Sunday, 28 August 2022

DBMM at Call to Arms - posted by Paul Graham, 28 August 2022

Now that the Wellington Warlords has confirmed that Call to Arms is going ahead in early November, I have posted the playing conditions for the DBMM competition on the Call to Arms web page, where you will need to submit your registration.

Regulars will notice a few modifications from previous years (irregulars won't spot the changes or won't care). The main difference is the army list selection - one list, but 500 pts, from which you pick the 450 you need to play your opponent. This in part is in recognition of Brent's preference to use larger armies, and it is after all the BSP competition.
I'm sticking with pre-set terrain, again drawn from actual battlefields so that you face some of the same challenges as the generals you are trying to emulate. There should be a good mix of empty spaces and annoying terrain features, to be fair to all armies, and I'll send out a draft set of maps reasonably soon. Any suggestions for new battlefields are always welcome too.


CTA 22 Registration — Wellington Warlords
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CTA 22 Registration — Wellington Warlords
Enter Call to Arms 2022 by filling in the form below and pushing 'Enter'. Payment details will be supplied in a return email from the Treasurer.

Vincent Cholewa

One question, Paul. Will all games be 450AP?


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Kickstarter dice towers - shared by Nick Buckby, 29 August 2022

Something for all of you fans of massive miscellaneous mdf table clutter…. 

Kickstarter: Full Colour Dice Towers

Luxurious full-colour printed MDF dice towers for tabletop gaming


  • Ben Vartok
    Thanks Nick. What does MDF stand for, Millions of dead forests?
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  • John Moher
    The problem I see, unfortunately, with dice towers (I've owned about 3 and sold them all) is it doesn't feel like rolling dice. You might as well just have a computerised random number generator on your smart phone and sit that on the table!
    Where's the Chappell Special underarm roll, or the Jackie Chan sideways flick, or similar as you set the dice a-rolling... no, no, dice towers don't cut it - better just investing in (or making yourself) a good dice rolling tray so you can retain freedom of action for that unique delivery style that guarantees you many 6's, or 4's, or 8's, or 10's or 20's or whatever!




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Who is playing what rules - shared by Bruce Ferguson, 29 August 2022



 

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It's now been over two years since I last posted a full-year update on who was playing what on the UK Ancients Competition scene - which is of course hardly surprising given that no-one was able to play anything face to face for much of that time, with various grades of Lockdown running from the start of 2020 until around mid-June 2021.
Ancients competition wargaming in the UK did however stutter (or in some cases "roar") back to life again in the middle of last year, and so with over 12 months of events to look back on it's probably as good a time as any to start once again having a look at Who's Playing What.
This set of "post-Lockdown" stats cover the UK "player universe" numbers for competition players across 7 of the most popular Ancients mass-battle rulesets for all events held in the UK in since things started up again at the end of June 2021 that I can find results for.
Some headlines:
Total Unique Player Numbers
ADLG 177 (180)
MeG 66 (62)
DBMM 61 (72)
DBA 55 (67)
DBM 40 (44)
FoGAM 35 (48)
TTS! 28 (64)
(2019 calendar year in brackets)
This shows how many different, UK-based players have taken part in an competition since Lockdown restrictions were eased in summer 2021.
The upshot is that post-Lockdown, total player numbers across all sets still compare very favourably with the 2019 totals - and (as I'll go into in the commentary on each set) even the more notable shortfalls can usually be explained by event scheduling or other issues unrelated to any loss of enthusiasm for face to face gaming in general post-Lockdown
The full thing, with more stats and ruleset-by-ruleset commentary is online to dive into at:

  • Vincent Cholewa
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    The three DBx systems together are more than 150 players. The reason they are there at all is the rules are good and, in no small part, because of the efforts of players to support and promote them. For a bunch of reasons WRG does little to promote itself and its own, excellent rules.
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  • Bruce Ferguson
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    Good points Vince. I can't help but think that ADLG must be worth a try though. I also note despite excellent marketing and production values FOG has all but fizzled out.
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    • Nick Buckby
      Bruce Ferguson hard-earned experience tells us that the ancients scene works way, way better for the majority if there is only one set of rules commonly used.
      I say that with great regret as a huge fan of ADLG.
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      • Bruce Ferguson
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        Nick Buckby That's a ringing endorsement for ADLG though, most people talk about DBMM like someone suffering from battered wife syndrome
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    • Kelly Gay
      Bruce Ferguson I suspect many FOG players would have gone over to ADLG. There are some similar mechanisms. Right now it seems that ADLG is played in 15mm, while generally DBMM is played in 25mm. This might be an interesting NZ compromise. Having said that, I do agree with Nick Buckby - this is such a small hobby that too many rules sets might be quite damaging overall.
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