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Post by diades on Mar 19, 2017 12:12:08 GMT
You can add me as a visitor, reserve if needed. David Constable After last year, you play or we both play...it'll be good to see you. Missed you at the Northern!
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Post by diades on Feb 18, 2017 14:01:38 GMT
DBA Tarrington Tourney 2017 Saturday 11th November 2017, 1000 until 1700 Lady Emily Community Hall Tarrington Herefordshire HR1 4EX Tarrington is halfway between Hereford and Ledbury; approximately 11 miles from junction 2 of the M50. Format: “Scramble” Each player brings any valid 12-element v3.0 army on 15mm base sizes (40mm frontage), camp (camp follower element optional), and terrain for a legal battlefield as the defender, which may include provision of a specific legal board size. Note that the army will be used by other players.
• Players will play AGAINST their own army only in the first round.
• Players will use their own army only in the final round.
• Players will be matched using Swiss chess format.
• Armies will be matched as far as possible to maximise variety (of army used and fought against) for players.
• The 12-element army and terrain choices may not be changed between rounds.
• Players must use all terrain pieces supplied. The aim is to have 6 rounds, but may be revised on the day.
Depending upon the number of players and the time to arrange the pairings for each round, there is no guarantee of non-repetition, but priority order will be given to: New opponent each round New army used each round New opposing army each round
Cost will be £5 per player and includes lunch!
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Post by diades on Feb 2, 2017 19:46:53 GMT
Saturday 11th November 2017. 1000 to 1700 at the usual venue. Scramble format. More detail to follow!
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Post by diades on Jan 31, 2017 20:59:14 GMT
Knights are still strong, just a slightly riskier proposition. I would not penalise the first elephant lost; they are not SO strong. Just try 6Kn! In fact I am not sure I am in favour of any of the proposals made so far. i think it is fast foot movement that is imbalanced. I would propose fast foot movement is reduced by 1BW in rough or bad going, with the possible exception of Psiloi. I would also make Littoral landings deploy at the same time as the rest of the army before anyone rolls PIPs.
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Post by diades on Jan 29, 2017 17:58:36 GMT
Just to add my thanks to all the good words above, especially to Alan and all the Crusade organisers.
The new venue was a light, warm, airy improvement on the squash courts of old! The ease of parking tempted me off the train and into the car.
I took Thracians with EIR allies. I thought they'd be unexpected and not so weak, with a Knight General, two light horse, Five fast auxilia and a Psiloi, with two solid blades and a knight to support. I was looking forward to laying down lots of terrain. I invaded four times out of six! At least with so many troops allowed out wide I could mass on one side to attack.
First up were Steve Aspinalls Early Crusaders. I was not too hopeful, but managed to swamp his missile troops with auxilia on the left, lock his supporting spears in place with a Psiloi sent around the back and almost hold my own in the centre. An unexpected Thracian victory!
Next an invasion of Bill's Chou China. I amassed on the left and relied on quick kills whilst Bill wheeled his left around. No luck with the quick kills and with the Chinese sharp shooters also doing well the Thracians were sent packing.
Final group game and at last I defended. A steep hill on my right and a fort to the left of centre led to a stand off against the invading Parthians. A bold attack by my combined Knight between hill and fort and auxilia vs. Light horse on the right went Thrace's way for another convincing victory. Pleased with a group second place.
On to the plate. James' oriental elephant parade. I invaded and took the fight to the lumbering pachyderms with auxilia and Psilo. Light horse clashed with Spear on the left and I was thankful the enemy knights were screened for so long on their left by their own bows. My light horse closed the door time and again on an isolated Blade at the board edge, but couldn't finish it off. An elephant finally succumbed, but only served to let the Knights through...The Roman knights charged an isolated Blade on the left and promptly died on a tie. Things started going badly on the Thracian right, so the General charged in on that lonesome Blade, lightning couldn't strike twic could it?....oh yes it could!
Martin Smith's Bretons invaded the Thracian foothills next. A rushed game due to the terrain and plate time limit, but a 2-1 draw at the close. The Thracian casualty was once again a Roman Knight tied with a Viking blade!
Finally an invasion of Scott's Classical India. I amassed on the left happily taking light horse and cavalry on with auxilia. Good use of the road allowed my blades to cut a hole in the Indian line, where Bow were lurking and enough damage was done before the elephants and heavy chariots could reverse matters. A win to go home on!
Great to see so many turn up. Looking forward to next year already. Thanks all.
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Post by diades on Jan 15, 2017 18:36:41 GMT
Bob, I run a Scramble in the UK, the Tarrington Tourney. Players bring an army with specific legal terrain and board. The players and pool of armies brought each compete in their own Swiss Chess format. In round 1 players fight against the army they brought; in the last round (6 in this case) players use their own army. In the meantime, armies are allocated to players to maximise the number of different armies they use and fight against. When using an army, if it defends, all of the terrain supplied with it and the board size specified must be used. I have run it for six years. It is a real challenge, you never know what you will have to deal with from round to round, with own army, opposing army and terrain out with your control! Happy to answer any additional specific questions.
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Post by diades on Jan 8, 2017 18:07:07 GMT
Coda:
Unable to participate in my own theme, I was also unable to return the trophy. That was rectified today and to mark the occasion a small themed three-way even was staged.
