The Dustbin

[Schweetness101]

well played and well deserved!

[Geffalrus]

Div A

Geffalrus (Beat-up Byzantines) challenges nyczar (Ancient British 60 BC-80 AD and Roman 24 -196 AD Ally)

Match is all set up, PM to be sent.

PW is final

[MikeMarchant]

Well done Questar; brilliant achievement.


Best Wishes

Mike

[MikeMarchant]

Well done, Danny. Well deserved.


Best Wishes

Mike

[Barrold713]

Division D for Determined

Barrold713 (Palmyran) defeats Ulysisgrunt (Roman) 46-15

This might be my first ever win against UG so I might enjoy it a bit. After my initial plan of a defensive position did not pan out, I went on the offense and saw an opportunity to concentrate my legions and massed archers against medium foot and raw on my right while half my cataphracts and cavalry did their best to hold my left. The attack was quite successful and allowed me to clear my right and roll up enough points for the win. Thanks to Ulysisgrunt again for the excellent match and enjoyable competition.

BDH

[Barrold713]

Congratulations Danny!

Barry

[General Shapur]

div B

General Shapur - Arab (Conquest) 629-637 AD challenges batesmotel - Khorasanian 821-1003 AD with Dailami 928-1055 AD ally

passsword: batesmotel

[Cunningcairn]

Division B

Cunningcairn - Bosporan 11 BC-375 AD with Roman 24 BC–196 AD ally beat General Shapur - Kingdom of Soissons 461-486 AD 53% to 21%

[XLegione]

Division A

XLegione - Achaemenid Persian 550-546 BC defeated nyczar - Assyrian 681-609 BC with Egyptian 664-571 BC ally 40% - 9%

ciao

[Geffalrus]

Division A

Geffalrus (Antigonids) defeats MikeC_81 (Romans and Greeks) 42-12

For context, I learned how to play FoG2 a year(?) or so ago by watching Mike's youtube video where he dismantled a Seleucid pike player with his Roman army. So I was just massively nervous the whole time.

Anyway, the map featured a small stream bisecting the map with a big patch of rough ground in the center and some decent hills on my right/his left flank. Not exactly ideal pike ground if I just AFK marched forward to contact. My initial plan was to screen my left with some cavalry, screen the center with my thureos, and then mass my pikes and lancers on the right flank to quickly cross the stream and seize the hill on his side. Mike had basically the same exact plan, mirrored. This meant that Mike's Romans started on a hill and I'd have to fight up a hill AND over a stream, so that was a no-go. Plus he had a larger force of skirmishers, so a shootout wasn't necessarily a great idea. So my pikes did a hard left turn and everyone marched to the other flank to see if I could pick a fight in a more advantageous situation. Initially, I hoped to use my cavalry to lure some of his mediums out of the rough patch and then catch them with my pikes while his cohorts would have to march a longer route around the rough ground. However, when his cohorts ventured onto the open ground on my side of the stream, I scrapped that plan and turned around again, hoping that I could engage his cohorts before they could backup to the stream. Some of the cohorts withdrew to the stream, but enough were engaged in the open for me to start winning some fights. My cavalry on the left spent their time riding around eating arrows aka "distracting" some of Mike's units, but not much else to be honest. I got the better of the medium melee on the rough ground thanks to the untimely death of Mike's nearby general and some bad cohesion rolls. An elephant charge that I thought for sure would roll up all my thureos ended up pursuing off into the wild blue yonder.

The battle was ultimately decided by the heavy infantry contest on my right where my pikes successfully chewed through the less-scary hastati. The Veteran Hastati reserve came in like a wrecking ball, flanking a veteran pike and double dropping another pike on impact. However, thanks to some timely routs and rallies, I crossed the 25% threshold and my fragmented pikes lived to see another day.

Thank you Mike for the game, and thank you Pete for keeping everything running. That's it for me in the Classical division.

Final positions. Stream, rough ground, and initial Roman hill all visible.

