PAPAL STATES ARE NAFF ARMY OF THE YEAR FOR 2011!

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Sun Nov 27, 2011 7:38 am

Oh no . . . look at the "Pope-a-Dopes"! Could it be them?!

......................................P....W....D....L....Pts
1. Skythians....................4....1....0....3....3
2. Bogus Numidians........4....1....1....2....4
2. Papal States...............5....1....1....3....4
4. Later Bulgarians.........4....2....0....2....6
5. Picts............................4....3....0....1....9
5. Khwarazmians............3....3....0....0....9

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 7:26 pm

To finish

Picts (zumHeuriger) v Khwarazmians (Cheerfully Insane) IN PROGRESS
Bogus Numidians (frankpowerful) v Later Bulgarians (TGM) TO START*
Skythians (Ferb) v Khwarazmians (Supervark) IN PROGRESS

* Last call for TGM! If you haven't picked up the challenge by 9pm UK time, Tuesday - then I will play Frank in that match.

TheGrayMouser · Post by **TheGrayMouser** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 8:57 pm

stockwellpete wrote:To finish

Picts (zumHeuriger) v Khwarazmians (Cheerfully Insane) IN PROGRESS
Bogus Numidians (frankpowerful) v Later Bulgarians (TGM) TO START*
Skythians (Ferb) v Khwarazmians (Supervark) IN PROGRESS

* Last call for TGM! If you haven't picked up the challenge by 9pm UK time, Tuesday - then I will play Frank in that match.

Damn, its like big brother breathing down my back

Dont you know we celebrate Turkey day over here, which means 5 days of heavy drinking and the slaughtering of one the most foul of all critters, the malevolent turkey?

I shall start tonite, since your twisting my arm.

Uhh which Bulgarian list is this btw? They have an army in almost every expansion and they are basically the same !

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Mon Nov 28, 2011 9:29 pm

TheGrayMouser wrote: Damn, its like big brother breathing down my back Dont you know we celebrate Turkey day over here, which means 5 days of heavy drinking and the slaughtering of one the most foul of all critters, the malevolent turkey?

I shall start tonite, since your twisting my arm.

Uhh which Bulgarian list is this btw? They have an army in almost every expansion and they are basically the same !

It is the Eternal Empire list, TGM, not the mounted lot though. And it's a crucial match in the tournament so I don't want you playing with cranberry sauce all down your front!

Ferb · Post by **Ferb** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:03 pm

Ferb Scythians 34/44 Supervark Khwarazmians 32/31

A win for the Scythians. Pretty even till my foot archers got into action then weight of numbers won out. Good game though, thanks Supervark.

Ferb

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Thu Dec 01, 2011 9:27 pm

So a very important win for the Skythians saves them from being NAFF army of the year. Just two candidates left now - the Bogus Numidians and the Papal States. If the Bogus Numidians win or draw their last match then the Papal States will "win" the tournament. If the Bogus Numidians lose then they will play off in a paired game with the Papal States to decide the outcome of the tournament.

......................................P....W....D....L....Pts
1. Bogus Numidians........4....1....1....2....4
1. Papal States...............5....1....1....3....4
3. Skythians....................5....2....0....3....6
3. Later Bulgarians.........4....2....0....2....6
5. Picts............................4....3....0....1....9
5. Khwarazmians............4....3....0....1....9

To finish
Picts (zumHeuriger) v Khwarazmians (Cheerfully Insane) IN PROGRESS
Bogus Numidians (frankpowerful) v Later Bulgarians (TGM) IN PROGRESS

Supervark · Post by **Supervark** » Fri Dec 02, 2011 12:24 am

Cheers Ferb good game. Good footwork at the end. I should have concentrated on your cav and stayed away from those archers. There was to many of them.

zumHeuriger · Post by **zumHeuriger** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:40 pm

In a bruising fight, Picts kept pouring out of the woods and over the hills, eventually overwhelming the Khwarzamian defences.

Picts 40/58 vs Khwarzimians 37/31.

I guess that makes the Picts least NAFF

Cheers and thanks for the game Lars.

Tom

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 2:55 pm

So well done to the Picts, they are the least NAFF army in this tournament. So just the one game left to decide the final positions, although there may have to be a paired game play-off.

