The Dustbin

[Malabar26]

Division C

Malabar26 (Byzantine) defeated TomoeGozen (Roman) 47-12

[Captainwaltersavage]

Division D

Captainwaltersavage - Achaemenid Persian 480-461 BC with Greek 680-461 BC allies (1600) defeats joggy - Pyrrhic 274-272 BC (1600) 66:57

A very tough battle that went right to the bitter end. The battle turned on a few moments of luck. The Pyrrhic cavalry got very lucky and wiped out most of my cavalry wing. On the other hand my Immortals carried on fighting against a phalanx for three turns whilst fragmented, and were still giving as good as they got. A chancy charge by some plucky sparabara finished off one disrupted phalanx which was just enough to push me over the finish line. Could have easily been a draw. So many Persians dead! It was almost a Pyrrhic victory (see what I did there).

(3-1)

[Warg1]

Div C

Warg1 - English 1155-1271 AD with Scot 1155-1161 AD allies (1200) challenges Morat - Bohemian 1200-1319 AD with Hungarian 1200-1319 AD allies (1200)

pw Morat

good luck

[gamercb]

Division E

gamercb (Egyptians) beat olddog52 (Cypriots) 60-45

A close and enjoyable battle as is the other paired game. Thank you.

[paulmcneil]

Pool A Group 1

paulmcneil (Free Canton) beat joggy (Danish) 62:40

[Giacofa93]

Division D

Giacofa93 (Frankish 751-887 AD) challenges:

ilpars (Turkish 600-1036 AD with Arab (Umayyad) 685-750 AD allies)
1200pts
PW: ilpars

tmac11 (Dabuyid 642-760 AD)
1200pts
PW: tmac

[SnuggleBunnies]

Division A

SnuggleBunnies (Papal) defeats oscarius (Sicilian) 47-13

GG!

(results recorded to here)

[kraff]

Division B

kraff (Assyrian 681-609 BC) defeated edb1815 (Urartian 685-585 BC): 42-17.

[ericdoman1]

Division A

ericdoman1 - Dacian 89-106 AD with Sarmatian 25-375 AD allies (1600) defeated batesmotel - German Horse Tribes 260-492 AD with Dacian 107-380 AD allies (1600) 62-45

[Badger73]

Division E

Badger73 (Phoenician 681-539 BC) beat Giacofa93 (Babylonian 626-539BC) 57-27.

Quantity trumped quality in this free-for-all match! Great opponent, good game.

[rexhurley]

Division A

rexhurley (Phoenician) defeats Aetius39 (Babylonian) 67/53

In the complete opposite of the last match instead this time the archers not only drilled the swordsman but chopped them into lots of little bits. RNG rules the roost yet again.

(3-1)

[wmpryor]

Division D

wmpryor (Andalusian 756-1049 AD) defeated Barrold713 (Rus 960-1053 AD) with (Bulgar [Danube] 852--1018 AD) Allies 56-31

Good luck with your remaining tournament matches. Good game.

wmpryor

[Geffalrus]

Division A

Geffalrus (Antigonids) defeats ericdoman1 (Sparta) 49-9

The Antigonid victory was due in no small part to the fact that the field of glory in this case was as flat as a literal game board. As such, the sizable cavalry contingent of lancers and light horse was able to operate quite freely along the flank of the Spartan battle line. This freedom meant that when some good shooting fortune by the light troops disrupted and then fragged a flank thureo unit, the nearby lancers could immediately exploit the opportunity. A nearby cavalry and raw legion failed their cohesion check and were summarily run down by the crazed lancers. Now the Spartan line was faced with pikes to the front and multiple heavy cavalry units to the rear, a distinctly untenable situation. A ferocious thureo charge attempted to salvage the situation, smashing through some citizen hoplites like the Kool Aid Man, but the damage was contained by more pikes, elephants, and lancers.

Very good game to my opponent, who certainly made me work hard for each and every unit routed.

The Antigonid cavalry threatens the Spartan left flank......

