Field of Glory II: “History of Spain Part 1” Tournament

Field of Glory II is a turn-based tactical game set during the Rise of Rome from 280 BC to 25 BC.
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Field of Glory II: “History of Spain Part 1” Tournament

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We are pleased to announce another Field of Glory 2 public tournament. This will be played using the normal Field of Glory 2 Multiplayer system and our automated tournament system.

Anyone who has Field of Glory II can enter. You do not need to own any DLCs to enter.

To enter, go to the tournament page: here

The general tournament rules can be found: here

The first round will commence on Thursday 17th February 2022 at 10.00 am GMT. No further entries can be accepted after the tournament has begun.

Specific tournament rules:

This tournament will involve five rounds. Each round will last 14 days. The battles will be Medium-sized custom battles:
  1. 225 BC: Spanish (Iberian) 300-10 BC vs Carthaginian 235-146 AD. Mediterranean Hilly.
  2. 206 BC: Carthaginian 235-146 BC with Spanish (Iberian) 300-10 BC allies vs Roman 219-200 BC with Spanish (Iberian) 300-10 BC allies. Mediterranean Agricultural.
  3. 409 AD: Roman 379-424 AD vs Germanic Foot Tribes 260-599 AD with Alan 25-650 AD allies. Mediterranean Agricultural.
  4. 552 AD: Visigothic 419-621 AD vs Byzantine 551-578 AD. Mediterranean Agricultural.
  5. 713 AD: Visigothic 622-717 AD vs Arab (Umayyad) 685-750 AD. Mediterranean Agricultural.
Games are paired, so each matchup will be played both ways. Each player will be able to choose his forces using the normal force selection system. In each round, all players will be playing on the same randomly generated map for both games.

First round pairings will be selected randomly, subsequent rounds using the Swiss Chess system. Nobody will play the same opponent in more than one round.

The scoring system is as follows:
  • If a game runs to the turn limit, each side scores points equal to the enemy % routed at the turn limit. If the game times out, adjustments may be made, depending on how far the game has progressed and who took longer over their turns – see below.
  • If one army breaks, the victorious player scores 60 points plus the difference between the enemy % routed and his own % routed. The loser scores points equal to the winner's % routed.
Examples:
  1. If Ben defeats Tamas's army, and has inflicted 45% routed on Tamas, and Tamas has inflicted 15% on Ben, Ben will score 60 + (45 – 15) = 90, Tamas will score 15.
  2. However, if Ben defeated Tamas’s army by inflicting 62% routed on Tamas, and Tamas had inflicted 56% routed on Ben, Ben would get 60 + (62 – 56) = 66 points, and Tamas would get 56.
  3. If the game is unfinished (or it reached the turn limit) with Ben inflicting 20% routed on Tamas, and Tamas inflicting 10% routed on Ben, Ben would score 20, and Tamas would score 10. (Provided that between them they have played at least 24 turns in all – see below).
Note that this system rewards aggressive play over desultory skirmishing. If you rout an enemy unit then hide for the rest of the game, both players will get extremely low scores - lower than if they played hard and lost.

Byes:

If an odd number of players sign up for the tournament, one player will get a bye in each round. In the first round this is random. In subsequent rounds it will be the player with the lowest score. The score for a BYE is 75 points for each game.

Round times and timing out:

Each round will last 14 days.

Any battles that are not completed by the end of the round will be timed out. The player who has had the game in his “My Turns” box the longest overall will be the one who is deemed to be timed out. This will not normally incur any penalties, unless insufficient turns have been played: If the timed-out player has played less than 18 turns, his score will be reduced proportionately, and his opponent will be granted the BYE score if it exceeds his current score. If the timed-out player has played less than 6 turns, he will not be included in the draw for the next round. This is to prevent someone else’s enjoyment being spoiled by being drawn against someone who has apparently dropped out of the tournament.
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Hi not sure if this is the right place to post but i cant find my game in this tourny. I have the email to say its started and another to say its my turn (opponent urfin2) but it does not appear in my multiplayer lobby, however i am also in the medieval tourny and that game does show. Similarly the mirror turn does not show in the enemy turn tab, but my medieval tourny equivolent does.

I can’t think of anything i can do, any advice please?
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grahamed wrote: Fri Feb 18, 2022 4:36 pm Hi not sure if this is the right place to post but i cant find my game in this tourny. I have the email to say its started and another to say its my turn (opponent urfin2) but it does not appear in my multiplayer lobby, however i am also in the medieval tourny and that game does show. Similarly the mirror turn does not show in the enemy turn tab, but my medieval tourny equivolent does.

I can’t think of anything i can do, any advice please?
You did look in Field of Glory 2 (Ancients)? The "History of Spain 1" games should be in the MP Lobby in that game, not in FOG2 Medieval

If not, please let us know, but I am not sure what would cause that.
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Doh! How embarrasing many apologies for my dumb mistake
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I'm surprised by how quiet this thread is, given how busy and exciting the tourney is. Is there a conversation happening elsewhere, on Discord or something? Or are people just not talking about it?
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Strangely, these house-run tournaments never generate comments. I don't know why.

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It was great good fun. Much gratitude to those who set it up. I had a blast!
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Redpossum wrote: Sat Apr 30, 2022 5:40 pm It was great good fun. Much gratitude to those who set it up. I had a blast!
Glad to hear it. Thanks
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