Vae Victis III - Bellum Italicum: Closed

[kronenblatt]

1. Cumae: kronenblatt (army 1) wins against batesmotel (Samnite or Campanian) 42 - 10.
2. Caere: Aetius39 (army 2) wins against Dreddradish (Roman) 40 - 2.
3. GeneralKostas (army 3) loses against carpenkm (army 17) 4 - 42.
6. Rhegium: shane30 (army 6) wins against deeter (Greek) 64 - 37.
7. Luceria: dim30 (army 7) loses against SpeedyCM (Apulian) 55 - 60.
8. Syracusae: Giacofa93 (army 8) wins against Karvon (Syracusan) 53 - 21.
9. Volaterrae: deeter (army 9) loses against Aetius39 (Etruscan) 58 - 61.
11. Ancona: TheGrayMouser (army 11) loses against dragmio (Umbrian) 49 - 60.
12. Heracleia: TomoeGozen (army 12) loses against dim30 (Greek) 56 - 62.
16. Cosae: Doyley50 (army 16) wins against Dreddradish (Etruscan) 65 - 56.

[kronenblatt]

Losing armies: have been moved in line with the rule below. Please let me know by tomorrow (Friday, June 3) if you want them to reappear elsewhere.

A player's army having lost a battle is removed from its hex and placed in the hex of an owned structure along its logistics line closest (in number of hexes) to where it lost the battle, or (failing that) in a hex adjacent to its capital (farthest away from any other armies, if no instructions are given).

Winning armies: please let me know by tomorrow (Friday, June 3) if you want to advance in accordance the rule below. (My army #1 did.)

A player's army having won a battle either remains in its hex or (if giving explicit instructions thereto) moves into the adjacent hex previously occupied by a removed losing enemy army or into the adjacent hex of the Town or City that it just gained ownership of.

[kronenblatt]

Time has come for round 6's order giving and movement instructions and the 12 MP each of your armies have.

Please send to me through replying to my PM by Wednesday June 8 (9 PM, Swedish time) at the latest, and just as a simple sequence of individual moves (e.g., 2 4 2 6 0 6), with no other symbols in between, only blanks (for easy copy-pasting by the administrator). I will not open the PMs from any of you guys until I've published my own movement instructions for army #1.

For details, please check Giving orders and Movement in the RULES.

Any questions? Please ask them in this thread, for everyone else to see question and answer.

Don't worry: we'll all still hold each other's hands to get to know and understand the rules, etc., together. This is for fun, after all!

[kronenblatt]

[kronenblatt]

In 4 of this round's 9 battles, randomised opponents need to be drawn. Results below, as before based on each player's army getting a random number between 0 and 1, ranking them based on that random number and thus obtaining an opponent where needed. (Redraws are made until no player's army (whether needing a random opponent or not) will be drawn itself as opponent.)

[kronenblatt]

1. Type B - Neapolis: kronenblatt (army 1, 1400 FP) versus carpenkm (Greek, 1200 FP). Mediterranean Agricultural.
2. Type A - Aetius39 (army 2, 1473 FP + 30 FP from structure) versus Dreddradish (army 18, 1279 FP + 60 FP from structure). Mediterranean Agricultural. Dreddradish sets up.
5. Type B - Sarsina: Rosedelio (army 5, 1400 FP) versus kronenblatt (Italic Tribal, 1000 FP). Mediterranean Hilly.
6. Type B - Messana: shane30 (army 6, 1400 FP) versus markleslie (Greek or Syracusan, 1200 FP). Mediterranean Hilly.
7. Type A - dim30 (army 7, 1367 FP) versus carpenkm (army 17, 1328 FP). Mediterranean Agricultural. dim30 sets up.
8. Type B - Megara Hyblaia: Giacofa93 (army 8, 1400 FP) versus Aetius39 (Syracusan, 1000 FP). Mediterranean Agricultural.
9. Type B - Volaterrae: deeter (army 9, 1400 FP) versus shane30 (Etruscan, 1200 FP). Mediterranean Agricultural.
10. Type B - Capua: batesmotel (army 10, 1358 FP) versus kronenblatt (Samnite or Campanian, 1200 FP). Mediterranean Agricultural.
16. Type A - Doyley50 (army 16, 1300 FP) versus Dreddradish (army 18, 1279 FP + 60 FP from structure). Mediterranean Agricultural. Dreddradish sets up.

Please note:

• Battles to be set up by the defender in Type B battles and by the player having spent the fewest MP in Type A battles, by June 11 at latest.

• Module: VV: Bellum Italicum v4 (please note: version 4!).

• Scenario: Open Battle.

• Turn limit: 24 turns.

• Map size:
  • Type A battles: Large (40 x 32).
  • Type B battles: Medium (32 x 32).

• Map type: as specified above.

• Force size: as specified above (reflecting army strength and structures), but additionally see Army strength and force point adjustment in the rules.

• Armies: see Armies and allies in battles in the rules.

• No map re-rolls.

• The winner, or the player having incurred the fewest casualties, reports the results in this thread.

• Battles to be concluded and reported within an extended period of eight weeks, i.e., by August 3 at latest.

Plus:

• A player can (without fighting a battle over it) gain ownership over a structure that is within his army's ZoC at the end of the round and not already owned by any other player through reducing his army's strength by 100 FP if a City and 50 FP if a Town.

[kronenblatt]

1. Type B - Neapolis: kronenblatt (army 1, Campanian with Latin allies, 1400 FP) versus carpenkm (Greek, 1200 FP). Mediterranean Agricultural.

=> carpenkm: I'll be fighting with Campanian with Latin allies against the Greek army of Neapolis.

