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[tyronec]

Div A
tyronec Roman 24-196 + Nabataean
challenges
Stones1985 Moorish 350 to 698 AD with Byzantine 493
frederic02 Hephtalites 350-570 AD with sassanid 350-476AD
pw TDC8
PM sent

[Bagatrix1805]

Bagatrix1805 Sassanid Persian 591-628 AD with Arab (Bedouin)
defeated by a score of 54-23
countykgamer Indo-Greek 175 BC-10 AD
thanks for a good game

[Bagatrix1805]

Bagatrix1805 Sassanid Persian 591-628 AD with Arab (Bedouin)
defeated by a score of 47-21
Indibil Palmyran 258 AD - 273 AD with Arab 312 BC

[Solemnace]

Division B

Solemnace Scots (Isles and Highlands) 1320-1493 AD defeats rockmanbob123 French 1484-1500 73-58

The Scots were largely able to rout the French Cavalry on the Scottish Left flank without too much difficulty with only one unit that was fragmented and pinned against the right board edge being all that's left. The French Longbowman were caught by the Scots and routed as well though their light crossbowmen survived though there was some trouble in defeating them as they were supported more ably by the rest of the French Army. The French Left Flank cavalry proved more troublesome with one unit surviving the battle having defeated several Scottish Spearmen units to survive and other formations getting involved in the massive melee in the centre. The French Swiss Keil Pikeman in the centre proved the most troublesome despite being surrounded for most of the later half of the battle. At one point one of them was disrupted and the other fragmented only for both to rally back to steady. Alas for French hopes of an unexpected victory a successful rear charge upon one of the Keils fragmented it and the Scots were able to throw enough bodies upon it to force it to break at last giving the Scots victory at a grievous cost in men. French casualties were barely higher than Scottish ones despite the French suffering many desertions and surrenders.

Basically a quantity army faced a quality army and quantity won at a very high price. Though the quality army is left with only three intact units and one about to break.

[wzfcns]

Div C
wzfcns Byzantine 904-962 defeat Ironclad French 888-1049 AD and Viking 790 40-61.

The Byzantine cavalry divided the enemy into two parts and destroyed them separately.

[harveylh]

Div A

harveylh Bohemian Catholic 1450-1500 AD w/Hungarian allies 1441 challenges Hari72 Indian (Muslim) 1470-1500, password hari, PM sent

harveylh Bohemian Catholic 1450-1500 AD w/Hungarian allies 1441 challenges Karvon Venetian 1440-1500 AD, password karv, PM sent

[frederic02]

Div A

frederic02 (Hephtalites with Sassanid allies) defeat Ulysisgrunt (Romans) 57-32

Thanks for the match.

[Stones1985]

Division A

Stones (Libyan with Sea Peoples Allies) beat IMC (Urartian) by as core of 51 to 14. The Libyan and Sea People Swordsmen proved too strong for the Urartian Spear/bow units.

Thanks for the game.

[Rosedelio]

Div A

Rosedelio (Sumerian) defeats random27 (Egyptian) 46-13

Battle Cars supported by massed archers on a hill did a lot of good work against the Egyptian warbands

[Bagatrix1805]

Bagatrix1805 Babylonian 890-729 BC with Neo-Hittite/Aramaean 890
defeated by a score of 43-10
Indibil Urartian 749 - 585 BC
Thanks for the game

[Karvon]

Div A

Karvon Venetian 1440-1500 AD defeated ulysisgrunt Florentine 1424 56 -16.

The armies met on a rather hilly field. A large, steep hill rose a bit beyond our central sector. Another smaller one lay beyond it.

We deployed a division of crossbowmen at the foot of the hill, screened by some of our light foot. We massed our light horse on the left, supported by the remainder of our light foot. Our knights deployed to the left behind our light screen, supported by a division of cavalry.

The Florentines deployed in a dense block in the center of the field. 4 Swiss pike keils formed their front with a pair of Swiss halbrediers forming up in the rear. Six knights followed up directly behind them.

We pushed our light on the left forward and wheeled towards the center once past the main hill. Our crossbows quickly scrambled up the slopes and deployed along the summit on the right side of the hill facing the Florentines. Our knights slowly made their way along the left side of the hills and then wheeled right to follow up our lights.

The Florentines marched straight down the middle of the field, passing wide of the central hill, and ignoring our troops initially.

Our lights fell in behind them and began a steady fire on the knights, eventually disrupting some of them. The Florentines opened the ranks of their foot, and the knights passed through to escape our fire. Our lights swung out wide and moved around his foot to continue harassing his knights. We sent a couple of our crossbows down the hill to help disrupt his knights. The rest of our crossbow shifted back down the hill to our left, planning to take up position on a smaller hill along the edge from which to shoot. One division of our knights swung wide of the Florentine foot, aiming to follow up and support our lights skirmishing with his knights. The other division reversed course and made its way back around the hill to support our shifting crossbows.

