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TOURNAMENTS NASAMW Ancient and Medieval Events Below is a short description of the tournaments being put on by the North American Society for Ancient and Medieval Wargaming. For more information, please go to the NASAMW registration desk. A single entry fee of $5 is charged and covers all events you play in. This goes for trophies and other event expenses.
DBA The DBA & related tournaments and events listed here are presented by the North American Society of Ancient and Medieval Wargamers (NASAMW). Sign-Up Sheets for all events will be at the DBA Table. Please check in about 30 minutes before start of play. ALL of our events are new player friendly. If you show up, there are plenty of people willing to help you learn how to play and help out with loaning an army for an event. Just ask! DBA events will be 3.0 version with latest FAQ updates. Event size in terms of players is unlimited unless noted below. Players should bring their own terrain but some communal terrain will be available; all battlefields are provided. Players must show up at events 10 minutes prior to the posted start time for assignments. DBA Manager: Tom Thomas Please contact Tom Thomas with any questions: tomandkate@ aol.com.
Saturday DBA Open 25mm 9am - 12pm Three 1-hour rounds. All army lists from DBA 3.0 and 2.2 allowed. You may use alternate 28mm basing with one less figure per base. Loaner armies are available.
for the Iron Throne. A series of linked battles with new coalitions forming behind either the current king or latest pretender will determine the eventual winner. An ally in one game may be a mortal enemy in the next. Each battle will be played out using A Game of Ice and Fire (a variant of De Bellis Antiquitatis – DBA), a quick play system of medieval war. The game is easy to learn and beginners are welcome. Figures representing Lannisters, Greyjoys, Starks, Baratheons, Freys, Tullys, Martells and many others will be provided or you can bring your own army. Battles will take about 60 minutes to resolve and players can participate in as many battles as they wish. GM: Tom Thomas Sponsor: Fame and Glory Games
Art de La Guerre Friday 15mm Theme 9am-7pm 200pts. 2.5 hour rounds. Two lists if submitted to GM by July 1, otherwise, 1 list. Any army before 500 AD. Round 1: 9:15am; Round 2: 1:30pm; Round 3: 4:15pm GM: Dan Hazelbark (
[email protected])
Road To Jerusalem 8pm-11pm 28mm; 800+ pts; Crusaders vs Arabs. 8-12 players. Multi-national Crusader army marching on Jerusalem is attacked by the forces of Islam. GM: Dan Hazelbark (
[email protected])
Saturday
DBA Open 15mm
25mm Theme
1pm - 5pm Three 1-hour rounds. All army lists from DBA 3.0 and 2.2 allowed. You may use alternate 28mm basing with one less figure per base. Loaner armies are available.
9am-7pm 200pts. 2.5 hour rounds. Any army from lists 1-124; any year options. No Knights (Heavy Knights, Medium Knights, Foot Knights). No restrictions on chariots or cataphracts. Round 1: 9:15am; Round 2: 1:30pm; Round 3: 4:15pm GM: Kurt Holmes
A Game of Ice and Fire 7pm - 11pm Rules: A Game of Ice and Fire (DBA Variant), Figures Provided, Multiple rounds Command one of the great houses of Westeros and win the Iron Throne. Each player will choose one great house and then assemble a coalition of other houses to do battle
15mm Open 9am-7pm 200pts. 2.5 hour rounds. Round 1: 9:15am; Round 2: 1:30pm; Round 3: 4:15pm GM: Marc Crotteau
Warrior Players must check in 30 minutes prior to listed start time. One list from published army list books (see website for latest versions/errata); African Warrior draft lists allowed. Generals must be rolled. Preset terrain. Special Rules: Barbarian Foot rules and Deployment rules in effect. X-Rules 2.512, 2.52, 2.53, 5.11, 6.2, 11.1 and 17.1 in use. 8’ x 5’ tables; 3.5 hr rounds. Full listing of special rules, armies and deployment rules at: www.fourhorsemenenterprises.com/ forum. GM: Scott Holder
Thursday Warrior National Championship Prelim Noon – 8:30pm; 25mm, 1600 pts. Round 1: Noon; Round 2: 5:00pm.
Friday Bronze Age Theme, 25mm 9am – 10pm; 1600 pts. Round 1: 9am; Round 2: 1:30pm; Round 3: 6pm. Eligible Armies list at Warrior table and at link above.
Saturday Open, 25mm 9am – 10pm; 1600 pts. Round 1: 9am; Round 2: 1:30pm; Round 3: 6pm.
Warrior National Championship Finals Noon – 11pm; 25mm, By Invitation Only, 1600 pts. Round 1: 9am; Round 2: 1:30pm; Round 3: 6pm.
