emporers forces. Can Piccolomini order his troops again?
1930 Gang wars Pulp presented by "Kurpfalz Feldherren"
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45 Adventure, 3 Scenarios by "Doomhippie"
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Winter War 1939 Battle of Kollaa - "Motti WW2" rulesystem
"Soviet 56. divison arrived to the Kollaa at 7.12.1939 and immidiately started the attemps to break finnish defence. Regiment JR 34. Finnish defenders was supported by the armoured train number 1. In spite of heavy fights and casualties finnish battle detachment managed to hold the line until the end of the winter war 13.3.1940
Motti WW2 wargame is developed by finnish wargames. One figure represents 1 soldier. Each stand contains 2-3 figures, squad contains 3 bases. We use 10mm / n-scale miniatures. During the weekend we will promote couple of different participation games where each player will command a platoon. One scenario also includes the armoured train!
The following merchants will be selling their goods on Tactica 2010:
