Slitherine

Please note that the start of this section may be delayed for a short period. It all depends on the official release date of the new "Wolves at the Gate" DLC. If you wish to enter this section but have not decided which army to use, please put "armies to follow" after your name. I will be looking to start this section about a week after the DLC is released.

Edit: "Wolves at the Gate" will be released on Thursday May 30th, so play will commence on Saturday June 8th.

Here is the full army list for the Early Middle Ages league section. There are over 100 armies available to choose from and, initially, players are required to choose 4 of them (from different nations, so not 3 Byzantine armies and a Gepid army, for example). You may also choose historical allies in this section. Please post your army selections in your order of preference in this thread.

Once players have been organised into divisions of 10 based on their playing experience and ability, they will then be allocated one of their four choices. The allocation process will give preference to the lowest rated players (see FOG2DL ratings) in each division. Only very occasionally might a player be asked to make another selection at this stage.

Players will need to have the base game, Legions Triumphant, Age of Belisarius and Wolves at the Gate DLC's to enter this section of the tournament.

The Rules are here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=80755
The Guide is here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=89823

Army list

This is the new army list for the Early Middle Ages section with the forthcoming Wolves at the Gate armies added. In addition, some of these armies will have a "historical allies" option.

Alan 25-650 AD
Alan 651-1049 AD
Andalusian 756-1049 AD
Anglo-Danish 1017-1041 AD
Anglo-Saxon 449-599 AD
Anglo-Saxon 600-949 AD
Anglo-Saxon 950-1016 AD
Arab (Bedouin) 300-636 AD
Arab (City) 300-633 AD
Arab (Conquest) 629-637 AD
Arab (Conquest) 638-684 AD
Arab (Umayyad) 685-750 AD
Arab (Abbasid) 747-793 AD
Arab (Abbasid) 794-814 AD
Arab (Abbasid) 815-835 AD
Arab (Abbasid) 836-873 AD
Arab (Abbasid) 874-946 AD
Arab (North Africa) 789-999 AD
Arab (North Africa) 1000-1160 AD
Arab (Syria/Iraq) 890-1008 AD
Arab (Syria/Iraq) 1009-1150 AD
Armenian 477-627 AD
Armenian 639-717 AD
Armenian 885-1045 AD
Avar 553-557 AD
Avar 558-631 AD
Avar 632-826 AD
Breton 411-579 AD
Breton 580-1072 AD
British 600-1030 AD
Bulgar 631-679 AD
Bulgar (Volga) 675-1237 AD
Bulgar (Danube) 680-851 AD
Bulgar (Danube) 852-1018 AD
Byzantine 493-550 BC
Byzantine 551-578 AD
Byzantine 579-599 AD
Byzantine 600-649 AD
Byzantine 650-739 AD
Byzantine 740-903 AD
Byzantine 904-962 AD
Byzantine 963-987 AD
Byzantine 988-1041 AD
Croatian 625-849 AD
Croatian 850-1102 AD
Dabuyid 642-760 AD
Dailami 928-1055 AD
Fatimid Egyptian 978-1073 AD
Frankish 496-599 AD
Frankish 600-750 AD
Frankish 751-887 AD
French 888-1049 AD
Georgian 1008-1049 AD
Gepid 493-567 AD
Germanic/Gothic Foot Tribes 260-599 AD
German 888-932 AD
German 933-1049 AD
Ghaznavid 962-1187 AD
Hepthalite 350-570 AD
Huns, Western 455-559 AD
Hun, Sabir 463-558 AD
Indian 320-545 AD
Indian 546-599 AD
Indian (Hindu North) 600-1049 AD
Indian (Hindu South) 600-1049 AD
Indian (Rajput) 650-1049 AD
Irish 900-1049 AD
Khazar 650-737 AD
Khazar 738-969 AD
Khorasanian 821-1003 AD
Lombard 493-567 AD
Lombard 568-569 AD
Lombard 570-649 AD
Lombard 650-775 AD
Lombard 776-1049 AD
Magyar 830-1049 AD
Moravian 833-907 AD
Moorish 350-698 AD
Navarrese 778-899 AD
Navarrese 900-1049 AD
Norman 923-1040 AD
Ostrogoth 493-561 AD
Pecheneg 850-1122 AD
Pictish 477-850 AD
Polish 966-1057 AD
Romano-British 407-599 AD
Rus 860-959 AD
Rus 960-1053 AD
Sassanid Persian 477-590 AD
Sassanid Persian 591-628 AD
Sassanid Persian 629-651 AD
Saxon (Continental) 600-804 AD
Scots-Irish 477-846 AD
Scots 851-1051 AD
Serbian 625-849 AD
Serbian 850-1039 AD
Slav 500-599 AD
Spanish 718-899 AD
Spanish 900-1049 AD
Turkish 552-599 AD
Turkish 600-1036 AD
Vandal 500-534 AD
Viking 780-899 AD
Viking 900-1049 AD
Viking (Ireland) 780-899 AD
Viking (Ireland) 900-1049 AD
Visigoth 419-621 AD
Visigothic 622-717 AD
Welsh 477-599 AD
Welsh 600-1049 AD

