:lol: This thread is really funny. It shows in the last post space in the main forum as "Turning to expose rear in . . ." as if people were meant to fill in the blank bit - the paddling pool? the back garden? a car window? Wargamers eh? What a bunch of weirdos! :lol: Well, turning to expo...

Returning to this topic, it occurs to me that there are some armies that are almost expected to have to assault difficult terrain. Take the Galatians for example. In most of my games so far, I have been forced into attacking some kind of difficult position; in one game, it is a forest, another was a...

I've had a few situations turn out like that and it is infuriating. What happens is there is something behind the enemy's main line (in this case slingers) which stops the enemy skirmishers from falling back through the line. They run parallel to it instead,and if your troops pursue up to the enemy'...

Good job Dan!

New Matches

Themed Event

Ludendorf...


vs harveylh
https://youtu.be/4BM35LKO1fc
Avar 558-631 AD, no allies
vs
Byzantines 600-649 AD, no allies.

vs harveylh
https://youtu.be/QcOvvmIxkWU
Byzantines 600-649 AD, no allies.
vs
Avar 558-631 AD, no allies

Come to think of it, the other battles are rather underutilised. Attack and Defend set ups could use more gameplay. (Does FOG II even have Attack/Defend? I'm not sure if that's just Pike and Shot/Sengoku.)

Just a quick stat from Classical Antiquity. So far this season there have been 234 results posted and only 3 of them have been 0-0 draws, which represents less than 1.5% of the total. I agree that 0-0 draws are hardly an issue as it is scored now as if both players have lost the match. Hmm... curio...

This sort of approaches the idea Richard was talking about from the side... but I did have the idea for a team based tournament that mixed players from different divisions together. You could have four six-person teams in a group, and each team could have an even distribution of Division A, B, C, D,...

The last one looks really nice. I can almost feel myself sweating under the hot Italian sun here.

New Match

Late Antiquity

SnuggleBunnies...


vs Triarii
https://youtu.be/xySdxdxTbYk
FoGII Digital League Season 8 - Late Antiquity Division A
Bosporan 11-375 AD with Roman 24-196 AD allies
vs
Arab, Bedouin 300-636 AD with Byzantine 579-599 AD allies

Themed Event semi-final Ludendorf (Byzantines 600-649 AD) defeats harveylh (Avar 558-631 AD) 61-39%. Enough to satisfy honour, but not enough to keep me in the tournament. Harvey dragged me over every rocky crag and through every deep foreboding forest and bog, my army dogged every step of the way b...

There's been quite a lot of discussion about 'camping' in this game; that is, sitting pretty on the best piece of defensive terrain on the map (usually near the map's edge) and refusing to give battle, in the hope that your opponent will be forced to attack you over the obstacles in order to engage ...

Video'll be up tomorrow most likely. Harvey gave me a harsh lesson on reality here.

Kushan please. Or maybe Vikings (Ireland) post 900AD. :twisted: *evil cackle* I'll have a look. What's the evil cackle for? (Squints suspiciously.) New Video. Galatians... Vs Lancers and Skirmishers (Sarmatians with Skythians). Opponent: pompeytheflatulent https://youtu.be/W0aI3GQQZmo

You could maybe make it a positive thing instead. If you push up the map and are fighting close to the enemy camp, then your troops get a cohesion bonus. It would make those risky assaults on bad terrain much more bearable.

Greetings everyone. I have started up a new series called Faction Spotlight. The object of this series of videos is to take a close look at factions which are particularly interesting, popular or perhaps underrated, and then see how they play against different army types. The idea is to really work ...

If you need any further encouragement, I just lost a critical match badly, and it was mainly due to my decision to launch a do-or-die attack with an inferior army against a veteran opponent who was more than ready for me. Sometimes, bunkering down is EXACTLY what you need to do. There are some army ...

New Match

Late Antiquity

SnuggleBunnies...


vs Questar17:
https://youtu.be/RkwF19ponXw
FoGII Digital League Season 8 - Late Antiquity Division A
Bosporan 11-375 AD with Roman 24-196 AD allies
vs
Ostrogoth 493-561 AD with Frankish 496-599 AD allies

Thanks for these AARs. I am really enjoying them and learning some of the finer points of game play. I was wondering if it is possible to break some of the longer games into 2 or more videos? Myself, I have satellite internet with limited data downloads. So I try to do my downloads using either Win...

I usually use a mixed cavalry/infantry formation with light cavalry support to hunt down horse armies. Infantry armies with at least some cavalry support usually get the better of the horse, and you can catch the horse as long as your cavalry are supported by infantry not far behind. (Unless you're ...