Slitherine

Division D

ulysisgrunt (Kingdom of Soissons) defeated bomber23 (Arab City with Sassanids) 60-41

The terrain was quite favorable for me.

Division C

Kraff (Numidian or Moorish 55 BC-6 AD) defeated Ironclad (Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 218-217 BC): 59-26

The Numidians, knowing their weaknesses, placed their heavy and medium infantry atop a hill and sent their skirmishers to harass the Carthaginians, swarming them with Numidian light cavalry. Skirmishing wasn't that successful, though, so the latter - encouraged - attacked the hill. And that didn't go well for the Carthaginians. After they routed two Carthaginian elephant units, the Numidians were safe to conduct a flanking maneuver on their left flank, sealing the fate of enemies desperately trying to take the hilly redoubt. It wasn't an easy fight for either side, however. A band of Celtic mercenaries managed to cut through Numidian ranks and get to the very top. They fragmented one and disrupted another unit of irregulars, and were only stopped by a charge of Numidian elephants. When the battle ended, they were still fighting, fragmented, surrounded and about to be flank-charged by a troop of Imitation Legionaries.

Thank you for the game, Ironclad.

Division F

gamercb (10) - Carthaginian 235-146 BC with Syracusan 280-211 BC allies challenges kronenblatt (2) – Pyrrhic 280-275 BC with Samnite 355-272 BC allies. pw is noromans. pm sent

Division D

Conteshard Byzantine 988 - 1041 with Georgian 1008-1049 ally beats Kerait Arab (North Africa) 1000-1160AD with Byzantine 988-1041AD allies 62-36

very intense fratricidal fight and very good game. thanks Kerait!

Division D

ulysisgrunt (Kingdom of Soissons) defeated ggarynorman (Thracians with Roman allies) 60-48

Division B

kraff (Ghaznavid 962-1187 AD) challenges paulmcneil (Byzantine 988-1041 AD). 1600 pts.

Password: Basileus

PM sent.

Division E

Tratmot (Armenian) beat Kerait (Roman) 43-13

Div D

Kerait (Arab (North Africa) 1000-1160 AD with Byzantine 988-1041 AD allies) challenges:

Doyley50 (Viking 900-1049 AD)
random27 (Viking (Ireland) 900-1049 AD with Scots 851-1051 AD allies)
rs2excelsior (German 888-932 AD)
tmac11 (Khorasanian 821-1003 AD with Ghaznavid 962-1187 AD allies)

PWs: africa

Division F

CoryC (Arab (Abbasid) 794-814 AD) challenges :

toska (German 933-1049 AD with Polish 966-1057 AD allies)

pw: toska

PM sent!

Division F

doomben - Bosporan 84 BC-10 AD with Sarmatian 350 BC-24 AD allies defeated angel42052 - Achaemenid Persian 419-329 BC 66-35

The two armies lined up with pretty similar matchups across the table. So was all about who the virtual dice would favour...

Division F

toska - German 933-1049 AD with Polish 966-1057 AD allies beats hscic - Viking 900 -1049 AD 40-7

Division F

tmac11 (Egyptian) defeated McHarg (Kushite) 41 - 11

GG thanks

tmac11 wrote: ↑Wed Nov 04, 2020 8:39 am Division F

tmac11 (Egyptian) defeated McHarg (Kushite) 41 - 11

GG thanks

Ouch: this is going to be a close call versus my 29 points.

doomben wrote: ↑Wed Nov 04, 2020 6:56 am Division F

doomben - Bosporan 84 BC-10 AD with Sarmatian 350 BC-24 AD allies defeated angel42052 - Achaemenid Persian 419-329 BC 66-35

The two armies lined up with pretty similar matchups across the table. So was all about who the virtual dice would favour...

Six wins in a row for you now. I was really lucky to meet you before this victory run began.

