East TN Miniature Wargaming

Miniature Wargaming in Knoxville, and beyond

East Tennessee Miniature Games Day, October 2024

We will be holding the next East Tennessee Miniature Games Day on Saturday, October 26. Events will be running from 2:00 until 10:00 PM.

Location

We will be graciously hosted by Iron Wyvern
304 Wharf St
Loudon, TN 37774
(865)383-3513
contact@ironwyvern.com
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Food

Iron Wyvern has snack and drink vending machines, and also a beer permit. Their new kitchen will be serving a hot dogs and fries menu.

In addition to area restaurants, LoCa Boba is located onsite with Iron Wyvern. In addition to their usual teas and coffees, they have a variety of steamed and seared buns, pot stickers, and other appetizers.

Events

2:00

Andy Cowell: I Ain't Been Shot Mum

Brothers in Bocage! WW2 15mm

A battle-hardened U.S. airborne company pushes deep into the tangled bocage of Normandy, just days after D-Day. Their mission: seize control of a critical crossroads to secure the Allied advance. But the village at the crossroads is far from abandoned. Who waits in the shadows—panicked conscripts, or seasoned defenders ready to turn this quiet hamlet into a death trap? Every hedgerow hides danger. Every step could be their last. Will the Screaming Eagles prevail, or fall into the jaws of the enemy?

Rules are I Ain't Been Shot Mum by Too Fat Lardies.

Hartsell McCulley: Xenos Rampant

The moon rises in the sky, its color a otherworldly green instead of its usual harvest orange….Panic begins to rise at the sight. Civilians cower in their homes, Armies once foes now unite, hastily preparing their defenses against the onslaught that they know is coming. For the Orks are coming, it is their month, Orktober, the time of the Great WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGGGGG!!!!!

Knoxville Blood Bowl League (KNOBBL)

From September 27th to September 29th, communities in both North Carolina and East Tennessee were slammed with Hurricane Helena and the floods that followed. We here at KNOBBL know that in times of trouble, it’s a strong community that can help people bounce back from hardship. So we are partnering with our local game stores to have a fundraiser for our neighboring communities who have been affected by Hurricane Helena. Please come and join us on October 26th from 2pm to 6pm to come and learn some of our favorite games! While people come to enjoy games and have fun, we will be taking up donations to give to (insert relief aid). We will have several tables open to learn all types of games! If you have a game that you would like to share with the community and are willing to teach that game please contact me at knoxbbleague@gmail.com!

3:00

Daniel Christopher: Battletech

Attention, MechWarriors! Are you ready to test your mettle in the most intense grinder games Solaris has ever seen? At The Iron Wyvern, it's time to Rock The Heavens And Shake The Earth with your battles! Each pilot starts in a nimble light mech, but as your metal titan falls, you'll drop in the next weight class! Medium, Heavy, Assault – the grind doesn't stop until only ONE pilot is left standing. You got the guts to survive the gauntlet? Whether you're a seasoned warrior or a newcomer ready to make your mark, all Mech pilots are welcome. Step into the arena and show the universe your will to win! Fight. Survive. Prevail. Because on Solaris, YOUR LEGEND WILL BE FORGED!

6:30

Bob Bryant: Clans and Companies

Battle at Peiwar Kotal, Northwest Frontier, 1878

Major General Roberts and his Anglo-Indian force attack Afghans defending a mountain ridge, in an effort to march to Kabul.

7:00

Eric Sheldon: Gaslands (Paint and Take!)

Inaugural running of the Eternal Highway

The first portion of our meetup will be VERY LIGHT modding and prep work, which amounts to people picking cars and hot-gluing the wheels and/or sticking on like a ram or a gun-bit or toothpick "spikes" or something. K.I.S.S. is the name of the game here.

The race is very simple, it's one long rally to the end. Everyone has the stock-standard "Car" with 2 guys and the basic Pistols. I have tokens that are "Plates" to be driven over that will litter the table. Driving over one flips it. Swords get you one roll on the Weapons table, Shields get you one roll on the Upgrades/Defenses table, and the Skull is the Fun One. I've prepped the tables beforehand to short and easy-to-understand items only.

And basically that's it. Last man standing or first across the finish line wins. One life, one long rally, kind of Mario Kart style tokens to get items/upgrades off of a simple d6 table or whatever, and I'll provide all the terrain and cars and paint and stuff. I'll have printed out sheets for everyone to use for their cars since they'll all start identical.

Perfect for beginners to painting, wargames, and this one in particular. If they show up early enough, they can paint and take their own car home. Failing that, everyone gets to keep their loaners.

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Schedule still being finalized. If you'd like to run a game, please e-mail Andy Cowell.