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Post by martin on Apr 5, 2019 13:43:47 GMT
Re-confirmed. I can bring an additional matched pair if anyone does not or cannot bring one. Just advise. Peter Thanks Peter. I think we have only one person in need of armies and that is christopheri, so should be okay assuming Paddy still bringing the loaners. See you all there tomorrow. Looking for registration to CLOSE at 10 am for a quick start after that ... Martin
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Post by paddy649 on Apr 5, 2019 15:59:22 GMT
Yes - 2 boxes of troops are good to go!
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Post by Christophori on Apr 5, 2019 18:51:02 GMT
Si Wilson and I will be staying in Alton tonight, if anyone else is around and wants to join us for dinner and drinks 😎? P Where are you at? I'm at the Alton House Hotel. Be happy to hop along or meet here.
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Post by Baldie on Apr 5, 2019 20:39:10 GMT
Good luck all My Uncle has just moved darn sarf so hope to make it in the future.
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Post by paulisper on Apr 5, 2019 20:41:24 GMT
Si Wilson and I will be staying in Alton tonight, if anyone else is around and wants to join us for dinner and drinks 😎? P Where are you at? I'm at the Alton House Hotel. Be happy to hop along or meet here. Just done with dinner and now back at digs- apologies! Will see you tomorrow! P
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Post by Christophori on Apr 5, 2019 20:48:10 GMT
NP, see you in the morning!
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Post by paddy649 on Apr 6, 2019 18:39:35 GMT
Thanks Martin. Good tournament! I really enjoyed it. Just realised I lost all the battles with my own armies and won all the battles using other peoples! Hmmmmm......think I was doing something wrong!
Many thanks for all your top class organisation and all the other players. I had fun and learned lots.
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Post by paulisper on Apr 6, 2019 18:58:29 GMT
My thanks, too, to Mr Smith and his cool organisational skills and tremendous hospitality last night 😎👍
Just sitting down to my first beer of the evening in a very nice real ale pub in Kingston on Thames and reflecting on the day’s proceedings. When my dice blew hot, I won, and when they didn’t, I didn’t... such is the way with DBA 😱 I just need to package my lucky talisman, Rich Pulley, and take him around with me wherever I go. I’m sure Mark S would second that... hehehe...
P.
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Post by martin on Apr 6, 2019 19:51:00 GMT
Thanks for the kind commemts!
2019 Alton DBA Matched Pairs results.
20 players gathered for the Alton DBA Matched Pairs today. After six hard fought rounds, the top-of-table players were:-
1st- Martin Myers (Normans vs Anglo-Danes)....119 points
2nd- Tony Green (Seleucids vs Bactrians).....116 points
3rd- Richard Pulley (Susiana/Elamites vs Sumerians)....101 points
4th- Paul Clair (Fatimids vs Early Crusaders).....97 points
5th- Peter Ellis (Antigonas vs Eumenes).......92 points
Also playing (in no particular order) were:- Pete Duckworth (Hussites vs Medieval Germans) Neil Mason (Feudal English civil war) Paul Murgatroyd (Shilla Koreans vs Pre-Samurai Japanese) Peter Phipps (Andalusians bs Feudal Spanish) Paddy Green (Feudal English vs Scots Common) Craig Allen (Early Libyans vs Numidians) Chris Edmunds (Early Polish vs Teutonic Order) Colin O’Shea (Wends vs Early Polish) Mark Skelton (Demetrios vs Ptolemy I) Simon Wilson (Ottoman Turks vs Wallachians+ Hungarian ally) John Saunders (Thracians vs Illyrians) Bill MacGillivray (Chichimec vs Mound Builders) Lindon Paxton (HYW English vs Medieval French) Phil Steele (Gallic vs Marian Roman) Terry Ellis (French Ordonnance bs Medieval Germans)
Thanks to all who attended, especially those travelling long distances, and also thanks to those donating to the prize cache.
Very much enjoyed doing the admin....a grand crowd of affable and good natured gamers, who made the day easy to run.
Cheers all
Martin
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Post by Simon on Apr 6, 2019 20:25:33 GMT
Thanks for a great event Martin and well worth the drive from oop north. Thanks also to all who provided the very generous prizes.
Simon
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Post by phippsy on Apr 6, 2019 20:36:28 GMT
Apologies for havimg to run pre- prize giving, but Daenerys was on the case, avoided the wrath.
Thank you Martin S for a really well organised event, really appreciated, and Congratulations to Martin M for his win.
Peter
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Post by attilathenun on Apr 6, 2019 21:24:26 GMT
Cheers Martin, and thanks to all those who helped confirm that Ptolemy deserved to win at the battle of Gaza in 312bc. It's just a shame I had to play the role of Demetrius 3 times it of three!
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Post by sicadi on Apr 7, 2019 8:10:36 GMT
Well done Martin for your superb organisation and welcome Excellent days gaming against opponents both old and new. Biggest lesson of the day 5 hours + driving and a day in the chair not so good, so an overnight stay next time me thinks! Thanks to all Craig
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Post by colinthehittite on Apr 7, 2019 8:22:25 GMT
The Alton Matched Pairs continues to shine as one of the great UK DBA tournaments with yesterday’s gathering promoting our hobby in its best light. I sometimes read of DBA players shying away from tournament play, for obvious reasons; they don’t know what they are missing! Everyone I sat opposite (in the three games I won in the morning and the three I lost in the afternoon) played with determination to win and courtesy, often throwing in light hearted banter during what could be a stressful situation. It is clear how much work Martin puts into preparing and running this tournament and yesterday was his just reward.
Not my most successful gaming day, but for me it was a great day in playing several gamers for the first time and in handling other players’ superbly painted figures. And, even in my lowly finishing spot I came away with a prize – examples of some modelling work I have long admired.
However, I’m with Attilathenun on the talismanic effect of Mr Pulley – who worked his devilish magic on me every time he came over.
Colin
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Post by Christophori on Apr 7, 2019 9:16:40 GMT
Thanks to Martin et al, for putting on the contest, to paddy for the loaned Poles and Teutonic Order, to Simon for the quick reference sheet, movement gauge and a dice that scored, (high averages for movement), and somehow low averages for combat!
As a total newbie I learned lots, mostly I learned 1) what a fun, stimulating and intricate game it can be. 2) that a well attended and well run contest is like. 3) what a diverse crowd, the game draws out. 4) that there are wrinkles on the wrinkles on the wrinkles. 5) the best laid plans of mice and men all fall apart at the cast of the die. 6) loose (did a lot of), win (just one winning draw), or draw (see previous comment), didn't make the slightest difference to the enjoyment of the day.
I'm really glad I made it to the contest, met some fine tacticians, met some terrain, armies, and situations, not covered in the videos, (that I had watched), and I'm sure that the burr of DBA, is firmly attached to my gamers horse.
In my best Arnold Schwarzenegger voice, "I'll be back"! :-)
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