Please post your user name and your four army choices in this thread if you wish to enter this section.

Please use the following format when posting your results. Be sure to indicate which division you are playing in, which armies were involved in the battle, and the final score of the battle. It should look very much like this . . .

Division A

hidde (Romans) beat stockwellpete (Carthaginians) 60-46


It may seem a trivial point but please do not report the result as 46-60. It is more helpful if everyone gets used to reporting their results in the same way to avoid any confusion, particularly when an adjudication may be necessary.

Please note that this section will be trialling larger 1600 pt armies.

Here is the full army list for the new Biblical league section. It is split into two sections. There are 16 "hoplite" armies available and you may choose just one of these as part of your four overall choices. There are 25 other armies to choose from and players may choose up to 4 of them (provided they are from different nations, so not 3 Achaemenid Persian or 2 Egyptian armies, for example). Please post your army selections in your order of preference in this thread.

Once players have been organised into divisions of 10 based on their playing experience and ability, they will then be allocated one of their four choices. The allocation process will give preference to the lowest rated players (see FOG2DL ratings) in each division. Only very occasionally might a player be asked to make another selection at this stage.

Players will need to have the base game, the Immortal Fire and the Rise of Persia DLC's, and you will also need to download the TT mod (v1.5.3) to enter this section.

The TT mod (v1.5.3) is available here . . . viewtopic.php?f=477&t=89442

The actual link to the TT Mod Multiplayer Custom Battles Module is at . . .

http://www.mediafire.com/file/5nan27xgv ... 3.rar/file

The Rules are here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=80755
The Guide is here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=89823

YOU MAY CHOOSE A MAXIMUM OF ONE ARMY FROM THIS HOPLITE ARMY LIST
Aetolian 550-461 BC
Akarnanian 550-461 BC
Athenian 550-461 BC
Boiotian League 550-461 BC
Carthaginian 550-411 BC
Corinthian 550-461 BC
Cypriot 549-490 BC
Greek 680-551 BC
Greek Asiatic 550-461 BC
Greek Western 550-461 BC
Kyrenean Greek 630-461 BC
Lydian 550-546 BC
Phokian 550-461 BC
Spartan 680-551 BC
Spartan 550-461 BC
Syracusan 550-461 BC


YOU MAY CHOOSE UP TO FOUR ARMIES FROM DIFFERENT NATIONS FROM THIS LIST
Achaemenid Persians 550-546 BC
Achaemenid Persians (Thymbra) 547 BC
Achaemenid Persians 545-481 BC
Arab 1000-313 BC
Assyrian 681-609 BC
Babylonian 626-539 BC
Babylonian Revolt 522-482 BC
Cimmerian 760-600 BC
Cypriot 680-550 BC
Egyptian 664-571 BC
Egyptian 570-525 BC
Elamite (815-539 BC)
Hebrew 681-586 BC
Kushite Egyptian 727-656 BC
Libyan 549-301 BC
Lydian 687-551 BC
Mannaean 750-610 BC
Median 836-627 BC
Median 626-550 BC
Phoenician 681-539 BC
Skythian 750-551 BC
Skythian/Saka 550-301 BC
Thracian (Triballi) 700-351 BC
Thracian 680-461 BC
Thracian (Getae) 680-330 BC
Urartian 681-585 BC

Please post your user name and your four army choices in this thread if you wish to enter this section.

