Slitherine

3 Swiss and 2 German city leagues...so how do you deal with superior pike?

Run away?

petedalby wrote:

3 Swiss and 2 German city leagues...so how do you deal with superior pike?

Run away?

Ah the Sir Robin strategem. I had it down to that or skulk in the woods.

Ah the Sir Robin strategem. I had it down to that or skulk in the woods.

Sitting on a steep hill is a pretty good tactic against them too!

azrael86 wrote:3 Swiss and 2 German city leagues...so how do you deal with superior pike?

Up their bum. Kill their supports. Pull them apart. Loot their camp. Lots of uneven.

Yet another excellent weekend's gaming - top three's are:

Early

1. Dave Ruddock -- 105
1. Paul Brandon -- 105
3. Shaun Drummond -- 91

Late
1. Olivier Dader
2. Pete Dalby
3. Carl Pinceman

Loonies

1. Kev Johnson
2. Graham Briggs
3. Neil Howard

For the septics amongst us, Matt Iverson showed well and had the Yellow Jersey as Saturday night leader. France occupied first and third in the late period. The relevant Englishmen have been taken outside and shot.

dave_r wrote:
Early

1. Dave Ruddock -- 105...

Clearly something else that needs fixing in V2.0.

madaxeman wrote:

dave_r wrote:
Early

1. Dave Ruddock -- 105...

Clearly something else that needs fixing in V2.0.

Make your case now!!!

You may be interested to know that Paul Brandon turned over Grahame Evan's Dom Roms 22-3 in the last game. Clearly Christian Nubian is the new super army and need hamstrung. However, Pauls army was about to come a cropper in the seventh game...

Well done Dave!

dave_r wrote:

madaxeman wrote:

dave_r wrote:
Early

1. Dave Ruddock -- 105...

Clearly something else that needs fixing in V2.0.

Make your case now!!!

You may be interested to know that Paul Brandon turned over Grahame Evan's Dom Roms 22-3 in the last game. Clearly Christian Nubian is the new super army and need hamstrung. However, Pauls army was about to come a cropper in the seventh game...

Well done Dave! I don't think the success of Christian Nubian will surprise too many people though. A bit disappointing that out of 38 players no Dark Age armies even warranted a run .

Also good to see Shaun Drummond coming in 3rd after copping a bit of stick about his seeding.

Walter

dave_r wrote: Loonies

Oi

Hi guys and gals.

Well the usual sleepless wargaming weekend but had a great time as usual.

Thanks to my opponents........Pedro Sanchez, Eric Thomson, Ian Mackay, Lynda Fairhurst, Pete Dalby and Bob Amey for great games played in great spirits.

Thanks to the organisers for arranging such a great event and for the bonus surprise at the end even though my badge wasn't in the draw.

Also it was nice to meet and chat with Matt from the USA, Pedro from Spain and Martin from Germany. Hope you have safe trips home guys and rejoin the fray next year.

Rob

waldo wrote: I don't think the success of Christian Nubian will surprise too many people though. A bit disappointing that out of 38 players no Dark Age armies even warranted a run .
Walter

At leat a quarter of the armies were 'Dark Age'. Not bad since the top end of the time scale was 1040. So a few dark years were missed.

philqw78 wrote:

waldo wrote: I don't think the success of Christian Nubian will surprise too many people though. A bit disappointing that out of 38 players no Dark Age armies even warranted a run .
Walter

At leat a quarter of the armies were 'Dark Age'. Not bad since the top end of the time scale was 1040. So a few dark years were missed.

I see you have taken a different approach from modern historians. Instead of frowning upon the use of Dark Ages as pejorative you have broadened it to include everyone at that time. Should we expect to see Classical Mayan in the next Dark Ages theme?

Walter

hazelbark wrote:

azrael86 wrote:3 Swiss and 2 German city leagues...so how do you deal with superior pike?

Up their bum. Kill their supports. Pull them apart. Loot their camp. Lots of uneven.

Sorry, shuld have said, 'if you aren't a weasly shooty cav/LH army'.