[Rosedelio]

5. Type B - Sarsina: Rosedelio (army 5, 1400 FP) versus kronenblatt (Italic Tribal, 1000 FP). Mediterranean Hilly.

I'll be bringing my Illyrian allies

[shane30]

Hello

6. Type B - Messana: shane30 (army 6, 1400 FP) versus markleslie (Greek or Syracusan, 1200 FP). Mediterranean Hilly.

I'll play with Lucanian allies
Thanks

[kronenblatt]

5. Type B - Sarsina: Rosedelio (army 5, 1400 FP) versus kronenblatt (Italic Tribal, 1000 FP). Mediterranean Hilly.

I'll be bringing my Illyrian allies

Great, game now set up, with password SARSINA

Enjoy!

[markleslie]

Hello

6. Type B - Messana: shane30 (army 6, 1400 FP) versus markleslie (Greek or Syracusan, 1200 FP). Mediterranean Hilly.

I'll play with Lucanian allies
Thanks

Syracusan (1200FP) vs Greek with Lucanian allies (1400FP), 32 x 32 Mediterranean Hilly is now available.
Please let me know if I've made an error and I'll reset.

password: messana

[carpenkm]

1. Type B - Neapolis: kronenblatt (army 1, Campanian with Latin allies, 1400 FP) versus carpenkm (Greek, 1200 FP). Mediterranean Agricultural.

=> carpenkm: I'll be fighting with Campanian with Latin allies against the Greek army of Neapolis.

battle set up - pw Kronenblatt

[Rosedelio]

5. Type B - Sarsina: Rosedelio (army 5, 1400 FP) versus kronenblatt (Italic Tribal, 1000 FP). Mediterranean Hilly.

Rosedelio (Gallic) defeats kronenblatt (Italic Tribal) 50-4.

There wasn't enough terrain for the Italians to utilize, so it became an open battle between squishy medium foot and hard-hitting impact foot.

[dim30]

7. Type A - dim30 (army 7, 1367 FP) versus carpenkm (army 17, 1328 FP). Mediterranean Agricultural. dim30 sets up.

Game ready.
pw : luceria
pm sent.

[Dreddradish]

2. Type A - Aetius39 (army 2, 1473 FP + 30 FP from structure) versus Dreddradish (army 18, 1279 FP + 60 FP from structure). Mediterranean Agricultural. Dreddradish sets up.

and

16. Type A - Doyley50 (army 16, 1300 FP) versus Dreddradish (army 18, 1279 FP + 60 FP from structure). Mediterranean Agricultural. Dreddradish sets up.

both setup

pwd = 1234

[Giacofa93]

Let's not change the winning team....I'll bring Carthaginian with Syracusan allies to the conquest of Megara Hyblaia!

[kronenblatt]

1. Type B - Neapolis: kronenblatt (army 1, 1400 FP) versus carpenkm (Greek, 1200 FP). Mediterranean Agricultural.
2. Type A - Aetius39 (army 2, 1473 FP + 30 FP from structure) versus Dreddradish (army 18, 1279 FP + 60 FP from structure). Mediterranean Agricultural. Dreddradish sets up.
5. Type B - Sarsina: Rosedelio (army 5, 1400 FP) versus kronenblatt (Italic Tribal, 1000 FP). Mediterranean Hilly.
6. Type B - Messana: shane30 (army 6, 1400 FP) versus markleslie (Greek or Syracusan, 1200 FP). Mediterranean Hilly.
7. Type A - dim30 (army 7, 1367 FP) versus carpenkm (army 17, 1328 FP). Mediterranean Agricultural. dim30 sets up.
8. Type B - Megara Hyblaia: Giacofa93 (army 8, 1400 FP) versus Aetius39 (Syracusan, 1000 FP). Mediterranean Agricultural.
9. Type B - Volaterrae: deeter (army 9, 1400 FP) versus shane30 (Etruscan, 1200 FP). Mediterranean Agricultural.
10. Type B - Capua: batesmotel (army 10, 1358 FP) versus kronenblatt (Samnite or Campanian, 1200 FP). Mediterranean Agricultural.
16. Type A - Doyley50 (army 16, 1300 FP) versus Dreddradish (army 18, 1279 FP + 60 FP from structure). Mediterranean Agricultural. Dreddradish sets up.

• Battles to be set up by the defender in Type B battles and by the player having spent the fewest MP in Type A battles, by June 11 at latest.

• Battles to be concluded and reported within an extended period of eight weeks, i.e., by August 3 at latest.

Even though the period is extended to August 3, I'd recommend you all to set up battles and to discuss with your opponents, so that they're concluded by then.

[Dreddradish]

16. Dreddradish (Etruscan loyalist) defeats Doyley50 (Etruscan Roman collaborator) 49 - 23

Doyley complained that his troops didn't want to fight and for the average soldier killing fellow Etruscans had no appeal and they fled, only the noble cavalry was able to make any gains on my flank.

[deeter]

9. Type B - Volaterrae: deeter (army 9, 1400 FP) versus shane30 (Etruscan, 1200 FP). Mediterranean Agricultural.

Deeter defeats shane30 62-44. The battlefield featured a deep stream with a dominant hill somewhat to the rear. The defenders chose to deploy around the hill rather than contesting the stream. Despite being down 200 pts., shane30 put up a stiff fight featuring a wildly successful cavalry attack that swept away an entire flank. Good game.

Deeter

[shane30]

6. Type B - Messana: shane30 (army 6, 1400 FP) versus markleslie (Greek or Syracusan, 1200 FP). Mediterranean Hilly.

shane30 defeats markleslie 55 / 30

The Syracusans chose to be offensive and seriously pushed the Greeks who had not anticipated this option .... but in the end the 200 pts lead and some welcome rallies allowed the Greeks to win
Good game