New FOGII (April 2018) Campaign Tournament (bbogensc)

[bbogensc]

14 day turn around.

[gamercb]

14 days is fine with me..

[Ludendorf]

Ludendorf (Galatians 280-63BC) defeats Nosy_Rat (Dacians 87AD) 51-21%. 18% attacker casualties, province 22 falls. No attacking armies lost.


The Dacian and Galatian armies met at the gap between two forests, with the larger forest facing the Galatian left extending out north towards the Galatians slightly and the right protected by rocky ground. This suited both armies to some extent; the rocky ground and forest helped to narrow the battlefield and emphasise the infantry battle, which the Galatian army excelled at. However, the forests on both sides of the main line allowed the more loosely formed and flexible Dacian warbands and the deadly Scythian lancers to be hidden.

This meant that King Ludendorf was unable to tell which side of the battleline the Dacian general had positioned his lancers, and had to carefully balance his flanks to avoid danger. In the event, Ludendorf decided to balance his left and his right. However, he recognised that the forest overhang on that side of the battlefield, which was much larger than the forest on the other side of the Dacian line, was an excellent place to hide ambushers and likely where the Dacians would hide the greatest part of their army. He placed his best cavalry, the armoured Galatians, on this side as a result. This decision would prove critical to the battle as it unfolded.

The picked Galatian warbands quickly drove the Dacian skirmishers back towards their lines. Ludendorf's army had been campaigning in German Skythia, and they were used to moving forward under provocation without breaking their lines. As his army pushed into the Dacian line, which was manned from end to end with falxmen, Ludendorf pulled his infantry in away from the forest edge, shying away from the extremes of the Dacian line. This was to avoid exposing them to trouble from the forest, which Ludendorf again suspected contained many warbands that would have an advantage if allowed to fight from the forest's edge. He had units of Gallic allies behind the Galatians, both infantry and cavalry, ready to exploit points in the line the Galatians broke through. These units proved critical, frustrating the Dacian reserves and ensuring that the Galatian warbands could continue to break through unmolested. Despite these odds, the Dacian falxmen fought on grimly for some time.

As the day went on, the Galatians began to get the upper hand on their right flank, the Dacian skirmishers and cavalry steadily being driven from the field despite a deadly attack from the forest by warbands and lancers, which would have spread panic had the Dacian warbands not lost formation and been broken as they tried to emerge from the trees. In the centre, despite fighting bravely, the Dacian falxmen were inevitably driven back by their more numerous Galatian foes. It was at this point that the Dacian lancers and warbands were unleashed on the left. The sudden Dacian onslaught almost crushed the Galatian flank, and many of the Gallic warbands and Galatian cavalry contingents were sent fleeing from the field. The remainder clung on however, the veteran Galatian armoured cavalry fighting almost to the last man in order to save the battle for their king, and as the centre and left of the Dacian line finally crumbled away, the Dacian army began to disengage and retreat, disheartened, from the field. The exhausted Galatian cavalry were in no state to contest this.

The Dacians were forced to retreat from the north towards their capital, Sarmizegetuza, losing most of what had been their core territories less than a decade ago. However, they still controlled a mighty kingdom that covered the old Hellenic lands of Macedonia, Thessaly, and much of Western Anatolia. The war between Galatia and Dacia was just beginning...

[Cunningcairn]

NosyRat's Dacia 28 falls to Cunningcairn's Ptolemaic armies by 16% to 41%. Ptolemaic armies all survive having conceded 12% casualties.

[bbogensc]

Persia attack 40-0
Dacia attack 46-16

Both players are on +tiebreak alternate, look to win% differential. Province captured by Persia.

[RagnarOneTooth]

19 Pyrrhic Ragnaronetooth wins over Rome batesmotel 53 vs 28 final losses 15% pyrrhic 54% rome
The romans advanced onto a hill engaging the pyrrhic cav and light troops as they committed more forces to the developibg battle on the left, the pyrrhic pike broke from their defensive formation and pushed on the romans and up the hill driving the romans from the field, despite their stiff resistance and heroic efforts.

[Nosy_Rat]

Dacians defeat Syracusans 57 to 32 (58 to 23 final casualties) and re-liberate Greece 26.

[Cunningcairn]

In Jewsh 46 bbogensc's Persians led by Ariabian armies surrender to the Ptolemaic's Jewish allies. Ptolemaic armies successfully defend Jewish 46 without army losses.

[Cunningcairn]

The Ptoemaic army defeats the Carthaginians to conquer Numidia 51 by 16% to 42% suffering 12% casualties and hence losing no armies.

