NASAMW Tournaments

Jan. 1 Winter Capital Quarterly Warrior Tournament

This is a call for players to participate in the next Capital Quarterly that will run from Jan-March, 2008

This is a 15mm event, one list.

Special Rules:
-Barbarian rules are in effect.
-Bodies entirely Reg B are eager.
-Armies with Army Standard and an option for a Sacred Standard may upgrade to the latter for free.
-360p deployment zone for 15mm
-SHC are 8 pts cheaper per element than listed.
-General character of 5 can be Bold or reroll on Special General’s table).
Special General Table
1 Bleeder. General has a physical defect that makes him more prone to a catastrophe. In Hand to Hand, if the Bleeder's unit takes 2 CPF or more, and makes a unmodified melee roll of -2, -3, or -4, forces a catastrophe. In preparatory shooting, if the Bleeder's unit is takes 2 CPF and the missile fire die roll is +2 or higher, forces a catastrophe.
2 Inattentive. General is sick or wounded. General gets only 10 prompt points a turn.
3 Efficient General gets 20 prompt points
4 Brave, Generals unit is always adds an additional +1 in melee. (So a down 3 roll for a Regular B General is even.)
5 Inspirational. Unit with general is never uneasy. If the General is the CIC then all units within 120 paces are never uneasy.
6 Great. General is Efficient, Brave, and Inspirational.

We welcome Tim Brown to our gaming group; Tim lives in northern Virginia. His contact information is on the Warrior POC list attached.

Please let me know by 30 November if you intend to play AND your Army choice: grimmettancients@msn.com or call 703-922-8843

Good luck to all,

Tim

Jan. 12 Spartacon DBA tournament: MI

I (John Lawitzke jlawitzke@att.netwill) be running a DBA event at Spartacon in Lansing, MI on January 12.

DBA will be in second slot from 2pm to 6pm. As always, 15mm and feel free to bring an army. Rules taught and loaner armies will be
available. I will decide on the format once I see how many players we have. Last year, we had four players and did a nice cozy little round robin. If you're going to make it, please, let me know so that I can start a player count.

There seems to be no current web page for Spartacon. So, here's some basic info:

Location:
Lansing Center
333 E. Michigan Ave.
Lansing, Michigan, 48933
USA
www.lansingcenter.com

Doors open at 8:30am. Event slots start at 9am, 2pm, and 7pm.

Events: Someone has typed up the preliminary event list on TMP at:
http://theminiaturespage.com/boards/msg.mv?id=129469

For additional Spartacon info:
Ray Bramer (517)347-7519
Bob Rutherford - bkrufus@aol.com
Dick Kingman - spartacon@comcast.net

Jan 19. WADBAGCon DBA tournament: Gaithersburg, MD

Announcing the second annual WADBAGCon.

Date: January 19, 2008.

There will be three events, as follows:

Morning: 9:30am-12:30pm. STAR WARS HOTT. Fixed terrain and deployment in a set of matched battles chronicling warfare on both sides of the force. All miniatures, maps, terrain, deployment is provided. Advance signup is strongly advised to reserve a space -- space is limited.

Armies are 32mm scale using "double-15mm" basing (80mm width) on 48" boards, but since they're all supplied, you don't have to worry about it. Just sign up and show up.

Afternoon: 1pm - 6pm. Collapse of 1200 BC Campaign Theme. We're going to finetune the Campaign-style event we're running at Cold Wars by testing it out at WADBAGCon. Advance signup is strongly advised. Permitted armies are:

1/4c Hurrians, etc.
1/4d Gasgans
I/6b Early Bedouin
I/7b Early Lib
I/20a Ugarit
1/20b Syro-Canaanite
1/22b NKE
1/24b Hittite Empire
1/25a Middle Assyrian
I/26a Achaian (Crete)
1/26b Trojan
1/27 Early Hebrew
1/28 Sea Peoples

There are some loaner armies available if you don't have your own.

All battles are 15mm scale on 30" boards.

Evening: 7pm -- 11pm WADBAG Open. All armies permitted. Matchups in the first round will be attempts at historical enemies; after that by points. Advance signup is encouraged but not required. We should have enough turnout to reach NICT qualification tourney status.

Cost of WADBAGCon? Free!

