Thursday, 21 July 2005

Pick Up DBA at Historicon

Thursday afternoon is the arrival time for most DBA players at Historicon, who time their arrival to do their shopping and to prepare for Midnight Madness.  Roland Fricke organized several rounds of open "pick-up" gaming for early arrivers, starting at 4:00 p.m., which provided a great warm-up for the weekend as well as an opportunity for newbies to learn about the game.

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Midnite Madness
(The "David Ray Open")

Organized by Dennis Frank, the single-elimination Midnite Madness tournament drew over 50 entrants, requiring a play-in round, and suspending at 4:00 a.m. to let the wearied finalists an opportunity to catch some shut-eye before their finale.  Tom McMillen took Midnight Madness honors, with Joe Drapalski coming in second.

Friday, 22 July 2005

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Big Battle Doubles
(The "Tony Bath Memorial")

Organized by David Schlanger, the 2005 Big Battle Doubles featured 40 players on 20 teams and was the largest NASAMW Big Battle tournament to date.  Players fought three battles within period groupings, with group winners moving on to the quarterfinals.  The Davids Kuijt and Schlanger emerged triumphant in a hard fought championship round with David and Jason Bostwick.  The teams are listed below in their historical groupings, with group winners highlighted:

Greek Classical Group:

1) Mark Pozniak and Eric Freiwald
Army: II/5 Athenian with Thessalian and Theban allies - 450BC.

2) Robert Runnels and Dan Henderson
Army: II/23b Later Pre-Islamic Arab City with II/23a Later Pre-Islamic Arab Nomad ally - 312BC.

3) Darius Kuijt and Darius Schlanger
Army: II/7 Later Achaemenid Persian - 331BC.

4) Tim Hladan and Larry Stone
Army: II/32 Later Carthaginian - 225BC.

Roman Classical Group:

5) Mark Fastoso and Tom Powell-Bullock
Army: II/49 Marian Roman with II/28b Armenian (other) ally - 51BC.

6) Jonathan Miller and Shervin Boloorian
Army: II/37 Parthian with II/23a Later Pre-Islamic Arab Nomad ally - 51BC.

7) John Loy and Kim Young
Army: II/56 Early Imperial Roman - 0AD.

8) Jonathan and Alex Bostwick
Army: II/53 Ancient British with II/56 Early Imperial Roman ally - 62AD.

9) Doug Mudd and Rob Torres
Army: II/78b Late Imperial Roman (East) with Later Pre-Islamic Arab Nomad ally - 375AD.

10) Jeff Caruso and Chris Brantley
Army: II/83b Patrician Roman (East) - 425AD.

Dark Ages and Steppes Group:

11) Joe Jr. and Lou Coniglio
Army: III/51 Western Frank - 888AD.

12) David and Jason Bostwick
Army: III/51 Western Frank with III/40b Viking ally - 900AD.

13) Jack "the Butcher" and Peter "the Cleaver" Sheriff
Army: III/75 Konstantian Byzantine with III/70a Georgian ally.

14) Larry Chaban and Rich Baier
Army: IV/3 Anglo-Norman - 1073AD.

15) Marty Schmidt and Bob McDonald
Army: IV/1b Komnenan Byzantine with IV/17 Later Crusader ally - 1150AD.

16) Joseph and Vincent Coniglio
Army: III/66 His-Hsia with III/15 Tibetan ally - 1200AD.

Medieval Group:

17) Stephen Baier and Jim Dundorf
Army: IV/62 100 Yrs War English - 1322AD.

18) Jon Baldwin and Roland Fricke
Army: IV/76 Early Burgundian - 1400AD.

19) Joe Collins and Ed Dillon
Army: IV/82 French Ordonnance - 1464AD

20) Hank and Joe Drapalski
Army: IV/83b War of the Roses English - 1487AD

DBA Demo

Demonstrator Dennis Frank taught newbies how to play DBA using gorgeous medieval figures in 54mm scale.

Young Warriors Max and Leon Discuss Strategy.

The Generals Steven and David Survey their Ranks.

25mm Action in the Doug Mudd Open

XXVmm Tournament
(The "Doug Mudd Open")

Organized by Rob Torres.  Doug Mudd won the tournament that bears his name.

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Ruler of the Nile

A theme tournament hosted by the Washington Area DBA Gamers (WADBAG) and run by the Davids Kuijt and Schlanger, Ruler of the Nile featured five Egyptian pharoahs and five despoilers vying for top honors in their respective categories.  Each player rotated through five historical battles, featuring pre-set terrain and deployments.  Final results forthcoming.