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Pavane
01-10-2012, 01:17 PM
Location: Stratford, ON Canada
Dates: March 23, 24 and 25, 2012
Website: http://www.hotlead.ca/
DBA Events:

FRIDAY 19:30 to Midnight / "Everybody Hates Rome" Pyramid DBA Tournament
15mm. 30" Boards and 60” x 24” boards (supplied). 3 Rounds. 6 or 8 players. Players may bring own army and terrain. Loaner armies are available for all eight players.
Open to any of the following v2.2 armies:
Romans: I/55b, I/59, II/10, II/33, II/49, II/56, II/64, II/78, II/83.
Enemies: I/7d, I/36, I/47, I/48, I/52I, I/55acde, I/57, I/58, II/5gh, II/8, II/9, II/11, II/13, II/14, II/19cd, II/20cd, II/22abcde, II/23ac, II/24, II/25, II/26, II/27b, II/28abc, II/30bc, II/31gij, II/32, II/34, II/35, II/37, II/39, II/40, II/44, II/45, II/47abcefg, II/48, II/51, II/52, II/53, II/54a, II/55ab, II/57, II/58, II/59, II/60, II/65, II/66, II/67, II/68a, II/69, II/70, II/71, II/72, II/73, II/74b, II/80abd, II/82a, II/84, III/1c, III/2.

Half of the players will be Roman and half will be barbarians. No Built Up Areas (BUA) are allowed, and any River placed will be automatically paltry. Armies with dismounting elements may only dismount on their first bound of the game. With only 6 players the barbarians would play each Roman in turn for a round robin.

With 8 players the tournament will be a pyramid format. The first round will be four 1-on-1 DBA battles (Romans vs. barbarians). After the first round, each of the two players will join forces in a doubles team so that there will be two 2-on-2 games in the second round. After the second round, the four players will join forces for a large 4-on-4 Giant Battle DBA game in the final round. The victor of each round serves as the C-in-C for the team in each later round. Elements lost are NOT replaced from round to round, with two exceptions. If a player’s General is lost then it may be swapped for any surviving element. If a player has fewer than 6 elements after a round the player may add only enough lost elements to bring the army up to the minimum 6 elements.

Scoring: Modified NASAMW.
Fee: $1 (to defray the cost of the prizes)
Prizes: Best Roman player and best Enemy of Rome player.
GM: David May


SATURDAY 09:30 to 13:30 / DBA "Stratford Scramble" Tournament
15mm. 30" boards (supplied). 3 Rounds. Swiss Chess matching. Players bring own army and terrain. Some loaner armies are available. No Built Up Areas (BUA) are allowed, and any River placed will be automatically paltry.

The object of the Stratford Scramble Tournament is to emphasize player skill over army selection by having players use a different army in each round. Each player brings a valid 12-element army, camp (camp follower element optional) and only enough terrain for one legal battlefield as the defender. Armies with dismounting elements may only bring the mounted or dismounted element; there is no dismounting allowed. The 12-element army and terrain choices cannot be changed between rounds. Players can lay the terrain as they desire, but all pieces supplied must be used. All of the players' armies are placed in a pool and will be assigned to each player before each round. No one will use the same army twice or play the same opponent twice. Note that a small tray to hold your army will facilitate movement between players and tables.

On the first round players, and the armies they will use, are assigned randomly, but players will not be assigned their own army until the final round. On subsequent rounds players will be matched using their accumulated score, with the top scoring player playing against the player with the second highest score, the third and fourth highest scoring playing together, etc. The allocation of armies is based on the accumulated score of each army. The top scoring player will be assigned the lowest scoring army; the second highest scoring player will receive the second lowest scoring army, etc. Players may not be assigned their own army, or an army that they have already played. On the final round everyone will play with their own army. Players are matched using their accumulated score.

Players will generally benefit from choosing an army that they have mastered, yet others find difficult to play. This can be further exploited by including terrain that is less advantageous for that army. Expect to see armies that would never be used in a traditional open tournament format as players try to handicap their opponents with challenging armies to play.

Scoring: Standard NASAMW.
Fee: $1 (to defray the cost of the prizes)
Prize: Player with the highest score and player bringing the lowest scoring army.
GM: Will Michael

SATURDAY 14:00 to 18:00 / DBA “Open” Tournament
15mm. 30" Boards (supplied). 3 Rounds. Swiss Chess matching. Players bring army and terrain. Some loaner armies are available.

