DBMM New Zealand: DBMM (De Bellis Magistrorum Militum) are wargames rules for ancient and medieval battles from 3000 BC to 1525 AD. The rules are written by Phil Barker and published by the Wargames Research Group. The rules, army lists and books are available from www.wrg.me.uk The purpose of this blog is to promote the rules in New Zealand by sharing information and photos. This blog replicates posts on the DBMM New Zealand Facebook, for those wargamers who do not use FB.
More than 10,000 foot equ.
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Our new cover is some of Philip Gates’s gorgeous French Ordonnance gendarmes painted so well by John Conroy.
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Also, Alastair wished a donation in lieu of flowers to go to Houndy Helpers, and that option is also available at the same link above.
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Competition details in earlier post https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1Eb78eh5vM/
John Way (Sunday only)
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Wow! Michael Stonyer was at the Hutt Valley Wargaming Club yesterday and took these great pics of two superbly painted armies. Both are French Ordonnance: Philip Gates’s Royal army (viva la France!) vs Gary Lewis’s Breton rebels (je suis Breton!). The venue, the library at St Patrick’s College, Silverstream, has the perfect ambience for the game.
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| Part of Philip Gates’s French Ordonnance, Royal army |
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| More of Philip Gates’s French Ordonnance, Royal army |
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| Part of Gary Lewis’s French Ordonnance, Breton army |
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| Phil Feel the ambiance… |
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| Gary |
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| Gary and Phil |
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| Gary and Phil, and Wilfred Redpath and Richard Mason deep in conversation. Given the game, two French Ordonnance armies at each other, a bottle of pastis for Wilf and Richard to share would have been entirely appropriate. Santé! |
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| Gary in action - the dice were … |
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| Phil in action |
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| Gary and Phil getting stuck in. |
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| A “crang!” of gendarmes |
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| Battle is joined in the centre. And the last message from Mike: “And there I had to leave them as the two armies locked in a life and death struggle broke for lunch  ”Another cliffhanger! What happened? |
