Slitherine

All those knights and armour,oh well at least we can run fast
David

So David - if we play this weekend what are the bets for the big mistake I make that throws my army away?

Hoping to keep evolving this format over time. mY observations on army choice ..

1. A number of Ottoman choices we defaults for people who said they hadn';t had time to think about the format enough ..... it will be interesting to see if planning pulls through over familiarity.
2. Quite a lot of knights, which I suspect means lots of people trying to all out for wins with the 700pt armies this year - should be exciting!
3. Latter probably driven by tweak to scoring system introduced, and am hopeful it will lea to some very interesting and nailbiting tussles.
4. 25mm has a lot of really strong front-line troops - and then one deviannt nutter running around on flimsy ancient chariots.

Will observe and review, but looking forward to it.

Even with a few Ottomans with 26 players the odds of playing more than 1 are not that high. Course the opening draw is on dates ... so you could have spread out a bit by going for Later Ottoman 1500AD:-)

Si

Opening draw on dates.

Bring on your Incas David!

Rob

oh I thought about the format , and decided that an army that I dont have, have never used, and never even considered would be the best choice for a multi list competition

well, obviously

Cool decision-making process. I like it.

Mine was ...I've spent ages basing therse damned New Kingdom Egyptians and they look nice .... I am taking them whatever.

Equally scientific.

SI

Course the opening draw is on dates ... so you could have spread out a bit by going for Later Ottoman 1500AD:-)

So does that mean lots of Ottoman on Ottoman action first round?

in date order

1 Peter Card Early Macedonian Successor 276BC -276
2 Jason Broomer Later Seleucid 165BC -165
3 Keith Martin Smith Hellenistic Greek 146BC -146
4 Wayne Dare Bosporan 109BC -109
5 Darrell Pearce Bosporan 50AD 50
6 Graham Evans Dominate Roman 390AD 390
7 Steven Stead Fatimid Egyptian 1073AD 1073
8 David Parish Later Crusader 1167AD 1167
9 Simon LeRay-Mayer Feudal Portuguese 1278AD 1278
10 Andy Kitcher Yuan Chinese 1290AD 1290
11 Steve Murton Eaerly Crown ofd Aragon 1300AD 1300
12 Jon Akers Latin Greek 1310AD 1310
13 Peter Cross Medieval Cypriot 1373AD 1373
14 Steve Tresadern Later Serbian 1385AD 1385
15 David Cutner Catalan 1385AD 1385
16 Ian Mackay HYW English (cont) 1420AD 1420
17 Steve Hammond Jnr Later Ottoman Turkish 1430AD 1430
18 Pete Dalby Later Ottoman Turkish 1434AD 1434
19 Paul Cummins Later Ottoman Turkish 1435AD 1435
20 Roger Greenwood Free Company 1444AD 1444
21 Harrison Pearce Later Ottoman Turkish 1458AD 1458
22 Steve Hammond Ordonnance French 1472AD 1472
23 Linda Fairhurst Later Swiss 1477AD 1477
24 Ian Stewart Ordonnance French 1481AD 1481
25 Robert Taylor Santa HN Castillan 1483AD 1483
26 David Fairhurst Inca 1491AD 1491

But isn't there the small print that you don't play same club? Wayne & Keith for example?

And can I request to change my date to 1500 AD please? I don't want to play another Ottoman if I can avoid it!

no - cos that would I mean I would be having an Ottoman civil war

paulcummins wrote:no - cos that would I mean I would be having an Ottoman civil war

Or just an Ottomann mutual withdrawal contest?

furtle'tastic

Draw will be close to that with exception that I will avoid club members playing each other on day 1 - which might change it a bit.

Means my NkE get to play Lance and his Spartans! SO any moaning will wash straight off me!!

Si

They could be a Mike Klaka Spartan. Swarms of rubbish. But even then they'd beat NKE

Paul,3rd time lucky even England got it right 3rd time,that said I do have quite a few spare units in case of my accidents,Robert ,bring it on I beat young Byrons Santas at the club Monday,I had 700 points he had the 900,ok he 's still learning but getting better
David

Thus the gauntlett is thrown down ... or is that the colourful feathered headband.

Yes in the small print is no family vs family at all and no club members vs each other on the first day.

Si

That's a deal David, you put 700 points down and I'll put 900 points down !!

Rob

The provisional 25mm opening round draw is as follows ... subject to no-shows. Should be no club or family match ups - let me know if there are.

Battle of Pharsalus on table two - who is Cesar we wonder!!!

And at least I got the numer 1 by taking the oldest army



FOG 25mm Round 1 Draw

No. Name Army No. Name Army

1 Simon Hall (Ump) New Kingdom Egyptian vs 2 Lance Flint Classical Greek 480BC
3 Richard Jeffrey-Cook Late Republican Roman vs 4 Dave Allen Late Republican Roman
5 Gordon Jamieson Palmyran vs 7 Byron Emsen Free Company
6 Simon Elliot Dominate Roman vs 8 Nigel Emsen Med German City Leagues

Si

I may well do Robert,can you stand the embarresment
David

Likewise 15mm draw. four people without a club on their sheets so possible there is a club match up to correct.

Only 1 Ottoman Civil War - sorry Pete you werer 2 years to young!! Time for the young Hammond to show the Old Sultan how its done!

Si

FOG 15mm Round 1 Draw

No. Name Army No. Name Army

1 Peter Card Early Macedonian Successor vs 2 Jason Broomer Later Seleucid
3 Keith Martin Smith Hellenistic Greek vs 5 Darrell Pearce Bosporan
4 Wayne Dare Bosporan vs 7 Steven Stead Fatimid Egyptian
6 Graham Evans Dominate Roman vs 8 David Parish Later Crusader
9 Simon LeRay-Mayer Feudal Portuguese vs 10 Andy Kitcher Yuan Chinese
11 Steve Murton Early Crown ofd Aragon vs 12 Jon Akers Latin Greek
13 Peter Cross Medieval Cypriot vs 14 Steve Tresadern Later Serbian
15 David Cutner Catalan vs 16 Ian Mackay HYW English (cont)
17 Steve Hammond Jnr Later Ottoman Turkish vs 18 Pete Dalby Later Ottoman Turkish
19 Paul Cummins Later Ottoman Turkish vs 20 Roger Greenwood Free Company
21 Harrison Pearce Later Ottoman Turkish vs 22 Steve Hammond Ordonnance French
23 Lynda Fairhurst Later Swiss vs 24 Ian Stewart Ordonnance French
25 Robert Taylor Santa HN Castillan vs 26 David Fairhurst Inca