TDC X Dark Ages - Challenges
Posted: Sun May 31, 2026 12:30 am
Please post your challenges for TDC X 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 Jul 5 to Sep 27.
To ensure adequate time to finish, you should post all challenges no later than the 1st of Sep.
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 deployment.
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 963-987 + Arab (Syria/Iraq)
Aetius39 Viking 790 w/ Frankish
Triarii German 933-1049 with Polish
Stones1985 Arab (City) 300 to 633 AD with Sassanid 591
Nosferatu Frankish 600-750 AD
Morat Frankish 751-887 plus Saxon (Continental)
random27 Andalusian 756 -1049 AD + spanish 718
Nijis Arab Conquest 638-684
Div B
Bagatrix1805 Croatian 850-1102
Cherebuschka Khazar (738-969)
snooky51 Anglo Saxon 950-1016 AD w/ viking
grahamed French 888-1048AD & Viking
Hari72 German 888-932 with Magyar
IMC Arab Conquest 638 - 684
Maeglyr Ghaznavid 962-1187
mcfcivo Bulgar Danube 680-851
Div C
Chris Townsend Welsh 600-1049 AD w/ Vikings 790
Solemnace British 600CE-1030CE
Rob123 Scots 851-1051AD with Viking 900
rockmanbob123 French 888-1049
Indibil Avar 632-826 with Bulgar(Danube)
Ironclad Arab (Conquest) 638-684 AD
EdmondDantes Norman 923-1040
ulysisgrunt Dailami (821-1003) with Khorasanian
Time Frame
The competition will run from Jul 5 to Sep 27.
To ensure adequate time to finish, you should post all challenges no later than the 1st of Sep.
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 deployment.
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 963-987 + Arab (Syria/Iraq)
Aetius39 Viking 790 w/ Frankish
Triarii German 933-1049 with Polish
Stones1985 Arab (City) 300 to 633 AD with Sassanid 591
Nosferatu Frankish 600-750 AD
Morat Frankish 751-887 plus Saxon (Continental)
random27 Andalusian 756 -1049 AD + spanish 718
Nijis Arab Conquest 638-684
Div B
Bagatrix1805 Croatian 850-1102
Cherebuschka Khazar (738-969)
snooky51 Anglo Saxon 950-1016 AD w/ viking
grahamed French 888-1048AD & Viking
Hari72 German 888-932 with Magyar
IMC Arab Conquest 638 - 684
Maeglyr Ghaznavid 962-1187
mcfcivo Bulgar Danube 680-851
Div C
Chris Townsend Welsh 600-1049 AD w/ Vikings 790
Solemnace British 600CE-1030CE
Rob123 Scots 851-1051AD with Viking 900
rockmanbob123 French 888-1049
Indibil Avar 632-826 with Bulgar(Danube)
Ironclad Arab (Conquest) 638-684 AD
EdmondDantes Norman 923-1040
ulysisgrunt Dailami (821-1003) with Khorasanian