Friday Game Night Schedule: DECEMBER 8th, 2018

Friday Game Nights at Bonsor Community Centre in Burnaby (next to Metrotown; 2nd floor).  Playing Time: 6:30-11:00 pm
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Last Month's Friday Game Night

Friday Game Night October 5th:  78 people  attended with 14 games presented. Bring-&-Play games are always welcome!
Photographs of the August 10th, 2018 Friday Game Night: CLICK HERE
Review of Friday Game Night, July 6th on Board Game Geek: LINK

Friday Game Night: December 8th - 11 GAMES Registered ALWAYS Room for more!

A new games schedule will be posted on this page usually starting on the Tuesday of the week of Friday Game Night, and will be updated as new games are registered up to the afternoon of Friday Game Night.  ​
 1.
GAME:  Cthulhu Wars
GENRE:  RPG
HOST:  Asher
SCALE:  n/a
RULES:  ​Cthulhu Wars by Petersen Games  
PLAYER SLOTS:  3 - 8 players, 30 minutes per player, roughly 2 - 3 hours.
WEBLINK: Link
SCENARIO: Giant plastic horrors and tiny cultists. D6 based combat, dudes on a map, building gates to Doom the Earth. The gates provide energy to pay for the next round and score victory points, in a race to 30 points, but you can't with your six spell books. These goals/achievements are something you'll need to  do on the board which gain you your spell book, providing new options for each one completed. 
 
 
2.
GAME:  18XX Rail Games
GENRE:  Board Game
HOST:  Bill Dixon
SCALE:  n/a
RULES:  ​1846
PLAYER SLOTS:  ​5 - 11
WEBLINK:  Link
SCENARIO:
There will be two games available: 1846 for a beginners game and 1889 for an advanced game.
 
 
3.
GAME:  World War I Air
GENRE:  WWI Air Combat
HOST:  René Charbonneau
SCALE:  1/72nd
RULES:  ​Canvas Eagles
PLAYER SLOTS:  ​2 - 12
WEBLINK:  Link
SCENARIO:
December 1916 All is quiet, except for the Germans trying to burst some balloons.


4.
GAME:  Battle of Fort Stevens, 1864 (ACW)
GENRE:  American Civil War
HOST:  Kevin Aldridge
SCALE:  10mm (plays like 15mm)
RULES:  ​Andy Callan's, American Civil War Rules (2017)
PLAYER SLOTS:  ​4 
WEBLINK:  Link  
SCENARIO:
July 1864, Sam Grant is hammering away at Lee's lines before Richmond. Hoping to relieve the pressure, Lee cuts loose Jubal Early's II Corps to take a swipe at an undefended Washington. It worked! The 'blue bellies' have been caught with their pants down, and Early's boys ain't much more than a hoot 'n a holler away from Ford's Theatre, itself. Why, Jubal is fixing to pick up some cheap tickets to a performance of ‘Our American Cousin’. "You go enjoy yoresel', Gen'l." say the boys. "Jes' leave us with enough tar n' rope to deal with ole Abe Lincoln! Haw!"
 
 
5.
GAME:  Forbidden Desert
GENRE:  Board Game
HOST:  John Payment
SCALE:  N/A
RULES:  ​Official Rules
PLAYER SLOTS:  ​2 - 5
WEBLINK:  Link
SCENARIO:
Explore the desert and find the treasure, before it and you are both swallowed up by sand.
 
 
6.
GAME:  Betrayal At House On The Hill
GENRE:  Board Game
HOST:  Kathleen Moore
SCALE:  Not to scale figures
RULES:  ​Official Rules
PLAYER SLOTS:  ​?
WEBLINK:  Link
SCENARIO:
Game needs hosting until 9pm then a host is available.


7.
GAME:  Invasion of Malta
GENRE:  WWII Naval
HOST:  Ed Beauregard
SCALE:  1/2400th
PLAYER SLOTS:  ​7 - 10
RULES:  ​Steel Fleets
SCENARIO:
The Italians, despite the largest bribe ever offered in the history of the British Empire, decide to join the Great War on the Central Powers side, having been promised Egypt. First, it will be necessary to invade Malta to clear the way for convoys to North Africa. However the Royal Navy, assisted by the Marine Nationale, seeks to prevent that.
 
 
8.
GAME:  Battle of Maxen Heights
GENRE:  Seven Years War
HOST:  Walter Melnyk
SCALE:  ​15mm
RULES:  ​General d'Armee
PLAYER SLOTS:  ​2 - 6
SCENARIO:
An advance French infantry Brigade holds the ridge but the Austrians attack in force. Can the French hold the position until the reserves arrive? Another chance to try David Brown's rule set. Here's a video of the rules to give you a preview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuGfTScxV4M&t=1591s
 
 
9.
GAME:  Crusades Skirmish
GENRE:  Medieval Combat
HOST:  Cameron Widen
SCALE:  ​15mm
RULES:  ​2nd Ed.
PLAYER SLOTS:  ​7 - 10
SCENARIO:
Scenario TBD - 15mm battle for glory and riches in the holy land!
 
 
10.
GAME:  Terraforming Mars
GENRE:  Board Game
HOST:  Richard Africa
SCALE:  ​n/a
RULES:  ​Official Rules
PLAYER SLOTS:  ​3+
SCENARIO:  ?


11. 
GAME:  Warhammer 40K
GENRE:  Sci-Fi/Fantasy
HOST:  Linton Harrison
SCALE:  ​28mm
RULES:  8th Edition
PLAYER SLOTS:  ​1 v 1
SCENARIO:  
2,000 Points per Army
NOTE: Season Passes are now available but will only be offered until the end of January 2019. A Season Pass cost $55 for current society members or $60 for non-society members and gives you full paid admission to ​our annual tabletop games convention, Trumpeter Salute 2019 (all 3 days), and pre-paid admission to all Friday Game Nights.
There is always more room for more games at Friday Game Night.  Send your game information to the Trumpeter Society’s GamesMaster.  More games will be posted here as more games are registered.

​NOTE: Anyone presenting a game at Friday Game Night receives a participation ticket and a presenters raffle ticket for the evening prize draw.  Prizes include gift certificates from Imperial Hobbies as well as miniatures, game book and magazines.
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