Burton Doubles 2007

Date November 16, 2007

Guys,
Just to confirm the info for BUrton 2007.
Armies from 501 – 1150 AD

£16 entry per team
Army Lists required by 10th january
Teams so far :-

Andy and Alan
Paul and Alan
Paul and Rob
Steve and Graham
Derek and Paul

Rooms to be booked this week at the Queens, assume everyone will stop Friday night – Team Building !
Games start at [...]

Burton Doubles Report 2006

Date November 16, 2007

Another annual outing to the Burton DBM Doubles saw yet another good year of excellent gaming and verification that the beer in “The Bridge” pub is still excellent!Game 1 vs Keith Westwood and Phil Reeves.  Saba 490 BC.
We invaded Saba, and were met with a huge amount of terrain, including a vineyard and [...]

Burton Doubles Report 2005

Date November 16, 2007

The Tournament
Burton-upon-Trent has a well deserved reputation as a well-organised and friendly DBM doubles tournament, which is the only DBM tournament that Swindon and District (SAD) Wargamers attend as a club each year.  This year, five teams from Swindon entered the tournament, which was for 500 Army Point DBM armies from 3000 BC-501 BC.
I didn’t [...]

Burton Doubles Report 2004

Date November 16, 2007

Burton-upon-Trent has a deserved reputation as a well-organised and friendly DBM doubles tournament, which last year was my first experience of a DBM tournament. This year, five teams from Swindon entered the tournament, which was for 500 Army Point DBM armies from 1072-1500 AD
I was paired with Steve Drew for this tournament, and Steve [...]

Pictures from Burton Doubles

Date November 16, 2007

A light hearted look at a snap shot in time from our 5 teams at the Burton Doubles one year!

Following the Herd

Date November 16, 2007

Using a lot of elephants in my first tournament
(This article was first printed in Slingshot Issue 230
Having played DBM for almost 10 years I have never gone into a competition, having suspected that in a competition I would meet ‘rules lawyers’ and ultra-competitive players who would be argumentative and would make an unenjoyable game. However, [...]