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[angusosborne]

Div B

angusosborne (Roman) 32% losses taken
draws with
w251294748 (Thracian) 21% losses taken

We had a fairly rough battlefield. I deployed with Auxilia on a pair of small difficult hills in the centre with legions on either side. The Thracians deployed cavalry and light horse in the centre and their medium foot and light foot on the right, and they went further right into some woods and a very large difficult hill.

I advanced on the right while the Thracian cavalry withdrew, and they probed on my left. Their foot on the hill was impossible for me to defeat, but after 15 or 16 turns they had a maeuvered an overlap and attacked. At turn 22 the Thracians were in the lead, but not were unlikely to win by nightfall I think.

Congratulations to w251294748 for winning the division!

[Hari72]

I regret that my game against Anderarcos will not complete.Last time I played (couple of days ago) the score was 9:0 in my favour.

Thanks for the games to all my opponents and thanks to the organisers, as always

all best

Alex

Idem I played my turn the 29/03 and he didn't replay till now the score was 13:4 in my favor

Thanks for the games to all my opponents and thanks to the organisers, as always

all best

[fogman]

fogman 36
russellgardiner 52

thanks everyone for the games.

[angusosborne]

Here is a recap of my results for the season in Division B – which I think put me a single point behind random27 for second place:

• principesromanes (Armenian (Tigranes) 83-69 BC with Pontic 84-47 BC allies) defeats random27 (Hebrew 681-586 BC with Kushite Egyptian 727-656 BC) 50-25

• principesromanes (Armenian (Tigranes) 83-69 BC with Pontic 84-47 BC allies) defeats FireknightBarcelona (Macedonian 320-261 BC with Greek 280-228 BC allies) 44-13

• principesromanes (Armenian (Tigranes) 83-69 BC with Pontic 84-47 BC allies) defeats Garokan (Syracusan 280-211 BC with Carthaginian 235-136 BC allies) 44-14

• Morat (Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 216-203 BC with Samnite 355-277 BC allies) defeats principesromanes (Armenian (Tigranes) 83-69 BC with Pontic 84-47 BC allies) 61-45

• principesromanes (Armenian (Tigranes) 83-69 BC with Pontic 84-47 BC allies) defeats anderarcos11 (Gallic 100-50 BC with Spanish (Iberian) 300-10BC allies) 61-33

• fredric02 (Roman 199-106 BC with Greek (Western) 280-49 BC allies) defeats Roman 199-106 BC with Greek (Western) 280-49 BC allies 62-36

• principesromanes (Armenian (Tigranes) 83-69 BC with Pontic 84-47 BC allies) defeats Bodhran (Jewish 167-164 BC) 61-51

• principesromanes (Armenian (Tigranes) 83-69 BC with Pontic 84-47 BC allies) defeats GDod (Parthian 250 BC - 225 AD with Selecuid 166-125 BC allies) 50-25

This Armenian army was fun to play. It was fun to take a bunch of irregular foot into some of these battles, and they did sometimes perform adequately (notably against the phalanxes FireknightBarcelona brought). It’s really the imitation legionaries that I most appreciated as backup for my cataphracts – they are pretty affordable heavy foot. It’s also interesting to play an army that has an abundance of light horse but not medium horse archers. This turned out to be quite a competitive army and I really didn’t know if it would be at the start of the season. It’s biggest weaknesses turned out to be armoured opponents (looking at fredric02’s Romans) and elephants (fredric02’s Romans, Morat’s Carthaginians, FireknightBarcelona's Macedonians and Garokan's Carthaginian allies). Surprisingly, this is also an army that is pretty weak on cavalry. It can only bring three non-cataphract, non-light horse (unless you count the scythed chariot). Since I don’t think I ever brought all that cavalry, even frederic02’s Romans could functionally obtain cavalry superiority. However, all the light horse proved adequate in the horse archer battle with GDod’s Parthians.

Thanks everyone for playing and to Angus for coordinating for us.

Very well done, coming in as the lowest ranked player in the division. Obviously the ranking didn't reflect your true ability

[random27]

Div A
i give all my results for this period


tyronec defeats random27 41-7
random27 defeats cheahn 45-10
ianow defeats random27 60-40
random27 defeats aetius39 63-57
stones1985 defeats random27 64-40
fireknightbarcelona defeats random27 65-53
random27 defeats bodhran 42-0
tmac11 defeats random27 63-52

[Morat]

Div B

Game between Morat and anderarcos11. Not finished (indeed very few turns played). No screenshot from the last turn, but if memory serves I'd scored about 5 points to anderarcos11's 2 points. Anderarcos11 may be able to confirm.

M.

[carpenkm]

Spanish (fogman) 62
Rus (egmont) 31

game with ulyssesgrunt was never started
game with russelgardener is finishing up with him ahead.

the game vs Ulysses is scored as a 0 -0 draw.

[Aetius39]

Division A

Aetius (Byzantines) defeats random27 (Andalusians) 47-8


A lot of bad luck fell upon the Andalusians (probably because they worship the wrong god) and it took only a few turns to rout their army. An early example was a Byzantine cavalry broke a unit early and just wrecked havoc on the Andalusian left, chain reacting several other routs. There were other things too, highly unlucky game for my opponent. Thanks for playing!

[Kroche]

Unfinished matches

markleslie vs anderarcos11 - scored 40-15
random27 vs anderarcos11 - scored 40-15
anderarcoss11 vs Cherebuschka - scored 0-0

[OmegaOm]

Thanks For doing all this work , much appreciated

[Captainwaltersavage]

Thanks for dealing with all the logistics. These competitions are a great challenge with determined opponents. A nice surprise to end up at the top - I suspect it was luck as much as judgement. Still plenty for me to learn.

[tyronec]

Well done Captain, good to see you back !

[frederic02]

Div B

Game against Anderarcos11 not finishe. Only 2 turns played 0-0

[Morat]

Thanks to the organisers (and my opponents): and many congratulations to Nosferatu: a very worthy winner of Div B!

[Nosferatu]

Here are those all important matrices for checking. Please do let me know of any mistakes.

I think there is one minor mistake (but should not affect the final order), my game against alexhstandish ended 62:50 with his win, I think the table has it reversed so 12 points less for me and, I think, 24 more for him. Not enough to change anything, but still reporting.

[Nosferatu]

Thanks to the organisers (and my opponents): and many congratulations to Nosferatu: a very worthy winner of Div B!

Thanks to you, all opponents and also thanks to all the people running the TDC. The matches in Dark Ages are always interesting and very dynamic.

[fogman]

russellgardiner got 52
fogman 36,
not vice-versa

[GDod]

As always a playing pleasure of prodigious proportions. Another peerless performance by your person without any pontificating. So, high praise for your perfection Karvon. I'm now off to study my P's and Q's (Q's will be a bigger challenge next time I think!)
Thanks to my opponents for timely turns and the friendly banter and for everyone's dedication and effort.

[Captainwaltersavage]

Thanks. Blame Eric for convincing me to return.

[rockmanbob123]

Final standings are attached in the post above this one.

If games were not reported both players received 0 points (in white)