Slitherine

Div C
excubitor Bizantine 600-649 challenges rockmanbob123 Vikings 900-1049 w/ french
password: 4321

Division A

Kroche Carthaginian 490-411BC w Greek 460 49% loss
defeats
Morat Galatian 62-25 BC with Roman 62% loss

A very close battle which saw Carthaginians move to occupy some of a large plateau with small slope facing the enemy. Carthaginian medium foot occupied a large hill further forward, but far to the right. Galatian forces moved towards the plateau in an arrow formation - legionaries directed to the centre, supported by warbands, mediums protecting their left and a cavalry wing protecting their right. Carthaginians braced for impact and realised they needed to leave the large hill to support their main line and threaten the Galatian left. Carthaginian had to move some infantry supported by 2 chariots and a sup cav to block the Galatian/Roman cav. Carthaginian centre held vs initial charges and their medium force had good success against Galatian left - due to numbers and engaging a close order warband in rough. The centre was a clash of wills with many units dropping down to autobreak territory. As the warbands and legionaries pushing in the centre threatened total breakthrough the Carthaginians had to try to push back against the cavalry wing on the left and a fortunate pursuit of an evading unit led the Carthaginian cavalry unit to a flanking position against the left of the Galatian main - this enabled a couple of routs and breaking the Galatian stranglehold in the centre. These routs gave Carthaginans a winning lead - Galatians were still in the fight and a Veteran Legionary coming back to steady from fragged held the line and turned the tables on the Carthaginians desperate to finish it off. Carthaginians just got over the line in what could have been their last opportunity as another turn could have seen result swing the other way. GG

The was an error on results Table for Div B. (Thank you Solemnance for letting me know)

Updated table attached

Div B

Simon Lancaster (Turkish) beat Rob123 (Rajput Indian) 41-9.

Thanks for the game.

Hello Karvon:

There is a problem with the ability to create a Late Medieval skirmish and choose the Division B pairing of

SirMichael (Danish 1488 - 1500)
and
Asterix_von_TWC (Byzantine Central 1262 - 1399 with Anatolian Turcoman allies)

The pairing selection doesn't seem to be an option in the dropdown menu. If I choose my Danes as the A side then the B side menu does not offer the Byzantine Central option. How to proceed?

Div B

rockmanbob123 has challenged Asterix_von_twc

pm sent

Div B

rockmanbob123 has challenged Asterix_von_twc

pm sent

Hello Karvon:

There is a problem with the ability to create a Late Medieval skirmish and choose the Division B pairing of

SirMichael (Danish 1488 - 1500)
and
Asterix_von_TWC (Byzantine Central 1262 - 1399 with Anatolian Turcoman allies
The pairing selection doesn't seem to be an option in the dropdown menu. If I choose my Danes as the A side then the B side menu does not offer the Byzantine Central option. How to proceed?

Sir Michael:
On the dropdown menu at the bottom of the right hand for the enemy army, press both the Dates and Geography buttons. The menu tries to limit you to historical and geographic enemies unless both those buttons are selected.

harveylh, Dark Ages Administrator

Div B

rockmanbob123 has challenged Asterix_von_twc

pm sent

Div C


rockmanbob123 has challenged ulysisgrunt

pm sent

Div C


rockmanbob123 has challenged Wulf

pm sent

Division B

jaerho Spanish (Sertorius) 70 - 80 BC
challenges
grahamed Seleucid 166 - 125 BC + Parthian 250 BC - 225 AD allies

pw TDC8
pm sent

Div D

mejobo's Antigonids defeat excubitor's Pyrrhics 62-48

Another close battle with rough hill on the Antigonid left and open field on the right. I more or less did an oblique attack with a bit more medium infantry than the Pyrrhics on the hill and an echelon formation (and also double ranked near the hill) push with the pikes alongside across the open field. Was a bit of a race against some cavalry going for a long flank around the hill and behind a wood on the Antigonid side of the hill, where a few medium infantry and javelins were able to defeat some and prevent others from arriving before the battle was largely decided. Still ended up getting close as pikes and warbands managed to wear down the pikes on the refused Antigonid right flank and turn the battle into the remaining Antigonids fighting downhill from their original left to the right. At that point the Antigonids were closer to the Pyrrhic starting line and vice versa, and it seemed unlikely the battle would swing back to a Pyrrhic victory as too much of the Pyrrhic force were cavalry or hoplites trapped in a swirling melee. In contrast, the Antigonids could afford to lose their encircled units left behind in that chaos while pressing down in a more controlled fashion with a pretty solid line of remaining pikes and thureophoroi - as well as some cavalry that had pursued through some gaps created in the push of pike early on, or had evaded around the right flank, now conveniently encircling the remaining Pyrrhic force.

DIVISION D

Indibil Parthian 250 BC - 225 AD + Selecuid 166-125 allies. CHALLENGES

SawyerK Macedonian 355-329 + Greek 460-281 allies
Antivirt Macedonian 320-261 + Greek 280-228 allies
Asterix_von_TWC Roman 199-106 + Pergamene 262-191 allies

Pw: indibil

Pm sent

DIVISION C

Indibil Dailami 928-1055 AD w Armenian 885. DEFTEATED
rockmanbob123 Vikings 900-1049 w/ French.
60-46
Thanks for another exciting game Bob

DivB

frederic02 (Carthaginians with greek allies) defeated lunecastle (lysimachides with seleucid allies) 60-33.

Thanks for the match.

Division C skirmish invite request:

Hello All, I am unable to create the Dark Ages Division C skirmish matchups with:

ulysisgrunt
excubitor
wulf85

Could you three please try creating the skirmish for our Division C matchup? The support team informed me of a possible DLC issue but stated that the future opponent creating the skirmish should solve the problem. I have been able to set-up other skirmish matches across two tournaments.

I will send as a PM

excubitor challenges SirMichael, password 4321, PM sent

Div C

excubitor challenges

- ulysisgrunt
- wulf85
- SirMichael

Password: 4321

Division B

devoncop (Knights of St John 145-1500) beat Asterix_von_TWC (Byzantine Central with Anatolian Turk Allies) 48-23

Tournament Pts :

devoncop = 48+25....... 73pts

Asterix_v0n_TWC = 23 pts


A particularly fortuitous turn in a swirling contest on an open battlefield saw the Knights scrape to the necessary margin of victory against my opponents less fortunate Byzantines. Traitors within the fractious Byzantine Empire are surely responsible...

Many thanks to my opponent.