FOOD: there are no vendors anywhere near the WADBAGCon site, sorry. Please preregister and bring $3 if you will be staying over lunch (i.e. between the Morning and Afternoon sessions), and we will supply you with a hearty Chili. Please preregister and bring $5 if you will be staying over dinner (between the Afternoon and Evening sessions) and we will supply some sort of hearty comestible then, too. (Details still under debate).

The WADBAGCon site is the same as last year -- the private residence of David Kuijt. It is large enough to handle gaming for 16-20 players without significant space constraint.

For directions and additional details, see: http://www.wadbag.com/events/WADBAGCon/

Jan. 19-20 US Team DBM tournament: Birmingham, AL

The Bunnies announce the US Team DBM Tournament will be Jan. 19 & 20, 2007, MLK weekend. The format will basically follow the International Team event in Ghent. Contact Joey with any questions.

Venue:
Park Inn Birmingham Airport
7901 Crestwood Blvd. , Birmingham AL 35210
Reservations: (888) 201-1801 US Toll Free
Telephone: (205) 951-0700 Fax: (205) 313-3701
Email: smckee@bbam.rr.com

http://www.parkinn.com/birminghamal_airport

The special room rate will be $64.95. to get this rate the code is "WAR08". I also believe there is a special rate for AAA members.

There are other hotels nearby if you want something else.
If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Vincent

The bunnies will provide Airport Shuttle service. Contact Joey with your arrival times.

Periods I and II will be sent to Rob Brennan: ustt@iworg.com

Periods III and IV will be sent to Larry Essick: larryessick@hotmail.com

Lists need to be in by Jan. 12th, 2008. IWF interps are in force, and the list checkers will have the ultimate authority approval of OBs.

Contact Joey if you plan on bringing a team, so we can make proper table arrangements. I have some extra Bunny players if you need players to round out your team, and if we have an odd # of teams, we will field 2 Bunny teams.

Game Rules to be used

DBM Version 3.1
IWF 3.1 clarifications if available, or if they are not yet published
3.1 clarifications where they are applicable
2nd Edition Army lists, and errata as published by the authors
Scale, 15mm.
Army Budget, 400 points.

The scoring will be 3-2-1-0 as per the Ghent tournament.

Time of Day and Weather will be played. Please note that all armies must be fully painted and based to a reasonable standard. Unpainted figures and bases without figures are not acceptable

Each team will comprise of 4 players, one playing in each period, the player for each period being nominated in advance and not being changed throughout the tournament. No team may have more than one player fielding the same army (possible when it crosses the date periods) i.e. book and list number must not be the same:
Period 1 Player - 3000BC to 501BC
Period 2 Player - 500BC to 475AD
Period 3 Player - 476AD to 1070AD
Period 4 Player - 1071AD to 1500AD

Lists must clearly indicate:
Name and contact details of the player.
Team and period (1-4)
Army name, book, number.
Date.
General, geographical or other option selected if appropriate
Climate and aggression (since in some cases options exist)
List and total of elements allocated by command.
Cost by element type.
Elements, element equivalents and break points per command.
Elements, element equivalents and break point for the army.
If baggage is mobile or static.
All double based elements. (which must be double based for the tournament, and may not be changed game by game)

List Errors or Changes
Once an army list has been submitted it may not be changed or altered other than to correct any errors. Players may only correct their errors by making reasonable changes to their list. It is not allowed to completely re-write the list, and the list checkers decision on this is final.

Additional notes on lists
For foreign allies taken from another list the * minimums are normally not compulsory and so not allowed. The exception to this is if another option which has been selected e.g. general, time period, specific troop type etc. triggers such a minimum and makes it compulsory; For any elements with other special characteristics those selected must be clearly marked on the list e.g. Hittite can have 6 Bedouin elements; When writing army lists please list all troop types in the same order as they are listed in the DBM Army List Books; Include descriptions from the lists, e.g. Book 1, List 24 "Hittite Empire" - "Syrian vassal spearmen". In this list it is particularly important since there are many types of Ps(I) with maximums and minimums; If the description in YOUR submitted list does not specify "Bedouin" or other special characteristics and there are a number of options, they will be considered to be the type without any special abilities. For example, in the list mentioned above, "Shaasu or Sutu Bedouin", I will assume "Shaasu", not "Sutu Bedouin" if you do not specify the type; If any troop type has been upgraded or downgraded and the list description has changed, please include in your army list the original description. This is especially important for armies such as the Hittites mentioned above, where any of the "Syrian Spearmen" or "Syrian Archers" can be downgraded to Hd(O). To further complicate this particular example, both the Spearmen and the Bowmen each have minimums and this must be complied with for the army as a whole and within each ally. Considerable time can be wasted checking all possible permutations to find one which works.

