15mm Ancients League L' Art de la Guerre


The National Wargames League introduced an additional Ancients League in 2017, using the L’Art de la Guerre rules. The 2025 season will continue include a L’Art de la Guerre League.

The teams entered for the 2026 season are:


Team Period 1 Period 2 Period 3
Nice Guys Andy Finkel Steve Nice Paul Firth

Patrician Roman Kingdom of Sicily Catalan Company
Tactical Shenanigans Tim Porter Simon Le Raye Mayer Gordon Jameson

Ostrogoth North African Arab Illkhanid
Warlords Dave Handley Steve Royale Nik Sharpe

Gepid Konstantinian Ilkanid Mongol
Alumwell Ian Speed Mark Fry Mark Clarke

Patrician Roman Kingdom of Sicily Ilkhanid Mongol
Disastrous Planning Dave Allen Peter Webb Dave Saunders

Ostrogoth Kingdom of Sicily Later Byzantine
Milton Keynes Darrell Pearce Harrison Pearce Ian Sewell

Patrician Roman Illkhanid Norman
Mucked and Fuddled Andy Gilbert Jesse Schoor Pete Sanger

Patrician Roman North African Arab Illkhanid
Bristol Pirates Dave Everett Jason Scott Alistair Wright

Ostrogoth Kingdom of Sicily Ilkhanid

1. A team consists of three players. A player playing in each of the 3 periods.
2. Rules L’ Art de la Guerre
3. Only the armies listed in each of the periods may be selected. This is further limited to the time ranges specified for the periods.
4. Allies can only be drawn from the armies listed in the periods.
5. If you want to enter you can either leave a message on the forum or email me at Darrell Pearce Ideally listing team members and team name.

Period 1

608 -580BC Ninevah no more After the fall of the Assyrians


4 Elamite
17 Ancient Bedouin
23 Hebrew
28 Mede
76 Skythian

Period 2

The end of the Selucid empire


42 Selucid
72 Galation
83 Roman Triumverate
102 Parthian – No Suren Indo Parthian
103 Judean Jewish

Period 3

The Tang Restoration of the Silk Road (Japan to the Tarim Basin 626-649)


171 Sui and Tang – Tang dynasty
172 Tibetan
121 Three kingdoms Korean – Silla
122 Kofun-Nara Japanese
139 Sogdian and Central Asian City States
140 Central Asian Turkish