Over the last couple of days our little club held the Basic Impetvs Nth Qld Championships. This is the third year in a row that we have had a little competition to keep this great hobby alive here in the North. We had ten players in total over the two days of gaming and each played five games each. Three games were played on the Saturday and two games on the Sunday, as a couple of the lads playing had to fly home that afternoon.
The army list I picked for the weekend were to come from only Age of Hoplites to Rome and the Mediterranean, which enable the lads to pick up to 40 different armies from four different periods in order to raise their armies for the weekend. I felt the this would force the players to pick more in period armies instead of playing a samurai army against Samnites or something like that. In the end however, we all had fun and there was no throwing of dice across the table. Additionally there were some very nicely painted armies and baggage camps.
The end results for the two days of battle were:
- 1st – Jeff Smith (Illyrians)
- 2nd – John Maguire (Gauls)
- 3rd – David Rea (Early Republican Roman)
- 4th – Richard Mirabello (Carthaginian)
- 5th – Nathan Vinson (Thracian)
- 6th – Josh Smith-Monaghan (Pontic)
- 7th – Rex Harrison (Spartan)
- 8th – Joel Williams (Carthaginian)
- 9th – Greg Blake (Scythian)
- 10th Terry Moran (Marian Roman)
Tin Soldier Scythians
Richard Marabello and Joel Williams play their first moves
An outstanding baggage camp vignette from Richard Mirabello’s Carthaginian Army.
John Maguire sets up for his first win for the day
Thracian Noble Cavalry
Germans posing this time as Gauls
Carthaginian war elephants protected by Nubian skirmishers
Spartans vs Early Republican Romans
Spartan Cavalry painted by Chris Kendrick for Rex Harrision
Old Glory Miniatures Republican Romans
Terry Moran called up a junior back-up dice roller, Tayio Simpson. It does amaze me how the younger generation always seems to roll more six’s than I can ever these days.
Pontic light infantry battle the Illyrians
Illyrians from Jeff Smith winning collection
Republican Romans battle hard against the Spartan line
Veteran Carthaginians from Richard Mirabello’s collection
Later Thracians do battle with the might of Carthage
Pontics take on the Republican Romans
The Pontic scythe chariot hits the flank of Republican Roman cohort.
Marian Romans vs Gauls
Joel Williams sets ups his Carthaginian Army to defend against the Pontics
The Pontic Army fielded by Josh Smith-Monaghan
Richard Mirabello defends against the might of Rome
More Scythians
More Republican Romans
Carthaginians from Richards beautiful collection
Newline Design Thureophoroi Infantry from Rex Harrison’s Spartan Army
Spartan vs Thracians
A Gaul chariot charges a cohort of Marian Romans
More action from on of the Carthaginian vs Republican Romans
More images from the Spartan vs Thracian battle (The Thracians won this day)
Rex’s Spartan next battle was against the winning Illyrians fielded by Jeff Smith
More Scythian’s played by Greg Blake
Richard and Terry Moran battle for victory
Greg Blake and David Rea, Scythian vs Republican Romans
Joel and John
Pontic Pike
Crusader Thureophoroi
