I will be running Herero War games on Thursday and Friday and a Nama War game on Saturday at Historicon 2026.
HERERO AND NAMA GAMES
T19:733 Assault at Liewenberg: The South Height! (German SW Africa)
Historical Period: Colonial
Time: Thursday, 7 PM; Length: 4 hrs
Location: Commonwealth Ballroom
No. of Players: 6
GM: Roy Jones
Sponsor: Recreational Conflict
Scale: 25mm
Rules: The Sword and the Flame (Modified)
Sailors of the Landungskorps SMS "Habicht" find their advance along the Swakop River Valley blocked by concealed Hereros in elevated, boulder fighting positions. While the main Herero position lies in the heights north of the Swakop, a Herero-occupied hill south of the river dominates the entire battlefield and must be neutralized first. The Battle of Liewenberg begins with the struggle for the South Height! From the scenario book "The Herero War". More at hererowars.com.
F19:735 Klein-Barmen: Rosenberg's Desperate Charge
Historical Period: Colonial
Time: Friday, 7 PM; Length: 4 hrs
Location: Commonwealth Ballroom
No. of Players: 6
GM: Roy Jones
Sponsor: Recreational Conflict
Scale: 25mm
Rules: The Sword and the Flame (Modified)
Herero riflemen - fighting from the heights overlooking the Swakop River - have stymied the German attack at Klein-Barmen. Defeat, even envelopment and destruction, seems an imminent fate for the Germans. In desperation, Hauptmann Puder orders Leutnant von Rosenberg to take his 5th Feldkompagnie, dash across unprotected open ground, and take the Herero fortified positions by storm! From the scenario book "The Herero War". More at hererowars.com.
S19:736 Seize or Die: Storm at Aob! (German South West Africa, 1905)
Historical Period: Colonial
Time: Saturday, 7 PM; Length: 4 hrs
Location: Commonwealth Ballroom
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! And for the Nama riflemen facing the German bayonets, the choices: stand and fight defending their trench, or charge out to meet the enemy! The Germans have machine guns and cannon to back up their bayonets. But Jakob Morenga, the cunning Nama commander, has a few tricks up his sleeve. From the upcoming scenario book "The Nama Wars". More at: https://www.hererowars.com/new-the-nama-wars-hendrik.html.