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The hand painted shields of Mark Schultz's Romans

Origins 2008 DBA kicks off with 'Double Size dozen'

We had 12 players in this year's Origins 15mm Double Size DBA Tournament. Although it may seem odd at first glance, the breakdown of armies went nicely into an Early group of eight and a Later Bracket of four. The Later Bracket played a "round robin," essentially, while the earlier one matched winner vs. winner to determine a champion. There was only one undefeated in the tournament, and that was Marty Schmidt -- up from Florida to try out the DBA at Origins -- with his Later Carthaginian army in the early bracket. It was a close shave in the later bracket, as Jon Crane edged out two other 2-1 players to win his division.

Games ran pretty much on time, with about 1:30 to 1:45 per round. The games that were slowed down were mainly due to terrain clogging up the battlefield. However, you can't blame generals whose armies are tailored to fight in difficult terrain for wanting to have a "home field advantage!" Although the Thursday morning start tends to restrict the number of players as compared to the evening events, the Double Size remains a popular and fun part of DBA at Origins.

Marty Schmidt drove up from Florida to join in the DBA fun

Origins 2008 15mm Double Size DBA Tournament

Early Bracket

Marty Schmidt, Later Carthaginian, 3-0, 87 points

Dan Henderson, Ptolemiac, 2-1, 76 points

Bob Boggs, Late Imp. Roman (East), 2-1, 54 points

John Loy, Palmyran, 2-1, 54 points

Rob Runnels, Palmyran w/Pre-Islamic Arab ally, 2-1, 42 points

Mike Stelzer, Early Imp. Roman, 1-2, 52 points

Mark Schultz, Late Imp. Roman, 0-3, 16 points

Dylan Fraser, Kushite Egyptian w/Libyan Egyptian ally, 0-3, 33 points

Later Bracket

Jon Crane, Anglo Norman, 2-1, 60 points

Jenny Torbett, Teutonic Knight, 2-1, 51 points

Greg Crane, Early Samurai, 2-1, 50 points

Dave Welch, Siamese, 0-3, 31 points

Bob Boggs, left, and Mike Stelzer enjoy a game

Dave Welch's Siamese crash into the battleline of their opponents

Rob Runnels came straight off of a redeye flight from California to the tourney

Another look at Mark Schultz's fabulous Romans -- this time the cataphracts

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