Slitherine

Hi - I would like to play in the classical antiquity section.

Thanks

Dreddradish wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:15 am Hi - I would like to play in the classical antiquity section.

Thanks

I will send you an invitation on 18/9 and you will need to put your name down in the Classical Antiquity recruitment thread, probably within the first 48 hours as places go very quickly.

stockwellpete wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 7:32 pm At the moment, we do not really do very much about players who play consistently slowly throughout the season. Provided they do enough to pass the two Time Control checks (after 3 weeks and 5 weeks) then we have mainly concentrated on players who go absent (AWOL) during a season, or who leave unfinished matches at the end. Players who do this are usually given a “yellow card” and banned for one season, unless they have a genuine reason for non-completion (e.g. family illness, work-related issues and so on). A repeat performance usually leads to a “red card” and a permanent exclusion from the tournament. But players who are very slow, and who manage, more or less, to finish their matches in a mad rush at the end of the season, have generally escaped from any sanction up until now.

Just one additional element to add to this. Players getting a "yellow card" can cancel it out when they return by completing a season without any issues at all. They can only do this once.

So whereas before a player transgressing, say, in Season 3 and then Season 7 would receive a permanent ban after the second offence, the situation now will be they would still miss Season 4, but provided they completed Season 5 OK then the slate would be wiped clean. A further problem in Season 7 would then only result in a yellow card, not a red, but this second yellow could never be cancelled out.

There doesn't seem to be an 'all of the above' option...

TomoeGozen wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 3:17 pm There doesn't seem to be an 'all of the above' option...

Ha ha! Good point, Dave!

So much good stuff so little time. Thanks Pete,nice work.

The Captain and I had a quick game. It didn't last too long, easy win for the Chinese.
The Xionghu light cav. are OK, hard to shoot with XBows and can probably get around a flank somewhere and cause a rout or two, but they are expensive at 40 points and are not going to win a game. The Chinese all XBow units are OK against them but otherwise better to chase them away rather than waste ammo.
However the Xhonghu heavy regular cav. are a mismatch against the mixed infantry, they get out shot and out melee'd. The Chinese just need to charge the light cav away and then shoot the regulars cav. to pieces.
Maybe if the Chinese play defensive then the Xhonghu could do some damage, but if the Chinese attack we concluded the game was one sided.
I think against that the only hope for the Xhonghu would be to run away all game and hope for a draw. Happy to do another test game if anyone thinks otherwise...

tyronec wrote: ↑Sun Sep 12, 2021 2:32 pm I think against that the only hope for the Xhonghu would be to run away all game and hope for a draw. Happy to do another test game if anyone thinks otherwise...

I am not going to be changing this match-up for something else. I would expect a top 10 rated player to beat a top 50 rated player most times, in any case, and I have tested this match-up myself.

This seems to be fairly decisive. I'll let the poll run its full course, but it looks like we're off to Sicily for Season 12.

I am not opposed to doing this for one season, but I think it would be best to restrict it to just one Biblical army per each division and allow players to pick just one Biblical army to make up their four army choices. So, for example, if Player 2 on the list for Division C gets allocated a Biblical army then no-one else in the division will get a Biblical army.

The reason for being a bit prescriptive is that I am seeking to minimise any problems that may be caused in terms of organising matches if a player does not have the Biblical DLC. I am not going to say to players that they must have the Rise of Persia DLC to enter Classical Antiquity this season.

Biblical armies that could be added just for this season
Achaemenid Persians 550-546 BC
Achaemenid Persians (Thymbra) 547 BC
Achaemenid Persians 545-481 BC
Arab 1000-313 BC
Babylonian 626-539 BC
Babylonian Revolt 522-482 BC
Cypriot 680-550 BC
Egyptian 664-571 BC
Egyptian 570-525 BC
Elamite 815-539 BC
Hebrew 681-586 BC
Libyan 549-301 BC
Lydian 687-551 BC
Median 626-550 BC
Phoenician 681-539 BC
Skythian 750-551 BC
Skythian/Saka 550-301 BC
Thracian (Triballi) 700-351 BC
Thracian 680-461 BC
Thracian (Getae) 680-330 BC
Urartian 681-585 BC

I should just point out then we do eventually get the other Biblical DLC then many of these "Biblical" armies will be shifted to Classical Antiquity anyway.