Bring any valid V2.2 DBA army. No Built Up Areas (BUA) are allowed, and any River placed will be automatically paltry. Armies with dismounting elements may only dismount on their first bound of the game.

Scoring: Standard NASAMW.
Fee: $1 (to defray the cost of the prize)
Prize: Player with the highest score.
GM: Michael Saunders

SATURDAY 19:00 to Midnight / "The Peloponnesian War, 431 BC" DBA Campaign
SATURDAY 19:00 to Midnight / "The Peloponnesian War, 431 BC" DBA Campaign
15mm (supplied). Campaign map (supplied). 30" boards (supplied). 3+ Rounds. 6+ Players minimum. Boards and terrain supplied.

Players will be assigned one of the competing nations:- I/47 Illyrian, I/48 Thrace, II/5d Thessaly, I/53 Egypt, I/54 Macedon, I/56 Crete (Knossus), I/63 Paionia, II/5a Sparta, II/5b Athens, II/5c Thebes, II/5d Thessaly, II/5e Acarnania, II/5f Phocis, II/5i Corinth, II/5i Abydos, II/5i Amphipolis, II/5i Argos, II/5i Chalcis, II/5i Chios, II/5i Corcyra, II/5i Elis, II/5i Miletus, II/5i Mytilene, II/7 Antandrus, II/7 Sardis and II/12 Syracuse.
Some loaner armies are available for I/48, II/5a, II/5b, II/5c, II/5d, II/5f, II/7 (one only) and II/12.
Contact the game master at http://www.fanaticus.org/discussion/showthread.php?t=12391 to register for your army.

Scoring: Standard NASAMW with the following campaign modifications: at the end of each round an Overlord receives an additional 5 points for each Tributary, while a Tributary loses 1 point.
Fee: $1 (to cover the cost of the prize)
Prize: Player with the highest score.
GM: Colin Rice

SUNDAY 9:30 to 13:00 / “Classical Period” DBA 2.2+ Beta Tournament
15mm. 30" Boards (supplied). 3 Rounds. Swiss Chess matching. Players bring army and terrain. Some loaner armies are available.

Bring any valid V2.2 DBA army from Section 2 – The Classical Period 500BC – 476AD. This tournament will test the DBA 2.2+ Beta rules, found at: http://www.wadbag.com/V2.2+/. Acrylic movement gauges appropriate for 2.2+ will be given to all participants.

Scoring: Standard NASAMW.
Fee: $1 (to defray the cost of the prize)
Prize: Player with the highest score.
GM: Will Michael

Pavane
01-20-2012, 07:51 PM
The Peloponnesian War Campaign signup sheet:

Colin, I'll take II/5i Corinth.

colinrice
01-20-2012, 11:33 PM
Here is the list of Peloponnesian war armies and their players.
I/35d Crete (Knossus)
I/47 Illyrian
I/48 Thrace ==> Paul Stoklosa
I/53 Egypt ==> David May
I/54 Macedon
I/63 Paionia
II/5a Sparta
II/5b Athens
II/5c Thebes ==> Mike Saunders
II/5d Thessaly ==> Colin Rice
II/5e Acarnania
II/5f Phocis
II/5i Corinth ==> Will Michael
II/5i Abydos
II/5i Amphipolis
II/5i Argos
II/5i Chalcis
II/5i Chios
II/5i Corcyra
II/5i Elis
II/5i Miletus
II/5i Mytilene (Lesbos) ==> Stephen Lindsey
II/7 Antandrus (Persia)
II/7 Sardis (Persia)
II/12 Syracuse

Pavane
01-21-2012, 12:22 AM
Paul Stoklosa wants Thrace

Pavane
01-23-2012, 05:48 PM
Michael Saunders wants Thebes.

Pavane
01-24-2012, 10:13 AM
Dave May wants Egypt

Pavane
02-16-2012, 12:33 PM
Please note that the Sunday morning tournament will now be using the new DBA 2.2+ Beta rules. An acrylic movement gauge will be given to all participants.

david kuijt
02-16-2012, 02:27 PM
Is everything 2.2+? :) I really want to make it up for this, but 9 hours drive is a bit rough.

