With the 2016-17's "Race to the Big Prize" in he FoGAm Championship now well and truly underway, this edition of the FoGAM rankings sees a spectacular fall from grace for Robert Taylor, dropping from 1st to 10th and being well and truly leapfrogged in the process by the ever-reliable Mr Pete Dalby.

Pete has been a regular visitor to the top of the rankings for many years now - and lets face it, we all wish we carried our years even half as well as he manages to do with his, as this rare colour photo from some years ago clearly demonstrates.

(History fans will also no doubt be delighted to know that the BHGS Archive is gradually being restored to working order. Most recently the full results from every Britcon held since 2006 have now been uploaded onto this site - including the first ever FoGAM event at Britcon 2007 - so, this is your big chance to see just how good Pete was even way back then !) 

The latest update to the L'Art de la Guerre rankings comes almost 3 months into the new year as the calendar of events has been filling up fast with ADLG  featuring for the first time at PAW and The Northern League as well as the first outing for the Central London Spring Tournament. Sneaking in between these was the Burton Doubles, all of which has resulted in the number of players taking part in at least one ADLG event  in the last 12 months shoot up to an impressive-sounding 113, with more first-timers set to be added to the rankings at Roll Call in a few weeks time.

Dave "proper wargamers name that, Dave, isn't it?" Allen remains top of the pile, although the statisticians among you may notice that this appears to be more down to his ability to enter more events than anyone else in the rankings, rather than anything else... 

The details of our 1-day, 4-round Saga event running this year at The BHGS Challenge@UKGE in the heart of the West Midlands have now been released.

The event is for  6 point armies selected from a roster of 7 points, using anything in SAGA Dark Age Skirmishes, Northern Fury, Raven’s Shadow, Varjazi & Basileus or SAGA The Crescent & The Cross and even from SAGA Aetius & Arthur. All Heroes of the Viking Age, Heroes of the Crusading Age, Swords for Hire and Dogs of War may be used as per their rules.

You may not use the SAGA Revenants or the Arab lists from Wargames Illustrated, however War Banners and Priests as described in The Crescent and Cross rules and latest official errata FAQ are allowed. 

Full details on the BHGS website
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We're pleased to confirm that our longstanding Warhammer 40k TO Stephen O'Neill has told us that 40k will again return to Britcon this year! 

With a new edition of the rules in the pipeline and scheduled for release in a few months time the Tournament Pack (with Steve and Martin's usual tweaks and tourney rules included) will be published in full nearer the date of the event. 

We're delighted to be hosting a 1-day DBA event again this year at Britcon, and our TO Simon Wilson has just sent across the details of the theme, which we're sure will be very popular: 

The theme is The Teutonic Orders and their enemies – and their enemies’ enemies who were active in 1217.  This creates a diverse web of armies ranging from Korea and China, through the Steppes and Syria to the marshes of the Baltic States and then on to medieval Germany.  It even includes Vikings – what is there not to like!

The basic idea is that you start with the Teutonic Orders army (List IV/30) and then choose one of their listed enemies or follow the trail to choose one of the enemies’ enemies.

Why?  Well, 2017 is the 800th anniversary of the Battle of Otepaa during the Baltic Crusades when the Russians and Estonians defeated the German Crusaders.  It just seemed an opportunity to give the battle some exposure!

To book visit the Britcon DBA page on the BHGS website