Please use the following format when posting your results. Be sure to indicate which division you are playing in, which armies were involved in the battle, and the final score of the battle. It should look very much like this . . .

Division A

hidde (Romans) beat stockwellpete (Carthaginians) 60-46


It may seem a trivial point but please do not report the result as 46-60. It is more helpful if everyone gets used to reporting their results in the same way to avoid any confusion, particularly when an adjudication may be necessary.

Matches in this section are played to a tighter schedule and must be prioritised above matches from other sections. Either player may set up the challenge in this section. Remember to PM your opponent as well as placing the challenge and password in this thread. The group stage matches will be completed in the first month of the competition, the knock-out matches will be allowed around 18 days for completion. Unfinished matches will be subject to adjudication.

I am hoping that we will be able to recruit 24 players to this section this time so that we can have two separate pools of 12 players in each. This will mean that we can have three players in each of the four qualifying groups instead of the usual four. Players will then play paired games ("mirror matches") at the group stage instead of single battles. If we only manage to recruit 16 players to this section we will use the old system again, where the group stage matches are single battles and the knockout stage of the tournament are paired games.

Match-ups for the Themed Event

Group 1 "Peloponnesian War" (431-404 BC)
1. Spartan 461-281 BC
2. Greek 460-281 BC
3. Achaemenid Persian 419-329 BC
4. Syracusan 412-281 BC

Group 2 "The Wars of Alexander" (334-323 BC)
1. Indian 500 BC-319 AD
2. Macedonian 355-329 BC
3. Achaemenid Persian 419-329 BC
4. Thracian (Triballi) 350-46 BC

Group 3 "The Wars of Pyrrhus" (280-272 BC)
1. Roman 280-220 BC
2. Macedonian 320-261 BC
3. Pyrrhus 280-272 BC
4. Carthaginian 280-263 BC

Group 4 "Great Balkan Migration" (from 279 BC)
1. Galatian 280-63 BC
2. Macedonian 320-261 BC
3. Greek 280-228 BC
4. Thracian (Hellenistic) 350-281 BC

For the knock-out stage, where paired games are used, we will be using 3 official scenarios that I have checked for reasonable balance . . .

Quarter-finals - Raphia 217 BC

Semi-finals - Pydna 168 BC

Final - Phillippi 42 BC


Where players finish with the same number of points at the end of the group stage, the points aggregate from the matches between those players will be used to decide the final places in the group table. If this does not separate the players then lots will be drawn to determine which player proceeds to the next stage of the competition.

The Rules are here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=80755
The Guide is here . . . viewtopic.php?f=501&t=89823

Please just post your user name in this thread if you wish to enter this section.

Anders (hidde) has compiled a table showing the win % percentages followed by the number of battles fought (in brackets). Obviously the more battles fought by an army the harder it is to maintain a high win percentage so the records of the Jewish Revolt army (66-135AD), the Indian army (500BC-319AD) and the Romano-British army (407-599AD) are particularly impressive. The complete duffers include the Bosporans (348-85BC) and the Romans (197-284AD).

