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The DBM South-West Doubles League

THE DBM SOUTH-WEST DOUBLES LEAGUE DBM (De Bellis Multitudinis) is a set of wargames rules for ancient and medieval armies using model soldiers, usually either 15mm or 25mm scale, with each figure representing about 50 men.  The rules were written by Phil Barker and Richard Bodley Scott, were published in 1993 (subsequently revised several times) and have a world-wide following of several thousand players.  There are international championships and many national and local competitions. The DBM South-West Doubles League grew out of the Shieldwall tournament organised by Keith McGlynn in Berkeley, Glos and Godendag organised by Richard Bodley Scott in Usk, South Wales each year.  Those two competitions were joined by others in Clevedon, Somerset (War Cry), Devizes, Wilts (Attack!) and Bath (initially Challenger, then Aquae Sulis).  There are trophies for the winners of the individual competitions and also a trophy for the winners of the overall League.  From 2008 the Clevedon and Bath competitions are using different rules.  A new competition at Caerwent, Monmouthshire, called Venta Silurum,  replaced them. A new  trophy was introduced in 2005, named the Phil Claxton Memorial Cup in memory of a regular competitor who won the League in 1997 and died tragically young in 2004.   The 2008 winner is Jeremy Morgan, who partnered several players during the year but whose regular partner is Neil Hammond. The original trophy was presented permanently to Keith Westwood and Phil Reeves, three-time winners. Besides the 15mm Doubles league,  separate competitions using 25mm figures are held each year, currently at  Lydney in the Forest of Dean and at Westbury, Wiltshire.. Up to 130 players take part each year; most are from South-West England, South Wales and the West Midlands, but some travel from London and other parts of the country.  From 2007 numbers have fallen because of competition from other rules sets, but there is still plenty of enthusiasm for DBM. The links on the left give access to results of the Doubles League tournaments, 25mm competitions and local competitions organised by me in Westbury, Wilts. To learn more about DBM, see Richard Bodley Scott's web page at www.byzant.demon.co.uk or join the DBM discussion group at http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/dbmlist/ Also recommended is the Society of Ancients, which publishes a journal, Slingshot, about ancient and medieval military history and wargaming.  See the Society's web site at www.soa.org.uk for details of how to join, and information about competitions and other events including the SW Doubles League. John Graham-Leigh SW Doubles League Winners 1995   Pete Haines and Neil Parsons 1996   Ian Speed and Craig Allen 1997   Andy Claxton and Phil Claxton 1998   Steve Hacker and Don McHugh 1999   Andy Whitby and Dave Sheppard 2000   Keith Westwood and Phil Reeves 2001   John Lavender and Ian Speed 2002   Tim Porter and Mick Owens 2003   Keith Westwood and Phil Reeves 2004   Keith Westwood and Phil Reeves 2005  Richard Perry and Jason Scott 2006  Ian Speed and Craig Allen 2007  Ian Speed and Craig Allen 2008  Jeremy Morgan and Neil Hammond

My Favorite Links:

DBM Home Page

Yahoo! DBM group

Society of Ancients

British Historical Games Society

My Info:

Email:

jandagrahamleigh@yahoo.co.uk

Forthcoming Competitions

Pete Haines reminisces about the first Doubles League season

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PAST RESULTS

25 mm competitions 2009 League Positions 2009 Venta Silurum 2009 Shieldwall 2009 Godendag 2009

Forest Foray 2008 League Positions 2008 Attack 2008 Venta Silurum 2008 Godendag 2008

25mm competitions 2007 League Positions 2007 Attack! 2007 War Cry 2007 Legion 2007 Shieldwall 2007 Godendag 2007

25mm tournaments 2006 League Positions 2006 Attack 2006 War Cry 2006 Aquae Sulis 2006 Shieldwall 2006 Godendag 2006

25mm tournaments 2005 League Positions 2005 Attack 2005 Aquae Sulis 2005 Shieldwall 2005 War Cry 2005 Godendag 2005

25mm tournaments 2004 League Positions 2004 Attack! 2004 Aquae Sulis 2004 War Cry 2004 Shieldwall 2004 Godendag 2004

Themed Competitions Cross and Crescent 2003 Barbarians at the Gates 2005 Lancaster and York 2006 1066 And All That 2007 Fertile Crescent 2008 Rome and the Mediterranean 2009

25mm tournaments 2003 League Positions 2003 Attack! 2003 Aquae Sulis 2003 War Cry 2003 Shieldwall 2003 Godendag 2003

25mm tournaments 2002 League Positions 2002 Attack! 2002 Aquae Sulis 2002 War Cry 2002 Shieldwall 2002 Godendag 2002

Challenger 1999 Attack! 1999 War Cry 1999 Godendag 1999

War Cry 1998 Godendag 1998

War Cry 1997 Godendag 1997

Attack! 2001 War Cry 2001 Shieldwall 2001 Godendag 2001

25mm tounaments 1996 Shieldwall 1996

Attack! 2000 War Cry 2000 Shieldwall 2000 Godendag 2000