TYW INsurrection Event - Results Thread

[rexhurley]

Round

Round 5:
Danish (Awesum4) 66%
Catholic (pantherboy) 61%
Points: 6.6

I make this one 6.5 Steve .5 of a difference between both players no issue though your way out in front as usual with one round to play v Warlord correct?

Cheers Rex

[rexhurley]

1) Pantherboy 52.8 (6)
2) Ianiow 43.8 (6)
3) RBS 39.0 (6)
4) Warlord 37.8 (5)
5) Awesum4 36.6 (6)
6) GDod 33.0 (6)
7) Snugglebunnies 31.1 (4)
8 ) rexhurley 23.8 (5)
9 Lascar 20.5 (6)
10) Ulysisgrunt 17.9 (3)
11) Brent BJ 18.7 (4)
12) TGM 13.8 (3)
13) Bloodphoenix 10.0 (1)
14) Egos (D/Q)

Unfortunately Egos seems to have disappeared for some reason which is most unlike him so I hope he is well in real life and if not our best wishes for him. As a consequence so we can move on please cancel any posted challenges for him and all Anti Imperialists receive a bonus 10 points.

I was wondering if you guys want the reverse round of this still or to leave it and exact your various revenges in the upcoming Le Roi Soleil event, thoughts please.

[TheGrayMouser]

TGM's Spaniards (Attack) defeats Brentbj's Protestants (defend) 12% to 42%

The rebel infantry were encased behind walls but their massed cavalry attempted a flank attack between a large duck pond and the "edge of the world" on the right flank. The Spanish countered this with cavalry to pin the flanking enemy cavalry to their front and then using some lesser infantry brigades with cavalry support to trap them between the duck pond and our veteran cavalry. These enemy horse began to suffer mightily while our infantry , in deep columns and spearheaded by 6 regiments of veteran late tercios went to storm the walls. Surprisingly, at this moment the rebel infantry sprang from the redoubts, where several rounds of intense musketry and assaults by our veterans routed many of them, causing their army to lose heart and break.

Good game sir!

[awesum4]

Rex,

I believe pantherboys score is correct. Its a draw due to mutual destruction. So he gets my loses 66 /10 equals 6.6. I get his loses 61/10 equals 6.1.
If he had won 64% to 59% he would have scored 6.5. Its about the only time that drawing gives more points than winning, but it is a very very rare result, so I wouldn't change the scoring system.

Andre

[awesum4]

My open battle against the Graymouser was a win to my Bohemians 53% over his Catholics 73%.

Most of my later tercios were raw, his foot were mostly early tercios. On my right the cavalry basically cancelled out, on my right he didn't have any, but I mostly only had arquebusiers. So it came down to my crap foot shooting his good foot whenever they weren't in hand to hand combat, with the arquebusiers charging his guns, flank charging any of his cavalry that won, and rear charging his few later tercios.

We have answered the age old question, how many raw later tercios does it take to change a light bulb?...oops to beat an early tercio in hand to hand...and the answer is 4...but only if they have disrupted it with shooting first

[rexhurley]

Rex,

I believe pantherboys score is correct. Its a draw due to mutual destruction. So he gets my loses 66 /10 equals 6.6. I get his loses 61/10 equals 6.1.
If he had won 64% to 59% he would have scored 6.5. Its about the only time that drawing gives more points than winning, but it is a very very rare result, so I wouldn't change the scoring system.

Andre

Noted and accepted thank you for pointing that out

[rexhurley]

1) Pantherboy 52.9 (6)
2) Awesum4 44.4 (7)
3)Ianiow 43.8 (6)
4) RBS 39.0 (6)
5) Snugglebunnies 38.8 (5)
6) Warlord 37.8 (5)
7) GDod 33.0 (6)
8 ) rexhurley 28.2 (6)
9) TGM 28.1 (5)
10 Lascar 20.5 (6)
11) Brent BJ 19.9 (5)
12) Ulysisgrunt 17.9 (3)
13) Bloodphoenix 10.0 (1)
14) Egos (D/Q)

[SnuggleBunnies]

SnuggleBunnies (Imp) (German Catholic): 46%
Rexhurley (Anti-Imp) (Swedish): 61%

Although the imperialists were technically defending a fortification, virtually none of the fighting involved the defenses. Instead, on the left flank, cavalry from the two sides became bogged down in an indecisive melee in a deep stream. A small number of peripheral infantry units were broken by each side, and the imperialists withdrew into the fortifications. On the right, a massive cavalry melee resulted in a Swedish victory. However, in the meantime, Swedish infantry disordered in bogs and woods had been shot to pieces by the Imperialist foot, who retained enough strength to stretch their line to simultaneously face the remaining Swedish infantry and cavalry. The battle could easily have gone either way, but luck, combined with the Swedish confusion in the marshes, produced victory for the righteous.