Meanwhile on the other side of the border the Carthaginians are slowly crushing the Ptolemaic army in Ptolemaic 50 who are desperately holding on for a draw.

[Ludendorf]

Ludendorf defeats paulmcneil 16-45%. 15% attacker casualties. No attacking armies lost, Britannia 8 falls.
Ludendorf defeats paulmcneil 31-56%. 17% attacker casualties. No attacking armies lost, Ireland falls.

The superior discipline of the Galatian warbands and armoured cavalry prove decisive here.

[nyczar]

In another tense game, Rome has broken through the Pyrrhic defenses to sack the cities of Epirus and take province 21, 57 -29%, Roman casualties were 20% resulting in a loss of 1 199-106BC army.

Thanks for an exciting battle.

[Najanaja]

Carthage (Najanaja) defeats Ptolemaic (Cunningcairn) 46% - 11% (49/13 actual) to capture Province 50.

A hard-fought, grinding defensive battle.

[Cunningcairn]

Ptolemaic forces hold off the Antigonid invaders in Antigonid34 defeating them by 27% to 57%. With 17% casualties they lose no armies.

[bbogensc]

Turn 8 Begin

Orders due 6/17 1500GMT

The battle in Macedonia25 is a draw on time.

[bbogensc]

*14 day turn

Battle List Turn 8

(1) 4x4 Ludendorf (Gaul 300BC) v Scotland paulmcneil (ancient british)
(2) 4x5 Ludendorf (Galatia 280BC) v South Skythia bbogensc (Armenian Tigranes)
(3) 4x3 Kabill (Spanish) v Carthage52 najanaja (Hannibal in Africa)
(4) 2x1 najanaja (Hannibal in Africa) v Numidia51 Ptolemaic (Ptolemaic 166BC)
(5) 4x4 cunningcairn (Ptolemaic 166BC) v Egypt50 najanaja (Hannnibal in Africa)
(6) 5x1 batesmotel (Punic Roman) v Province19 ragnaronetooth (pyhric)
(7) 4x5 ragnaronetooth (pyhric) v Dacia22 Ludendorf (Galatian280BC)
(8) 4x6 ragnaronetooth (Pyhric) v North Skythia Ludendorf (Galatia 280BC)
(9) 4x2 Nosy_rat (Dacia 89AD) v Greece27 morbio (Syracuse)
(10) 8x1 bbogensc (Persian 480BC) v Seleucid38 Nosy_rat (Dacia 89AD)
(11) 4x5 cunningcairn (Ptolemaic 320BC) v Bosporus29 Nosy_Rat (Dacia 89AD)
(12) 4x1 Cunningcairn (Ptolemaic 166BC) v Nabatean Home bbogensc (Persian 419BC)
(13) 4x8 Cunningcairn (Ptolemaic 166BC) v Arabian41 bbogensc (Armenian Tigranes)
(14) 2x1 bbogensc (Persian 480BC) v Judea46 cunningcairn (Jewish Revolt 66AD)
(15) 4x2 cunningcairn (Ptolemaic 320BC) v Antigonid33 gamercb (Antigonid)
(16) 3x2 bbogensc (Armenian Tigranes) v Slave42 gamercb (Slave Revolt)

[bbogensc]

On the large scale battles that have occurred this turn (where battles are 4x4 or greater), if you draw out or get a defensive win, the opponent loses the same number as armies in the other army, not all if greater. All armies are lost on a defense loss of a province or in a 4x4 meet at border.

On other small scale battles, on a defense win, attacker loses the number of armies participating in the battle, no more tgan x4.

I will clarify this in the rules and add illustrations on my next update.

[RagnarOneTooth]

batesmotel what's the password for our game, (ludendorf games underway)

[Nosy_Rat]

In Greece Dacians defeat Syracusans 43-11 (11% to 50% casualties).

EDIT: Also, Dacians defeat Ptolemeic invasion - 65-55 (25% to 57% casualties).

[Cunningcairn]

15) 4x2 cunningcairn (Ptolemaic 320BC) defeats Antigonid33 gamercb (Antigonid) by 12% to 40% taking Antigonid 33 without any army losses.

[bbogensc]

Seleucid38 Persian defeats Dacia 40-9
Skythia Persia draws Galatian
Judea36 Persia defeats Ptolemy 49-8
Arabia41 Persia defeats Ptolemy 54-23, 13% casualties
Slave42 Persia defeats Antigonid 45-9
Nabatean home Persia defeats Ptolemy 41-12