NORTH SHORE WARGAMES CLUB
Push of Pike 2006

Push of Pike 2006
Renaissance Wargaming Tournament

The third annual Push of Pike tournament was hosted by the North Shore Wargames Club on the weekend of 2-3 September 2006. The theme for this tournament was Early Western European armies from 1494-1540 including the Italian Wars, Habsburg-Valois Wars and other armies of that era. Numbers were a bit down this year with only eight of us playing, but we had some great games. The final game to decide the tournament winner came down to a contest betweent two bodies of landsknechts in the French and Danish armies, with the win going to John Way.

Our thanks to Urban Warfare for their support of the tournament.

Best Presented Army
Bryan was given the prize for the Best Presented Army for his wonderfully painted Maximilians. The models are by Essex Miniatures, and Bryan spent the last year getting them painted. Their performance on the battlefield wasn't so good, but they looked great! Even while they were lining up for this photo one of them has already recoiled. And just ignore the Swiss flags, they really are Landsknechts.

Competition Results
1. 331 points John Way (North Shore) Early Danish before 1550
2. 331 points Craig Love (Auckland) Valois French 1512-1522
3. 221 points Ian Candy (North Shore) Venetian Italian 1504-1506
4. 220 points Kendall Blue (North Shore) Spanish Imperial before 1534
5. 219 points Richard Fields (Wellington) Early Tudor English 1513
6. 219 points Philip Abela (North Shore) Neapolitan Spanish 1510
7. 117 points Richard Foster (Auckland) Scandinavian Union 1494
8. 2 points Bryan Orsbourne (South Auckland) Maximilian Imperial before 1507

Round One
Craig (Valois French)   110 - 0   Richard (Early Tudor English)
Ian (Venetian Italian)   110 - 0   Kendall (Spanish Imperial)
Philip (Neapolitan Spanish)   109 - 1   Bryan (Maximilian Imperial)
Richard (Scandinavian Union)   6 - 4   John (Early Danish)
Round One. The Neapolitan Spanish army. A couple of field guns are deployed behind fortifications. A column of cavalry is moving past them on the road, and behind is the baggage camp and a pontoon wagon. The pontooneers never get to build a bridge as all rivers turn out to be paltry.

Round Two
Craig (Valois French)   110 - 0   Ian (Venetian Italian)
Kendall (Spanish Imperial)   109 - 1   Richard (Early Tudor English)
Richard (Scandinavian Union)   109 - 1   Philip (Neapolitan Spanish)
John (Early Danish)   109 - 1   Bryan (Maximilian Imperial)

Round Two: Early Tudor English (left-hand side) vs Spanish Imperial (right).

Round Three
Craig (Valois French)   110 - 0   Richard (Scandinavian Union)
Richard (Early Tudor English)   110 - 0   Bryan (Maximilian Imperial)
John (Early Danish)   109 - 1   Ian (Venetian Italian)
Philip (Neapolitan Spanish)   109 - 1   Kendall (Spanish Imperial)

Round Four
Ian (Venetian Italian)   110 - 0   Philip (Neapolitan Spanish)
Kendall (Spanish Imperial)   110 - 0   Bryan (Maximilian Imperial)
John (Early Danish)   109 - 1   Craig (Valois French)
Richard (Early Tudor English)   108 - 2   Richard (Scandinavian Union)

Round Four. The final game to decide first and second place. The Danes are at the top of the picture facing the Valois French. The French right flank has a large group of francs archers, who became demoralised but did enough damage to the opposing command to also demoralise it. The French have a micro-command lurking on the road, one general and a couple of light horse. The LH kept out of trouble, but their general didn't! At 3ME, the command wasn't too much of a loss to the army. In the centre of the battlefield both armies had a block of Landsknechts. The Danes had a slight advantage going in to the push of pike. A couple of rounds of combat later and the Danes had a decisive advantage. The win went to John's Danish army.

Date: 2-3 September 2006
Venue: Castor Bay Scout Hall, Richards Ave, Forrest Hill, North Shore.
Competition Rules: DBR rules, normal scale battles. 15mm scale. Table size 6 x 4 feet.
Draw: The tournament has two four-hour rounds per day, beginning at 9:00am.
The draw uses the Swiss chess system.
Victory Points: As per page 24 of the rules, plus 100 points for breaking the opponent's army without being broken yourself.
Byes: If the number of competitors is uneven or becomes uneven during the competition, a bye scoring 110 points will be awarded to the current lowest scoring player.
The award for the Best Presented Army will be decided by the votes of all the participants. It encompasses the painting, basing, terrain, and overall composition and style of the army.
Army Lists: Armies of 400AP.
AP: Push of Pike will use revised element costs. Note that this has been superseded by the table on the 2007 webpage, but the only change is Art(F) reverting to 10AP.

	(S)	(O)	(I)	(F)	(X)
Lancers	12	10	7	10
Pistols	12	10	8	10
Sipahis	10	7	5	7
Light Horse	7	4	4	4
Camelry	9	6		7
Dragoons	8	7	6
Pikes	5	4	3	4
Shot	8	6	4	5
Blades	5	4	3	6
Bows	7	5	3
Skirmishers	4	3	2		4
Warband	5	4	3
Hordes	2	1		1
Artillery	15	10	6	6	10
Pontooneers		5
Warwagons		10	3
Elephants	24	20	16
Baggage		5	5
Ships	8	7	4	7	5
Galleys	5	4	2	3
Boats	3	2	1	2	3

Notes	Deduct 1 AP for troops that are restricted to defending BUA.
	No adjustment for Artillery if without draught teams.

Armies must be chosen from these lists:
 
   Armies of the Great Italian Wars (Book 1, Lists 1-7)
   Armies of the Valois-Hapsburg-Tudor Wars (Book 1, Lists 8-11)
In addition these armies can be selected for the tournament:
   Hungarian (Book 1, List 15)
   Knights of St John (Book 1, List 16)
   Venetian Colonial (Book 1, List 17)
   Spanish Colonial (Book 1, List 41)
   Old Irish (Book 1, List 44)
   Scandinavian Union (Book 2, List 1)
   Early Danish (Book 2, List 2)
   Early Vasa Swedish (Book 2, List 3)
   
All lists are restricted to options from 1494-1540 AD


Pictures and results of PoP 2004 (Open list competition)
Pictures and results of PoP 2005 (ECW and TYW)
Pictures and results of PoP 2007 (Armies of Africa and Asia)
Details of PoP 2008 (Wars of Religion)