Thursday, 6 Nov. 2007

Auxilarama
15mm Theme Tournament

GM: Larry Chaban and Rich Baier
Scale:  15mm
Board: 24''
Rounds:  3
Players: Unlimited

An event for early Fall In arrivers. Please bring a 24" square board and terrain. Standard rules and normal tournament scoring to be used. Eligible armies must have a minimum of five auxilia elements. Eligible Army lists are:

Book I: 4c;6ab; 7a; 8a;17a; 21ab; 27;30b;31;34;35abd;36;37;39; 40a;41;47;48;54;55e;62;63.
Book II: 2.;6;8ac;13;14;21ab;23c;31af;34;38a;40;43;50;51;54; 55ab;59;83a.
Book III: 1ac;9;22;23;26;27;40cd;46;54;57;59;68.
Book IV: 5c;39ab;40;53;60;81.

Friday, 7 Nov. 2007

Big Battle DBA Doubles

GM: David Schlanger
Scale:  15mm
Board:  2x5
Rounds:  4
Players: Unlimited

Pairs of players will face off in BBDBA Swiss chess style tournament. Please see the NASAMW rule modifications for Big Battle competitions. Initial pairings will be by matching historical periods where possible.
 

The Battle of Tewksbury
25mm DBA Giant Battle

GM: Bob Beattie
Scale:  25mm
Board:  Special
Rounds:  NA
Players: 8

Yorkists take on the Lancasterians in the last battle of the War of the Roses. Lots of Knights, long-bowmen, pole arms, and even artillery. Large scale scenario battle with DBA. Armies provided.  Beginners to the period or newbies to DBA are welcome. DBA is not just for tournaments, it is excellent for big participation battles too. Please peregister through the normal convention registration for this event.
 

Hundred Years War
15mm Theme Tournament

GM: Roland Fricke
Scale:  15mm
Board: 30''
Rounds:  3
Players: Unlimited

A theme event focusing on the Hundred Years War. Bring any eligible army that is an army or enemy of the Medieval French or HYW English. Eligible armies are:

III/19c. Welsh
IV/ 4b. Feudal French
IV/13b. Medieval German
IV/16. Scots Common Army
IV/39ab. Navarrese
IV/57bc. Low Countries
IV/61. Italian Condotta
IV/62. 100 Years’ War English
IV/64. Medieval French
IV/68ab. Medieval Spanish or Portuguese
IV/74. Free Company or Armagnac
IV/76. Early Burgundian
IV/79. Later Swiss
IV/82a. French Ordonnance

Special Rule: Dismounting may only occur on the first bound. (Not for free -- the rules are used as normal, but you may only dismount on the first bound of the game.
 

Midnight Madness
15mm Open Tournament

GM: Rich Baier
Scale:  15mm
Board:
Rounds:  Single elimination until finish
Players: Unlimited

The late night, single-elimination tourney.
 

Saturday, 8 Nov. 2007

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon

HOTT Open
25mm HOTT Tournament

GM: Mike O'Neil
Scale:  25mm
Board:  Regular
Rounds:  3
Players: Unlimited

Open tourney for any 24 point HOTT army.
 

9:00 a.m. - 12:00 Noon

The Battle of Nieuw Spel
15mm DBN Big Battle Scenario

GM: Chris Brantley
Scale:  15mm
Board:  Provided
Rounds:  NA
Players: 4-12

A multi-player introductory game for De Bellis Napoleonicis (DBN), the DBA-inspired rules for the Napoleonic period. Designed as a friendly scenario game to introduce 4-12 players to DBN. The game will feature a hypothetical battle over a strategic Dutch crossroads. Each player fields a 12 point DBN army (15mm scale) preferably any Allied or French forces circa 1815. Some loaner armies available.

1:00-5:00 p.m.

Turkish Delight:  The Rise of The Ottomans
15mm Theme Tournament/Event

GM: Mark Pozniak
Scale:  15mm
Board: 30"
Rounds:  4
Players: Unlimited

Bring your own 15mm DBA army to fight for or against the Great Ottoman Sultan. Eligible armies include Ottomans IV 55 (a) and (b) and all of their enemies. Battles will be fought over 4 rounds on 30" boards. There will be a special prize for the most successful Ottoman player.  More info.