......................................P....W....D....L....Pts
1. Bogus Numidians........4....1....1....2....4
1. Papal States...............5....1....1....3....4
3. Skythians....................5....2....0....3....6
3. Later Bulgarians.........4....2....0....2....6
5. Khwarazmians............5....3....0....2....9
6. Picts............................5....4....0....1...12

To finish
Bogus Numidians (frankpowerful) v Later Bulgarians (TGM) IN PROGRESS

TheGrayMouser · Post by **TheGrayMouser** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:27 pm

Bulgars 17/42
Numidians 71/67

Frank couldnt stop commenting on how much he enjoyed playing the Numidians

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 6:52 pm

TheGrayMouser wrote:Bulgars 17/42
Numidians 71/67

Frank couldnt stop commenting on how much he enjoyed playing the Numidians

I can just imagine what he was saying!

But what it means is this. We have a play-off!!

......................................P....W....D....L....Pts
1. Bogus Numidians........5....1....1....3....4
1. Papal States...............5....1....1....3....4
3. Skythians....................5....2....0....3....6
4. Later Bulgarians.........5....3....0....2....9
4. Khwarazmians............5....3....0....2....9
6. Picts............................5....4....0....1...12

PLAY-OFF decider (paired game, 500pts, FOW and DM on)
Bogus Numidians v Papal States (raizer v batesmotel)

I hope both of you are available to start these games in the next few days. If , for any reason, you cannot play then please let me know. Every point is crucial, because if the games finish 1-1 then I will go to the aggregate score. Also, a half-time update in each of the two games would be greatly appreciated. It all adds to the excitement!!

batesmotel · Post by **batesmotel** » Sat Dec 03, 2011 9:39 pm

Matched challenges posted for Raizer for the final. Password "finalnaff".

Chris

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Mon Dec 05, 2011 8:14 am

PLAY-OFF decider
Bogus Numidians (raizer) v Papal States (batesmotel) IN PROGRESS
Papal States (raizer) v Bogus Numidians (batesmotel) IN PROGRESS

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Thu Dec 08, 2011 1:14 pm

Any news, chaps? Us Naff-ites are getting a bit restless!

raizer · Post by **raizer** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:17 pm

hell, we will be done by today...

with me as the popes Im out ,and bates as the popes is 2 away from being done, and Im about 12 away. BUT Ive seen comebacks before, so I dare not presume!

ALL I NEED IS ONE more ROUT

batesmotel · Post by **batesmotel** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 3:23 pm

batesmotel(Bogus Numidian) 19/62 - raizer (Papal Condotta) 40/39

The Numidian impact foot (Legionaries and Spanish plus Elephants) did an excellent job of tearing into the Papl foot. Meanwhile the Numidian LH mostly kept the knights entertained with a few losses.

The second game is almost done and looks like it will either be a Numidian victory or a draw (Papal need to lose 2/42 to break, Numidians need to lose 6/72) at the end of my last turn.) The Papal troops managed to catch and pin a lot of the Numidians but not quite enough with the way the dice have gone. In this case the Numidians took no imitation legionaries, just Elephants and the Spanish and Numidian MF.

The Numidians are just about as bad a match for the Papal Condotta list as possible. It's like hunting flies with tanks since the Papal army doesn't get much in the way of decent inexpensive troops and knights, the only really good troops in the Condotta list are bassically over priced overkill against everything in the Numidian list except the elephants. So while it looks like the Papal Condotta will claim the Naffest of all prize, the final was sort of stacked against them.

Chris

raizer · Post by **raizer** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:43 pm

it was a draw

raizer numidians 75/72
batesmotel papal 44/41

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:58 pm

PLAY-OFF decider: final score Bogus Numidians 1 v Papal States 0

The competition has now reached its conclusion and the Papal States army (aka "the Pope-a-Dopes") are NAFF army of the year for 2011. I would like to thank everybody who has contributed to this unusual and very exciting tournament - we actually started qualifying matches back in June! So all that remains to be done now is the closing ceremony where the three worst armies parade briefly on the "podium of shame" before they are taken round the back of the main grandstand and immolated in naptha by Feisal and his merry band of naffatun helpers.

Coming next year: "FAB 2012" (and you should be able to guess what that is going to be about!)

stockwellpete · Post by **stockwellpete** » Mon Dec 12, 2011 8:59 pm

PODIUM OF SHAME

1ST PLACE: PAPAL STATES (SOA)

2ND PLACE: BOGUS NUMIDIANS (ROR)

3RD PLACE: SKYTHIANS (IF)

Supervark · Post by **Supervark** » Tue Dec 13, 2011 5:44 am

Thanks Stockwellpete was a great competition ,if different, please sign me up for the next one.