The Dustbin . . .

[stockwellpete]

All First Round matches have had challenges issued and should be underway now. That's very good. With this KO Tournament, I have found over the years that it pays big dividends for me as an organiser if I put a big effort into maling sure the First Round goes off properly. If it does then the rest of the tournament more or less looks after itself. This is because at the start of each subsequent round I am always dealing with players who have a 100% record in the tournament and they are very keen to get the next match started.

[stockwellpete]

Just reported to me that Morbio v sarmation is not underway. (Kroche has now replaced sarmation)

Edit: ianiow v MorkinTheFree is not under way either.

[stockwellpete]

You have PM.

[Kroche]

Kroche (English 1066ad) challenges Morbio (Arab, Umayyad 685-750ad)

PW timewarp
pm sent
1200 pts

[Captainwaltersavage]

1st round

Captainwaltersavage - German (Imperial) 1200-1319 AD with Hungarian 1200-1319 AD allies defeats Joggy - German (Imperial) 1200-1319 AD with Bohemian 1200-1319 AD allies 47:22

Almost identical armies. Units of dismounted knights hacked each other to pieces in the centre. I had the terrain advantage and the Hungarian allies tipped the balance in the cavalry battle. Lots of units on both sides on the verge of collapse. Great game.

[klayeckles]

Round 1

klayeckles - Khorasanian 821-1003 AD with Dailami 928-1055 AD allies defeats Conteshard - Roman 197-284 AD with Arab 312 BC-299 AD allies 42 to 10

the two armies met on a narrow coastline, with the Khorasanian anchoring the coast with untested spearmen facing a large roman cav wing aiming to sweep the coastline. meanwhile the dailami allies marched forward into some rough terrain that wasn't suited to the roman legions in conteshard's center. There the Dailami faced off against some armored auxilliaries, and threatened the legions enough to hamper their advance. on the far wing a large cav wing swept around the flanks of the auxilliaries, lightly protected by some arab camels. the shear number of cav allowed the Khorasanians to engage the defenders, and still have cav remaining to penetrate past and then hit the rear of the roman center. the roman cav charge on the coast wasn't able to break thru the raw spearmen, now standing on a gentle hill, and thus the romans fell to cav coming from all sides. medals pounded out of roman gladus were awarded to the raw spearmen for standing up to the veteran roman cav and cataphracts, as an early breakthrough there could have led to a different outcome.

[CheAhn]

1st Round

CheAhn (Hungarians) beat Nijis (Hungarians) 66-39

Good game, Cheers.

[stockwellpete]

Last call for today. If I haven't heard from you by the end of the day I will replace you with a reserve.

[LuciusSulla]

1st Round

LuciusSulla (Carthaginian) defeats snooky51 (Persian) 51-18

[ianiow]

Kroche,

Game set up, pw=1066

Good luck!

[MorkinTheFree]

MorkinTheFree - Scots-Irish 477-846 AD challenges Morbio - Arab (Umayyad) 685-750 AD , password is 1234

[CONSTANTINIX]

ConstantinIX - Arab Conquest 638-684 AD beat random27 - Polish 966-1057 AD with Viking 900-1049 AD allies 41-11.
My numerous cavalry take the upper lead on the enemy cavalry on my right side while my center and my left flank (barely) hold the ground.
Thanks for the game.

[dim30]

32. dim30 - Seleucid 302-301 BC with Lysimachid 320-281 BC allies beat Stormcrow - Mongol (Europe) 1223-1241 AD. Score 60/40

A wonderfull battle with arrows filling the sky ! mongol archery is awfull... An heavy cav seleucid army trying to chase Mongols. Elephants save the day when they manage to catch mongol best units ! Thank for the game Stormcrow.

[Najanaja]

1st Round

Najanaja (Macedonian) beat MARVINTHEARVN (Indian) 45 - 18

[GDod]

1st Round

GDod - Arab Conquest 638-684 AD defeated Karvon - Danish 1200-1319 AD with Baltic Tribe 1050-1283 AD allies 41-8%

[ulysisgrunt]

1st Round

ulysisgrunt(Western Huns) defeated Morat (Ostrogoths) 59-33

[desertedfox]

DesertedFox defeated GeneralKostas 41 - 12

Thx for the game.

[Aetius39]

Aetius39 (Romans) defeats scrofulus (Low Countries) 49-0

Tough break for the Low Country spearmen as they had a real hard time against the Roman legionnaires. GG!

[XLegione]

1st Round

XLegione - Byzantine 963-987 AD with Arab 789-99 AD allies defeated Doyley50 - Roman 24BC-196 AD 42% - 0%

Thanks for the game.

Ciao

XLegione

[kraff]

1st Round

kraff (Sassanid Persian 591-628 AD with Arab (Bedouin) 300-636 AD allies) defeated JonPowles (Scots 1162-1319 AD): 44-17.

Thank you for the game!