TDC VIII - Dark Ages Challenges
Posted: Sat Jul 05, 2025 3:05 pm
Please post your challenges for TDC VIII Dark Ages here. Divisions and armies are listed below. Each player plays every other player in their division once. Post your challenge and send a PM to your opponent including the password you used. You may post multiple challenges in a single post.
Time Frame
The competition will run from July 6 to September 28
To insure adequate time to finish, you should post all challenges no later than the 1st of September
Requested Challenge format
Division A
Tyronec - Byzantine 963-987 + Arab (Syria/Iraq) challenges Markleslie - Khorasanian 821-1003 AD with Dailami
Provide “password”
Send private message (pm)
Game Settings
Open, Potluck, 24 turns, 40W x 32H maps and 1400 points
I suggest setting your army as player B. That allows your opponent to accept the challenge and move to deployment immediately.
Slitherine Ranked Games
1. Players are NOT to unilaterally set up matches as Slitherine ranked games.
2. If you wish to rank a game, first contact your opponent and see if they are interested in doing so.
3. If both players are in agreement, matches can be set up as Slitherine ranked games.
4. If a match has been set up as a ranked game unilaterally by your opponent, you are free to set up a new match unranked without this counting as your reroll. However, if you accept a ranked match, and then decide you want to reset it, that will count as your reroll. It's very clear in the challenge screen that a match is ranked; there is a special icon and the ELO ranking of the poster is plainly listed.
Rerolls
Either player may unilaterally require a reroll after viewing the map in the initial deployment phase. Each player is allowed one such reroll. If each player has used their permitted reroll then both players may mutually agree to a third and final reroll. The player requiring the reroll should surrender the match. The player requiring the reroll should repost the challenge making sure to set the parameters correctly in regards to lists, points and map size. No rerolls are allowed after the first turn is played.
Restart
Players may mutually agree to abandon a game and restart until the 3rd turn for whatever reasons they might have. From the 4th turn, games must be played to conclusion. No rerolls are allowed in restarted games; you must play on whatever map is rolled.
If the challenge has been incorrectly set-up, then the player who did not set-up the game will have the choice to restart but only by Turn 3. A game that has reached Turn 4 will become fixed and must be played to conclusion.
Responding to Challenges
IF PLAYER A HAS NOT ACCEPTED A CHALLENGE AFTER 2 WEEKS AND THE PERSON RUNNING THE PERIOD AND THEIR OPPONENT (PLAYER B) HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED, PLAYER B NEEDS TO CONTACT PLAYER A AND THE ORGANISER. THIS WILL ALLOW THE ORGANISER TO CONTACT PLAYER A AND TO DETERMINE IF PLAYER B CAN CLAIM THAT GAME AS A 40 - 15 OUTRIGHT VICTORY
Divisions
Div A
tyronec Byzantine 988-1041.
markleslie Khorasanian 821-1003 AD with Dailami
Stones1985 Arab (Umayyad) 685 to 750 AD
carpenkm Viking 790 -899 with Frankish
Triarii Andalusian 756-1049 with Spanish 900
random27 indian (rajput) 650-1049 AD
Morat Frankish 751-887AD with Saxon (Continental)
lunecastle Viking(Ireland) 900-1049 AD and Scots 851
frederic02 Byzantines 963-984 AD
Garokan German 933 + Polish
Div B
Bagatrix1805 Khurasanian 821-1003 with Dailami
alexhstandish Visigothic 419-621
grahamed Andalusian (756 - 1049AD) with Spanish (718-899)
rpadilla1988 Byzantine 988-1041
Hari72 Arab Conquest 638 -684 AD
Rob123 Indian Rajput 650-1049AD
alexmike1 Arab (Umayyad) 685-750AD
SimonLancaster Turkish 600-1036 AD + Arab (Umayyad)
IMC Rus 960-1053 with Viking 900
Asterix_von_TWC Frankish 751-887 with Saxon Continental 600
Div C
ChrisTownsend Spanish 900-1049AD with Andalusian
Ironclad French 888-1049 AD and Viking 790
wulf85 Rus 960-1053 + Vikings
SirMichael German 888 - 932
Solemnace Arab (Bedouin) 300-636 AD
excubitor Bizantine 600-649
ulysisgrunt Frankish 751-887
rockmanbob123 Vikings 900-1049 w/ french
Indibil Dailami 928-1055 AD w Armenian 885
wzfcns Byzantine 904-962
Time Frame
The competition will run from July 6 to September 28
To insure adequate time to finish, you should post all challenges no later than the 1st of September
Requested Challenge format
Division A
Tyronec - Byzantine 963-987 + Arab (Syria/Iraq) challenges Markleslie - Khorasanian 821-1003 AD with Dailami
Provide “password”
Send private message (pm)
Game Settings
Open, Potluck, 24 turns, 40W x 32H maps and 1400 points
I suggest setting your army as player B. That allows your opponent to accept the challenge and move to deployment immediately.
