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[Captainwaltersavage]

Division B

Captainwaltersavage Macedonian 320-261
defeats
snooky51 Samnite 355-272 + Gallic 300-101

46:20

A fairly open battlefield divided by a stream provided enough interest to get both armies trying to outflank on their left side. The Macedonians had to spread their line to counter the advancing Samnites with their allied warbands. The battles on the flanks went well for the Macedonians allowing the Samnites to crash through the centre of the Macedonian defensive line. Their eagerness for battle was the downfall for the Samnites as their Gallic allies charges after their defeated enemies. Enough victories elsewhere and the stalwart defence by the commander in chief and his phalanx, when assailed form all sides, was enough to tip the balance.

[Captainwaltersavage]

Division B

Captainwaltersavage Macedonian 320-261

defeats

lunecastle Lysimachid 320-281 BC and Seleucid 302

47:10

Hills on the left and centre and a wide open battlefield on the right made for some difficult decisions. I decided to push on my left and bulk up the attack over rough ground with some thorakitai and some phalanxes. hoping the phalanxes would not get zoned out on the plentiful rough ground. The Lysimachids brought a huge number of skirmishers and enough infantry to hold a standard attack. My overwhelming numbers even allowed some lancers to charge through his ranks and disrupt his defence. In the centre it was very even and might have gone either way. on the right I was seriously outnumbered and had to send over my elephant and a couple of thureophoroi to try and shore up my line against the enemy elephant and supporting cavalry. My much smaller number of cavalry had to do a lot of running away behind a convenient lake to just survive. The lysimachids surged through my centre pushing back my front line of inferior troops. Luckily my victorious lancers from the left flank were perfectly placed to flank them as were some other medium spears. On the right the elephants clashed and My Nellie had obviously been training hard and shattered the Lysimachid Elephants in short order. In the ensuing chaos the Lysimachid centre collapsed and it was game over.

[cromlechi]

Div B
cromlechi Polish 1155-1199 AD with German (North/West) 1155
challenges
alexmike1 Castillian/Leonese 1200-1319AD with Arogonese

PW = TDCB

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[cromlechi]

Div B
cromlechi Polish 1155-1199 AD with German (North/West) 1155
challenges
Crusader (1155-1271) w Byzantine
rpadilla1988

PW = TDCB
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[Bagatrix1805]

Div B
Bagatrix1805 German Imperial 1200-1319 with german north west

defeated in an epic match that went the distance 61-55, both sides look absolutely smashed well played to my opponent


cromlechi Polish 1155-1199 AD with German (North/West) 1155

[Bagatrix1805]

Div D
Bagatrix1805 Selucid 166-125BC with Parthian
defeated
excubitor Pyrrhic 274-272
by a score of 61-57 an excellent match and a very close run thing both of us could have routed on the last few turns I got lucky

[harveylh]

Div A

harveylh Berber (Marinid) 1244-1319 AD with Aragonese 1275 defeats Nijis Lithuanian 1100-1299 with Teutonic Order, 52-16

Thanks for the game

[ulysisgrunt]

Division C
ulysisgrunt (Sicilian) caught Solemnace's Baltic Tribes on an open plain and our knights rode them down

Win 41-14

[Karvon]

Div A

Karvon Venetian 1440-1500 AD defeated ChrisTownsend Dailami 1056-1500AD 50-24.

The Dailami deployed their foot along the slopes of a large hill on our right with horse covering their flanks and in reserve.
We sent some of our light horse wide around each flank, which drew off some of his horse. One division of knights followed up this move on our left and destroyed or drove off his opposing horse. One division of knights tackled the center portion of the hill, making a few charges in an attempt to overrun his foot, to no real effect. They were supported by our light foot, which shredded up some of his defending foot. Two divisions tackled the left end of his line and broke through several foot and supporting archers. Part of these divisions also saw off his opposing horse. While we lost a few lights, they did distract and tie up a bit of his horse, and we did lose one of our knights which got flanked in pursuing on our left. The accumulated losses for the Dailami, however, led to their final collapse.

[devoncop]

Division B

devoncop(Khazar 568-737AD) beat Indibil (Palmyran 259-273AD with Arab 312AD Allies)
Game score : 61-44

Tournament Scores :

devoncop : 60 + 17 = 77
Indibil = 44

A wildly fluctuating game that the Kazars look to have lost by turn 12 as their right flank and most of the centre disintegrated. a turning pint was the freakish performance of a unit of Khazar archers which double dropped a unit of Palmyran Cataphracts when the Palmyrans tried to take out the remaining units in rough ground in the left centre. This seemed to give the right flank great heart which swept across and with just two turns remaining put the enemy to flight.

