I will be giving a Herero War talk at the HMGS War College on Saturday at Fall In! 2023, and I will be running Herero War games on Friday and Saturday.
HMGS WAR COLLEGE LECTURE:
Weapons of the Herero War (German South West Africa, 1904)
Speaker: Roy Jones
Type of Talk: Historical
Period: Colonial
Location: Magnolia
Time: Saturday, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Description: The 1904 war pitted rifle-armed Hereros, armed with Mauser 88s and expertly concealed via smokeless powder, against German infantry, machine guns, and cannon. The combat ranged in scale from big battles with thousands of Hereros against hundreds of Germans, with Mausers, Martini-Henrys, Maxims, Krupp guns, and autocannon spewing explosive shells, down to individual hand-to-hand combat pitting German rifle butt against Herero "kirri" war club. This talk focuses on the weapons of the Herero War.
Bio: Dr. Roy Jones has been researching and writing books and essays on German colonialism in Africa for more than fifteen years, focusing on early twentieth-century conflicts: the Herero War of 1904 and the Nama Wars of 1904-08. In 2014, Dr. Jones and his co-author Eric Alvarado released "The Herero War ", a historical scenario and rules book derived from original German sources: official histories, first-person accounts, and original maps. In 2015, Dr. Jones released the first essay to present and analyze German casualty rates - i.e., the percentage of the total force that was killed or wounded - for the individual Herero War battles. He is currently working on a follow-on rules and scenario book on the Nama Wars. Dr. Jones has won multiple 'Pour Encourager Les Autres' (PELA) Awards for his German colonial games. Roy Jones received his bachelor's degree in physics from Columbia University and his PhD in physics from Rutgers University. Dr. Jones has more than twenty-five years of experience in the development and validation of high-fidelity physics-based models and advanced sensors and signal analysis for defense. He lives in Arlington, Virginia.
HERERO GAMES
F19:173: Seize or Die: Storm at Aob! (German South West Africa, 1905)
Historical Period: Colonial
Time: Friday, 7 PM; Length: 4 hrs
No. of Players: 6
GM: Roy Jones
Sponsor: Recreational Conflict
Scale: 25mm
Rules: The Sword and the Flame (Modified)
Nama rifle fire sweeps the battlefield of Aob, and German officers and men are cut down like grass. The Germans have only two choices: fix bayonets and seize the Nama-occupied trench on the ridge to their front, or die out in the open! Meanwhile, German gunners to the rear are running out of shells, and soon will be forced to pick up their carbines to provide fire support for the infantry storming the trench. From the upcoming scenario book "The Nama Wars". More at: https://www.hererowars.com.
S19:174: The Marines at Okaharui (German South West Africa, 1904)
Historical Period: Colonial
Time: Saturday, 7 PM; Length: 4 hrs
No. of Players: 6
GM: Roy Jones
Sponsor: Recreational Conflict
Scale: 25mm
Rules: The Sword and the Flame (Modified)
German Marines and Schutztruppen are moving in column through incredibly thick thorn bushes, in pursuit of Herero forces. Visibility is obscured, and the column is traveling at a crawl. Suddenly, shots ring out from the bush - and mounted Herero troops spring their trap! Bring your wits, your Mauser, plenty of ammo, and as much guts as you've got - this ain't gonna be no picnic, bud! More at: https://www.hererowars.com.