Rise of the Turks

13th and 14th June 2026 at Battlefield Hobbies, Daventry, UK

Tickets available at - https://battlefieldhobbies.co.uk/our-events/rise-of-the-turks-mortem-et-gloriam/

Scale and Theme

Scale: 15mm Maximus

Theme: 10,000 pts - Age of the Turks to the rise the Seljuq Empire
533 CE to 1055 CE

The 2026 competition amendments and lists will be used.

List Checker - Nik Gaukroger: nikgaukroger@blueyonder.co.uk
Lists by Friday 29th May 2026 please.  Send the whole army builder spreadsheet and not just a PDF (or similar).

Please bring a gaming mat/cloth.

Game Duration

All games will be 3hrs 15 minutes

Games Timings

Four games as follows:

Saturday: 
Game 1: 09:30 – 12:45
Game 2: 13:30 – 16:45

Sunday: 
Game 3: 09:00 – 12:15
Game 4: 13:00 – 16:15

Allowed Armies

The following armies are allowed. Lists dated between 533 CE and 1055 CE (inclusive).
No limitations on allowed allies even though this will allow combinations that are not strictly realistic, but it increases options.

The Steppes and Eastern Europe

3501 Southern Slav 476 to 896 CE
3502 Eastern Slav 476 to 985 CE
3504 Bavarian 550 to 788 CE
3505 Avar 553 to 826 CE
3506 Early Bulgar 559 to 680 CE
3508 Carantanian 626 to 745 CE
3509 Early Khazar 630 to 737 CE
3510 Magyar 650 to 997 CE
3511 Medieval Alan 651 to 1500 CE
3512 Volga Bulgar 675 to 1237 CE
3513 First Bulgarian Empire 681 to 1018 CE
3514 Khazar 738 to 968 CE
3516 Pecheneg 850 to 1122 CE
3517 Rus 860 to 1054 CE
3519 Early Polish 960 to 1100 CE
3520 Early Hungarian 997 to 1100 CE
3521 Cuman or Kipchak 1054 to 1394 CE


The Three Kingdoms

4311 Goguryeo Korean 313 to 668 CE
4313 Rouran Khaganate 330 to 555 CE
4315 Northern Dynasties 439 to 577 CE
4316 Western Wei and Northern Zhou 535 to 581 CE


Tang China

4401 Pre Dynastic Khitan 432 to 1000 CE
4402 Sogdian 500 to 730 CE
4403 Tarim Basin States 500 to 1063 CE
4404 Gokturk 550 to 774 CE
4405 Sui China 581 to 623 CE
4406 Tang China - Northern 618 to 763 CE
4407 Tibetan Empire 618 to 840 CE
4408 Tang China - Central 623 to 763 CE
4411 Turgesh 699 to 1175 CE
4412 Uyghur Khaganate 744 to 860 CE
4413 Late Tang China - Northern 764 to 884 CE
4416 Early Shatuo 808 to 907 CE
4417 Tribal Mongolian 840 to 1100 CE
4418 Later Tibetan 841 to 1065 CE
4419 Uyghur Successor States 860 to 1330 CE
4420 Ten Kingdoms China 885 to 975 CE
4421 Five Dynasties China 885 to 979 CE
4422 Later Shatuo 908 to 923 CE


Arabia

3102 Arab Conquest 638 to 685 CE
3103 Khawarij 658 to 873 CE
3105 Umayyad and Early Abbasid 685 to 830 CE
3108 Khurasanian Dynasties 821 to 1003 CE
3114 Bedouin Dynasties 890 to 1500 CE
3117 Baghdad Buyid 946 to 978 CE
3119 Karakhanid Khanate 960 to 1211 CE
3120 Ghaznavid 962 to 1187 CE
3121 Early Fatimid Egyptian 969 to 1073 CE
3122 Seljuk Turk 1037 to 1090 CE


Balkans and the Pontic Steppe

2111 Alan 60 to 650 CE


Byzantium

3304 Sabir 450 to 582 CE
3305 Langobard 489 to 584 CE
3306 Sassanid Persian 489 to 628 CE
3307 Daylamite 489 to 899 CE
3309 Early Byzantine 493 to 578 CE
3310 Maurikian Byzantine 575 to 650 CE
3311 Italian Lombard 584 to 774 CE
3312 Heraklian Byzantine 622 to 628 CE
3313 Early Serbian 627 to 1042 CE
3314 Early Croatian 627 to 1097 CE
3316 Late Sassanid Persian 629 to 654 CE
3318 Thematic Byzantine 650 to 929 CE
3320 Lombard Principalities 775 to 1076 CE
3321 Bagratid Armenian 885 to 1045 CE
3322 Later Thematic Byzantine 930 to 963 CE
3323 Nikephorian Byzantine 960 to 1058 CE


Frankia

3407 Austrasia 562 to 639 CE
3414 Carolingian 741 to 888 CE
3415 Charlemagne Carolingian 768 to 814 CE


Ostsiedlung

5701 Early Russian 1055 to 1246 CE


Genghis

4502 Khitan-Liao 927 to 1125 CE
4505 Western Xia 1038 to 1227 CE


Persia, India and Iran

2615 Hephthalite 356 to 625 CE

Link for tickets added.

Entries to date:

Nik Gaukroger
Phillip Powell
Peter Bettany
Keith Spedding
Thomas Worden
Tommy Worden
Benjamin Allen
Gareth Evans

Reminder:

List Checker - Nik Gaukroger: nikgaukroger@blueyonder.co.uk

Lists by Friday 29th May 2026 please.  Send the whole army builder spreadsheet and not just a PDF (or similar).

Entries to date:

Nik Gaukroger
Phillip Powell
Peter Bettany
Keith Spedding
Thomas Worden
Tommy Worden
Benjamin Allen
Gareth Evans
Stephan Stead
Robin Spence
Rees Taylor

Lists due Friday 29th May reminder.

Runners and Riders

As you can see we are an odd number so if anyone would like to come and play you would be most welcome. I'm sure we can sort out single day if the whole weekend is not possible - drop me a line at nikgaukroger@blueyonder.co.uk