Slitherine

philqw78 wrote:Why don't you do a full ist of R&R since you've got the lists now Richard?

If I must.

Rise and Fall of Rome

Paul Greenwood and Tony Rodwell Later Carthaginian
Jason Dawson & Colin Marsden Later Macedonian
Simon Green & Roger Randell Later Carthaginian
Ade Nash & Mike Bradford Later Macedonian
Martin Hayes & Roger Draper Later Carthaginian
Bob Medcraft & Martin Gossage/Owen Thomas Later Seleucid
Damian Ranasinghe Later Seleucid
Dan McLaughlin and Ade Ball Parthian
Graham Williams & R Drezewski Late Republican Roman
Ian Speed & Sylvie Mills Parthian
John Houchin & Richard Collins Kushan
Andy Claxton & Dave Allen Kushan
Dave Ruddock & Martin Buxton Parthian
Jonathan Phipps & Pete Gregory (BAD) Principate Roman
Lynette Maxim and Andy McCafferty Principate Roman
Richard Young & Chris Ager Palmyran
Chris Richards & Ric Davey Palymran
Paul Freeman and Dene Green Sassanid Persian
Pete Dalby & Lance Flint Foederate Roman
Jon Akers & Paul Westmore Pictish

Byzantium and Islam

Richard & Thomas Bodley Scott Sassanid Persian
Dino Monticoli & Mark Clarke Maurikian Byzantine
Bruce Brown & Andy Bascombe Arab Conquest
Steve Hacker & Don McHugh Khurasanian
Nik Gaukroger & Ray Duggins Hamdanid
Tim Porter & Adam Worsdale Hamdanid
Mike Baldwin Lombard
Nigel Phillips & Bob Amey Nikephorian Byzantine
John Patrick and Dave Morrison Nikephorian Byzantine
Andrew Whitby and Brian O'Dea Nikephorian Byzantine
James Hamilton & Phil Powell Nikephorian Byzantine
Patrick Dale & Phil Steele Nikephorian Byzantine
David & Lynda Fairhurst Ghaznavid
Wayne Charlton & Simon Clarke Christian Nubian

Oh! I gotta be there!

This looks so interesting to me who has not fought a Wargame for many years and certainly not with FOG.

Look out for 3 elderly Hippies wandering around asking questions.

We will understand that your games are important and not bother you all too much.

So you can add to that list :-

Spectators :- Terry Alan and Dave (Les Grognards)

If people haven't got time to answer a few questions they have other problems.

Although my answers are strictly limited to:

1. I used Brilliant Tactics
2. I had Poor Dice
3. Lager

No offence Phil but!!!!!

I was hoping the answers might be honest ones

Although answer 3 is totally acceptable.

OK, then No 3 was honest

Ok--So we roll a D6 on the other 2

The truth then:

1. I had lucky dice
2. He used brilliant tactics
3. Lager

Now we need the list dates to speculate on the options taken

After 1042

Richard, have you put the lists in chronological order? If so, one might hypothesise the first round draw!

list_lurker wrote:Richard, have you put the lists in chronological order?

Yes

If so, one might hypothesise the first round draw!

One might, except that, because these are theme events, I am going to draw them randomly rather than by date.

One might, except that, because these are theme events, I am going to draw them randomly rather than by date.

good answer... now, where is that emoticon for digging out of a hole?

philqw78 wrote:After 1042

Thought you & Hamster might have chosen that, and knew Phil Steele would as he liked the later version in DBM

Our Sons of the Desert are 964, which should pretty much tell you what the boy Porter's are as well

list_lurker wrote:

One might, except that, because these are theme events, I am going to draw them randomly rather than by date.

good answer... now, where is that emoticon for digging out of a hole?

Well I was tempted to "punish" the duplicate army users by making them fight each other in the first round, but the "need" for date sorting is harder to justify in a themed event, and random sorting has the added advantage of counteracting date sniping.

nikgaukroger wrote:Our Sons of the Desert are 964, which should pretty much tell you what the boy Porter's are as well

Anyone who thinks they can guess the composition of the boy Porter's army list has another think coming.

Tim tells me it is the wave of the future.

rbodleyscott wrote:

nikgaukroger wrote:Our Sons of the Desert are 964, which should pretty much tell you what the boy Porter's are as well

Anyone who thinks they can guess the composition of the boy Porter's army list has another think coming.

Tim tells me it is the wave of the future.

Date not composition - although I think I have an idea based on a couple of things Tim mentioned before Xmas

nikgaukroger wrote:

philqw78 wrote:After 1042

Thought you & Hamster might have chosen that, and knew Phil Steele would as he liked the later version in DBM

The army is mainly Phil's choice. I did a fairly good job on it in a practice game with a late Seljuk Turk only to discover after the event that tI had paiacked a date beyond the end date of the theme Without the Dailami ally the Seljuk was not the same so we went for Nikes.

I have actually played a practice game with the Nikes now which is a new first for FoG doubles for me. I think the experience of Derby will take a lot of living down....

rbodleyscott wrote:

list_lurker wrote:

One might, except that, because these are theme events, I am going to draw them randomly rather than by date.

good answer... now, where is that emoticon for digging out of a hole?

Well I was tempted to "punish" the duplicate army users by making them fight each other in the first round, but the "need" for date sorting is harder to justify in a themed event, and random sorting has the added advantage of counteracting date sniping.

Punishing duplicates sounds like an excellent idea to me....

Sounds damned silly to me.

You'd end up penalising people picking from a limited range of armies without knowing what anyone else is picking - they may be fielding the only army they have that is in the theme.

A good thing to do to alienate players. I.e. bloody stupid.

nikgaukroger wrote:Sounds damned silly to me.

You'd end up penalising people picking from a limited range of armies without knowing what anyone else is picking - they may be fielding the only army they have that is in the theme.

A good thing to do to alienate players. I.e. bloody stupid.

Sorry I agree how could you stop people picking the same army, there'd be a lot of Roman players upset.
Dave