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Division B

MorkinTheFree (Danish 1200-1319 AD) beat Geffalrus (German (South/East) 1200-1319 AD) - Geffalrus voluntarily forfeited the match


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Weekly round-up
No action yet in Division A, but plenty is happening in Division B where ericdoman1 (Mongol) leads Sennacherib (Lithuanian) by 1 point point with both players having just 3 games left to play. Other players yet to start may also feature in what promises to be a very tight and exciting division. tyronec (German) is the early leader in Division C, recovering after losing his first match and both SLancaster (also German) and Ironclad (Mongol) have posted a win. In Division D joggy (Teutonic) has assumed his usual position as the early pacemaker with 4 wins from 6 starts. olin0111 (Russian) and Captainwaltersavage (Bohemian) have started the pursuit, both players winning their first 2 matches. Zawzgrzyt (Hungarian) has won the only match completed so far in Division E. An exciting contest is developing in Division F where Marvin_the_Arvn (Danish) has raced into an early lead with 5 wins from 6 starts, ahead of CyberHetman (Polish) who has 4 wins from 5 and Kroche (Irish) who has 3 straight wins.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
Kroche (Division F) 3 matches

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 0 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 15 out of 45 matches completed
Division C - 5 out of 45 matches completed
Division D - 10 out of 45 matches completed
Division E - 1 out of 45 matches completed
Division F - 17 out of 45 matches completed

Player of the Week: Marvin_the_Arvn (Division F) who has posted 5 wins from 6 matches this week.

Division A

Geffalrus (Byzantines) defeats hidde (Dailami) 46-3

The Byzantine combo of lancers and skutatoi were able to keep the fearsome Dailami at a distance while peppering them with arrows and disrupting their elephant. A well timed charge and some unlucky cohesion checks on the units neighboring the elephant sealed their fate. Good game to my opponent.

Division A

harveylh - German (North/West) 1200-1319 AD with German (Imperial) 1200-1319 AD allies defeats sunnyboy - Bohemian 1050-1154 AD, 50-21

Themed Event round-up
We are coming towards the end of the group stage matches very well ahead of schedule (deadline for match completion is 14/3). The semi-final line-up is nearly complete . . .

Pool A
Group 1 qualifier - harveylh or hidde
Group 2 qualifier - Cunningcairn
Group 3 qualifier - nyczar
Group 4 qualifier - LuciusSulla

so the semi-final draw looks like this . . .
1) harveylh or hidde v nyczar
2) Cunningcairn v Lucius Sulla


Pool B
Group 1 qualifier - ray552
Group 2 qualifier - deeter, tmac11 or iandavidsmith
Group 3 qualifier - MarcoCato75
Group 4 qualifier - dim30

and the semi-final draw looks like this . . .
1) ray552 v MarcoCato75
2) deeter, tmac11 or iandavidsmith v dim30

Note: these semi-final matches will not start before March 14th unless the group stage is completed before then.

Division E

SawyerK - Lydians (687-571 BC and Greek ally) and Geoffrey.P.Smith - Egyptians (570-525 BC and Kyrenean Greek ally) 46-40 tie

The battle map had two narrow mountain passes and the Lydian hoplites fought their way past three heavy chariots on the western pass while the Egyptians bulled their way through the central valley with Kyrenean hoplites and additional heavy chariots. Both major attacks were successful but the two main army branches remaining were so distant from each other in their respective passes that they were just able to achieve contact for the final battle before time ran out. My compliments to Geoff for an exciting, hard fought match.

(2-2)

Division B

schmolywar (Bohemian) beats Geffalrus (German, South/East) 40 - 11

Division F

ray552 - Seleucid 166-125 BC with Parthian 250 BC-225 AD allies defeated gjhabcvhj - Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 216-203 BC 44-18

Division F

Delbruck (Early Achaemenid Persian) defeated sivispacem (Thessalian) 46-11.

Division D

Captainwaltersavage - Palmyran 258-273 AD with Arab 312 BC-299 AD allies defeats ggarynorman - Jewish Revolt 66-135 AD (1600) 42:7

The Jewish forces had a very nice starting position except that I had a very large number of archers and to stay in place was certain death. They chose to chance it and charged at me whilst I attacked on my right with my lighter cavalry. The Jewish charge was broken up with archery and then the legions and the cataphracts advanced to contact. It was pretty one sided and even the archers put up a good fight against the zealots - at least long enough for the battle to be decided. When they went they collapsed en masse. It was quite scary until units started to be disrupted then I knew I would have the advantage.

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Division D

random27 - Median 626-550 BC with Babylonian 626-539 BC (1600)
challenges

rs2excelsior - Assyrian 681-609 BC (1600)
Kerait - Hebrew 681-586 BC with Kushite Egyptian 727-656 BC allies (1200)

Password : random27
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Division E

random27 - Germanic/Gothic Horse Tribes 260-492 AD with Dacian (Carpi) 107-380 AD allies (1600)

Stormcrow - Frankish 260-495AD with Germanic Foot Tribe 260-599 AD allies (1600)

password : random27
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Division D

Captainwaltersavage - Palmyran 258-273 AD with Arab 312 BC-299 AD allies defeats Barrold713 - Bosporan 11 BC-375 AD with Sarmatian 25-375 AD allies 63: 57

Very well matched armies and complicated terrain made for a very interesting match up. We both defended with lighter troops on our left flanks. Heavy infantry in our centres and lots of heavy lancers on our right flanks. That makes it seem much tidier than it was as I had lots of intermingled troops. I think what won it in the end was the timely arrival of the cataphracts at the same time as the legions in the centre were engaged. We both had useful rallies and I was able to chase down some lancers before they rallied all the way back. Medal of honour goes to the legion hiding in a forest who stepped forward to ZOC a lancer unit just before it could flank charge my legion. One more turn and the result would have been reversed or at least a draw. Barrold713 worked hard to gain the deadly warrior consolation point. Great game.

(3-1)

Division A
Cunningcairn - Indo-Scythian 95BC to 50AD with Indian 500 BC-319 AD ally
challenges
nyczar - Spartan 221-146 BC with Roman 280-220 BC allies
harveylh - Macedonian 320-261 BC with Greek 280-228 BC allies
PW is classical
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Division C

kraff (Polish 966-1057 AD with Rus 960-1053 AD allies) challenges Conteshard (Norman 923-1040 AD with French 888-1049 AD). 1600 pts.

Password: Langaspjot

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Division B

kraff (Indo-Parthian 60 BC-130 AD) challenges edb1815 (Breton 411-579 AD) (1600 pts).

Password: Kanhadiskan

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Division E

Darkwater247 - Alan 651-1049 AD defeats Stormcrow - Norman 923-1040AD with French 888-1049 AD allies 59-29

The Alans managed to pull off some hit and run tactics, with the lancers besting the Norman counterparts. Thank you for the game.