RoR Companions Cup

TheGrayMouser · Post by **TheGrayMouser** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 1:11 pm

Its goin! of course me and claymore are on opposite sides of the olde Earth and a shooty army vs a pike army likly will go for a while turnwise, unless he is able to pin me on the map corner...

Triarii · Post by **Triarii** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 7:04 pm

Triarius wrote: So how did it end.
Well with only one combat left in my turn the score was kraken 85/82 and Triarius 64/65.

That one combat was, for me, a fragmented mercenary scutari unit, now in open ground, but directly adjacent to our inspired general attacking his Liby-Phoenician armoured cav C-in-C unit which had already been attacked from two other hex-sides was below 75% strength but still steady.

So what do you think - did it finish
UK 65/65 and Europe 85/82 - Draw
or
UK 64/65 and Europe 85/82 - UK win ?

A great game whatever - will tell you the result later

The Scutari could not manage even 1 hit with their two dice but the General and his cav got hits with all 3 dice.
Bye bye Scutarii.

Final result
Triarius 65/65 vs thekraken 85/82.
A draw.
My apologies to the UK team for failing to complete the whitewash.

Morbio · Post by **Morbio** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:33 pm

Companions Cup: Latest News....

Final: Pyrrhus (0.5) vs (4.5) Hannibal

Match 1 (Very Open): Ptolemaic (Greek) Lysimachos ( 58/54 ) v ( 32/60 ) Ptolemaic (Greek) IanIOW WIN Hannibal
Match 2 (Open): Pyrrhic(in Italy) Petran1978 ( 57/57 ) v ( 45/65 ) Pyrrhic(in Italy) Morbio WIN Hannibal
Match 3 (Mixed): Later Carthage (post 235 BC) TheKraken ( 85/82 ) v ( 65/65 ) Later Carthage (post 235 BC) Triarius Honourable DRAW
Match 4 (Open): Mid-Republican Roman Tofman04 ( 55/53 ) v ( 18/62 ) Mid-Republican Roman Steve-H8 WIN Hannibal
Match 5 (Very Open): Suren Indo-Parthian Hidde ( 63/61 ) v ( 34/71 ) Suren Indo-Parthian Ericdoman1 WIN Hannibal

3rd/4th Play-Off: Caesar (1) vs (1) Alexander

Match 1 (Very Open): Mid-Republican Roman Blathergut ( 35/54 ) vs ( 60/59 ) Ptolemaic (Greek) Davouthojo WIN Caesar
Match 2 (Open): Pyrrhic ( in Italy) BatesMotel v Later Carthage (post 235 BC) Pantherboy
Match 3 (Mixed): Later Carthage Deeter v Mid-Republican Roman IanDavidSmith
Match 4 (Open): Ptolemaic (Greek) Deadtorius ( 68/51 ) v ( 29/73 ) Indo-Suren Parthian Cheahn WIN Alexander
Match 5 (Very Open): Indo-Suren Parthian TheGrayMouser v Pyrrhic (in Italy) Claymore

Any news of other battles? Something must be happening, a few lines will do....

deeter · Post by **deeter** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:40 pm

Match 3: Carthage vs. Rome is nearly over with the Punies heavily favored to win. A full report will follow.

Deeter

Morbio · Post by **Morbio** » Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:42 pm

deeter wrote:Match 3: Carthage vs. Rome is nearly over with the Punies heavily favored to win. A full report will follow.

Deeter

All of those Carthage vs Rome matches we fought has paid off I see

iandavidsmith · Post by **iandavidsmith** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 1:06 pm

The Romans got their noses bloodied by Carthage , even with every 2nd roman unit a veteran
they did not slow down the superior African Spear. Congrats to Deeter , sorry to the ROTW
Ian

thekraken · Post by **thekraken** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:20 pm