Pavane
02-16-2012, 02:39 PM
Is everything 2.2+? :) I really want to make it up for this, but 9 hours drive is a bit rough.
Only Sunday morning. We all agreed that it would be premature to switch everything to the Beta. If it was the final version, I wouldn't hesitate.

I will have lots of printed copies of the 2.2+ Playsheet to hand out over the weekend though.

By the way, the playsheets should have a url link to the WADBAG website so that people can download their own copies and email it to friends.

El' Jocko
02-16-2012, 02:44 PM
By the way, the playsheets should have a url link to the WADBAG website so that people can download their own copies and email it to friends.

Noted.

- Jack

Pavane
02-16-2012, 09:55 PM
Is everything 2.2+? :) I really want to make it up for this, but 9 hours drive is a bit rough.
It goes without saying that we would all be very happy to see you.

Pavane
04-10-2012, 08:13 AM
... and the results are:

Everyone Hates Rome DBA Tournament
Romans

Colin Rice, II/83b Patrician Romans, 50 points
Steve Lindsey, II/33 Polybian Roman, 48 points
Will Michael, II/33 Polybian Roman, 7 points

Enemies of Rome

Michael Saunders, II/26 Later Sarmatians, 40 points
Howard Tulloch, II/19c Seleucid, 7 points
Paul Stocklosa, II/83b Later Pre-Islamic Arabs, 3 points


Stratford Scramble DBA Tournament
Player Ranking

Colin Rice, I/60 Early Achamenid Persian, 74 points
Michael Saunders, II/5b Later Greek Hoplite Thebes, 68 points
John Mifkovic, IV/62 100 Years War English, 31 points
David May, I/19 Mitani, 28 points
Paul Stoklosa, II/23a Pre-Islamic Arab Nomads, 27 points
Howard Tulloch, III/55 Khitan-Liang, 2 points

Army Ranking

IV/62 100 Years War English, 70 points
II/5b Later Greek Hoplite Thebes, 50 points
I/19 Mitani, 34 points
III/55 Khitan-Liang, 28 points
I/60 Early Achamenid Persian, 24 points
II/23a Pre-Islamic Arab Nomads, 23 points


Open DBA Tournament

David May, I/1 Sumerian, 49 points
Howard Tulloch, Khitan-Liang, 47 points
Paul Stoklosa, I/16 Hittite, 46 points
Will Michael, II/5i Later Hoplite Greek Corinth
Colin Rice, II/19c Seleucid, 28 points
John Mifkovic, IV/62 100 Years War English, 21 points


Peloponnesian War DBA Campaign Tournament

Stephen Lindsay, Lesbos, 64 points
Michael Saunders, Thebes, 49 points
Will Michael, Corinth, 47 points
Rob Hanks, Syracuse, 40 points
Michael Cheung, Athens, 29 points
John Mifkovic, Sparta, 22 points
David May, Egypt, 5 points
Howard Tulloch, Thessaly, 2 points


Classical Period DBA 2.2+ Beta Tournament

Colin Rice, II/19c Seleucid, 45 points
Michael Saunders, II/56 Early Imperial Romans, 28 points
David May, II/7 Later Achamenid Persians, 26 points
Howard Tulloch, II/12 Alexandrian Macedonians, 5 points

Tony Aguilar
04-10-2012, 09:15 AM
How was the reception of 2.2+, Will?

Pavane
04-10-2012, 10:45 AM
How was the reception of 2.2+, Will?
The comments were positive. Colin and Michael had play tested it with me before and, like everyone, have some things that they are not keen on. The more they play, the more they accept. Dave May is a long time DBM player who now also enjoys DBA and he liked the changes a lot. Howard is a new DBA player and had no reservations about playing DBA 2.2+ again.

Like most weekend-long cons, Sunday is a hard spot to fill. I gave 2.2+ handouts and gauges to people showing interest that had to leave early on Sunday. Next year we will likely run a BBDBA Game & Go event on Sunday: one or more tables of BBDBA, singles and/or doubles as required, one game, have fun, pack up, and go home.

When 2.2+ is past Beta I will run all of my events as 2.2+. Other GMs, of course, can do as they please. Although there will always be bits of 2.2+ that some people will have reservations about, we are all in agreement that DBA 3.0 is not what we want.