 The Washington Area DBA Gamers (WADBAG)
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WADBAG's David Schlanger and David Kuijt ran the Baltic Crusades DBA Scenarios event as part of the DBA at Fall In! 2005 program during Fall In! 2005 (November 11-13, 2005) at Gettysburg, PA. 16 total players were divided evenly into four groups - two Crusader groups and two Pagan groups. Each player competed against the others in his group and played through each of four historical scenarios against four different players from an opposing group. Championship - Civil War RoundThe Championship round matches featured Civil War battles between the winners of each Crusader group and each Pagan group. The Pagan Civil War was played with Early Russian armies as listed in the rulebook. The Crusader Civil War was played with Teutonic Orders armies as listed in the rulebook with the Horde option.
Robert and Jack prepare for Civil War in the Championship Round. From left to right - Robert Spencer (Crusader Group B Winner), Peter "the Cleaver" Sheriff, and Jack "the Butcher" Sheriff (Pagan Group A Winner). [Close-up]
Larry and Jonathan prepare for Civil War in the Championship Round. From left to right - Larry Chaban (Pagan Group B Winner) and Jonathan Bostwick (Crusader Group A Winner). [Close-up]
The Early Russian Civil War was played with fixed terrain from the Winter in Prussia Scenario. The higher scoring group winner had the choice of invader or defender - invader getting preference of board edge and defender getting the element swap. [Close-up]
Russian battlelines drawn near. Larry Chaban forces on the left - Jack Sheriff's troops on the right. [Close-up]
The lines are broken up, with Jack's horde element squaring off against Larry's horde element in the middle of the battleline. [Close-up]
At one point up 3-1, Jack "the Butcher" and his son Peter "the Cleaver" look on as Larry mounts a comeback to take the match. Unfortunately for Jack, the "Cleaver" and his hot dice rolling cooled off in the Prussian snow. [Close-up]
The Teutonic Civil War was played with fixed terrain from the Winter in Prussia Scenario. The higher scoring group winner had the choice of invader or defender - invader getting preference of board edge and defender getting the element swap. [Close-up]
In the end, Robert's Teutons (left) put the hurt on Jonathans Crusaders (right). [Close-up]Champions!
David Kuijt presents the top Crusader award to Robert Spencer - Hochmeister of the Order. Congrats Robert! [Close-up]
David Kuijt presents the top Pagan award to Larry Chaban - Pagan Lord. Congrats Larry! In closing, a special note of thanks from the organizers to Bob Beattie and Chris Brantley for contributing figures used in the scenarios, and thanks to all who participated. Last Updated: 17 Nov. 2005 The author David Schlanger may be contacted at buckynduke@comcast.net Please do not use any pictures or text from this page without permission.
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