I voted no purely because although there have always been some geographically improbable match ups the timelines for Clasical have always been reasonably consistent. Having Babylonians taking on first century Romans in my view becomes a bit crazy.

Maybe another section for these kind of armies? Late Biblical?

I know a few players took the Persians in Classical last season and got battered v the pikes and Romans!

Classical Antiquity

Instructions

Here is the full army list for the Classical Antiquity league section. There are over 100 armies available to choose from and, initially, players are required to choose 4 of them (from different nations please, so not 3 Carthaginian armies and a Seleucid army, for example). You may choose to use one type of ally with your army which must be nominated now. Notice also the regulation regarding the “Diadochi nation” of primarily pike armies. Please post your army selections in your order of preference in this thread.

Important: you cannot pick your 4 armies, or their allies, from nations that you used in your last season in this section, whether you used them as your main army or as the allies.

Please indicate whether you want to play at 1200 points or 1600 points; the default size for armies in this section is 1600 points.

Once players have been organised into divisions of 10 based on their playing experience and ability, they will then be allocated one of their four choices. The allocation process will give preference to the lowest rated players (see FOG2DL ratings) in each division. Only very occasionally might a player be asked to make another selection at this stage.

Players will need to have both the base game and the Immortal Fire DLC to enter this section of the tournament.

Please be sure to familiarise yourself with both the Rules of Competition and the Players' Guide.

The Rules are here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=106931
The Guide is here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=106932

Army list
Achaemenid Persian 550-546 BC
Achaemenid Persian 547 BC (Thymbra)
Achaemenid Persian 545-481 BC
Achaemenid Persian 480-461 BC
Achaemenid Persian 460-420 BC
Achaemenid Persian 419-329 BC
Apulian 420-203 BC
Armenian Tigranes 83-69 BC
Armenian 331 BC-252 AD
Atropatene 320-145 BC
Bithynian 297-74 BC
Bosporan 348-85 BC
Bosporan 84-11 BC
Bruttian or Lucanian 420-203 BC
Campanian 420-281 BC
Campanian 280-203 BC
Carthaginian 490-411 BC
Carthaginian 410-341 BC
Carthaginian 340-281 BC
Carthaginian 280-263 BC
Carthaginian 262-236 BC
Carthaginian 235-146 BC
Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 218-217 BC
Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 216-203 BC
Carthaginian (Hannibal in Africa) 202 BC
Egyptian 405-343 BC (Rise of Persia DLC)
Etruscan 490-331 BC
Etruscan 330-280 BC
Galatian 280-63 BC
Galatian 62-25 BC
Gallic 390-301 BC
Gallic 300-101 BC
Gallic 100-50 BC
Graeco-Bactrian 250-130 BC
Greek 680-461 BC
Greek 460-281 BC
Greek (Mercenary) 460-281 BC
Greek 280-228 BC
Greek (Western) 280-49 BC
Greek 227-146 BC
Illyrian 350 BC-25 AD
Indian 500 BC-319 AD
Indo_Greek 175 BC-10 AD
Indo-Parthian 60 BC-30 AD
Indo-Skythian 95 BC-50 AD
Italian Hill Tribes 490-275 BC
Jewish 167-164BC
Jewish 163-111 BC
Jewish 110-64 BC
Jewish 64 BC-6 AD
Kappadokian 260 BC-17 AD
Kyrenean Greek 550-461 BC
Kyrenean Greek 460-322 BC
Kyrenean Greek 321-276 BC
Latin 490-338 BC
Libyan 549-301 BC
Libyan 300 BC-70 AD
Ligurian 480-145 BC
Lydian 550-546 BC
Mountain Indian 492-170 BC
Nabataean 260 BC-106 AD
Numidian or Moorish 220-56 BC
Numidian or Moorish 55 BC- 6 AD
Pergamene 262-191 BC
Pergamene 190-129 BC
Pontic 281-111 BC
Pontic 110-85 BC
Pontic 84-47 BC
Pyrrhic 280-275 BC
Pyrrhic 274-272 BC
Rhoxolani 350 BC-24 AD
Roman 490-341 BC
Roman 340-281 BC
Roman 280-220 BC
Roman 219-200 BC
Roman 199-106 BC
Roman 105-25 BC
Saka 300 BC-50 AD
Samnite 355-272 BC
Sarmatian 350 BC-24 AD
Skythian or Saka 550-301 BC
Skythian 300 BC-50 AD
Slave Revolt 73-71 BC
Spanish Celtiberian 300-10 BC
Spanish Iberian 300-10 BC
Spanish Lusitanian 300-10 BC
Spanish (Sertorius) 80-70 BC
Spartan 550-461 BC
Spartan 460-281 BC
Spartan 280-228 BC
Spartan 227-222 BC
Spartan 221-146 BC
Syracusan 421-281 BC
Syracusan 280-211 BC
Thessalian 404-353 BC
Thracian (Triballi) 700-351 BC
Thracian 680-461 AD
Thracian (Getae) 680-330 BC
Thracian 460-351 BC
Thracian (Hellenistic) 350-281 BC
Thracian (Triballi) 350 BC-46 AD
Thracian (Hellenistic Getae) 329-281 BC
Thracian (Gallic) 280-212 BC
Thracian (Getae) 279-46 BC
Thracian 211-51 BC
Thracian (Roman Client) 50 BC-46 AD
Umbrian 490-260 BC

