Slitherine

Division C

I had the honour of holding the field, and therefore the obligation to report a hard fought draw [score 59 to 48] between:

Chris Townsend's Kingdom of Soissons 461 AD w/ Germanic Foot Tribes and

Kartronomical's Rhoxolani 350 BC with Sarmatian allies

The map roll was again good for the Kingdom, giving what looked like home territory, extensive woods on both flanks and a decent open space in the middle. The Kingdom's medium troops went into the woods on the left, heavy foot held the centre, and warbands with skirmishers went into the woods on the right. The Rhoxolani wisely brought what they could of irregular, peasants and skirmishers to contest the woods, and lancers to support their mounted bowmen in the open ground. The woods created a game of cat and mouse, with neither side knowing whether they were cat or mouse, producing continual surprises throughout the game. The Kingdom's cavalry reserve opened up the battle in the centre at about the same time that some sub-Romans routed, so the heavy infantry/cavalry battle degenerated into a series of encounters between small groups, trying to find and avoid flanks. Meanwhile, absent those future surprises, each side claimed one of the woods as their own. Many of the little battles featured fragmented units holding on for several turns.

It was a good game, and a draw was definitely the right result!

Division C

Chris Townsend's Kingdom of Soissons 461 w/ Germanic Foot Tribes defeat Indibil's Roman 425 w/ Western Hunnic allies 46 to 13.

Given the mostly open map, the Kingdom brought maximum cavalry, possibly surprising the Roman's, who decided to send their heavy cavalry central reserve to support their right flank cavalry. The central infantry and the cavalry on the other flank essentially fought to draws, but the Kingdom's cavalry and infantry achieved a favourable position around some rough before the Roman heavies arrived and manged to win the flank by shear numbers.

Good game!

Division B

Garokan (Axumite + Beja) defeated Bodhran (Dacian + Sarmatian) 68-37

Thanks for the game

Div A

Nosferatu (Croatian) wins against Stones1985 (Dabuyid) 60:37

DivB
Bagatrix1805 defeated Alexmike1 by a score of 50-20 thanks for the game.

Division B

Chris Townsend's Fatamid Egyptians 1074 w/ Crusader allies defeat Bagatrix1805's Free Canton 1200 w/ German allies 47 to 8.

For a dry terrain, there was a lot of water - a stream crossed the map, which included a small swamp, and there was a separate small lake on the Free Canton's right flank. After some maneuvering, the Free Canton anchored their right on the lake, and advanced towards the swamp on their left. The advance on the swamp was successful, despite some Bedouin distractions, but the small lake was too small, and a crusader led attack defeated the Free Canton knights, leading to a rout of that flank and part of the centre.

Good game.

Div C

w2512494748 (Numidian Moorish) defeated IMC (Spartan) 42-17

Thanks for the game

Div B

alexmike1 Armenian (Tigranes) 83-69BC plus Pontic beat rockmanbob123 Sarmatian 350BC-25 AD 62-49

A result that owed more to the fortitude of my right covering wing, than any tactical acumen!

Div B

alexmike1 Syro-Cannanite 1207-1100 + Egyptian 1149-1069 allies beat Rob123 Cimmerian 750-600 60-37

GG

Div B

alexmike1 challenges SawyerK

pm sent

Division A

Stones1985 (Dabbuyid) beat Morat (French/Viking) by a score of 63 to 36. A tough fight which largely revolved around a small steep hill in the middle of the battlefield. The Dabbuyids came out on top mainly because they had more troops that were able to deal with the rough/hilly terrain.

Thanks for the game.

Division A

Kroche French 1428-1444 w Scot (Continental)
challenges
Stones1985 Burgundian 1471 to 1477 AD with English Continental

pm sent
pw TDC9

Div A

frederic02 (arab Umayad with Moorish allies) defeat Pantherboy (Indian Hindus) 58-30

Thanks for the match.

Division B

Ironclad Avar 632-826 AD with Bulgar (Danube) allies draws with Rob123 Khorasanian 821-1003 AD with Dalami allies 39-48
The displayed screenshot which was taken at the end of the battle shows the terrain features. Both armies deployed on the western side of the battlefield with the Avars in the open facing the Khorasanians who held the northerly gap between the woods.

Wary of the enemy's elephants the Avars tried to get into the enemy rear through a wide encircling movement through the eastern half of the map. That was overly optimistic given the unsuitable terrain which heavily constricted their exit but it did have the advantage of the Khorasanians dividing their elephants. Two went north to block the exit and the other pursued the Avars by a shortcut next to the woods which was soon occupied by supporting archers. The Avars launched repeated arrows storms particularly targetting the nearby elephant which was also suicidally attacked by their sole irregular infantry. With their arrows mainly depleting to low, weakened by return fire and with the arrival of the other elephants and supporting forces the Avars beat a hasty retreat back to the western open area losing a number of trapped units.

In the fire actions there they managed to finally break the heavily damaged elephant and destroy some enemy infantry but their low fire had no effect on the other elephants. With time running out the Avars were greatly relieved to emerge with the draw. Thanks Rob for a good game.

Here are the current standings

Current Status

Bagatrix1805 Germanic foot tribes 260-599 with Roman Allies 379
defeated
Chris Townsend Kingdom of Soissons 461 w/ Germanic Foot Tribes

The score was 60-42, thanks for the match good game.

Current Rankings

Current Status

Div A

Karvon Ancient British drew with Stones1985 Christian Nubian 550-1049 AD 56-44.