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[alexmike1]

Div B

alexmike1 Egyptian 1200-1150BC beat Bagatrix1805 Babylonian 890-729 BC with Neo-Hittite/Aramaean 890 40-11

An absolute pig of a map with a large body of water down the Egyptian right, a deep stream through the middle and enclosures. The respective chariot fleets spent most of the match sniping across the stream, with the Babylonians having the better of it. In the centre and right though the Egyptian archery and superior foot got the better of their opponents. The game ended quite abruptly when a unit of impact foot completed 3 successive flank charge/routs - pretty lucky on my part!

[Indibil]

Div B

Indibil Polish 1386 - 1454 with Hungarian 1320 CHALLENGES

IMC Venetian 1440-1500 AD
devoncop Order of St John 1450-1500
rockmanbob123 French 1484-1500

Pw: indibil

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[Bagatrix1805]

In a Persian civil war the persians beat the persians

Bagatrix1805 Sassanid Persian 591-628 AD with Arab (Bedouin)
defeated
Asterix_von_TWC Sassanid Persian 477-590 with Hepthalite

the score was 44-18 in favour of the Persians

[Ironclad]

Division A

Challenges from Ironclad Roman 379-424 AD and Hunnic (Western) 250-375 AD allies for:

Kroche Ancient British 60 BC-80 AD and Roman 24 BC-196 AD allies pw tdc8

random27 Kushan 130 BC-476 AD pw tdc8

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[Chris Townsend]

Division C

Chris Townsend's Spanish 900 (w/Andulasian allies) defeats Solemnace's Arab (Bedouin) 41 to 14

This was a bit of a time warp battle, with a pre-conquista Arab (Bedouin) army facing a Spanish army from the beginning of the Reconquista.

The Arab's only brought lances when they crossed the Straits of Gibraltar, and they literally ran into a bunch of rough terrain, with a rough sided hill in the middle, and the sea protecting the Spanish left flank. The Spanish placed archers on the hill, a few spearmen at each end of their line, and irregulars in the mostly rough terrain in between.

Their right flank was open, and their light horse their was quickly overrun, apparently not realizing that the Bedouins had lances instead of light spears. The Spanish medium cavalry did come to the rescue, and the front stabilized, with a few Bedouin light horses getting through, but not early enough to threaten the rear of the Spanish infantry. On the Spanish left, one Bedouin cavalry did slip through a gap, but fortunately spent too long looting the Spanish camp to have a decisive impact on the battle.

Meanwhile, the archery fire (massed and skirmishers) devastated the middle of the lancer line, and the irregular infantry counter attacked as successive lancers fragmented, putting a hole in the Bedouin line big enough to send them back to their ships.

A good game, where the virtues and challenges of lancers were shown, especially in constrained terrain.

[frederic02]

Div B

frederic02 (Carthaginians with greek allies) defeated Ulysisgrunt (Roman with Moorish allies 61-48.

Thanks for the game.

[SirMichael]

Division: B

Victory: SirMichael

Danish (SirMichael) 44
Venetian (IMC) 63

[Solemnace]

Division B

Solemnace Scots (Isles and Highlands) 1320-1493 AD defeats Asterix_von_TWC Byzantine (Central) 1262-1399 with Anatolian Turkoman 41-16

Byzantine and Turkoman cavalry gave me some trouble on the flanks but the Scots smashed through their infantry in the centre for the victory.

[Chris Townsend]

Division C

Chris Townsend's Pergamene 262 defeated devoncop's Samnite 355 and the Gallic allies 44 to 17.

Samnite's came down from their mountains and crossed the Aegean Sea, landing near Troy, looking for a hospital environment in which to make an impact. Unfortunately, they found the terrain very open, with the only hill being a small rise anchoring the Pergamene left flank.

Both armies concentrated their cavalry on the right, with the infantry skewed left. The Pergamene infantry was outnumbered, but well supported by skirmishers and artillery. The Samnite medium infantry entangled and surrounded the Pergamene cavalry in project "Neutralize Anelkatos", but, eventually suffered more casualties than they caused, partly due to repeated flanking charges by the Pergamene light horse. In the meantime, the Samnite right flank eventually broke through against the hill destroying the Thureophoroi, but leaving most of the skirmishers intact (albeit on low ammo) to harass efforts to get to the centre.

In the end, the Pergamene centre held and even counterattacked through a combination of wearing down the attackers with missile fire and the timely arrival of their victorious right flank.

A good game that looked very balanced for quite a while, until an accumulation of little things (like the rally of a Pergamene Xystophoroi) led to the decisive result.

[snooky51]

Div B
snooky51 Samnite 355-272 + Gallic 300-101 allies
challenges
ulysisgrunt Roman 105--25 + Numidian or Moorish 55 BC - 6 AD allies

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[Rob123]

Div. B

Rob123 Hephthalite with Sassanid Persian defeated SimonLancaster Arab City with Sassanid Persian 61:53

[Rob123]

Div. B

Rob123 Hephthalite 350-570AD challenges devoncop Khazar568-737AD

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[jaerho]

Division B

jaerho Spanish (Sertorious) 80-70 BC

defeats

snooky51 Samnite 355-272 + Gallic 300-101 allies

45-8

[vakarr]

Division C

Vakarr Bithynian 297-74 BC with Galatian 280-63 BC Allies challenges mcfcivo Graeco-Bactrian 250-130 + Saka 300 BC - 50 AD allies

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[alexmike1]

Div B

alexmike1 challenges OmegaOm

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[alexhstandish]

Div B

Challenges posted in DA by alexhstandish (Visigothic) for:

1. alexmike1
2. asterix_von_TWC
3. rpadilla1988

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[Chris Townsend]

Division C

Chris Townsend's Pergamene 262 forces challenge mcfivo's Greaco-Bactrian 250 and their Saka allies.

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[Solemnace]

Division C

Solemnace Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD defeats Asterix_von_TWC Byzantine 1155-1204 with Crusader 55 -27

Baltic impact foot breaks up much of the Byzantine Left including Byzantine Knightly Lancers before sweeping towards a badly bloodied centre and right where an equally powerful left hook began dismantling slowly some of the Western Knights fighting for the Byzantines.

Weirdly though the Byzantine losses scores during the startup of what would have been my turn just as victory is declared shifts the Byzantine losses score 2 points from 57 to 55. Does anyone know why that would happen? I did have a unit rally at the beginning of my turn.

[alexhstandish]

Div C

alexhstandish (Anglo Irish) challenges:

1. principesromanes (Lithuanian and Baltic)
2. NeroWolfe (German SE)

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Alex

[Kroche]

Division C

Solemnace Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD defeats Asterix_von_TWC Byzantine 1155-1204 with Crusader 55 -27

Baltic impact foot breaks up much of the Byzantine Left including Byzantine Knightly Lancers before sweeping towards a badly bloodied centre and right where an equally powerful left hook began dismantling slowly some of the Western Knights fighting for the Byzantines.

Weirdly though the Byzantine losses scores during the startup of what would have been my turn just as victory is declared shifts the Byzantine losses score 2 points from 57 to 55. Does anyone know why that would happen? I did have a unit rally at the beginning of my turn.

Maybe a non routed byzantine unit previusly chased off the map returned at the last moment?