I wonder why my last opponent talk (cry) about the bad luck he got for the last round !!
and the bad dice's and cry and cry again!!!!!
The true is that during all this game he got incredible dice and luck .The game should have finished close after the start but this guy was incredibly lucky!!
did you hear me!! no . and you know why ? because that's the game .
I'm really bored alway listenning this crying guy's about their bad dice's!!! I fell like in a school garden
you can estimate lucky for the draw so please accept this result like me...... with dignity!!!!
and stop constantly denigrate your opponent you should have lost man so shut up now.
Bye
it was a pleasure to participate to that tournment
and thank's for organiser's

sincerly your's
Hervé

TheGrayMouser · Post by **TheGrayMouser** » Tue Mar 22, 2011 10:43 pm

Hey Herve, no doudt all players occasionally gripe about dice and other misfortunes of war etc, its the nature of playing games like this.
Grognard =Grumble

However, I think you are doing your former opponent a great dis-service with a post like that....

thekraken · Post by **thekraken** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:39 pm

Sorry for that post

but i really disagree with your point of wiew
Argueing about the dice and in a public space like this one is for me irreverent for the game your opponent have done.
Sorry for my poor english but i really don't like this kind of what i consider totaly displaced argument's

Again sorry if someone feel hurt by my talk but it's just because I felt hurt by this difamatory post

sincerly your's

Hervé

TheGrayMouser · Post by **TheGrayMouser** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 3:58 pm

What are you disagreeing with Herve? i see nothing from Triarius' post that implies he was defaming you, nor was he even boasting of gaining a draw. If anything he was 'denigrating" his last combat units rolls (a fragged scutari) which resulted in a draw intead of a victory for him, and he ended with a "great game " comment. I fear the language gap has caused you to misunderstand his post to a great degree. (so great that you are the one who is posting insulting things) Oh well, break out the dueling nerf swords and settle it that way with him.

deeter · Post by **deeter** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 5:56 pm

Back to the more gentlemanly discussion of war and death:

Match 3 (Mixed): Later Carthage Deeter (27/58) v Mid-Republican Roman IanDavidSmith (57/52)

The Punies brought the usual mix of veteran spears and heavy impact foot, maxed out cavalry and plenty of mediums. At 650 points, they were compelled to bring Campanian allies too. The Romans brought a strong contingent of Pergamine lancers and Gallic cav to cover their right flank.

The battle was fought on nearly featureless plain with some steep hills on the Punic right. The Roman cavalry died there at the hands of scutarii. On the Punic left, a large indecisive cavalry battle raged while both side's heavy infantry engaged. In this, the African vets got the better of the hastati who couldn't use their superior swords against the orderly spearmen and started to collapse, while the normally useless Campanian allies turned the Roman left.

A well-fought battle that proves Punies rock! Just ask Mordio.

Deeter

P.S. Don't know why I'm getting an emoticon in the battle results. Should read 58.

TheGrayMouser · Post by **TheGrayMouser** » Wed Mar 23, 2011 8:34 pm

Congrats Deeter, looks like a hard fought battle.

Now we just need Bates to take out Pantherboy and I wont need to worry about my game vs the wiley Pyromaniac Pikeman.

At this time the score is roughly equal, the map was a lot narrower and constricted than i had hoped but i am starting to get horse archers behind his lines. Attrition is stating to take its toll, several pikes autorouting from bowfire alone.(ok , just the poor quality ones) The bad news is I am running out of room to my rear and 2 cats decided to anarchy into pikes, doh. Hopefully they feel Ok because they represent 20% of my shock troops! I need to make things happen soon because the Phyric cavalry, who attempted to to outflank my left, decided to retreat( all it took was a facing change of a cat or two:)) and circle back around his rear. It will take them some time to get thru the woods but that will be a problem when they re-emerge...

Morbio · Post by **Morbio** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:32 pm

Companions Cup: Latest News....