4 Rounds, 3:45 hour per game, dice down. Players are encouraged to play 12 Bounds. There will be 1 minute blitz for less than 12 bounds.

Sat. Jan. 19, 2007

Round 1 9:00 am-12:45 pm
Round 2 1:30-5:45 pm
Round 3 6:30 pm - 10:15 pm

Sunday Jan. 20, 2007

Round 4 9:00 am-12:45 pm

Each team will nominate 1 player as captain/ umpire. Rules questions during a match will be asked by a referee of a team not in the match. Players are encouraged to settle disputes among themselves. (I suggest dueling sabres, those dueling scars look neat)

Umpires
The Umpires will adjudicate in accordance with the written letter of the rules, unless otherwise specified by an official clarification released by the DBM authors, or, in conjunction with the IWF clarifications. However umpires have final adjudication on any issues with ambiguities or requiring interpretation.

Players must not expect umpires to rule on matters of measurement, or to make rulings if elements have been moved, without marking. It is the responsibility of the moving player to resolve such issues before moving elements. The benefit of any doubt will be given to the non-moving player.

If you are about to move an element where it is difficult to measure distances or the move may prove to be controversial, it is good practice to mark the position before moving. The benefit of any doubt will be given to the static player.

Players are to accept the umpire's decision with good grace. Any player who exhibits offensive, aggressive, abusive, disruptive or inappropriate behavior to the umpire or fellow players may be subject to having their game forfeited or, in severe cases, be ejected from the competition.

Deployment Orders and Maps
Each player must prepare deployment orders, and may need to do a deployment map if ambushing or flank marching; Deployment orders must indicate the relative positions of all on table commands, and must be passed to the opponent at the end of the deployment phase. It need not be a map, but could be a simple indication on the army list sheet, as long as the game/round is clearly noted. Commands do not need to be positioned relative to terrain, and could be just noted "Left, Centre Left, Centre Right, and Right".
A deployment map must show ambushes and flank marches, with exact positions and facing clearly marked. It must be shown to the opponent at the end of the game. It need not be provided if no flank march or ambushes have been made. Some players have used commands deployed in front of or behind two or more other commands. Such devices have been used to provide excessive flexibility in deployment. The most extreme example of course would be to deploy 4 commands one behind the other, then for the player to place each wherever he wanted left to right over the 1.8m table width, as deployment developed. These are also known as "floating commands", and the most extreme example would be:

Command 1
Command 2
Command 3
Command 4

Clearly this is excessive, and does not define "the relative position of their commands from right to left and front to rear". Accordingly for "floating commands" deployed in front of or behind more than one other command either:
The other commands must be deployed sufficiently narrowly so that the floating command only has restricted frontage and cannot abuse the flexibility. This is subjective, and will be interpreted reasonably on a case by case basis. As guidance, if the total frontage of the other commands exceeds 30cm or has large gaps between elements it may be considered excessive. The player must specify which elements are in front/behind each of the other commands; The command must be reasonably evenly distributed in front of or behind all commands; In case of doubt or potential abuse please call the umpire as soon as deployment orders have been exchanged.

NOTE: It must be possible to unambiguously reconcile the command identifiers used on the deployment orders and those used on the pre submitted army list e.g. if the list shows commands labeled 1 - 4, the map labels must correspond. However, these identifiers do not necessarily need to be consecutive. Otherwise when deployment orders are passed over if commands 1, 2 and 4 are shown, it might be obvious that command 3 exists and is flank marching. Clearly this would only otherwise be visible after the player throws his first PIP dice.

