Friday Game Night Schedule: January 18th, 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 January 18th:  96 people  attended with 16 games presented. Bring-&-Play games are always welcome!

Friday Game Night: January 18th - 9 GAMES Registered so Far!

NOTE: 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:  Medieval Skirmish 1500AD
GENRE:  Medieval Skirmish Combat
HOST:  Jim Lingenfelter
SCALE:  25mm
RULES:  Combo of Pipeman’s Lament and Lions Rampant
PLAYER SLOTS:  2 - 6
SCENARIO:  
Action in Italy as mercenaries square off paid by Spain vs the Holy Roman Empire 
 
2.
GAME:  American Civil War
GENRE:  American Civil War
HOST:  Dennis Chin
SCALE:  20mm
RULES: Regimental Fire and Fury
PLAYER SLOTS:  6 
SCENARIO: 
The Battle of Salem Church:  May 3, 1863.  A bunch of Union dudes confront a bunch of Confederate dudes in the woods around  Salem Church, Virginia. 
FAMOUS QUOTES:  Captain Ramsey:  “War is the continuation of politics by other means”  ..Von Clausewitz.
Executive Officer Hunter:  I think, sir, that what he was actually trying to say was a little more... complicated. Captain Ramsy:  (Chuckling): Attention on deck!  Von Clausewitz will now tell us exactly who the real enemy is.  Von....   X.O.Hunter:  The purpose of war is to serve a political end, but the true nature of war is to serve itself.   In the modern world, in my humble opinion, the enemy is war itself...

3.
GAME:  Battle of Friedland 1807
GENRE:  Napoleonic Land Battle
HOST:  Chris Peterson
SCALE:  3mm, Brigades
RULES: ​Blucher
PLAYER SLOTS:  4
NOTES: ​Players will be controlling several corps each, numbering approximately 30,000 troops, in a day long battle. Bring your own magnifying glass.

4.
GAME:  8xx Rail Games
GENRE:  Railway Board Game
HOST:  Bill Dixon
SCALE:  N/A
RULES: 1846
PLAYER SLOTS:  5 - 11
SCENARIO: 
There will be two games available: 1846 for a beginners game and 1899+1 for an second game.

5.
GAME:  Cthulhu Wars
GENRE:  Fantasy Combat
HOST:  Ashton 
SCALE:  N/A
RULES: Cthulhu Wars by Petersen Games  
PLAYER SLOTS:  3 - 8 players, 30 minutes/player, roughly 2 - 3 hours
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 without 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. 
 
6.
GAME:  World War I Air
GENRE:  World War I Air Combat
SCALE:  ​1/72nd
HOST:  René Charbonneau
RULES: Canvas Eagles
PLAYER SLOTS:  2 - 12
SCENARIO:
September 1918, Allies are conducting the hundred days . In the air the Allies are tasked with trench strafing.
 
7.
GAME:  Board Game
GENRE:  Board Game
SCALE:  N/A
HOST:  Kathleen Moore
RULES:  Various
PLAYER SLOTS:  Depends upon game
SCENARIO:
To be brought: House On The Hill, also probably a couple of small card games and maybe Illuminati (Fnord!)
NOTES: ​ I will, as usual, be bringing Betrayal At House On The Hill. Probably also a couple of small card games, and maybe Illuminati (Fnord!) -- Kathleen

8.
GAME:  Invasion of Sumatra
GENRE:  WWII Naval
SCALE:  1/2400th
HOST:  Jonathan Stone
RULES:  Supremacy at Sea
PLAYER SLOTS:  8 - 10
SCENARIO:
It is 1944 in the Pacific and the time has come for the Royal Navy to sweep the Rising Sun from the seas to prepare for the liberation of Sumatra back to Dutch Colonial Rule.
 
 
9.
GAME:  Battletech - Team Challenge battle
GENRE:  Science Fiction Land Combat
SCALE:  1/285th
HOST:  Alex Balmer
RULES:  Total Warfare
PLAYER SLOTS:  Up to 16
NOTES:  3039 AD
SCENARIO:
Two person teams, 3,000 BV2 (including pilots) per team, if you don't have a partner we will match you up with someone.
  1. Must be 4 exactly Inner Sphere mechs, no customs, no Clan tech.
  2. Medium & Light mechs only 40 tons or less, must be 4 different mechs. (no two mechs of the same type.) 3. Pilot & Gunnery each must be no better than 3, nor worse than 5 4. From any TRO 3039 or earlier, no post-3039 variants 5. Standard mechs only from a published TRO, no advanced, experimental or Tac Ops equipment
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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