DBMM Nationals, 18 registered so far - posted by Andrew Bennetts, 30 April 2023

NZ DBMM Nationals 2023 - places still available

We currently have 18 registrations but there is certainly room for more so, if you are interested, get your entries in fast.

Registration is $50 and makes you eligible for all these cool trophies from Potbelly Miniatures.

King's Birthday Weekend, 3-4 June.

Venue is St Brendon's School (same as Valleycon).

Full details in the Player Pack in the files section: https://www.facebook.com/groups/824840264342234/permalink/2301900653302847 

The Shell Case Trophy (competed for since 1975!) alongside the bust of Alexander the Great for the Overall Winner

Trophies for First, Second and Third in the Medieval Group. These are Reconquer Designs, scaled up to over 100mm by Potbelly Minatures

Busts of Julius Caesar, Hannibal and Pyrrhus for First, Second and Third in the Ancients and Dark Ages group

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    Vincent Cholewa

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    Nice trophies 

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ValleyCon: Middle Assyrians vs Early Achaemenid Persians - from Richard Foster, 30 April 2023

From Richard Foster a game at ValleyCon in which a flank march did arrive! Richard says:

Here are some pictures of my Middle Assyrians 820BCE vs Paul Graham's Persians.

In this game our allies, Paul's Scythians and my Hittites, both of whom were facing each other, were unreliable. In turn three my flank march arrived on the Persian left so Paul withdrew the Scythians from the front line with the view to re-positioning them to cover this new threat. My Hittites, despite being advised to do otherwise, stayed put.

In the centre, the Persian cavalry charged the Assyrian infantry but this proved fruitless. The Sparabara and Immortals fired their arrows into the sky and as it seems over the heads of everyone.

Eventually the Assyrian charoits arrived and the pressure was on. On the Persian left the Assyrian flank march inflicted severe casualties upon their opponents, killed their sub general and broke that command. This had a profound effect on both, still unreliable commands. My Hittites perked up and so as it turns out did the Skythians.

Note final picture which shows the Skythians looting their former master's baggage, obviously to get the extra funds still outstanding. 

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Gavin Pearson

Looks like some Sumerians readying their battle carts in.

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  Vincent Cholewa

  Gavin Pearson those might be from Peter Noble’s army

  

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  Yes the first pic is of Peter Noble's chariots. Not sure how they got mixed in but hey you see them now, they were not there for long. As Vince has said, "Do not lead with Kn (I)..."

Gavin Pearson

That looks bad for the King of Kings

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  Vincent Cholewa

  Gavin Pearson not a good day at the office!

Russell Briant

Great write up.

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