Although the answer appears to be 'from the table next door'.

waldo wrote:

philqw78 wrote:

waldo wrote: I don't think the success of Christian Nubian will surprise too many people though. A bit disappointing that out of 38 players no Dark Age armies even warranted a run .
Walter

At leat a quarter of the armies were 'Dark Age'. Not bad since the top end of the time scale was 1040. So a few dark years were missed.

I see you have taken a different approach from modern historians. Instead of frowning upon the use of Dark Ages as pejorative you have broadened it to include everyone at that time. Should we expect to see Classical Mayan in the next Dark Ages theme?

Walter

Depends how you define Dark Ages then. If you consider this to be from the collapse of the Roman Empire to about 1100 AD then that would still mean there are Ancient British and Early Hungarians.

But then again, with nine books (Swifter than Eagles, Rise of Rome, Legions Triumphant, Wolves from the Sea, Immortal Fire, Empires of the Dragon, Swords and Scimitars, Blood and Gold and Decline and Fall) covering this period and 38 entries you would only expect four armies per book and with Bosporans being the flavour of the month then some books were always going to have fewer entries than this. When you consider there were 13 entries from Rise of Rome then there are 25 further entries spread between seven books it is evel less surprising that some books got no entries.

waldo wrote:I see you have taken a different approach from modern historians. Instead of frowning upon the use of Dark Ages as pejorative you have broadened it to include everyone at that time. Should we expect to see Classical Mayan in the next Dark Ages theme?

Walter

And I see you have taken a different approach to the BHGS, naming the theme yourself. So if you insist, all the entries in the theme were from the theme stipulated.

dave_r wrote:
Depends how you define Dark Ages then. If you consider this to be from the collapse of the Roman Empire to about 1100 AD then that would still mean there are Ancient British and Early Hungarians.

But then again, with nine books (Swifter than Eagles, Rise of Rome, Legions Triumphant, Wolves from the Sea, Immortal Fire, Empires of the Dragon, Swords and Scimitars, Blood and Gold and Decline and Fall) covering this period and 38 entries you would only expect four armies per book and with Bosporans being the flavour of the month then some books were always going to have fewer entries than this. When you consider there were 13 entries from Rise of Rome then there are 25 further entries spread between seven books it is evel less surprising that some books got no entries.

You forgot Lost Voles. Also the later period included at least five armies from the above books.

Am I right in thinking that places 1 2 and 3 in the early period were all taken by LH armies... or at least armies with plenty of LH in them?

dont have the lists on me atm....

jon

chubooga wrote:Am I right in thinking that places 1 2 and 3 in the early period were all taken by LH armies... or at least armies with plenty of LH in them?

dont have the lists on me atm....

jon

No, Godless Bosphoran, Christian Nubian, Agnostic Hungarian

dave_r wrote:

waldo wrote:

philqw78 wrote:At leat a quarter of the armies were 'Dark Age'. Not bad since the top end of the time scale was 1040. So a few dark years were missed.

I see you have taken a different approach from modern historians. Instead of frowning upon the use of Dark Ages as pejorative you have broadened it to include everyone at that time. Should we expect to see Classical Mayan in the next Dark Ages theme?

Walter

Depends how you define Dark Ages then. If you consider this to be from the collapse of the Roman Empire to about 1100 AD then that would still mean there are Ancient British and Early Hungarians.

But then again, with nine books (Swifter than Eagles, Rise of Rome, Legions Triumphant, Wolves from the Sea, Immortal Fire, Empires of the Dragon, Swords and Scimitars, Blood and Gold and Decline and Fall) covering this period and 38 entries you would only expect four armies per book and with Bosporans being the flavour of the month then some books were always going to have fewer entries than this. When you consider there were 13 entries from Rise of Rome then there are 25 further entries spread between seven books it is evel less surprising that some books got no entries.

A quick look at the last 4 tournaments in the UK shows that out of 136 players a grand total of 1 used an army from Wolves from the Sea.

Perhaps those armies aren’t popular for a reason other than they are not competitive under the rules.

Walter