NADBAG Tournament in Omaha, Nebraska 2015

The Nebraska Area De Bellis Antiquitatus Gamers hosted a tournament this last Saturday March 28th.  I got to go to the event with my two gaming friends Steve and Mike.  Steve provided us with transportation and we had a lovely drive up from the Kansas City area to Omaha,Nebraska.  The event was held at a church multi-purpose house located on the church grounds.  It was a great location and very comfortable gaming environment for a day of DBA play.

I played my Alexandrian Imperial army and in round one I face the Gauls.  There were eight players in the tournament and we got to fight four rounds of games.

Game one for me was a win.

Mike and Ryan in round one.

Kushite and Scythians.

Great day of gaming.

My Alexandrians.

Backed up pike!

Round two we beat the Scythians.  

Round three against Steve the Macedonians would get beat.

Alexander and his knights went impetuous and got stuck in.

There were even gentlemen playing a Revolutionary war board game.

Brackets and scores.

My final game against Mike.  His Kushites beat me but it was close - 3 to 4 elements.

We were a jumbled hubbub.

Here are the official results for the Spring 2015 NADBAG tournament:

1)  Steve Gross - I/51 Assyrian = 34 pts.
2)  Mike Sanderson - I/58 Meroitic Kushite = 28 pts.
3)  Ken Van Pelt - II/15 Alexandrian Imperial = 26 pts.
4)  Steve Brady - II/11 Gallic = 19 pts.
5)  Bill Kufahls - II/49 Marian Roman = 18 pts.
6)  Trent Jensen - II/64 Middle Imperial Roman = 17 pts.
7)  Ryan Carlson - I/43 Scythian = 14 pts.
8)  Sean Gewecke - II/ 18a Antipatros = 10 pts.

Everyone made double digits in points so seemingly competitive.  Thank you to all who attended.  I had a great time and it appears others did as well.  Looking forward to gaming with you all again soon!  Hopefully most can make the Border Wars convention on May 2nd for some DBA-RRR.  If not then we will have to get together again up here in the summer for a tourney…keep an eye out for that opportunity!

Ryan 

(edit: from an email from Ryan the Host coordinator.)

This lets you know all the armies that fought in the tournament.

Mike took second place and got an umpainted DBA English army.

 and Steve took the first place prize of a painted Egyptian army.

KC represented pretty well up in Nebraska.

The MADBAG kicked the NADBAG!?!

Super prize table and a really welcoming group of players in Nebraska.  Thanks so much you guys.

First Prize.

Thanks for looking in.

HotT Mechwarrior Campaign The Main Protagonists

Hello readers.  We will be having a pass in revue of the mechwarrior armies used in the Lion's Den HotT Mechwarrior Campaign game.  First up will be House Davion and the Federated Suns forces commanded by yours truly, Kenneth Van Pelt.  We have seven active club members involved in this epic conflict and each army will have it's revue and table of organisation  previewed and displayed.  It fell to me through random selection to end up commanding the leader force for the Davion side of the conflict.  Each club member was given a set of pictures of the forces and asked to select one that appealed to them and low and behold I ended up with Davion as my command lot with my starting home-world of Robinson.  So let's take a look at this army.

This is the chart of units that are available via Hordes of the Things with the mechwarrior HotT conversion and game effects.

Unit	HOTT Equivalent	Move			Vs.			Range	AP
		Good	Bad	Road	Foot	Vehicle	Air
Heavy/Assault Mech	Paladin	4"	2"	5"	+6	+6	+4	8"	4
Medium Mech	Hero	5"	2"	5"	+5	+5	+3	7"	4
Light Recon Mech	Knight	7"	2"	9"	+3	+4	+2	4"	2
Armoured Personnel Carrier	Rider	5"	2"	5"	+2	+2	D3	4"	2
Tank/APC/ATGM	Shooter	5"	2"	5"	+3	+4	D3	8"	4
Recon	Beasts	4"	4"	5"	+3	+4	D4	4"	2
GEV/Hovercraft LIGHT	Rider	5”	n/a	9”	+2	+3	D4	4”	2
GEV/Hovercraft Medium	Rider	5”	n/a	7”	+3	+4	D4	4”	2
GEV/Hovercraft Heavy	Rider	4”	n/a	5”	+4	+5	D4	4”	4
Standard Infantry	Warbands	2"	2"	4"	+2	+2	D3	2"	2
Power Armor Infantry	Blades	2”	2”	4”	+4	+3	+2	4”	2
Engineers	Blades	2"	2"	4"	+5	+3	+2	0"	2
Truck	Rider	4"	2"	6"	D1	D1	D2	0"	1
Towed Artillery	Artillery	0"	0"	0"	+4	+3	+2	20"/40"	2
SP Artillery	Artillery	3"	2"	4"	+4	+4	+2	20"/40"	4
Towed SAM	Magician	0"	0"	0"	D2	D2	+4	24"	2
SP SAM	Magician	3"	2"	4"	D2	D2	+4	24"	4
Bomber	God	24"	24"	24"	+6	+6	+6	0"	4
Fighter Bomber	Dragon	24"	24"	24"	+2	+6	+6	6"	4
Attack Helicopter	Air Boat	10"	10"	10"	+4	+3	+3	6"	3
Transport Helicopter	Air Boat	10"	10"	10"	+3	D2	+2	4"	2
Special Forces	Sneakers	3"	3"	4"	+4	+3	D4	2"	3
Mines	Lurkers	6"			+2	+2	n/a	0"	1
Notes
Armoured Personnel Carriers may carry 1 Infantry
APC/ATGMs may not carry infantry
Jump capable troops use road move for all terrain types if jumping.
Trucks may carry 1 infantry or engineer or artillery
Transport Helicopters may carry 1 infantry or towed artillery
D1, D2, D3 = can only be used in defence; attacker cannot be hurt

