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[lunecastle]

Div B

Lunecastle defeats Garokan 41-16 .

GG. All the best, Lunecastle

[SirMichael]

Hello, I am available for a Division C challenge.

[SirMichael]

Division B

SirMichael challenges rockmanbob123

Danes 1488 - 1500 (SirMichael)
vs
French 1484 - 1500 (rockmanbob123)

password = rock

[Ironclad]

For wulf85

Division C

Ironclad French 888-1049 AD and Viking 790-899 AD allies challenges wulf85 Rus 960-1053 AD and Viking 900-1049 AD allies

Password: TDC8

PM sent

[Ironclad]

For excubitor

Division C

Ironclad French 888-1049 AD and Viking 790-899 AD allies challenges excubitor Byzantine 600-649 AD

Password: TDC8

PM sent

[excubitor]

Division D
excubitor (Pyrrhic 274-273 BC) - vs - countykgamer (Macedonian 355-329 BC + Greek Allies 460-281 BC)
excubitor won: 41 - 13

The battlefield was plain on the right of the Macedonians, where they placed a significantly higher number of phalanxes than the Pyrrhic army. The center of the map had a marsh, a hill (favoring the Pyrrhic army), and a small forest. Macedonian skirmishers dominated the marsh while Pyrrhic light troops took cover in the forest. Fighting started on the left of the Macedonian army, on the slopes of a dominating hill. There, a Pyrrhic cavalry charge turned into a disaster, costing them 2 elite cavalry units. Both sides tried to dominate the center of the battlefield, but the Pyrrhic army had more units there. As the Macedonian right pushed forward, Pyrrhic's left withdrew to a more advantageous position on a small hill. In the end, Macedonian phalanxes were engaged one by one and slowly defeated, while in the center, Pyrrhic troops managed to hold their ground despite their losses. A lot of maneuvering and some bad luck for the Macedonian cavalry turned this battle into a victory for the Pyrrhic army, which was closer than the score can tell.

[Ironclad]

For Stones1985

Division A

Ironclad Roman 379-424 AD and Hunnic (Western) 250-375 AD allies challenges Stones1985 Moorish 350-698 AD and Byzantium 493-550 AD allies

Password: TDC8

PM sent

[NeroWolfe]

NeroWolfe German (South/East) 1200-1319AD won against dragmio Polish 1200-1319 with German (North/west)
Score: 57% vs 63%

At the last second, couple of units remembered their oaths to the king, and returned to fight.

[Rob123]

Div. B

Rob123 Indian Rajput 650-1049AD challenges IMC Rus 960-1053 with Viking 900

PW Last PM sent

[Morat]

Div A

Morat (Frankish) challenges

markleslie Khorasanian 821-1003 AD with Dailami
Stones1985 Arab (Umayyad) 685 to 750 AD

PW: goth
PM: on its way.

M.

[Morat]

Div A

Morat (Galatians)

challenges Stones1985 (Selucids + Parthians)

PW: goth

PM: on its way

M.

[lydianed]

Div A

lydianed (Gepids) defeats ulysisgrunt (Romans + Germanic Horse) 45-18

Gepids offered too much in the way of missile power and mobility and came out best in the cavalry battle. GG.

[principesromanes]

Division C

principesromanes (Lithuanian 1100-1299 AD with Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD allies) defeats gort7078 (Anglo-Norman 1072-1154 AD) 45-11

The Anglo-Norman force held behind a forest on a hill, but that was unable to protect them against the Lithuanian archers.

[principesromanes]

principesromanes (Lithuanian 1100-1299 AD with Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD allies) defeats NeroWolfe (German (South/East) 1200-1319 AD) 36-0 (surrendered, so I believe scored 40-0)

The map had a fairly large lake right in the middle of it. On one side it was open. On the other side there was a large rough patch. The Germans deployed with their knights on the open side, and their weaker but more numerous infantry flank defending the rough. The Lithuanians fully committed to fighting in the rough, and some archery weakned much of the German infantry before contact, ensuring the German medium foot quickly collapsed. That left the flank open on some dismouted men at arms, who in any event, had started fighting in the rough because they had no other option to engage the enemy.