Other Tournaments TRIUMPH! TRIUMPH! Rules are easy to learn and will be taught by the GM as needed. Young gamers are welcome but anyone under 15 must be accompanied by an adult. Look for the Epic Conflicts of the Ancient world walk-up intro games throughout Historicon as another option to familiarize yourself with the rules. Games are presented by the Washington Grand Company (www.wgcwar.com). Sign-up sheets for all events will be at our HQ table at the entrance to the Tournament area. Rules will be the latest Early Access Edition available at the time of the event. Army lists available at http://meshwesh. wgcwar.com/home. All army options must be chosen prior to beginning of event and not changed. All games in 15mm unless otherwise noted. See other TRIUMPH! Events listed in the PEL for additional games. Tournament Manager: David Schlanger
Wednesday Open 8pm - 11pm Three rounds. 48pt armies. Historical matchups in first round if possible but the intent is to allow anyone to field any army available. Point system simple with emphasis on a fun event. Loaner armies are available. GM: Rod Cain.
Thursday Jumbo Jumbo Jumbo 2pm - 6pm Four rounds. 48pt armies. Army must include at least one elephant. Historical matchups in first round if possible but the intent is for serious jumbo on jumbo action so historical enemies don’t matter.. Point system simple (that may be modified to highlight elephant kills) with emphasis on a fun event. Loaner armies are available. GM: Alex and Jonathan Bostwick.
Open Gaming Session 2pm - 6pm Four hours. Epic Conflict demo teaching games will be setup and you are welcome to try them out and play as many as you like. We will assist getting you started but this is designed for you to eventually play on your own. No need to register, just stop by and play. GM: Jack Sheriff.
Friday Doubles Challenge 12pm - 6pm Two-player teams. 144pt armies. Grand Triumph! modification to rules which can be found at www.wgcwar.com/GrandTriumph.html. Use triple army mins/maxs if no ally is taken. If a single ally is taken, use double the army mins/maxs for the main army and a full normal-sized army list for the ally. Some boards and terrain provided but please bring terrain just in case. Please sign up in advance on the forum: http://forum.wgcwar.com/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=125 GM: Alex and Jonathan Bostwick.
Bolt Action Friday:
Open Gaming Session 1pm - 5pm Four hours. Epic Conflict demo teaching games will be setup and you are welcome to try them out and play as many as you like. We will assist getting you started but this is designed for you to eventually play on your own. No need to register, just stop by and play. GM: Terrence McPartland.
Open 7pm - 11pm Three rounds. 48pt armies. Historical matchups in first round if possible but the intent is to allow anyone to field any army available. Point system simple with emphasis on a fun event. Loaner armies are available. GM: Rod Cain.
Flames of War (I-95 Gamers)
Thursday Late-War V4 D-Day Doubles 10am – 8pm Arrive at 9:30am or your slot might be given away. Three 2.5 hour rounds. 2000pt D-Day books Overlord and Atlantic Wall. Each player is allowed only one formation between 8001200pts; both players totals must come out to 2000pts. You may only have one tank, one mech, or one infantry company, no fortified companies allowed. British and US forces may combine. One named hero per player and one observer per player One air purchase allowed per team. If one of your formations breaks the game is over and you lose. Terrain will be typical I-95 stuff. It’s likely that we’ll have several snow boards with restrictive going for vehicles. The Missions will be random and Domination missions are possible. Scoring will be based on “Wins” and then points. Please reserve a slot for your team as soon as you can by mailing the GM. Please indicate the nationality of your team. All miniature manufacturers are welcome but no unpainted teams. Cost is $10 per team which goes for prizes. We encourage you to bring a chess clock as we will enforce the 60% of the time rule: if you go over, you lose. You need to play at least 6 turns. Additional tournament information will be posted on http:// games.groups.yahoo.com/group/I95Gamers_Flames_of_ War_Tournaments_page/?yguid=112763631 GMs: Mark Greenwald and Eric Lauterbach (errk68@yahoo. com).
9:00am – 7:00pm 28mm; 750pt lists; 4’ x 4’ tables; 2.5 hour rounds. 20 players max. Check-in will be from 9-9:30am; first game at 10am. Preregister with GM to reserve a spot, receive updates and allowances for unit specific information. This was submitted before the Tank War book was released. Tables will represent European and Eastern European theaters. Prizes will be awarded for Best Allied, Axis and Minor Power generals, and Bad Day At War. Expect a creative scoring system to break ties of win/loss records for determining winners. You may select a force of ONE reinforced INFANTRY platoon (no Theater Selectors). No vehicles with an armor value 8+. This force may come from the Core 2nd Editioni Rule book or from one of the Armies of books. Missions will be selected from the 2nd Edition core rule book. Expect tables of various terrain density and type. There will be NO special rules. 2nd Edition Bolt Action Rules as written and the new FAQ at the time of play. There will be no painting requirement. If you are a new player, come out with what you have assembled and give the game a try. If you need an army, GM should be able to supply one British or German army. Round 1: 10:00am, Round 2: 1:30pm, Round 3: 4:00pm. GM: Mike Proctor (
[email protected])
Warhammer 40K Friday Shadow War 9am – 4pm; 3 rounds 16 players Three round, multi-player gaming with campaign advancement using Shadow War Armageddon. Bring your own fully painted army or use one of our loaners. Knowledge of the game is recommended but not mandatory. $5 fee. Details at www.themechanicon.com/1/ and www.facebook.com/The-MechaniCon-139581129046/ GMs: Tony Spino and James Warringont (gaminggarage@ gmail.com).
