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Days of Knights Links

Days of Knights is Chipco's rules set covering the High Middle Ages, from 1250 AD to 1500 AD.
Days of Knights Links

Charles the Bold
The Battle of Montlherey - Written in French but at least has a map of the battle.
Philippe de Commynes: The Reign of Louis XI 1461-83
- Commynes served with both Charles the Bold and Louis XI. Includes an eye-witness account of the Battle of Montlherey.
The Grave of Charles the Bold - The Big Guy's tomb in Bruges.
Prayer Book - This is one of the rare book commissions Charles initiated himself.
Tapestry with Coat-of-Arms - Original mille fleur tapestry is now located at the Bern Museum in Switzerland.
The Courts Of Burgundy in the Renaissance: Incubators for the Arts
- Just to prove Charles had other interests other than getting massacred by the Swiss.
Armies of Medieval Burgundy 1364-1477 (Men at Arms Series, 144)
- The Osprey Burgundian book, with some great plates and a good general introduction to the Burgundian military.
Catholic Encyclopedia entry on Burgundian History - Fairly extensive entry for an encyclopedia.
Printable Burgundian wargames flags - A great resource, now with different versions of Burgundian Flags.
Wargames and Wargamers
Chipco Home Page - Includes the official site for Days of Knights
Warhammer Ancient Battles - New official site.
Day of Battle - Official homepage for Chris Parker's hybrid roleplaying-miniatures game.
Flower of Chivalry - Home page for Bruce McFarlane's sourcebook and rules for the later Middile Ages.
Fanaticus Forum (DBA) - Discussion board for all things DBA. Includes the main forum for DBAOnline.
DBA Resource Page Arguably the best ancient-medieval wargaming page there is. Chris Brantly updates this huge page at least twice a week. Excellent.
DBA Online - The biggest web addiction around. Play DBA with opponents across the world. Sign up and challenge "Snowflake" - that's me!:-) Amazing stuff.
David Kujit's Medieval Armies DBA Page - The Terror of DBA Online's (and offline) page includes an excellent look at the various lines of 15mm figures available on the market.
Advanced Armati - Armati has a new edition in the works and a new official webpage.
Piquet - A great game. Has a core set of rules for all periods, and a supplement for each specific period. The medieval book is called Band of Brothers.
DBM Battle Drills and Tactics - Includes some really top-notch graphics that go a long way to explain some of the bizarre stuff in DBM.
Ed Allen's DBM page - The granddaddy of all DBM pages. A little dated but still has lots of good stuff.
Mark Wilmot's Cyberboard DBM page - Cyberboard allows you to play any turn-based game via e-mail. Mark's page has everything you need to get started playing DBM using this system.
Official DBM Home Page - Homepage of Richard Bodley Scott, one of the co-creaters of DBM.
John Garvey's Fantasy Miniature Wargaming in South America - Don't know much about South America, but John is a great dude who obviously does.
John Hills' Gaming Page - Includes some pictures of John's Burgundians, plus a downloadable Burgundian flag.
The Painted Soldier - Ted Wilcock paints a mean figure. He's done some of my Foundry stuff for me. Check out the results here!
Luke Ueda Sarson's Homepage - All sorts of DBM material, from scenarios, to rules proposals, to alternative army lists. Includes an interesting section on The Sun in Splendour , which is a Wars of the Roses campaign he is running.
Groups and Associations
Lance and Longbow Society - Britain's premier medieval interest society, which aims to promote a historical and wargaming interest in the Middle Ages. Also produce The Hobilar and other fine publications.
Solo Wargamers Association - Never a lot of people on this site. Wonder why?:-)
Humberside Wargames Society - English group whose main claim-to-fame is writing the DBA Extension, which allows the game to be used for battles for 1500 AD - 1900 AD
Society of Ancients
The international amateur society for ancient and medieval wargamers and for study of the military history of the period 3000 BC to 1500 AD.
Manufacturers and Distributors
Saber's Edge - I order almost all my 28mm Foundry and 15mm Essex stuff through Paul Knowles.
Sentry Box - A great source for getting Old Glory 28mm. Always has a lot in stock.
Games Workshop Online - The Evil Empite itself.
Essex Miniatures - Best all around source of 15mm historicals.
Wargames Foundry - Best figures around, but at Games Workskop-like prices. Still, if you want the best . . .
Old Glory Miniatures - Cheaper alternative to Wargames Foundry. Uneven quality, ranging from excellent to poor.
Perry Miniatures - Perry brothers are amazing sculptors who are just starting their own business. They did much of the Wargames Foundry stuff.
Brookhurst Hobbies - Big distributor states-side.
De Bellis Bazaar - An on-line directory of commercial suppliers specializing in materials for ancient/medieval wargaming.
De Bellis Bookstore - In association with Amazon.Com, the De Bellis Bookstore offers a variety of historical books and materials that support the DBx gaming hobby
Veni Vidi Vici Decals - This company offers shield transfers for miniature figures. Sure helps save on the eyesight . . .
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