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Gaming => Battle Reports => Topic started by: John GL on Oct 29, 2025, 11:12 AM

Title: Forthcoming attractions
Post by: John GL on Oct 29, 2025, 11:12 AM
Not a battle report (yet) but I think this is the right place!  Inspired by the purchase of a large and splendid battle mat from BigRedBat, I'm planning a programme of 500 point DBM games on an 8' x 5' table; normal DBM 25mm armies are 350 points so these will be pretty big games.  This will be after we've finished our current ECW campaign (up to 1649 and Cromwell is invading Scotland).  I've expanded some of my existing armies (three extra elephants for the Indians, five extra chariots for the Egyptians) and for the rest I already have the figures. All the battles will be between roughly contemporary armies and most between historical opponents.  The following are lined up.

Early Neo-Assyrian v New Kingdom Egyptian

Later Sargonid Assyrian v Early Hoplite Greek

Classical Indian v Seleucid

Polybian Roman v Later Carthaginian

Polybian Roman v Seleucid

Early Imperial Roman v Middle Imperial Roman

Carolingian Frankish v Thematic Byzantine

Carolingian Frankish v Norse Viking

Norman v Anglo-Danish

Early Crusader v Seljuk Turkish

Later Crusader v Ayyubid Egyptian

Feudal French v Medieval German

Teutonic Orders v Estonian

HYW English v Medieval French

Medieval German v Hussite

Ottoman v Later Hungarian

I'll try to remember to take pictures.

Title: Re: Forthcoming attractions
Post by: Imperial Dave on Oct 29, 2025, 07:29 PM
Wow that's some list John

Good luck  :)
Title: Re: Forthcoming attractions
Post by: John GL on Oct 29, 2025, 09:18 PM
Changed already - I can't make a convincing Viking army at 500 points but I can field Late Imperial Roman and Suevi.

The first game, to christen the splendid new battle mat, will be fought next week with two players a side - just as a taster.  In the meantime we have Cromwell versus Hamilton on Sunday.