LORDS OF KHURASAN circa 1000

[iandavidsmith]

Iandavidsmith ( ghaznavids) 7/30 win
vrs
uheng1997 ( Later Abbasids) 34/32 loss

The map was open in the centre with some lakes and marsh on each flank.
Some Dailami and a few ghilman where able to hold off the Abbasid flanking
manoeuvre while the rest of the ghaznavid army including 40 elephants broke through
the centre and then it was a case of mopping up until the army broke.

Thanks for the Game ,
Ian

did you two play two games?

No , i forgot to edit my copy and paste ,
i have edited the original post now

Ian

[mschund]

Turks (mschund) 37/36 drew Saminids (ScipioAsinus) 36/36

A brutal battle

Ghaznavid (mschund) 3/37 vs Saminids (uheng1997) 33/33

with a valley in the center of the map, the Saminids split their army into two wings. The Ghaznavid army isolated the right flank of the Saminids and destroyed it. The right flank of the Ghaznavid army anchored itself on the hills between the valley. The Saminids were unable to breakthrough to help their beleaguered right flank and their limited units in the center got caught in the crossfire of the Ghaznavid's victorious left flank, a detachment from the Ghaznavid's right flank, and its opposing units in the center.

[fogman]

fogman (later abbasids) 18/37 vs iandavidsmith (rebel abbasids) 34/33

The rebels loaded their left but the loyalist were ready for them. fighting flared up all along the frontline. it was close for 7 turns. then it came. the blow. the rebels' centre and right evaporated.

[iandavidsmith]

Iandavidsmith (Khurasan Saminid) 31/37 win
vrs
mschund ( Later Abbasids) 36/35 loss

A close battle all the way till a few turns from the end , with the Saminids praying
to the dice gods a little more than the Abbasids. Great Game ,could have easily gone either way.

2 more games to go , really enjoying these little competitions.
My Thanks for Fogman.

Ian

[lascar]

Lascar (Ghazanvids (28/30) vs Uheng1997 (Ghazanvids 34/33)

Lascar (Saminds 26/30) vs ScipioAsinus (Ghazanvids 32/32)

[fogman]

i reckon most people must be at least half way through. make sure you account for all your games, 7 in all.

i will post the details for the next iteration at the end of the week so there is no down time.

prepare for the LORDS OF THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN circa 500!

[lydianed]

lydianed (Ghaznavids 19/33) vs Lascar (Khurasan Saffarid 36/30)

The Ghaznavid left and the Saffarid right locked horns from the off, with the numbers slightly favouring the Ghaznavids. In the centre the ghaznavid elephant and escort punched a hole through the Saffarid lines and peeled back both to the left and right. The Saffarid job was made more difficult by a wooded area in the centre of the battlefield, suited to the ghaznavid MF but not the Saffarid cavalry. The Saffarid right arrived in strength but was unable to break through the delaying screen before their camp was lost and their left finally broken.

[lydianed]

lydianed (Ghaznavid 18/33) vs. Uheng1997 (Khurasan Saffarid 40/36)

The two armies spent some time manouevring to align themselves along a diagonal axis running NE/SW. The Ghaznavids managed to occupy a small rise to the right of their line providing a strong point and brought a large flanking force of Ghilams round the Saffarid left. The Saffarid's started cautiously and left a large force of mainly HF protecting their camp. These reserves were hurried quickly across to the action but arrived when most of the work had been done. The centre of both lines held, the ghaznavid flanking force broke the Saffarid left more quickly and more decisively than the Saffarids were able to push back the ghaznavid left. Both sides fielded elephants which despite being in the thick of the fighting, Pachyderm to Pachyderm, failed to have any discernible affect but equally didn't run rout. Really enjoyable game. Thanks Chris.

[iandavidsmith]

i reckon most people must be at least half way through. make sure you account for all your games, 7 in all.

i will post the details for the next iteration at the end of the week so there is no down time.

prepare for the LORDS OF THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN circa 500!

Sweet

[solly]

Solly (Saminids) 34/38 vs mschund (Daylami) 30/27

A little valley between forest and ripid hill. Saminids deploy a weak centre basically formed by archers.
The Daylami's attack in the centre was stopped for some turn; in the same moment Saminids superiority in the wings was sufficient to gain the victory


Solly (ghaznavids) 10/32 vs Lascar (Daylami) 31/28

An open map with a river a some other elements about 1/3 from the board.
The armies was in two distinct corps: ghaznavids have superiority in the wing; four elephants make the difference

[iandavidsmith]

Iandavidsmith (Dailami) 29/32 win
vrs
Solly ( Later Abbasids) 38/38 loss

The map was clear in the middle between 2 lakes and marsh terrain on each side.
The Abbasids went strong on both flanks with a line of spear in the middle. The Dailami
went a little weak on the flanks with MF in the marsh's in a hope to delay the flank manoeuvres of the
Abbasids enough to concentrate most of their force in the centre.After the centre spear was broken
it was time to fan out and concentrate of the flanks. A late comeback by the Abbasids made for
another close game at the end.

Cheers
Ian

[iandavidsmith]

Iandavidsmith (Turks) 23/35 win
vrs
ScipioAsinus (Later Abbasids ) 38/37 Loss

A Abbasid strong line of mixed spear and Ghilman in the centre , the turkish MF in broken terrain were able to hold
off one of the Abbasid's flanking manoeuvre while the turkish ghilman punched through and got
behind the Abbasid centre line.

Thats the last of my game , thanks to all the player and especially Fogman
for another great tournament.

Cheers
Ian

[fogman]

congrats ian on your speed of play and on a successful second round.

with that, i'm opening recruitment for the next series. move over to the next thread to sign up if you're interested.

please finish your outstanding games within the next one or two weeks.

[iandavidsmith]

Count me in , i love these games , i like the
idea of no ladder as well , keeps them friendly
Ian

[fogman]

fogman (dailami) 25/31 vs solly (later abbasids) 39/38.

the abbasids launched two flanking assaults. the first on the dailami left was led by the weaker wing and attacked too early and was chased away before the other wing came into contact. the dailamis were able to re-concentrate efficiently to contain the massive assault on their right, counter attacked down the middle and decimated the abbasid centre composed of hf.

[ricoual74]

sign me up.
Thanks

[solly]

Theese are the last results:

Solly (Saffarids) 25/37 vs Lydianed (Daylami) 30/30
In a large valley, Daylami push in one wing a retain Saffarids in the other side. The centre became weak and Saffarids knock down against the cavalry supremacy (more or less like Fogman against me!).

Solly (Turks) 16/37 vs Scipioasinus (Daylami) 35/31
A large plain with some broken terrain. Daylami deploy is troups in a large line while turks are in one wing with a little retroguard in the other side.
The combat was about 3/2 for turks: after the wing also the centre collapsed

Solly (Saffarids) 10/37 vs Uheng (Daylami) 28/28
There was two large ripid hill and a small valley in the centre (maybe a uadi?). Too much of daylami cavalry was in a broken flank and cannot win against my LT. In the other side the cavalry supremacy was sufficient to gain the battle.

A great thanks to all players, with a special thanks to Fogman:
for his ideas;
for his organization;
and for his strong play!

[fogman]

So the Lords of the Khurasan conclude. 57 games played in 4 weeks and a half. Many thanks to all participants for keeping the war machine humming along. I'll compile the stats shortly.