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Division B

LuciusSulla (Andalusian with Navarrese) beats Challenge1 (Viking[Ireland] with Scots) 61-49

An extremely close game. Both of us were expecting a draw after mid-game, where I lost almost all of my melee infantry and was left with only cavalry, light foot, and mass archers. Challenge1 began chasing my troops in all directions with heavy foots. However, they let their guard down and gave me two opportunities to flank their two heavy foots with mass archers and cavalry at turn 24; both were routed and pushed the score to 61. I also got a mass archers rally that allowed my rout percentage to drop precisely below the 50% threshold several turns before. It feels like a stolen victory.
Very exciting game and well played. Thanks.

Division B

lunecastle - Byzantine 579-599 AD with Khazar 568-737 AD allies
Challenges

GDod - Ancient British 60 BC-80 AD with Roman 24 BC-196 AD allies

paulmcneil - Slav 500-599 AD with German Foot Tribe 260-599 AD allies

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Lunecastle

Division C

grumpydaddy845 - Dailami 928-1055 AD beat Najanja - Indian (Rajput) 650-1049 AD 50-25

Division E

grumpydaddy845 Dacian 89-106 challenges:

Barrold713 (10) - Palmyran 258-273 AD with Armenian 253-476 AD allies

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Division E

Kerait (Roman 105-25BC with Bithynian 297-74BC allies) defeats deeter (Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 216-203 BC) 46-15

Forgoing cavalry and lights, I formed a long and simple battle-line of infantry. I figured this would counter flanking by Carthaginian lights and cavalry by simply making it take an awfully long time to go around the line. It would also undermine the cost-efficiency of Carthaginian elephants not to have any cavalry to smash.

Battle commenced and legionaries quickly overcame veteran African spearmen and imitation legionaries in the centre. Carthaginian cavalry smashed through the scant Roman lines on the Roman right but they did not have time to turn and flank the Romans before the Carthaginian infantry had already been largely annihilated. The Romans had too many warm bodies for the lights to be a serious problem.

Division D

Ironclad (Roman/Germanic Horse Tribes) defeats Doyley50 (Roman) 60-40

Two contrasting Roman armies here - my later one with a powerful cavalry component including cataphracts and my opponents high imperial with cutting edge infantry headed by two elite praetorian formations. The battle was a tough fight with both right wings achieving early successes but the mobility of the Later Romans enabled them to participate to greater and swifter effect in the central infantry struggle culminating in decisive cavalry attacks on the rear of the enemy. Thanks Doyley for a great fight.

Division C

Ironclad (Carthaginian) defeats SawyerK (Seleucid/Lysimachid) 60-57

A tremendous battle with each side in contention right up to the end: 57-56 being the score as the final turn opened. Indeed in appreciation of the beasties who finally won it it could be called the tale of two elephants (units) who early in play disappeared into the far distance in pursuit of their defeated cavalry foes. Meanwhile the main battle raged on with the enemy pike formations doing stirling business especially two that formed square and defeated all comers. Fortunately rallies and the pluck of some disorganised Gallic heavies kept things in play, assisted by contributions from other fights on the field. With all units rushing to participate in the climatic central struggle - his formidable pikes and two general commanding them looked to be the ultimate winners until my elephants rejoined the fray - one crushing several enemy units in its rapid progress and both joining in the final attack that demolished his pikes.

Thanks to SawyerK for a really exciting fight enlivened by his commentary.

(3-1)

Division D

TomoeGozen (Graeco-Bactian with Saka allies) defeats Bluefin (Macedonian) 45 - 17

The Macedonians turned up with a lot of pike! But this turned out to be a problem for the Macedonians as their unwieldy line of pike was unable to match the manouverability of the Bactrian Cataphracts and Heavy Cavalry , allowing the Bactrians to concentrate their attacks on one end of the line , getting in to good outflanking positions whilst delaying the other end of the line by falling back in front of it .
Thanks for Bluefin for the game.

Division B

paulmcneil Median beat Challenge1 Skythian 54:14

Division B

paulmcneil (Byzantine) beat Challenge1 (Viking) 53-27

Division C

MorkinThe Free - Polish 966 AD-1057 AD defeated ulysisgrunt - Welsh 600-1049 AD with Anglo-Danish 1017-1041 AD allies with score 70-47

Division B

sunnyboy - Polish 966-1057 AD with Rus 960-1053 AD allies drew with desertedfox - Rus 960-1053 AD with Polish 966-1057 allies 57 - 56

(2-2)

Division F

kronenblatt (Pyrrhic 280-275 BC with Samnite 355-272 BC allies) beat telesien (Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 216-203 BC with Campanian 280-203 BC allies) 47-21.

Division B

Dzon Vejn (Roman) beats Trogilus (Syracusan) 45% - 9%

Division B

Dzon Vejn (Roman) beats lunecastle (Byzantine) 45% - 20%

Division E

Tratmot (Polish) beat deeter (Norman) 61-40