[GDod]

A Tribute to our dear Anti imperial friend Awesum4 entitled "An Ode to a Swedish Pussy" Please take note Rex... Swedes don't all hide away like mine!

Awesume, I am King of Swedish pussy (cat)
Here me roar, Meeeeeoooow!
Gather around men and listen to my deeds
That a German sausage eater to his troops can't tell
For you see bound together in a group they can only only see the back end of his horsey!

[rexhurley]

SnuggleBunnies (Imp) (German Catholic): 46%
Rexhurley (Anti-Imp) (Swedish): 61%

Although the imperialists were technically defending a fortification, virtually none of the fighting involved the defenses. Instead, on the left flank, cavalry from the two sides became bogged down in an indecisive melee in a deep stream. A small number of peripheral infantry units were broken by each side, and the imperialists withdrew into the fortifications. On the right, a massive cavalry melee resulted in a Swedish victory. However, in the meantime, Swedish infantry disordered in bogs and woods had been shot to pieces by the Imperialist foot, who retained enough strength to stretch their line to simultaneously face the remaining Swedish infantry and cavalry. The battle could easily have gone either way, but luck, combined with the Swedish confusion in the marshes, produced victory for the righteous.

Confusion = frustration from giving you a rear charge with shock cav for no result.....

[TheGrayMouser]

Open Battle Result RoundVII

TGM's Catholic League defeats Bloodphoenix's Bohemians 39% to 60%

The bohemian reb's had way more early tercios than we, but we had way more Kuirassiers. The catholics concentrated the bulk of our cavalry and 3 ET's on the bohemian right to attempt to overwhelm "Theban style", it worked but we were unable to get a quick victory and the battle then ground on for many more turns and became one of slow attrition. Tough battle!

[GDod]

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Breaking News from the Front "Generalissimo GG D seriously injured but routs the Spanish at high cost on Weeping Mother's Hill" This courier cannot believe the destruction on a hill that will remain infamous in history for the funeral pyres that remained smoldering for an entire month. The Spanish centre right totally collapsed from a determined charge by the fanatical Weimarian units after seeing Veteran's of the cause run from concentrated fire from the Imperialists. Buoyed by this determined effort rebel cavalry charged on the far right turning an orderly retirement by the Spanish into a headlong rout! At the same time , a fanatical charge from inexperienced rebel horse on the left was severely checked and the entire left collapsed in disarray. A prolonged blood bath followed but eventually the rebel's determination remained solid and the imperialists lost heart.
What remains of GG D's army is fully spent, unable to pursue, and will remain on Weeping Mother's Hill to bury their dead. The continuation of hosilities against the papist devilry will need to be brought to a successful conclusion by my erstwhile comrades. My seven battles are spent! Another win to the Anti-imperialist Cause = 58% GG D's Weimarian Martyrs 64% Ulysisgrunt's Misguided Spanish

[rexhurley]

1) Pantherboy 52.9 (6)
2) Awesum4 44.4 (7)
3) TGM 44.7 (7)
4) Ianiow 43.8 (6)
5) GDod 39.6 (7)
6) RBS 39.0 (6)
7) Snugglebunnies 38.8 (5)
8 ) Warlord 37.8 (5)
9) rexhurley 32.1 ()
10) Ulysisgrunt 23.7 (4)
11) Lascar 20.5 (6)
12) Brent BJ 19.9 (5)
13) Bloodphoenix 13.9 (3)
14) Egos (D/Q)

[bloodphoenix]

My apologies for the delay in posting this battle report. The French Commander was indisposed for several days, the stress and exertion of battle having caused his gout to flare up. Rumors that he was in fact ill with syphilis are both unfounded and unkind.

I regret that I did not record the specific details of the opposing forces, suffice it to say that it was yet another "argument" of the ongoing debate over the relative superiority of aggressive French Pike and Shot and the juggernaut that is the Spanish Later Tercio.

Scout reports had assured the French General, who was already a man of weak constitution and tremulous resolve, that a "sizable" force of Veteran Spanish Cavalry was galloping into position to assail his flank...but were unclear on the direction from which the blow would be struck, and as he deployed his forces he glanced first west, then east, nervously fiddling with the ends of his moustache. As fate would have it, the battleground was a series of sizable hills and large swaths of woods, perfect for screening such a flanking column. Before him, the main Spanish force was already arrayed for battle, much of it atop a large hill which dominated the center of the field. Surveying the situation, he quickly concluded that if the Spanish were allowed to advance to the forward edge of that elevation, forcing the French to fight an uphill battle against the Tercios, any hope of victory would be lost. Near the French side of the wide hill, it rose to a higher point, like the Mitre crowning a fat, debauched Bishop. He saw at once that his foot must secure that height, and deny the Spanish the advantage.