Final: Pyrrhus (0.5) vs (4.5) Hannibal

Match 1 (Very Open): Ptolemaic (Greek) Lysimachos ( 58/54 ) v ( 32/60 ) Ptolemaic (Greek) IanIOW WIN Hannibal
Match 2 (Open): Pyrrhic(in Italy) Petran1978 ( 57/57 ) v ( 45/65 ) Pyrrhic(in Italy) Morbio WIN Hannibal
Match 3 (Mixed): Later Carthage (post 235 BC) TheKraken ( 85/82 ) v ( 65/65 ) Later Carthage (post 235 BC) Triarius Honourable DRAW
Match 4 (Open): Mid-Republican Roman Tofman04 ( 55/53 ) v ( 18/62 ) Mid-Republican Roman Steve-H8 WIN Hannibal
Match 5 (Very Open): Suren Indo-Parthian Hidde ( 63/61 ) v ( 34/71 ) Suren Indo-Parthian Ericdoman1 WIN Hannibal

3rd/4th Play-Off: Caesar (2) vs (1) Alexander

Match 1 (Very Open): Mid-Republican Roman Blathergut ( 35/54 ) vs ( 60/59 ) Ptolemaic (Greek) Davouthojo WIN Caesar
Match 2 (Open): Pyrrhic ( in Italy) BatesMotel v Later Carthage (post 235 BC) Pantherboy
Match 3 (Mixed): Later Carthage Deeter ( 27/58 ) v ( 57/52 ) Mid-Republican Roman IanDavidSmith WIN Caesar
Match 4 (Open): Ptolemaic (Greek) Deadtorius ( 68/51 ) v ( 29/73 ) Indo-Suren Parthian Cheahn WIN Alexander
Match 5 (Very Open): Indo-Suren Parthian TheGrayMouser v Pyrrhic (in Italy) Claymore

This looks like this will go down to the wire... reputation and past performance would favour Pantherboy, but BatesMotel is a canny player and he has the pike advantage. TGM has the advantage in the open and at range, but he is running out of space! What will happen.... tune in tomorrow (or sometime in the future

) for more news....

Morbio · Post by **Morbio** » Thu Mar 24, 2011 12:35 pm

deeter wrote:P.S. Don't know why I'm getting an emoticon in the battle results. Should read 58.

It's because the emoticon icon for the cool (sunglasses) icon is an '8' followed immediately by a ')'.

This is the reason I write results with a space between the brackets and the numbers, e.g. ( 27/58 ), because whenever you put a closing bracket next to a number you might get a face!

TheGrayMouser · Post by **TheGrayMouser** » Fri Mar 25, 2011 5:26 pm

Wells the cats are getting boxed in, and Claymore has gotten his cavalry thru the woods and into the center of the map, he has a pac that has taken 10 shots per turn , has never dropped cohesion and is still at 90% strength. This might become a problem. In the only other good news (for Claymore, grrr), a cat that had a 80-20% advantage in close combat w a depleted pike failed to cause a cohesion drop, same said stupid cat now breaks off perfectly into a position to get hit in the rear by his cavalry units. Also , the long drawn out combat is making my troops lazy and they appear to enjoy rolling low on the VMD's, "cant touch this" (meaning rear hits on his fleeing troopies) The score though is roughly equal so , stay tuned.

claymore58 · Post by **claymore58** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 4:54 am

and don't forget about the mutual camp looting? The end game is approaching with scores fairly even.

pantherboy · Post by **pantherboy** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 6:15 am

Sorry everyone but I'm still waiting for batesmotel to send his turn. Casualties are in single digits so it may take sometime to be resolved.

Steve

ianiow · Post by **ianiow** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 8:51 am

pantherboy wrote:Sorry everyone but I'm still waiting for batesmotel to send his turn. Casualties are in single digits so it may take sometime to be resolved.

Steve

Maybe his aged mother who lives in the attic has told him to stop playing computer wargames with strange men...

Enjoy your next shower Steve

Morbio · Post by **Morbio** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 1:00 pm

ianiow wrote:
pantherboy wrote:Sorry everyone but I'm still waiting for batesmotel to send his turn. Casualties are in single digits so it may take sometime to be resolved.

Steve
Maybe his aged mother who lives in the attic has told him to stop playing computer wargames with strange men...

TheGrayMouser · Post by **TheGrayMouser** » Sat Mar 26, 2011 2:03 pm

This will likly be the last battle report before its over

Just sent my turn to claymore
Parthia 61/67
Pikers 57/58

Based on all the crippled troops slathered across the map there is likly equal chance for victory, defeat or a draw for either side.....
Hurry up man, the tension is killing me!