Glasgow & District Wargaming Society

Warhammer Ancient Battles Competition 2007/8

League A

League B

League B

League C

 Winner of each league goes through to the semi final. Plus the highest scoring loser.

 First Round Games 

 Scenario is ‘Surprise Attack’ (P80 of WAB rulebook).

 Second Round Games 

 Scenario is ‘Flank Attack’ (P80 of WAB rulebook).

Dice for which side is flanker. Set up as per scenario but play 6 turns as usual.

 Third Round Games 

 Scenario is ‘Meeting engagement’ (P79 of WAB rulebook).

 Semi – Finalists 

Rules for this year's competition.

1. The Rules used will be the Current version of Warhammer Ancient Battles, together with the current Clarifications & Rules issued by Warhammer Historical Wargames.
2. For permitted army lists see the notes at the end of these rules. Army Points must not exceed the total indicated for the scenario. Once an army list has been submitted it may not be changed or altered other than to correct any errors. Players may only correct their errors by making reasonable changes to their list. It is not allowed to completely re-write the list, and the Justiciar’s (Umpire) decision on this is final.
3. 2000pt army lists must be submitted to the Umpire for checking in advance.  For scenarios that require less than 2000pts players may remove one or more units or reduce unit sizes. No other amendment to the army list is allowed. Units may not be larger than 50 figures.
4. Depending on the number of entrants, players will be split into small leagues that ensure that each player plays at least two games. The league winners will go forward into the knockout stage. Victory points for each game will be awarded as set out in the WAB rulebook (p.85).
5. Table size is 8' x 4' unless the scenario states otherwise. Terrain rules will be as described in each scenario and the default will be as set out in the WAB rulebook (p83/84). Terrain pieces should be between 8” and 12” across. A player must place at least two terrain pieces before declaring satisfaction. Secret deployment will apply using screens.
6. If a player resigns from a game at any stage their opponents will be awarded 2500 victory points.
7. Army Lists. The competition will cover the middle medieval period, roughly the 12^th to 14^th centuries. Armies must be selected from El Cid, Armies of Chivalry or Vlad the Impaler supplements with the exception of armies that didn’t exist before 1400AD or after 1200AD. Armies that started before 1400 but continue past that date cannot select gunpowder weapons or other units that were typical of the high medieval period. The later supplement lists will apply. So for example the Armies of Chivalry list that is updated by Vlad the Impaler, then Vlad will apply. The Justiciar’s decision is final.
8. Each game will be randomly allocated a scenario by the Justiciar. The ‘pitched battle’ scenario will not be the norm (we won’t use last stand due to rule ambiguity) so select a balanced army that can fight in different terrain and circumstances. You have been warned! All games will last 6 turns.

Justiciar: Dave Watson balkandave@ntlworld.com

Age of Arthur

New campaign for WAB players.

Warhammer Ancient Battles Competition 2006/7

GDWS's latest competition utilises the popular WHAB rules. 2000pt games from any army list.

Many thanks to Figures in Comfort for donating the winners prize.

The first round is to achieve points for seeding in the play off round. If a whole lot of people are tied on any set of points, the tiebreaker will be table quarters occupied, then standards captured, then number of unbroken units remaining on the table at the end of the game.

First Round Draw

Andy (Avars)-v- Neil (Imperial Macedonian)
Denis (Aecheminid Persian) -v- Julian (Barbarian)
John M (Norman) -v- Ian (HYW English)
Dave M (HYW French) -v- Dave Y ( 2nd Punic War Continental)
Brian (Almoravid) -v- John C (Barbarian)
Dave W (Sicilian Norman)-v- Graham (Early Crusader)
Liam (Egyptian) -v- George (Barbarian)

(The number of Barbarian armies says much about GDWS members!)

First Round results table

1. Julian 3100
2. George 3000
3. Dave W 2623
4. Graham 588
5. Ian 333
6. John M 295
7. Dave M 295
8. Andy 290
9. Neil 232
10. Denis 180
11. Dave Y 0
12. John C 0

2nd Round games

Julian (Barbarian) -v- John C (Barbarian)
George (Barbarian) -v- Dave Y (2nd Punic War Continental)
Dave W (Sicilian Norman) -v- Denis (Aecheminid Persian)
Graham (Early Crusader) -v- Neil G ((Imperial Macedonian)
Ian (HYW English)  -v- Andy (Avar)
John M (Norman) -v- Dave M (HYW French)

Round 3

The six winners play in two leagues of three. This time with scenarios randomly allocated.

Group 1

Meeting Engagement
Julian -v- Dave W

Breakthrough
Dave W (Attacker)-v-George (Defender)

Ambush
Julian (Ambusher) (1,333 points) -v- George (Defender)

Group 2

Pitched Battle
Graham -v- Andy

Flank Attack
Andy (Flanker) (1333 points on table, 667 off) -v- Dave M

Last Stand
Dave M (Attacker) (2000 points) -v- Graham (Defender) (1000 Points)

Final

Dave Watson (Sicilian Norman) v Graham Robertson (Early Crusader)

Winner

The multi-cultural Sicilian Normans triumphed in the last turn over the Crusaders.

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