Team Yankee (WWPD & Battlefront)
Friday North American Nationals 10am – 8pm 120 players Arrive at 9:30am to register. Three 2.5 hour rounds. 100pts. All official lists from Team Yankee (including Afghansty), Leopard (including Panzertruppen), Iron Maiden and VolksArmee will be allowed. All forces must be fully painted. Will have a stand-by list if event fills up. Each participant gets the Wolfgang’s Bratty Wagon objective for free. Please register by sending force lists to: wwpd2017wwiii@ gmail.com. Store/Club Challenge: Players can represent their store or club with the best group taking home the “Fulda Cup”. Each group must submit a list of their team members to GM by 30 Jun 2017. Team with highest average score wins. Minimum of 4 players per team to qualify. Prizes for winners, best painted and each faction gets a “best player” award. Scoring: at the end of each round, players will tally up points of the enemy units they have destroyed and then subtract points for the units they have lost in that round. This will be used as a tie breaker. GMs: Mitch Reed and Brian Sullivan (WWPDMitch@gmail. com).
one” highlander-style Annihilation mission. Results of prior rounds MAY influence the T.O. to choose certain missions in a strategic story run, although this will have no influence on who is attacker/defender on the tactical (tabletop) level.You are invited to re-enact El Alamein! Bring your desert Mid War army to take part in THE original Nationals Tournament. Peter Simunovich, owner of Battlefront, will be on-hand to meet and greet the players at this event. Ad d it ion a l t ou r n a me nt i n for m at ion w i l l b e posted on ht tp://w w w.f la mesof wa r.com/Defau lt. aspx?tabid=126&afv=topic&aff=14&aft=577875 GMs: Battlefront Staff (
[email protected]).
Lord of the Rings Saturday Battle Companies Tournament
(Battlefront Miniatures)
9am – 5pm 50pt lists. Special version of original Battle Companies game which comprises of a few models fighting as a single unit. Models are more powerful and warriors can gain special abilities and also buy abilities to increase their effectiveness. Special rules can be found at www.dchobbitleague.com. Points are spent on a single faction which are special and found in the DC Hobbit League Companies Rules. Each player then picks one of three victory conditions. These conditions are your personal way to win the game after 15 rounds. Other players who choose your same victory conditions are technically your only competition. Players should name their models (typically 5-8) so as to make it easier to track their progress during the tournament since all will gain experience and change their stats. GM: Devin Moreno (
[email protected])
Saturday
Team Yankee
Flames of War
(I-95 Gamers)
National Tournament 9am – 7pm In celebration of the release of 4th Edition we invite you to come to THE Nationals and partake in the carnage. We would really appreciate your support and participation. We will not only be giving a limited edition objective to all participants, but also will be giving out a massive amount of prize support. Battlefront’s own Peter Simunovich will be attending this Historicon. He will be judging the painting competition and will be doing a Q&A session for any who would like to ask those burning questions. In order to help the games go faster due to the abbreviated schedule this year, the points for Nationals have been lowered to 75 from the announced 100. The two-hour time limit means you will need to be ready to MOVE, T.O. and A.T.O. will have access to stopwatches if it comes to it. Despite having only having two sides at this time we are going to have a great time. The first three rounds will give the feeling of El Alamein and be run strictly red on blue, the fourth round will be run in a Straight Swiss “There can be only
Saturday 6mm Tournament 9am – 1pm 12 players; three 55-minute rounds. 50pts. All official lists allowed. Visit the WWPD forum for more information or to ask questions. Terrain will be typical I-95 stuff. Missions will be one random Meeting Engagement, one random Mobile Battle and one Domination. See the Team Yankee expanded mission package for choosing missions and battle plans. Scoring will be based on “wins” and then points. All miniature manufacturers are welcome but nothing unpainted. GMs: Mark Greenwald and Allen Smith (mark.greenwald@ gmail.com).
SAGA Friday 9am – 4pm; 4-6pt armies Light-hearted SAGA tournament. All official armies allowed, including the new armies from Aetius and Arthur. Fun is the most important component here. Loaner armies available GM: Jeff Wiltrout (
[email protected]).
By Fire and Sword Saturday Skirmish Level Tournament 12pm – 8pm 20 players; 4’ x 4’ table; 2-hour rounds. Skirmish level tourney with Swiss pairings. Total points will determine winner. Loaner armies will be available. Prizes include a trophy and product depending on number of players. Best painted prize as well.
Players can have three army lists of the same faction/country to choose from. Round 1: 12:30pm; Round 2: 3:00pm; Round 3: 5:30pm. GM:Karl Shanstrom (
[email protected]). Sponsor: By Fire and Sword.
Wargods Saturday 7pm - Midnight; 8’ x 5’ table Come out and play in the Wargods of Aegyptus Campaign! Each player can bring a 2000pt warband containing a harbinger with Ka 1 + d3 and following all other rules for warband construction. Warbands can be chosen from Aegyptus, Olympus, Wendigo. Warbands will be allowed to develop throughout HMGS East conventions. GM: Adam Hughes (
[email protected]). Sponsor: Crocodile Games.
