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[ericdoman1]

Division A


ericdoman1 ... Chinese (Zhou and Warring States) 350-222

defeated

BobGanoush ... Carthaginian 410-341 with Greek 460-281 Allies

52 -24

Another bruising encounter so well played Bob.

That is my final game in Classical, this season. Thanks very much to all of my opponents, Geffalrus and wzfcns for organising this period.

[Karvon]

Div A

Karvon Arab Conquest 629 AD defeated Dreddradish Indian (Hindu north) 600 - 1049 CE 64-49.

A large river blocked off our right. A large jungle lay in about our center from our edge. A couple of smaller patches of jungle and a village fell on our left center of the field, sort of screening off our left.

Initially, we deployed our dozen spears in to groups, half mixed with massed bow in a front rank with the left secured by a jungle patch and a second group hidden in reserve along the edge of the large jungle. Our Bedouin foot deployed in the village, jungle patch and along the left flank of the large jungle. Our mounted wing of camels and lancers hid behind the jungle patches and village on our left. We had a screen of light foot and horse offset to the left.

The Indians came with a lancer heavy army supported by a block of massed bow and a few other mediums. The lancers formed up a loose screen ahead of their infantry which was offset to our left towards the jungle patches and village. They massed a large force of light horse and foot on their right. A lone elephant hung back on their left supporting their infantry and lancers.

Our plan was pretty simple, we advanced our spears and bow line hard right to advance along the river, while our second spear line moved up behind in support. Our mounted wing shifted right behind the advancing spears to lend support and exploit any gaps that might develop. Our lights and Bedouins would fight a delaying action in and around the jungle patches and village on our left.

The Indians rolled forward and began showering the left end of our line with arrows. Their superior numbers took their toll and they slowly ground down our lights screening our left. Our spearmen grit their teeth and charged the lancer line, slowly throwing them back. Our bowmen, supported by camels peppered the lancers between melees. Gradually, some gaps and flanks opened and this led to locked melees where our spears methodically hacked down the trapped lancers. The elephant moved up, but our bowfire disordered it before it could do much damage and then it got flanked and broke creating another hole for us to exploit. On our left, we lost all of our lights as well as a lancer we detached to help counter his horse, but our mediums closed with his foot and continued to delay his flanking of our line.

With most of his lancers gone, our spears got stuck into his infantry and our mediums turned the right end of his line, leading to numerous breaks. Our lancers and camels pursued his broken troops and caught and saw off a couple of rallied yet still fragmented foot. This quickly cascaded from what had been a fairly close battle to a rout.

[Ray552]

Division B

ray552 (German (Imperial) 1488-1500 AD) defeats Vadim84 (German (City) (NW) 1488-1500 AD with Low Countries allies 1488-1500 AD) 45-19

The push of pike between the Landsknechts was fairly even, until an Imperial mounted man-at-arms unit got in a rear charge, leading to a chain reaction of routing City/Low Countries units. Well-played by Vadim84!

[markleslie]

Division A

markleslie ... Jewish 64BC-6AD with Roman 105-25 Allies

challenges

Stones1985 ... Spartan 460-281 with Greek 460-281 Allies
carpenkm ... Spartan 221-146 with Roman Allies

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[markleslie]

Division A

markleslie Sassanid Persian 224-349 AD with Arab (Bedouin) 300-636 AD allies

challenges

Bodhran Dacians 89-106 with Sarmatians 25-375 allies

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[Rob123]

Div.B

Rob123 Byzantine 963-987AD with Arab (Syria/Iraq) 890-1008AD allies challenges rpadilla1988 Byzantine 988-1041AD

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[frederic02]

Div B

Frederic02 Western Huns 376-454 AD

challenge

Najanaja Sarmatian 25 -375AD with allies German foot tribes 105-259AD

Rob123 Jewish 64 BC 6AD with Parthian allies 250Bc-225AD

Wellsonian German foot tribes 260-599 AD with Roman allies 379-424 AD

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[Rob123]

Div. B

Rob123 Jewish with Parthian allies defeated edb1815 Goguryeo with Chen allies 41:8

[Lennard]

Lennard Berber (Murabit) 1087-1147 with Andalusian 1050-1154 allies defeats random27 German city (NW) 1450-1487 + low countries 1478-1487 allies: 32 - 58

Although losing many direct infantry engaments, the Berber army was able to win in the end, because they utilized their highly mobile Light Spear Cavalry and Camel Lancers to outflank the Germans.

GG and well played to my opponent!

[Stones1985]

Division A

Stones1985 (Spartan with Greek Allies) defeated klayeckles (Kyrenian Greek with Carthaginian allies) by a score of 63 to 55.

A really entertaining close game but special credit must go to one of my cheap peltast units who held their hilltop against several enemies and routed all of them.

[Kroche]

Division A

Kroche (Crusader 1155-1291AD w Syrian States allies 1090-1286AD) 44% loss

defeated

harveylh (Danish 1200-1319 AD & Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD ally) 61% loss

Crusaders had the benefit of a small hill they could occupy in the middle of the field. There was plenty of rough patches of terrain between the opposing forces and a sizeable forested area on the far right which narrowed the space to manoeuvre.

