DBMM New Zealand

Thursday, 22 January 2026

ValleyCon 2026 announcement! May 23-24 - shared from the Hutt Club, 23 January 2025

alleyCon 2026 announcement!

Yup, the big event of the club calendar is coming up! We are looking forward to running another awesome event, promoting the community, and having fun!

VC26 is booked in for the weekend of the 23/24 May 2026. A later date due to ANZAC day falling on the original Saturday and Expressions being a bit busy either side. Obviously we will be at the excellent Whirinaki Whare Taonga/Expressions hall in Upper Hutt again.

Competitions already booked in are

Warhammer 40k - Ryan Pike

Age of Sigmar - Michael Stewart

Flames of War - Chris Pooch

Warhammer Kill Team - Ben Runciman

DBMM - Neil Williamson

Horus Heresy - Harry Brook

Bolt Action - John Fletcher

Warhammer 5e WFH - Joe Kelly

Player's Packs are on the way, but registrations are already open at www.huttclub.co.nz

Hopefully we'll see you there!

Tuesday, 20 January 2026

2026 DBMM NZ Events Calendar - posted by Andrew Bennetts, 20 January 2026

Christmas has come and gone, New Year hangovers have hopefully passed and, with holiday sunburn now fading, it's time to look at what 2026 has in store on the DBMM front.

Latest information I have on what's going on is below so start marking your calendars, planning your armies and organising your painting schedules!

All events are 25-28mm unless otherwise stated. Event organisers will no doubt publish full details for their individuals events in due course

February 7-8 - Greytown Grand Prix, Allen and Phil's multi-period event. Entries now closed.

March 28 - Provisional date for the 1 day DBMM100 Interclub event at the Hutt Club. Contact Neil Williamson for details.

May 23-24 - Valleycon at the Hutt Club. No details yet about any DBMM competition. Will it be a repeat of last years 240AP event or perhaps a return to 450AP, venue permitting?

July 11-12 - Under the Mountain in New Plymouth, incorporating the NZ DBMM Nationals. Contact Keith Trye or Julian Hannan for more details.

August 29-30 - Call To Arms by the Wellington Warlords. Paul Graham is expected to run his fun DBMM event as usual.

September 12 & 26 - Dates for the Hutt Club's Winter Cup. I'm told Bruce Ferguson will be organising.

October 24-25 - The annual Heavy Metal Con hosted by the Pukekohe Club in Auckland over Labour Weekend. I will be circulating details closer to the time.

November 28-29 - Levin Classic. After some scheduling difficulties, Vince has landed on these dates to host this year's "Vive La France" theme.

Hopefully the above is correct but could organisers please correct, clarify or expand as required.

Looks like a bumper year for DBMM action in NZ!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/824840264342234/posts/3178354815657422/

Vincent Cholewa

Many thanks, Andrew Bennetts. This is really helpful for planning. I have pinned this as a featured post.

Philip Gates

Holiday sunburn? Presumably for those fortunate e ought to have spent Christmas overseas?

Vincent Cholewa

Philip Gates or in Horowhenua

Neil Williamson

Valleycon will be 240ap. I'll be running it as last year (Recoil! At Valleycon).

The DBMM Interclub is on 14th March with a backup date of 28th.

Spaces are limited. Teams of 4.

Marauders and Horowhenua teams are sorted. Warlords and HMWC teams are in progress.

Contact Graham Starkey to represent the HMWC team and Alastair Duncan for the Warlords team.

Vincent Cholewa

Neil Williamson team Horowhenua can’t make March 14. March 28 is okay for us.

Mike Waters

Is there any 15mm competition happening in the future?

Andrew Bennetts

Mike Waters Not that I know of. However "build it and they will come" as the saying goes