Slitherine

Division C
Egmont defeats ulysisgrant 20-46

Div A

random27 (berber) defeats angusosborne (ghaznavid) 41-10

thanks for the game , sometimes offensive pays very well

carpenkm (Papal) beat anderarcoss11 (burgundian) 41-6

Nearly a stalemate, but some lucky charges ended it too quickly before the comeback - well played.

With three weeks to go here are the latest standings. Still plenty to play for.
Div A
Stones look swell played with point son the board, but both Random27 and Aeitius39 have better averages and with Aetius not starting until late he looks to be the one to beat.
Div B
Morat and Garokan are both well placed on the shoulder of leader Nosferatu, but to be honest anyone in the top 6 are still in the running.
Div C
If points on the board are anything to go by Ryaid has this, but good runs from IMC, mejobo or fogman could easily bring home the top spot.

Please make sure you get the games finished before 31 March. Even if you cant get a position your game can and will make a difference and you can still give the eventual divisional winner a virtual bloody nose.

Having checked the challenges, there seems to be only 6 games unstarted at this pint. Please make sure you start these as soon as possible.

Division B: Early Medieval: 1028AD - 1319AD

Result

IMC German (Imperial) 1155-1199AD with Free Canton has beaten rockmanbob123 Anglo-irish 1275-1319

Score: 54% to 19%

A win for IMC

Loads of bad luck for the Rockman on this occasion....A great sport and super opponent.

Thanks for the game.

Ian

Nosferatu (Croatian) defeats Morat (Norman w French) 41:13

The Normans opted for a boxy formation using a hill on their right and rough terrain in the center as a defensive cover which looked formidable with their heavy armored infantry. However, the Croatians were thus free to surround the box on both sides and the Norman cavalry protecting their left was outnumbered by the Croatian cavalry and a few units were distracted by a single pursuit, allowing the Croatian cavalry to pounce and destroy that wing. As the units engaged, enough cracks appeared in the Norman line, allowing the less armoured, but more numerous Croatians to pour in and the Normans routed. Thanks to Morat for an interesting match.

This closes my TDC Dark Ages challenge, with 7 wins and 2 close defeats, I am satisfied. Good luck to all in the remaining games.

rockmanbob123 anglo saxons defeated ggarynorman polish 63-51

Game was missing on table, perhaps i forgot to report this earlier.

Div A

Karvon Alans 651 AD challenges

Aetius39 Byzantine 988-1041

pw karvon

PM sent

Div A

alexmike1 Berber (Marinid) 1244-1319 with Aragonese 1275-1319 beat random27 berber murabit 1087-1147 AD + andalusian 60-53

One of those close games that ends with small groups of units trying to earn enough points for the win.

My last game in this season, thanks to everyone involved.

Division B

GeneralKostas (German Imperial 1200-1319 AD) defeated Egmont (Rus 1265-1379 AD) 62-56

Nosferatu (Mountain Indian+Indian) defeats rockmanbob123 (Bosphoran 84 + Sarmantian) with 64:39

A very difficult hill on the Indian left overlooked the battlefield and both sides rushed lights and mediums onto it, but it was just slightly closer to the Bosphoran positions, so the Indians were caught before they could climb all the way, dooming them, but they bought some time for the rest of the battle to unravel. The Bosphoran center advanced against the Indians who held back, while on the other side, the Bosphorans withdrew their cavalry from the flank to strengthen their center, leaving the entire Indian right flank with no option but to rush as quickly as possible across the battlefield. While this took time, this wing did manage to reach the center in time to decide the battle there and overwhelm the enemy, who broke. The battle was still in the balance until the very last two turns, thanks for the game.

hscic with Assyrian 704 - 682 BC defeated Bagatrix1805 with Lydian 687 - 551 BC 60 - 55.
It was a very tough battle. We beat each other to pieces fighting on the banks of a river. The match was undecided until the end. TY Bagatrix for the nice game.

Season Update

Division B

principesromanes (Armenian (Tigranes) 83-69 BC with Pontic 84-47 BC allies) defeats GDod (Parthian 250 BC - 225 AD with Selecuid 166-125 BC allies) 50-25

The Parthians came ready with every medium foot they could find to wrest the large rough hill on this map from a horde of Armenian irregular foot. Unfortunately, the Armenians forgot their irregulars at home and brought everyone who could wield a bow. The Armenians quickly vacated the hills to take the battle to the open plain, hoping their more numerous light horse could prove superior. After significant manouvering, the Armenian light horse finally made contact with the Parthian mounted wing. Things did not go well for the Parthian horsemen, although they managed to run down a few Armenian light foot trying to help out.

Seeing the cavalry battle going badly, the Parthian and Seleucid foot tried to engage the Armenian foot, who had unfortunately positioned themselves with a smaller and more defensive hill to anchor the flank. The Armenians may have had the slightest upper hand before the battle devolved into a melee. With lots of medium and light foot, many units broke quickly. Unfortunately for the Parthians, the Armenians had a few cataphracts who brought some staying power. Even so, the squishy Armenian irregular foot and bowmen who made up the core of the centre looked like they were on the brink of collapse. Fortunately for the Armenians, a very stubborn disrupted unit of massed archers decided to withstand a rear charge from cavalry, allowing enough time for some Parthian and Seleucid militia thureophoroi to collapse before the Armenian irregular foot were enveloped.

Thanks for a great game – I definitely got lucky a few times to snag the win when I did – fragmented medium foot can’t have great odds of surviving a charge from light horse.

Division B

GeneralKostas (Papal 1440-1500 AD) defeated Russelgardner1964 (Crusade of Nicopolis 1396 AD) 76-34

Division B

angusosborne (Roman) defeats ulysisgrunt (Hunnic) 30-55

also, past results not recorded
angusosborne defeats Bodhran 28-56
angusosborne defeats anderarcos11 10-50

Div A

Morat Visigoths 419-621 with Byzantine (571-8) defeats frederic02 Avars 558-631 AD: 41-2


Hilly terrain made it hard for the Avars to deploy. They then had no luck against their Gothic/Byzantine foes.

Thanks to federic02 for the game. And thanks to all my opponents in this Division. It's been (as ever) lots of fun,

M.

Div A

Nijis (vijayanagara) defeats Bagatrix1805 (knights of St. John) 60-42.

Inspired no doubt by Murugan, the elephants were not their usual panicky selves, enduring cannon, flanking attacks and head-on clashes with halberdiers, pinning down the knights until they could be flanked.

A month ago I posted results of a battle with carpenkm that did not get logged. Vijayanagara vs papal, vijayanagara won, will check score.

Div A

Nijis (vijayanagara) defeats vs carpenkm (papal) 59-3.