Meanwhile, the German knights rode the long way around the lake – only to find their opponents sitting in rough terrain and waiting with arrows.

Thanks for the game!

[principesromanes]

principesromanes (Lithuanian 1100-1299 AD with Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD allies) defeats Asterix_von_TWC (Byzantine 1155-1204 AD with Crusader 1155-1291 AD allies) 47-10

The Byzantine army led with some knights, which looked rather scary to the Lithuanian archers and Baltic foot allies, especially since the Byzantine advance prevented the Lithuanian army reaching and anchoring itself in a patch of rough on one side of the battlefield. The Lithuanian army deployed in echelon, with the more forward flank fairly bristling with archers supported by Baltic foot, while the other wing was far more loosely held with cavalry alone – ready to give ground if needed.

However, as the Byzantine army led with its knights, the stronger Lithuanian wing was able to pummel them with arrows, causing most to disrupt before contact. Most of the knights on that wing lacked sufficient support and did not last long. Meanwhile, the knights on the other wing drove off some Lithuanian cavalry, and happily chased it to the edge of the map while the main battle occurred.

When the Byzantine infantry arrived, the victorious archers were in a position to welcome it with another volley or two of arrows, but at this point mostly relied on superior numbers (and maneuverability) to envelop and outflank.

Thanks for the game!

[Antivirt]

Division D
Antivirt defeated Asterix_von_TWC 62-38

[principesromanes]

principesromanes (Lithuanian 1100-1299 AD with Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD allies) defeats solemnace (Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD) 40-8

The Lithuanians again deployed in echelon, with a fortuitous deployment resulting in my stronger wing being on the opposite side of the battle field from the Baltic picked warriors. In pressing hard on my preferred flank, I even managed to sneak some Lithuanian cavalry around the rear of the horde or opposing Baltic foot. Coupled with one or two disruptions on the opposing Baltic foot before making contact, the battle was off to a solid start.

Until first contact, where one of my far fewer Baltic foot promptly decided to fragment on contact and thus quickly broke, exposing the Lithuanian archers to the horde of opposing Baltic foot. Fortunately, the archers held better and were able to await help from my flanking cavalry, thus starting to roll up that wing of the Baltic army. And, as I was very well aware at that point, warriors can collapse very quickly.

Meanwhile, I managed to anchor my weaker flank on a steep hill. This had the unusual result of allowing my Lithuanian light spear cavalry to hold against the opposing picked Baltic foot.

Definitely an interesting match up and thanks for the game! A nice break from all the knights that seem to go running around in these battles.

[Bagatrix1805]

Bagatrix1805 German City NW 1488-1500 w German feudal allies 1490-1500 defeated
Nijis Polish 1455-1500 with Lithuanian by a score of 61-42 thanks for a very challenging match good luck in your other games

[Bagatrix1805]

Div B
Bagatrix1805 Khurasanian 821-1003 with Dailami
challenges
grahamed Andalusian (756 - 1049AD) with Spanish (718-899)
rpadilla1988 Byzantine 988-1041
Hari72 Arab Conquest 638 -684 AD
SimonLancaster Turkish 600-1036 AD + Arab (Umayyad)
Asterix_von_TWC Frankish 751-887 with Frankish Continental 600
pm sent pw is 1805

[Nijis]

Div A

Nijis (Lithuanians/Teutonic knights) defeats Triarii (Castilians/Leonese) 46-12.

The Castilians fielded a large force of knights backed by jinetes, and other skirmishers and a handful of Muslim mercenaries. After some maneuvering, both sides were drawn into a chaotic melee on the open ground, which should have seen the Lithuanian bowmen and their spear-armed horsemen crushed by the armored Spanish knights. Everywhere, though, it was as if the Iberian lances were blunted, with Lithuanian horse, foot spears and even bowmen standing their ground and wearing the knights down. The Lithuanians could only attribute their victory to the intervention of Perkunas, and their Teutonic allies to the whims of fortune.

Very hard to say how this one would have gone had not the Lithuanians received very luck die rolls.