NORTH SHORE WARGAMES CLUB
Push of Pike 2009

Push of Pike 2009
Renaissance Wargaming Tournament

The sixth annual Push of Pike DBR tournament was held on 26/27 September 2009 at the usual NSWC venue, Forrest Hill Scout Hall in Becroft Park on Becroft Drive, Forrest Hill, North Shore, Auckland.

We used 500 point armies, selected from the a list of armies and enemies of the Ottoman Turks. For this tournament Janissaries were allowed to be used as Sh(S) and both the Turkish players took that option.

Results
1. Richard Foster - Ottoman Turks 1494 to 1595 - 28 points
2. John Way - Mamluks 1517 - 27
3. Grant Brown - Later Poles - 27
4. Kendall Blue - Late Imperialists 1649 to 1681 - 22
5. Mike Holt - Russian Traditional 1630 to 1647 - 21
6. Andrew Bennetts - Later Venetian Colonial 1668 - 19
7. Philip Abela - Safavid Persians 1520 to 1590 - 10
8. Scott Gallagher (Turks 1625 to 1700) and Mark Caunter (Austrian Imperial) attended for one day each, getting 6 points.

Round 1
Mike (Russians) 6 - 4 Philip (Persians)
John (Mamluks) 10 - 0 Kendall (Imperialists)
Richard (Turks) 7 - 3 Benny (Venetians)
Grant (Poles) 10 - 0 Scott (Turks)

Round 2
John (Mamluks) 6 - 4 Grant (Poles)
Richard (Turks) 6 - 4 Mike (Russians)
Benny (Venetians) 9 - 1 Philip (Persians)
Kendall (Imperialists) 10 - 0 (Scott) Turks

Round 3
John (Mamluks) 5 - 5 Richard (Turks)
Grant (Poles) 7 - 3 Benny (Venetians)
Mike (Russians) 7 - 3 Kendall (Imperialists)
Philip (Persians) 5 - 5 Mark (Austrians)

Round 4
Grant (Poles) 6 - 4 Mike (Russians)
John (Mamluks) 6 - 4 Benny (Venetians)
Richard (Turks) 10 - 0 Philip (Persians)
Kendall (Imperialists) 9 - 1 Mark (Austrians)

Right: Round 1, Russian dragoons in a village, defending against the Persians.
Below left: Poles vs Turks. Right, Venetians vs Turks. The venetian navy lands on the flank of the Turkish army. In the counter-attack, a heroic Turkish fire-lancer (Sk(X)) captured a galley.

The theme was Armies of the Turkish Wars (Book I, lists 12-21, plus a few others)

• I 12. Ottoman Turk [List amendment: For this tournament Janissary Shot may be classed as Sh(F) or Sh(S)]
• I 13. Anatolian Turkoman [List errata: Infantry Sk are Sk(I)]
• I 14. Mamluk Egyptian
• I 15. Hungarian [List amendment: Landsknecht arquebusiers are not restricted to staying within 1 move from their pikemen]
• I 16. Knights of St John
• I 17. Venetian Colonial [List amendment: Landsknecht arquebusiers are not restricted to staying within 1 move from their pikemen]
• I 18. White Sheep Turkoman
• I 19. Safavid Persian
• I 20. Wallacian, Moldavian, Transylvanian [List amendment: Mercenary musketeers are not restricted to staying within 1 move from their pikemen]
• I 21. Austrian Imperial [List errata: Reiters are Pi(I)]
• II 4. Russian Traditional
• II 5. Jagiellonian Polish and Lithuanian
• II 6. Crimean Khanate
• II 7. Polish-Lithuanian Rzeczpospolita
• II 9. Free Cossack
• II 10. Georgian or Circassian
• III 3. Maghrebi [List amendment: For this tournament Janissary Shot may be classed as Sh(F) or Sh(S)]
• III 9. Arab
• III 35. Later Venetian Colonial
• III 36. Later Ottoman Turk [List amendment: For this tournament Janissary Shot may be classed as Sh(F) or Sh(S)]
• III 37. Later Imperialist
• III 38. Hungarian Rebel
• III 45. Russian Conscript
• III 46. Later Polish

For this tournament we used revised points values:

Note that naval elements have reverted to the cost specified in the rulebook.
Deduct 1 AP for troops that are restricted to defending BUA, if so specified in the Army List book.
No adjustment for Artillery if without draught teams.

The sad tale of the Venetian navy. Below left: Invading Poland by on foot: No WW in the Polish list! Right: The Venetian fleet was comprehensively defeated by the Mamluk fleet of three galliots with camel gunners in support.

Pictures and results of previous PoPs
PoP 2004 (Open list competition)
PoP 2005 (ECW and TYW)
PoP 2006 (Early Wars)
PoP 2007 (Armies of Africa and Asia)
PoP 2008 (The Wars of Religion)