Campio - On hold

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'Campio' is Medieval Latin for champion or combatant in a duel, originally stemming from Ancient Latin's 'campus', meaning a place of action!

This small recurring "King of The Hill" knock-out tournament involves four players each new season (plus the reigning Champion of course ). If you're interested, please write here or write me a PM.

Season 6 (The End of Magna Graecia: rise and fall of Pyrrhus between 280 and 272 BC.) is now concluded, with MrCrow becoming the new Champion!

This tournament is currently on hold.

Hall of Fame

The Campio Hall of Fame is an exclusive community, consisting only of the Champions who have successfully defended their title three seasons in a row and thereafter retired.

• Rosedelio (undefeated through five seasons!)

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Season 6

End of Magna Graecia: rise and fall of Pyrrhus between 280 and 272 BC

Reigning Champion: -

Bottom level

• Leg 1
  • Players: principesromanes versus hscic.
  • Armies: Pyrrhic 280-275 BC versus Macedonian 320-261 BC.
  • Map Terrain: Mediterranean Plain.
  => principesromanes (Pyrrhic 280-275 BC) defeats hscic (Macedonian 320-261 BC) 42-11.
  => principesromanes (Macedonian 320-261 BC) defeats hscic (Pyrrhic 280-275 BC) 47-18.
  => principesromanes 89, hscic 29.

• Leg 2
  
  • Players: MrCrow versus Karvon.
  • Armies: Pyrrhic 280-275 BC versus Roman 280-220 BC.
  • Map Terrain: Mediterranean Plain.
  => MrCrow (Pyrrhic 280-275 BC) defeats Karvon (Roman 280-220 BC) 40-8.
  => MrCrow (Roman 280-220 BC) defeats Karvon (Pyrrhic 280-275 BC) 40-11.
  => MrCrow 80, Karvon 19.

Middle level

• Players: MrCrow versus principesromanes.

• Armies: Pyrrhic 280-275 BC versus Galatian 280-63 BC.

• Map Terrain: Mediterranean Plain.

=> MrCrow (Galatian 280-63 BC) defeats principesromanes (Pyrrhic 280-275 BC) 56-24.
=> MrCrow (Pyrrhic 280-275 BC) draws with principesromanes (Galatian 280-63 BC) 52-54.
=> MrCrow 108, principesromanes 78.

=> New Champion: MrCrow!

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Season 1
The Alexandrian Era: Macedon and the Diadochi kingdoms during the years from 336 (Alexander becoming king) to 168 BC (Macedon conquered by the Romans).
Doyley50 versus TomoeGozen, kronenblatt versus Rosedelio.
=> Champion: Rosedelio!

Season 2
The Alexandrian Era: Macedon and the Diadochi kingdoms during the years from 336 (Alexander becoming king) to 168 BC (Macedon conquered by the Romans).
batesmotel versus dim30, anderarcos11 versus Doyley50.
=> Champion: Rosedelio!

Season 3
The End of The Roman West: The start of the Crisis of the Third Century in 235 AD to the fall of the Western Roman Empire in 476 AD.
TomoeGozen versus dim30, kronenblatt versus RicoFGM.
=> Champion: Rosedelio!

Season 4
Kingdoms of Israel and Judah: Wars in The Levant from 1047 to 586 BC.
batesmotel versus Armchairbaron, BobGanoush versus kronenblatt.
=> Champion: Rosedelio!

Season 5
Emirs and Rajas: Conflicts in Persia and Northern India after the Fall of the Sassanid Empire (651 AD and onwards).
Stew101 versus dim30, kronenblatt versus RicoFGM.
=> Champion: Rosedelio!

Season 6
End of Magna Graecia: rise and fall of Pyrrhus between 280 and 272 BC.
principesromanes versus hscic, MrCrow versus Karvon.
=> Champion: MrCrow!

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Overview

• 'Campio' (being Medieval Latin for champion or combatant in a duel, originally stemming from Ancient Latin's 'campus', meaning a place of action!) is a small and very simple and slow paced "King of The Hill" knock-out tournament.

• Each season it involves only four players fighting to get promoted and as the one Challenger meet and defeat the reigning Champion, in order to become the NEW Champion!

• Campio aims at being very laid-back and leisure, no points accumulating from season to season or from level to level, just a tournament running for the fun of it (hopefully).

• In order to (hopefully) keep it running at a steady pace, Campio is deliberately kept small with only four players entering at the bottom level each season (plus a Champion awaiting them...).

The first season

• The historical theme in the first season is "The Alexandrian Era", covering Macedon and the Diadochi kingdoms during the years between 336 and 168 BC, from Alexander the Great ascending the throne to the Roman conquest of Macedon.

• The first season by definition lacks a Champion, why the winner in the middle level will immediately become the Champion for the second season.

The historical theme

• Every season will have its specific historical theme, such as a geographic scope or political situation and a time period, from where players can pick armies in Field of Glory II:Ancients.

• A Champion who has successfully defended his title at least once, defeating a Challenger, will have the option (if he wants to) of selecting another historical theme for the next season.

