Little Wars IV - Final Results

[Karvon]

Players only need to report raw scores; my spreadsheet automates the calculation when I enter the game results.

I've updated the rules for scoring to make it more explicit.

Sorting for ranking:

1. Points scored - descending
2. Wins - descending
3. Losses - ascending
4. Point allowed ascending

Karvon

[principesromanes]

Ancients

principesromanes (Achaemenid Persians 545-481 BC) defeats angusosborne (Samnite 355-272 BC with Gallic 300-101 BC allies) 67-51

The Persians anchored one flank of their line on a small hill and awaited the fierce charge of the Samnite warriors, peppering them with arrows as they approached. The Persian chariot sallied forth, disrupting the Samnite charge on one flank. Along with a disrupt from bow fire, the Samnite right was checked and started to crumble. Meanwhile, the Persian right was also quickly crumbling - a disrupt suffered attempting a risky fallback not helping the situation. Oddly enough, many units on both sides chose to fight on a round or two after fragmenting. Their stubbornness merely delayed each wing's collapse a round or two.

There was a brief lull as each army's victorious wing pivoted to rejoin the fight. The Persians - with their arrows - were more than willing to extend this period of relative tranquility, but the Samnite's quickly charged in. With most units locked in melees it was a question of which units would get ground down first. The Persian chariots were in a very long slugging match with some Samnite cavalry, which they kept up to the very end. The Samnite's still had another unit of lose cavalry that was held off with by a few Sapabara. The cavalry never managed to engage, but its threat allowed the Samnite slingers and javelin men to pick at the Persian infantry with impunity. In the end though, a Persian Immortal broke in the centre just before the Persians could set up some flanks. Unfortunately, this wasn't quite enough for the Samnite's - there were just one too many units of Sapabara still around to threaten flank attacks and ultimately force a risky fallback that went badly. That was just enough for the Persians to seal the match, with both sides very much lacking in units at the end.

Oh, and I'm pretty sure the Persian chariots are still fighting the Samnite cavalry somewhere in an eternal battle.

Thanks for the game - well played.

[principesromanes]

Ancients

principesromanes (Achaemenid Persians 545-481 BC) defeats Indibil (Roman 425-492 AD with Hunnic (Western) 455-599 AD allies) 51-0

The map heavily favoured the Persians on this one - not a lot of open space for the Hunnic cavalry to try to circle the Persian infantry. The Romans had few other options besides to charge. Unfortunately, the Persian firepower was just too strong.

Thanks for the game - this was not an easy matchup for the Romans and the terrain did them no favours.

[heidipie]

heidipie defeated sawyerk , egypt over thrace, 29 to 55

close game , some luck with chariots !

[heidipie]

heidipie irish defeated blagrot french 49 to 65.....

[heidipie]

heidipie deffeated rockmanbob123 Teutons 43 to 63....nasty stream in middle of field helped irish kill two knights plus the anglo mercenary longbows weaked sname a lot

thaks for the game

[Najanaja]

Najanaja (Thracian) defeated rockmanbob123 - (fatimid Egyptian)
54-26

[Karvon]

Ancients

Karvon - Huns (Western) 376 AD w German Horse Tribe allies defeated ulysisgrunt - Antigonid 51 - 23.

The Antigonids initially retreated into their right corner of the board, where their flanks and part of their front were secured by several strips of trees along the edges and front and a couple of hamlets.

We very cautiously probed with our light horse and found the woods and hamlets defended by a mix of light and medium foot, a nearly impossible position for us to really assault. He had a phalanx and several cavalry in the open between these various obstacles.

With a little bit of clever maneuvering, we managed to flush out and dispose of a couple of his lights and flanked and disrupted a more exposed medium. This prompted him to sortie out with his pikes and cavalry.

We rather quickly ganged up on his exposed horse, though some of them put up a pretty stubborn fight.

We eventually destroyed all of his horse, and enough of his lights and mediums, to break his army - though we lost a few of our own horse in the process.

Karvon

[chee006]

Medieval

chee006 (Mongol Europe 1223) defeated Indibill (Cantalan Company 1332))

In a fierce confrontation on the battlefield of Medieval Europe, the Mongols clashed with the valiant Catalina Company. Despite facing a formidable opponent, the Mongols displayed their legendary prowess in warfare. Through cunning tactics and unparalleled skill, they swiftly gained the upper hand, overwhelming the Catalina Company with a final score of 67 to 29. This victory solidified the Mongols' reputation as unmatched conquerors, leaving a lasting imprint on the pages of history.