You may also make one selection from the "Diadochi group" of armies as one of your four army choices . . .

Antigonid 320-301 BC
Lysimachid 320-281 BC
Macedonian 355-329 BC
Macedonian 328-321 BC
Macedonian 320-261 BC
Macedonian 260-148 BC
Ptolemaic 320-218 BC
Ptolemaic 217-167 BC
Ptolemaic 166-56 BC
Ptolemaic 55-30 BC
Seleucid 320-303 BC
Seleucid 302-301 BC
Seleucid 300-206 BC
Seleucid 205-167 BC
Seleucid 166-125 BC
Seleucid 124-63 BC

Note: the armies in bold text are from those nations that have an exemption from the “one army per nation in each division” rule and they will be allowed two different armies in any division. They are the Achaemenid Persians, Carthaginians, Diadochi, Greeks, Romans and Thracians. You still may only pick one army from any of these 6 groups.

Please note: the result of the poll to add Biblical armies for Season 12 was inconclusive so we are staying with the standard Classical Antiquity list.

Late Antiquity

Instructions

Here is the full army list for the Late Antiquity league section. There are over 60 armies available to choose from and, initially, players are required to choose 4 of them (from different nations, so not 3 Roman armies and a Hunnic army, for example). You may choose to use one type of ally with your army which must be nominated now.

Important: you cannot pick your 4 armies, or their allies, from nations that you used in your last season in this section, whether you used them as your main army or as the allies.

Please indicate whether you want to play at 1200 points or 1600 points; the default size for armies in this section is 1600 points.

Once players have been organised into divisions of 10 based on their playing experience and ability, they will then be allocated one of their four choices. The allocation process will give preference to the lowest rated players (see FOG2DL ratings) in each division. Only very occasionally might a player be asked to make another selection at this stage.

Players will need to have the base game, the Legions Triumphant DLC and the Age of Belisarius DLC to enter this section of the tournament. Please post your user name and your four army choices in this thread if you wish to enter this section.

The Rules are here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=106931
The Guide is here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=106932