All forces are veteran and have 4 recoils.  We mark them on our control sheet with "O" and X through when a recoil is recorded.  We push mechs and they take a heat token on the base.  Three heat tokens are equal to a hit on the recoil roster.

 

Heavy/Assault Mech

Paladin

4"

2"

5"

+6

+6

+4

8"

4

 16 points.

Heavy/Assault Mech

Paladin

4"

2"

5"

+6

+6

+4

8"

4

Heavy/Assault Mech

Paladin

4"

2"

5"

+6

+6

+4

8"

4

Heavy/Assault Mech

Paladin

4"

2"

5"

+6

+6

+4

8"

4

Tank/APC/ATGM

Shooter

5"

2"

5"

+3

+4

D3

8"

4

Tank/APC/ATGM

Shooter

5"

2"

5"

+3

+4

D3

8"

4

Tank/APC/ATGM

Shooter

5"

2"

5"

+3

+4

D3

8"

4

Tank/APC/ATGM

Shooter

5"

2"

5"

+3

+4

D3

8"

4

Truck	Rider	4"	2"	6"	D1	D1	D2	0"	1
Towed Artillery	Artillery	0"	0"	0"	+4	+3	+2	20"/40"	2

Truck	Rider	4"	2"	6"	D1	D1	D2	0"	1
Towed Artillery	Artillery	0"	0"	0"	+4	+3	+2	20"/40"	2

Power Armor Infantry

Blades

2”

2”

4”

+4

+3

+2

4”

2

Power Armor Infantry

Blades

2”

2”

4”

+4

+3

+2

4”

2

Power Armor Infantry

Blades

2”

2”

4”

+4

+3

+2

4”

2

Power Armor Infantry

Blades

2”

2”

4”

+4

+3

+2

4”

2

Power Armor Infantry

Blades

2”

2”

4”

+4

+3

+2

4”

2

Power Armor Infantry

Blades

2”

2”

4”

+4

+3

+2

4”

2

This army weighs in at 200 points.  Base AP x 4 recoils, add it all up and we get to 200.

And now a look at the main protagonist of the Draconis Combine Forces.  House Kurita will be comanded by Terry Carr based on New Mendham.  This is the complete army in revue.

Medium Mech

Hero

5"

2"

5"

+5

+5

+3

7"

4

Heavy/Assault Mech

Paladin

4"

2"

5"

+6

+6

+4

8"

4

Light Recon Mech

Knight

7"

2"

9"

+3

+4

+2

4"

2

Light Recon Mech

Knight

7"

2"

9"

+3

+4

+2

4"

2

SP Artillery

Artillery

3"

2"

4"

+4

+4

+2

20"/40"

4

Tank/APC/ATGM

Shooter

5"

2"

5"

+3

+4

D3

8"

4

Tank/APC/ATGM

Shooter

5"

2"

5"

+3

+4

D3

8"

4

Tank/APC/ATGM

Shooter

5"

2"

5"

+3

+4

D3

8"

4

Power Armor Infantry

Blades

2”

2”

4”

+4

+3

+2

4”

2

Power Armor Infantry

Blades

2”

2”

4”

+4

+3

+2

4”

2

Power Armor Infantry

Blades

2”

2”

4”

+4

+3

+2

4”

2

Power Armor Infantry

Blades

2”

2”

4”

+4

+3

+2

4”

2

Attack Helicopter

Air Boat

10"

10"

10"

+4

+3

+3

6"

3

Attack Helicopter

Air Boat

10"

10"

10"

+4

+3

+3

6"

3

Attack Helicopter

Air Boat

10"

10"

10"

+4

+3

+3

6"

3

This army is all veteran with 4 recoils per stand.  Let's add this one up and see what we get...228.