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Club meeting 26
June
These are the games we
played at the club today:
Warhammer Fantasy Battle - Rob (Grimgor 'Ardboyz) + Matt
(Ogre Kingdoms) beat Dan (Vampire Counts) + Aaron the elder
(Empire). This was a training run for the Orkland Cup teams battle.
Following the team game, there were a couple more individual games.
Aaron the younger (High Elves Barmy Army) beat Matt (Ogre Kingdoms).
Rob (Grimgor 'Ardboyz) beat Dan (Vampire Counts).
DBMM 25mm - In a club
competition game Lee's Alexandrian Imperial Macedonians beat
Andrew's Chin Chinese 9-1. The Macedonian army was built from the
Hat plastic figures and looked very nice.
DBMM 15mm - Another club competition game - Brett's Gauls
attacked the Spartan army which was defending a hill. Lots of Gauls
died to make a break through the Spartan line, but not enough to get
a decisive result: a 5-5 draw.
AWI 25mm - Grant and John (British and Americans
respectively) played an American Revolution game, using the DBR
rules with some adaptations. Both armies and the terrain were very
well painted.
Finally to finish off the day, we got out the board game Mare
Nostrum for a bit of casual empire building.
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Club meeting 12
June
Although a cold and grey
day in Auckland, the club was aglow from the array of shiny medals
we won last week, not to mention the dazzling smiles of the winners.
There was as usual an interesting selection of games being played.
Warhammer Fantasy Battle - Another three-sided battle with
Aaron (Dogs of War), Matt (Ogre Kingdoms), and Dan (Dark Elves) who
appeared to have the upper hand at the end of the game.
DBMM 25mm - Kendall's Hussites shot up Brett's Medieval Germans,
who had neglected to bring any artillery with which to shoot back.
Kendall should by rights be frowned upon in a severe manner for
using paper bases instead of models. But he did tell us he had an
army that looked good on paper. A 16-9 win to the Hussites using the
latest DBMM scoring system.
DBR 15mm - Grant and John played a game based on the battle
of 4th Kawanakajima, using a revised Japanese army list and the
revised AP values (list and points available from the Condottiere
group).
We started off glowering at each other across the
river. We fought for a good five hours, at the end of which we had
both lost two of our three commands, two of which were completely
wiped out. Of the six generals engaged four were dead, Kenshin and
bodyguard falling in hand to hand combat with Shingen. At the end of
the battle, the two big commands were back to glowering at each
other across the river.
Just like the real battle, except that in the
real battle both sides lost in excess of 60% of their forces. Try
simulating that with DBR!
DBR 15mm - Philip's Bishops' Wars English won a 9-1
victory over Kendall's Japanese.
DBR 15mm - In a second game, the Bishops' Wars English were
defeated 9-1 by Jono's Parliamentarians. Things were going well for
the Royal army, until King Charles and his cuirassiers were
surrounded and destroyed.
WWI 15mm - Kieran and Simon played a Great War Spearhead
game, 1914 French vs Germans. Both sides went for a straightforward
assault, resulting in terrible casualties for both sides.
Moderns 1/300 - Bruce's US Marines got a winning draw over
Rob's French, although the French were well placed to continue
had the game gone on longer.
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NICon 2005 4-5 June
The City Guard club
hosted a very successful NICon convention here in Auckland
this weekend at the Freemans Bay Community Centre.
The competitions and results for our club members:
WHFB (28 competitors)
Nic, Nurgle Beasts of Chaos, Best Painted Army
Nic, Nurgle Beasts of Chaos, 2nd
DBM 25mm (14 competitors) For the first time since DBM was
offered at the convention, there was no 15mm competition this year
because of lack of entries, but there was a very good turnout for
the 25mm competition.
Andrew, Best Sport
Brett, Medieval German, Best Painted Army
Brett, Medieval German, 2nd
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competitors)
This
was the National Championship. John, the defending champion,
successfully retained the title with a one point margin over
Grant who took second place. Grant was also awarded the prize
for being the Best Sport, and he traded a new set of dice to
turn his luck around.
