Slitherine

DIV C
Hari72 Hephthalite 350 -570 AD
defeated Najanaja (Ancient British) 42-16.

The British wait for the Hun storm, but the Hun crushed them, it cost all the elephants!

Div C

grahamed Achaemenids 480-461 BC w Greek defeated Kerait Germanic Foot Tribes 105 BC-259 AD 44 to 66

good hard fought game

Div C

grahamed Achaemenids 480-461 BC w Greek defeats SawyerK Antigonids 320-301 BC army with Greek 26 to 51

good game

Div C
grahamed Sassanid 591-628 defeats Badger73 Norman 923-1049 AD with French 49 to 60

game turned fully through 90deg and then was Close and hard fought

I noticed that my opponent did not post the victory result. I think the unreported match is the one against Armchairbaron:

Afromullet Danish 1155 with German (Imperial) vs Armchairbaron Crusaders 1155-1291 with Faimid Egyptians

Armchairbaron won the match, 62 vs 55.

Div A

tyronec (Andalusian) defeats carpenkm (Arab) 60-52

It was looking like a solid Andalusian win until a unit of Arab cavalry got behind the the Andalusian flank and rolled up too many units. Well played carpenkm.

Div A

tyronec (Roman) defeats carpenkm (Soissons) 47-13

The Soisses got off to a good start after setting up a neat flank attack but from then it all began to go wrong as the subroman foot proved to be no match for the real thing. A final cavalry charge that mowed down three units gave an unfair gloss to the result.

Credit to carpenkm for stepping in late.

Division C

Ironclad (Magyar 830-1049 AD) defeated ulysisgrunt (Andalusian 736-1049 AD with Spanish allies)

Good game. This was a tough fight and the large mobile forces engaged managed to traverse wide areas of the field in the course of the battle and in the end the Magyars advantage in cavalry numbers may have made the difference,

Div B

GDod (English) beat lunecastle (English Lancastrian) 60-36

Hard fought, contest of flanks with lunecastle one turn behind that made all the difference. Otherwise, the score would have been a mutual destruction I think.

Div A

ericdoman1 Sassanid Persian 591 - 628 AD with Arab Bedouin

defeated

Aetius39 Frankish 751-887 w/ Saxon allies

61-57

Yet another very close and tough game. I managed to comeback and win when I was 57 - 37 down.

Well played Aetius. That is my final game in Dark Ages so thanks to all of my opponents and to the organiser(s).

grahamed wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 6:18 pm Div C

grahamed Achaemenids 480-461 BC w Greek defeats SawyerK Antigonids 320-301 BC army with Greek 26 to 51

good game

Should this be game vs Rob123 or is it a duplicate?
The SawyerK result was already reported on 14th March.

Div B

Morat (French/Norman) drew with Hari72 (Daliami/Khorasan) 54-54

Brutal fight across a mostly open battlefield. Daliami horse archers took a heavy toll of the French in the opening stages. Dangerous elephant attack dealt with but only after some serious casualties were inflicted. As the battle extended into a lengthy series of melees across the battlefield, the French managed to start to get some counter blows in.

In the end the French were left with decent numbers of heavy foot, and the Daliami with sizeable horse contingent - and with light fading the generals agreed to withdraw for the night. Honours (and score) even.

Many thanks to Hari72 for a terrific fight. And thanks to the organisers for arranging such a great tournament.

M.

Div B

Morat (English) beat edb1815 (Scandinavian) 50-22

English occupied a series of low hills and placed Heavy horse and archers on the left. Light Hobilar horse on the right.

Scandinavian foot pushed on fast and threw themselves into the English spears and dismounted knights. For about the first time this season, the English line held, giving enough time for the heavy cavalry to strike from the left.

Scandinavians held up well, and produced large quantities of horse to produce a series of moments of real concern - but in the end the English just about did enough. The score belies the fight that edb1815 made of this - it felt much closer throughout.

Thanks to edb1815 for the battle.

M.

Div B

Holien (Seleucid 166-125 BC with Jewish 163-111 BC allies) Defeated tmac11 Greek 227-146 BC with Romans allies 61% to 43%

Cavalry to the Rescue

An open battle field with no place to hide and a spot or two of rough ground. The intimidating Greek force was one to respect and a prolonged period of manoeuvre was undertaken to try and obtain advantage. The Greeks had some Heavy Artillery and the fragile Seleucid Elephant did not want to meet an untimely end.

