686-1036 – When the world battled the Muslim
From the end of the Arab Conquest to the rise of the Seljuk Turks
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What : Mortem et Gloriam Maximus
- Armies and allies must be drawn from the authorized list (see below)
- Players are allowed a budget of no more than 10,000 points
- Lists sent for checking must be the full Excel or Open Calc file, no PDFs
- List checking : Antoine, hoekmanantoine(a)gmail.com, no later than January 11th, 2026
- The 2026 proposals for rules amendments will be used during the event. They can be found here (https://mortem-et-gloriam.co.uk/meg/2026-competition-amendments). A copy of the modified QRS and terrain table will be issued to each player free of charge at the beginning of the event.
When : January 24th & 25th, 2026
- Saturday 24th :
- 09h30 : Doors open, breakfast, coffee and tea served
- 10h00 : Game 1
- 13h15 : Lunch
- 14h00 : Game 2
- Sunday 25th :
- 09h00 : Doors open, breakfast, coffee and tea served
- 09h30 : Game 3
- 12h45 : Lunch
- 13h30 : Game 4
- 17h15 : Hurray to the winners
Where : Institut Sainte-Anne, Rue Bruylants 9, 1040 Etterbeek, Belgium
- Public transportation :
- Metro 1 & 5 at Merode (10 minutes' walk)
- Metro 5 at Thieffry (5 minutes' walk)
- Tramways 7 & 25 at Boileau (8 minutes' walk)
- Possible to park cars in the school yard (Careful as Brussels is in a Low Emission Zone - More info here (https://lez.brussels/mytax/en/))
How : Registration by mail to Antoine, hoekmanantoine(a)gmail.com, no later than January 11th, 2026
Fee : 55€, including breakfast and lunch both days – Paypal payment to jeanluc.vanloo(a)gmail.com (communication : name + IWC 26)
Armies must be dated between 686 CE and 1036 CE. External allies are allowed only if drawn from an army authorized on its own.
List of authorized armies is :
- 22 - Egypt and Judaea
- 31 - Arabia
- 3103 - Khawari
- 3104 - Ummayad in Africa and Spain
- 3105 - Ummayad and Early Abbasid
- 3106 - Andalusian
- 3107 - North African Dynasties
- 3108 - Khurasanian Dynasties
- 3109 - Caliphal Later Abbasid
- 3110 - Regional Later Abbasid
- 3111 - Later Zanj Revolt
- 3112 - Salamiyah Qarmatian
- 3113 - Tulunids and Ikshidids
- 3114 - Bedouin Dynasties
- 3115 - Bahrain Qarmatian
- 3116 - Dailami Dynasties
- 3117 - Baghdad Buyid
- 3118 - Kurdish
- 3119 - Kara-Khanid Khanate
- 3120 - Ghaznavid
- 3121 - Early Fatimid Egyptian
- 32 - Britain
- 33 - Byzantium
- 3301 - Romano-Moorish Kingdoms
- 3307 - Daylamite
- 3317 - Rshtuni Armenian
- 3318 - Thematic Byzantine
- 3319 - Duchy of Naples
- 3320 - Lombard Principalities
- 3321 - Bagratid Armenian
- 3322 - Later Thematic Byzantine
- 3323 - Nikephorian Byzantine
- 34 - Frankia
- 3403 - Basque & Early Navarrese
- 3409 - Later Merovingian Frank
- 3410 - Later Visigoth
- 3412 - Charles Martel Frank
- 3413 - Astur-Leonese
- 3414 - Carolingian
- 3415 - Charlemagne Carolingian
- 3416 - East Frankish
- 3418 - Early Feudal French
- 3419 - Early Holy Roman Empire
- 35 - Steppes & Eastern Europe
- 3509 - Early Khazar
- 3510 - Magygar
- 3511 - Medieval Alan
- 3513 - First Bulgarian Empire
- 3514 - Khazar
- 3516 - Pecheneg
- 3517 - Rus
- 44 - Tang China
- 4402 - Sogdian
- 4403 - Tarim Basin States
- 4404 - Gokturk
- 4406 - Northern Tang China
- 4407 - Tibetan Empire
- 4411 - Turgesh
- 4412 - Uyghur Khaganate
- 4418 - Later Tibetan
- 4419 - Uyghur Successor States
- 47 - India
- 4704 - Late Classical Indian
- 4705 - Rajput Indian
- 4707 - Arab Indian
- 51 - Crusades
- 56 - Holy Roman Empire
- 5601 - Early Communal Italian
- 58 - Reconquista
- 5801 - Early Catalan & Aragon
- 5802 - Taifa Andalusian
- 5803 - Feudal Navarrese
- 59 - Africa
- 5901 - Christian Nubian
- 5902 - Berber
- 5904 - Beja
- 5906 - Abbysinian
- 5907 - Mogadishu Sultanates
- 5908 - Tuareg