NOVAG Events at GenCon 2018
Our Events can be found in the GenCon registration system by searching for the keyword NOVAG (here), and they’re listed below (each with direct links to the event in GenCon’s registration system)
Gladiators: Vault of the Damned
Up to 12 players
Thursday 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM NMN18134478
Friday 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM NMN18134479
Those consigned to the vault of the damned must fight or die. The souls of those who die feed the evil spirits and demons that power the arena’s deadly traps. Can your team of gladiators best your opponents and win the coveted victor’s laurels and freedom, or will their deaths amuse the savage audience? Play with fantasy 28mm figures in a 3D battle arena, using a variety of weapons, heroes, creatures, clever maneuvers, and dirty tricks to slay your opponents and win victory.
Space Hulk: Cleanse and Burn
Up to 8 Players
Thursday 3:00 PM to 6:00 PM NMN18134472
Thursday 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM NMN18134473
Space Hulk: The Saviors of Tol Marax
Up to 6 Players
Friday 1:00 PM to 5:00 PM NMN18134474
Friday 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM NMN18134475
A massive hulk emerges from the warp near the key hiveworld of Tol Marax, and auspexes detect its systems slowly waking from their long slumber. Nearby Space Marines of the Adeptus Astartes are redirected from the defense of Urris to board and destroy the hulk from within. Lead a small contingent of elite Space Marine Terminators to vanquish the Emperor’s foes, or lead the enemy and destroy the Emperor’s finest. This scenario is intended for experienced Space Hulk players.
Formula Waaaaagh!
Up to 10 Players
Saturday 1:00 PM to 5:00 PMNMN18134480
War Boss Throkk summons the fastest and most reckless racers from his ork tribes to the ruins of a captured Imperial capital. Each of the tribes has sent their best teams to race through the ruins of the city. Only the cleverest, most violent, and bloodthirsty will win the race and gain the favor of the Warboss. Kill and live, or crash and die!!!! 40k miniatures and simple racing and combat rules.
Formula Waaaaagh! Choppa Challenge!
Up to 10 Players
Saturday 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM NMN18134481
War Boss Throkk has grown bored of buggy races, and wants to see more blood and mayhem. He summons the fastest and most reckless motorcycle, bike, and choppa racers from his ork tribes to race for his enjoyment. Each of the tribes has sent their best racer, but only the cleverest, most violent, and bloodthirsty will win the race and gain the favor of the Warboss. Use 40k miniatures and simple racing rules.
Ares Zombies: Breakfast with the Dead
Up to 10 Players
Thursday 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM NMN18134484
Thursday 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM NMN18134485
The quiet calm of a Sunday morning in Muncie, Indiana is shattered by screams, alarms, and the sirens of ambulances and police cars. The violence is especially bad near the Umbrella Research facility in the southwest part of town. Instead of church and brunch, the residents of this small city face life and death struggles, and attacks from the living dead. Can you escape this death and destruction? Will you become a hero, or become brunch for the hungry dead?
Ares Zombies: Office Space
Up to 10 Players
Friday 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM NMN18134486
Friday 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM
“Ummmm, I’m gonna need you to come in this Saturday.” Your group of accountants from H division have been called in for an emergency budget meeting at your company’s office in Muncie, Indiana. As you discuss departmental budgets for fiscal year 2019, your meeting is interrupted by alarm bells and klaxons, and screams from down the hall. With walking corpses shambling in from C wing, your only escape is through the research wing, an area of the complex you’ve never travelled before. Can you navigate your way through the terrifying research complex to safety? Being an accountant at Umbrella Corporation doesn’t pay nearly enough for this stuff.
Ares Zombies: Clearing Action
Up to 6 Players
Friday 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM NMN18141431
Two weeks after a horrific zombie outbreak, elite Special Forces teams seconded to CDC begin to investigate and clear a secret underground Umbrella research complex in Muncie, Indiana. Will the unexpected arrival of helpful Umbrella corporate response teams aid or complicate their quest to find the cause of the outbreak? Lead an elite team of heavily armed soldiers or corporate security officers into a gallery of undead horrors. This event is for experienced Ares Zombies players, including those playing one of our earlier Ares Zombies events at Gen Con 2018.
