The Dustbin

[Macedonczyk]

Division B

Macedonczyk(Byzantine+North Africa Arab) beat Nijis(Fatimid Egyptian) 50:24

A tough fight, the result of which was decided by the lucky attack of my lancers on the enemy lancers.
I don't think I've ever lost about 9 skirmishes in 3 turns. Ghilmans with good General can be very dangerous.

[rs2excelsior]

Division C

rs2excelsior (Carthaginian 550-411 BC with Greek, Western 460-381 BC allies) beat wmpryor (Lydian 550-546 BC) 60-35

A fun match against the Lydian army which I played last season. Both sides deployed similarly, my heavy infantry facing off against theirs in the center, with my cavalry on the right and my heavy chariots on the left, facing off against the fearsome Lydian lancers. I also deployed medium foot on either flank to help with either the infantry or cavalry fights, and take advantage of patches of rough ground to either end of the main battle.

The infantry battle started out with the skirmishers fighting over a small village just in front of the Lydian battle line, which delayed my attack in the center a bit as the skirmishers held up the hoplites. On the left, my African spearmen, Greek hoplites, and Spanish scutarii rolled over the Phrygian medium foot and raw Lydian hoplites. The right flank also made some success, but not quite as dramatic. On the flanks, the Lydian cavalry crushed both my own horse and the heavy chariots. However, both the Poeni medium foot generally being as obstructing as possible and on the right my cavalry retreating and drawing the lancers back away from the fight effectively kept the lancers from crashing into the rear of my engaged infantry. With the Lydian left gradually being broken and the center holding on well until I could envelop them with my own victorious left flank, I was afraid the lancers would arrive in time to turn the tide - but the remainder of the Lydian infantry dissolved almost at once. A few Lydian units rallied which drew out the end of the battle, but the lancers couldn't really charge unengaged spears frontally (and my mediums were still trying to lock them down as much as possible), and eventually enough skirmishers and cav were worn down to bring the battle to an end.

A screenshot of the end of the battle, where the Carthaginian line had turned and marched back to face the largest group of lancers. The location of the main infantry fight just north of the built-up area is visible.

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Good game to my opponent, whose Lydian hoplites weren't able to stand up against the variety of line infantry the Carthaginians can bring, and whose lancers were frustrated at every turn in their efforts to aid the main battle. Definitely an enjoyable fight!

[Triarii]

Division A

Three games posted one each for Nosye_Rat, Questar XLegione.
PMs sent with passwords.

1 Triarii – Arab, Bedouin 300-636 AD with Byzantine 579-599 AD allies vs Nosy_Rat – Hunnic, Western 376-454 AD
2 Triarii – Arab, Bedouin 300-636 AD with Byzantine 579-599 AD allies vs Questar17 - Ostrogoth 493-561 AD with Frankish 496-599 AD allies
3 Triarii – Arab, Bedouin 300-636 AD with Byzantine 579-599 AD allies vs XLegione - Roman 197-284 AD with Arab 312 BC-299 AD allies

Cheers

[Triarii]

Division A - 3 challenges

PMs sent with pw

1 Triarii - Jewish (64BC-6AD) with Roman (105BC-25BC) allies vs dkalenda - Pontic 110-85 BC
2 Triarii - Jewish (64BC-6AD) with Roman (105BC-25BC) allies vs Nosy_Rat - Indian 500 BC-319 AD
3 Triarii - Jewish (64BC-6AD) with Roman (105BC-25BC) allies vs Schweetness101 – Carthaginian, Hannibal in Italy 216-203 BC with Samnite 355-272 BC allies

Cheers

[Stormcrow]

Division E

Stormcrow Vikings 900-1049AD
VS
MadMaxBot Byzantine 988-1041 AD with Georgian 1008-1049 AD allies

Supervark Rus 960-1053 AD with Polish 966-1057 AD allies

PW: onward
PM sent

[batesmotel]

Divsion C

Challenge posted for phoyle3290's Huns vs my Bosporans. Password phoyle3290.

Chris

[Schweetness101]

Div B

Schweetness101 - Byzantine 551-578 AD
defeats
cromlechi - Roman 379-424 AD
47-21

gg to cromlechi

[Geoffrey.P.Smith]

Division F

Geoffrey.P.Smith - Lydian 550-546 BC with Greek 680-461 BC allies beat Morat - Roman 199-106 BC with Greek 227-146 BC allies 53-23

I did not think Lydia would prevail here, although ahead marginally in the main scrummage, these Eastern Romans had a Phalanx as well as the usual pre Marius legionaries, I thought they would hold indefinitely. Meanwhile I had sent the Lydian cavalry to their doom, flanking around behind the woods to smack into a detachment of triari & their elephant! I was lucky they drew off the elephant, plus when a pike unit broke through the Roman lines the triari were far away killing cavalry. Roman nerve broke suddenly as the pike units outflanked them.

Good fight thanks Morat.

[desertedfox]

Division A

desertedfox - Achaemenid Persian 545-481 BC defeated harveylh - Thracian 680-461 BC with Greek 680-551 BC allies 40 - 9.

A tough one for the Thracians as I had a good defensive position.

[Karvon]

Division B

Karvon (Roman 24 BC with Jewish allies) defeated cromlechi (Roman 379-424 AD) 64-47 for a 4-0 win.

Using a superiority in light foot to sweep through a large woods securing the enemy left, these in turn destroyed the enemy horse on that wing allowing our following heavies and mediums to turn the enemy left and fall upon some artillery in their rear. The enemy right supported by horse was attempting to do the same to our weaker left and were making significant progress. We then unleashed our horse reserve hidden in woods on our left which took the enemy assault in the flank and rear. Though our left mostly broke, we rolled up the enemy left and center breaking the army.