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[stockwellpete]

Received by PM

Division A

MikeC_81 (Viking) beat MorkinTheFree (Polish) 61-59

(3-1)

[Questar17]

I really enjoyed my first season in digital league! Special thanks to stockwellpete for excellent organization of the tournament and to all opponents for nice emotions and challenges happened

Best wishes and see you next season

[Garokan]

Division D

Garokan (Roman) defeats Barrold713 (Palmyran) 47-21

[MikeMarchant]

Division B

MikeMarchant (Elamite 815-539 BCE - Allies: Babylonian) defeated lunecastle (Assyrian 681-609 BC with Egyptian ally): 53/28

Swirly tough battle that I have little recollection of except lots of arrows and dashing chariots and cavalry.

Bad luck, lunecastle.


Best Wishes

Mike

[Najanaja]

Division C

Najanaja IRoman) defeated Breogan (German) 44-18

[phoyle3290]

Division B

phoyle3290 - Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 216-203 defeats Ulysisgrunt - Jewish 167-164 BC - 65-42

Nice playing against you!

[batesmotel]

Division C

batesmotel (Romans) beat edb1815 (Thracians) 40-13

Thanks for the game.

Chris

[Nijis]

Div B

Nijis - Byzantine 963-987 AD - challenges batesmotel - Khorasanian 821-1003 AD with Dailami 928-1055 AD ally

Password: batesmotel

[MikeC_81]

Division A

Geffalrus (Antigonids) defeats MikeC_81 (Romans and Greeks) 42-12

For context, I learned how to play FoG2 a year(?) or so ago by watching Mike's youtube video where he dismantled a Seleucid pike player with his Roman army. So I was just massively nervous the whole time.

Anyway, the map featured a small stream bisecting the map with a big patch of rough ground in the center and some decent hills on my right/his left flank. Not exactly ideal pike ground if I just AFK marched forward to contact. My initial plan was to screen my left with some cavalry, screen the center with my thureos, and then mass my pikes and lancers on the right flank to quickly cross the stream and seize the hill on his side. Mike had basically the same exact plan, mirrored. This meant that Mike's Romans started on a hill and I'd have to fight up a hill AND over a stream, so that was a no-go. Plus he had a larger force of skirmishers, so a shootout wasn't necessarily a great idea. So my pikes did a hard left turn and everyone marched to the other flank to see if I could pick a fight in a more advantageous situation. Initially, I hoped to use my cavalry to lure some of his mediums out of the rough patch and then catch them with my pikes while his cohorts would have to march a longer route around the rough ground. However, when his cohorts ventured onto the open ground on my side of the stream, I scrapped that plan and turned around again, hoping that I could engage his cohorts before they could backup to the stream. Some of the cohorts withdrew to the stream, but enough were engaged in the open for me to start winning some fights. My cavalry on the left spent their time riding around eating arrows aka "distracting" some of Mike's units, but not much else to be honest. I got the better of the medium melee on the rough ground thanks to the untimely death of Mike's nearby general and some bad cohesion rolls. An elephant charge that I thought for sure would roll up all my thureos ended up pursuing off into the wild blue yonder.

The battle was ultimately decided by the heavy infantry contest on my right where my pikes successfully chewed through the less-scary hastati. The Veteran Hastati reserve came in like a wrecking ball, flanking a veteran pike and double dropping another pike on impact. However, thanks to some timely routs and rallies, I crossed the 25% threshold and my fragmented pikes lived to see another day.

Thank you Mike for the game, and thank you Pete for keeping everything running. That's it for me in the Classical division.

Final positions. Stream, rough ground, and initial Roman hill all visible.
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GG, the bad CTs wrecked my centre where the rough was but I could have played it better. Full marks on the game and the division.

[stockwellpete]

In his first season in the top flight Geffalrus has remained unbeaten throughout the season with his Antigonid army to win Classical Antiquity Division A. Well played Geffalrus.