BADCON 2026

The Town Hall, King Edward Pl, Burton-on-Trent, DE14 2EB

21st and 22nd February 2026

You are invited to come and join in our 30th annual competition weekend and play one of the following


DBMM Doubles

500 points. 500BC—500AD.

Any army legal during these dates may be chosen.

Any army legal during these dates may be chosen.

All armies must have 4 commands. 1 Ally general can be nominated in the submitted list as auto-reliable. He (and his command) is treated in all ways as an Ally General (including AP) but is reliable from the outset of the game. Also if flank marching or a delayed arrival his command will not count as lost and will continue to dice for arrival even from the 8th bound.


FOG Renaissance Singles

Europe looks East, 1650—1698AD. 820 Points

Armies from the following lists

Clash of Empires;

  • Wallachian
  • Moldavian
  • Tatar
  • Caucasian States
  • Safavid Persian
  • Cossack
  • Later Ottoman Turkish

Duty and Glory

  • Later Russian,
  • Later Polish and Lithuanian
  • Later Venetian Colonial 
  • Later Swedish
  • Later Danish
  • Habsburg Austrian Imperial (no Western options. Relief of Vienna options and French allies available)
  • Later German States
  • Hungarian Kuruc Rebellion

The current “house rules” will be used, a copy of them will be supplied separately.


Art De La Guerre Doubles

300 points. Any army 501-999AD

Any army legal within these dates may be chosen.


Renatio et Gloriam Singles

The Sun Kings Wars. 12000 pts.

Armies 1681—1721AD chosen from

  • Great Kings, Grand Alliances
  • Sun King’s War – War of the League of Augsburg only
  • North American PDF lists 411-415

Mortem et Gloriam Singles

10,000 pts. Armies 1073—1350AD from the following books

Any list from the following PDFs and associated allied contingents from these lists up to 551BC

  • Sumer & Akkad
  • Egypt & Hatti
  • Bronze & Iron
  • Assyria & Babylon
  • Balkans & Pontic Steppes.

The proposed new tournament rules are to be used, which will be general for most events across 2026, see the MEG website for more details.


FOG AM Singles

Armies and allies from Book 3

  • 900 points. Any army spending at least 300 points on lance armed knight and/or war wagons.
  • 900 points. Any army from the Americas.
  • 850 points. Any army spending at least 300 points on cavalry and/or light horse.
  • 800 points. Any other army.

Neutral dice will be provided.


Lists for all competitions to denegreen64@gmail.com

Submitted by Sun 7th Feb 2026

Online tickets available here – BADcon tickets

Online entry has a surcharge that will be added at the point of sale

Registration on Saturday from 8.30am.

Games start at 9.30am on Saturday and 9.00am on Sunday

Squarebashing 2025

Squarebashing 2025 is to be Saturday 31st May 2025, at Battlefield hobbies in Daventry.

Any army dated 1915 can be used

Format
Pre-organised games with players playing people they don’t normally play. Other than at the SB days!

Any questions can be raised to me at Simon@rocketsix.co.uk or via the RFCM forum

Tickets can be purchased here

Can you please purchase tickets promptly , just so the venue has an idea on the lunch requirements.

Tickets: £13.50 including lunch

Date: Sat 31st May 2025

Location:
Battlefield hobbies
South March,
Daventry
Northants
NN11 4PH

Event Schedule
09.00-09.25 – Players arrive, welcome.
09:30-12.30 – Games One.
12.30-13:30 – Buffet lunch supplied.
13.30-16.30 – Game Two

Many thanks to Ray for picking up the organisation this year!

Permitted armies are –

  • Austro-Hungarian Early war 1914-15
  • Belgian early war western front 1914
  • British 1914 -15 BEF
  • British Mid-War Western Front 1915-17
  • Bulgarian Army 1915-18
  • Mid War French Army 1915-16
  • German 1914 – 1915.
  • German 1915-16…
  • Italian 1915-18..
  • Germans in East Africa 1914-18.
  • British in East Africa 1914-18.
  • Turkish Army (Europe and Caucasus) 1915-18
  • Turkish Army – Middle East
  • Russian early WW1 1914-15
  • Cossack Host 1900-22..
  • Mexican Federal Army 1914-16
  • Mexican Revolutionary army 1914-16..
  • Chinese Warlord Army 1911-27