Army list
Alan 25-650 AD
Ancient British 60 BC-80 AD
Anglo-Saxon 449-599 AD
Arab 312 BC-476 AD
Arab (Bedouin) 300-636 AD
Arab (City) 300-633 AD
Armenian 253-476 AD
Armenian 477-627 AD
Atropatene 144 BC-226 AD
Avar 553-557 AD
Avar 558-631 AD
Bosporan 11 BC-375 AD
Breton 411-579 AD
Byzantine 493-550 AD
Byzantine 551-578 AD
Byzantine 579-599 AD
Caledonian 50-225 AD
Caucasian 320 BC-476 AD
Dacian 50 BC-88 AD
Dacian 89-106 AD
Dacian (Carpi) 107-380 AD
Frankish 260-495 AD
Frankish 496-599 AD
Gepid 493-567 AD
Germanic Foot Tribes 105 BC-259 AD (Gallic 300-101 BC allies not allowed, out of timeframe)
Germanic/Gothic Foot Tribes 260-599 AD
Germanic/Gothic Horse Tribes 260-492 AD
Hephthalites 350-570 AD
Hunnic 250-375 AD
Hunnic 376-476 AD
Hunnic (Western) 376-454 AD
Hunnic (Western) 455-559 AD
Hunnic, Sabir 463-558 AD
Iberian or Colchian 331 BC-252 AD
Indian 320-545 AD
Indian 546-599 AD
Jewish Revolt 66-135 AD
Kingdom of Soissons 461-486 AD
Kushan 130 BC-476 AD
Lombard 493-567 AD
Lombard 568-569 AD
Lombard 570-649 AD
​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​Nabataean 260 BC-106 AD
Moorish 350-698 AD
Ostrogoth 493-561 AD
Palmyran 258-273 AD
Parthian 250 BC-225 AD (Seleucid 166-125 BC allies not allowed, out of timeframe)
Pictish 210-476 AD
Roman 24 BC–196 AD
Roman 197-284 AD
Roman 285-312 AD
Roman 313-378 AD
Roman 379-424 AD
Roman 425-492 AD
Romano-British 407-599 AD
Sarmatian 25-375 AD
Sassanid Persian 224-349 AD
Sassanid Persian 350-476 AD
Sassanid Persian 477-590 AD
Scots-Irish 50 BC-476 AD
Slav 500-599 AD
Turkish 552-599 AD
Vandal 442-499 AD
Vandal 500-534 AD
Visigoth 419-621 AD

Note: the Roman armies in bold text have an exemption from the “one army per nation in each division” rule and they will be allowed two different armies in any division. You still may only pick one army from this Roman group.

Early Middle Ages

Instructions

Here is the full army list for the Early Middle Ages league section. There are over 100 armies available to choose from and, initially, players are required to choose 4 of them (from different nations, so not 3 Byzantine armies and a Gepid army, for example). You may choose to use one type of ally with your army which must be nominated now. Please post your army selections in your order of preference in this thread.

Important: you cannot pick your 4 armies, or their allies, from nations that you used in your last season in this section, whether you used them as your main army or as the allies.

Please indicate whether you want to play at 1200 points or 1600 points; the default size for armies in this section is 1200 points.

Once players have been organised into divisions of 10 based on their playing experience and ability, they will then be allocated one of their four choices. The allocation process will give preference to the lowest rated players (see FOG2DL ratings) in each division. Only very occasionally might a player be asked to make another selection at this stage.

Players will need to have the base game, the Legions Triumphant DLC and the Age of Belisarius DLC to enter this section of the tournament. Please post your user name and your four army choices in this thread if you wish to enter this section.

The Rules are here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=106931
The Guide is here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=106932