Mountain Indians(492-170BC)-83% (12)
Jewish Revolt(66-135AD)-79% (53)
Jewish(64BC-6AD)-78% (9)
Carthaginians(235-146BC)-78% (9)
Indians(500BC-319AD)-74% (113)
Pictish(477-850AD)-72% (18)
Carthaginians (410-341BC)-70% (10)
Chinese Jin (317-420 AD)-70% (10)
Qiang (1046-701BC)-70% (10)
Romano-British(407-599AD)-69% (101)
Greeks (550-461BC)-69% (16)
Carthaginians,Hannibal/Africa(202BC)-68% (63)
Sassanids (591-628AD)-65% (54)
Samnites (355-272BC)-63% (60)
Jewish(167-111BC)-62% (45)
Breton (411-579AD)-62% (45)
Ptolemaics (55-30BC)-62% (63)
Indo-Greeks (175BC-10AD)-62% (87)
Scots-Irish (50BC-476AD)-61% (70)
Chinese 3 Kingdoms Shu (221-263 AD)-60% (10)
Northern D., Northern Zhu (557-581AD)-60% (10)
Romans (425- 492AD)-60% (30)
Carthaginians,Hannibal/Italy(216-203BC)-59% (54)
Lydians (550-546BC)-59% (59)
Kingdom of Soissons (461-486AD)-59% (64)
Galatians (280-63BC)-58% (64)
Ptolemaics (320-167BC)-58% (55)
Romans (219-200BC)-57% (47)
Ptolemaics (166-56BC)-57% (63)
Achaemenid Persians (460-420BC)-56% (9)
Huns Western (455-599AD)-56% (9)
Indian (320-545AD)-56% (18)
Spanish, Sertorius (80-70BC)-55% (91)
Romans (199-106BC)-55% (99)
Arab, City (300-633AD)-54% (91)
Lombard (493-567AD)-54% (26)
Pontics (110-85BC)-53% (60)
Indo-Skythians (95BC-50AD)-53% (53)
Spanish (300-100BC)-53% (34)
Di (200BC-300AD)-52% (33)
Bosporans (84-11BC)-51% (35)
Gallic (100-50BC)-50% (18)
Indian (546-599AD)-50% (36)
Thracians (350BC-46AD)-50% (18)
Slavs (500-599AD)-50% (8)
Seleucids (166-125BC)-49% (80)
Macedonians (320-261BC)-48% (94)
Achaemenid Persians (545-481BC)-48% (54)
Germanic Horse Tribes (260-492AD)-48% (84)
Qiang (200BC-300AD)-47% (15)
Byzantine (493-550AD)-46% (52)
Chinese (209-100BC)-46% (26)
Gepid (493-567AD)-46% (26)
Lysimachids (320-281BC)-46% (95)
Seleucids (124-63BC)-46% (70)
Hunnic Sabir (463-558AD)-46% (13)
Spartans (460-281BC)-46% (13)
Seleucids (301-206BC)-45% (66)
Sassanids (224-349AD)-45% (20)
Sassanids (350-476AD)-45% (29)
Romans (490-341BC)-45% (38)
Huns Western (376-454AD)-44% (48)
Romans (285-387AD)-44% (66)
Achaemenid Persians (419-329BC)-44% (18)
Gallic (390-301BC)-43% (30)
Ancient British (60BC-80AD)-43% (51)
Antigonids (320-301BC)-43% (75)
Greeks (460-281BC)-43% (30)
Visigoths (419-621AD)-42% (55)
Carthaginians (262-236BC)-42% (24)
Carthaginians,Hannibal/Italy (218-217BC)-42% (48)
Pyrrhic (280-272BC)-42% (55)
Pergamenes (190-129BC)-42% (36)
Kushan (130BC-476AD)-41% (68)
Rhoxolani (350BC-24AD)-40% (72)
Chinese 3 Kingdoms, Wei (220-265 AD)-40% (10)
Macedonians (328-321BC)-40% (45)
Seleucids (302-301BC)-40% (10)
Indo-Parthians (60BC-130AD)-39% (28)
Byzantine (551-578AD)-39% (46)
Scots-Irish (477-846AD)-39% (36)
Hepthalites (350-570AD)-39% (59)
Germanic Foot Tribes (105BC-259AD)-39% (18)
Skythians (300BC-50AD)-39% (18)
Gallic (300-101BC)-38% (63)
Greeks (680-461BC)-38% (8)
Achaemenid Persians (480-461BC)-37% (87)
Armenians, Tigranes (83-69BC)-37% (51)
Romans (105-25BC)-36% (90)
Ostrogoths (493-561AD)-36% (44)
Achaemenid Persians (550-546BC)-34% (32)
Bithynian (297-74BC)-33% (9)
Pontics (281-111BC)-33% (18)
Kappadokians (260BC-17AD)-33% (18)
Jewish Revolt (66BC)-33% (9)
Romans (340-281BC)-33% (15)
Seleucids (205-167BC)-33% (18)
Spartans (550-461BC)-33% (45)
Pontics (84-47BC)-32% (28)
Arab Bedouin (300-636 AD)-32% (19)
Dacians (50BC-106AD)-31% (36)
Franks (496-599AD)-30% (37
Palmyrans (258-273AD)-30% (76)
Chinese Sixteen Kingdoms (304-439 AD)-30% (10)
Chinese, Chen (557-589AD)-30% (10)
Syracusans (421-281BC)-29% (28)
Macedonians (355-329BC)-28% (18)
Pictish (210-476AD)-26% (27)
Welsh (477-599AD)-25% (28)
Etruscans (490-331BC)-25% (8)
Armenian (477-627AD)-25% (12)
Graeco-Bactrians (250-130BC)-25% (69)
Lombard (568-9AD)-25% (20)
Parthians (250BC-225AD)-24% (17)
Sassanids (477-590AD)-23% (35)
Greeks (227-146BC)-22% (18)
Armenians (253-476AD)-22% (9)
Galatians (63-25BC)-22% (18)
Hunnic (376-476AD)-22% (9)
Atropatenes (144BC-226AD)-20% (15)
Chinese, Zhou (1046-701BC)-20% (10)
Germanic Foot Tribes (260-492AD)-20% (10)
Slave Revolt (73-71BC)-19% (36)
Saka (300BC-50AD)-17% (24)
Nabataean (260-106BC)-16% (19)
Romans (197-284AD)-16% (44)
Avars (558-631AD)-15% (13)
Bosporans (348-85BC)-12% (33)
Seleucids (320-303BC)-11% (9)

