Talas Londo (ABBA fans) 54/73 - Ian (Orange Cordial enthusiasts) 75/73 I didn't like the idea of attacking the Tang infantry line head-on across the broken ground. (Fogman, does it represent field fortifications?) And particularly I couldn't see a role for the Abbasid cavalry doing so. So Ziyad and...

Battle files

Rayy 811 Fontenoy 841

ROUND 23: BROTHERLY STRIFE At the dawn of the 9th century, the two most powerful empires in the ‘known world’ were that of the Carolingians and that of the Abbasids. But succession struggles were brewing. The Muslim world was torn first, in 811, by the struggle between the brothers Al Amin and Al Ma...

guadalete

umayyad (fogman) 31/32
wisigoth (allendeuce) 54/52

fogman 10.4
allendeuce 9.7

close call as the umayyad infantry was able to close in on the wisigothic infantry in the nick of time.

challenges

guadalate vs allendeuce
pw: allen

talas vs edmund
pw: edmund

ian, huskie’s challenge for guadalate (15 july) is for you.

we were just waiting for Londo and Edmund to finish up smashing me. Now that’s done...

MATCHUPS ARE UP FOR THE NEW ROUND. SEE 27 JUNE POST.

Londo wrote: ↑

Sun Jun 28, 2020 10:14 pm

Fogman, I noticed that this scenario is quite different from your earlier Yarmuk. Am I correct in thinking that the recent scenario represents the final, decisive day of the battle, whereas the earlier Yarmuk covers one of the previous days?

Yes. The earlier scenario was a bit convoluted.

Battle files

GUADALATE RIVER 711 TALAS 751

ROUND 22: LAST CHARGE OF THE ARABS After the destruction of the Sasanians and the reduction of the Roman empire 634-654, the Arabic expansion paused due to the first civil war that saw the establishment of the Umayyad dynasty to the detriment of the family of the prophet. It resumed by the end of th...

Yarmouk

Romans (fogman) 68/92 vs Arabs (mcfcivo) 70/67
fogman 10.4
mcfcivo 7.4

Arabs (fogman) 57/67 vs Romans (iandavidsmith) 92/92
fogman 10
iandavidsmith 8.5

Yarmouk River - thanks for the game Huskie! Londo (Arabs) 59/67 - Huskie (Romans) 93/92 Fogman, a question about Arab infantry. In the standard game, they're almost all identical "Warrior" HF spearmen. However in your scenarios, there are two types - protected HF def spear, and unprotected MF with ...

Challenges:

Aqraba vs londo
pw: londo


Yarmouk vs mcfcivo
pw: civo

MATCHUPS ARE UP, see 3 May’s post.

There have been tougher markers to prevent people from going their direction. but those are probably the toughest you have to attack frontally.

We will start the next round by next weekend. Have a look at the scenarios by playing solo. Huskie you’re still in?

can I have an update on the status of your games?
jim, you can post our result.

Scenario files.

Fm Aqraba 632 ---

Fm Yarmouk River 636

ROUND 21: THE SWORD OF ALLAH Seemingly out of nowhere, the 7th century saw the birth of a vast empire. The energy and belligerence of the desert tribes of Arabia, united by Islam, were channelled into wars of conquests of astonishing speed and efficiency, much of it due to superior military leadersh...

some close games

SOLACHON
Romans (74/80) vs Sasanians (82/80)
fogman 10.3
iandavidsmith 9.3

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TAGINAE
Romans (36/40) vs Ostrogoths (34/34)
fogman 10.0
Edmund 9.0

also, when you look for the scenario inside the game, it is under the ‘custom game’ tab (game type)

we’re using the original (version 1.8.1). I have mac, and i download and unzip it in documents/slitherine/fieldofgloryScenarios. not having all the dlc is not an issue.