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Britcon - DBA
At Britcon this year (2025) DBA will once again be a flexible two day event, making use of both Saturday and Sunday. The tournament will be divided into a five themed sections which will be mini-tournaments in their own right, but which will also contribute to onee player being awarded the Graham Fordham Memorial Trophy:
Book your place now via the Britcon Booking page
The framework for the weekend will be as follows:
1. The two days of gaming will run from Saturday morning through to Sunday afternoon. Players can opt to play on both or either of these two days, which gives people flexibility to just game on the one day which works for them, or aim for both days, if they really wanted to go 'all-in' and get the full Britcon experience! A variety of options for people to stay overnight on the Saturday is available, so that we will hopefully have a repeat of the social get-together after the Saturday's gaming, adding to the weekend's fun. Accommodation won't be offered at the University, but the organisers have managed to secure some deals with local hotels - check out the page here: www.bhgs.org.uk/britcon---venue--directions.html
2. On Saturday there would be three 'mini' tournaments of three rounds of games in each, with Sunday having two 'mini' tournaments of three rounds of games in each. Timings will be approximately 9:30am-12:30pm, 1-4pm & 4:30-7:30pm on Saturday and 9:30am-12:30pm and 1-4pm on Sunday, with each game lasting around 50 minutes. This will give additional flexibility for people to play as many of the 'mini' tournaments in each day, so for instance, if they didn't want to commit to and max out on 9 games in the day, it may be that a gamer on the Saturday plays the first two tournaments, if they wanted to be away by 5pm, or travel on Saturday morning and play the second and third tournaments, or they could play the first and third and have a break in the middle to have a breather, browse the show and have a leisurely lunch and a chat. Lots of choice there to cater for different persuasions...
3. This format will allow us to put on a range of themes across the weekend and increase the diversity of the competition. With a mini-tournament theme, if it's not going well, then never mind, as another one is just around the corner! This will also give the advantage of bringing a range of armies to play with and hopefully add to the variety of the weekend's competition. Themes have been planned so that it is possible for an army to play in more than one over the weekend, should the owner prefer, and 'loaner' armies will be available, for those with limited armies of their own or for people not wanting to transport too many over the weekend.
The themes for 2025 are as follows:
Saturday 23rd August
Sunday 24th August
1) The Rise & Fall of the Roman Republic - Armies and Enemies of Rome (509BCE-27BCE)
List of permissible armies (allies must be from this list too, if used)
At Britcon this year (2025) DBA will once again be a flexible two day event, making use of both Saturday and Sunday. The tournament will be divided into a five themed sections which will be mini-tournaments in their own right, but which will also contribute to onee player being awarded the Graham Fordham Memorial Trophy:
Book your place now via the Britcon Booking page
The framework for the weekend will be as follows:
1. The two days of gaming will run from Saturday morning through to Sunday afternoon. Players can opt to play on both or either of these two days, which gives people flexibility to just game on the one day which works for them, or aim for both days, if they really wanted to go 'all-in' and get the full Britcon experience! A variety of options for people to stay overnight on the Saturday is available, so that we will hopefully have a repeat of the social get-together after the Saturday's gaming, adding to the weekend's fun. Accommodation won't be offered at the University, but the organisers have managed to secure some deals with local hotels - check out the page here: www.bhgs.org.uk/britcon---venue--directions.html
2. On Saturday there would be three 'mini' tournaments of three rounds of games in each, with Sunday having two 'mini' tournaments of three rounds of games in each. Timings will be approximately 9:30am-12:30pm, 1-4pm & 4:30-7:30pm on Saturday and 9:30am-12:30pm and 1-4pm on Sunday, with each game lasting around 50 minutes. This will give additional flexibility for people to play as many of the 'mini' tournaments in each day, so for instance, if they didn't want to commit to and max out on 9 games in the day, it may be that a gamer on the Saturday plays the first two tournaments, if they wanted to be away by 5pm, or travel on Saturday morning and play the second and third tournaments, or they could play the first and third and have a break in the middle to have a breather, browse the show and have a leisurely lunch and a chat. Lots of choice there to cater for different persuasions...
3. This format will allow us to put on a range of themes across the weekend and increase the diversity of the competition. With a mini-tournament theme, if it's not going well, then never mind, as another one is just around the corner! This will also give the advantage of bringing a range of armies to play with and hopefully add to the variety of the weekend's competition. Themes have been planned so that it is possible for an army to play in more than one over the weekend, should the owner prefer, and 'loaner' armies will be available, for those with limited armies of their own or for people not wanting to transport too many over the weekend.
The themes for 2025 are as follows:
Saturday 23rd August
- 1) The Rise & Fall of the Roman Republic - Armies and Enemies of Rome (509BCE-27BCE) (see below for permissible armies and allies, no dismounting)
- 2) The Hills Are Alive - Any Hilly army (Allies permissible, no dismounting)
- 3) Blazing Chariots - Any army with a minimum of 2xChariot elements (either LCh and/or HCh) (Allies permissible and can count to the minimum chariot allowance, but no dismounting allowed)
Sunday 24th August
- 1) Push of Pike - Minimum 4 elements of Pk elements (either 3Pk and/or 4Pk) (Allies permissible and can count to the minimum Pk allowance, but no dismounting allowed)
- 2) Book 2 Open - Any army from Book 2 (Allies permissible, but must also be from Book 2. Dismounting allowed)
1) The Rise & Fall of the Roman Republic - Armies and Enemies of Rome (509BCE-27BCE)
List of permissible armies (allies must be from this list too, if used)
- I/7d Early Libyan
- I/36c,d Samnite, Other Hill Tribes
- I/47 Illyrian
- I/48 Thracian
- I/55b,c,d,e Early Roman, Latin, Umbrian
- I/57a,b Etruscan
- I/59 Tullian Roman
- II/5e,g,h Aitolian, Italiot, Siciliot
- II/8a,b,c Campanian, Bruttian, Apulian
- II/9 Syarcusan
- II/10 Camillan Roman
- II/11 Gallic
- II/13 Samnite
- II/14 Ariarathid Kappadokian
- II/19c,d Seleucid
- II/20c, d Ptolemaic
- II/23a Later Pre-Islamic Arab
- II/27b Pyrrhic
- II/28a, b Early Armernian
- II/30b,c Galatian
- II/31g,i,j Achaian, Eleian, Aitolian
- II/32a,b Later Carthaginian
- II/33 Polybian Roman
- II/34 Attalid Pergamene
- II/35 Later Macedonian
- II/37 Parthian
- II/39a,b,c Ancient Spanish
- II/40 Numidian
- II/44 Commagene
- II/45a,b,c Slave Revolts
- II/47a,b,d,g Early German
- II/48 Mithridatic
- II/49 Marian Roman
- II/51 Late Judean
- II/52 Dacian
- II/53 Ancient British