Slitherine

Division A

Aetius (Palmyrans) defeats rpadilla1988 (Byzantines) 48-22

An initial advantage with the ranged units was lost to the Palmyrans when their over-zealous legionaires were flanked in the middle and routed earl on. Luckily the center somehow held while strong gains on the Palmyran left sealed the win. Thanks for playing!


Aetius - 86 points

rpadilla88 - 22 points

Div A

Rosedelio (Bulgarians) defeats harveylh (Berber) 63-48

Bulgarian firepower was able to partially draw the Berbers out of their defensive positions. While the Veteran spears were still able to do a lot of damage, the Berbers had taken enough casualties for the Bulgarians to win the day.

Div B

Zawzgrzyt Polish 966 - 1057 AD with Viking 900 - 1049 allies defeats ulysisgrunt Frankish 751-887 with Breton allies 61-53 (68-53 pts)

A very close match, the last rallies have increased the point difference a little bit. The Frankish managed to walk around the hill over the difficult slope and massacred my best infantry. In other places, the Poles were doing better, but their forces were more dispersed. The victory was achieved with the extreme difficulty, it could easily have ended differently.

Thanks for good game.

Division A result.

Stew101 - Jewish defeated rpadilla1988 - Byzantine.
Loss Byzantine 44% - loss Jewish 14%.

points Stew101 - 90.
points rpadilla1988 - 14.

I will Stand With Ukraine.

Division B

ray552 (Berber (Murabit) 1087-1147 AD with Andalusian 1050-1154 AD allies) defeats carpenkm (Byzantine (Italy) 1050-1071 with Papal 1050-1154) 62-35

Thank you for the game.

Division B

BobGanoush Moravian 833-907 with Pecheneg allies defeats ulysisgrunt Frankish 751-887 with Breton allies 60-41

Division D

vakarr (Thracian (Getae) 279 BC - 46 AD with Triballi (350 BC - 46 AD) ) defeated Wellsonian (Byzantine 600-649 AD with Sassanid Persian 591 - 628 AD)
Scores were Thracians 44 and Byzantines 63

The Thracians knew they were at a disadvantage vs lancers, cataphracts, and elephants, and this was how it went for much of the game, with the Thracians being shot up or charged. However, there was a hill in the centre of the battlefield, which the Thracians occupied in force, and the warbands were able to charge the (defensive spear) skutatoi and disrupt them every time on the first charge. There was a mad scrum on top of the hill, with the Byzantine horse looking to win their way through, but the local superiority of numbers there told, and the Thracians were the victor there. Meanwhile, the Thracian troops holding the left flank were wiped out as they had only an open terrain hill to stand on, and were facing superior firepower, elephants, and lancers. It looked like the Byzantines were going to be able to win, when an elephant which had been fragmented by rhomphia men (before the latter were routed) was charged by the last, and weakest, unit from the Thracian left flank command - a disrupted light horse bow unit. The elephant routed, and in the tests that followed, three Byzantine units also broke or fragmented. At the same time, the Sassanid cataphracts with a general attached was pinned, then charged, by three chopper units on a hill - frontally by falx men, and from the rear (uphill) and downhill by rhomphia units. The cataphracts which had been shot at before, survived for a turn before auto-breaking, thus giving enough points for a Thracian victory. The Byzantines played well, and probably would have won but for the reaction to the elephant rout. A brutal battle, thanks for the game!

Div A

Dreddradish Anglo Saxon (600-870AD) defeats rpadilla1988 Norman- 923-1040 with French allies ; 53 - 15

The Saxons were able to contain the Norman double envelopment while grinding out a victory in the centre.

Division B

random27 Byzantine 551-578 with Arab Bedouin defeats IMC Roman 24BC–196AD & Sarmatian ---> 63-35

Thanks for the game

Division A

Lennard (Scots (Isles and Highlands) 1050-1319 AD with Norwegian 1050-1154 AD allies) defeats harveylh Ghurid 1100-1215 AD w/Indian (Hindu North) 1050-1300 AD ally 54 - 61%

At first the battle seemed to be in favour of the Scots, thanks to Elephants breaking and Highland-charges many Ghurid units started to break in the centre. The fight on the flanks - where most of the Ghurid cavalry units were fighting - was more equal and at the left flank even in favour of the Ghurids. At some point most of the Ghurid infantry was routed and the rout-% reached 59%, which a 20ish lead for the Scots.
But then 4 routing units rallied in one turn, which put the numbers closer together again. The fight now dragged on for quite a time, with the Ghurid cavalry slowly picking apart more and more units and the Scotish desperately running around the field to re-rout the rallied units. In the end it was a very close Scotish victory, but it could have gone the other way as easily.