Grant, Best Sport
Philip, Muslim Indian, Best Painted Army
John, Later Danish, 1st
Grant, Safavid Persian, 2nd
Danny, German Catholic, 3rd |
John and Grant
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Flames of War - Mid
War (18 competitors)
Rob, British Rifle Company, 1st
Moderns 1/300 (6 competitors) The Moderns NICon competition
was also the National Championship (as Moderns was not played at the
NatCon this year). Gerard won 1st Place, with four wins in four
games.
Gerard, United Kingdom Armoured Division (1999), 1st
There was a Warhammer 40K competition with 24 players, none
from the North Shore though.
NICon 2006 will be hosted by the Taranaki club.
DBR. Above: The
Danes (top of the picture) vs the Germans.
Below: The Danish Army.
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Club meeting 29 May
Today we had the first
of our meetings under the new schedule on the fifth Sunday of the
month. It was a quiet turnout, which meant there were more donuts to
go around at morning teatime. These are the games we played:
Warhammer Fantasy Battle - There was a three-sided battle
between Aaron - Orc and Goblins lead by Grimgor Ironhide, Rob - Orcs
from Storms of Chaos, and Dan - Vampire Counts. A close run thing in
the end with about 200 points of Aaron's Goblins all that was left
at the end. The foot of Gork was mighty indeed.
DBM 25mm - There was a club competition game using the DBM 3.1
rules. Andrew's Medieval French beat Brett's Medieval Germans 9-1.
And to prove that history isn't always written by the victor, this
summary of the game: "andrew the jammy bastard 9, brett the
brave, deserving but ultimately desperately unlucky 1"
DBR 15mm - Philip (Muslim Indians) beat Grant (Safavid
Persians). The shooting from both armies was quite ineffective, but
in close combat the Indians couldn't fail (couldn't fail to roll
sixes, that is.)
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New Yahoo!
Group 23 May
A new Yahoo!
Group has been set up to improve communication for club members,
associates, and visitors. We will use it for club announcements and
news, discussions, and it will be another handy means of arranging
games with other club members.
To join, go to this
website http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/NSWC-NZ/join
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Club meeting 22 May
Surprisingly for the
sunny North Shore it was a rainy day, but we had a good turnout at
the hall anyway. We set up a bring-and-buy table, and lots of armies
and other wargaming gear were bought, sold or traded, and there were
some Urban Warfare vouchers available as well.
Warhammer Fantasy Battle - There was a three-way battle
between Dan (Vampire Counts), Matt (Ogre Kingdoms) and Aaron
(Empire). Matt took the honours.
DBM 25mm - Brett and Lee had a competition game using the new
DBM 3.1 rules. Lee's Alexandrian Macedonians got a 10-0 win over
Brett's Medieval Germans.
DBR 15mm - Grant's freedom loving Cossacks defeated Dave's
imperialist Traditional Russians.
DBR 15mm - Michael's Early Vasa Swedish won 7-3 over Philip's
Muslim Indians.
Flames of War - Rob (British Rifle Coy) played a late
war game against Garth (German paras). 6-1 win to the Brits.
Moderns - Al (British) and Bruce (US Marines) had a game
using the WRG moderns rules. There is a splendid battle report on
the Moderns
page.
Moderns - Rob (French) and Kendall (German) used the Shock
and Awe moderns rules. A resounding victory for the French who
outnumbered the Germans.
There will be an extra club meeting next Sunday the 29th, as
it is the fifth Sunday of the month. Just a reminder that the club
now meets on the second, fourth and fifth Sunday every month, so we
will sometimes meet two weeks in a row like this.
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Club meeting 8 May
Warhammer Fantasy
Battle - Matt's Ogres beat Aaron's Empire army. Losses were
heavy, but when the few remaining Ogres finally closed to combat
they gained the victory.
Flames of War - Rob (Mid-war British) won 5-2 over Kendall
(U.S. Rangers).
Rob then won a second game over Garth's Germans.
Moderns - We played the first couple of club competition
games today. Gerard (British 1999) won 10-0 over Bruce (French
1999), and Philip (Russian 1995) and Kieran (Russian 1985) had a 5-5
draw.
Shattered Lances - Brendan and Jono had a test game using the
latest draft of the Shattered Lances rules, including the
dust cloud rules. A Fatimid force failed to stop the charge of the
crusading chevaliers, and they were then abandoned by their Bedouin allies.
DBM 25mm - Brett and Andrew tried the new 3.1 DBM rules in a
couple of games. In both the Han Chinese defeated the Medieval
Germans.
