Forged in Battle Team Challenge - 4th & 5th October 2025

[petedalby]

The first weekend in October will see Sarisbury Green host the 7th Forged in Battle Team Challenge. We have capacity for a maximum of 10 teams of 3 players. Priority will be given to those who have attended previously but new players are also welcome.

The event will run with an even number of teams to avoid byes.

Some themes are similar but different to last year.

Venue details are here: http://www.sarisburygreen.org.uk

We are close to Southampton Airport for those coming from further afield and may be able to arrange lifts to and from the airport.

As before this will be a 3-player Team event, 1 player in each pool. Please email Pete Dalby at peterdalby1960@gmail.com if you wish to attend by the 31st August.

Rules to be used are V3.1. Figure Scale 15mm Specific Period/Theme options & restrictions are as follows:

Pool 1 Sticks and Stones Plus – 850AP Table Size 60” x 40”

Any list, any date but the following troop types are not permitted – any Heavy Armour, Pikes or Lances. A list may include up to 1 Armoured BG & up to 2 BGs of Elephants. No more than 8 bases of Skilled Swordsmen may be fielded. Up to 1 BG of Impact Foot may be fielded. All other Impact Foot must be fielded instead as Light Spear, Swordsmen with the points adjusted accordingly. Any mounted troops who would otherwise dismount as Impact Foot will also count as Light Spear, Swordsmen. Any list which cannot meet these requirements may not be used.

Terrain adjustment – each player must choose 1 compulsory piece and 1 to 3 additional pieces.

Pool 2 Horsey Horsey – 900AP Table Size 72” x 48”

Any list, any date but armies must field at least 450 AP of Chariots, Cavalry or Camelry Bow or XB. NB – LH & LCm are not Cavalry. Cataphracts are not cavalry either. Please note that Bow* no longer count towards the 450 AP total for Bow or XB.

Pool 3 Medieval – 950 AP Table Size 72” x 48”

Any list, post 1040 AD. No more than 24 bases of Pike may be fielded.

Army Lists must come from the latest Books. Where your army of choice no longer appears in the new books we will accept old lists on a case by case basis.

We will offer 3 games on Saturday and 2 on Sunday. All games to be 3 hours.

Team Entry is £81 per team or £27 per individual.

Please contact Pete Dalby at peterdalby1960@gmail.com for information on how to pay or you can pay me when you next see me.

Hope to see you there.

Regards

[TMOJ]

Lists to Owain Simpson owain1simpson@yahoo.com by 20/09/25, unless another date is announced.

[davidandlynda]

Just to clarify, I assume South American armies keep their javelins, light spear sword,javelin ,instead of impact foot sword javelin
David

[petedalby]

Just to confirm that we will be using the latest rules & Army Lists for this year's event.

The venue should be open from 07.45. We will be setting up that morning. Please feel free to lend a hand if you should arrive early.

First game to start at 09.15. Last game finishes at 19.30.

On Sunday we start at 09.00 and last game finishes at 15.45.

A timetable will be available in the hall over the weekend.

Tea, coffee & biscuits will be available for £1 per day. Please bring a mug if you have one.

We should be fine for cloths & mats but please bring one if you have it just in case.

Please remember that army lists are due to Owain Simpson by close of play on the 20th September.

owain1simpson@yahoo.com

All the best

Pete

[TMOJ]

Runners and Riders below courtesy of lots of hard work from Owain Simpson.

STICKS & STONES

Owain Simpson (Mercenaries) Dai Viet
Andy Kitcher (Oxford) Arab Conquest
Graham Briggs (Surrey Spartans) Viking
Dave Morrison (Gloucester) Medieval Scots
Brian Espie (MAWS) Tupi

Steve Brown (PAW) Classical Indian
Lynda Fairhurst (Oxbridge) Warring States to Western Han
Steffen Schroder (Wessex Alpha) Viking
Imogen Furmston (Wessex Omega) Later Carthaginian
Ian Carbutt (Sarisbury) Later Carthaginian


HORSEY HORSEY

Bob Medcraft (Mercenaries) Later Polish
Phil Jelley (Oxford) Later Polish
Terry Shaw (Surrey Spartans) Jurchen Jin
Jon Patrick (Gloucester) Timurid
Dave Ruddock (MAWS) Ottoman Turkish

Paul Bartlett (PAW) Mongol Conquest
Ali Shaw (Oxbridge) Later Sassanid Persian
Ferdi Akaltin (Wessex Alpha) Khurasanian Dynasties (Ghaznavid)
Nick Bannister & Will Samms (Wessex Omega) Khurasanian Dynasties (Ghaznavid)
Pete Dalby (Sarisbury) Yuan Chinese


MEDIEVAL

Martyn Simpson (Mercenaries) Lan Xang
Peter Card (Oxford) Later Hungarian
Steve Murton (Surrey Spartans) Medieval Scandinavian
Keith Pullen (Gloucester) Medieval Malay
Paul Longmore (MAWS) Medieval Scandinavian

David Putt & Del Bartlett (PAW) Later Plantagenet and Early Tudor (Rebel)
David Fairhurst (Oxbridge) Pagan Burmese
David Bannister (Wessex Alpha) Dailami Dynasties (Buyid)
Jordon Davies (Wessex Omega) Tupi
David Fairbrother (Sarisbury) Later Plantagenet English (Continental)