• The Champion and tournament organiser may also agree whether to continue with the same historical theme or select another one for the next season.

• In any event, a historical theme will always run for at least two seasons, unless the tournament organiser decides otherwise.

The levels

• The tournament consists of three levels:
  1. The bottom level, in which four players get allocated, two each, to two legs.
  2. The middle level, to which the two winners of the bottom level, one each from the two legs, get promoted.
  3. The top level, in which the winner of the middle level becomes the Challenger to fight the Champion.

The players

• Every season, four players start out at the bottom level, with two players each in two legs.

• All players get their cool avatar appropriate for the historical theme.

• The two players in each leg will fight each other for promotion to the middle level.

• The player getting promoted from each leg will then in the middle level fight each other, with the winner reaching the top level and becoming the Challenger to fight the reigning Champion.

• If needed, there will be a waiting list for players entering a new season.

The armies

• In each leg the two players therein together decide on which two armies (whether with or without allies) appropriate for the historical theme, plus a map terrain, to use in their two battles as part of a mirror game.

• This decision making for each new pair of players fighting applies on all three levels: bottom, middle, as well as top.

The battles

• Battles take the following form in Field of Glory II:Ancients:
  • Paired (Mirror) Challenge.
  • Custom Battle.
  • Scenario: Open Battle.
  • Armies: as decided by the two players themselves in each leg.
  • Turn limit: 24 turns.
  • Force size: Large (1600 FP).
  • Map size: Wide (40x32).
  • Map type: as decided by the two players themselves in each leg.
  • No map re-rolls will be made.

• Battles are to be concluded within a four-week period, failing which victory will be awarded to the player having submitted turns most promptly, as determined by the tournament organiser.

• Battle outcomes, once resolved, are always posted by the victor, or the player having inflicted the most casualties, in a post of the tournament thread.

The effects of battle outcomes

• Players will for each of their battles in a leg receive points equal to their inflicted casualties.

• The player with the highest sum of points in each leg is the winner:
  • In the bottom and middle levels, the winner gets promoted to the next level.
  • In the top level (in the fight between the Challenger and the reigning Champion), the winner becomes the new Champion for the next season.

• In the case of a tie, the player with the highest points in his two individual battles in the leg is the winner.
  • For example, if the points are 45-20 and 35-60 in the two battles, the player with 60 points is the winner.

• Points are reset to zero between the levels, thus players do not carry over their points from one level to the next.

• For the first season, since there is no Champion yet, the winner in the middle level will immediately become the Champion for the second season (thus, no battles at the top level).

The new seasons

• Once one season is concluded, a new season will kick off with four players (new and/or old, but of course not the reigning and not yet retired Champion) at the bottom level to fight each other for promotion, through the bottom and middle levels.

• The one player emerging as the winner of these four players and reaching the top level will then become the Challenger to fight the Champion.

• And so on, season by season.

• Losing players can decide to come back for another season, or lick their wounds and stay out for a while or never return, and new players can enter (and old ones re-enter).

• If for a season, fewer than four players are available, the season will after a short while (say a week or so) kick off anyway with a reduced number of players, as long as there is at least one participating player (in addition to the Champion).
  • The bottom or even the middle level is then removed if necessary, for the purpose of keeping the tournament running and not stalling...
  • ... and in order to not keep the Champion waiting.

Hall of Fame

• A player who has successfully defending the title as Champion three seasons in a row will retire and inducted into the Campio Hall of Fame.

• The next season will then start (like the first one) without a reigning Champion.

• Players inducted into the Campio Hall of Fame may in later seasons make comebacks as challengers and seek to regain former glories.

[Rosedelio]

Rosedelio vs kronenblatt

Lysimachid 320-281 BC vs Ptolemaic 320-218 BC on Mediterranean Plain. (No use of Heavy Artillery)

Game set up, pw: campio

[TomoeGozen]

Doyley50 vs TomoeGozen
Antigonid 320-301BC vs Seleucid 302-301BC with Lysimachid 320-281BC ally
Mediterranean plain.
(No heavy artillery)
Game created , PM sent

[Rosedelio]

Rosedelio (Ptolemaic) defeats kronenblatt (Lysimachid) 49-15

In the center, the Ptolemaic army had more pikes they were able to use before the wider Lysimachid army could get too many flanks.

[TomoeGozen]

TomoeGozen(Antigonid 320-301BC) defeats Doyley50(Seleucid 302-301BC with Lysimachid 320-281BC allies) 44 -12.

TomoeGozen(Seleucid 302-301BC with Lysimachid 320-281BC allies) defeats Doyley50(Antigonid 320-301BC) 68 -35.

[Rosedelio]

Rosedelio (Lysimachid) defeats kronenblatt (Ptolemaic) 60-59

The Thracians on the flanks made a poor showing, though they and the limited cavalry were able to delay the Ptolemaic flankers. It seemed like the Ptolemaic army would win, but the center of pikes just barely made up for their losses.