Circus Magicus: The Dark Forest
Up to 12 Players
Saturday 11:00 AM to 3:00 PM NMN18134482
Saturday 4:00 PM to 8:00 PM NMN18134483
Join us for our 21st straight year of fantasy chariot racing at Gencon, with 2 simultaneous races in each event to speed play. This year, our race will speed through the dark and twisted trails of the ancient Elfish forest of Irian Lithis. Will your chariot find a path through massive roots, dodge hungry forest dwellers, avoid the fearsome fey, and vanquish other chariots? Use ramming, boarding, spells, beast attacks and dirty tricks to secure victory and glory for your racing faction!
Wings of Glory: The Battle of Arras
Up to 10 Players
Thursday 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM HMN18134469
Friday 7:00 PM to 10:00 PM HMN18134470
In April 1917, Germany’s ‘Knights of the Air’ patrol the skies over the Arras Front. As these veterans of the famed Jasta 11 rack up an amazing 89 kills, allied leaders desperately try to neutralize these veteran German pilots. Join us in a free-wheeling brawl in the skies, piloting a beautifully painted miniature World War One aircraft.
Wings of Glory Megagame: Battle of St. Mihiel Salient
Up to 72 Players
Saturday 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM HMN18134468
Allied aircraft battle veteran German aviators in the skies over the St.Mihiel Salient. Take a miniature WW1 aircraft & sweep the skies of enemy planes in our 11th annual massive brawl in the sky!
On 11 Sep 1918, the American Expeditionary Force in France launches a massive offensive against the German-held St. Mihiel Salient in France. As artillery and ground forces assault the German fortifications, over 1400 American and Allied aircraft battle veteran German aviators in the skies over the battlefield. Each player will take an American, German, British, French, or Italian miniature aircraft, to sweep the skies of enemy planes. Join us for our tenth year of this massive brawl in the sky!
Wings of Glory: Giants of the Sky
Up to 12 Players
Thursday 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM HMN18134471
June 1918. Two Gotha G.V. bombers return from a night bombing mission over France. As the sun rises, a squadron of allied fighters attack. Will the allies bring down the largest aircraft to fly in the Great War? Join us in a deadly brawl in the skies, piloting a beautifully painted miniature World War One aircraft.
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Command & Colors: Epic Napoleonics
Up to 12 Players
Thursday 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM HMN18134476
Friday 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM HMN18134477
Relive an epic battle between two Napoleonic armies using the Epic Command and Colors Napoleonics system. We will run two simultaneous games, two Field Generals and one flank commander for each side. Each Field General will command the left or right section for his army, while the Overall Commander will command the center and select which Command cards to play for his army each turn. Some experience with one of the games in the Command and Colors series is required for play.
Memoir ’44: D-Day Landings Megagame
Up to 12 Players
Saturday 10:00 AM to 2:00 PM HMN18134488
Saturday 3:00 PM to 7:00 PM HMN18134489
Join an epic 12 player Memoir ’44 game simulating the D-Day landings. 6 Axis and 6 Allied players battle on a massive set of six linked maps. Knowledge of the Memoir ’44 rules a requirement to play. Memoir ’44: D-Day Landings commemorates the 70th anniversary of the Allied invasion of Normandy on D-Day (June 6, 1944) with a set of six giant battle maps. The battle maps in D-Day Landings introduce the “Extended Breakthrough” format, with the maps being 23 hexes deep and allowing players to undertake battles on a scale and scope never before possible in Memoir ’44. The six maps consist of settings for American Airborne, Utah Beach, Omaha Beach, Gold Beach, Juno Beach, and Sword Beach. Join us as we link all six battle maps to form a 12 player game simulating the entire Normandy coast!
Knowledge of the Memoir ’44 rules a requirement to play.
Polyversal: Battle for XJ-51
Up to 8 Players
Thursday 7:00 PM to 11:00 PM NMN18135945
Directorate research base XJ-51 has gone offline. Corporate asset recovery teams have been deployed. Remove threats, recover assets … profit. Come try out Polyversal, a new set of small-scale (6-15mm) generic sci-fi rules (using 10mm planetfall miniatures).
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