Finally, a reminder that at the next club meeting (22nd of May) we
will be having a bring-and-buy. Here's your chance to sell
off those bags of unpainted figures, and buy someone else's bags of
unpainted figures.
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Urban Warfare 1
May
1 May 2005. The Urban
Warfare shop in Newmarket is now supplying Irregular, Museum,
Grumpy, Eureka and AB miniatures and also the Confrontation
fantasy range.
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International
Wargaming Federation -
World Individual Championships 23-25 April
The world championships
were held in Melbourne this year. Several of our club members
attended the competitions. Although we didn't come away with any
medals, we still got some good results. In the DBM competition Paul
was 12th in a field of 138 players, and in DBR Danny came in 5th
place.
In the DBR
tournament there were 22 competitors, five of whom were from the
North Shore or AWC clubs. Our results were:
Danny (German Catholic Eastern Frontier 1633) - 5th, 121 points
Philip (Muslim Indian 1647) - 8th, 111 points
Grant (Safavid Persian 1600) - 10th, 109 points
John (Later Danish 1676) - 13th, 92 points
Stu (Regency and Fronde French Royal Army, 1659) - 22nd, 43 points
We also played some
'Test Matches' against the Australians and Brits, but they came away
with the bragging rights from those games.
Jim Hughes England 4 vs Danny Wrigley New Zealand 6 = Draw
Dave Clarke England 10 vs Danny Wrigley New Zealand 0 = England Win
Peter Sanger England 3 vs Stuart Todd New Zealand 7 = New Zealand
Win
Total England 17 Total New Zealand 13
Lyle Daymond Australia 9 vs John Way New Zealand 1 = Australian
Win
Paul Garnham Australia 10 vs Philip Abela New Zealand 0 = Australian
Win
Ian Poade Australia 7 vs John Way New Zealand 3 = Australian Win
Lyle Daymond Australia 1 vs Philip Abela New Zealand 9 = New Zealand
Win
Justin Swain Australia 9 vs Grant Brown New Zealand 1 = Australian
Win
Total Australia 36 Total New Zealand 14
In the DBM
competition there were 138 competitors. Our top placed club member
was Paul who achieved 12 place using a Lysimachid army (134 points).
Brett's Alexandrian Macedonians got him to 80th place. Al the
Spartan got an award for the most drawn games (unfairly called 'King
of the Corner', given his non corner-sitting tactics.)
Check out the IWF
World Championships website as well. Next year the Worlds will be in
Athens. Will Al be there to cry out "Sparta!", and still
live to tell the tale?
The IWF Executive
Committee agreed to only hold the World Championships every second
year from 2006 (after Athens) however there will also be new IWF
Continental Championships on alternate years (European, North
American, African and Pacific Championships) from 2007.
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Club meeting 24
April
Warhammer Fantasy
Battle - Rob (Dwarves) played Aaron (Dogs of War)
Flames of War - Kendall (US Rangers) bt Lee (Soviet Tankovaya)
6-1
Kit (German Grenadier) bt Lee (Soviet Tankovaya) 4-3
"Russian tank losses were incredible!"
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Club meeting 10
April
DBM 15mm -
Brett's Alexandrian Imperial army beat Jono's Lydians in a club
competition game. Although a 10-0 victory to the Macedonians, it was
a close fought game.
DBR 15mm - Craig fielded his Italian Wars French army for the
first time, taking on Brendan's Early Danes featuring the famous
Sven the Slasher. Sven didn't live up to his reputation today, and
the win went to the French.
DBR 15mm - Yet more Danes! John's Later Danes and Danny's
Imperialists fought a hard battle ending in a mutual break. A merit
award goes to the Danish gunners who held out against Imperialist
cavalry charges. Sven the Sponger perhaps?
Flames of War - Kit (a national champion) and Kendall (a
national bronze medal holder) had what one player called a
"stupid game." Kendall's US Rangers were beaten by Kit's
"cheating Tiger-using German grenadiers."
Warhammer Fantasy Battle - Robbie's Goblins were victorious
over Aaron's Dogs of War. In a post-match interview Rob said
"Waaargh!"
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NatCon
25-27 March
A good number of our
club members were in Christchurch this Easter for the NatCon
convention, and achieved some good results.