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[Badger73]

Division E

Badger73 - Jewish 64 BC-6 AD with Roman 105-25 BC allies (1600)
- Challenges
Kroche - Seleucid 300-206 BC (1600)

PW in PM. PM sent.

[klayeckles]

Division A

klayeckles (Ptolemiac w/ Roman allies) defeats Cunningcairn (Thracian with allies) 59 to 31

The battle of the Dirt mound. a large difficult hill sat dead center, but egyptians had a slight edge getting there first. as the two sides engaged on the mound it all came down to who could flank the enemy's weak side first...ptolm got an early edge and turned the corner by a nose.

[Karvon]

Division B

Karvon - Arab (Conquest) 638-684 AD defeated ulysisgrunt - German 888-932 AD with Magyar 830-1049 AD allies 56-3 for a 4-0 win.

The battlefield was a challenging one. A major river ran along the foot of mountains on our left, effectively masking that flank even though there were a couple of inconvenient crossing point. Not far from the river, a couple of mountainous peaks rose abruptly than dropped down to some gentle hills sprinkled with rough in about the middle of the field. Roads across the center of the field both N/W and E/W with the mountains and hills looking down on them from all sides. Fair sized forests lay beyond the central hills on both sides on my right.

We opted for a full compliment of our spearmen and Dailamis supported a few bowmen and Bedouins. We brought all our light foot mix plus a pair of light lancers. A pair of camels backed our handful of lancers. Our initial plan was to push about half our spears up the river valley on our left and the other half, supported by our Dailami and other mediums, would push up the other side of the mountains through the hills in the center. Our lights would screen in the center and our lancers and camels would form our reserve in the rear.

The Germans initially deployed a large mounted wing of armored lancers with a couple of horse archers in the river valley on their right. A long line of dismounted armored lancers formed up in the center screened by a few light foot and supported by a few defensive shieldwall lurking behind them. A few armored lancers formed up to protect their left supported by a couple of light horse.

My plan was to push forward aggressively on the left along the river valley and thru the central hills to a point overlooking the road running across the middle. I would shift my light foot right and soften up his lancers and perhaps draw them forward to a point where I could surround him with my lancers and camels.

Our plan unfolded about as we hoped. On the left, our spears supported by some shooting pinned down the enemy lancers and slowly pushed them back, as they mostly fell back after combat. We did manage to pin and break a couple of them as the day wore on. In the center, our spear line halted on the slope overlooking road with our Dailami holding the right in rough ground. The dismounted Germans lancers, relying on their better armor, tried to push us off the hill and this turned into a long grinding fight. On our right, our skirmishers shot up some of the opposing lancers and drew them forward. One of our lancers tied up his light horse on our far right in a long running melee. Our lancers supported by camels ganged up on them, slowly encircling and flanking them. Initially, he pushed forward a spear to try to support, but under a barrage of missile fire and threat of flanking by the watching Dailami, these fell back disordered.

Then, In the center, we pushed back and turned the right end of his line and his right wing lancers finally broke leaving his engaged spears left exposed. Some of our lancers slammed into this and rolled it up for the victory.

(results recorded to here)

[Warg1]

Pete

Is this Div C army correct?

lunecastle – Welsh (North) 1200-1319 AD with English 1155-1271 AD allies (1600)

I can't see a Welsh (North Army) with those dates

[MarcoCato75]

Division E

MarcoCato75 - Seleucid 205-167 BC with Greek 227-146 BC allies defeats angel42052 - Bosporan 84-11 BC 40-9

Good game!

[stockwellpete]

The first full Sunday round-up will be this weekend. I have had provisional interest in the vacancy in Classical Antiquity Division E and I am hoping this gap will be filled in a few days time.

[Warg1]

Div C

Warg1 - Pyrrhic 274-272 BC (1600) challenges

Ironclad - Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 216-203 BC with Bruttian/Lucanian 420-203 BC allies (1600)
SawyerK - Lysimachid 320-281 BC with Thracian Hellenistic 350-281 BC allies (1600)
SLancaster - Roman 199-106 BC with Greek 227-146 BC allies (1600)
TomoeGozen - Achaemenid Persian 480-461 BC (1600)


pw Warg1