The Dustbin

[markwatson360]

Division A

Pantherboys Bretons gefeated my Byzantines, a result from a couple of days ago, I think he might have forgotten to post it. score 59-28

[stockwellpete]

If you are on the current reserve list, just to let you know that the first Time Control check is next Friday, February 22nd, so it is worth checking the forum next weekend. We already have one player who has entered Classical Antiquity Division D and Biblical Division C who may have stopped playing.

[KiFi]

Division D

KiFi (Romans 105-25 BC) challenges phoyle3290 (Macedonians 320-261 BC). PM sent

Password: legion

[SLancaster]

Div C

SLancaster (Macedonians 320-261 BC) challenges Tresantes (Achaemenid Persians 480-461 BC). Password is tony.

[pantherboy]

Division A

pantherboy (Bretons) beat markwatson360 (Byzantines) 59-28

Sorry I forgot to post.

[pantherboy]

Division A

pantherboy (Bretons) beat Cunningcairn (Dacians) 48-18

[edb1815]

Division C:

edb1815 (Arab City 300-633) defeats cromlechi (Pontic 110-85) 61% - 52%

A well fought battle by cromlechi that swung wildly one way and then the other with an over abundance of rallies on both sides. One more turn would likely have resulted in mutual destruction.

(3-1)

[stockwellpete]

Yaitz331 has opened my PM this afternoon. No reply received as yet.

[Geffalrus]

Division D

Geffalrus (Antigonids) defeats Kifi (Romans) 42-14. The flat and open terrain greatly benefited the powerful cavalry forces of the heirs of Alexander.

Initial army dispositions:

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[harveylh]

Division A

harveylh - Romans 105-25 BC defeats nyczar - Greeks 227-146 BC , 42-17.

A hard fought tough game and closer than the score indicates. Two legionary units were fragged when the game ended. The Greeks put pressure on both flanks and the center. Fortunately raw Roman legionaries fought off the lancers on one flank and more experienced legionaries held on against the pikes just long enough to keep the center from collapsing. On the other flank, the legionaries were able to successfully counterattack the Greek MI and that was the difference. Thanks for the game and advice.

[Breogan]

Division A

Breogan (Sertorian) defeats Cunningcairn (Dacians) 56-31

[Breogan]

Division A

Breogan (Sertorian) defeats harveylh (Jewish) 56-26

[Rob123]

Div D

Rob123 (Roman) challenges Brenmusik ( Slave Revolt)


Password is lastone PM sent

[Karvon]

Division D

Karvon (Graeco-Bactrians 250-130 BC) defeated SawyerK (Pontics 281-111 BC) 46-10.

[harveylh]

Division A

harveylh - Jewish Revolt 66-135 AD defeats Nijis - Palmyran 258-273 AD, 55-29

Good game as the Palmyran skirmishers and cataphracts were well handled causing the Zealots fits and the Roman legionary units just wouldn’t die.

[jjaquemond]

Thanks for posting Pete, apologies, I had to leave on a work retreat immediately after our battle. Merci encore for taking over the vacant spot/ and for the great match! Yes, Clovis fleeing the battle even as his army won the center! high drama indeed

[hidde]

Group 3

Vouille

hidde (Franks) beat Triarii (Visigoths) 65-36

Clever maneuvering and favorable results for the Visigoths as the fighting began made Clovis sweat in his saddle.
The better quality of the Franks and some flank attacks with subsequent domino effect turned the table.

[harveylh]

Division A

harveylh (Median 626-550 BC) defeats markwatson360 (Lydian 550-546 BC) 40-9.

The terrain precluded effective use of the Lydian lancers and good scouting by the Medes discovered an ambush in the woods which would have made it a much closer and different game. And the dice gods were not kind to the Lydians at the end of the game.

[stockwellpete]

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[stockwellpete]

Weekly round-up
Two wins for harveylh (Romans) this week has seen him move to the top of Division A but four players are still to post a result so positions do not mean too much at the moment. It has been busier in Division B where Hendricus (Romans) has completed his fixtures and set a reasonable target of 24 points to beat. devoncop (Hannibal in Africa) is 8 points behind but still has 3 matches to play while IMC (Jewish), SpeedyCM (Greeks) and XLegione (Galatians) have all made promising starts and may be able to develop a challenge for the promotion places. Najanaja (Hannibal in Italy) secured his third win to close the gap on deve (Ptolemaics) to 5 points in Division C with both cromlechi (Seleucids) and SLancaster (Macedonians) just 3 points further back after both players have started with 2 wins from 3 matches. The results have been coming in from Division B at a frantic pace this week. sunnyboy (Spanish) has extended his winning run to 5 matches and his closest challenger is Karvon (Graeco-Bactrians) who is unbeaten in 3 starts. Yaitz331 (Jewish) has stopped playing and has been replaced by blobka (army to be advised).

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
deve (Division C) 4 matches
Najanaja (Division C) 3 matches
General Shapur (Division D) 3 matches
Karvon (Division D) 3 matches
sunnyboy (Division D) 5 matches

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 5 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 16 out of 45 matches completed
Division C - 13 out of 45 matches completed
Division D - 20 out of 45 matches completed

These are very good match completion rates. Division A is slow.

Player of the week
sunnyboy and Karvon (both Division D) who both won twice this week to maintain their unbeaten records.