In DBM 25mm, Andrew got second place with his Han Chinese army, and
in 15mm Paul (Lysimachid) was 3rd and Brett (Early Samurai) 4th.
In the Flames of War competition Robbie's British Armour came in
12th place. Kendall won 4th place in Mid-War with his US Airborne,
owing to skilful dice rolling, an unstoppable air force, and some
clever tactics such as armour ambushing in a wood. In the Early War
competition Kit took out first place: "I was using the Sikh
Rifle Company of the 3rd Battalion, 1st Punjab Regiment with support
from 7th Royal Tank Regiment (Matilda II) and 3rd Royal Horse
Artillery Regiment (Two-pounder portees). All from 4th Indian
Infantry Division. This army won 1st Place in the early war
competition. I put it all down to my magnificent 'story'."
Kit's Matildas - only one was destroyed in the entire tournament.
Rob's Shermans stuck between two
minefields trying to attack German paras
Next year's Natcon will be in Hamilton. A bid from Melbourne to host
the convention got a surprising amount of support, showing all
doubters that Hamilton is a destination that can rival any
international competition.
Meanwhile, back at the club, it was a very quiet meeting - only one
game played, a 9-1 win to Lee's Royalists over Philip's Indians.
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Club meeting 13
March
DBM 15mm -
Brett's Samurai beat Kendall's Hundred Years War English.
DBM 15mm - Al the Spartan had an ancient competition game
with Jono the Lydian - a 6-4 draw favouring the Spartans.
DBR 15mm - Philip (Muslim Indian with Maratha allies) had a
9-1 win over Andrew (Neapolitan Spanish with ten war carts)
Flames of War - Rob used his Natcon army (armoured Ontario
Regt) and Garth was using Fallschirmjager in a couple of scenarios -
Breakthrough and the Cauldron. Rob's won the first game 6-1 and the
second 5-2.
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Club meeting 27
February
Annual General
Meeting.
The current executive was voted in again (President Rob, Secretary
Danny, and Treasurer Gerard) Club fees to be $30 per year, or $2 per
meeting for casual visitors.
The 2004 Ancient Competition trophy was presented to Brett. This
year we plan to have a broader range of club competitions including
not just Ancients but also Napoleonics, Flames of War (Early, Mid,
and Late) and Moderns. The annual Push of Pike renaissance
tournament will be in the first week of September.
Other games at the club today:
WHFB - Rob (Goblins) beat Arron (Empire).
DBM 25mm - Andrew's glorious and ever-victorious (with minor
exceptions) Han Chinese army won an 8-2 victory over Lee's new lite
low fat plastic Alexandrian Imperial army.
DBMM 15mm - Brett's Alexandrians beat Gerard's Classical Indians
in a 500 point test of the latest version of the DBMM rules.
Flames of War - Kendall and Kit played a breakthrough
mission.
Kit (Late war cheaty German panzer company) 4 vs Kendall (Late war
heroic, always stacked against it cos the rules are rigged British
infantry company) 3.
DBM 15mm - In the first competition game of the new year,
Philip's Mithridatics employed a double outflanking move to beat
Jono's Graeco-Bactrians 9-1.
DBR 15mm - Danny (Imperialists) beat Philip (Muslim Indians)
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Danny's Imperialist
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Battlecry 19-20
February
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French Ordinance Gendarmes
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Kit and Rob played
in the Flames of War competition. Kit took his undefeated
early war Italians to 3rd place. We had two teams in the
DBM25mm doubles competition - Brett and Kelly with French
Ordinance, and Philip and Andrew with Han Chinese. Our results
were nothing to write home about, and certainly not to be
published on this website...
There were several
trade stands at the convention, including Urban
Warfare displaying some of their Essex Miniatures stock.
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Flames of War. Kit's
Italian Infantry
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DBM 25mm. Medieval Germans
(on the left) vs French Ordinance
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Club meeting 13
February
WHFB - There was
a multiplayer game, with a victory for the bad guys - Dan's Vampire
Counts and Rob's Goblins beating Aaron's High Elves and Matt's Ogre
Kings.
DBM 15mm - In the final of the club ancient competition, Brett's
Early Samurai with Emishi allies beat Paul's Lysimachids.
DBM 15mm - Al the Spartan played two games against Andrew the
Hittite, winning both.
DBR 15mm - Philip's Muslim Indians defeated Grant's
Cossacks.
