Slitherine

Division E

phlewis Bulgar (Danube) 680-851 AD (1200)
Challenges
Tratmot Andalusian 756-1049 AD (1200)

Password: Spain

PM: Sent

Div E

challenge issued for GeneralKostas. pw gamercb PM sent

CaptainPunka wrote: ↑Tue Oct 19, 2021 4:00 pm A few tournament related questions.

1. What is the schedule of digital league tournaments? Is it once every 3 months, twice yearly, etc.?

3 times a year starting on 1/2, 1/6 and 1/10. Tournament lasts for 10 weeks and usually a few extra days.

2. Is there a way I can sign up to receive an email to my gmail account when a new tournament is starting up? I am not always on these forums, and me checking periodically means I might miss the notification.

Not for the Digital League. Invitations go out mid-January, mid-May and mid-September so you need to put that in your diary.

3. Has there ever been any thought to break up the tournaments? For example, one time do the Middle Ages (High and Early) and then the next time do Antiquities (Classical and Late). To keep the same number of tournaments just do them twice as often (but with half the formats). So, for example, if currently digital league tourneys are every 4 months, we could alternate between the two "ages" every 2 months instead. I think this would allow for greater participation by those (like me) who cannot allocate enough time to compete in many formats all simulataneously.

No. I will not be changing the format. Out of 52 weeks in the year, I have around 32 weeks actually running the tournaments, 6 weeks in preparation for the tournaments and 3 weeks doing the records and statistics for the tournaments. The other 11 weeks I take a break, which I absolutely do need.

PS - I LOVE the ability to play in these tournaments and love the support everyone gives to them. I know it's a lot of work, and I wanted to extend my sincerest gratitude!

Regards,
~Jason

Thanks.

Division E

Quivis (German (Imperial) 1200-1319 AD with Free Canton 1200-1319 AD allies) beat looping (Breton 1155-1319 AD with English 1155-1271 AD allies) 53-17

Good game!

Division A

XLegione Beidi 1046-701 BC defeated Cunningcairn Chinese (Zhou) 1046-701 BC , 46%-18%

Thanks for the game.

Ciao
XLegione

Void match

Pool B Group 3

Deeter challenges Kroche PW: Sicily

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

Thanks for all the information! I'll update my calendar with those dates.

Division E

looping (Breton 1155-1319 AD with English 1155-1271 AD allies) defeated LunarFoxx - Bohemian 1200-1319 AD 50 % vs 21 %

Thank's for the game

Division F

PewPewMeow (Slav) defeated looping - Indian with Hephalite allies 64-34

Thanks for the game and best of luck in the rest of the league.

Division B

dim30 - Syracusan 280-211 BC with Carthaginian 235-146 BC allies (1600)

Challenges

Captainwaltersavage - Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 216-203 BC with Samnite 355-272 BC allies (1600)
carpenkm - Roman 105-25 BC with Armenian 331 BC-252 AD allies (1600)

pw : dim30

Sent by pm

Division E

phlewis (Sarmatian 25-375 AD with Germanic Horse Tribes 260-492 AD) beat angel42052 (Frankish 496-599 AD) 63-44

Division E

Badger73 (Palmyran 258-273 AD) beat SawyerK (Pictish 210-476 AD with Anglo-Saxon 449-599 AD allies) 58-24

Div E

Challenge issued for mh5064. pw civilwar. pm sent

Division B

Captainwaltersavage defeats Joggy 47:16

Chinese (Sui) 582-617 AD v Chinese (Chen) 557-589 AD

The battle just says Chinese A vs Chinese B so I'm not sure which one I won as. I had all the heavy cataphracts - I'll update when I work it out. The battlefield was mainly a wide open plain, which should have been great for the cavalry but having learned how easy it is to shoot them up I hid in the woods near my baseline until I could see what I was up against. A very tentative approach from both of us until I could not restrain myself any longer and burst forwards. I managed to shoot enough missiles to get the enemy on the backfoot and then my cataphracts and lancers had to be brave and charge out against the advancing foe. They got shot a lot but enough survived to crash into the enemy and the heavy cavalry finally worked as they always promise. It was like the ride of Rohan as they smashed everything in their path (we will overlook the poor blighters that got shot to death, as today they were in the minority for a change).

Edit: I was playing the Sui

Div E

challenge issued for gort7078 pw gamercb. pm sent

Division E

markleslie - Antigonid 320-301 BC beat Hari72 - Macedonian 320-261 BC 46-21.

Thrust, parry, riposte. A pretty straight up fight where the armies could actually see each other unobscured by a dense cloud of light foot. Salute!

Pool B Group 3

Kroche (Pyrrhic 280-275BC w Syracusan 280-211 BC allies) defeated MarcoCato75 (Carthaginian 280-63BC) 41-15

Pyrrhic phalanx fought a great fight causing the African Spears to lose the will to fight soon after initial contact. Pyrrhic forces managed to keep their formation and defeat enough enemy before the threat on their left flank could make an impact. GG

Division E

olddog52 - Scots 851-1051 AD with Viking 900-1049 AD allies beat phlewis - Bulgar (Danube) 680-851 AD 54-21

A classic cavalry (supported by infantry) vs infantry battle. Yes, his Med infantry tried to play its role and did but it was the Endless Heavy Cavarly assaults that my men will remember. I held a strong position with my right on the river's edge and my left on a forest giving phlewis the horse lord few options. GG, Thanks.

Div E

Darkwater247
ggarynorman

Let's play-
olddog52 - Scots 851-1051 AD with Viking 900(1600) vs Darkwater247 - Norman 923-1040 AD with French 888 (1600)

olddog52 - Scots 851-1051 AD with Viking 900(1600) vs ggarynorman - Polish 966-1057 AD with Rus 960(1600)

PM-yes
PW -Lord

Division B

joggy (Chinese (Jin) 317-420 AD) beat Warg1 (Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439 AD) 61-46