Companions Cup V-The Barbarians are Coming

[hidde]

Gentlemen, start your engines!
The long awaited fifth Companions Cup is about to start.

The teams:
Britis Isles - ianiow (capt), Maharg25, Triarius, ericdoman1, Morbio
Europe - Tiavals (capt), hidde, Sharkall, Lysimachos, solly.
North America - batesmotel(capt), TheGrayMouser, iversonjm, klayeckles, todd645.
Rest of the World - claymore (capt), rexhurley, massina_nz, Fedem and macsen.


Armies:
Huns(Attila)
Gepids
Early Visgoths
Foederate Roman(west)
Foederate Romans(east)

The choice of armies are inspired by the Battle of the Catalaunian Plains http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ch%C3%A2lons


Standings after Companions Cup I-IV (1st place-4p, 2nd-2p, 3rd-1p, 4th-0p).
British Isles - 12p
ROTW - 7p
North America - 5p
Europe - 4p


Reminder of rules, new armies and terrain

This will be a team event with teams representing 4 world regions; British Isles (UK & Ireland), Europe (excluding British Isles), North America (US & Canada) and Rest of World (all other places). .

Tournament Format

All teams will play against each other, hopefully this will make the final games even more exciting.

As before there will be a random draw to decide which teams are home and away

Teams, Captains and Selection

The teams;
Hannibal (representing British Isles) will be captained by ianiow
Caesar (representing North America) will be captained by batesmotel
Pyrrhus (representing Europe) will be captained by Tiavals
Alexander (representing RotW) will be captained by claymore

Each team will consist of 5 players.

The captain of each team;

- will determine which army each of his players commands.
- will have some influence regarding which armies fight each other (more later)
- may want to give guidance regarding army composition and tactics


Armies, Points and Terrain

The 5 armies for this tournament will be 600 points and are;
- Huns(Attila)
- Gepids
- Early Visgoths
- Foederate Roman(west)
- Foederate Romans(east)


ALL ALLIES CAN BE USED


The terrain (with match number) for this tournament are;
1. Open
2. Mixed
3. Crowded
4. Mixed
5. Open

Determination of Matches

The match-up of all 5 armies will be determined before any battles begin. The process for doing this is as follows;
- The captain of the away team will nominate an army to fight match number 1.
- After seeing the enemy army the captain of the home team will then nominate an army to fight match number 1. He will also propose an army to fight match 2.
- After seeing the enemy army the captain of the away team will then nominate an army to fight match number 2. He will also propose an army to fight match 3.
- After seeing the enemy army the captain of the home team will then nominate an army to fight match number 3. He will also propose an army to fight match 4.
- After seeing the enemy army the captain of the away team will then nominate an army to fight match number 4.
- Match 5 is determined by what's left.

N.B. A captain may not chose the same army for any match (i.e. civil war) unless it is the 5th match.
Foederate Roman(west) and Foederate Roman(east) are not considered civil war in this context.

Both captains will then assign their players to the armies and PM them to me. I will publish them once I have received both selections.

Players then create their respective 600 point armies.

Each home player creates his battle (with FoW and double moves on), PMs his opponent and fights the battle. Note: This relies on both players to select the same terrain for the battle!

The winner should publish the results on this forum.

Determination of Tournament winner:

Matches: Between teams.
Games: Between players.

Points for games:
1 for a win, 0,5 for a draw, 0 for a loss. Winner of a match is the team with 3pts or more.
Points for matches:
2 for a win, 1 for a draw, 0 for a loss.
Winner of the tournament:
The team with most match points,
if equal the team with best ratio of game points for-against,
if equal the team with best ratio of breakpoints taken-lost,
if equal the team with most breakpoints taken.

Anders

[hidde]

The Draw

The first team signifies home advantage

Round 1

North America vs British Isles
Europe vs Rest of the World


Round 2

British Isles vs Europe
Rest of the World vs North America


Round 3

British Isles vs Rest of the World
North America vs Europe



Captains can start assigning armies to the players and nominate an army for the first match in each round where they are the away team.
If we get this done and all players are back from vacation lets aim for first game to be started August 15th.

