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Early Classical Antiquity – Division A
West Conference Pod A Round 2

Xlegione: Pyrrhic 280-275 BC w/Samnite Allies defeated klayeckles: Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 216-203 BC w/Samnite Allies : 62% - 40%

82 - 40

Klayeckles thanks for the very good game

Ciao

XLegione

Pod B round 2 - East

oscarius Achaemenid Persian 480-461 BC beat Stew101: Numidian or Moorish 55 BC - 6 AD w/Roman Allies: 50 to 19%

91 points

Persian firepower plus a major cavalry encirclement proved too much for my foe. Looking forward to the next one.

Pod B West

Warg1: Scots-Irish 50 BC-476 AD defeats Karvon: Gallic 300-101 BC w/Samnite Allies 60 - 35

Warg1 85pts
Karvon 35pts

Thanks for the game Karvon

East Pod A

Holien Carthaginian (Hannibal in Africa) 202 BC w/Numidian or Moorish 341-56 BC allies (21%) 93 pts Defeats pantherboy Achaemenid Persian 480-461 BC (54%) 21 pts

The map in some ways favoured Carthage with a big hill / wide plateau in the middle on which they started and the Persians could not easily advance upon. The Persian main infantry line withdrew back to a range of small hills with one securely anchored against a sizable wooded area on the right flank of Hannibal. Hannibal had chosen wisely what forces to bring and had as long a line of infantry as the Persian force. In the advance to contact the Bows of the Persians were painful but not terminal to the advancing Carthage forces. Ultimately the battle was decided on the two flanks as both were lost to the Persian meagre cavalry force after many tough turns of move and counter move. Several units of Persian Cavalry choose to flee off the edge rather than fight. This allowed the Carthage Cavalry on the right flank to get behind the hill position being defended by the immortals. The Persian cavalry did surprise Hannibal by returning both at the same time on both flanks, but by that stage the losses in the centre were too great.

Thanks to Steve for running this mini tourney and his insight during the game. I can see how some force selections are not going to do well against others. Still lots to learn about this game system....

Couple of Results from Pod B

Warg1: Scots-Irish 50 BC-476 AD defeats Blagrot: Pyrrhic 280-275 BC w/Samnite Allies 40 - 7

Warg1 93
Blagrot 7


Warg1: Scots-Irish 50 BC-476 AD defeats Morat: Spartan 221-146 BC w/Roman Allies 60 - 47

Warg1 73
Morat 47

Thanks for the games gents

West A

tyronec (Macedonian) defeats Xlegione (Pyrrhic) 50-13. 97-7.

Thanks for the game.

West Pod C

Morbio Samnite (Etruscan) defeats Lydianed Gallic 55 - 23

Morbio: 92pts
Lydianed: 23pts

Thanks for the game Lydianed

Early Classical Antiquity – Division A
West Conference Pod C Round 2

Challenge1: Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 216-203 BC w/Samnite Allies defeated Morbio: Samnite 355-272 BC w/Etruscan Allies 60-32

Points: Challenge1 - 88
Morbio - 32

Thanks for the game!

Pod B

Morat (Spartans/Romans) (17% losses) beat Blagrot (Phyrric) (44% losses): Points: Morat 87, Blagrot 17.

Tough fight over a low hill. Spartan phalanxes and spears did a lot of damage, and the Roman allies just kept popping up in the right place to hold the line. On another day, with even a touch more luck their foes might well have prevailed.

Thanks to Blagrot for the match, played as ever in a great spirit.

M.

West A

tyronec vs klayeckles. Leading 33-23, 9 turns remaining.
tyronec vs sivispacem. I can't remember if there has been any score, he has not played a move for over a fortnight.

East C

Aetius39 (Seleucids) defeats Dreddradish (Indo-Greek) 50-10

Archers broke down fast, and the rest followed soon after. GG!

Aetius - 100 points

Dreddradish - 10 points

Pod C

Kroche (Carthaginian 262-236BC) (60%) 58 points versus kronenblatt (Achaemenid Persian 480-461BC w Greek 680-461BC allies) (58%) 62 points.

Our result above not recorded.
That game has been terminated as the competition end date was up.

Pod C

Dreddradish (Indo-Greek 175 BC – 10 AD w Indian 500 BC - 319 AD allies) (67%) 37 points versus kronenblatt (Achaemenid Persian 480-461BC w Greek 680-461BC allies) (37%) 90 points.

West Conference : Pod D

Bodhran (Bosporan w/Sarmatian Allies) defeats edb1815 (Roman w/Numidian or Moorish Allies) : 46 - 15

Bodhran : 91pts
Edb1815 : 15 pts

Thanks for the game edb1815

East C

Aetius (Seleucids) defeats Kroche (Carthaginians) 61-38

There was a large rough hill on the right and open space in the middle. The Seleucids moved their heavy units forward while the mediums went to try and control the hill. The Carthaginians did a great job of wresting the hill from them at a pretty high cost to the Seleucids, but the middle line melee with the heavies was the decisive factor; Greek and African heavy infantry couldn't hold the pikes and Romans back long enough. GG was fun!

Aetius - 83 points

Kroche - 38 points

East C

Aetius39 (Seleucids) defeats kronenblatt (Persians) 50-25

Water constricted the map a bit, and both armies went toward a hill on the edge of the impassable water. Arrows came down but luckily the damage was not enough to stop the Pikes and Romans from eventually routing the mostly medium foot army. GG as always!

Aetius - 85 points

kronenblatt - 25 points