Game duration and Last Bounds
Games will have a duration of 3 hours 45 minutes. In addition a period of BLITZ may be included to ensure a minimum of 12 bounds have been completed in each game, unless of course on or more army broke earlier. If at the end of the game, 12 turns have not been completed a period of Blitz will occur.

Blitz Rules
Overview
At the normal game end after last bound has been called, if 12 pairs of bounds have not been played, a Blitz period is entered. During Blitz all PIP based moves have to be carried out in 1 minute Blitz period.

Detail
Players record the number of pairs of bounds on a shared record (which may be supplied).
When "last bound" is called, the game is played to the end of the defender's bound (i.e. as previously). If at that stage 12 pairs of bounds have not been played and neither army is demoralised, a Blitz period is entered. The Blitz will be supervised by an umpire or a nominee appointed by an umpire (both referred to below as the "umpire"). The umpire will time the 1 minute for the first (invader's) bound. PIP dice are thrown after the umpire starts the time. PIP dice allocation and all moves must be completed in the 1 minute Blitz period. Any PIPs unspent at the end of 1 minute are wasted. No-one may interrupt or distract the player making moves during their 1 minute blitz period. Specifically the opponent must not start a debate or question moves apart from identifying moves for later referral to the umpire (i.e. checking legality.). An opponent who wishes to challenge any blitz moves should mark those they wish to challenge as they are made with a suitable counter or other marker. The moving player may request explanation of the challenge at his sole discretion. If requested the response should be phrased reasonably succinctly. Alternatively the moving player may carry on
and leave any challenges to be clarified after the time limit. Note: This allows a moving player to get explanation of the challenges on any "crucial" moves and still have time to correct them within his time limit, if he wishes to. The moving player may choose at his option to make his own compulsory/impetuous moves within the time limit in any order he desires as per normal Pursuit moves of enemy troops arising from break offs are done in the Blitz period.
Flank marches - if arriving during a Blitz bound, the following is done before the Blitz period starts: the die for the flank marching command is rolled on its own, then the figures arriving are placed at their place of arrival and any flee moves resulting from the flank march arrival are carried out. The Blitz period is then started during which the arriving troops are moved on table. If flank marchers arriving in a subsequent bound cause enemy to flee, the umpire will pause the Blitz time for the flee move(s) to be carried out by the umpire.
After the end of the 1 minute blitz period:
Any illegal moves are taken back as determined by the umpire. The non-moving player can challenge the legality of moves, but the final determination is the umpire's. Any impetuous or flee moves are made by the umpire. These will be made in the simplest order, which will normally be those closest to enemy elements first (no back ranks charging through to swap the element fighting etc.). All other things being equal he will normally start on one side and work along.
All shooting and combats are carried out as usual.
If, at the end of the relevant bound, an army is broken the game stops.
The process is then repeated for the defender's bound until 12 pairs of bounds have been played at which point the Blitz period is over and the game is scored as usual.

Further Rules
If the bound count is forgotten then the players should agree the number of bounds played or, if agreement cannot be reached, it is assumed that the number of bounds displayed is correct. An umpire is not in a position to resolve such a disagreement. The moving player may take a reasonable amount of time before PIPs are thrown to agree intricate measurements with his opponent or the umpire. The moving player can ask the umpire present about the legality of a move during their 1 minute, but this is included in their blitz time. The clock is not stopped for this. The umpire can stop (and if appropriate re-start) the 1 minute time for any reason they see fit. Blitz need not be played or once started can be stopped at any time if both players agree to that. The organizers may require a game to be completed before finishing 12 bounds and shall have complete discretion in doing so.

Premature Blitz
The recording of bounds played should highlight at an early stage whether a reasonable speed of play is being achieved. Should an umpire determine that a match is progressing too slow to achieve the minimum 12 bounds per players within the normal game duration, Blitz may be imposed prior to calling "last bound". This ruling will be applied only in extreme cases of perceived "slow play".

Player's notes
12 bounds of play should not be seen as a target number of bounds. It is a minimum expectation. Players are requested to bear in mind that the Blitz period is not budgeted for in the competition schedule. As such, players are requested to get through the Blitz as quickly as possible. The recording of the number of bounds played should highlight at an early stage whether a reasonable speed of play is being achieved. If this appears to be a problem and cannot be resolved between the players an umpire should be called.

