The Dustbin

[Cunningcairn]

Div A

Cunningcairn - Macedonian 328-321 BC beat Ulysisgrunt - Jewish 163-111 BC by 40% to 13%

[batesmotel]

Div C

Challenge (Khorasan w Dailami allies) posted for Ulysisgrunt's Khazars. Password ulysisgrunt.

PM sent.

Chris

[Cunningcairn]

Div A

Challenges posted for
klayeckles - Achaemenid Persian 419-329 BC
ruskicanuk - Indo-Greek 175-10 BC

PW - your username in lower case.

PM sent

[Cunningcairn]

Div A

Challenge posted for youngr - Roman 219-200 BC. PW youngr

PM sent

[devoncop]

Div B

devoncop (Dailami) beat Youngr (Sassanid Persians) 60% to 31%.

The hilly rocky desert map with a stream through the middle did the Persian Jumbo's no favours at all.

Thanks to Youngr for a great battle against the odds !

[deve]

Div B

deve (Persian) - General Shapur (Carthage) 61-55

gg

(3-1)

[youngr]

Division A

youngr (Sassanind) challenges rbodleyscott (Franks with Viking lackies), PM sent.

youngr (Sassanind) challenges nijis (Abbasid Arab), PM sent.

youngr (Sassanind) challenges MorkinTheFree (Romano-British), PM sent.

PW = snorky

Cheers
Richard

Sorry, that should be Division B!!!

[Barrold713]

Division B for Brave

Barrold713 and my rich Corinthian leather defeats General Shapur's Carthaginians 45-19

I will take the win, but if it had lasted another turn or so the score would have turned against me. Thanks for the match

BDH

[rexhurley]

Group 3

rexhurley (romans) defeats Morbio (Macedonian) 43/10

[General Shapur]

Division B

General Shapur - Carthaginian 550-411 BC defeats uneducated - Hebrew 681-586 BC - 43-14

Thanks for an enjoyable game

[General Shapur]

Div D

General Shapur - Kingdom of Soissons 461-486 AD challenges
eobrian2 - Kushan 130 BC-478 AD
lydianed - Gepid 493-567 AD
phoyle3290 - Jewish Revolt 66-135 AD
Rob123 - Romano-British 407-599 AD
SawyerK - Ptolemaic 55-30 BC

password 4321 - PM sent

[desertedfox]

Div C

desertedfox - Byzantine 988-1041 AD defeated Rob123 - Indian 320-545 AD 49 to 12.

Thx for a quick but none the less interesting game Rob.

[Geffalrus]

Div B

devoncop (Dailami) beat Youngr (Achaemenid Persians) 60% to 31%.

The hilly rocky desert map with a stream through the middle did the Persian Jumbo's no favours at all.

Thanks to Youngr for a great battle against the odds !

I think you mean - Sassanid - Persians.

[sunnyboy]

Division B

sunnyboy (Byzantine 740-903AD) beat devoncop (Dailami 928-1055 AD & Khorasanian 821-1003 AD Allies) 64-46

The fortunes of both sides waxed and waned over the course of the battle; the advantage early was with the Dailami who won the cavalry fight. However, the Byzantine skoutatoi crushed their opponents in the centre of the field and began plodding across the map trying to catch their nimbler opponents. Fortuitously on turn 24, the sole remaining unit of Tagmata lancers was able flank and rout a unit of Ghilman and a unit of light cavalry reaching the magical 60% at the death.

Thanks for an enjoyable game!

[SpeedyCM]

Division B

SpeedyCM - (Rus 960-1053 AD & Polish 966-1057 AD allies) defeated devoncop (Dailami 928-1055 AD & Khorasanian 821-1003 AD Allies) 45-12

[stockwellpete]

This is a no-brainer as far as I am concerned. The Allies feature is an excellent addition to FOG2 and I would recommend that we roll it out right across the tournament from Season 6. This season it is just being trialled in Early Middle Ages. The poll will run for 2 weeks and players may change their vote if they wish to.

[devoncop]

100% Yes from me.

[Geffalrus]

I like the option, even if there will be times when I will choose not to have allies for various reasons.

Edit: I will, of course, be lobbying for the Antigonids to get some Greek allies.

[SnuggleBunnies]

The one problem I see with the feature is that it can make armies less unique. For example the Viking army tends to be based on heavy infantry shieldwalls. Pick French allies, however, and you have effective heavy infantry and an effective heavy cavalry wing. Is increasing this level of army flexibility desirable? I'm not sure, it depends on what people are looking for in league play...

[Geffalrus]

The one problem I see with the feature is that it can make armies less unique. For example the Viking army tends to be based on heavy infantry shieldwalls. Pick French allies, however, and you have effective heavy infantry and an effective heavy cavalry wing. Is increasing this level of army flexibility desirable? I'm not sure, it depends on what people are looking for in league play...

It might make certain mono-chromatic army lists a bit more competitive or at least more likely to find use in the league. I'd consider the Illyrian list if it had access to Greek or Gallic allies providing heavy cavalry and/or heavy infantry.