Recruitment is now open.

Please count me in.

#1 - Egyptian 664 BC to 571 BC
#2 - Median 626 BC to 550 BC
#3 - Lydian 550 BC to 546 BC
#4 – Thracian 700 BC to 351 BC

#1 - Viking 900 AD - Irish Ally
#2 - Byzantine 963 AD – Arab (Syria/Iraq) 890 AD Ally
#3 - Viking 795 AD – Scots-Irish Ally
#4 - Arab Conquest - 638 AD
#5 - German 888 AD – Magyar Ally

Please count me in.

#1 - Indian 320 AD to 545 AD
#2 - Breton 411 AD to 579 AD
#3 - Arab City 300 AD to 633 AD
#4 - Jewish Revolt 66 BC to 135 BC

Please count me in.

#1 - Macedonian 328 BC to 321 BC
#2 - Ptolemaic 166 BC to 56 BC
#3 - Seleucid 300 BC to 206 BC
#4 - Carthaginian (Hannibal in Africa) 202 BC

1.Indian 500 BC-319 AD
2.Ptolemaic 166-56 BC
3.Spanish 300-10 BC
4.Carthaginian (Hannibal in Africa) 202 BC

1.Jewish Revolt 66-135 AD
2.Kingdom of Soissons 461-486AD
3.Pictish 477-850 AD
4.Ptolemaic 166-56 BC

1.Ghaznavid 962-1187 AD
2.Norman 923-1040 AD
3.Viking (Ireland) 900-1049AD
4. Anglo-Danish 1017-1041AD

1.Carthaginian 550-411 BC
2.Lydian (687-551 BC)
3.Egyptian (570-525 BC)
4.Cypriot (680-550 BC)

Edited....

1) Abbasid Arab +Arab Syria Allies.

2) Dailami + Khorasinian Allies

3) Viking 790 + French 888 Allies

4) Armenian 885 + Byzantine 963 Allies

Cancel this entry so I am able to enter LA. (unless you are happy for me to enter 5 sections)

Yes please.
1. Pyrrhic 280BC
2. Bosporan 348BC
3. Carthaginian Hannibal in Italy 216BC
4. Lysimachid 320BC

Pete, I would like to play in the Classical Antiquity division. Armies to follow.
SawyerK

Please count me in.
1. Viking 900-1049
2.Norman 923-1040
3. Rus 960-1053
4.Anglo Danish 1017-1041