Army list
Alan 651-1049 AD
Andalusian 756-1049 AD
Anglo-Saxon 600-870 AD
Anglo-Saxon 871-949 AD
Anglo-Saxon 950-1016 AD
Anglo-Danish 1017-1041 AD
Arab (Conquest) 629-637 AD
Arab (Conquest) 638-684 AD
Arab (Umayyad) 685-750 AD
Arab (Abbasid) 747-793 AD
Arab (Abbasid) 794-814 AD
Arab (Abbasid) 815-835 AD
Arab (Abbasid) 836-873 AD
Arab (Abbasid) 874-946 AD
Arab (North Africa) 789-999 AD
Arab (Syria/Iraq) 890-1008 AD
Arab (North Africa) 1000-1160 AD
Arab (Syria/Iraq) 1009-1150 AD
Armenian 639-717 AD
Armenian 885-1045 AD
Avar 632-826 AD
Breton 580-931 AD
Breton 936-1049 AD
British 600-1030 AD
Bulgar 631-679 AD
Bulgar (Volga) 675-1237 AD
Bulgar (Danube) 680-851 AD
Bulgar (Danube) 852-1018 AD
Byzantine 600-649 AD
Byzantine 650-739 AD
Byzantine 740-903 AD
Byzantine 904-962 AD
Byzantine 963-987 AD
Byzantine 988-1041 AD
Croatian 625-849 AD
Croatian 850-1102 AD
Dabuyid 642-760 AD
Dailami 928-1055 AD
Fatimid Egyptian 978-1073 AD
Frankish 600-750 AD
Frankish 751-887 AD
French 888-1049 AD
Georgian 1008-1049 AD
German 888-932 AD
German 933-1049 AD
Ghaznavid 962-1187 AD
Indian (Hindu North) 600-1049 AD
Indian (Hindu South) 600-1049 AD
Indian (Rajput) 650-1049 AD
Irish 900-1049 AD
Khazar 650-737 AD
Khazar 738-969 AD
Khorasanian 821-1003 AD
Lombard 650-775 AD
Lombard 776-1049 AD
Magyar 830-1049 AD
Moravian 833-907 AD
Navarrese 778-899 AD
Navarrese 900-1049 AD
Norman 923-1040 AD
Pecheneg 850-1122 AD
Pictish 477-850 AD
Polish 966-1057 AD
Rus 860-959 AD
Rus 960-1053 AD
Sassanid Persian 591-628 AD
Sassanid Persian 629-651 AD
Saxon (Continental) 600-804 AD
Scots-Irish 477-846 AD
Scots 851-1051 AD
Serbian 625-849 AD
Serbian 850-1039 AD
Spanish 718-899 AD
Spanish 900-1049 AD
Turkish 600-1036 AD
Viking 790-899 AD
Viking 900-1049 AD
Viking (Ireland) 780-899 AD
Viking (Ireland) 900-1049 AD
Visigothic 622-717 AD
Welsh 600-1049 AD

Note: the armies in bold text are from those nations that have an exemption from the “one army per nation in each division” rule and they will be allowed two different armies in any division. They are the Arab group of armies and the Byzantines. You may only pick one army from either of these 2 groups.

Biblical

Instructions

Each player will play five historically themed “mirror matches” against the other players in their division. The TT Mod will no longer be used. There will be a maximum of six divisions in this section and a full fixture list will be posted shortly before the tournament opens. Promotion and relegation will still apply.

In future seasons players will be offered the opportunity to select their own armies in the usual way. The Biblical armies will return for Season 13.

Here are the five historical match-ups that will be used in Season 12 . . .

Chinese (Zhou) 1046-701 BC versus Beidi 1046-701 BC
Chinese (Han) 206-100 BC versus Xiongnu 200 BC -155 AD
Chinese 3 Kingdoms (Wu) 222-280 AD versus Chinese (Jin) 266-316 AD
Chinese (Jin) 317-420 AD v Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 AD
Chinese (Sui) 582-617 AD v Chinese (Chen) 557-589 AD

Please indicate whether you want to play at 1200 points or 1600 points; the default size for armies in this section is 1200 points.

Players will need to have the base game and have downloaded the Silk Road Mod v1.7 (see next link for instructions) . . .

viewtopic.php?f=501&t=106886

The Rules are here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=106931
The Guide is here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=106932

Please just post your user name in this thread if you wish to enter this section.

High Middle Ages

Instructions

Here is the full army list for the High Middle Ages league section. There are over 140 armies available to choose from and, initially, players are required to choose 4 of them from different nations (so not three Berber armies and one Scots army).

Please post your army selections (and allies if desired) in your order of preference in this thread.

Important: you cannot pick your 4 armies, or their allies, from nations that you used in your last season in this section, whether you used them as your main army or as the allies.

Please indicate whether you want to play at 1200 points or 1600 points; the default size for armies in this section is 1200 points.

Once players have been organised into divisions of 10 based on their playing experience and ability, they will then be allocated one of their four choices. The allocation process will give preference to the lowest rated players (see FOG2DL ratings) in each division. Only very occasionally might a player be asked to make another selection at this stage.

Players will need to have the base game, the Reconquista DLC, and the Swords and Scimitars DLC (to be released next week) to enter this section of the tournament.

Please be sure to familiarise yourself with both the Rules of Competition and the Players' Guide.