[Karvon]

chee006 (Mongol Europe 1223) defeated Indibill (Cantalan Company 1332))

You need to post the final raw scores.

Regards,

Karvon

[Karvon]

Ok, I've double-checked the posted results and here are the current standings as of today. As we're a month into the tournament, you should ideally have completed about a third of your matches at this point. So, if you haven't, you'd best try to speed things up a bit.

[Karvon]

Here are the matrix tables with points for reported matches.

[chee006]

Sorry why do I have loss. I’ve completed one game which is a win for me against Inibill.

[Karvon]

Sorry why do I have loss. I’ve completed one game which is a win for me against Inibill.

Hmm, reviewing my spreadsheet, I seemed to have miscopied one line in the game log, which inadvertently listed one of your posted games as finished.

As I posted above, you need to provide the raw scores of your finished game when you post results as I need that info to calculate the points scored in the tournament. Please edit your earlier post with that information. You correct current score will be included in the next update next week.

Karvon

[markwatson360]

Hi Karvon, there is an error in my results. I lost my game against Heidipie (medieval), score was 50-25. I'm listed as winning this game 6-1 but it should be the other way round. Cheers Mark

[Karvon]

Hi Karvon, there is an error in my results. I lost my game against Heidipie (medieval), score was 50-25. I'm listed as winning this game 6-1 but it should be the other way round. Cheers Mark

OK, I'll fix it.

Karvon

[chee006]

Sorry why do I have loss. I’ve completed one game which is a win for me against Inibill.

Hmm, reviewing my spreadsheet, I seemed to have miscopied one line in the game log, which inadvertently listed one of your posted games as finished.

As I posted above, you need to provide the raw scores of your finished game when you post results as I need that info to calculate the points scored in the tournament. Please edit your earlier post with that information. You correct current score will be included in the next update next week.

Karvon

I have updated my last post with the loss score which I assume is what you wanted.

Also attached is the screenshot of the results incase if that's not what you were looking for,

[principesromanes]

Ancients

principesromanes (Achaemenid Persians 545-481 BC) defeats Blagrot (Byzantine 551-578 AD) 48-0

The Byzantine cavalry valiantly charged the much weaker Persian cavalry. Unfortunately, the Persian army delivered volley after volley of arrows to the charging horse. The Persian cavalry played their part by turning their noses and running off, leaving the Byzantine cavalry unable to escape the sky of arrows with the cover of a favourable melee.

Thanks for the game.

Edit: I see this one is already in the spreadsheet? I'm a bit delayed in reporting this, but not sure how it already ended up in the spreadsheet.

[principesromanes]

Ancients

principesromanes (Achaemenid Persians 545-481 BC) defeats ulysisgrunt (Antigonid 320-301 BC) 65-46

The Persians aimed to defend on a small, low rise with two little patches of rough. Things didn't quite go according to plan. Namely, a unit of immortals decided to step forward to hold a little village, figuring the Antigonid cavalry and heavy foot would be forced to disrupt their march to avoid some very unfavourable combat. Unfortunately, the Antigonids had brought two units of medium foot that engaged the immortals in the village. The Antigonid foot lost decisively, but it was long enough to allow the powerful phalanxes to slip past, causing significant damage to the lighter Persian infantry. Coupled with the Antigonid cavalry succeeding at engaging in the open - instead of the rough - in their flanking attempts on the hill, things were looking a little rough for the Persians. The angle on which the battle was joined made it very hard for the Persians to use superior numbers to set up flanking opportunities. In the end, the Persians were saved by the tenacious fighting of their Immortals. Even so, if even a single unit of Antigonid cavalry hadn't been so zealous in its pursuit, the battle could have turned out differently.

Thanks for the game.

[Karvon]

I have updated my last post with the loss score which I assume is what you wanted.

Also attached is the screenshot of the results incase if that's not what you were looking for,

What you need to report is the raw score displayed on the battlefield, the one you see when you opt to review, not the last screen, as that is a modified one, taking into account adjustment of losses to both winning and losing sides for pursuit and recovery of casualties.

Thanks

Karvon