Britcon 2018 Results

Britcon 2018 took place over the weekend of 10-13 August in our familiar venue of Manchester University Barnes Wallis building. 

The event saw our first outings for Sharp Practice and Test of Honour, as well as around 50% more traders than in recent years and a near-record number of over 180 games in total.

The results for the periods we have so far are published below. 

There is also a page of photos from the event available to view here:

L'Art de la Guerre

Our biggest gaming period this year featured an 8-game, 2-list competition with competitors from across the UK, Ireland, Europe and even New Zealand taking part.  (Results key - V = Victory, D = Defeat, N = Nul (draw) ) 

Placing	Name		Club	Points	Army R1-4	Army R5-8	R1	R2	R3	R4	R5	R6	R7	R8
1	Julian	Lopez	Lancaster	605	Blemmyes and Nobatae	Medieval Spanish	V	N	V	D	V	V	V	V
2	Mike	Bennett	Central London Wargames Club	595	Han Chinese	Anglo-Irish	V	N	V	V	V	N	N	V
3	Paul	Dawson	York	551	Nikephorian Byzantine	Medieval Hungarian	D	V	V	V	N	D	V	V
4	Mick	Hood	Rotherham	540	Later Achaemenid Persian	Feudal Russian	V	D	V	V	N	V	N	V
5	David	Allen	Central London Wargames Club	521	Sassanid Persian	Ghaznavid	V	V	N	V	D	V	V	D
6	Alan	Cutner	GDWS (Glasgow)	515	Sassanid Persian	Ghaznavid	D	D	D	V	V	V	V	V
7	Richard	Aynsley	Munster Wargames Group	512	Christian Nubian	Siam	V	D	V	D	D	V	V	V
8	Graeme	Carroll	Durham	501	Tamil Indian	French Ordonnance	D	V	V	D	V	V	V	D
9	Lionel	Martinez	ACLEB	499	Patrician Roman	Tuareg	D	V	D	V	V	V	D	V
10	Harrison	Pearce	MKWS (Milton Keynes)	491	Maurikian Byzantine	Yuan Chinese	V	V	D	V	V	N	D	D
11	Darrell	Pearce	MKWS (Milton Keynes)	479	Nikephorian Byzantine	Yuan Chinese	V	D	D	N	D	V	V	V
12	John	Hogan	Durham	477	Ptolemaic	Condottieri	D	N	N	V	V	V	V	D
13	Dave	Saunders	Central London Wargames Club	467	Han Chinese	Medieval Spanish	D	V	D	N	V	D	V	V
14	Andrew	Martin	Rotherham	466	Assyrian Empire and Sargonid	Ghaznavid	V	V	N	D	V	V	D	D
15	Robert	Taylor	Halifax	460	Nikephorian Byzantine	Ilkhanid Mongol	V	V	D	D	N	V	D	V
16	George	Dick	GDWS (Glasgow)	440	Khmer Empire and Champa	Condottieri	D	N	V	V	D	D	N	V
17	Clive	Mcleod	Central London Wargames Club	428	Tang and Five Dynasties Chinese	Serbian Empire	V	D	V	V	V	D	D	D
18	Franck	Cieur	0	428	Chinese Northern and Southern Dynasties	French Ordonnance	V	N	D	N	D	V	N	V
19	Malcolm	Gordon	Durham	426	Tribal Mongol	Mongol Empire	D	N	V	V	D	D	N	V
20	Paul	Johnston	York	421	Achaemenid Persian	Mongol Empire	V	V	N	V	D	D	N	D
21	Hugh	Cameron	Tradeston	414	Late Imperial Roman	Medieval Spanish	N	N	N	N	D	N	N	V
22	Stephen	Ladanyi	None	413	Huns	Hundred Years War French	D	N	V	D	V	V	N	D
23	Richard	Young	Knapton Irregulars	407	Late Imperial Roman	later Byzantine	V	V	N	D	V	D	D	D
24	Tony	Parkin	Rotherham	400	Beja	Siam	D	N	D	V	D	D	V	V
25	Chris	Proudfoot	Independent	391	Seleucid	Ghaznavid	N	D	N	D	V	D	V	V
26	Marco	Baroni	York	381	Seleucid	Condottieri	D	D	V	V	D	D	D	V
27	Martyn	Bolton	K8	369	Sui and Tang Chinese	Koryo Korean	D	N	D	V	V	D	N	D
28	Neil	Howard	York	365	Graeco-Bactrian and Graeco-Indian	French Ordonnance	D	N	D	D	V	V	D	D
29	Huw	Peregrine-Young	K8	363	Maurikian Byzantine	Mongol Empire	V	V	V	D	D	D	D	D
30	Robert	Middlemist	Durham	360	Carthaginian	Condottieri	D	V	V	D	D	D	D	V
31	Tommy	Worden	Munster Wargames Group	358	Maurikian Byzantine	Feudal German	V	D	D	D	D	V	V	D
32	Keith	Martin-Smith	Pinner	357	Carthaginian	Medieval Spanish	D	N	N	D	D	V	V	D
33	Gordon	Jamieson	Central London Wargames Club	342	Chinese Northern and Southern Dynasties	Medieval Irish	D	D	V	V	N	D	N	D
34	John	Edwards	Durham	312	Late Imperial Roman	Wars of the Roses	V	D	D	D	V	N	D	D
35	David	Finnigan	None	236	Late Imperial Roman	Navarrese	V	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
36	The	Bye	Mostly Adrian Steer	0	Random Stuff	Low Countries	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

DBMM 15mm

DBMM again attracted a strong Irish contingent making up almost a quarter of the total field - making them strong at least in numbers if not in their ability to trouble the trophy engravers this year it would seem!

