TDC IX Classical - Challenges
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2025 11:21 pm
Please post your challenges for TDC IX Classical 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 Jan 11 to April 5.
To ensure adequate time to finish, you should post all challenges no later than the 1st of March.
Requested Challenge format
Division 1
Tom's Early Crusaders challenges Bob's Tauregs
pw bob
pm sent
Game Settings
Open, Potluck, 24 turns, 40W x 32H maps and 1600 points. (Default Large Battles)
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
Division A
tyronec Carthaginian HiA.
markleslie Seleucid 302-301 BC with Lysimachid
Aetius39 Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 216
Stones1985 Parthian 250 BC with Seleucid Allies 166
CheAhn Indo-Parthian + Indian
random27 indian 500 BC
rafydedel Bosporan 348-85 bc
Karvon Libyans 650 BC
Division B
Morat Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 216-203 with Samnite
angusosborne Antigonid 320-301 + Greek 460-
carpenkm Assyrian 681 - 609 with Egyptian
Captainwaltersavage Ptolemaic 55-30 BC with Roman
snooky51 Roman 105bc-25bc w/ numidian
frederic02 Pyrrhus 280-275BC
GDod Seleucid 166-125 BC with Jewish
Bodhran Samnite 355-272BC with Gallic 300-
Division C
alexmike1 Armenian (Tigranes) 83-69BC plus Pontic
SimonLancaster Carthaginian (Hannibal in Africa) 202 BC
w2512494748 Numidian Moorish 55 BC-6 AD + Roman
alexhstandish Skythian or Saka 550-301 with Thracian (Helenistic Getae)
SgtOgre Seleucid 300BC - 206BC
Bagatrix1805 Parthian 250 BC - 225 AD with Seleucid 166 BC
IMC Spartan 221-146 with Roman 280-220
rockmanbob123 Sarmatian 350BC-25 AD
Division D
ulysisgrunt Antigonid 320-301
SawyerK Seleucid 166-125 BC plus Jewish
Rob123 Parthian 250BC-225AD with Seleucid 166-125BC
Ironclad Macedonian 320-261 BC with Greek
Solemnace Sarmatian 350BCE-25CE
Antivirt Roman 105--25 BC with Numidian
Indibil Seleucid 205-167
gort7078 Saka 300 bc t0 50 ad
Time Frame
The competition will run from Jan 11 to April 5.
To ensure adequate time to finish, you should post all challenges no later than the 1st of March.
Requested Challenge format
Division 1
Tom's Early Crusaders challenges Bob's Tauregs
pw bob
pm sent
Game Settings
Open, Potluck, 24 turns, 40W x 32H maps and 1600 points. (Default Large Battles)
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
Division A
tyronec Carthaginian HiA.
markleslie Seleucid 302-301 BC with Lysimachid
Aetius39 Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 216
Stones1985 Parthian 250 BC with Seleucid Allies 166
CheAhn Indo-Parthian + Indian
random27 indian 500 BC
rafydedel Bosporan 348-85 bc
Karvon Libyans 650 BC
Division B
Morat Carthaginian (Hannibal in Italy) 216-203 with Samnite
angusosborne Antigonid 320-301 + Greek 460-
carpenkm Assyrian 681 - 609 with Egyptian
Captainwaltersavage Ptolemaic 55-30 BC with Roman
snooky51 Roman 105bc-25bc w/ numidian
frederic02 Pyrrhus 280-275BC
GDod Seleucid 166-125 BC with Jewish
Bodhran Samnite 355-272BC with Gallic 300-
Division C
alexmike1 Armenian (Tigranes) 83-69BC plus Pontic
SimonLancaster Carthaginian (Hannibal in Africa) 202 BC
w2512494748 Numidian Moorish 55 BC-6 AD + Roman
alexhstandish Skythian or Saka 550-301 with Thracian (Helenistic Getae)
SgtOgre Seleucid 300BC - 206BC
Bagatrix1805 Parthian 250 BC - 225 AD with Seleucid 166 BC
IMC Spartan 221-146 with Roman 280-220
rockmanbob123 Sarmatian 350BC-25 AD
Division D
ulysisgrunt Antigonid 320-301
SawyerK Seleucid 166-125 BC plus Jewish
Rob123 Parthian 250BC-225AD with Seleucid 166-125BC
Ironclad Macedonian 320-261 BC with Greek
Solemnace Sarmatian 350BCE-25CE
Antivirt Roman 105--25 BC with Numidian
Indibil Seleucid 205-167
gort7078 Saka 300 bc t0 50 ad