Thanks for the game!

Division A

Lennard (Scots (Isles and Highlands) 1050-1319 AD with Norwegian 1050-1154 AD allies)

challenges

Changdao (Byzantine (Italy) 1050-1071 with Papal 1050-1154)
and
desertedfox (Viking 900 - 1049 AD allies French 888 - 1049 AD)

PW is "1234"
Challenges have been created and notifications have been send.

Division A

Lennard (Armenian (Cilicia) 1155-1375 AD with Mongol (Illkhanid) 1230-1353 AD ally)

challenges

Questar17 (Latin Greece 1205-1311 AD with Seljuq Turkish (West) 1155-1307 AD ally)
and
Sennacherib (Aragonese 1200-1274 with French 1155-1319 ally)

PW is "1234"
Challenges have been created and notifications have been send.

Div B
carpenkm Byzantine (Italy) 1050-1071 with Papal 1050-1154 beat ulysisgrunt Italo-Norman 1061-1071 with Arab North African allies
83 - 37

Made to look a lot healthier due to breaking the standard wagon on the last turn. Finally won one with Byzantine cavalry getting free on the flanks. well played and good game.

Division E

Kashtronomical - Median 836-627 BC with Assyrian 681-609 BC allies
defeats
Fluidwill - Roman 199-106 BC
score: 42-14

Roman heavy infantry eventually crumbled fighting in rough terrain facing a barrage of arrows. Good game!

Division A result.

Stew101 - Jewish draws with Delbruck - Sassanid.
Loss 0% - loss 0%.

points Stew101 - 0.
points Delbruck - 0.

I will Stand With Ukraine.

Div A

snooky51 Rus 960-1053 AD with Viking 900-1049 AD allies defeats markleslie Viking (Ireland) 900-1049 AD with Scots allies -- 60-51 (69-51)

A deserved victory that in no way had to do with lucky rolls. One more turn and I was roasted.

Hi Guys

Here is an amendment to rule 7, please take note

7. Absent Players & Neglected Turns

If player A is unable to play due to a variety of circumstances. Can you please contact the person running the period and your opponent. If Player A has not moved at all for 1 week plus and has not contacted his opponent and the organiser, player B needs to contact player A and the organiser. This will allow the organiser to contact player A and to confirm if the game can be claimed as allowed on the multiplayer system. IF PLAYER A HAS NOT ACCEPTED A CHALLENGE AFTER 2 WEEKS AND THE PERSON RUNNING THE PERIOD AND THEIR OPPONENT (PLAYER B) HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED. PLAYER B NEEDS TO CONTACT PLAYER A AND THE ORGANISER. THIS WILL ALLOW THE ORGANISER TO CONTACT PLAYER A AND TO DETERMINE IF PLAYER B CAN CLAIM THAT GAME AS A 40 - 15 OUTRIGHT VICORY

G'day Gentlemen

Below is an amendment to rule 7. Please take note

7. Absent Players & Neglected Turns

If player A is unable to play due to a variety of circumstances. Can you please contact the person running the period and your opponent. If Player A has not moved at all for 1 week plus and has not contacted his opponent and the organiser, player B needs to contact player A and the organiser. This will allow the organiser to contact player A and to confirm if the game can be claimed as allowed on the multiplayer system. IF PLAYER A HAS NOT ACCEPTED A CHALLENGE AFTER 2 WEEKS AND THE PERSON RUNNING THE PERIOD AND THEIR OPPONENT (PLAYER B) HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED. PLAYER B NEEDS TO CONTACT PLAYER A AND THE ORGANISER. THIS WILL ALLOW THE ORGANISER TO CONTACT PLAYER A AND TO DETERMINE IF PLAYER B CAN CLAIM THAT GAME AS A 40 - 15 OUTRIGHT VICORY

Division A

Tabai German (North/West) 1050-1154 AD with Polish 1058-1154 AD allies defeats Stew101 Spanish 821-1049 AD with Andalusian 756-1049 AD allies 43-15(Score:88-15).

Thanks for the game.

Division B

tmac11 Roman 285 - 312AD defeated BobGanoush Byzantine 579-599 AD with Khazar 62 - 42

A hard fought battle very close until near the end

GG Thanks