Crusaders manned the hill with heavy infantry and crossbow units, while placing a few cavalry (lancers and knights) on the right flank to help protect some bowmen looking to occupy the forested area.

Danish brought a mix of offensive Danish Spearmen and Baltic tribesmen. Initial clash was on the Crusader right as they attempted to push forward, ,but were fairly quickly shut down by the Danes moving forces across to counter. The other flank was a standoff with Crusaders staying on the hill and Danes watching from afar.

A couple of cavalry units managed to break through the Danish line and could start to threaten the forces left to screen the Crusaders on the hill. Danish right moved to engage the hill as their left started to overpower the Crusader right. The Danish attack on the left failed and their forces were scattered just as their stronger right wing was about to break through what was left of the Crusaders there.

It was a good match which was in the balance. The initial break through of the Crusader cavalry was very timely, as they were close to being trapped. A Crusader massed archer survived melee with impact foot long enough for support to arrive and a Crossbow unit survived a Knight's charge and melee for 3 turns at the end. A real team effort! GG

[tmac11]

Division B

tmac11 Numidian or Moorish 55BC - 6AD with Roman 24BC - 196AD allies defeated edb1815 Goguryeo 413-590 w Chen ally 557-589 52 - 9

Chinese medium infantry couldnt handle the Heavy infantry in open terrain and the chinese bowmen couldnt cause enough casualties to help out their spwarmen.

GG thanks

[random27]

Division B

random27 (pergamene) defeats Najanaja ( Carthaginian ) ---> 64-45

thanks for the game

[anderarcos11]

Division D

anderarcos11 ... Roman 105-25 beat angusosborne ... Thracian (Getai) 279BC-46AD with Greek 227-146 Allies 41 to 10.

Strange battle where the morale rolls did not help the Thracians much, added to the evident quality of the Roman troops. The Romans formed compactly avoiding gaps to be surrounded. The Thracians tried to outflank with their cavalry without success, after which they advanced on the right flank with a phalanx with general leading, while receiving fire from Roman artillery. By the time the Thracian left flank arrived, advancing from a hill, the Thracian right flank had already fallen and the Thracian army was thrown into disarray.

Well played.

[Badger73]

Division C

Badger73 (Germanic Foot Tribes 260-599 AD with Roman 379-424 AD allies) defeated Fluidwill (Visigothic 419-621 AD): 51-5

[ericdoman1]

Division A

ericdoman1 Dailami 928 - 1055 with Khorasanian allies 821 - 1003

defeated

random27 Ghurid 1100-1215 AD + Indian (Hindu North) 1050-1300 AD allies

55 - 12

One of those rare games when everything worked well.

That is my final game for EM this season. Thanks to all of my opponents and to Randy for running this period.

[SawyerK]

Division B

SawyerK leading the Franks 260-495 AD army with German FT ally

defeated

Najanaja with the Sarmatian 25-375 AD army and German FT ally

by 42-13.

[Badger73]

Division C

Badger73 (Germanic Foot Tribes 260-599 AD with Roman 379-424 AD allies) defeated anderarcos11 (Roman 197-284 AD): 40-15

[oscarius]

Division B

oscarius Florentine 1424 AD beats Vadim84 German City N & W 1488-1500 AD with Low Countries Allies 1488 - 1500 AD 47 - 15

A tough battle that was closer than the score suggests. The Germans fortified a good defensive position backed up by landsknechts and artillery. Lots of rough terrain and lakes in the centre further complicated my assault. Luckily having access to crossbowmen and medium foot I was able to defeat my foe on the rough and use this to pin down enough of his units for my Swiss pikes to prevail. My foe's strong cavalry deployment prevailed over my own and proved a major menace but proved a little too slow to do any serious flanking damage. By the time they were in position to flank I had won the infantry battle.

Well-played.


oscarius Florentine 1424 AD beats edb1815 Milanese 1440-1500 58 - 27

My foe made an interesting deployment by putting some of his forces in the wood. However I suspected as much and sent in my brigands to deal with them who did very well in tying up these forces until near the end of the game. With their left flank clear, the Swiss predictably dominated my foes infantry. On the right our cavalry forces were fairly evenly matched and I was eventually able to peel off the Swiss to assist the merc knights. Ultimately I think my foe might have spread himself a bit wide (though with the right timing this can be a good way to counter the Swiss) what allowed me to defeat his forces in detail.

Looking forward to next time.

Thanks to the rest of B division for a great tournament (this Florentine 1424 list is pretty tough! Myself and a few other opponents were quite curious as to why it gets so many Swiss pikes, I couldn't seem to find much on it) and ericdoman1 for keeping things rolling.

[wzfcns]

Division C
wzfcns Castilian 1476-1497 defeated hscic Danish 1488 1500 AD with Swedish 1397 1500 AD allies,60-58.
It was a long and intense melee in which we had a lively discussion about Chinese history and culture and global warming and the future of humanity. It looked like the game would end at 62-60 until the final round, but my unit suddenly rally so I won 58-60.