The Peloponnesian War
15mm DBA Campaign Theme Event

GM: David Kuijt and David Schlanger
Scale:  15mm
Board:  30''
Rounds:  NA
Players: 24 (pre-registration required)

It is 431 BC. A generation or two earlier mighty Persia learned a lesson, as it was humbled by the fractious city-states of Greece under the leadership of the army of Sparta and the navy of Athens. Turned back and defeated, it no longer attempts to extend its power over the tumultuous peninsula of the Peloponnese. Without an external enemy, the city-states of Greece turned back to their traditional pursuits -- philosophy, looking down on non-Greeks, and making war upon neighboring city-states. Athens and Sparta created networks of alliances that gradually, inexorably, moved them towards terrible war. A war that would engulf the entire Greek-speaking world (which, to the Greeks, was basically everyone worth considering).

This is the latest in the Two Davids' series of campaign-theme tournaments, as we have run twice at Cold Wars 2008 (Tlatoani and Collapse of 1200 BC), once at WADBAGCon 2008, and the first time at Fall In 2007 (Crusades in Outremer).

More info.

Sunday, 9 Nov. 2007

9:00 a.m. -12:00 noon

DBA Themes
15mm Theme Tournaments

GM: David Kuijt
Scale:  15mm
Board:  30 inch
Rounds:  3
Players: Unlimited

Two Theme tournaments are offered for Sunday morning gamers before they hit the road home. 

The Rise and Fall of Hellenism Theme
(600 BC -- 30 BC)

This theme tournament will cover armies and enemies of the most powerful movement in Western History, without which the very phrase "Western History" would have little meaning, from its origin in the citystates of Greece until the fall of the last of Kingdoms of Alexander's Successors, the Ptolemies (Cleopatra) and the rise of the first Emperor of Rome.

Eligible Army Lists: (Book I) 6c, 7cd, 14e, 35cd, 36, 43ab, 47, 48, 50, 52abcdefghi, 53, 54, 55abcde, 56ab, 57ab, 58, 59, 60abc, 61ab, 62, 63. (Book II) 1, 2, 3, 5abcdefghi, 6, 7, 8abc, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16abcd, 17, 18abcde, 19abcd, 20abcd, 22abcdef, 23abc, 24, 25, 26, 27ab, 28abcd, 30abc, 31abcdefghij, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36ab, 37, 39abc, 40, 43, 44, 45abc, 46ab, 47abdefg, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54a

Special Rule: The focus of this Theme only peripherally touches India, and I've seen too many Classical Indian armies recently, so for purposes of this Theme event only, the aggression of army II/3 Classical Indians is considered to be "2" instead of "0". No other changes.

Resurgence of Europe Theme
(639 AD -- 1500 AD)

This Theme tournament covers the simultaneous rise of the Feudal system and Islam, and their clash in Europe that gave rise to the Renaissance. The start point of this Theme is 639 AD, which marks two turning points in history: the establishment of the Carolingian Dynasty which came to dominate France, Germany, and northern Italy in despite of Byzantium, and the permanent establishment of the conquering Arabs in Syria and Egypt (also in despite of Byzantium) and the beginning of their expansion Westward, which eventually became the route by which the knowledge and ideas that triggered the Renaissance entered Europe.

Eligible Army Lists: (Book II) 54b, 55bc, 58, 62, 68b, 73, 81d, 82b (Book III) labc, 12, 13a, 14abc, 16, 17, 18, 19abc, 21ab, 24ab, 25b, 26ab, 27, 28, 29, 30ab, 31, 32, 33, 34ab, 35abc, 37, 40abcd, 43abc, 45ab, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 57abc, 60, 62ab, 63ab, 64, 65, 67ab, 68, 69, 70abc, 71, 72ab, 73ab, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79 (Book IV)  l, 2, 3, 4ab, 5abc, 6, 7, 8, 13abcd, 16, 17, 18, 20, 21abc, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39abc, 41, 42, 43abc, 44ab, 45, 46, 47, 49, 50, 51lab, 54abcd, 55ab, 56ab, 57abc, 58, 60, 61, 62, 64abc, 65, 66, 67, 68ab, 69, 74, 75, 76, 77, 79, 80, 82ab, 83ab, 84

Special Rule: Dismounting may only occur on the first bound. (Not for free -- the rules are as normal, but you may only dismount on the first bound of the game. That's it.)