[Stormcrow]

Div F

Stormcrow Frankish 496-599 AD Allies Visgoth 419-621 AD

Challenges

Blagrot Breton 411-579AD

PM sent/password

[Stormcrow]

Div F

Stormcrow Frankish 496-599 AD Allies Visgoth 419-621 AD

Challenges

hyme Alan 25-650 AD

Morat Ostrogoth 493-561 AD Allies Frankish 496-599 AD

PM sent and password

[Najanaja]

Division D
Challenge up for ggarynorman - Indo-Greek 175BC-10 AD vs Najanaja - Roman 199-106 BC with Greek 227-146 BC allies
pw = gary
pm sent

[stockwellpete]

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[stockwellpete]

Weekly round-up
A decisive week in Division A where returnee Ludendorf (Hannibal in Africa) slammed the door shut on his challengers with 3 more wins to remain unbeaten and take the champion's spot. Snugglebunnies (Roman), Nosy-Rat (Indian), dkalenda (Pontic) and Triarii (Jewish) will now fight it out for the minor places. At the bottom Cunningcairn (Thracian) must win his last match against Morbio (Roman) to have any chance of avoiding relegation. There are still 3 players in Division B with 100% records. nyczar (Spartan) and XLegione (Roman) both have 5 straight wins while Questar17 (Ptolemaic) has 3 straight wins. Division C is very close with 8 points covering the top 8 places at the moment, but NikiforosFokas (Hannibal in Africa) is best placed with 4 wins from 4 starts. At the bottom MikeMarchant (Roman) and General Shapur (Seleucid) both desperately need points to avoid relegation. In Division D SLancaster (Lysimachid) has finished his matches unbeaten and posted a target of 28 points which means elrawen (Macedonian) needs 5 points from his matches against Bluefin (Syracusan) and Challenge1 (Roman) to win automatic promotion. BishUK (Achaemenid) still has a clear lead in Division E but baldrick52 (Indo-Parthian) remains in contention with a fourth win from 5 starts. A win for BishUK in his last match against rs2excelsior (Ptolemaic) will be enough to secure automatic promotion though. It is a 2 horse race in Division F where DanZanzibar (Carthaginian) has moved back to the top of the table after his sixth win from 7 starts. The only likely challenger now is Blagrot (Samnite) who has 4 wins from 5 matches. Brenmusik (Slave Revolt) is now odds-on favourite to secure the wooden spoon.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
Ludendorf (DIvision A) 9 matches and finished
nyczar (Division B) 5 matches
Questar17 (Division B) 3 matches
XLegione (Division B) 5 matches
NikiforosFokas (Division C) 4 matches
Swuul (Division C) 3 matches
Challenge1 (Division D) 6 matches
elrawen (Division D) 7 matches
SLancaster (Division D) 9 matches and finished
BishUK (Division E) 4 matches
Blagrot (Division F) 4 matches
DanZanzibar (Division F) 6 matches

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 34 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 24 out of 45 matches completed
Division C - 34 out of 45 matches completed
Division D - 29 out of 45 matches completed
Division E - 26 out of 45 matches completed
Division F - 33 out of 45 matches completed

These are excellent match completion rates.

Player of the week
Ludendorf (Division A) with 3 wins each this week to complete an unbeaten season on his return to the FOG2DL.

[stockwellpete]

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[General Shapur]

Division D

General Shapur Pictish 210-476 AD with Anglo-Saxon 449-599 AD allies draws with rs2excelsior Byzantine 551-578 AD 57:34

In the end all the cav proved to hard to catch for a complete victory

Cheers

(2-2)

[stockwellpete]

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[stockwellpete]

Weekly round-up
Not much change in Division A this week but In Division B hidde (Indian) is beginning to establish a clear lead now after his fifth successive win. Cunningcairn (Arab City) is the closest pursuer at the moment. In Division C both frontrunners IMC (Ancient British) and Challenge1 (Dacian) suffered defeats, which means only phoyle3290 (Western Huns) can now prevent IMC from gaining automatic promotion. In Division D a second defeat for Garokan (Bedouin) means that edb1815 (Breton) and bomber23 (Germanic Horse Tribes) are favourites now to fight it out for the automatic promotion place. In Division E DanZanzibar (Arab City) still has a healthy 10 point lead but Aetius39's (Palmyran) third straight victory has kept him very much in the contest. In Division F Warg1 (Arab City) suffered a shock defeat to bottom-placed Stormcrow in his last match, but he will win automatic promotion now unless hyme (Alan) wins all of his remaining 6 matches with maximum points.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
ConstantinIX (Division A) 6 matches
klayeckles (Division A) 4 matches
hidde (Division B) 5 matches
edb1815 (Division D) 5 matches
Aetius39 (Division E) 3 matches
DanZanzibar (Division E) 6 matches
Thunderbird (Division F) 6 matches and finished

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 23 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 24 out of 45 matches completed
Division C - 32 out of 45 matches completed
Division D - 27 out of 45 matches completed
Division E - 20 out of 45 matches completed
Division F - 31 out of 45 matches completed

These are generally good match completion rates, Division E is a bit slow.

Player of the Week: hidde (Division B) with 2 wins this week to extend his winning sequence to 5 matches.

[MikeMarchant]

Early Middle Ages - Division C

MikeMarchant (Ghaznavid 962-1187 AD with Turkish 600-1036 AD allies) Defeated ulysisgrunt (Viking, Ireland 900-1049 AD with Scots 851-1051 AD allies): 60/49

Bad luck, Danny.


Best Wishes

Mike