Slitherine Ranked Games
1. Players are NOT to unilaterally set up matches as Slitherine ranked games.
2. If you wish to rank a game, first contact your opponent and see if they are interested in doing so.
3. If both players are in agreement, matches can be set up as Slitherine ranked games.
4. If a match has been set up as a ranked game unilaterally by your opponent, you are free to set up a new match unranked without this counting as your reroll. However, if you accept a ranked match, and then decide you want to reset it, that will count as your reroll. It's very clear in the challenge screen that a match is ranked; there is a special icon and the ELO ranking of the poster is plainly listed.
Rerolls
Either player may unilaterally require a reroll after viewing the map in the initial deployment phase. Each player is allowed one such reroll. If each player has used their permitted reroll then both players may mutually agree to a third and final reroll. The player requiring the reroll should surrender the match. The player requiring the reroll should repost the challenge making sure to set the parameters correctly in regards to lists, points and map size. No rerolls are allowed after the first turn is played.
Restart
Players may mutually agree to abandon a game and restart until the 3rd turn for whatever reasons they might have. From the 4th turn, games must be played to conclusion. No rerolls are allowed in restarted games; you must play on whatever map is rolled.
If the challenge has been incorrectly set-up, then the player who did not set-up the game will have the choice to restart but only by Turn 3. A game that has reached Turn 4 will become fixed and must be played to conclusion.
Responding to Challenges
IF PLAYER A HAS NOT ACCEPTED A CHALLENGE AFTER 2 WEEKS AND THE PERSON RUNNING THE PERIOD AND THEIR OPPONENT (PLAYER B) HAVE NOT BEEN CONTACTED, PLAYER B NEEDS TO CONTACT PLAYER A AND THE ORGANISER. THIS WILL ALLOW THE ORGANISER TO CONTACT PLAYER A AND TO DETERMINE IF PLAYER B CAN CLAIM THAT GAME AS A 40 - 15 OUTRIGHT VICTORY
Divisions
Div A
tyronec Byzantine 988-1041.
markleslie Khorasanian 821-1003 AD with Dailami
Stones1985 Arab (Umayyad) 685 to 750 AD
carpenkm Viking 790 -899 with Frankish
Triarii Andalusian 756-1049 with Spanish 900
random27 indian (rajput) 650-1049 AD
Morat Frankish 751-887AD with Saxon (Continental)
lunecastle Viking(Ireland) 900-1049 AD and Scots 851
frederic02 Byzantines 963-984 AD
Garokan German 933 + Polish
Div B
Bagatrix1805 Khurasanian 821-1003 with Dailami
alexhstandish Visigothic 419-621
grahamed Andalusian (756 - 1049AD) with Spanish (718-899)
rpadilla1988 Byzantine 988-1041
Hari72 Arab Conquest 638 -684 AD
Rob123 Indian Rajput 650-1049AD
alexmike1 Arab (Umayyad) 685-750AD
SimonLancaster Turkish 600-1036 AD + Arab (Umayyad)
IMC Rus 960-1053 with Viking 900
Asterix_von_TWC Frankish 751-887 with Saxon Continental 600
Div C
ChrisTownsend Spanish 900-1049AD with Andalusian
Ironclad French 888-1049 AD and Viking 790
wulf85 Rus 960-1053 + Vikings
SirMichael German 888 - 932
Solemnace Arab (Bedouin) 300-636 AD
excubitor Bizantine 600-649
ulysisgrunt Frankish 751-887
rockmanbob123 Vikings 900-1049 w/ french
Indibil Dailami 928-1055 AD w Armenian 885
wzfcns Byzantine 904-962