Slitherine

Especially as he has managed to completely mess up Classical Div D top standings. Return to base!

Division C

devoncop (Andalucian 756AD with Spanish allies) beat SpeedyCM (Dailami 928 with Armenian allies) by 61% to 39%.

In my final game of the season in this Division the Andalucians managed to pull back a dodgy looking position as their superior infantry finally made it back from the right where they had initially been strung out in a poor deployment just in time to rescue their centre which was under huge pressure from the victorious Dailami right. A substantial wide flanking attempt by Dailami Cavalry around the now vacated Andalucian right was just blocked by light lancers and skirmishing archers long enough to ensure victory.

Thanks to my opponent for a tough match.

Division F

random27 - German 933-1049 AD with French 888-1049 AD allies beats hscic - Lombard 776-1049 AD Result : 40-8

a map with rough ground on the left and i ve more lights than hscic , i took a hill on the left and kept it , then on my right german cavalry won against opponent 's lancers and horse archers.
Thanks to my opponent and our talk in the battle

Division B

XLegione - Roman 105-25 BC with Numidian 55-6 BC allies challenges

paulmcneil - Etruscan 330–280 BC with Samnite 355-272 BC allies
Questar17 - Ptolemaic 166-56 BC

PM: sent
PW: 1234

Ciao

Division B

batesmotel (Achaemenid w Mede allies) beat swuul (Spartan w Corinthian Allies) 60-57

Thanks for an exciting game that could have gone either way.

Chris

(3-1)

Division F

random27 - Ptolemaic 55-30 BC with Roman 105-25 BC allies
challenges
Blagrot - Samnite 355-272 BC with Italian Hill Tribes 490-275 BC allies

Password : random27
PM sent and replied , have fun

Division A

harveylh – Arab, North Africa 789-999 AD with Andalusian 756-1049 AD allies challenges dkalenda - Byzantine 988-1041 AD, password dkal, pm sent

harveylh – Arab, North Africa 789-999 AD with Andalusian 756-1049 AD allies challenges Nosy_Rat - Frankish 751-887 AD with Croatian 625-849 AD allies, password nosy, pm sent

Div B

Challenge posted for Macedonczyk pw = 1234

Div B

Challenge up for Questar17 pw = 1234

Division B

XLegione - Roman 105-25 BC with Numidian 55-6 BC allies drew vs nyczar - Spartan 221-146 BC with Roman 280-220 BC allies , 48% - 39%

Thanks for the game

Ciao

(2-2)

Division F

hyme - Saka 300 BC-50 AD and Thunderbird - Seleucid 166-125 BC with Jewish 163-111 BC allies drew 57-42

(2-2)

Division F

TomoeGozen (Armenian (Tigranes) with Pontic Allies) beat hyme (Saka) 40 -7.

A battle field full of rough terrain , enclosures and woods did the Saka no favours allowing my light and medium infantry to move about the area at very little risk and making it difficult for the slippery horse archers to ..er... slip ...

Thanks for the interesting game Hyme.

Division D

SawyerK (Pyrrhic 280-275 BC with Samnite allies) defeated Rob123 (Carthaginian, Hannibal in Africa 202 BC with Numidian allies) by 44-10.

The Pyrrhic Samnite troops feverishly held off a sweep of the Carthaginian cavalry on their right flank while advancing their own cavalry on their left. Some fortunate flank attacks developed for the Pyrrhic army after pushbacks on both sides and that led to the victory.

Division B

Schweetness101 - Byzantine 551-578 AD defeats cromlechi - Roman 379-424 AD 47:21

Division A

dkalenda (Pontic 110-85 BC) beat Snugglebunnies (Roman 199-106 BC with Greek 227-146 BC allies) 60%-59%

(3-1)

Challenges issued!

rs2excelsior (Carthaginian 550-411 BC with Greek, Western 460-381 BC allies) challenges:

sarmation (Phokian 550-461 BC)
MadMaxBot (Assyrian 681-609BC with Median 836-627 BC allies)

password: spear

See you on the battlefield!

Challenge out!

rs2excelsior (Viking, Ireland 900-1049 AD with Scots 851-1051 AD allies) challenges Bluefin (French 888-1049 AD)
password: longship

Good luck, see you on the battlefield!

Division D

rs2excelsior (Viking, Ireland 900-1049 AD with Scots 851-1051 AD allies) beat Rob 123 (Sassanid Persian 591-628 AD with Arab, Bedouin 300-636 AD allies) 60-46

The Sassanids brought a formidable force, with lancers, cataphracts, and elephants. The Vikings didn't have enough ranged firepower to deal with the Persian elephants that way, so brought along several units of axe huscarls, and some spear huscarls to hold the flank against the Persian cavalry. After initial skirmishing the lines collided in a massive, drawn-out melee, with the Viking left pushed up ahead of their right, where the Persian cavalry threat was greatest. The Viking cavalry was seen off (seems to be a theme in these games...) while the huscarls fought a desperate action against the massive Persian war elephants. The Sassanids had local successes, especially against the Irish auxiliaries, but the elephants were sent stampeding away from the fight, and the Persian infantry line crumbled shortly thereafter. However, the Vikings had no cavalry to chase down the masses of Persian horse and light troops still on the field. Viking shieldwalls and huscarls chased the more nimble troops, in a few cases getting a lucky evade which allowed a second unit to charge in and pin the enemy unit, which allowed them to squeak a probable draw into a win near the end of the game.

The battlefield at the end of the game. You can see the rough line of the initial clash from the casualties, as the Viking line had split up to chase cavalry. Good game to my opponent, and bad luck with the elephants! I think that tipped it over.