Our wide-ranging lights uncovered a couple of his light horse hidden behind some woods on the far right. In a short fight, we surrounded and saw these off with the support of some of our cavalry.

The Florentine knights got tired of the shooting and attempted to ride down our lights. This scattered them a bit, but they did catch and dispatched a couple. However, the rest surrounded and shredded them with concentrated point-blank fire.

The Swiss foot turned on my nearby crossbow, and one fragmented as it tried to back up the slope to safety. The other got away. I belatedly realized the fast moving Swiss would catch the crossbow I was moving across the open to the hill on the edge, so I headed away for some high ground and rough in the corner instead with the Swiss in hot pursuit. The fragmented unit got caught and broken, but my knights arrived and served as a screen to slow down most of the Swiss. This allowed time for my broken unit to rally and hobble off to safety.

One determined Swiss halbredier chased two of my crossbowmen into the corner of the field where we took up a position on a hill, partially in the rough. The Swiss chopped the one in the open to pieces quite quickly, then laid into the guy in the rough. That proved his undoing as his slower progress allowed one of my knights the time to ride to rescue and flank him, breaking him pretty quickly.

Meanwhile, the main body of the Swiss relentlessly hammered into my screening knights, slowly driving them back. this allowed time for my other knight division, cavalry and lights to slowly surround and harass them. One of the keils finally got disordered on charging our knights. We hit that one from the rear and fragmented it, then swept it away with other knights. We flanked and disordered another one, breaking that with subsequent follow up charges. Our light horse pursued the Swiss to ensure they had no chance to rally, and the Florentines folded.

[Kroche]

Division A


Kroche Carthaginian 490-411BC w Greek 460 48% loss
drew against
Stones1985 Seleucid 166 BC to 125 BC with Parthian 55% loss

Quite hilly map which saw both the armies wheel so axis of facing changed from north/south to east/west. Carthaginians anchored their left flank on a hill as the heavy Seleucid foot moved to attack. Seleucid's had a hill of their own to offer their left protection to support their main advance against Carthaginian left. Initial clashes were through light units. Seleucids had an advantage in light horse and gave the Carthaginians light a bloody nose in the skirmishes between light foot in the centre. As the forces came together the Seleucids had a points advantage, but the more numerous Carthaginian heavy foot gained advantage in the centre and took the lead. Seleucid light forces remained a threat throughout and did well to help protect their remaining forces. At the end the match was as it started, but with fewer numbers, Seleucids had most of their lights remaining to harass the Carthaginians - flank charges stunting the Carthaginians advance and allowing remaining Seleucids to regroup. Both sides came close to victory but it ended a draw. GG

[jaerho]

Div B

jaerho Egyptian (945-720 BC) challenges

Indibil Urartian 749-585
and
SawyerK Syrio-Canaanite 1207-1100 with Egyptian Allies

PMs sent

[dragmio]

Div C

dragmio Polish 1200-1319 with German (North/west)
challenges
NeroWolfe German (South/East) 1200-1319AD

Challenge posted, PM sent.
See you in battle-

Mio

[Karvon]

Current status report. I'll post first rankings next weekend.

[Karvon]

Div A

Karvon Venetian 1440-1500 AD challenges

Hari72 Indian (Muslim) 1470-1500

pw karvon

pm sent

[Hari72]

Div B

Hari72 (Arab Conquest 638 AD)defeated alexhstandish Visigothic 419-621 46-20.

Thanks for the game.

[Hari72]

Div B

Hari72 Arab Conquest 638 -684 AD challenges alexmike1 Arab (Umayyad) 685-750AD
pm sent

[alexmike1]

Div B

alexmike1 Arab (Umayyad) 685-750AD beat alexhstandish Visigothic 419-621 56-21

Both armies had hills on their own rights and the Visgoths held a ridgeline just ahead of the baseline. The first few turns were spent maneuvering for position. The goths sent a cavalry probe to sweep round the Arab hill, which then withdrew when most of the opposing cavalry force redeployed to face them. Eventually, the lines clashed and the Visigothic charge lacked its usual fervour (I was lucky on the impacts). This allowed the Arabs to find enough flanks to win the day.

[alexhstandish]

Div C

alexhstandish (Anglo Irish) defeated dragmio (Polish) 46:17

The Anglo Irish feared a huge number of knight lancers so formed up on the right, and moved into two areas of rough terrain with light troops and longbowmen, adopting a north south line. The Polish army however consisted of mumerous crossbowmen and medium infantry so a tough fight ensued in the foremost rough terrain. Initially the Anglo Irish prevailed, with knights taking out bowmen and a prolonged archery contest taking place beteen crossbows and longbows.

Between the rough areas the battle was decided by a clash of spearmen and knights which the Anglo Irish managed to win.

Thanks for the game dragmio.