TDC IX Dark Ages - Challenges
Posted: Tue Dec 02, 2025 11:29 pm
Please post your challenges for TDC IX 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 Jan 11 to Apr 5.
To ensure adequate time to finish, you should post all challenges no later than the 1st of March.
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
pantherboy Indian (Rajput) 650-1049
Triarii Viking (Ireland) 900-1049 + Scots
Stones1985 Dabuyid 642 to 760 AD
random27 Ghaznavid 962 AD
Morat French 888-1049 with Viking (900-1049
Nosferatu Croatian 850-1102
snooky51 Rus 960-1053 w/ bulgar (danube)
frederic02 Arab umayad 685-750AD with Moorish
Bagatrix1805 Arab Conquest 638 -684 AD
Hari72 Byzantine 988-1041
Div B
IMC Dailami 928-1055AD with Khorasanian
alexmike1 Anadlusian 756-1049
alexhstandish German 888-932 with Magyar
mcfcivo Arab Conquest 629-637
Rob123 Khorasanian 821-1003AD with Dalami
Ironclad Avar 632-826 AD with Bulgar (Danube)
Solemnace Indian (Rajput) 650CE-1049CE
ulysisgrunt French 888-1049 with Viking 790-899
Indibil Arab (Abassid) 836-873
rockmanbob123 German 933-1049AD
Time Frame
The competition will run from Jan 11 to Apr 5.
To ensure adequate time to finish, you should post all challenges no later than the 1st of March.
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
pantherboy Indian (Rajput) 650-1049
Triarii Viking (Ireland) 900-1049 + Scots
Stones1985 Dabuyid 642 to 760 AD
random27 Ghaznavid 962 AD
Morat French 888-1049 with Viking (900-1049
Nosferatu Croatian 850-1102
snooky51 Rus 960-1053 w/ bulgar (danube)
frederic02 Arab umayad 685-750AD with Moorish
Bagatrix1805 Arab Conquest 638 -684 AD
Hari72 Byzantine 988-1041
Div B
IMC Dailami 928-1055AD with Khorasanian
alexmike1 Anadlusian 756-1049
alexhstandish German 888-932 with Magyar
mcfcivo Arab Conquest 629-637
Rob123 Khorasanian 821-1003AD with Dalami
Ironclad Avar 632-826 AD with Bulgar (Danube)
Solemnace Indian (Rajput) 650CE-1049CE
ulysisgrunt French 888-1049 with Viking 790-899
Indibil Arab (Abassid) 836-873
rockmanbob123 German 933-1049AD