Slitherine

Div B

Sorry for the late posting everyone.. I get pretty swamped with the real world at times and attempt to hold strong.. but

rpadilla1988 Crusader (1155-1271) defeats Rockmanbob123; 21-48

Open deserts aided the Crusader and their pavisiers, Thanks for the battle Rockmanbob123!

Div A

carpenkm (Danish) beat Nijis (Lithuanian) 40 - 10
Some useful rough and accurate xbows meant the Lithuanian medium cav was ineffective. Some lucky holds by the Danes meant the battle finished early. well played.

Div A

Rosedelio (Polish) defeats random27 (Byzantine) 42-7

Thanks to the large stream, the Polish archers and crossbows were able to shoot the Byzantine cav while protected from knightly charges.

Captainwaltersavage Portuguese 1200-1319 AD with Berber (Marinid)

defeats

random27 byzantine 1155-1204 + crusader 1155-1291

61:46

A desperately hard fought battle which swung backwards and forwards.

Could have gone either way but the Portuguese held it together just long enough to squeak a victory.

Season progress

3 games in Div C not recorded as having started yet
dragmio vs Asterix
Nerowolfe vs Asterix
NeroWolfe vs ulysisgrunt

Division Tables - 7 Sept update

Division B: Early Medieval: 1028AD - 1319AD

Result

IMC Danish 1200-1319 with Baltic has beaten Bagatrix1805 German Imperial 1200-1319 with german north west

Score: 21% to 47%

A win for IMC

Thanks for the game.

Ian

Division B: Early Medieval: 1028AD - 1319AD
Result

IMC Danish 1200-1319 with Baltic has beaten mcfcivo Crusader 1100 - 1117 w Syrian States

Score: 67% to 40%

A win for IMC

Thanks for the game.

Ian

Division B: Early Medieval: 1028AD - 1319AD

Result

IMC Danish 1200-1319 with Baltic has beaten devoncop Order of St John 1292-1319

Score: 60% to 34%

A win for IMC

Thanks for the game.

Ian

principesromanes (Lithuanian 1100-1299 AD with Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD allies) defeats dragimo (Polish 1200-1319 AD with German (North/West) 1200-1319 allies) 64-41

The Germans position was anchored on one flank by a forest and a mountain on the other. In between those, were a steep (height 200) hill with a little bit of rough and an open valley. The Germans deployed with a mass of medium foot – including seemingly every crossbowman they could find – and a few spears on the hill, while some knights and dismounted men at arms occupied the open valley. The irony being that I rerolled the battlefield, and the first one was very similar in also having a narrow front.

In contrast, the Lithuanians brought bowmen, a few Baltic warriors and of course some cavalry. Some of the cavalry did indeed find a way around the forest, but not in enough numbers or early enough to have a material effect on the outcome.

The Lithuanians initially made rather effective headway attacking up the hill – arrows don’t care much about hills, it seems. The progress was rather delayed as the German knights inserted themselves into the fight, and the Germans did well on preventing flanking ankles. Things became pretty much a slog, but the German medium infantry and spearmen gave out before the German knights could do too much damage.

Thanks for the exciting battle!

principesromanes (Lithuanian 1100-1299 AD with Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD allies) defeats Indibil (Seljuq Turkish (West) 1155-1307 AD with Mongol (Ilkhanid) 1230-1353 AD allies) 44-9

Bowmen versus horse archers rarely favours the mounted bowmen. This was no exception.

The armies met on a fairly open plain, albeit one bisected by a deep stream and a few hills.

A few Turkish and Mongol horsemen made it across the stream before the Lithuanian bowmen could reach the river banks. However, the Lithuanian horse was in position to countercharge and, between a few disruptions and fighting downhill, the Turkish and Mongol horsemen mostly evaded. Which caused chaos and resulted in more horse battles than would be expected being fought in the stream.

The portion of that both armies that didn’t engage in a slow grind in the stream engaged in a shootout. And despite a valiant effort to concentrate fire on parts of the Lithuanian line (notably, on some Lithuanian cavalry holding part of the river bank), the Lithuanian bowmen as expected out performed the mounted horsemen. The Turks attempted to flank across the river, but had very little space to do so and were not able to get enough units across to outflank the main Lithuanian line. The Lithuanians, on the other hand, managed to break the other end of the Turkish line, and quickly started to flank the main line. The Turkish horsemen reasonably decided to make for the hills at this point.

Thanks for the fast-paced game.

Div A

Lunecastle defeats Random27 60-42

Thanks for the game, All the best, Lunecastle

Div A

Carpenkm beat CheAnn 62 - 58

Tough blood fest. Well played good batle.

Div A

Lunecastle defeats Carpenkm 49-23

Well played Carpenkm, good game. all the best, Lunecastle

Season Progress

All games started in Division A and B, 3 games not yet started in Division C. Season last day is 28th September.

Division Tables

Captainwaltersavage Portuguese 1200-1319 AD with Berber (Marinid)

defeats

carpenkm Danish 1200-13196 with Baltic Tribes

40:11

The Danish were holed up on a hilly fortress against which the Portuguese foolishly attacked and were driven off in a hail of arrows and crossbows. Their disordered retreat with mounting casualties tempted the Danish into a pursuit and much like the battle of Hastings, their advance to the plain was their downfall. The surviving Portuguese knightys got very lucky and smashed up enough stuff to win the day.

Thanks to carpenkm for making it an interesting battle after I ran away. As he said - he should have stayed on the hill - but that would have been very dull.

Div B

rpadilla1988 Crusader 1155 W/ Byz allies defeats IMC Danish 1200 W/ Baltic allies 48-4
Don't let the numbers fool you.. I was lucky with some pretty comfortable terrain for crossbowmen.. IMC was a real trooper for bringing the fight to an opponent with the high ground.. GG!

And/ rpadilla1988 Crusader W/Byz allies defeats mcfcivo Crusader W/ Syrian allies 42-11
Again I had good terrain, was able to capitalize on a firing line with the addition of a unit of crossbows on the high ground on the hill directly behind piling on the enemies opposite line. GG!