The French infantry surged forward, his one unit of veterans racing for that hilltop. The French managed to get their regiments onto the summit just as the Tercios arrived, and a protracted, brutal fight began between the facing lines of infantry. Short range musket volleys tore through the formations, and much of the fighting quickly became hand-to-hand. A force of French Cavalry sent to test the Spanish right were given a sharp rebuke. French forces on their right flank pushing forward blundered into a great host of Spanish Cavalry hidden in the large woods, and a cavalry battle began which would continue back and forth for much of the day, with units charging an enemy in flank, only to be in turn flanked themselves. Between the wide hill and the great wood, in the right center of the French line, the Tercios faced their foes on even, level ground, and in the push of pike they shattered their opponents one after another.

Ironically, it was the arrival of the flanking force which in some ways saved the day for the hard-pressed French. Were the scouts wrong? Did the cavalry column become lost in the wooded, hilly terrain? Or was it all just a clever ruse by the Spanish? We may never know...but when the mighty Flank March rode onto the battlefield, it was but a single unit of Dragoons. Most annoying, pernicious Dragoons, to be sure, but a single unit nonetheless. This freed up the numerous units the nervous French General had held in reserve on the hills facing west and east, some six units as I recollect. Several of them were Raw Pike and Shot, but despite their inexperience, they were fresh, and the shot from their muskets would penetrate the breast of the bravest man as readily as one fired by a veteran. By now, the troops in the front line were battered and weary, and for some their morale was hanging by a thread.

By the end of the fiercely contested, close battle, what were once two mighty battlelines arrayed in martial splendor, had turned into a swirling maelstrom of desperate fighting with enemy units suddenly charging out of the clouds of smoke on the flank of a unit or even to its rear. It had, in the end, all the cohesion and order of a drunken brawl.

But by the Grace of God (since nothing else can explain it) the French prevailed.

The French General reports that it was indeed a pyrrhic victory, for in the confusion, those accursed Dragoons raided his camp, and made off with three of his "war-chests"...one in the form of a box of gold intended for unit payrolls, and the others in the persons of two of his favorite courtiers.

Final tally: French 49% routed, Spanish 60%, though the numbers of dead and wounded tell a grimmer tale.

[GDod]

An Ode to the now Famous Generalissimo BloodPhoenix entitled The Hill's are Alive in celebration of his victory!

Oh... the Grand Old Duke BloodPhoenix
He had 10,000 men
He marched them up to the top of the hill
Welding his sword rather than his pen

When they we up they're up... the Spanish put out their necks
When they were down they're down... how did this happen! the Spanish General... he's vexed!
Next time, when they're only half up... who's he going to see next!

[bloodphoenix]

Whoops...LOL...left the most important detail out of the story. That was my match with Ianiow. A close, exciting game - well played!

[ianiow]

Whoops...LOL...left the most important detail out of the story. That was my match with Ianiow. A close, exciting game - well played!

After being given a good thrashing I think I would prefer the anonymity!

ianiow aka "the Spaniard".

[rexhurley]

1) Pantherboy 52.9 (6)
2) Ianiow 48.7 (7)
3) TGM 44.7 (7)
4) Awesum4 44.6 (7)
5) GDod 39.6 (7)
6) RBS 39.0 (6)
7) Snugglebunnies 38.8 (5)
8 ) Warlord 37.8 (5)
9) rexhurley 32.1 (7)
10) Ulysisgrunt 23.7 (4)
11) Bloodphoenix 21.0 (4)
12) Lascar 20.5 (6)
12) Brent BJ 19.9 (5)
14) Egos (D/Q)

[GDod]

A Tribute to the defeated entitled "The hills were alive Yikkes!"

Oh... Ianiow the Grand ole' Duke of Spain
He had 10000 men
He marched them up to nearly the top of the hill
And he marched what remained down again!

And when they were up... they weren't really up
And when they were down... they were very doowwwn
And when they were only half way up
Ianiow, the Spaniard, was alreay running back down!

Sorry Ianiow I know you prefer the anonymity but I couldn't help myself!

[ianiow]

Sorry Ianiow I know you prefer the anonymity but I couldn't help myself!

BREAKING NEWS: Rebellion Bard found strangled with own lute string. The only clue - a half eaten chorizo nearby.