I will be giving a Nama War talk at the HMGS War College on Saturday at Fall In! 2024, and I will be running Nama War games on Friday and Saturday.
HMGS WAR COLLEGE LECTURE:
Point-Blank Range: An Introduction to the Nama Wars
Speaker: Roy Jones
Type of Talk: Historical
Period: Colonial
Location: Hopewell
Time: Saturday, 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Description: “We were showered with a hail of bullets from elevated, completely invisible [Nama] positions”: a German officer’s first-person account, 1905. Nama and German forces were allies during the Herero War of January-August 1904. By October of that same year, the former allies would be bitter enemies, fighting against one another in a war lasting until March 1908. This seminar is an introduction to the history and tactics of the Nama Wars.
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.
NAMA GAMES
F19:098: The Dunes of Zwartfontein (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)
The Herero War is over - the Nama Wars have begun! The alliance between Nama leader Hendrik Witbooi and the Kaiser is shattered! A combined Nama force of Witbooi troops and those of Simon Kooper confront the Germans at Zwartfontein. The Germans have mobile mountain guns, but the Nama have some tricks of their own. From the forthcoming scenario book "The Nama Wars". More at: www.hererowars.com. The game is paired with the HMGS War College talk: Point-Blank Range: An Introduction to the Nama Wars.
S19:099: The Guns of Gochas (German South West Africa, 1905)
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)
Nama to the front, Nama to the left, Nama to the right. The Germans are pinned down in a hellish Nama crossfire at Gochas. The only thing standing between the Germans and defeat: the Kaiser's cannon. Will the German guns gain the upper hand and win the battle of maneuver? Or will the Nama riflemen seize the day? From the forthcoming scenario book "The Nama Wars". More at: www.hererowars.com. The game is paired with the HMGS War College talk: Point-Blank Range: An Introduction to the Nama Wars.