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• Leg 1
  • Players: Doyley50 versus TomoeGozen
  • Armies: Antigonid 320-301BC versus Seleucid 302-301BC with Lysimachid 320-281BC allies. (No use of Heavy Artillery.)
  • Map Terrain: Mediterranean Plain
  => TomoeGozen (Antigonid) defeats Doyley50 (Seleucid) 44 -12.
  => TomoeGozen (Seleucid) defeats Doyley50 (Antigonid) 68 -35.
  => TomeoGozen 112, Doyley50 47.

• Leg 2
  • Players: kronenblatt versus Rosedelio
  • Armies: Lysimachid 320-281 BC versus Ptolemaic 320-218 BC. (No use of Heavy Artillery.)
  • Map Terrain: Mediterranean Plain
  => Rosedelio (Ptolemaic) defeats kronenblatt (Lysimachid) 49-15.
  => Rosedelio (Lysimachid) defeats kronenblatt (Ptolemaic) 60-59.
  => Rosedelio 109, kronenblatt 74.

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• Leg 1
  • Players: Rosedelio versus TomoeGozen
  • Armies: ?
  • Map Terrain: ?

[Rosedelio]

Rosedelio vs TomoeGozen

Macedonian 355-329 BC vs Spartan 460-281 BC, no Heavy Artillery. Mediterranean Plain

Game created, PM sent

[Rosedelio]

Rosedelio (Spartan) defeats TomoeGozen (Macedonian) 58-28

During the maneuvering, a gap formed in the Macedonian pike wall, which the Veteran Hoplites were able to exploit for flanks. Meanwhile, the Macedonian cav was delayed by other hoplites.

[Rosedelio]

Rosedelio (Macedonian) defeats TomoeGozen (Spartan) 54-28

The Macedonians centered all their pikes to their left flank, where the Spartans had their weaker hoplites. Meanwhile, the thureos on the right helped delay some of the Spartans from flanking.

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Middle level

• Leg 1
  • Players: Rosedelio versus TomoeGozen
  • Armies: Macedonian 355-329 BC versus Spartan 460-281 BC. (No use of Heavy Artillery.)
  • Map Terrain: Mediterranean Plain
  => Rosedelio (Macedonian) defeats TomoeGozen (Spartan) 54-28.
  => Rosedelio (Spartan) defeats TomoeGozen (Macedonian) 58-28.
  => Rosedelio 112, TomoeGozen 56.

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Season 1

The Alexandrian Era: Macedon and the Diadochi kingdoms during the years from 336 (Alexander becoming king) to 168 BC (Macedon conquered by the Romans).

Bottom level

• Leg 1
  • Players: Doyley50 versus TomoeGozen
  • Armies: Antigonid 320-301BC versus Seleucid 302-301BC with Lysimachid 320-281BC allies. (No use of Heavy Artillery.)
  • Map Terrain: Mediterranean Plain
  => TomoeGozen (Antigonid) defeats Doyley50 (Seleucid) 44 -12.
  => TomoeGozen (Seleucid) defeats Doyley50 (Antigonid) 68 -35.
  => TomeoGozen 112, Doyley50 47.

• Leg 2
  • Players: kronenblatt versus Rosedelio
  • Armies: Lysimachid 320-281 BC versus Ptolemaic 320-218 BC. (No use of Heavy Artillery.)
  • Map Terrain: Mediterranean Plain
  => Rosedelio (Ptolemaic) defeats kronenblatt (Lysimachid) 49-15.
  => Rosedelio (Lysimachid) defeats kronenblatt (Ptolemaic) 60-59.
  => Rosedelio 109, kronenblatt 74.

Middle level

• Leg 1
  • Players: Rosedelio versus TomoeGozen
  • Armies: Macedonian 355-329 BC versus Spartan 460-281 BC. (No use of Heavy Artillery.)
  • Map Terrain: Mediterranean Plain
  => Rosedelio (Macedonian) defeats TomoeGozen (Spartan) 54-28.
  => Rosedelio (Spartan) defeats TomoeGozen (Macedonian) 58-28.
  => Rosedelio 112, TomoeGozen 56.

=> Champion: Rosedelio!

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Season 2

Reigning Champion: Rosedelio.

The Alexandrian Era: Macedon and the Diadochi kingdoms during the years from 336 (Alexander becoming king) to 168 BC (Macedon conquered by the Romans).

Bottom level

• Leg 1
  • Players: batesmotel versus dim30

• Leg 2
  • Players: anderarcos11 versus Doyley50

[anderarcos11]

Players: anderarcos11 versus
Armies:
Map Terrain:

[kronenblatt]

Players: anderarcos11 versus
Armies: Macedonian 320-261 BC
Map Terrain: Mediterranean agricultural

The armies and the map terrain will be agreed by you and the other player together, in due course. Not now.

[Doyley50]

Doyley50 v anderarcos11
Roman 199-106BC, Macedonian 260-148BC
No allies, no heavy artillery
Med. agricultural.
Game set up.