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The 2008 English DBA Open

England's premere DBA competition will be held on Sunday 19th October 2008 at Southsea Community Centre in Portsmouth.

Please could players arrive at 9:00 am so we can start the games by about 9:30.

	Trophies sponsored by the Society of Ancients (www.soa.org.uk)
	Prizes sponsored by the Magister Militum (www.magistermilitum.com)
With a special special discount offer for every entrant sponsored by Ancient and Modern Army Supplies (www.ancient-modern.co.uk)
Please show your appreciation for our sponsors by visiting their websites.

There will be three competitions: 15mm Senior, 15 mm Junior and 25mm.

• Numbers permitting, players will be organised into groups of five or six players, playing the others in their group.
  • Players may use any army they chose for their group games.
    • If there is more than one group, then all group winners and possibly the best of group runners—up will progress to a final and possibly semi—finals to determine the overall winners. These finals and semi—finals may be played with themed armies provided by the organisers.

For more details contact William MacGillivray
or go to the English DBA Open Yahoo! Group.

Please click here for an entry form in Word.doc format
or here for the PDF version.

To remind yourself of last year's competition, click here.

DBA Open 2008 Rules

1. De Bellis Antiquitatis (DBA) version 2.2 will be used.
2. A "World Cup" format will be used. Initially competitors will use their own armies and terrain. Each battle will be 30 minutes long (45 minutes for any final).
3. Scoring shall be as follows:
   1. 5 points for a complete victory (as defined in the rule book);
   2. 2 points for a draw (game incomplete when time is called), if the player has destroyed more enemy elements than he has himself lost;
   3. 1 point for any other draw;
   4. 0 points for a loss.
4. In the event of a tie within a group the winner will be determined by:
   1. head-head record;
   2. most generals killed;
   3. most camps/BUA sacked;
   4. most elements killed (not including the extra 2 for occupying a camp/BUA).
5. The winner of each group (plus the best of the rest if necessary), will then play a knock-out tournament (a final and possibly semi-finals) to determine the overall winner. During the knock-out stage, competitors will secretly choose an army from all those that will be available.
6. If there are insufficient players to form at least two even groups, then the event may be restructured as a single group, with each player playing all other opponents. In this case, a knock-out phase may not be played.
7. Element selection and army aggression may not be changed between battles.