ROUND 26: THE QUEST FOR HEGEMONY Around the turn of the second millenium AD, the East Roman Empire under Basil II was growing in power, not seen since before the Muslim conquests. It had strengthened and expanded the Anatolian frontier but had been unable to crush the Bulgars and recover most of the...

iandavidsmith wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 16, 2021 7:30 am

fogman wrote: ↑

Tue Feb 16, 2021 12:40 am

Interestingly, I just noticed we started this whole journey 3 years ago! 51 battles later, we're still going strong. The year 1000 beckons.

That means we are all three years older !

Sic transit gloria mundi, I’m afraid.

Interestingly, I just noticed we started this whole journey 3 years ago! 51 battles later, we're still going strong. The year 1000 beckons.

challenges

Dorostolon
vs Allendeuce
pw: allen

Stilo
vs Londo
pw: londo

Matchups are now available. Enjoy. DOROSTOLON Rus vs Romans Fogman vs Allendeuce Iandavidsmith vs Mcfcivo Londo vs Iandavidsmith Mcfcivo vs Londo Edmund vs Fogman Allendeuce vs Edmund STILO Kalbids vs Germans Fogman vs Londo Iandavidsmith vs Fogman Londo vs Allendeuce Mcfcivo vs Edmund Edmund vs Ian...

ROUND 25: CHRISTIAN EMPIRES, ROMAN RIVALS When Otto I revived the imperial title in the West in 962, he did so as Roman emperor, thus challenging Constantinople as heir to classical Rome. Both empires were in their dynamic phase and on the offensive. Two large battles were the result of this age of...

the dark ages weren’t kind to scholarship

challenges

Tettenhall vs Edmund
pw: mercia

Lechfeld vs Mcfcivo
pw: bavaria

ROUND 24: SCOURGES OF THE WEST As the Carolingian era drew to a close, there emerged two great threats to the Christian West: one came from the waves and one from the steppes. The Norse came first to pillage then to conquer and settle down, especially in England, relying on their tough infantry. The...

FONTENOY Games shortened by turns bug Louis & Charles (fogman) 38/74 vs Lothair (iandavidsmith) 63/84 Louis & Charles (londo) 30/74 vs Lothair (fogman) 52/84 -------------------- RAYY Abbasid (fogman) 60/60 vs Khurasanian (allendeuce) 22/42 Abbasid (edmund) 61/60 vs Khurasanian (fogman) 36/42 ------...

hmm you’re right, at least for multiplayer games. Turn number can be seen in mp lobby so no need to type it. That’s how Pike & Shot counts turns as I discovered when writing scenarios for that game. Well, that’s a problem. It’s an easy fix; and because the scenarios are under 12 turns, they can be s...

Slitherine / fieldofglory scenarios

allendeuce has posted challenges for mcfcivo and iandavidsmith. please check mail for passwords.

Challenges

Rayy v2
Abbasids (fogman) vs Khurasanians (allendeuce)
pw: allen

Fontenoy
Lothair (fogman) vs Louis & Charles (londo)
pw: londo

RAYY 811 v2 (be sure to play version 2) ABBASIDS vs KHURASANIANS Edmund vs Fogman Londo vs Edmund Fogman vs Allendeuce Iandavidsmith vs Mcfcivo Mcfcivo vs Londo Allendeuce vs Iandavidsmith ---------------------------------- FONTENOY 841 LOTHAIR vs LOUIS&CHARLES Edmund vs Allendeuce Londo vs Iandavi...

I’ll post the challenges this weekend. I work in education and with the covid thing it’s been wild.
In the meantime, i have uploaded version 2 of Rayy. The first move in that scenario is really crucial, so try out different avenues of attack playing solo.

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.