Hotlead 2008

Island Commando Raid
On the eve of the invasion of Sicily, the Allied High Command has learned that a partisan leader, who has been briefed on the invasion, has been captured by Axis forces. The leader is being held on an island between North Africa and Sicily. The planned bombing compaign of the island is cancelled and the Allied High Command makes the decision to mount a raid to free the captured leader under the cover of destroying the island's airfield and radar station. Defend the island or land with the 4th Battalion, Royal Canadian Regiment! 15mm WWII island game put on by the Boys From Wisconsin, using "Command Decision: Test of Battle Rules". 8-12 players.

Napoleonic Wars 1809
Frank Kalik hosts this novice friendly introduction to the Napoleonic Wars, featuring French and their allies versus the Austrians. Each player gets a brigade and attempts to force his way across the table in an old fashioned slug-fest! 15mm figures using "Fire and Steel Rules". 6-10 players.

More Zombies!
Hotlead's own Zombie-Meister, Pete "I Want to Eat Your Brains" Garnham presides over the undead mayhem as scattered bands of survivors try to live through the end of the world in 28mm. 6 players. Modified "Combat Zone" rules.

Tilly's Tercios
Waddle forward with the huge Imperialist tercios against the heretical Swedes and their German lapdogs. Mike Manning presents this 20mm Thirty Years War battle using modified "Might of Arms" rules for 4-6 players.

The Great Retreat: August 1914
The British Expeditionary Force (BEF) and the French Army are retreating to the outskirts of Paris in the face of the right wing of the Imperial German Army commanded by General von Kluck. The battered British II Corps commanded by General French, is forced into a holding action along a long front. Outnumbered by more than two-to-one, the BEF’s lines become outflanked as the battle wears on, and the battle breaks up into many isolated skirmishes. Can “Tommy Atkins” and his pals “throw a spanner in the works” of the Schlieffen Plan? Or will “the Boche” be in Paris by the end of the month? A company level skirmish for 2-4 players with 28 mm figures using “Contemptible Little Armies” rules. Hosted by Ian Tetlow.

Battle In the Spanish Hills 78BC
A Roman army under a young Pompey is sent to eradicate the rebel Sertorius and his mobs of Spanish. Will the hills of Spain be a match for the Roman general? We'll try the scenario using Field of Glory (FoG) and then repeat it using De Bellis Magistrorum Militum (DBMM). Three players per side maximum. Hosted by Dan Thompson in 25mm.

These photos are of the FoG playing

Marching With Grossdeutschland
France 1940. The war may be lost, but the Germans aren't going to have it all their own way. There are still some French with fight left in this holding action on the road to Lyons. Gord Storey hosts this 20mm WW2 game using "Rapid Fire!" rules for 7 players.

Age of Eagles
The Bytown Barbarians host a grand tactical 15mm Napoleonic game using the "Age of Eagles" variation of "Fire and Fury". Each of the 10 players will command a Corps and must be willing to sit in on both sessions.

Grossbeeren, August 23, 1813
Ron Volcke and Paul Gilliat present this corps sized encounter of the Napoleonic Wars in 15mm for 6 players using "Napoleon's Victims" rules.

Kings of Britain 635AD 15mm DBA Campaign

Beach Head Assault
The skinnies are trying to gain the beach from the Mobile Infantry but they arn't going to give it up with out a fight! Eamon Linger hosts this 28mm "Starship Troopers" game for 3-5 players.

France, May 10, 1940
Future French ace, Lt. Pierre Le Gloan, spends the opening day of the attack on the west in a fighter sweep. Will you add to Le Gloan's tally or can you put a halt to his becoming an ace? Keith Burnett hosts this air combat game for 5 players using "Check Your Six" rules in 1/300.

Dark Age Warhammer Ancient Battles Campaign IV
The fourth Ontario Dark Age WAB Campaign which began at MIGSCon will conclude at Hotlead this year. This campaign continues the 6 linked battles using army lists from the Byzantium and Arthur books. Each game requires a 2000 point army and will follow the campaign retinue rules described in the Arthur supplement. Keith Wheaton presides.

Warhammer 40,000 Apocalypse
Peter Smith and Ridvan Martinez preside over this Warhammer 40K bring and battle using the "Apocalypse" supplement.