DBR 15mm - Danny using his Eastern Frontier Imperialists
beat John who was using Later Danes.
DBR 15mm - In a second game, Danny beat Jono's
Parliamentarian army.
Flames of War - Kit, using a German army, beat Kendall who
was using British. Kendall's assessment: "Stupid game."
Kill Dr Lucky - Our traditional
fun-game-at-the-end-of-the-meeting. Once again Dr Lucky runs out of
his eponymous quality.
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| Jono's
Parliamentarian army |
Parliamentarian and
Imperialist battle lines clash |
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ValleyCon 5-6
February
Danny and Philip played
in the DBR competition at ValleyCon, hosted by the Hutt Valley club.
Our results were good - Philip 1st, Danny 2nd, and Danny got
the Best Sport award too. The Maratha Indian army painted by Roland
Davis (and used by Philip in the competition) got the best-painted
army award.
Also at the convention was a DBM 25mm competition played in only
three rounds, Warhammer 40K, and Flames of War. FoW had 2000 point
mid-war armies, played on 8 x 6 tables. Thanks to everyone at the
Hutt club for their hospitality in an easy-going convention, and for
organising the DBR tournament which was such good practice for us
preparing for the international competition later in the year.
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Club meeting 30
January
Well, we are certainly
back to busy meetings again! It was good to see a couple of new
people come along, and get out the old "Club Romans" as
well.
WHFB - Aaron's High Elves fought to a draw with Matt's Ogres
and their little green cousins.
DBR 15mm - Lots more IWF training games happening today.
Danny's Imperials won two victories, over Grant's Cossacks and then
John's Italian War French. Philip's Marathas also won a couple
of games, against John's unfortunate French army in the morning, and
Stu's Louis XIV French in the afternoon.
Flames of War - Another couple of victories for Rob's
Germans. In the morning he played against Kendall's British, and in
the afternoon against Gerard's "Old Ironsides" Americans.
Damn Battleships Again - Stu's American fleet (with Kit's
assistance.) took on Andrew's British (with Kendall and Philip
helping out, not very effectively as it turned out.) The British
were hampered by an unhappy combination of: Obsolete ships, lack of
co-operation, psychologically impaired leadership, poor gunnery, and
an island which appeared dead ahead of my battleship line. A grand
victory for the Americans (although they did manage to run a ship
aground as well.)
Damn Battleships Again! The British and American fleets manoeuvre
around a minefield.
A forlorn hope of Indian musketeers advances on the French infantry
line.
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Club meeting 16
January
Rather more activity at
the club this week, the meeting marred only by the shocking
discovery that our local bakery was still closed for the summer
holidays. Mmm, donuts.
WHFB - Dan and Matt played a Warhammer game - sorry no
details to report right now.
DBM 15mm - Paul won the semifinal game of the club ancients
competition, using a Lysimachid army, beating Andrew's
Palmyran army. Paul goes on to play against Brett in the finals.
DBR 15mm - There were a couple of DBR games at the club,
as we get ourselves up to match fitness for the forthcoming IWF
competition! In one game Danny's Imperialists added Philip's
Tripolitanians to the Empire. In the other game, Grant's Cossacks
fought against John's Danes. A naval clash in the river provided
great amusement for us all (the Danes sank).
Flames of War - By far the most impressive game we have seen
at the club for a while was a large WWII scenario, the relief of
Vilnius. The scenario was actually taken from a Rapid Fire
book, but played with FoW rules on a 16 x 6 foot table. At one end
were some Germans and Rumanians in a town surrounded by Russian
partisans. A relief force was attempting to rescue them, battling
its way past Russian defences, ambushes and snipers, muddy fields,
and a passing armoured train. Brett and Edwin were the Russian
players, Kit and Kendall the Germans and Rumanians.
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BattleCry
The BattleCry convention
is hosted by AMERICA,
the Auckland University Roleplaying Club.
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Club meeting 2
January
As is usual this time of
year, another quiet meeting. A bit of figure painting, a couple of
games of Kill Doctor Lucky, and just one table top game.
DBMM 25mm - A doubles game between on one side Andrew and
Steve (visiting us from sunny Australia) using Han Chinese, and
Philip and Brett using Kushite Egyptians. A close game, with the win
to the Egyptians.
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