Forged in Battle Team Challenge - 5th & 6th October

[petedalby]

The first weekend in October will see Sarisbury Green host the 6th Forged in Battle Team Challenge. We have capacity for a maximum of 10 teams of 3 players. Priority will be given to those who have attended previously but new players are also welcome.

The event will run with an even number of teams.

The themes are very similar but slightly different to last year.

Venue details are here: http://www.sarisburygreen.org.uk

We are close to Southampton Airport for those coming from further afield and may be able to arrange lifts to and from the airport.

As before this will be a 3-player Team event, 1 player in each pool. Please email Pete Dalby at peterdalby1960@gmail.com if you wish to attend by the 31st August.

Rules to be used are V3.1. Figure Scale 15mm Specific Period/Theme options & restrictions are as follows:

Pool 1 Sticks and Stones Plus – 850AP Table Size 60” x 40”

Any list, any date but the following troop types are not permitted – any Heavy Armour, Pikes or Lances. A list may include up to 1 Armoured BG and up to 2 BGs of Elephants. No more than 8 bases of Skilled Swordsmen may be fielded. Any list where more than these are mandatory may not be used.

Pool 2 Horsey Horsey – 900AP Table Size 72” x 48”

Any list, any date but armies must field at least 450 AP of Chariots, Cavalry or Camelry Bow or XB. NB – LH & LCm are not Cavalry. Cataphracts are not cavalry either. Please note that Bow* no longer count towards the 450 AP total for Bow or XB.

Pool 3 Medieval – 950 AP Table Size 72” x 48”

Any list, post 1040 AD.

Army Lists must come from the new Books. Where your army of choice no longer appears in the new books we will accept old lists on a case by case basis.

We will offer 3 games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. All games to be 3 hours.

Team Entry is £78 per team or £26 per individual.

Please contact Pete Dalby at peterdalby1960@gmail.com for information on how to pay or you can pay me when you next see me.

Hope to see you there.

Regards

[davidandlynda]

Oxbridge will be there , will have to pay at Britcon as we can't make Devizes
David

[viking123]

Oxford will be there as well.

We will pay at Devizes if your there.

Bob

[viking123]

Pete,

When do you want the list sent to you?

Bob

[viking123]

Pete,

When do you want the list sent to you?

Bob

[davidandlynda]

Question for sticks and stones
We are allowed 1 BG of armoured, what about armies like Minoan that can dismount chariots to be armoured foot,personally I would not allow it
David

[TMOJ]

Army Lists for the Forged in Battle Challenge (Sarisbury) to Owain owain1simpson@yahoo.com by 22/09/24

[petedalby]

Question for sticks and stones
We are allowed 1 BG of armoured, what about armies like Minoan that can dismount chariots to be armoured foot,personally I would not allow it

I was asked this question at Britcon David & forgot to post my answer - sorry.

The Minoan list is permitted but their chariots may not dismount if that would give them more than 1 armoured BG.

Hope that makes sense and is deemed to be fair.

[Hobbit_PAW]

Any runners and riders?

Draw?

[petedalby]

Hi Paul - I'll be doing the draw on Thursday night & will be published on Friday morning.

Owain sent the R&R to the Fog list but here they are.

Sticks and Stones

Name Army Club
David Putt Mayan Plymouth
Owain Simpson Medieval Indonesian or Malay Mercenaries
Bob Medcraft Medieval Indonesian or Malay Oxford
Linda Fairhurst Ancient British Oxbridge
Terry Shaw Early Carthaginian Surrey
Jon Patrick Later Carthaginian Gloucester
Ian Carbutt Medieval Indonesian or Malay Salisbury
Jordon Davies South-Eastern Woodland Culture Wessex 1
Nick Bannister Medieval Indonesian or Malay Wessex 2
Brian Espie South-Eastern Woodland Culture MAWS

Horsey, Horsey

Name Army Club
Phil Jelley Later Polish Oxford
Steve Brown Hephthalite Huns Plymouth
Pete Dalby Yuan Chinese Salisbury
Graham Roberts Mamluk Mercenaries
Graham Briggs Mamluk Surrey
Ali Shaw Later Sassanid Persian Oxbridge
David Morrison Early Eastern Steppe Cultures (Xiongnu) Gloucester
David Bannister Later Polish Wessex 1
Imogen Furmston Later Polish Wessex 2
Dave Rudduck Ottoman Turkish MAWS

Medieval

Name Army Club
Paul Bartlett Swiss Plymouth
Peter Card Later Hungarian Oxford
Paul Longmore Medieval Scandinavian MAWS
David Fairhurst Aztec Oxbridge
Steve Murton Ordonnance Burgundian Surry
Keith Pullen Late Plantagenet an Early Tudor English (Britain) Gloucester
Martyn Simpson Khurasanian Dynasties (Ghaznavid) Mercenaries
David Fairbrother Swiss Salisbury
Will Samms Post Viking Scandinavian Wessex 1
Scott Tennent Dailami Dynasties Wessex 2