Division A
Nosy_Rat 10.50
pompeythrflatulent 8.15
harveylh 7.23
Cunningcairn 5.22
batesmotel 5.10
lydianed 4.48

Division B
SLancaster 4.44
Swuul 4.43
Karvon 4.19
NikiforosFokas 4.00
IMC 3.78
MorkinTheFree 3.78

Division C
ahuyton 3.56
SawyerK 3.43
Aetius39 2.74
rs2excelsior 2.65
kraff 2.22
Barrold713 2.12

Division D
Rob123 1.79
Warg1 1.56
random27 1.37
GeneralKostas 0.67
kronenblatt 0.00
SSB 0.00

Experiment A: using first 4 choices only . . .

Division A
(6) Nosy_Rat 10.50 - Cimmerian 760-600 BC (first choice)
(5) pompeytheflatulent 8.15 - Babylonian Revolt 522-482 BC (first choice)
(4) harveylh 7.23 - Egyptian 664-571 BC (first choice)
(3) Cunningcairn 5.22 - Assyrian 681-609 BC (second choice)
(2) batesmotel 5.10 - Achaemenid Persian 550-546 BC (first choice)
(1) lydianed 4.48 - Hebrew 681-586 BC (first choice)

Division B
(6) SLancaster 4.44 - Babylonian 626-539 BC (third choice)
(5) Swuul 4.43 - Cypriot 680-550 BC (second choice)
(4) Karvon 4.19 - Hebrew 681-586 BC (second choice)
(3) NikiforosFokas 4.00 - Lydian 687-551 BC (third choice)
(2) IMC 3.78 - Achaemenid Persian 545-481 BC (first choice)
(1) MorkinTheFree 3.78 - Assyrian 681-609 BC (first choice)

Division C
(6) ahuyton 3.56 - Kushite Egyptian 727-656 BC (second choice)
(5) SawyerK 3.43 - Lydian 687-551 BC (first choice)
(4) Aetius39 2.74 - Median 626-550 BC (third choice)
(3) rs2excelsior 2.65 - Hebrew 681-586 BC (second choice)
(2) kraff 2.22 - Achaemenid Persian 545-481 BC (first choice)
(1) Barrold713 2.12 - Assyrian 681-609 BC (first choice)

Division D
(6) Rob123 1.79 - Hebrew 681-586 BC (third choice)
(5) Warg1 1.56 - Achaemenid Persian 545-481 BC (first choice)
(4) random27 1.37 - Median 626-550 BC (second choice)
(3) GeneralKostas 0.67 - Cypriot 680-550 BC (first choice)
(2) kronenblatt 0.00 - Assyrian 681-609 BC (first choice)
(1) SSB 0.00 - Cimmerian 760-600 BC (first choice)

Experiment B: using all 5 choices not required.

Division F

Darkwater247(Scots 851-1051 AD with Viking 900-1049 AD allies) beats wmpryor (Irish 900-1049AD w. Viking 900-1049AD Allies) 40-13

I looked through the winners posting and couldn't find this battle result so I posted it. Darkwater247 must have forgotten to do it.

wmpryor

I have finished the experiment and I think it clearly shows that requiring four choices per player (as in the other league sections) should be sufficient. No-one was allocated their fourth army choice in the four hypothetical divisions used suggesting there is some useful slack in the system already.

Thanks very much for your assistance with this. In the Biblical section in Season 10 I will offer player army choice rather than set historical match-ups as we had this season - and I will alternate these two systems in future seasons.

Comments are welcome.

Division D

Supervark (Byzantine) beat Doyley50 40-8

The Romans cavalry was no match for the Byzantines and soon left the field in disorder. The Roman infantry proved much tougher but they did not have the legs for the fast-moving evading Byzantines who whittled down their numbers with bow fire until the lancers could attack. Well played by my opponent in a difficult situation as the terrain favored the cavalry army.

Division B

Dzon Vejn (Roman) beats IMC (Galatian) 49% to 23%