Boston Trained Bands to Run Black Powder At Battleground Games in Abington

UPDATED 8/23/11

The Boston Trained Bands wargaming club, based in The Hobby Bunker in Malden, will be running the Battle of Chelsea Creek using Warlord Games’ Black Powder rules at 1pm on Sunday, September 11, 2011 at the Abington Battleground Games & Hobbies location.

Participants are asked to register for this FREE game. Please e-mail Chase Laquidara at chaselaq@gmail.com OR you can register via the Facebook Event: The Battle of Chelsea Creek by the Boston Trained Bands.

Please bring your own dice (d6 only, no others needed) and tape measure. All other gaming materials are provided by the Boston Trained Bands and by Battleground Games & Hobbies.

If you ever wanted to try Black Powder, like the American Revolution, or just enjoy a well run and fun game then you should play in this.

The Boston Trained Bands ran the Battle of Olustee at Huzzah Con 2011 and at Historicon this year where they received a PELA award for “Battle of the Dunes, 14 June 1658” by GMs Chris Bergonzi, Richard Claydon, Austin Mitchell, and the Boston Trained Bands (15mm Pike and Shot).

2 Comments on “Boston Trained Bands to Run Black Powder At Battleground Games in Abington”

  1. Adrian

    This is exciting stuff, hopefully attendance will be good! Obviously I’m going to be there. Should see if D will post an announcement on the store’s webpage or maybe an email blast?

  2. Jonathan J. Reinhart Post author

    UPDATE

    The Boston Trained Bands is running an American Revolution game depicting the Battle of Chelsea Creek (read http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Chelsea_Creek) and using Warlord Games’ Black Powder rules. The Battle of Chelsea Creek will take start at 1pm on Sunday, September 11, 2011.

    Participants are asked to register for this FREE game. Please e-mail Chase Laquidara at chaselaq@gmail.com OR you can register via the Facebook Event: The Battle of Chelsea Creek by the Boston Trained Bands.

    Please bring your own dice (d6 only, no others needed) and tape measure. All other gaming materials are provided by the Boston Trained Bands and by Battleground Games & Hobbies.

    If you ever wanted to try Black Powder, like the American Revolution, or just enjoy a well run and fun game then you should play in this.