Anders

[hidde]

[ianiow]

Round 1

North America vs British Isles

The Brits will field Gepids for the first battle.

[batesmotel]

Round 1: NA vs Brit
Game 1: Gepids(Brit) vs Huns(NA) - open
Game 2: Visigoths (NA) vs ? (Brits) - mixed

[ianiow]

Round 1: NA vs Brit
Game 1: Gepids(Brit) vs Huns(NA) - open
Game 2: Visigoths (NA) vs W Romans(Brits) - mixed
Game 3: Visigoths(Brits) vs ? (NA) - crowded

[batesmotel]

Round 1: NA vs Brit
Game 1: Gepids(Brit) vs Huns(NA) - open
Game 2: Visigoths (NA) vs W Romans(Brits) - mixed
Game 3: Visigoths(Brits) vs E Roman-(NA) - crowded
Game 4: W Romans(NA) vs ? (Brits) - mixed

[ianiow]

Round 1: NA vs Brit
Game 1: Gepids(Brit) vs Huns(NA) - open
Game 2: Visigoths (NA) vs W Romans(Brits) - mixed
Game 3: Visigoths(Brits) vs E Roman-(NA) - crowded
Game 4: W Romans(NA) vs E Romans(Brits) - mixed
Game 5: Huns(Brits) vs Gepids(NA) - open

I guess it's time to match the players to the armies now.

[Tiavals]

Quick question, we are to set the matches for Round 2 and 3 as well, then?

[hidde]

Quick question, we are to set the matches for Round 2 and 3 as well, then?

Sure..."nominate an army for the first match in each round where they are the away team".
For you it would be vs British Isles in the second round and vs North America in the third.

[hidde]

Can I ask claymore and tiavals to start nominate armies for the matches like ianiow and batesmotel have done for the first round.
claymore, you go first.

I see no hindrance for doing this with round 2 & 3 as well.

Was hoping we could start this Aug 15.

Anders

[Tiavals]

Round 2 Brits vs EU
Game 1: - Huns(EU) vs ? - Open


Round 3 North America vs Europe
Game 1: Foederate Roman Empire(Western)(EU) vs ? - Open

[claymore58]

Round 1
Europe vs Rest of the World

Game 1: Huns(ROTW) vs ?(EU) - open

[Tiavals]

Round 1
Europe vs Rest of the World

Game 1: Huns(ROTW) vs Foederate Romans East(EU) - open
Game 2: Huns(EU) vs ROTW ? - mixed

[hidde]

Round 1
Europe vs Rest of the World

Game 1: Huns(ROTW) vs Huns(EU) - open
Game 2: Foederate Romans(East)(EU) vs ROTW ? - mixed

No civil war unless it's the last game.
From the rules:
"A captain may not chose the same army for any match (i.e. civil war) unless it is the 5th match.
Foederate Roman(west) and Foederate Roman(east) are not considered civil war in this context."

[Tiavals]

Round 1
Europe vs Rest of the World

Game 1: Huns(ROTW) vs Huns(EU) - open
Game 2: Foederate Romans(East)(EU) vs ROTW ? - mixed

No civil war unless it's the last game.
From the rules:
"A captain may not chose the same army for any match (i.e. civil war) unless it is the 5th match.
Foederate Roman(west) and Foederate Roman(east) are not considered civil war in this context."

Sorry boss.

[hidde]

[claymore58]

So my Hun's are good but Tiavals are bad. Who ever heard of a "good" Hun?

So who is the replacement challenger?

Claymore

[Tiavals]

So my Hun's are good but Tiavals are bad. Who ever heard of a "good" Hun?

So who is the replacement challenger?

Claymore

I edited my post, it's Eastern foederate.

[claymore58]

Round 1
Europe vs Rest of the World

Game 1: Huns(ROTW) vs Foederate Romans East(EU) - open
Game 2: Huns(EU) vs Foederate Roman West (ROTW) - mixed
Game 3: Visigoths (ROTW) vs ? (EU) - crowded