Jan. 25-27 Siege of Augusta DBA and Warrior tournaments: Augusta, Georgia

The Siege of Augusta at the Belair Conference Center has been designated as the location for the 2008 NASAMW Deep South Regional DBA Championship (DBA RCT)!!! Additionally, there will be a Matched Pair Tournament and a DBA, BBDBA, or HOTT event during every gaming session. For the past several years, the Siege has been the convention to go to for DBA-related games. It should also be noted that DBAers are a very friendly group, especially so at the Siege, so if you want to learn this system, this convention is the place to do it.

DBA Events at Siege 2008

Friday Night (7-11 PM) Battle of Stilo BBDBA game
(GM: Jason Mirosavich)

The Holy Roman Emperor Otto II has come to southern Italy to conquer the Byzantine province of Apulia. Meanwhile, the Muslim emir of Sicily, Abu al-Qasim, has invaded Calabria. Can the Germans and their Lombard allies defeat the Muslims? 2-8 players using 15mm figures.

Saturday AM (9 AM-1PM) 15mm DBA Matched Pairs Tournament
(GM: Martin Schmidt)
(Sponsored by: Splintered Light Miniatures)

Matched Pairs Tournament: Bring a pair of well matched DBA armies who were historical enemies. Choose wisely as your opponent gets to pick which army of the two they wish to use against you! Four rounds total against four different opponents, two with your pair of armies, and two using armies furnished by your opponent. Since each player supplies both armies each round, players may use pairs of armies featuring 6mm or 10mm figures on 15mm basing. Tourney fee is $5 (NASMW players pay a total of $5 to play in either or both the Matched Pairs and Open tourneys). Up to 16 slots are available.
Prize Pool (so far)

1st Place receives a $20 gift certificate from Splintered Light and a NASAMW-furnished plaque

2nd Place receives a NASAMW-furnished plaque

Last Place receives a $10 gift certificate from Splintered Light

One random player receives a $10 gift certificate from Splintered Light

Up to 16 participants will receive a 15%-off coupon from Splintered Light

Saturday PM (2-6 PM) Battle of Trebbia BBDBA game
(GM: Paul Harrison)

A powerful Polybian Roman army catches the interloper Hannibal in northern Italy. The plebian consul commander needs a victory for his political faction back in Rome. Not only does he have to face that clever Punic who is crouching behind the Trebia River, it is Winter. 2-6 players, using 25mm figures.

Saturday Night (7-11+ PM) NASAMW Deep South Regional Championship
(GM: Martin Schmidt)
(Sponsored by: Time Portal Hobbies)

15mm 'Open' Tournament. This event is based on and uses the format of the NASAMW DBA National Invitational Championship tournament. Players may bring any 15mm army and will face three opponents in qualifying rounds. The top players proceed into a single elimination bracket for the championship. The winner is qualified to face the 'best of the best' DBA players and get a shot at the National Championship. Expect an 'enhanced' prize pool for this one!!! Tourney fee is $5 (NASMW players pay a total of $5 to play in either or both the Matched Pairs and Open tourneys). Up to 16 slots are available.
Prize Pool (so far)

1st Place receives a a NASAMW-furnished plaque

2nd Place receives a NASAMW-furnished plaque

Time Portal Hobbies will provide a listing shortly

Splintered Light has donated a DBA Army Pack

Others have been solicited

Sunday AM (9 AM-1PM) 25mm HOTT Open or Big Battle HOTT Demo
(GM: Martin Schmidt)

Depending on the number of participants (and their preferences) we will have either a tournament of will divide up into two sides and battle "Good" vs "Evil" (depending on your point of view.) Players should bring 24AP (army points) of fantasy or historical troops based for the DBx '25mm' scale (60mm frontage). Temporary basing is ok if you want to 'blue-tack' Warhammer figures to DBx bases please feel free to do so. Historical armies can be easily converted in this system! A Sub Roman British can become a fantasy Knights of the Round Table force. You just designate the command stand with 'Arthur' as a hero, another stand of knights can include Lancelot as a Paladin and if you want more fantasy add a Druidic figure for Merlin the Magician! Retired 'clix' game figures figures work great for quickly basing up armies! Use your imagination, the possibilities are endless! Loaner forces will be available for those without troops but I'd love to see what other people can come up with as well!

