LORDS OF THE WESTERN MEDITERRANEAN circa 550

[ericdoman1]

Not sure how many unfinished games there are.

Fogman, your call but should we start the mirror matches?

[uheng1997]

I am just finishing my last game with lydianed. We should be on the last turn.

[uheng1997]

Lydianed (Maurikian Byz) 18/36 bt. Mike48 (Ostrogoths) 42/39

Dominant feature was the line of trees and ponds stretching across two-thirds of the battlefield. Byzantines parked their squishy troops in there and made it hard for the Goth lancers to make their way thru' the unfavourable terrain. Massed Byz cavalry on the left wing broke the smaller Goth force. Honours even on the right flank but the slow moving Goth HF couldn't make contact with the more nimble Byz cavalry and make their presence felt.

Thanks for a great game.

Elsewhere Solly has defeated me (he can have the joy of writing that up) and my game with Uheng is close to finishing but I've not heard from Chris in a couple of days. Are we nearly done now? Looking forward to the return matches. Note to people picking Byzantines - the big, expensive Heavy Artillery is something of a white elephant. you probably all knew that but thought I'd share...

I have been traveling so I was having spotty internet coverage, but i sent my turn to you yesterday. It's been a fun game and I must admit that the artillery was a surprise. As was the attempted ambush on my right flank. Luckily fate was with me and I went no where near those woods.

Cheers,
Chris

[fogman]

Not sure how many unfinished games there are.

Fogman, your call but should we start the mirror matches?

3 or 4 games left i think. we'll wait a couple of days.

[rexhurley]

Not sure how many unfinished games there are.

Fogman, your call but should we start the mirror matches?

3 or 4 games left i think. we'll wait a couple of days.

if my opponent is ready may we start instead of waiting.....I need my FOG fix

[ericdoman1]

Rex, I am afraid you will have to go into cold turkey mode for a while

Otherwise you may have to go into the Betty Ford Clinic (special division for FOG pcers):)

[iandavidsmith]

iandavidsmith(Lombards) 12/40 win
vrs
Mike48 (Italian Ostrogoth) 43/39 loss


Everything went right for the Lombards on this day ,
not so much for the Ostrogoths though....

All praise the dice gods !

thanks for the game,
Ian

[uheng1997]

lydianed(Rebel Byzantines) 36/36 loss
vrs
uheng1997 (Loyalist Byzantines) 18/36 win

The rebels anchored their position on a large hill in the center of their deployment area. They place the stolen piece of hvy artillery on the back side of the hill to surprise the loyalists. A rolling fight took play around the hill seeing the loyalist victorious. In order to finally rout the rebel force the hill was assaulted with overwhelming force. rebels decided they were on the wrong side, laid down their weapons and begged for mercy.

[solly]

Gday to alls

my last game was finished in saturday: I'm ready for the return match

[fogman]

since most people are done round one, let's start round two. you are playing with the army your opponent used in round one. all troop restrictions apply (see first post).

ROUND TWO

The setup is:

Show army

Terrain density: OPEN
Opponent army: FROM ANY BOOK
Fog of war: YES
Double moves: YES
Password Protected: YES
Password: (remember it is case sensitive)

WHEN YOU ACCEPT A CHALLENGE, REMEMBER TO ALSO CHECK 'OPEN' TERRAIN
WHOEVER GAINS INITIATIVE HAS TO PICK A GREEN MAP, unless there are none offered (rare).


turk will challenge: lydianed, uheng, ian, solly
lydianed will challenge: uheng, ian, solly, rexhurley
uheng will challenge: ian, solly, rex, fogman
ian will challenge: solly, rexhurley, ericdoman, mike
solly will challenge: rexhurley, ericdoman, mike, fogman
rexhurley will challenge: ericdoman, mike, fogman, turk
ericdoman will challenge: turk, lydianed, uheng, fogman
mike will challenge: turk, lydianed, uheng, ericdoman
fogman will challenge: turk, lydianed, ian, mike

good luck and enjoy!

[uheng1997]

Fogman and ian challenges up. pw = "lombard"

Chris

[ericdoman1]

Final game of round 1

ericdoman1 (Avar early) 18/37 vs iandavidsmith (Lombard Early) 42/40

Challenges up for turk (Italian Ostrogoth), lydianed (Maurikian Byzantine early), uheng (Maurikian Byzantine early), fogman Lombard early), all vs Avars early pw = mirror

All games are open

[fogman]

challenges for

turk and mike vs ostrogoths: pw: lombard
lydianed vs byzantines: pw: maurice
ian vs lombards: pw: rebel

[iandavidsmith]

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ian vs lombards: pw: rebel[/quote]

remember us rebels did destroy the death star with a single fixed wing spaceship

[uheng1997]

Challenges posted for;

solly vs (Avars) - pw = "avars"
rex vs (Gepids) - pw = "gepids

Cheers and good luck. the good luck is for me by the way...I am going to need it!

[Turk1964]

Ok Challanges up for

Lydianed password Byzantine

Uhueng password Byzantine

Iandavidsmith password Lombards

Solly password Avars

You must all use Italian Ostrogothic .Please select open,green maps. Good luck to you all.

[solly]

Challenge posted against:

Rex
Eric
Mike
Fogman

pw return

[lydianed]

Challenges up for:
Uheng Mauriks
Solly Avars
Ian Lombards
Rex Gepids

You're all picking Maurikian Byzantines, green maps, open etc, etc,

pw flipflop

Enjoy the battle!

[uheng1997]

Challenges up for:
Uheng Mauriks
Solly Avars
Ian Lombards
Rex Gepids

You're all picking Maurikian Byzantines, green maps, open etc, etc,

pw flipflop

Enjoy the battle!

Lydianed,

My apologies for screwing up all your challenges, but I could not find our game Byzantines vs byzantines. I will resign from the ones I accepted and we'll have to start over.

Chris

[lydianed]

Lydianed,

My apologies for screwing up all your challenges, but I could not find our game Byzantines vs byzantines. I will resign from the ones I accepted and we'll have to start over.

Chris

The reason you couldn't see it is because that sneaky iandavidsmith got in there and accepted your game even though it wasn't his! I've resigned from all of the games (that's right, so my inbox records 4 defeats!) and have reposted them. Fellas, pay attention:

Lydianed (Mauriks) Uheng
Lydianed (Lombards) iandavidsmith
Lydianed (Avars) solly
Lydianed (Gepids) Rex

pw flipflop on all games - just make sure you pick the one that's yours