DBMM New Zealand : 2025

Monday, 13 January 2025

DBMM 100, DBA and other games at the Levin Library - posted by Vince Cholewa, 12 January 2024

Wargaming at Levin Library yesterday: Many thanks to everyone who travelled from Whanganui and Palmerston North (and our local gamers), played six games and came along to support. Gamers and games were:

Harry, James and Blake travelled from Whanganui to play “Conquest SF” and “Haywire” modern urban skirmishes. https://www.facebook.com/share/p/1N5hm6bwd1/?mibextid=wwXIfr

Chris Blackler (Late Imperial Romans) and Samuel Taylor (Thracians) played DBMM 100. A win for the Romans after a bloody struggle.

David Taylor (Later Achaemenid Persians) and I (Thracians) played two games of DBA, ending with a win each. David had chosen an option where half the Persian army was mounted. First game he defended and placed minimal terrain and was able to get light horse around both flanks of my army making a major nuisance of themselves. With the Thracians stretched too far he hit my left with the Persian knights and cavalry - game over. Second game I defended and maxed the terrain - even after two pieces of terrain would not fit and had to be discarded it was a much more terrain-heavy table. Without room for cunning mounted manoeuvring, and with plenty of terrain in which psiloi and peltasts could lurk, the Thracians made good use of the home ground advantage.

Richard Glendinning ran a Battletech learning scenario for his three sons. Heather M McLeary from Palmerston North and Rhys Hendry also brought their Battletech figures and boards and watched on.

Great to see Rex Hurley from Whanganui (and thank you so much for the paint, books and terrain), Steve Sands, Ken Hay and Mark Conroy come along to check out the games and lend moral support.

Our next meetings: With the holidays over we are looking to return to our regular schedule of games on the first and third Sunday of each month. Renovations of the Levin East School hall are progressing and we will be back at our regular venue for the third Sunday next month, February 16. We are looking for a possible alternative venue for Sunday, February 2; to be confirmed as soon as possible.

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Harry, Blake and James travelled from Whanganui to play “Conquest SF” and “Haywire” modern urban skirmishes.

DBMM 100: Samuel Taylor (Thracians) vs Chris Blackler (Late Imperial Romans)

DBA: David Taylor (Later Achaemenid Persian) vs Vince Cholewa (Thracians)

Battletech: Richard Glendinning on the right ran a learning scenario.

DBMM and Decline and Fall at the Hutt Valley Wargaming Club - from Alastair Duncan and Mike Stonyer, 11 January 2024

Roving Reporter, Alastair Duncan reports from the Hutt Valley Wargaming Club today, with a bonus pic from Michael Stonyer. Alastair says:

Two DBMM games and a sweet surprise at the

Hutt Club as Bruce Ferguson’s Swedes ground their way through Shay Bassett’s English.

Meanwhile, Barry Norris’s Fatamids used their Nafutan skirmishes to deal to Alastair’s Ghaznavids.

Order of the day goes to Phil Barker’s board game, Decine and Fall, released 53 years ago and still heaps of fun. Barry's Rome triumphed over second placed Richard Mason’s Goths, Alastair’s third placed Vandals, who made it all the way to Alexandria, while Hun boss, Mike Stonyer, spent 14 years as a pacifist to come 4th.

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