Slitherine

ZumHeuriger, you are my last match!
Challenge is up and PW= battle

Division B

Challenge for macsen.

Password macsen

tks

Well played Lydianed. That skirmish on the right ridge aged me!

Challenge to Rom1944 password: spanish

DIVISION B

Challange up for Rexhurley password=palmyran

Division B

Fedem Gepids 14/42 vs fogman Dominate Roman Western (early) 45/41

Much tougher than the numbers shows. 22 turns...

Tks

More Musafarid Mayhem available to my DIV A buddies.

password ianiow

All,

In the rules for LoEG it reads, in part: "Each season players are not allowed to reselect an army list they have chosen in a previous season until they have played 5 different lists with each list originating from a different nation."

I'd like to get a bit of discussion going around the impact of the "different nation" part and intent.

I get it that we really don't want people running a sequence of armies like: Dominate Romans and Principate Romans. And I think it could be argued that these are very similar armies and the intent is to encourage players to run a variety of armies. So selecting these two armies goes against both the letter and intent of the LoEG "nations rule".

But on the other hand, a couple of my favorites occur within one period...the Early Achaemenid Persians and the Late Achaemenid Persians. Personally I find these two armies to be very different. The EAP army is characterized by the Immortals, Armoured Hoplites, and a limited (8) number of Bow/Sword, Armoured Cav. The LAPs don't have the Immortals, can only get Protected Hoplites, and can buy every LS/Sword, Armoured Cav that lived (but no Bow/Sword, Armoured Cav). These are very different armies, but my interpretation of the "nations rule" is that one can't run these two armies in five seasons.

On the other hand, I think the successor states conform to the letter of the rule. That is the Isos Alliance Successor, Macedonian Successor, Ptolemaic Successor, and Seleucid Successor would technically all be "different nations" -- but these armies are not very different. In fact, they bear a close resemblance to the Later Alexandrian Macedonian. So someone could make five seasons off of these armies and really just change costumes.

Comments?

Best regards,

John
aka Flatsix "the Thick"

Div B

ScipioAsinus Dailami (15/37) vs Macsen Arab Conquest (46/48)

Thanks for the game

Div A

Fedem Later Carthginian in Italy 28/45 vs massina_nz Spartacus Slave Revolt HF 81/81

Tks for the game.

Div A

eric Dailami Buyids (16/36) vs Massina Early Byzantine(40/38)

ScipioAsinus wrote:Div B

ScipioAsinus Dailami (15/37) vs Macsen Arab Conquest (46/48)

Thanks for the game

Thanks for the game (accidently closed the game when it finished )

Div A

Cavehobbit (Fatamid Egyptian (early)) 28/38 vs Massina_nz (Early Byzantine) 55/54

Thanks for a good game!
/P-A

division C

Solly (Cilician Armenian later) 7/59 vs Supervark (Later Teutonic later) 32/32

klayeckles principat rome 14/44 vs massina nz spanish 69/68

legions too tough for the mobs.

fogman wrote:fogman (later medieval germans) 10/47 vs mike48 (early teutonics) 30/30.

major matchup problem for the knights in this one. no room to maneuver against the pikes.

Hello Fogman,

This battle was an interesting one. Thanks again for the challenge.

Mike.

Div A

hidde(Santa Hermandad Nuevo Castille) 28/50
iversonjm(Moldavians) 48/48

I agree, but I think one should not rely on some technicality, just embrace the meaning of the rule. I.e. try your hardest to play with different kind of armies, and not to choose a same same but different one just because it's what you're best at. (Not referring to any one person in particular.)

Div B

Chalenge for Zumheuriger password "lydians"

Challenge for epos password "pretender"

Challenge up for claymore password "hotbath"

Challenge for ScipioAsinus password "pretender"

Cheers macsen

Need more practice with these small specialized armies. Still very well played Solly.

Div A a couple of you have yet to post your results aginst me please feel free to display my ineptness to the world