The Dustbin

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[Nosy_Rat]

Division A

Nosy_Rat (Cimmerian) defeats Cunningcairn (Egyptian) 61-51.

(3-1)

[Blagrot]

Division F

Blagrot - Samnite 355-272 BC with Italian Hill Tribe allies beat Morat - Roman 199-106 BC with Greek 227-146 BC allies 74%-41%

The Roman got off to a bad start when the Velites failed to outrun anything for a couple of turns but smashed most of the Samnite centre. One flanking move was held up (all game!) by some extremely stubborn Triarii who routed 2 units of Italian foot and fragmented another, fortunately for me the other flank did it's job and the still enaged Romans collapsed under mass flank charges. Thanks for the game

[stockwellpete]

You have important PM to answer.

[DanZanzibar]

Division E

DanZanzibar (Dailami 928-1055 AD with Armenian 885-1045 AD allies) defeated Stew101 (Arab Conquest 638 - 684 AD) 62-52

Absolutely my favourite match of the season so far against a very dangerous opponent. I think we both found the match to be fun and constantly challenging. In the end, the one factor that may have tipped the balance was the superiority of numbers. It should be said, though, that in a match this tight, a few rolls of the dice can change the outcome very quickly.

Thanks again Stew! I look forward to facing off against you next time!

(3-1)

[Questar17]

Division A

Questar17 - Ostrogoth 493-561 AD with Frankish 496-599 AD allies beat ConstantinIX - Byzantine 551-578 AD 49:17

Good game on quite narrow battlefield where flanking/ rear maneuvers happened mostly after chaotic pursuits of cavalry. and i was luckier with that...

thx for the game and see you again soon

[IMC]

Division B

IMC - Samnite 355-272 BC with Gallic 300-101 BC allies has beaten paulmcneil - Etruscan 330–280 BC with Samnite 355-272 BC allies Score: 67% to 30%

Thanks for the game.

Ian

[DanZanzibar]

Division F

DanZanzibar (Carthaginian 235-146 BC with Spanish 300-10 BC allies) defeats Morat (Roman 199-106 BC with Greek 227-146 BC allies) 41-7

Thanks to my opponent for the match. Best of luck with your remaining games!

[SawyerK]

In Division C SawyerK (Egyptian 664-571 BC with Assyrian allies) has challenged SpeedyCM (Median 626-550 BC). PW sent by PM.

[Cunningcairn]

Division B

Cunningcairn - Arab, City 300-633 AD with Sassanid Persian 591-628 AD allies beat Karvon - Roman 24 BC–196 AD with Jewish 64 BC–6 AD allies by 50% to 24%

[Cunningcairn]

Division B
Cunningcairn - Arab, City 300-633 AD with Sassanid Persian 591-628 AD allies
challenges
Schweetness101 - Byzantine 551-578 AD
PW is later
PM sent

[Schweetness101]

Division A

Schweetness101 – Carthaginian, Hannibal in Italy 216-203 BC with Samnite 355-272 BC allies defeats harveylh - Ptolemaic 55-30 BC with Roman 105-25 BC allies 72:48

gg to harvey

[harveylh]

Division A

harveylh – Arab, North Africa 789-999 AD with Andalusian 756-1049 AD allies defeats Schweetness101 - Andalusian 756-1049 AD, 63-43

A massive flanking attack by Arab cavalry and lancers eventually worked but with heavy losses. Meanwhile, the Andalusian veteran spear almost broke the Arab center but the weakening of their other flank allowed it to be turned and that was the difference. GG

[Garokan]

Division D

Garokan Arab (Bedouin) 300-636 AD with Byzantine 579-599 AD beat edb1815 - Breton 411-579 AD 63 - 38

Good game. Thank you edb1815

[phoyle3290]

Division C

phoyle3290 – Hunnic, Western 376-454 AD with Germanic Foot Tribes 260-599 AD allies defeats IMC - Ancient British 60 BC-80 AD with Roman 24 BC–196 AD allies - 44-19

The battle was pretty even for most of it until I was able to charge a cav unit into his flank sending two of his units running for the hills. The tide completely turned in my favor from there on out.

Thanks for the game!

[harveylh]

Division A

harveylh - Thracian 680-461 BC with Greek 680-551 BC allies challenges dkalenda – Urartian 681-585 BC, password dkal, pm sent

[harveylh]

Division A

harveylh - Ptolemaic 55-30 BC with Roman 105-25 BC allies challenges dkalenda - Pontic 110-85 BC, pw dkal, pm sent

[rs2excelsior]

Division E

rs2excelsior (Ptolemaic 55-30 BC) beat grumpydaddy845 (Samnite 355-272 BC with Campanian 420-281 BC allies) 60-54

A very close game right down to the end! The terrain was fairly good for the Samnites, with a stream dividing the two armies, and a hill with wooded areas on the Samnite side. Both sides started playing a bit cagey, with the Samnites lining the hills and the Ptolemaic forces staying put in the field on their side of the stream. Early moves were limited to Ptolemaic Xystophoroi trying to draw out the Samnite cavalry as the Samnites tried to get the Ptolemaic horse to overcommit, and fighting between the skirmishers which the Ptolemaic army largely got the better end of. The Samnites gamely advanced across the stream, and the Ptolemaic army, despite fears that the Samnites would simply turn about and draw them back over the stream, came to meet them.

What followed was a rather brutal straight-up fight. The Samnites were ferocious in the impact phase, disrupting at least one of my pikes on impact - although it did rally later on. My pikes and legionnaires - both imitation and the real thing - could generally hold their own (if they survived impact, in the pikes' case), but the thureophoroi suffered and pushbacks exposed my flanks. I responded as best I could with reserve units, and the frontline Ptolemaic forces buckled down and held on. In the end both infantry lines were shattered, with small, individual fights scattered about. I managed to set up several flank charges on Samnite units which barely pushed the enemy army over the edge. However, a few of my units were also in bad situations or threatened with flank charges themselves, and I honestly think if the game had gone another turn it might've tipped the other way.

The battlefield at the end:

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Good game to grumpydaddy, tense to the end and a well-deserved point despite the loss!

(3-1)

[Tratmot]

Division E

Tratmot beat Barrold713 63-54

very hard battle, lot of fun =)

(3-1)

[MadMaxBot]

Division E

MadMaxBot (Romans 425-492AD w Arabs) defeats Aetius39 (Palmyran 258-273 w Arabs) 60-44