Slitherine

Division C

kraff (Visigoth 419-621 AD) challenges ulysisgrunt (Jewish Revolt 66-135 AD).

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Division B

Captainwaltersavage - Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 216-203 BC with Samnite 355-272 BC allies defeats kraff - Galatian 62-25 BC with Roman 105-25 BC allies 41:16

Faced with some veteran legions and warbands I thought I had better play it safe and take enough medium troops that I could fight it out in the plentiful rough ground. on my side of the battlefield. I brought a few heavies to fill out the spaces in between and my trusty elephants and of course the Carthaginian cavalry wing. Except the Galatians and Romans were far too sensible to come anywhere near my favourite terrain. They formed a stationary fort that became a mobile fort when I advanced to see if I could run from rough patch to rough patch to try and get closer without instantly dying. Then I got too close and the legions struck. Even my generaled up veteran spears were struggling against his elite legions, but being a bit rubbish in big numbers has its advantages. Push-backs, led to flanks opening and once the legions were disrupted, I was in with a chance. The Galatian warbands were the usual mix of brilliance and cowardice smashing up some of my units, but collapsing more often in this battle, and once again the swarm of cavalry was able to get into the rear of enough troops to swing the balance. The elephants were tremendous again, for me, and managed to hold up three units on their own on the left wing. The Galatian elephants were tempted out of position by the prospect of breaking some of my cavalry, which allowed the rest of my cav on that wing to start breaking apart the reserve units. The badges of honour have to be given to the veteran spears and the humble imitation legions. They held on against all the odds long enough for a victory, but it was very close to a complete collapse with all the front line units looking very ragged. Another nail biter - thanks to Kraff who was very gracious in defeat. I'm expecting his praetorians to be getting a very serious talking to when they get back to the changing room.

Division C

Dreddradish Sui defeats Delbruck Chen 41-15

Congrats and well earned!

Well played, congrats

Division A

SnuggleBunnies (Wu) defeats Aetius39 (Jin) 62-36

GG

Division B

lydianed (Rus with Bulgar allies) defeated Nijis (Armenian with Byzantine allies) 64:23

Thanks for the game

Division E

Holien - (Carthaginian (Hannibal in Africa) 202 BC with Numidian/Moorish 341-56 BC allies) draws with markleslie - Antigonid 320-301 BC 15 - 9

A tough fight for Hannibal against a very skillful opponent neither side could commit to a full assualt as they would be at serious disadvantage. The Cavalry and Light troops skirmished to no avail. A tough end to Hannibals tourney and very well played to Markleslie who handled his forces with great care and precise positioning to ensure that the Carthage Cavalry and lone Elephant could not land a decisive blow. Thank you to Stockwell Pete for running this engaging tourney...

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Division C

Dreddradish Chen defeats Delbruck Sui 61-41

Division B

desertedfox - Khorasanian 821-1003 AD (1600) defeated lunecastle - Anglo-Saxon 600-870 AD with Welsh 600-1049 AD allies (1600) 65 - 55

Thx for the very tough and entertaining game.

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Division A

tyronec (Aragonese) defeats schmolywar (Berber) 66-40

Thanks for the game.

Division A

Questar17 - Pergamene 190-129 BC with Greek 227-146 BC allies beats XLegione - Spartan 221-146 BC with Roman 280-220 BC allies 58:33

epic clash of pikes, only great fortune helped me to win this after terrible start

thx for the great game

thx for all guys, only huge concentration and luck made me win the league with so chaotic period warfare

cheers

Division A

Nosy_Rat (Vikings) defeats tyronec (Dailami) 53-23.

Division E

Darkwater247 - Germanic/Gothic Horse Tribes 260-492 AD with Dacian (Carpi) 107-380 AD allies beat SawyerK - Pictish 210-476 AD with Anglo-Saxon 449-599 AD allies 60-40

In the battle for two hills!

stockwellpete wrote: ↑Mon Nov 15, 2021 4:58 pm sivispacem has contacted me to say that he is back in hospital for a week. He will be able to play a few turns, but not many.

Very sorry to learn this. Hope he gets well soon.
For your records, I have my final Classical Antiquity Division E match in progress with him.
sivispacem (Spanish [Sertorius] 80-70 BC) versus Badger73 (Carthaginian [Hannibal in Italy] 216-203 BC).

Division D

Giacofa93 (Sertorius) beats ggarynorman (Ptolemaic) 43-7

Thank you for the game, great fun!

Division B

IMC - Jewish Revolt 66-135 AD has beaten lunecastle - Ancient British 60 BC-80 AD with Roman 24BC-196 AD allies 60%-44%

A win for IMC

Thanks for the game.

Ian

Division A

klayeckles (Thracian + Dacian allies) defeats XLegione - Spartan 221-146 BC with Roman 280-220 BC allies 40 to 12

I've recently lost games due to uncanny bad luck, but this one i won due to good luck, hands down. i sent my warbands up the huge hill in the center of the map, X sent his warband killers up the middle too. We met on the hill top and I blasted a hole right thru his center and in a few short turns cut his army in half and dominated the center hill. Sorry Bro...But i'll gladly take the victory against a skilled player!
!

Division D

Kroche (Sixteen Kingdoms 304-439AD) defeated sarmation (Chinese (Jin) 317-420AD) 61-58

Another close game vs sarmation - the Sixteen Kingdom heavy cavalry managed to return from a successful pursuit just in time to get the victory which on another day could easily have been claimed by the Jin, GG

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