Slitherine

Division B

Perhaps my Xmas has come early due to a win over the god himself Mr RBS.

rexhurley (Carthage) defeats richardbodleyscott (Lysimachid) 66/35

And after a duel frustrated by mountains on one side, rough ground on the other and frontline disected by a deep stream the Carthaginians thwart the push of the Pergamene's. The whole Nyzcar was in front and somehow I managed to hold on when I was down to 58%. Thanks for an interesting game and my apologies for what looks like a steal for you perhaps you shouldnt have pushed over that cursed stream at the end.

rexhurley (Carthage ) defeats Nyzcar (Pergamene) 62-58 ....couldnt get much closer than that and 2 turns left on the board

Division D

Last game of this div. Was a pleasure and a privilege battling with you all

jjaquemond (Ptolemaic) defeats Fightingpoultry (Macedon) 45%-20%

GG to my opponent - those phalanx rout %'s are rough

Semi-final (belated but please update the table)

pantherboy (Avars) defeats shadowblack (Huns) 50% - 5%

pantherboy (Huns) defeats shadowblack (Avars) 41% - 8%

Division C

Doyley50 (Welsh) beat Bluefin (Visigoths) 49-22. Good game Bluefin,I had some lucky moments there.

Just take a look at the current situation in Division C of Late Antiquity. It has to be the closest division ever, both with FOG1 and FOG2. At the moment, the player who is bottom of the table is unbeaten in 5 matches and has only lost once all season and he can still win the league!

It's been a fantastic season/division! So many great games came down to the wire. I started fast out of the gate with early victories but then my Romans ran into a brick wall with those accursed horse armies…following the footsteps of history it seems.

Bien joue messieurs - well played all around. Would love to spectate some of these last battles

Division C

Reporting the following loss:

Ulysisgrunt (Indian) defeats Bluefin (Gepid) 45-20.

Division B

And in the last game of the Division to be resolved:

rbodleyscott (Lysimachid) defeated markwatson360 (Roman) 45:17

Division A

Ludendorf (Romano-British) defeats Nijis (Welsh) 50-16%.

One more and my sword arm can rest easy...

Division B

GDod (Arab city) beat batesmotel (German Horse Tribes) 62%-42%

Thanks for the game.

Finals

Nosy_Rat (Lombards) beats pantherboy (Byzantines) 43-17

Division A

nyczar (Scots-Irish 50BC-476AD) defeats shawkhan2 (Sassanid 477-590AD) 61%-56%

Division A

a draw between shawkhan2 (Lysimachids) and me (Rhoxolani), after 24 turns. It ended up as 50% for him VS 46 for me.

Div A
Klayeckles (visigothic) defeats Breogan (frankish) 62-45

The two armies met at a deep stream with steep hills and swamps on both sides...and neither could make any headway. Skirmishers and a few MF bowmen were the prized troops in this extremely difficult terrain, where a lowly javelinman could hold off a superior warband (if the warband is shoulder deep in a streem and the skirmisher is on difficult high ground). an extended slog ensued for almost the entire game. with just a few turns left both armies found a gap in the enemy's flank and dominos slowly began to topple. it was a race...but with the sun droppping below the horrizon, the visigoths managed a final charge (the last turn) that forced a fragmented warband to crumble.
a very different game with the crazy terrain...well played Breogan!

Not only was it a close division, but the I enjoyed playing all my opponents, even when I lost badly.
Thanks for organising the tournament Pete and thanks to the other players.

Weekly round-up
All the matches in Divisions A, B and D have been completed now. In Division A, a drawn match between DzonVejn (Rhoxolani) and shawkhan2 (Lysimachids) means that Sennacherib (Indo-Greek) has finished bottom. rexhurley (Hannibal in Italy) finished with a flurry of victories to avoid finishing in the relegation place in Division B now occupied by FlawlessCorn42 (Ptolemaics). There are still 5 matches to be completed in Division C but Bluefin (Pyrrhic) is now relegated after losing to Peterabb (Macedonians). jjaquemond (Ptolemaics) won the last match in Division D to finish fourth.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
dkalenda (Division B) 9 matches and finished
rexhurley (Division B) 3 matches and finished
Morbio (Division C) 4 matches and finished
jjaquemond (Division D) 3 matches and finished

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 45 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 45 out of 45 matches completed
Division C - 40 out of 45 matches completed
Division D - 45 out of 45 matches completed

These are very good match completion rates.

Player of the week
rexhurley (Division B) who had 3 wins this week to take him away from the bottom of the table.