The Dustbin

[ericdoman1]

Wow great week, well done.

[carpenkm]

...Rather stupidly I set up three heavy chariots on top of a rough hill ready to charge down on my enemy. I then discovered that they couldnt get off the hill due to the steep slopes. I was left wondering how they got up there in the first place!?!...(2-0)

If the chariots came as knock-down kits, it would be relatively simple to have the kits carried up the hill, assembled at the top, then when the time is right, like the knights and the Trojan Rabbit in "The Holy Grail", charge down the hill...

Most of my battle plans are Monty Python like (or probably more Fawlty Towers!). The matter was raised at the recent court martial of the Sub General in charge of chariots. He reported that the alan key was missing from the flat packed "Value EZ-fit Heavy Chariot pack" and by the time he got back from Ikea to get another one the battle had finished. He has of course now been promoted to Minister of War where he cant do any real harm.

[ericdoman1]

Well done and look out C, B and A divisions

[stockwellpete]

In a very close division carpenkm's 6 wins from 10 matches was enough to gain automatic promotion from Biblical Division D. Well played carpenkm.

[stockwellpete]

Sorry, I should have put this up before now, but pantherboy has comfortably retained the champion's position in Biblical Division A with 7 wins from 10 matches. Well played pantherboy.

[General Shapur]

Division C

General Shapur - Norman 923-1040 AD (1200) defeats deeter - Byzantine 551-578 AD (1600) 63:45

[General Shapur]

Division C

General Shapur - Norman 923-1040 AD (1200) defeats Ironclad - Frankish 751-887 AD with Slav 500-832 AD allies (1600) 62:31

[kraff]

Division C

kraff (Sword Brethren 1204-1237 AD with Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD allies) defeated lunecastle (Welsh (North) 1200-1319 AD with English 1155-1271 AD allies): 44-5.

[Triarii]

Division A

Triarii - Roman 379-424 AD with Arab (Bedouin) 300-636 AD allies beat Cunningcairn - Roman 379-424 AD with Arab (Bedouin) 300-636 AD allies 51-22.

Good luck for the Bedouin and Roman cavlary vs the ...err Bedouin and Roman cavalry more or less decided this.
Many thanks to Cunningcairn for waiting two weeks for me.

[desertedfox]

Division B

desertedfox - Anglo-Norman 1072-1154 AD (1600) defeated Triarii - Portugese 1200-1319 AD with Berber (Marinid) 1244-1319 allies (1600) 50 - 23

Cheers for a tough fight.

[Barrold713]

Division D for Distilled

Barrold713 (Sword Brethren) defeats Kroche (English) 61-51

Thanks for the fun match. I really didn't think the Bros would take this one.

BDH

(3-1)

[Ray552]

...Rather stupidly I set up three heavy chariots on top of a rough hill ready to charge down on my enemy. I then discovered that they couldnt get off the hill due to the steep slopes. I was left wondering how they got up there in the first place!?!...(2-0)

If the chariots came as knock-down kits, it would be relatively simple to have the kits carried up the hill, assembled at the top, then when the time is right, like the knights and the Trojan Rabbit in "The Holy Grail", charge down the hill...

Most of my battle plans are Monty Python like (or probably more Fawlty Towers!). The matter was raised at the recent court martial of the Sub General in charge of chariots. He reported that the alan key was missing from the flat packed "Value EZ-fit Heavy Chariot pack" and by the time he got back from Ikea to get another one the battle had finished. He has of course now been promoted to Minister of War where he cant do any real harm.

Excellent! Win-win for everyone (except for the chariot crews)

[Conteshard]

Division C

Conteshard - Bosporan 11 BC-375 AD beats TomoeGozen - Roman 285-312 AD with Frankish 26-495 AD allies 60-48

the battle devolved in two different engagements: I lost one and won the other that happened to be more decisive. Great fight, thanks TomoeGozen

[Kroche]

Division E

Kroche (Seleucid 300-206BC) defeated angel42052 (Bosporan 84-11 BC) 41-8

Seleucid main force survived the mass of light archers and was then able to get numbers into the flank of the Bosporan main defence line and claim victory. Smaller detachment on the left was rendered ineffective by an harrassing force of Bosporan light horse and cavalry producing a stalemate on the left. Good game.

[ilpars]

Division F

ilpars - Roman 105-25 BC defeated LindsayCole - Macedonian 320-261 BC with Greek 280-228 BC allies 42-10

[Kroche]

Pool B Final

Kroche (Imperial) defeated Captainwaltersavage (French) 60-50

Captainwaltersavage (Imperial) defeated Kroche (French) 60-52

A great mirror which saw a valiant effort from both sides in their attempts to gain the crown. Games followed a similar pattern in terms of where successes were made. The French right proved too much for the Imperial opposition whereas the opposite was true on the other flank. My imperial forces had won by the 10 pt margin with the other battle still in play. My French were out-manouvered by the Imperials who were very unlucky not to gain further points on their left as they cornered the French cavalry, but could not quite get them off the map before French support could come up. My French knew their Imperial allies had given them the 10pt margin and they fought tooth and nail to not let CaptainWalterSavage's Imperials get the winning margin they needed. It was my most enjoyable and hard fought losing performance by far!

2 pt overall winning margin has made me respect my skirmisher units a lot more and I'll try to keep them alive in future matches as much as I did in this one!

Well played to Captainwaltersavage who commanded the Imperials very well and was obviously unlucky across both matches to be just 2pts down.

Kroche beat Captainwaltersavage 10-8 on the tiebreaker after matches were drawn 1-1.

[stockwellpete]

Kroche has won the narrowest of victories over Captainwaltersavage by 10-8 in the tiebreaker after the matches were shared 1-1 in the Pool B Final. Well played Kroche.

[olddog52]

Lets play
Jack-3kBattery - Armenian 253-476 AD with Roman 379-424 AD allies (1600)
vs
olddog52 - Byzantine 579-599 AD (1600)
PW olddog52
PM-sent

[Captainwaltersavage]

Pool B Final

Kroche (Imperial) defeated Captainwaltersavage (French) 60-50

Captainwaltersavage (Imperial) defeated Kroche (French) 60-52

A great mirror which saw a valiant effort from both sides in their attempts to gain the crown. Games followed a similar pattern in terms of where successes were made. The French right proved too much for the Imperial opposition whereas the opposite was true on the other flank. My imperial forces had won by the 10 pt margin with the other battle still in play. My French were out-manouvered by the Imperials who were very unlucky not to gain further points on their left as they cornered the French cavalry, but could not quite get them off the map before French support could come up. My French knew their Imperial allies had given them the 10pt margin and they fought tooth and nail to not let CaptainWalterSavage's Imperials get the winning margin they needed. It was my most enjoyable and hard fought losing performance by far!

2 pt overall winning margin has made me respect my skirmisher units a lot more and I'll try to keep them alive in future matches as much as I did in this one!

Well played to Captainwaltersavage who commanded the Imperials very well and was obviously unlucky across both matches to be just 2pts down.

Kroche beat Captainwaltersavage 10-8 on the tiebreaker after matches were drawn 1-1.

Both very close matches and I definitely suffered the curse of the RNG as my troops double dropped on contact too many times to remember. On the other hand I took some daring chances that failed to succeed and my impetuous approach was my downfall. If I had run away with some of my light troops instead of trying for a break of some denuded spearmen then we would be tossing a coin to see who had won. On the other hand Kroche stopped my stratagems and found my mistakes with great precision. A well-earned victory by a skilful player. If I was going to lose, that was a great way to go.

[Captainwaltersavage]

Well played - it was a very tough match but a well deserved victory for you.