My Anglo-Danes with Welsh allies invaded Russia! You wouldn't have thought so as they ran a Spear shieldwall between two woods, stationed the Blades in reserve, marked the right hand wood with Welsh Warband, whilst the Welsh Cavalry played backstop rear right...and waited. The Russians advanced with Spears in the centre flanked on both sides by Knights. Light Horse covered the left flank and Psiloi the right. Ultimately the Russian General committed with one Spear and one Knight. The General carved a hole in the shieldwall, whilst his support bounced off. A grave British Blade advanced to engage and promptly despatched the Russian General. The resulting Move starvation let the Anglo-Danes in, finishing 4-3, or 3G-3 in old speak.
Next up, Arnaud's Leidang invaded Russia. The Russian left was refused due to their Light Horse keeping out of Norse Bow range. Action started on the Russian right, but with early Norse gains as a Knight took out a Spear. The centre go messy. A Leidang Bow fended off a double Knight attack several times over and the Russians lost narrowly as Knight tied with a Blade!
Finally the Leidang invaded Britain. Too many terrain sixes meant a small edifice and a road were all that adorned a smooth green grassy plain. The Spear shieldwall ran with the left flank anchored by Welsh Warband in the Bad Going, Blades once more in reserve. The Leidang went wide to their left with Knight General, Bow and fast Blade. The British shieldwall extended to counter, but a shortage of PIPs at the wrong time led to a hole. Nonetheless, the Leidang Blades all bounced. On the right a British Blade pursued into trouble, whilst on the left a Spear recalled to clip the bad going. The ensuing opportunities were exploited to the full and Arnaud's Leidang were victorious once more, 4-0.
The trophy was duly awarded to the deserving champion.
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Post by diades on Jan 8, 2017 17:48:02 GMT
I reckon Spanish are the best option too! However, apologies to Pete and Neil, I am unable to make this event. Have fun!
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Post by diades on Dec 24, 2016 9:39:16 GMT
What happens when an Elephant's pursuit move post destruction of an enemy meets a friend it is unable to pass through before completing?
I expect it just stops, but I can't find any reference to pursuit interrupted by friends....
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Post by diades on Nov 14, 2016 19:24:22 GMT
Formal Results note army is the army that finished in that position, not necessarily the army brought by the player on the same line.
Position Points Player Trophy Army Points 1 18 Martin Smith Champion IV/12e Maori 16.396007 2 13 Mark Johnson Runner-Up II/45a Slave Revolt 13.412003 3 12 Neil Mason Third II/81a Dux Brit 13.403005 4 12 Richard Pulley Strongest Army II/39a Iberian 12.397003 5 11 Pete Duckworth III/52 Norman 9.5710088 6 9 Colin O'Shea IV/10 Mound Builder American 9.5090045 7 7 Pete Whyman I/52b Spartan 7.5890063 8 7 Kevin Casey II/17b Lysamachid 6.6460065 9 6 Scott Russell Most Challenging Army II/7 Late Achaemenid Persian 6.6100052 10 4 John Saunders I/1a Early Sumerian 6.5470047 11 3 Martin Myers IV/35 Mongol Conquest 4.640005 12 3 Mark Skelton Slayer III/70 Tuareg 4.5800046
All Books represented. Slave Revolts did very well!
As for the Tuaregs, they defended against me with Early Sumerian and, whilst they did forget the larger board, the terrain did its trick, I was just lucky that bows and dice trumped camels!
Let me know what other details anyone wants...
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Post by diades on Nov 12, 2016 18:38:55 GMT
Full results will follow tomorrow.
In the meantime thank you all for making this such a great event and for all your help and support, looking after me whilst I sorted rounds and cleaning up after.
I hope you have all had an easy journey home.
David Constable you are a star and a gentleman sir. Provider of prizes! I thoroughly enjoyed the day. Next time in the same situation; you play, no questions!
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Post by diades on Nov 9, 2016 13:03:51 GMT
...and of course you can even specify board size, tho if it is not 2' square, you will also have to provide it. Can you? Who gets to choose the board size and if the defender, do you have to go with what's provided or could you stick to the normal 2' square one if you wanted? The owner of the army specifies board size at the outset. Any player defending with that army has to use the board size specified (and supplied as apt.) in the same way as they have to use the terrain specified and supplied. Fun eh?
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Post by diades on Nov 8, 2016 20:43:25 GMT
I will be there. I am coming down with the Scimitar contingent. Neil Mason See you there, Neil .... Just a thought, but it might be worth noting that not only do we bring an army, but also a FIXED number of terrain items which the 'lucky' user of our armies must attempt to use if defender......picking those is a challenge in itself !! Will we see eg Skythians with maximum bad going, or Early Saxons with a postage stamp terrain piece to hide in... Best day out ever, this one. Martin ...and of course you can even specify board size, tho if it is not 2' square, you will also have to provide it.
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Post by diades on Nov 8, 2016 20:41:30 GMT
Hi Any chance of you providing a spare table where we could run our own bring and buy, i.e. put stuff out with our name on, in case anyone was interested in buying? I think Pete did this at Mercian competition. Cheers Mark Table easily provided. Very happy to facilitate.
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Post by diades on Nov 7, 2016 20:01:33 GMT
Just to keep the thread fresh... All on for this Saturday. If you haven't already let me know you are coming, please do...or bring your own lunch 😉
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