Position	Name	No	Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Greg Mann	5	Essex	12	23	25	13	14	17	104
2	Ian Austin	6		13	25	13	23	12	13	99
3	David Pallin	3	Pinner	4	22	25	25	13	8	97
4	Lawrence Greaves	10	Men of Kent	23	15	21	12	12	12	95
5	John Fletcher	8	MAWS	24	11	0	25	13	12	85
6	Thom Richardson	13	Locomotiv Leeds	4	3	21	21	22	13	84
7	David Thompson	4	Newcastle	13	11	13	13	14	14	78
8	Roger Greenwood	12	Halifax	1	7	25	4	22	18	77
9	Jan Van Embden	7	Munster Wargames Group	21	10	0	11	11	22	75
10	William Coughlan	15	Munster Wargames Group	25	14	12	0	11	11	73
11	Chris North	1		2	18	12	0	18	18	68
12	Tom Worden	14	Munster Wargames Group	21	14	4	2	9	13	63
13	David Houston	2	Munster Wargames Group	12	2	25	12	3	7	61
14	Richard Foxon	11	Essex	0	0	0	16	16	3	35
15	Keith Nathan	9	Locomotiv Leeds	0	0	0	9	3	7	19

​FoGAM

Our first FoGAM V3 event at Britcon saw the always-colourful Graham Briggs end up top of the pile

Position	Name	No	Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Graham Briggs Mamluke Egyptian14	25	Reigate	35	33	23	4	33	31	159
2	Paul Bartlett Swiss12	31	Plymouth Association of Wargamers	32	19	33	33	17	23	157
3	Peter Dalby 100YW English 13	35		19	17	35	16	28	17	132
4	Terry ShawLater Ottoman Turk12	39		5	20	9	35	27	33	129
5	Graham Evans Later Medieval Scots(continental)15	26	Pinner	30	12	34	16	15	21	127
6	David Cutner Late Ottoman Turk	21		25	28	4	30	3	33	124
7	Steve Brown Late Medieval Scot (continental)17	38	Plymouth Association of Wargamers	8	34	23	20	30	8	123
8	Chris Tofalus Later Low Countries16	18	MAWS	15	22	16	21	32	15	121
9	Jon Akers Later Low Countries16	29	Plymouth Association of Wargamers	3	35	17	16	10	33	114
9	Paul Longmore Later low Countries16	32	MAWS	2	35	15	17	12	32	114
11	Dino Monticoli Feudal Catalan14	23	Alumwell	26	13	17	5	15	35	111
12	Dave Ruddock Medieval German city States14	19	MAWS	34	3	0	34	16	23	110
13	Brian Espie Later Scots Isles and Highlanders.17	16	MAWS	31	29	13	11	13	4	102
13	Phil Powell YI Korean19	36	MAWS	34	12	12	18	9	16	102
15	John Patrick Free Company14	28	Gloucester	31	11	3	15	16	26	101
16	Steve Murton Early Scots14	37	Reigate	16	8	32	11	19	12	98
17	Martyn Simpson Ordannonce Burgundian13	30	Wessex	11	15	12	28	28	4	96
18	David Bannister Late Byzantine19	20	Wessex	30	13	5	24	13	8	94
19	Chad Pillinger Later Scots Isles and Highlanders13	17		2	0	35	3	18	29	87
20	Dave Morrisson Tibetan12	22	Gloucester	18	27	20	9	5	4	83
21	Paul Robinson Muromachi Japanese14	33	Reigate	9	16	25	3	27	1	81
22	Graham Roberts Anglo Danish12	27		5	18	5	22	16	8	75
23	Pete Card Imperial German13	34	Oxford	9	2	6	0	18	12	47
24	Duncan Thompson Seljuk Turk14	24		0	0	0	4	7	0	11

Armati

With "Derby" falling out of the calendar Britcon again hosted Armarti for the first time in many years, attracting a very international field with 4 players travelling from France to take part

Position	Name	No	Club	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Steve Metheringham	110		29	27	28	19	7	110
2	William Wilson	112		23	19	21	32	14	109
3	Philip Bathe	109		6	26	22	25	18	97
4	Mark Grindlay	108		3	22	16	23	32	96
5	Vincent Auger	111		26	10	4	13	30	83
6	Craig Tannock	103		23	5	11	19	11	69
7	Frédéric Cosson	105		9	6	16	13	21	65
8	John Bradley	106		30	11	21	0	2	64
9	Laurent Laurent	107		2	13	10	9	27	61
10	Fabrice Duval	104		9	21	11	7	0	48