Ultimately the Seleucid force tried to pivot at the last moment but to no real avail and the Greeks closed and started to wear down and flank the Seleucid force at one point gaining a 20 point advantage. The end seemed neigh...

This lead ultimately was over turned by the Seleucid cavalry. One unit of Xystophoroi with commander who had defeated a unit of Greek cavalry and pursed it nearly off the other side of the map. It finally stopped and was able to turn the Greek Flanks. Another unit of Seleucid Armoured Noble Cavalry again finally stopped pursuit of a defeated unit of Greek Cav to have a stunning turn hitting two Greek units in the rear.

Add to this the Zealots holding and another unit of Xystophoroi holding off a Greek Xystophoroi with General turn after turn the Cavalry really did come to the rescue in this battle.

A truly close run thing against an opponent who could have won the battle bar for the roll of the dice...

Thanks for the game.

Division D

TheBug67 Roman 425-492 AD with Germanic Foot Tribe Allies defeated Ironclad Lombard 493-567 AD with Avar 558-631 AD allies. 66-41

Was a tough battle but got real lucky with a heavy horse charge that tipped the tide my way.

Div A

Stew101(Achaemenid Persian 480-461 BC, with Greek allies)
Draws with
Kroche (Pyrrhic, with Samnite allies)

Scores 0 - 3% respectively.

Good good defensive position for the Persians with big woods on both flanks.
They looked to have won the skirmish battles and thus secured the woods from the Samnites.
But the position was not strong enough to face down the pikes, who could attack or sit back as they chose.

The following matches have not had results posted as of today. Challenge date noted.

Div A
Changdao Kroche Byzantine (1155-1204) with Armenian (Cilicia) (1135-1375) Sword Bretheran (1204-1237) with Baltic Tribes (1050-1283) 2/11/23
Kroche oscarius Sword Bretheran (1204-1237) with Baltic Tribes (1050-1283) Scots (Isles & Highland) (1050-1319) w Norwegian (1155-1319) 3/10/23
Triarii oscarius Portugese (1200-1319) with Berber (Maranid) 91244-1319) Scots (Isles & Highland) (1050-1319) w Norwegian (1155-1319) 3/9/23

Div B
edb1815 Kerait Crusader (1155-1291) with Fatimid Egyptian (1074-1171) Scots (Isles & Highland) (1050-1319) w Norwegian (1155-1319) 1/25/23
edb1815 Hari72 Crusader (1155-1291) with Fatimid Egyptian (1074-1171) Mamluk (1250-1399) 2/27/23
Kerait ulysisgrunt Scots (Isles & Highland) (1050-1319) w Norwegian (1155-1319) Austrian (1200-1319) with Hungarian (1200-1319) 1/25/23

Deadline to complete games is April 1st, 8 days from now. Matches not completed will be adjudicated.

Karvon

DIv B

Morat (English) drew with Garokan (German CIty) 53-49

Both sides drew up on low hills across a broad valley.

There followed a long series of cautious feints and approaches with light forces, the English lights being lured forward and comprehensively dealt with by their German foes. As the German light forces pushed forward onto the main English army the latter roused and looked to strike the German right.

What followed was a rapid German descent on their left that looked to have secured a decisive (and frankly well earned) win. But this was balanced on the other flank, where the English dismounted knights set about their foes and started to make inroads. A single English heavy cavalry unit made a material difference here.

In then end, I think nightfall saved the English - significant German forces were wheeling towards the remains of the English and would have needed only a few short turns to secure a deserved win.

Many thanks to Garokan for a well fought battle - where he deserved more than a draw.

M.

Division B

markleslie Macedonian 320-261 BC with Greek 280-228 BC allies draws with Karvon Parthians 250 BC-255 AD with Arab 312 BC-299 AD allies 36-24.

If there were a prize for distance travelled, we'd both be winners!

Afromullet wrote: ↑Wed Mar 22, 2023 6:23 pm I noticed that my opponent did not post the victory result. I think the unreported match is the one against Armchairbaron:

Afromullet Danish 1155 with German (Imperial) vs Armchairbaron Crusaders 1155-1291 with Faimid Egyptians

Armchairbaron won the match, 62 vs 55.

Hi,
I have posted the result on the 14th March on page 8 of this forum.