De Bellis Vasingtonium

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From 2005-2013, with the help of my Washington Area DBA (WADBAG) group, I organized the annual De Bellis Vasingtonium (“Wars of Washington”) wargaming tournament for DBA gamers in the Washington, DC metropolitan area.    It was a qualifying event for the NASAMW National Invitational Championship Tournament held annually at Historicon, and so I wanted to keep a record of the outcomes accessible even though WADBAG has debanded and the tournament was officially retired in 2014.

DBV Champions

Year 1st
Place
2d
Place
Butcher’s Prize Special
Awards
Players
2013 David Kuijt Sean Donnelly & Rob Torres Sean Donnelly, David Kuijt & Rob Torres Best DBV First-Timer/Junior Champ:  Otto Schlanger 12
2012 Mike Guth Jack Sheriff Mike Guth Bet DBV First-Timer:  Noah Engelman 10
2011 David Schlanger Mike Guth David Schlanger Best DBV First-Timer:  Jon-Michel Seman 10
2010 David Schlanger Jack Sheriff David Schlanger Best DBV First-Timer: Tom Black 10
2009 David Schlanger Spencer Grinder Christine Grinder Best DBV First-Timer: Gordon Stewart 12
2008 David Kuijt Brendan Sanders Doug Austin, David Kuijt, Rob Torres & Alan Wheeler Best DBV First-timer: Frank Popecki 12
2007 David Kuijt Rob Torres Sean Ricketson Best Camp:
Sean Ricketson. Sportsmanship: Terence McPartland
14
2006 David Schlanger David Kuijt Mike Byrne Best Newbies: Chris Huhn & Ruth Torres 16
2005 David Kuijt David Schlanger Matt Torres & George Duden Best Camp: George Duden 12

DBV Historical Records

Best Overall Finish David Kuijt, 4-0 (102 points) in DBV 2008
Butcher’s Prize
  1. 28  Sean Ricketson (DBA07)
  2. 27  Brendan Sanders (DBA07)
  3. 26  Ruth Torres (DBV07); David Schlanger (DBV11)

Results By Book (W/L/T)

Year Book I Book II Book III Book IV
2005 1-2-1 10-11-3 7-9-0 4-0-0
2006 3-0-1 10-21-5 5-1-3 6-3-3
2007 11-9-0 6-6-0 1-3-0 10-10-0
2008 2-2-0 16-20-0 4-0-0 2-2-0
2009 ? ? ? ?
2010 0-4-0 4-4-0 13-9-2 3-5-0
2011 2-2-0 10-6-0 1-7-0 7-5-0
2012 ? ? ? ?
2013 Shift from Open to Theme format
Total 19-19-2 56-68-8 31-29-5 32-25-3