2008 NASAMW Deep South Regional Warrior Championship

Start Time/Rounds: Three 3.5 hour rounds beginning Sat at 9 A.M.

Rules Used: Most current version of Warrior with modifications noted below

Scale: 25mm/28mm (contact Derek if you need to borrow an army)

Points: 1600

List Conditions: One list (ONLY 1); all 4 horse lists available

Special Rules:
o EHC with missile weapon may skirmish where appropriate;
o Units of all A-class troops do not check waiver for routing friendlys (they take all other waivers);
o JLS-armed cavalry fight 1.5 ranks when charging, counter-charging, or pursuing;
o Troops with any RA troops may prompt themselves to charge, retire, or march;
o RA cavalry may charge impetuously without a general; and,
o All SHK's may either give dismounting shk the choice to dismount with JLS instead of 2HCW, or give dismounted SHK with 2HCW 1.5 ranks fighting.

New Barbarian Rules:
o +1 for each pair of elements over 8 in a body in HTH if charging, counter-charging, follow-up, or pursuing;
o Only one fatigue point per CPF in first round of combat; and,
o Irr Loose march 3 bounds instead of 2.

Tournament Scoring: Per NASAMW

Entry Fee: $20 (in addition to the Convention Admission Fee)

Prizes: Prizes/trophies will be awarded (details will be provided later)
This event will be a qualifier for the North American Society of Ancient & Medieval Wargamers (NASMW) National Invitational Championship Tournament held at Historicon 2008. Membership is not required to play but only members can qualify for the NICT and any additional prizes provided by NASAMW. NASAWM Treasurer Derek Downs will be onsite offering a reduced membership fee!

Tournament Schedule

Saturday 9am Round 1

Saturday 2pm Round 2

Saturday 7pm Round 3 (Awards ceremony will follow)

Apr. 4-5 Little Wars (IL) FoG tournament: Lincolnshire, IL

The following are the field of Glory events being offered by the ChicagoFoG gaming group at the HMGS Midwest Little Wars convention in Lincolnshire, Illinois, on the weekend of April 4th-5th, 2008

Demonstration Sessions

Friday, April 4: 2:00pm - 6:00pm, 6:30pm - 10:30pm

Learn the new Field of Glory miniatures rules for ancient and medieval warfare by taking sides in a classical pitched battle as Alexander tries to add India to his list of conquests or by riding with the Condottieri as 15th century Italian city-states vie for supremacy.

Unlike past rules for ancient and medieval warfare, Field of Glory has been designed to reward historical deployments and battlefield tactics without all of the tortured syntax and extraneous minutia that plagued earlier rule sets.

No prior knowledge of the system is required and all are welcome to participate.

Contact: Chuck Hines clh4@aol.com

Field of Glory Tournament

Saturday, April 5: 9:00am - 11:00pm

Three rounds of ancient and medieval combat using the new Field of Glory rules system. The event will be in 15mm, and figure basing is the same as used in most other ancient/medieval rule sets, so you can most likely use your favorite army from another set of rules. Armies must be composed from the published army list books (Rise of Rome and Storm of Arrows) and must be bought with no more than 800 points.

Players should be familiar with Field of Glory, so if you haven't played before please sign up for one of the demonstration sessions on Friday night. Players who are familiar with the system, but need help preparing their order of battle or have any questions are also encouraged to stop by the Friday night demonstrations.

Rounds will start at 9:00, 2:00 & 7:00.

Contact: Jim Hauber jshauber@yahoo.com

Apr. 11-13 Coast Con DBM tournament: Biloxi, MS

DBM Tournament Coast Con April 11-13th
Mississippi Coast Coliseum Biloxi Mississippi

400 points 4 rounds
General Gulf South Rules with IWF Interpts
2 lists if submitted by April 1st to Thomas Demers at Tomrolls1s@live.com

We will have space available for anyone wishing to play their first round game at 7pm on Friday night. This game will take the place of the third round game Saturday night. To play 1st round on Friday night you must notify Thomas before April 1st so match ups can be paired. Those not playing Friday night will play 3 rounds beginning at 8am on Saturday and 1 round at 8am on Sunday.

