Slitherine

Competitors,

Thank you for joining the Swords and Scimitars tournament. If you have not joined, this tournament is not full and is accepting four more players. Rules are below.

Important dates:
- Nov. 24: pool stage begins (arrange your own matches via thread and PM)
- Dec. 13: players who have not completed at least 2/8 matches subject to review and possible replacement by player from reserve
- Jan. 3: pool stage ends (you have 6 weeks to complete 4 mirror matches; if all are complete before this date, we will begin quarter-finals earlier)
- Jan. 4: quarter-finals begin
- Jan. 18: semi-finals begin
- Feb. 2: finals begin

Structure of tournament:
- There are 4 pools of 5 players each
- Each player will be assigned a random army from a select list of Swords and Scimitars armies
- You will play each player in your pool once in a mirror match, one with your drawn army, one with your opponent's drawn army
- 3 pts awarded for win, 1 pt awarded for draw of any sort (e.g. if you win both games in your mirror match, you recieve 6 pts)
- Top 2 players in each pool advance to quarter-finals
- Quarter-finals/semi-finals/finals all decided by mirror match where combined scores decide winner on percentage (e.g. if player A's combined BPs for both matches is 93/100 (93%) and player B's is 70/76 (92.1%), player B is victorious)
- Games not completed by deadlines are subject to adjudication

Arranging matches:
- Players are responsible for arranging matches
- Post challenge in this thread AND PM to ensure your opponent saw it
- It is advised to begin at least 2 mirror matches against 2 opponents immediately to ensure players have head start on pool stage deadline

Rules of games:
- Armies will consist of 500 pts
- You may customize your army before each match
- Fog of war and double moves will be used
- Digital League rules on army size/composition do not apply

Posting results:
- Winners of each individual match are responsible for posting result in this thread; I will periodically update the results table
- Please use this format:
Pool A result:
Romanos (Byzantines) 30/45 defeats Arslan (Seljuks) 50/50

Ratings:
- This tournament will count towards ratings and rankings used by the Digital League
- This tournament is considered a B-level tournament.

Pools and army draws:

A
Batesmotel: Mamluk Egyptian (early)
Voskarp: Khwarazmian
Dave_r: Cilician Armenian
Okie: Epirot Byzantine
PeterGuest: Georgian 1124-1243
(Empty)

B
Jonathan4290: Trebizond Byzantine
Solly: Middle Bulgarian
Yuknoom: Syrian States (later)
Praeter: Latin Greece (early)
MikeMarchant: Medieval Cypriot (early)
(Empty)

C
Cunningcairn: Medieval Cypriot (early)
Iandavidsmith: Later Crusader (Richard I)
Tullius: Nika Byzantine
Paulmcneil: Georgian 1124-1243
Bloodphoenix: Middle Bulgarian
Londo: Seljuk Turk (Rum)

D
Stockwellpete: Middle Serbian
Rexhurley: Seljuk Turk (Rum)
Ricoual74: Ilkhanid Mongol
Cromlechi: Cuman
Tony Craven: Trebizond Byzantine
(Empty)

Have fun, meet the deadlines, and PM me if you have any questions.

ok stupid question how do you determine map

last time I did a tournament the GM/moderator could issue the challenges and that so far back no one probally remembers the original game.

tony craven wrote:ok stupid question how do you determine map

last time I did a tournament the GM/moderator could issue the challenges and that so far back no one probally remembers the original game.

Unlike another convener Jonathan hasnt stipulated what level of terrain so when you issue your challenge as far as i can tell your free to set it yourself to any of the 5 levels, but you can only pick the map if you win the initiative when the game is accepted and started with your opponent.

And the only stupid question is the one that isnt asked mate

Thats correct, there are no stipulations regarding what map terrain you can select.

The logic here is that because its a mirror match, no matter what horrifically unfair strategy you decide to use with regards to terrain/army composition, your opponent can use it right back anyways.

Pool A

PeterGuest (Armenians) 22/40 defeats Dave-r (Georgians) 31/31.

A good game where the Armenian infantry managed to hold firm in the face of massed Georgian mounted bowmen. Thanks for the game!

Pool D

stockwellpete (Middle Serbians) 10/41 beat TonyCraven (Trebizond Byzantines) 44/42

Please note that Batesmotel has taken Klay's spot in Pool A.

Pool D

stockwellpete (Trebizond Byzantines) 11/43 beat TonyCraven (Middle Serbs) 36/34

Pool A

PeterGuest (Georgians) 35/41 defeats Dave_r (Armenians) 38/35

PeterGuest (Georgians) 30/41 defeats Voskarp (Khwarazmians) 34/34

PeterGuest (Khwarazmians) 31/36 defeats Voskarp (Georgians) 42/42

Hard fought games - cheers!

Please note that Londo has entered the tournament in Pool C.

pool d
Ricoual (mongols) 10/28 beat tony craven (byzantines) 55/42

Pool D

rexhurley (Seljuk Turks Rum) 18/41 beat TonyCraven (Trebizond Byzantines) 46/42


rexhurley (Treb Byzants) 17/41 beat TonyCraven (Seljuk Turks Rum) 28/27

rexhurley wrote:Pool D

stockwellpete (Seljuk Turks Rum) 18/41 beat TonyCraven (Trebizond Byzantines) 46/42

Rex, can I have a pint of what you just had please? I know you want to be like me, but pretending you are me in this tournament is not cool, mate!

Pool D

"the real" stockwellpete (Middle Serbians) 13/41 beat cromlechi (Cumans) 34/31

Pool B
Yuknoom's Syrians 36/40 defeated Praeter's Latin Greeks 41/38

Pool A

voskarp Khwarazmian (35/34), a draw against Okie Epirot Byzantine (32/31)

voskarp Epirot Byzantine (32/55) wins over Okie Khwarazmian (32/32)

stockwellpete wrote:

rexhurley wrote:Pool D

stockwellpete (Seljuk Turks Rum) 18/41 beat TonyCraven (Trebizond Byzantines) 46/42

Rex, can I have a pint of what you just had please? I know you want to be like me, but pretending you are me in this tournament is not cool, mate!

Nah err umm the joys of copy and paste for format

Pool B
Yuknoom's Latin Greeks 14/35 defeated Praeter's Syrians 44/39.

Div D cromlechi Cuman 20/31 beat Ricoul74 Mongol 29/29

Pool B
Yuknoom's Syrians 28/40 defeated MikeMarchant's Cypriots 41/40.