Slitherine

But there is a "me" if you look closely enough!!!

Don

Good work Dave and Ian

So how does this comp work - does each payer command half of the army (eg 6 bgs on the left and 6bgs on the right) or does one have all of the cav and one the infantry, or can you do whatever works best?

Do you find it often turns into one player v the other player across the table, like often happens in casual games?

Muz

Hi Muz

In our games generally 1 person controlled the left half of the table and the other controlled the right half of the table. It is also helped if both players kept an eye on each other to ensure both were operating towards the same goals, as well as ensuring no obvious mistakes were being made.

Rob

dave_r wrote:

nikgaukroger wrote:Congrats to Ian for winning despite being handicapped by Ruddock

Ha. There is no "I" in team.

Thanks to Dave and Nik, Hammy and Eric, Nigel and Neil and Dino and Samantha for four jolly good games and Richard for organising a thoroughly good event.

Dave

It looks like you visited the Ian Stewart "victory" school- obviously he can turn any looser into a winner!

muz177 wrote:So how does this comp work
Muz

Everyone does it differently. Some split the table, some take a certain amount of troops, some keep swapping around, in some teams one of the players may just roll dice. Whatever suits the team. Some discuss every move with each other and others just get on with it no matter what their partner thinks.

spike wrote: Dave

It looks like you visited the Ian Stewart "victory" school- obviously he can turn any looser into a winner!

Dave is looser? The mind boggles...

muz177 wrote:Good work Dave and Ian

So how does this comp work - does each payer command half of the army Muz

But you do get more annoying types:
One player just sits and smiles while the other player moves all the troops.
Players debate in great detail and still one player moves all the troops.
One player goes for a fag break, the other player moves all the trooops, player 1 returns and wants to change the moves.

Dave R requested round by round results. Obviously to show how much work Ian had to do for him

philqw78 wrote:Dave R requested round by round results.

He has a very sad life!!

titanu wrote:

philqw78 wrote:Dave R requested round by round results.

He has a very sad life!!

He has a life?

titanu wrote:

philqw78 wrote:Dave R requested round by round results.

He has a very sad life!!

What Phil said wasn't quite true. I had included the opposition and scores so that I could send them onto Martin to include in the ELO rankings.

So I asked Phil to post them on here.

philqw78 wrote:Dave R requested round by round results. Obviously to show how much work Ian had to do for him

Isn't it remarkable that I managed to predict the exact final positions when allocating team numbers.

However, it does at least show what an easy draw the winners had, compared with the teams that came 2nd and 5th.

Kudos to Dave for revealing this.

titanu wrote:

muz177 wrote:Good work Dave and Ian

So how does this comp work - does each payer command half of the army Muz

But you do get more annoying types:
One player just sits and smiles while the other player moves all the troops.
Players debate in great detail and still one player moves all the troops.
One player goes for a fag break, the other player moves all the trooops, player 1 returns and wants to change the moves.

Or, from experience:

One player gets stroppy, the other stands up and looks big if there's a chance of anything kicking off
One player sings the main line of the songs, the other chips in with the harmony. Until such point that the opponent shouts at them to shut up, after which they both play in French Mime.
One player says "let us know when you've finished debating all your moves in detail", the other has a kip under the table
One player wears sartorial elegance, the other dresses drably
One player flukes killing a general on a double 6 having lost the melee horribly, the other player does a happy dance down the hall

grahambriggs wrote:One player wears sartorial elegance, the other dresses drably

Not at Usk, but thats probably because you weren't there Graham.