Welcome to the IWF DBM ratings page
This series of webpages have been created
by the IWF's Glicko sub-committee to enhance historical wargaming interest around the world.
De Bellis Multitudinis or DBM is a set of
historical miniatures rules for the ancient and medieval periods devised
by Phil Barker and Richard Bodley Scott of Wargames Research Group. DBM is
essentially a game of skill based on historical events from the period up to 1500AD.
It is much like chess but without squares and set playing pieces. It is played (usually)
on a 6' by 4' table using miniature figures mounted on standard sized bases.
Figure scales played are 6mm, 10mm, 15mm (the most popular scale) or 25mm. Gameplay does
have a luck component but the strongest players still tend to win. DBM is an easy game to learn but a
very hard game to master.
The IWF DBM Ratings Pages are a series
of statistical information compiled from competitive DBM tournaments held
around the world. Its purpose is to enhance interest and enjoyment of our hobby
rather than encourage over competitiveness.
Some pages are useful summaries, others statistical analyses and some just for fun.
The various pages include information on players
who have participated in DBM tournaments since 1999. Unfortunately suitable data is not available
from all DBM competitions held everywhere in the world in that period.
However useful local
data has so far been received so far from Australia, Great Britain, Greece, Ireland, Italy, New Zealand,
North America, Portugal, Spain and Sweden as well as important international events. These include the IWF's
World Individual Championship (held annually in various locations around the world,
to be in Helsinki in June 2008), the International Team Challenge
(held each September originally in Grandson then Ghent and moving to Lisbon in 2008)
and the IWF's Continental Individual Championships (most recently the European IC
was held in Dublin in November 2007)
We hope that you find the website informative, interesting and enjoyable.
IWF Glicko sub-committee
Approximate expected future updates:
April 2008 - Prior to Helsinki WIC.
July 2008 - Post Helsinki WIC and pre 2008 ITC.
Contacts
- For comments and, especially, data corrections (some errors are inevitable in an undertaking of this scope and size)
please contact David Young at davidgyoung@bigpond.com
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