Each round will be 3.5 hours + 3d6 random time. Those not through 8 bounds at 3 hours will go to blitz until 12 rounds have been reached. Time will be called as a whistle stop but rolls will be made that have generals or commands at peril.

Those not interested in playing DBM on Friday night might like to know that SMAC will be hosting a FOG demo game at 7pm.

Apr. 12 PointCon DBM tournament: West Point, NY

The venue is Thayer Hall at the US military academy at West Point. You will need to present ID when entering West Point.

There will be a 200 AP Open DBM tournament at PointCon this year. The tournament will begin at 10am. Four games, 2 hours per game.

Game 1 10:00-12:00
Game 2 1:00-3:00
Game 3 3:30-5:30
Game 4 6:00-8:00
That's one 1 hour break and two 0.5 hour breaks, which should get most everyone home by midnight.
Format is DBM 3.1, 15:0 scoring, 200 AP, 15mm. 2 lists, same year, same geographic region, same general. Players should bring their own terrain and ground cloths. Modified Whistle Stop end; i.e. finish the current bound.

No cost for CiC element; i.e. the c-in-c is completely free. This is to encourage the possibility of Reg Generals. Other generals costs as per normal 200 modification. Also if a list is normally allowed 2 sub generals it may have 1 sub general and 1 internal ally general. Otherwise the tournament will use the Irish DBM200 modifications which have been working well elsewhere. They can be found at:

http://www.nasamw.org/Modifications.htm#Irish%20Modifications

The cost for PointCon is $15; there is no additional charge for the DBM Tournament. Additional info can be found at their site: http://www.pointcon.org/ closer to the event.

Jeff Zorn is the POC for the event.

The Point is a beautiful venue so please make every effort to attend.

Apr. 12 StoogeCon DBA tournaments: Pittsburgh, PA

Rich Baier and I (Larry Chaban) are going to be running Stooge Con at Legion Hobbies (http://www.legionsgames.com/) on April 12, 2008 from 12PM till ??PM. It is located at 9066 Perry Highway, Pittsburgh, PA 15237.

It will include an Open Tourney, of 4 one hour rounds, starting at noon refereed by the Stooges, Rich Baier and Larry Chaban. This will be followed by a Book IV Tourney, of 3 to 4 one hour rounds (depending on time), starting approximately 5PM refereed by our minions, the Stoogettes, Steve Parillo and Kevin Serafini. There are prizes to be had of at least one DBA Army for the winner of each tournament.

Rich Baier (dicemanrick@comcast.net) is the POC

April 19 New Song BBDBA DBA Tournament: Reynoldsburg, OH

April 19th at the New Song Church:

Big Battle DBA Tournament.

3 Rounds minimum (TBD) staring at 10:00 a.m.

Any legal army or army with ally (s)

NASAMW rules (no BUA).

Here are the directions to New Song Community Church. The web site is www.inewsong.com if anyone wants to look up the directions. The address is 13873 National Road, SW. Take 270 to Main Street. Go east all the way through Reynoldsburg. After the last street light (there is a BP on the NE corner) you will go about three miles. New Song Community Church is located on the right hand side. If you pass Carter Lumber you have gone too far. Turn around and it will be about a half a mile back from Carter Lumber.

You know you were wanting it.

You know you need to vent your pain from sending in that big check to the IRS (I know I do!)

You know you don't get enough chances to play Big Battle.

You know Central Ohio is the Big Battle capital of the civilized world.

You know you wanted a chance to make up for your performance at the August tourney.

Contact John Loy for more information.

Apr. 27 FoG in April? FoG tournament: Chantilly, VA

The date is Sunday 27th April at 10 am in Game Parlor Chantilly.

400 point armies from the Rise of Rome book only.

Max of 3 generals ( only 1 can be either IC or FC ). Generals will cost half their regular points cost please ( rounded up ). IC..40 FC..25 TC...18 with Ally-Generals costing 5 pts less.

Halve all minima and maxima on the list, except that a compulsory type must have a minimum number of bases to form the smallest BG available.

Maximum terrain size 12" circle.

The playing area will be 48" x 30".

Set up zones will be 10" for LH & LF, 6" for others.

Of course we will adapt for future minis as required. The main idea is to have fun !

Contact: Paul Woolerton

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