Slitherine

Next round: Classical Indian 500BC-321BC

Into the hat....
4 to play 7..... petran1978 vs JayRaider
9 -8...............PijusMagnificus vs Finir
2-10..............Blathergut vs Archie
3-6................TheGrayMouser vs deadtorius
1-5................iandavidsmith vs petergarnett

Scoring

Win.......... .......................................10 points
Draw.................................................5 points
(Loser claims)
Loss within 5% (99%-95%).................4 points
Loss within 10% (94%-90%)...............2 points
Other Losses.........0 points

Additional Bonus for both sides

Capture or kill troop (1 flag) general.......1 point
Capture or kill field (2 flag) general.........2 points
Sack and Pillage enemy camp................2 points
Capture or kill inspired (3 flag) general....5 points


Start date: When you’re ready ......Close date: 18th April 2011
(Will extend if necessary for additional week if requested by any player).

500 points game
FOG: On
Double moves: On
Good luck, watch out for the bulls....

“A tastier how non violet India was back in the days of Buddha around 500BC”

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Ajātashatru (Sanskrit अजातशत्रु; ruled c. 491 BC – c. 461 BC) was a king of the Magadha empire that ruled north India.

After the death of his father he enjoyed the revenues of the Kashi which was given to his mother as a dowry in marriage. But his maternal uncle, Prasenjit immediately confiscated the revenues of the Kashi. This resulted into hostilities between two. Next, Ajatashatru, undertook the annexation of the kingdoms of Kosala and Kashi. In return, Ajatashatru married Vajira, the daughter of Prasenjit. Legends say that the one who masterminded Ajatashatru's usurping of the throne was the schismatic monk Devadatta, the reasons being that Ajatashatru was said to have been convinced by Devadatta to help fund his schismatic sangha. Ajatashatru employed two of his ministers, Sunidh and Varshakara, to build a fortress at the village of Patli (called Patligama or Patligrama) as a bulwark to repel attacks of the licchavis and other clan of North Bihar on Magadha, later he shifted his capital to Patligrama which was later known as Patliputra.

He was a great warrior, who conquered 36 republican states surrounding his kingdom and firmly established the predominance of Magadha in Eastern India. The most important war waged by Ajatashatru to gain supremacy over his neighbours was that with the powerful Lichchhavi Republic, ruled democratically by a group of noblemen.They had a powerful leader in Chetaka, in whom Ajatashatru found a formidable adversary. So strong was the Lichchhavi republic that Buddha himself is known to have pronounced it invincible, provided the citizens retained their unity, their liberal and democratic ways and their respect for tradition and elders. He also pursued a sixteen-year war against the Vriji confederacy of Vaishali, what is today north Bihar and Nepal.

The scythed chariot was invented by Ajatashatru, the King of Magadha in Ancient India, in circa 475 BC, who used these chariots against the Licchavis. The scythed chariot was a modified war chariot with a blade(s) mounted on both ends of the axle.

Ajatashatru also suffered the same miserable fate as his father, being put to death by his son Udayi-Bhadda/UdayiBhadra in 459 B.C.

And I was worried about starting the first Indian Civil War......

Game posted. Password: buddha

I have return to retake my kingdom, from Blathergut and his vipers....

Kosala is an Indian region centred in the north, corresponding roughly in area with the region of Awadh. Kosala is one of the Solasa (sixteen) Mahajanapadas (powerful realms) and its cultural and political strength earned it the status of great power.

In Kosala there are three major cities. It’s capital Ayodhya, the birthplace of Lord Rama, Saket and Shravasti and a number of minor towns as Setavya, Ukattha,[3] Dandakappa, Nalakapana and Pankadha.

My family the Mahabharata are the ruling family of the Kosala kingdom who have descended from king Ikshvaku.

I succeeded my father, Mahakosala, to the throne. Then as a follower of Buddha I sought enlightenment. During my absence from the capital, my minister Blathergut Charayana raised his son Vidudabha to the throne.

After raising an army with my loyal followers, I have return to retake my kingdom, from Blathergut and his vipers....

Challenge posted

password: Venkatanarasimharajuvaripeta



darn, it wont fit on the line
psswrd reduced to: Venka

Just posted the challenge

pw JayRaider

Obviously TGM was hoping to win by default by putting up a PW that I could never hope to match, thank you slitherine for foiling his evil plans

Challenge posted to petergarnett
Password is civilwar
Ian

Challenge posted to petergarnett
Password is civilwar
Ian


Please ignore this was a repeat post
for some reason , thanks Ian

Challenge posted to petergarnett
Password is civilwar
Ian

Please ignore this was a repeat post
for some reason , thanks Ian

Challenge ready

Password: ingrid

JayRaider 42/47, 89% losses and routed a 3 Star General. ( I am nearly sure it was a 3 Star, if not Petran can verify).

Petran 42/42, 100% losses.

Thanks for the game Petran.

yep! A three star one..... GREAT GAME THOUGH!

First 15 points game... well done.

Must admit I always over commit my generals.. but being an Egyptian god, and now a Indian King... what do you expect...

Do we need to kill them (ie the little helmet floating up to heaven) or merely rout them?

Kill or Route the generals gets you the points...
As long as they are removed from the game in play, with no return.
When Routeing a general, I always take that as being took prisoner.

Archie wrote:Kill or Route the generals gets you the points...
As long as they are removed from the game in play, with no return.
When Routeing a general, I always take that as being took prisoner.

So do you mean they are still in routed status when the game ends but still having a flag (ie alive?)
Sometime those routed buggers can rally:)

If merely being routed at the end of game adds points i will need to take a peak at my game as i am pretty sure one of Peters Rebels in arms was doing the "run away brave Sir Robin"

Sorry I did not make this clear... I have a habit not explaining what I think clearly.

If the General of any rank is removed from the game, completely, this earns points.

If a general rallies he has not been removed from the game.

Please pick me up on any issues I do not make clear.

I have managed it to win the game A really good game

Finir 25/52, Pijus Magnificus 45/39
I have managed it to kill a 2 Flag general (Pjius, it was a 2 flag general? Perhaps you can verify it.)

Inital Army Strength/Casualties
Finir 13920 / 1989, Pijus Magnificus 9460 / 3431

TheGrayMouser 35/47
vs
deadtorious 54/52

enemy camp sacked, no leaders died , sadly.

The vile Southrons invaded the beautiful swamplands of the lushiously torpid North. With pride our host unfurled the banner of the War Goddess, all 14 arms and breasts a flappin. In horror we watched our foes raise their standards, displaying an 18 armed and breasted monstosity. Blasphemy and utter mockery, for what man can handle 18 at once? Clearly the War Goddess frowned upon such insolence as well and favoured us with exteme luck of the dice over and over again, until the Southerns scurried back home.