If ever there was an unlikely result this was it. Commiserations to my unlucky opponent.

[jaerho]

Division B

jaerho Spanish (Sertorious) 80-70 BC

defeats

Captainwaltersavage Macedonian 320-261 BC

45-14

Rough hilly terrain gave the Lusitanians the advantage over the Macedonian forces. Sertorious's legionnaires and cavalry held tied down the Macedonian phalanxes on the left flank in a positional duel while the Heavy Caetrati smashed through the Thureophoroi and Thracians.

[Indibil]

Division B

devoncop(Khazar 568-737AD) beat Indibil (Palmyran 259-273AD with Arab 312AD Allies)
Game score : 61-44

Tournament Scores :

devoncop : 60 + 17 = 77

countykgamer = 44

A wildly fluctuating game that the Kazars look to have lost by turn 12 as their right flank and most of the centre disintegrated. a turning pint was the freakish performance of a unit of Khazar archers which double dropped a unit of Palmyran Cataphracts when the Palmyrans tried to take out the remaining units in rough ground in the left centre. This seemed to give the right flank great heart which swept across and with just two turns remaining put the enemy to flight.

If ever there was an unlikely result this was it. Commiserations to my unlucky opponent.

You are too kind Devencop, despite my bad lucky you play a great game. Congrats

[alexhstandish]

Div B

alexhstandish (Anglo Irish) defeated Gort7078 (Anglo Norman) 63;42

A very hard fought battle. The Irish managed to shoot up the Norman lancers enough to then finish them with knights and foot. The dismounted knights were however as super tough as always, surviving multiple enemies and flank charges.

Thanks for a very good game Gort.

[Ironclad]

Division C

Ironclad Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 281-217 BC defeated mcfcivo Graeco-Bactrian 259-130 BC and Saka 300 BC-50 AD allies 43-14

The Graeco-Bactrian cavalry soon established a superiority over their mounted opponents who managed to to hang on whilst the infantry action progressed. With mixed fortunes for the opposing elephants the Carthaginian Spanish and Gallic infantry with their greater numbers eventually overcame their opposition for a decisive victory. Good game, thanks.

[alexmike1]

Div B

alexmike1 Arab (Umayyad) 685-750AD beat Rob123 Indian Rajput 650-1049AD 48-18

The Indians advanced a short distance to a small ridgeline and held it strongly with their infantry. The whole line had a liberal sprinkling of elephants, which caused havoc initially amongst the Arab cavalry in particular. The elephants got carried away by their success, as they often do, and were eventually either sidelined or ganged-up on. This allowed the impact infantry and cavalry of the Arabs to get at the Indian infantry.

Fun game in which I was in serious trouble early on.

[Ironclad]

Division C

Challenges from Ironclad French 888-1049 AD and Viking 790-899 AD allies for:

ulysisgrunt Frankish 751-887 AD pw tdc8

rockmanbob123 Viking 900-1049 AD and French 888-1049 AD allies pw tdc8

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[tyronec]

Div A

tyronec (Roman) defeats Ironclad (Roman) 51-5.
Thanks for the game.

[tyronec]

Div A

tyronec (Byzantine) defeats frederic02 (Byzantine) 43-7.
Thanks for the game.

[Solemnace]

Division C

Solemnace Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD defeats Indibil Seljuq Turkish 1155 - 1307 with Mongol (Ilkhanid) 60-57

Absolutely down to the wire. I finally managed to pull a victory from somewhere by auto routing his Byzantine lancers over the end turn to pull off a quite unexpected victory.

[Solemnace]

Division B

Solemnace Scots (Isles and Highlands) 1320-1493 AD defeats Indibil Polish 1386 - 1454 with Hungarian 1320 68-44

A long tiring game. The Scots successfully routed off the field most of the Polish and Hungarian infantry and dragged down the bulk of the knights only to have to spend many turns running after the rallied infantry and enemy cavalry trying to pin them down enough to force a result. Finally as the day was ending a flank charge forced an auto rout on the last hostile infantry, some light foot archers were chased off the field and some polish mounted crossbowmen fragmented the turn before were caught on their exhausted horses as they failed to run away to finally break and put an end to the fighting. Leaving the exhausted and badly depleted Scots the victors.