Slitherine

Weekly round-up
Division A is starting to warm up now with harveylh and Snugglebunnies currently sharing the lead with pompeytheflatulent well-placed behind them having won his first 2 matches. It looks like being a real ding-dong battle at the top of Division B where XLegione has moved ahead of Cunningcairn with a fourth win. Both players still have 100% records. MorkinTheFree has won promotion from Division C after a commanding performance saw him win 8 of his 10 matches, while in Division D Warg1 just pipped Aetius39 for the promotion place after 2 narrow wins in his last 2 games against Barrold713. It is still all to play for in Division E where Rob123 has a clear lead but may face late challenges from Blagrot, deeter and random27. In Division F kronenblatt has finished his matches and set a very tough target of 29 points to beat. Only tmac11 can still do this and he requires 15 points from his last 4 matches (against McHarg and SSB) to overtake that target.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
Cunningcairn (Division B) 3 matches
XLegione (Division B) - 4 matches
IMC (Division C) - 3 matches
Warg1 (Division C) - 3 matches and finished
Rob123 (Division E) - 3 matches

Match completion rate (30 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 11 out of 30 matches completed
Division B - 11 out of 30 matches completed
Division C - 19 out of 30 matches completed
Division D - 21 out of 30 matches completed
Division E - 15 out of 30 matches completed
Division F - 22 out of 30 matches completed

These are good match completion rates, Divisions C and F are excellent.

Player of the Week: Warg1 (Division D) with 5 wins to win automatic promotion.

In a nail-biting finish, Warg1 managed to narrowly overcome Barrold713 in 2 matches to beat Aetius39 to the automatic promotion place by just one point. Well played Warg1.

Division C

Ulysisgrunt (Assyrians) defeated IMC (Babylonians& Medes) 68-46

As the score indicates, it was lose until his army suffered a catastrophic break on the last turn

Division E

Median 836-627 BC v Skythian 750-551 BC (Skythian invasion 653 BC)

Random27 (median) beats gamercb (skytian) 48-20

Division C

General Shapur - British 600-1030 AD with Viking 780-899 AD allies defeats grumpydaddy845 - Dailami 928-1055 AD 42:11

Well done to Warg. He is a bit of a machine these days. Aetius has opportunities for revenge in the other divisions.

Division C

mr cholo - Viking (Ireland) 900-1049 AD beats General Shapur - British 600-1030 AD with Viking 780-899 AD allies 30-0

Thanks for the game

Division E

Captain Savage (Visigoths 419 with Byzantine allies) defeated Blagrot (Arab City 300) 52:25

The less numerous but higher quality Visigoth and Byzantine cavalry clashed on my left wing. Both of us were avoiding the rough terrain and deep stream that divided (and filled) the centre of the map. The better armoured and higher quality lancers won the day helped by the Visigoth noble cavalry reserve form the centre that just managed to block the gap between my extreme left and my warbands in the centre. The frontline Arab city troops proved to be of a lower quality than the warbands in the difficult terrain and the initial impact managed to smash enough of the Arab front line to clinch victory. My left centre was smashed by superior numbers, archery and some cataphracts but it was too little to overcome the victories by the cavalry and the Visigoth right flank. The irregular troops, archers and dismounted lancers did do enough to allow the two flanks to prosper. Great game - I'm starting to better understand how to use the Visigoths. Timing is everything!

Division A

Nosy_Rat (Bretons) defeats sunnyboy (Arabs) 47-22.

Division C

Aetius39 (Andalusian) defeats General Shapur (British) 27-8 (surrendered)

Andalusians came at the British from the left, and their superior cavalry broke the enemy's horse, while the line broke through in several places against the British. Things looked grim for the British, as by the time the battle ended they had several disrupted/fragmented units and not much damage was on the Andalusians. Thanks for the game!

Division E

Deeter (Medes) defeats Robb123 (Skythians) 49 - 10.

Good game.

Deeter

Division A

harveylh (Assyrian 681-609 BC) defeats Snugglebunnies (Babylonian 626-539 BC with Median 626-550 BC allies) 60-36

A hard-fought battle, thanks for the game. The Assyrians crushed the Babylonian right flank but two chariots delayed the Assyrians long enough for the Babylonians to shoot the Assyrian right flank to pieces mainly by six light infantry bow. Effective and impressive use of light infantry.

Division B

IMC - Galatian 280-63 BC beat GDod - Jewish 163-111 BC Score: 64% to 39%

Much closer than it looks.

Thanks for the game.

Ian

Division C

kraff (Numidian or Moorish 55 BC-6 AD) defeats MorkinTheFree (Pontic 110-85 BC): 60-42

A difficult battle, result of which was decided only in last couple of turns. Thanks for the game, MorkinTheFree.

Division E

ggarynorman Pictish beat Tratmot Polish 62-53

Thanks for the close battle.

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Division F

angel42052 (Ancient British 60 BC-80 AD)
Challenges
PepeSlitherine (Sarmatian 25-375 AD)

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Division F

angel42052 (1600) (6) - Dabuyid 642-760 AD
Challenges
SSB (1600) (3) - Arab (Conquest) 638-684 AD

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Division F

angel42052 (Achaemenid Persian 419-329 BC)
Challenges
telesien (Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 216-203 BC with Campanian 280-203 BC allies)

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