Slitherine

Weekly round-up
A very subdued start right across this section, except for in Division B where nearly a third of the matches have already been completed. joggy has made the best start with 3 straight wins, including a double against Nijis.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
joggy (Division B) 3 matches

Match completion rate (30 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 0 out of 30 matches completed
Division B - 9 out of 30 matches completed
Division C - 0 out of 30 matches completed
Division D - 1 out of 30 matches completed
Division E - 2 out of 30 matches completed

Player of the Week: joggy (Division B) with 3 wins.

Division D

devoncop - Khorasanian 821-1003 AD with Ghaznavid 962-1187 AD allies (1200) challenges rpadilla ..Byzantine 988-1041AD

Password ..... devoncop12

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Division F

heidipie Dailami defeated Vadim84 Andalusia 45-15

dailami veterans able to hold off Andul horse, and then let their elephant loose
Vadim, merci and bonne chance

Weekly round-up
Nothing to report yet in Division A, but in Division B TaBai (Mongol Ilkhanid) has gone to the top with 2 wins, including what might turn out to be an important triumph against oscarius (Anglo-Irish). Nothing either in Division C, but Divisions D and E have been very busy. Lynx57 (German) leads Division B, despite having 2 defeats already, and he is being chased by CaptainPunka (also German) and Kerait (Ghurid) who have both started with 2 straight wins. In Division E Rosedelio (Ghurid) has made another impressive start to the season and has 5 wins under his belt already. wzfcns (Hungarian) is in second place and both Fysh (German) and Quivis (also German) have started with wins.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
Rosedelio (Division E) 5 matches

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 3 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 4 out of 45 matches completed
Division C - 1 out of 45 matches completed
Division D -11 out of 45 matches completed
Division E - 11 out of 45 matches completed

Player of the Week: Rosedelio (Division E) who has 5 wins already.

Division A

ianiow (Berbers) drew against CheAhn (Crusaders) 62 vs 60

A narrow battlefield allowed both armies to pick their best melee troops and march forward with flanks relatively protected. So Varangian guard and Dismounted Knights formed up against Veteran Spearmen in a bloody duel to the death.

(2-2)

Challenge for Aetius39

Pyrrhic 280-275 BC with Syracusan 280-211 BC allies v Carthaginian 280-263BC (Carthaginian conquest of Sicily 278 BC)

PW=Sicily

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Division D

Kerait (Arab Conquest) defeats rpadilla1988 (Byzantine) 61-49

Arab prospects looked poor at the outset.

Due to the sheer incompetence of the Arab commander, the Arab veteran foot began the battle out of position. With the Muslim infantry still struggling to form a coherent line and advance, the encroaching Byzantine cavalry (including the mighty Klibanophoroi) caught the Bedouin horse painfully isolated and started cutting them down.

However, when the veteran Arab spearmen did finally meet the Skoutatoi in the melee, they more than compensated for the command's initial tactical debacle by rapidly smashing the Greek lines to smithereens. Only the fierce Varangians withstood the experienced the Arab fighters, going down about as easily as Leonidas at Thermopylae.

The annihilation of the Roman infantry allowed the Arab infantry to confront the enemy cavalry. With the majority of the Byzantine army destroyed, the Arabs edged out a close victory.

Losses on both sides were appalling. No doubt this engagement did not lead to any satisfactory conclusion to the ongoing Anatolian war of attrition. Good game to rpadilla!

Division A

Nosy_Rat - Viking (Ireland) 900-1049 AD (1200) challenges

Stew101 - Indian Hindu North 600-1049 AD with Indian Rajput 650 – 1049 AD allies (1600)
Cunningcairn - Armenian 639-717 AD with Arab Conquest 638-684 AD allies

Challenges posted, PMs sent.

Division B

devoncop - Parthian 250 BC-225 AD with Saka 300 BC-50 AD allies (1600) challenges lydianed ...Gepid 493-567AD

Password..........devoncop13

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Division C

devoncop - Mongol (Ilkhanid) 1230-1353 AD with Tatar 1242-1339 AD allies (1200) challenges Delbruck - Sicilian 1200-1266 AD with Italian (Ghibelline) 1200-1319 AD allies

Password ...devoncop14

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Division C
ulysisgrunt (Andalusian 756-1049 with Spanish allies 900-1049)
challenges

Rob123 (Arab Conquest)
pw: Rob123

random27 (Navarrese with Andalusian allies)
pw: random27

snooky51 (Anglo-Saxon 950-1016)
pw: snooky51

Division D

random27 (Ancient British) beats Doyley50 (Palmyran) 42-13

Well played , thx and good luck for your remaining games too

Division D
random27 - Ancient British 60 BC-80 AD with Roman 24 BC–196 AD allies (1600)
challenges
gamercb - Arab (City) 300-633 AD (1600)
Password : random27
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Division E

Holien - Carthaginian (Hannibal in Africa) 202 BC with Numidian/Moorish 341-56 BC allies defeated gfs26 - Roman 105-25 BC (1600) 47-19

The map had a good zone for Hannibal to operate in and the numerous skirmish troops forced Rome to attack early and unsupported. They paid the price but fought hard and destroyed some of Hannibals precious Elephants. Well played gfs26 and many thanks for the game. I am now out of active opponents in this part of the DL so will issue some challenges on Monday.

Division C

devoncop - Indo-Skythian 95 BC-50 AD (1600) challenges BobGanoush - Bithynian 297-74 BC with Galatian 280-63 BC allies

Password : devoncop15

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