DBM

De Bellis Multitudinis (DBM) is a set of rules for fighting battles with model soldiers, using historical armies ranging from 3000 B.C. to 1500 A.D. It is suited both for competition play and historical refights.

I have played DBM for a number of years. I enjoy researching my armies, I like the tactical challenges games produce and the game pleases my sense of aesthetics.

My DBM-relevant subsites:

• DBx in 6mm is my main site. It gives tips about gaming DBM with close-packed 6mm figures.
• Grandson 2003, report from the Grandson Team Challenge in Switzerland.
• MiniCon2003, report from a con in Oslo.
• MiniCon2002, report from a con in Oslo.
• DBA is designed to be played with fewer figures than DBM, and provides an excellent introduction to it.

My DBM armies:

• Classical Indians
• Later Achaemenid Persian
• Early Carthaginian / Later Carthaginian
• Nikephorian Byzantine

DBM scenarios:

• The battle of Issos (unfinished)
• The battle of Bagradas, 255BC

My non-DBM-related gaming activities:

A page on the samurai under the Takeda daimyo in the 16th century japan:

• Takeda samurai (in progress, probably something to look at by march -05)

Sample pictures of a 6mm DBM battle:

Overview of a small battle between Pyrrhus on the left (Hans Kristian Toft's figures), Carthage on the right (my figures). Photo: Espen Sturlason.

Spanish auxilia and psiloi advancing against Pyrrhus' massive pike phalanx. Beautiful picture, if I may say so! (Photo: Espen Sturlason)