DBA Ottomans vs Mamluks

Nice scrap this one, lots of mobility with two Horse heavy armies.
I'd be playing the Ottomans & Jack the Mamluks.

Battlefield we created ourselves PVA, Sand, Paint.....
The terrain is from commercial sources, Ottoman Camp is from Baueda.
Mamluk Baggage Camp, Camels from Museum Minis.

67 Ottoman Turk 1512-1570. 4x3Cv, 2x2LH, 2x4Sh, 1x3Bw, 1x3Bd, 2x2Ps.

72 Mameluke, 1250-1517. 6x3Cv, 2x2LH, 1x3Cv, 1x3Aux + 1x2Ps, 1x7Hd

The Ottomans line up, 4 Cavalry, 2 Light Horse...


Mamluks, 7 Cavalry & 2 Light Horse elements...


The Battlefield, this board is standard 24x24.
Ottomans on the left, red lines of advance. Foot troops to
hold the middle, Psiloi the Oasis, Cavalry take the Right Flank.
Mamluks on the right, yellow lines. Jacks plan, Cavalry down the
middle & the main thrust on his left.


Nive view from the Mamluks Line straight down the middle.


Ottoman General with his Sipahis


Mamluk Cavalry, shield decals Veni Vidi Vici


Ottoman steady advance


Jacks Mamluks are straight in.


Good Pips for the Ottoman Psiloi & they're straight through
the oasis. One manages to ZOC the Mamluk General


View from behind the Ottoman lines.
Please note Ottoman General well out of the Combat!!


Clash of Cavalry, whose horseman would be victorious?


Lovely view of the Cavalry battle


The Mamluks force back the Ottoman Cavalry


Ottoman Jannisaries, Shot & Bow hold the middle


Mamluk Cavalry win the flank. What will Jack do now?
He becomes obsessed with taking my camp & his advantage
fizzles out. He divides his strength on the flank & the PIPS
desert him.


The Ottoman Jannisaries help out.


My General even gets into the fighting


It's close 3 -3, but I manage to flank his Cavalry & force a
Recoil, no retreat, Game OVER!


He is not happy, he knows he should of won this one.
Lots of cavalry meant lots of mobility but he had too many
options. That element in the bottom corner of the above shot
is Mamluk Cavalry. A Camp to far for Jack!

DBA 15-19K 109.French in North America(1745-1763, 1778-1783)

A French Army to fight in the French Indian Wars or help the
Rebels in the AWI.

109. French in North America. 1745-1763, 1778-1783. 5-9x4Ms, 0-3x4Ms/2Jg,
0-4x3Aux/2Jg (Indians/coureurs de bois), 0-1xCn.

The French

The French Line (Muskets)

Indian Allies (Jaegers)

French Artillery

The Dandy French General

DBA IV/35 Mongol Conquest

Here's our Mongol Army. As you would expect very heavy on the Light Horse
giving you lots of mobility. However do they give you the same 'Offensive' power
which the Mongols used to crush the vast majority of enemies. We have only played
one game with Mongols so far. That was against the Teutonic Knights & they
didn't perform that well. From what I've read in Websites, playing a Light Horse heavy
DBA Army is an art form in itself.

IV/35 Mongol Conquest 1206-1461
1x3Cv(Gen), 2x3Cv, 8x2LH, 1x2Lh or Art

These troops are a good base for building all the Mongol variants that emerged.
Here's a cracking article (using DBA 1.1) on those armies.

Mongol Early DBA Variant Lists
http://www.umiacs.umd.edu/~kuijt/dba154/dba154.html#154a

The Mongol Horde




Swarms of Light Horse


The Mongol Cavalry


That 'nice chap' Genghis, Mongol Cavalry General


Artillery, manned by captured Chinese


The Khans Elephant Camp.


The Mongol Horde on the March

DBA Royalist vs New Model Army

Back to the English Civil War & a clash between double sized
Royalists & the New Model Army. I was eager to avenge my defeat
by Jack in our last ECW encounter....

34 English Royalist, 1620-1660. (x2)
1x3Kn or 4Sh, 3x3Kn or 3Cv, 1x3Kn or 3xCv or 4Pk, 1x3Cv or 3Dr or 4Sh, 3x4Pk, 2x4Sh or 2Ps, 1xArt.


36 New Model Army, 1644-1660. (x2)
3x4Kn, 2x4Kn or 4Pi or 3Cv or 3Dr or 2Sh, 3x4Pk,
2x4Sh, 1x4Sh or 2Ps, 1xArt.

I took the Royalists & Jack the New Model Army.
My plan was to have a big wing of Cavalry (mainly Knights) & swing around the flank.  Simple enough... yea right. I deployed first & for once Jack matched my deployment instead of doing his thing.

'New' Overhead view with troop type labelled

The New Model Army

Royalist Lines

They're off! Race for control of the hill, Royalist Knights.

Royalist Foot Troops in the centre advance.

Jacks Roundheads advance

New Model Army Pike & Shot

Good Pips for both of us & the battle is on.
I sense an easy 'Kill' of his Artillery & my General is straight in. But in my eagerness for the 'Kill' I advance my Pike to close to the General. Jack smiles with glee, both Artillery pieces combine for one big volley & my General 'Recoils'.....back into the Pike.

D'oh! One General skewered on his own troops Pike.....

Mega clash of Horse...advantage to Jack he has the high ground

With one of my Generals gone, I'm rolling PIPS to just to hold the

the left & centre together.

He's done it again, his Cavalry are winning.

The Royalist foot stuggle to hold it together & some fall back.

Like a pack of wolves, Jacks Foot are quick to pursue.

The Roundheads force the Cavaliers back.

The far left, Jacks Dragoons hold the flank.

"Ere, Bert..there's nowt much goin on round here.."

Oh no.. it's another disaster!

Only the Kings Lifeguard hold it together.

It's over, another ECW Major Defeat. Overhead view of the final positions

Final view from behind the New Model Army.

Whooped again! A major moment of madness on my part by
charging in my General & why did I move my Pike in so close??
Jack doesn't care, another victory for him again.

BBDBA Imperial(1606-1648)

36 elements of a Imperialist Catholic Army for BBDBA.

Left Flank of Pistols & Cavalry

The centre consisting of Pike, Shot & Artillery

The right flank - Knights, Light Horse & Dragoons

Nice view of the Banners of the Regiments

The centre up close