The Rules are here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=106931
The Guide is here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=106932

Army list
Andalusian 1050-1154 AD
Andalusian (Murcia) 1155-1172 AD
Andalusian 1228-1248 AD
Anglo-Irish 1167-1274 AD
Anglo-Norman 1072-1154 AD
Arab (North Africa/Sicily) 1038-1160 AD
Arab (Syria/Iraq) 1009-1150 AD
Aragonese 1050-1136 AD
Aragonese 1137-1154 AD
Aragonese 1155-1199 AD
Aragonese 1200-1274 AD
Armenian (Cilicia) 1080-1099 AD
Armenian (Cilicia) 1100-1154 AD
Armenian (Cilicia) 1155-1375 AD
Ayyubid Egyptian 1172-1250 AD
Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD
Berber (Murabit) 1039-1086 AD
Berber (Murabit) 1087-1147 AD
Berber (Almohad) 1121-1269 AD
Berber (Hafsid) 1229-1268 AD
Berber (Hafsid) 1269-1319 AD
Berber (Marinid) 1244-1319 AD
Bohemian 1050-1154 AD
Bohemian 1155-1199 AD
Bohemian 1200-1319 AD
Breton 1050-1154 AD
Breton 1155-1319 AD
Bulgar (Volga) 1040-1241 AD
Bulgarian 1186-1299 AD
Byzantine (Italy) 1038-1039 AD
Byzantine (Italy) 1040-1049 AD
Byzantine 1040-1071 AD
Byzantine (Italy) 1050-1071 AD
Byzantine 1072-1154 AD
Byzantine 1155-1204 AD
Byzantine (Nikaia) 1205-1261 AD
Byzantine (Epiros) 1205-1261 AD
Byzantine (Trebizond) 1205-1261 AD
Castilian/Leónese 1050-1154 AD
Castilian/Leónese 1155-1199 AD
Castilian/Leónese 1200-1319 AD
Catalan 1050-1136 AD
Crusader 1096-1099 AD
Crusader 1100-1117 AD
Crusader 1118-1154 AD
Crusader 1152-1291 AD
Cuman 1054-1179 AD
Cuman 1180-1394 AD
Cypriot 1192-1290 AD
Dailami 1056-1500 AD
Danish 1050-1154 AD
Danish 1155-1199 AD
Danish 1200-1319 AD
English 1042-1065 AD
English 1066 AD
English 1155-1271 AD
Fatimid Egyptian 978-1073 AD
Fatimid Egyptian 1074-1171 AD
Free Canton 1106-1199 AD
Free Canton 1200-1319 AD
French 1050-1154 AD
French 1155-1319 AD
Georgian 1008-1117 AD
Georgian 1118-1144 AD
Georgian 1145-1299 AD
German (Imperial) 1050-1154 AD
German (Imperial) 1155-1199 AD
German (Imperial) 1200-1319 AD
German (North/West) 1050-1154 AD
German (North/West) 1155-1199 AD
German (North/West) 1200-1319 AD
German (South/East) 1050-1154 AD
German (South/East) 1155-1199 AD
German (South/East) 1200-1319 AD
Ghaznavid 962-1187 AD
Ghurid 1100-1215 AD
Granadine 1232-1319 AD
Hungarian 1050-1154 AD
Hungarian 1155-1199 AD
Hungarian 1200-1319 AD
Indian (Hindu North) 1050-1300 AD
Indian (Rajput) 1050-1339 AD
Indian (Hindu South) 1050-1335 AD
Indian (Muslim) 1192-1339 AD
Irish 1050-1130 AD
Irish 1131-1259 AD
Italian (Guelf) 1050-1154 AD
Italian (Guelf) 1155-1199 AD
Italian (Guelf) 1200-1319 AD
Italian (Ghibelline) 1050-1154 AD
Italian (Ghibelline) 1155-1199 AD
Italian (Ghibelline) 1200-1319 AD
Italo-Norman 1041-1049 AD
Italo-Norman 1050-1060 AD
Italo-Norman 1061-1071 AD
Italo-Norman 1072-1154 AD
Khwarazmian 1156-1231 AD
Khwarazmian 1232-1246 AD
Kingdom of Sicily 1155-1199 AD
Kingdom of Sicily 1200-1266 AD
Latin Greece 1204-1311 AD
Lithuanian 1100-1299 AD
Lombard 1038-1049 AD
Lombard 1050-1057 AD
Low Countries 1200-1274 AD
Mamluk Egyptian 1250-1339 AD
Mongol (Middle East) 1219-1229 AD
Mongol (Europe) 1223-1241 AD
Mongol (Middle East - Ilkhanid) 1230-1353 AD
Navarrese 1050-1154 AD
Navarrese 1155-1299 AD
Norman 1041-1071 AD
Norwegian 1050-1154 AD
Norwegian 1155-1319 AD
Papal 1050-1154 AD
Papal 1155-1199 AD
Papal 1200-1319 AD
Pecheneg 850-1122 AD
Polish 1058-1154 AD
Polish 1155-1199 AD
Polish 1200-1319 AD
Portuguese 1050-1154 AD
Portuguese 1155-1199 AD
Portuguese 1200-1319 AD
Russian 1054-1154 AD
Russian 1155-1264 AD
Scots 1040-1051 AD
Scots (Isles and Highlands) 1050-1319 AD
Scots 1052-1154 AD
Scots 1155-1161 AD
Scots 1162-1319 AD
Seljuq Turkish (East) 1037-1194 AD
Seljuq Turkish (West) 1037-1154 AD
Seljuq Turkish (West) 1155-1307 AD
Serbian 1040-1299 AD
Swedish 1050-1154 AD
Swedish 1155-1319 AD
Sword Brethren 1204-1237 AD
Syrian States 1090-1286 AD
Tatar 1242-1339 AD
Teutonic Order 1226-1319 AD
Tuareg 950-1500 AD
Welsh 1050-1099 AD
Welsh (North) 1100-1295 AD
Welsh (South) 1100-1197 AD

