NORTH SHORE WARGAMES CLUB
Push of Pike 2008

Push of Pike 2008
Renaissance Wargaming Tournament

The fifth annual Push of Pike tournament was held on 27-28 September 2008 at the NSWC club hall.

The theme for this year's competition encompassed the Wars of Religion of the 1560s-1590s. Armies in this theme typically had a mixture of Pistols and Lancers, and the foot will have a high proportion of pikes and a mixture of arquebus and musket. We used 500 point armies.

Competition Results.
1. John Way (Dutch Rebellion) - 333 points
2. Stu Todd (French and Venetians) - 329
3. Richard Foster (French Huguenot) - 226
4. Kendall Blue (Austrian Imperial) - 221
5. Ian Candy (Austrian Imperial) - 219
6. Philip Abela (Low Countries Spanish) - 219
7. Andrew Bennetts (French and Venetians) - 113

Left: Dutch v Spanish (Round Two). The Spanish are attempting to deploy in the marshes and forests, while the Dutch are manoeuvering freely.
Right: Round One, Benny's French v Ian's Austrians.
Below: A Dutch General.

Round One
Richard (French Huguenot) 109 - 1 Kendall (Austrian Imperial)
John (Dutch Rebellion) 110 - 0 Stu (French and Venetians)
Ian (Austrian Imperial) 109 - 1 Benny (French and Venetians)
Philip - Bye

Round Two
John (Dutch Rebellion) 110 - 0 Philip (Low Countries Spanish)
Richard (French Huguenot) 110 - 0 Ian (Austrian Imperial)
Benny (French and Venetians) 110 - 0 Kendall (Austrian Imperial)
Stu - Bye

Round Three
Richard (French Huguenot) 6 - 4 John (Dutch Rebellion)
Philip (Low Countries Spanish) 109 - 1 Benny (French and Venetians)
Stu (French and Venetians) 110 - 0 Ian (Austrian Imperial)
Kendall - Bye

Round Four
Stu (French and Venetians) 109 - 1 Richard (French Huguenot)
John (Dutch Rebellion) 109 - 1 Benny (French and Venetians)
Kendall (Austrian Imperial) 110 - 0 Philip (Low Countries Spanish)
Ian - Bye

The Round Three game between the French and Spanish. The French lines are awaiting the attack of two full-strength Spanish Tercios. One Tercio smashed through the Venetian allies, but the other was defeated in a close fight with the French infantry and cavalry.

Competition Rules: DBR rules version 2.0 with revised AP (see below). 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.
Deployment Rules: We will use these modifications based on the BHGS Nationals rules.
The Deployment rules are as per the rules but with the following changes:
Deployment is in the following order:
(1) First the defender and then the invader place all fortifications and Baggage not embarked on naval elements or in a BUA.
(2) Both sides record the relative positions of their commands from left-to-right and from front-to-rear and the exact position and direction faced of troops in ambush.
(3) Each side alternately deploys one command, starting with the defender. Each side must deploy its command with the greatest number of ME, including Baggage. Its remaining commands can be deployed in any order. Deployment includes all land & naval elements and fixed obstacles except any in ambush.
(4) The defender places the concealed command (if any), less any ambushers it includes.

Army Lists: Armies of 500 AP.

You may submit two army lists; one to be used when you are the invader and the other to be used when you are the defender. Both must be from the same army list and year. Troops restricted to defending BUA may only be taken in the defender list.

The following army lists may be used:

Any army list notes constraining moves of landsknecht pikes and arquebusiers will be ignored for this tournament

AP: Push of Pike will use revised element costs.

Lots of Austrian lancers and reiters, but only one PIP!

Pictures and results of PoP 2004 (Open list competition)
Pictures and results of PoP 2005 (ECW and TYW)
Pictures and results of PoP 2006 (Early Wars)
Pictures and results of PoP 2007 (Armies of Africa and Asia)
Push of Pike 2009 will use armies of the Turkish wars.