LORDS OF ITALY circa 280 BC

[iandavidsmith]

I believe one or two opponents have to issue challenges for me. Please do before I become too busy to respond in a timely manner.

Deeter

lydianed hasn't posted anything since round 2 started. he has been active on the loeg threads so i assume he decided to bail out on us. we keep going.

I pm'd him a few days ago if he was ready to start our game , he has read it but no reply as yet. I am playing Deeter and Ulysisgrunt
now , although i think Danny is away at the moment. Those are my last games i think
Ta
Ian

[lydianed]

Heeeeere's Lydianed!

Sorry the long absence guys, been snowed etc., etc., However I am not bailing! I don't know what I would do without the regular beatings you lot like to hand out.

My challenges:
Morbio - Lowland Gauls vs Lydianed Carthaginian pw "morbio"
Deeter - Lowland Gauls vs Lydianed MRR pw "deeter"
iandavidsmith - Lowland Gauls vs Lydianed Carthaginian pw "iandavid"
uheng1997 - Lowland Gauls vs Lydianed MRR pw "stopbeatingme"

I'll scoot through the threads now and pick up my challenges from those of you that have posted them

[lydianed]

I have issued challenges for:
LydianED(I'm Gauls)
Iandavidsmith(I'm Carthaginian)
Uheng(I'm Romans)

In each case, my password is "Danny"
Danny Weitz

Danny - is there a challenge up for me from you? I can't see any listed - I know its been a week or two. Do you want me to set one up or will you?

ta, Jules

[ulysisgrunt]

Just re-listed the challenge
password is "Danny"

[deeter]

Rematch result:

Rome (Deeter) 6/39 vs. Rome (uheng1967) 40/40

The Roman civil war, predictably, resulted in a lot of dead Romans.

Thanks for the game,

Deeter

[ulysisgrunt]

Ian-
I hav re-posted proper army list for my Gauls
password "Danny"
Sorry for the inconvenience

[iandavidsmith]

Ian-
I hav re-posted proper army list for my Gauls
password "Danny"
Sorry for the inconvenience

You mean for lydianed , we are playing out game ?
is that right ?
Ian

[lydianed]

Ian-
I hav re-posted proper army list for my Gauls
password "Danny"
Sorry for the inconvenience

You mean for lydianed , we are playing out game ?
is that right ?
Ian

Hi, yes this should be for me. Trouble is you've not selected "Any Book" and have set it only to "Field of Glory" which means I can't select my Syracusans. Can you reissue the challenge please Danny.

Cheers, Jules

[fogman]

Since our friend here still has difficulty with the intricacies of challenges I suggest you post the challenge Jules

[ulysisgrunt]

I have again issued a challenge gor my Gauls.
It is passowrd protected "Danny"
and you can use an army from any book

[fogman]

We're winding down. I hope everyone's enjoyed the experience. I have opened recruitment for the next Lords series.

[deeter]

Rematch results:

Pyrrhic (Deeter) 35/40 vs. Rome (fogman) 38/38

A very close and exciting game. The Romans split their legions allowing the bulk of the pikes to fall on one half of the enemy. Even that wouldn't have been enough if the Roman camp hadn't been taken.

Good game!

Deeter

[deeter]

Rematch results:

Punic (Deeter) 43 vs. Rome (Morbio)

Although Morbio won, I don't think he posted the result and he's the one who challenged me to enter this comp!

I want to thank Mr. fogman for organizing this most excellent competition. It is refreshing to fight an ancient battle that actually resembles an ancient battle instead of some horrible mis-match in terrain no one would ever fight over using improbable amounts of wierd troops. Well done, Sir!

Deeter

[fogman]

thanks, that's the idea, to get people to field armies that bear some resemblance to historical reality, and to avoid mismatches in armies and terrain that result in negative play (or worse... lol).

[batesmotel]

batesmotel (Lowland Gallic - Early) 24/43
lydianed (Pyrrhus in Italy) 40/40

While the average Gallic HF were losing to the Pyrrhic pikes, The Gallic chariots and cavalry plus the Highland allies destroyed the Pyrrhic right flank mounted and MF and then turned on the rear of the hoplites and pikes. Thanks for the game.

Chris

[iandavidsmith]

iandavidsmith: later syracusans (25/44) win
vrs
ulysisgrunt: later carthaginian (43/43)

a fairly evenly matched army playing on evenly matcher terrain with a few hills.
My army was able to take the high ground soon , sat on the hill and repelled the charges against it.
Thanks for the game , Cheers Ian

[deeter]

Rematch result:

Punic (Deeter) 30/43 vs. Rome (iandavidsmith) 38/36

A very interesting straight-up fight that featured the early death of my IC and a TC!

Good game.

Deeter

[deeter]

Final game vs. Lydianed:

Have reposted our rematch with (I hope) the correct army, etc. PW: gallic

Good luck

Deeter

[Morbio]

My apologies for being remiss in posting my return matches. The final one finished last night so I'll post all the results now.

Pyrrhic (Morbio) 43/40 v 45/44 Carthage (BatesMotel) - Another nail-biter that went to the wire.
Syracuse (Morbio) 15/44 v 43/43 Carthage (Ulysisgrunt) - Sometimes the gods are against you.
Pyrrhic (Morbio) 25 /44 v 48/44 Carthage (Fogman) - A game of cat and mouse that had the game survived a couple of turns longer then the result would have been very different! Pikes should beat spears and so it proved in both games.
Carthage (Morbio) 19/44 v 47/44 Carthage (IanDavidSmith) - A civil war that ended 1-1!
Rome (Morbio) 15/36 v 47/44 Carthage (Deeter) - The Punies were just that! Rome triumphed both times.
Rome (Morbio) 13/36 v 43/43 Carthage (Uheng1997) - In a toe-to-toe fight Rome is always going to win.
Gaul (Morbio) 13/45 v 47/45 Carthage (Lydianed) - A tough Gaulish army was just too strong.

Thanks to Fogman for arranging a challenging completion, I do like mirror-matches they even out some of the imbalance of the armies. My thanks to my opponents for great games!

[fogman]

Last report:

fogman (syracuse) 26/44 vs ulysisgrunt (pyrrhic) 47/38
fogman (gauls) 29/48 vs lydianed (pyrrhic) 43/40

in both games, attacks on the flanks pulled the pike line apart and then it was a matter of time.

THANKS to all the participants.