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Dark Ages – DBA Campaign – Sunday 1st of March

“Britannia At War”

There will be a DBA Campaign held at the Group North Historical Wargames Club on Sunday 1st of March. The campaign will be structured to allow 5 games of DBA over one day using a simple set of campaign rules and the standard DBA 12 element armies. There will be 4 rounds of basic 12 element games and then (depending on the number of players) 2 x DBA Big Battles as all armies meet (with their allies) to decide the fate of England.

Theme

The campaign is based (loosely) on the Viking incursions and Norman conquests into Saxon lands and the various skirmishes between the Welsh, Scots and Irish over the period (790 -1066 AD), with players taking command of a range of armies to either pillage and plunder or conquer and rule.

The DBA rules used will be “Version 3.0” and army lists to be from “book III”. The basic DBA games are fought with 25mm figures on a 120 x 120 cm board.

The Event

The day will start at 0915 hrs and we plan to be finished before 1700 hrs.

Contact us at groupnorthwargame@gmail.com to confirm attendance and indicate if you are supplying your own army.

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2025 Open Day, October 26th

Our Open Day is back on the last Sunday of October. Expect all the great offerings in terms of game displays, second hand tables and retailer participation. There will be some truly huge gaming tables set up and a range of other popular games. Door are open from 10am to 3pm with free entry. Our canteen will be open on the day.

If you haven’t seen it Group North Wargaming Club is now internationally recognised with an article in Wargamers Illustrated.

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If you want even more to do at the club we have a busy schedule of games coming up too.

  • Sunday 18th of October has a Middle Earth Battlegrounds event
  • Saturday 15th of November is another Flames of War tournament
  • Sunday 16th of November we are running a DBA campaign day
  • Saturday 22nd of November has the Marvel: Crisis Protocol tournament day
  • Saturday 29th of November is a demonstration day for Konflict: 47.
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DBA Try Out Day

De Bellis Antiquitatus (DBA v3) Come and Try

Sponsored by Group North Wargaming Club, Military Hobbies and SADBAG
(South Australian DBA Gamers)

Guest door fees ($5 for visits 1-6, $10 afterwards) or membership door fees apply.

For over 35 years DBA has been used by many gamers as the “best” wargame for a quick and fun Ancient (or Medieval) wargame on a small table using only a few figures.

If you are interested in starting in Ancient wargaming or have played DBA before and want to be a better player … come along to Group North’s “Come and Try DBA” Day on Sunday 13 July from 0915 hrs to 1600 hrs.

All terrain and figures will be provided, but bring your own 25mm or 15mm figures or DBA Army if you have one.

For more information or to “book in” for the day contact Marcus on mjtregenza@live.com.au or groupnorthwargame@gmail.com

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Events

Lots of activities happening at Group North Wargaming Club over the next couple of months:

October 20th we are hosting the Universal Wars 2 Marvel: Crisis Protocol event. Details at https://www.facebook.com/share/8HdF1w28cLnHwAsd/

October 27th is our annual Open Day. See Open Day for latest detail, or the Facebook event at https://www.facebook.com/share/QsEfLXDo9En8kvsk/

For Team Yankee fans the Lock and Load event is on November 23rd. See Lock & Load or the Facebook event https://www.facebook.com/share/1VXcZRGegUGuVYRY/

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Game plays for 23//24

Every year a close enough record of games played at the club is recorded between AGMs. Here are the results of last years records.

First up we have 430 unique plays recorded, up from 394 last year. We also managed to get 57 different games compared to 54 last year. So more games and more variety.

The table of plays for this year is below

Name202420232022
Marvel: Crises Protocol75410
DBA566852
Team Yankee502326
Bloodbowl433228
Flames of War275363
Kings of War242831
Warhammer 40K17910
Battletech: Alpha1100
SAGA705
Lord of the Rings711
Gaslands626
MOTU Battleground550
Oak and Iron567
Chain of Command51412
Star Wars: Shatterpoint500
Warpath Firefight522
Deadzone513
Clash of Spears448
Dragon Rampant400
Bolt Action4135
Rommel453
Xenos Rampant450
Nimitz300
Hail Caesar300
Never mind the Billhooks320
All Quiet on the Martian Front350
Martian Racing Federation343
Blucher323
Blood and Plunder273
Field of Glory244
The Key to the Kingdom200
Sword and Spears200
Space Crusade200
King Maker200
Battletech200
Muskets & Tomahawks225
La Salle255
Victory at Sea204
Age of Sigmar100
Aliens: Another glorius day in the corps100
Daisho100
02 Hundred Hours100
Advanced Song of Blades and Heroes120
Lion Rampant121
MOTU Clash for Eternia120
Tanks120
Irregular Wars100
The Walking Dead: All Out War121
Super Fantasy Brawl113
Reconquista100
Star Wars: Legion100
Mythic Battles100
O’Group100
Trafalgar: Naval Warfare in the Age of Sail100
What a tanker131
The Great Fyrd100
RUMBLESLAM100

The following were played last year but not this year

Necromunda
Clash of Fantasy
Cruel Seas
Soldiers of Napoleon
Test of Honour
Tribal
X-Wing
Arena Rex
Black Powder
Doctor Who
Dystopian Wars
Gears of War
Limbo: Eternal War
Longstreet
Maurice
Mighty Warriors
Pylos
Star Fleet Battles
The Walking Dead: Here’s Negan
To the Strongest

I’m sure there are entries missed for games played, but we can see that the Marvel: Crisis Protocol powerhouse continues and Team Yankee is showing some great growth. We obviously had an influx of 40K players and Battletech: Alpha Strike exploded out onto the scene. SAGA had a good run thanks to Ross’s campaign and Lord of the Rings has had a big resurgence.