DBMM New Zealand : Inaugural Auckland Cup - posted by Andrew Bennetts, 31 March 2024

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Inaugural Auckland Cup - posted by Andrew Bennetts, 31 March 2024

Report from the inaugural Auckland Cup

While the event may evolve into a more traditional tournament in the future, the inaugural event was aimed as a way to attract new people to the DBMM system.

To this end we had five relative newcomers attending alongside seven of the "usual suspects". The new entrants ranged from a complete newcomer to Ancient/Medieval wargaming through to a returning ex-DBM player. Games were played at a variety of sizes and scales, with 120AP games for complete beginners, 240AP games for those with some experience and even a couple of 400AP 15mm games!

Games were generally one of our regulars playing against the newcomers although two 'full fat' 400AP 28mm games were also played to show off the full size experience.

The 120AP games in particular proved a great hit. Not only did the smaller size game help with teaching the basic mechanisms but they proved engaging games in their own right.

They are also an attractive entry point for new players, representing a highly achievable painting target for those starting armies from scratch, allowing them to start gaming in a fraction of the time it would take to complete a full 400+ AP collection.

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120AP action with Swiss fighting Medieval French

Polybian Romans and Later Carthaginians face off at 120AP

Late Imperial Romans vs Hatrene, also at 120AP

Palmyrans fighting Middle Imperial Romans at 240AP

Rarely seen in NZ - 15mm DBMM! New Kingdom Egyptians against Urartians

Philip Abela's magnificent scratch built 15mm New Kingdom Egyptian navy - their first out in a quarter century!!

Some "Full Fat" action: Ghaznavids vs Ming Chinese

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Nick Buckby

Ben’s elephant in reverse again…

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Ben Vartok

Nick Buckby Its very talented.

Kelly Gay

Smart enough to avoid the artillery anyway!

Graham Edward Korn

Never bring anything with a reverse gear on the table.

Ben Vartok

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Thanks for organising Benny, it was great fun!

Luke Inglis

Awesome, a little jealous and a lot inspired.

Ben Vartok

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In the morning my Ghaznavids took on the merciless Ming led by Richard foster. Great game called a draw. One moment was especially amusing as my LH S charged up a hill into the gun line , surviving two shots and taking out 4 in one bound!