Slitherine

You both have PM's.

I am looking for challenges that are more than 7 days old (up to and including date of first Time Control check on Sunday 25/10) that are sitting in the in-game multi-player lobby. They may just have been missed in the early season rush or they may indicate that a player has gone AWOL. The player issuing the challenge is named first . . .

27/9 Sennacherib (Thracian Getae) versus Questar17 (Hannibal in Italy) - Classical Antiquity Division A, nothing on forum (challenge too early by 3 days)
30/9 desertedfox (Macedonian) v klayeckles (Roman) Classical Antiquity Division A, challenge posted 1/10, password is 4321
3/10 Snugglebunnies (Byzantine) v Triarii (Dailami) Early Middle Ages Division A, challenge posted 3/10, password is snuggles
5/10 paulmcneil (Greek/Spartan) v sarmatian (Spartan/Greek) paired game in Themed Event, challenge posted 5/10 by paulmcneil, challenge posted 21/10 by sarmation (PM sent 23/10)
12/10 Morbio (Hannibal in Italy) v Challenge1 (Hannibal in Africa) Classical Antiquity Division B, challenge posted 12/10
12/10 Tratmot (Achaemenid) v Barrold713 (Seleucid) Classical Antiquity Division E, challenge posted 12/10, password is game
15/10 McHarg (Egyptian) v tmac11 (Kushite) Biblical Division F, challenge posted 15/10, password is DivFtmac1
16/10 bomber23 (Seleucid) v Ironclad (Hannibal in Italy), Classical Antiquity Division C, challenge posted 17/10, password is 1234
17/10 XLegione (Assyrian/Babylonian) v Challenge1 (Babylonian v Assyrian) paired game in Biblical Division B, challenge posted 17/10, password is challenge
18/10 Warg1 (Arab Conquest) v grumpydaddy845 (Dailami) Early Middle Ages Division C, challenge posted 18/10
18/10 Tratmot (Armenian) v Kerait (Roman) Late Antiquity Division E, challenge posted 18/10, password is game

Please disregard this post if you have agreed a delayed start with your opponent.

I have just sent a "group PM" to the recipients of the challenges in the list above asking them to start those matches as soon as they can.

Division F

tmac11(Persian 545-481 BC) beat kronenblatt (Indian 500 BC-319 AD) 62 - 54

GG thanks

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Division F

TomoeGozen (Soissons) defeats PepeSlithereine (Sarmation) 65 - 46.

Not fancying my fairly average sub-roman foot going head to head with a load of crazy charging Sarmation lancers (The entire army was lancers!) I beat a hasty retreat to a defensive line between a nice big forest and a nice hill. My warbands filled the flat open space between the two whilst my sub-roman foot cowered on the hill top and tried to avoid eye contact with the lancers...
On my left , in the forest, both sides tried to secretly sneak cavalry through the dense undergrowth to appear behind the enemy . Fortunately for me I had sent more cavalry than the enemy when they blundered in to each other. On the right the Sarmations started to work around my flank amonst the rocks and trees in the hilly ground.
The lancers began charging in , falling back each time after having caused some damage they began to wear me down. Fortunately my cavalry success , and some hidden mediums , in the forest on my left allowed me to flank the Sarmation lancers that were hitting my warbands. This really kicked things off , with lancers starting to fly in from all angles in order to do more damage to me than I was doing to them. In the end I had to abandon my position and go after the horsemen , trying to trap them with flank attacks. The battle now broke up in to lots of little combats all over the battlefield where simple attrition rates allowed my much larger foot units to wear the smaller cavalry units down. It was this difference in unit sizes that made the difference in the end , the Sarmations were simply worn out.

Thanks to PepeSlitherine for a great fight , it was a fascinating battle that could easily have gone the other way.

With 8 wins from 10 matches MorkinTheFree has won automatic promotion from Division C of the Biblical section. Well played MorkinTheFree!

Congratulations

Division A

harveylh (Babylonian 626-539 BC with Median 626-550 BC allies) defeats Snugglebunnies (Assyrian 681-609 BC) 40-12

Closer than the score indicates and good game.

Doyley50 (Roman24BC-196AD) challenges ulysisgrunt (Kingdom of Soissons) 461-486.
Pwd 1234, pm sent

In Division C
SawyerK (Seleucid 302-301 BC with Lysimachid) has challenged Cromlechi (Gallic 300-101 BC with Umbrian). PW sent by PM.

Division C

IMC: Assyrian 681-609 BC has beaten ulysisgrunt: Babylonian 626-539 BC with Median 626-550 BC allies (Fall of Assyria 613 BC) Score: 44% to 3%

A win for IMC

Thanks for the game.

Ian

NikiforosFokas wrote: ↑Tue Oct 20, 2020 8:23 pm Division C

NikiforosFokas (Scythian) defeats IMC (Median), 61-57%. A very lucky, for me, result. The game was a draw until the last round.

ps to Richard.
Having won this one (so nobody can claim that I just whining) allow me to tell that it is unclear (at least it was for me and for Ian (IMC) too) when it is actually the last round. When Ian played his last turn (and the game was still a draw) he had the 0 turn remains. I load the game waiting just to see the end, but i was able to move (and to win it). Probably Ian has every right to complain since if he truly knew that isn't actually the last turn, his moves would be different. So in the next update (and for the Medieval too) please make these indications more clear.

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Thank you. You are too kind. I do agree your point about it being clear when the final game turn is...but actually I think the seed was sown and I was praying for the rng to be on my side....alas it wasn't. I'm actually more concerned about the terrain we were given. I know it's the same for both sides...but with two basic horse armies....in steep hills and ravines? Really? The terrain engine produces beautiful terrain but I think it is often OTT producing unsuitable results: the type of forces should impact more I feel.......but I'm thankful half the map wasn't sea this time. Moan over.