MeG 

Mortem et Gloriam returned in 2018, again with players from overseas - and a rare sighting of someone other than Alasdair Harley at the top of the leader board 

Position	Name	No	Club	1	2	3	4	5	6	Total
1	Jason Broomer	Alexandrian Macedonian		15	15	15	8	15	15	83
2	Alasdair Harley	Sciri & Gepid Allies		15	15	15	8	15	15	83
3	Simon Hall	Later Crusader (5th Crusade)	Western Cape Wargames	15	9	15	15	3	15	72
4	Laurence Donohoe	Asiatic Successor	Bournemouth	15	10	15	12	10	9	71
5	James Hamilton	Hittite Empire		5	8	15	15	15	10	68
6	Paul Cummins	Feudal German & Medieval Danish Allies	MKWS (Milton Keynes)	4	15	15	2	15	15	66
7	Hunter Hope	Andalusian	Perth	9	10	8	15	7	15	64
8	John Munro	Early Sassanid Persian	Perth	2	15	15	15	10	6	63
8	Richard Jeffrey-Cook	Breton	Farnborough	15	15	8	6	10	9	63
10	Matthew Poole	Classical Indian	NWGS	2	10	12	15	8	15	62
11	Simon Clarke	Later Crusader (3rd Crusade)	Burton And District	15	15	0	6	8	15	59
12	Raymond Duggins	Greuthingi	Reigate	15	7	4	15	8	8	57
13	Bruce Rollett	Later Carthaginian	Oxford	9	6	12	10	4	15	56
14	Stuart Tonge	Early Sassanid Persian	Rotherham	4	6	15	12	6	10	53
15	Stewart Riddick	Andalusian with Astur-Leonese Allies	Perth	4	7	8	2	15	15	51
16	David Parish	Mid Republican & Pergamene Allies	Reigate	15	1	12	4	3	15	50
16	Lance Flint	Southern Xiongnu	Farnborough	0	15	12	8	15	0	50
16	Peter Entwistle	Qin	Ribble Warriors	10	4	0	15	15	6	50
19	Stephen Stead	Later Carthaginian	Reigate	15	6	2	4	6	15	48
20	Nigel Emsen	Lakhmids	Bournemouth	15	2	12	0	8	7	44
21	Robin Spence	Normans	Bournemouth	15	2	2	6	11	2	38
22	Gilles Wielgosz	Catalan Company in Anatolia		2	8	6	10	5	4	35

FoGR

A round-robin event this year in FoGR with 6 players battling it out in a full league set of fixtures over the weekend 

Position	Name	No	Club	1	2	3	4	5	Total
1	Keith Spedding	44	Japanese	17	6	22	21	10	76
2	Lynnette Maxim	45	Japanese	7	19	13	12	18	69
3	Fredrik Bodin	43	Later Danish	8	14	22	8	9	60
4	Andrew Kitcher	40	Later Danish	10	19	7	4	16	56
5	Fredric Bohm	42	Early Gustavan Swedish	18	6	3	14	10	52
6	Christopher Marston	41	West Sudanese	10	6	3	6	2	27

Bolt Action

Warlord Games again provided a host of prizes for the Bolt Action tournament this year at Britcon, which saw Katie Clewer secure an impressive podium finish (not that she needed to stand on the podium to be taller than everyone else anyway!)

DBA

Simon Wilson again hosted our DBA event, with an increase in players compared to last year all taking part on Saturday

1.    Mark Johnson            III/52 West Frankish
2.    Colin O'Shea                 III/52 Wesat Frankish
3.     Tim Rogers                  Fatimid Egyptian
4=    Baldie Storey                III/53 East Frankish
4=    Phil Steele                    III/65 Nikephorian Byzantine
6       Richard Pulley              III/52 West Frankish
7=    Arnaud Marmier              III/33  Early Muslim North Africa with Tuareg Allies
7=    Malcom Hogg                III/52 West Frankish  
9      Tamara Fordham            III/71 Georgian
10.    Chris Rigby                    III/14 Early Bulgar

Sharp Practice

The visually appealing Sharp Practice made a blockbuster start to it's Britcon career, weighing in with 20 players at the first attempt. Prizes were handed out for both French and Allied players, the top 5 in each section being listed below

Allied

1. Jez Evans (Spanish, Real Marina)
2. Ian Crosswaite (British, 42nd Highlanders)
3=. Alan Ainsworth (British, 11th Foot)
3=-. Roger Travis-Evans (British, Brunswick Oels)
5. Stuart Dobson (British (23rd Foot)

French

1. David Gollop (65e Ligne)
2. Alex Ulster (69e Ligne)
3. Geoff Punshon (10e Hussards)
4. Roddy Trimble (105e Ligne)
5. Alex Crangle (Mamelukes de la Garde)

Saga

The Northern Melee attracted a field of 10 players, with generous prize support from Footsore Miniatures. the top 6 placings are listed below:

​1st Andy Lyon, Anglo Danes
2nd Ben Allen, Anglo Danes
3rd Mark Birch, Scots
4th Tracy Beech, Normans
5th John Wall, Welsh
6th Chris Churchill, Vikings

Epic

The Epic results are available on the UK Epic site