Barracks Battles found lots of activity remaining on Sunday June 7th with a little push from some donuts brought by John Nozka to help gamers get recharged for another full day of gaming.
Barracks Battles @ DieCon 2026
Sunday, June 7
Gateway Convention Center
1 Gateway Dr, Collinsville, IL 62234, USA
Sunday Session 6 (9am – 1pm)
Table #1
GAMEMASTER NAME: John Nozka
TITLE OF GAME: Last One for Hutch?
GAME RULE PUBLISHER: MSD Games
RULES USED (NOTE IF HOME RULES OR MODIFIED): Kamikaze 46
MINIATURE SCALE: 1/300
# OF PLAYERS (MIN-MAX): 2-6 Players
GAME DESCRIPTION: The Japanese launch a devastating surprise raid on Vella la Cava, home of the Black Sheep Squadron. The base receives minimal alert and tries to get remaining Corsairs airborne while other Corsairs hurriedly return from a mission. Will this be a repeat of the TV show episode in which Hutch is killed? Will another TV show personality be killed instead? Or does everyone survive in spite of the odds?
Table #3
GAMEMASTER NAME: Ray Gluck
TITLE OF GAME: Push to the Volga
GAME RULE PUBLISHER:
RULES USED (NOTE IF HOME RULES OR MODIFIED): Fistful of Lead Bigger Battles
MINIATURE SCALE: 15mm
# OF PLAYERS (MIN-MAX): 4-6
GAME DESCRIPTION: Operation Barbarossa has brought the German Army to a city on the banks of the Volga. The Soviets must hold the Germans long enough for reinforcements to cross the river and turn the tide. The Germans must press through before Winter.
Session 7 (2pm – 6pm)
GAMEMASTER NAME: Nathaniel Rizzuto
TITLE OF GAME: Undaunted (doing the whole game series: Normandy, North Africa, Stalingrad, Battle of Britain)
GAME RULE PUBLISHER: Osprey Games
RULES USED (NOTE IF HOME RULES OR MODIFIED):Osprey Games
MINIATURE SCALE: Mix of board game and deck builder. Uses cardboard tokens to mark units.
# OF PLAYERS (MIN-MAX): 2-4
GAME DESCRIPTION: Undaunted is a series of deck-building wargames set in various theaters of World War II, co-designed by David Thompson and Trevor Benjamin and published by Osprey Games. You build a board out of cardboard map pieces based on a mission book. You then draw cards to give units actions as you move your tokens around the board to capture objectives or complete missions. Quick to learn and easy to play, each game lasts between 30 minutes to an hour.
Table #3
GAMEMASTER NAME: James Kantor
TITLE OF GAME: Imperial Power Projection
GAME RULE PUBLISHER: Fantasy Flight Games
RULES USED (NOTE IF HOME RULES OR MODIFIED): X-Wing 2.0
MINIATURE SCALE:1/270
# OF PLAYERS (MIN-MAX): 2-8
GAME DESCRIPTION: Keltos Station is hosting a meeting of several notable criminals when alarms start blaring. “Imperial Star Destroyer closing in! All ships launch now and defend the station!” Pick your wing and take out as many Imperials as you can.
Table #2
GAMEMASTER NAME: Stephen King
TITLE OF GAME: The Birth of the US Navy
GAME RULE PUBLISHER: Tabletop Games
RULES USED (NOTE IF HOME RULES OR MODIFIED): Action Under Sail
MINIATURE SCALE: 1:1200
# OF PLAYERS (MIN-MAX): Max of 6
- GAME DESCRIPTION: March 1776 the first action of the new Continental Navy is to raid the British gunpowder stores in the Caribbean. Now all they have to do is get the stores back to Rhode Island. n the Caribbean. Now all they have to do is get the stores back to Rhode Island.
- An AWI 2650 Project Celebrating the founding of our nation.
Thanks to the GMs and players for making this a fun day of gaming. We likewise extend our sincere appreciation to Jon Bancroft and the entire crew of DieCon who make this event possible each year with lots of hard work and efforts on their part.