Note: the armies in bold text are from those nations that have an exemption from the “one army per nation in each division” rule and they will be allowed two different armies in any division. They are the Berber, Byzantine, German, Italian and the Scottish groups of armies. You may only pick one army from any of these 5 groups.

Themed Event

Instructions

This section will have a Sicilian theme for Season 12.

Matches in this section are played to a tighter schedule and must be prioritised above matches from other sections. A full schedule of matches will be published before the tournament opens on October 1st. Either player may set up the challenge in this section. Remember to PM your opponent as well as placing the challenge and password in this thread. The group stage matches will be completed in the first 5 weeks of the competition, the knock-out matches will be allowed around 18 days for completion in the second half of the season. Unfinished matches will be subject to adjudication.

As usual,12 players will constitute a pool, which will be divided into 4 qualifying groups of 3 players. At the group stage players will play each other in mirror matches so the total of individual battles played by each player will be 4. Only the winner of each group will proceed to the knock-out stage, which will consist of semi-finals and final (again using mirror matches).

Where players finish with the same number of points at the end of the group stage, the points aggregate from the matches between those players will be used to decide the final places in the group table. If this does not separate the players then lots will be drawn to determine which player proceeds to the next stage of the competition.

Note: all armies will be 1600 points in this section.

The historical match-ups for this season are as follows . . .

Group stage (players will get 2 of these 4 match-ups)

1) 2nd Sicilian War 410-404 BC
Syracusan 412-281 BC v Carthaginian 410-341 BC

2) Peloponnesian War 431-404 BC
Syracusan 412-281 BC v Greek 460-281 BC

3) Carthaginian attempt to conquer Sicily 278 BC
Pyrrhic 280-275 BC with Syracusan 280-211 BC allies v Carthaginian 280-263BC

4) First Punic War 264-241 BC (Battle of Agrigentum 262 BC)
Roman 280-220 BC v Carthaginian 262-236 BC

Knock-out stage

5) Gothic War 535-554 AD
Byzantine 493-550 AD v Ostrogoth 493-561 AD

6) Muslim Conquest of Sicily 827-902 AD
Byzantine 740-903 AD v Arab Abbasid 836-873 AD

The Rules are here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=106931
The Guide is here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=106932

Please just post your user name in this thread if you wish to enter this section.

Please note that the armies for the new DLC "Swords and Scimitars" are included in the above list. This DLC will be released on 23rd September, 5 days after recruitment has opened. Players wishing to enter this section are quite welcome to put "armies to follow" in their post when putting their name down. Play will start on 1st October in this section, but I will delay army allocation for as long as possible, until Wednesday 29th September, so that you have some time to look at the armies in the new DLC.