The Dustbin

[stockwellpete]

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[SpeedyCM]

Division C

SpeedyCM - Papal 1200-1319 AD with Italian (Guelf) 1200-1319 AD allies defeated Morat - Bohemian 1200-1319 AD with Hungarian 1200-1319 AD allies 58-31.

[stockwellpete]

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[stockwellpete]

Weekly round-up
Division A will be decided by the outcome of the match between harveylh (Berber Morabit) and Nosy_Rat (Andalusian) who both have chances of becoming the champion of High Middle Ages. In Division B Triarii (Portuguese) posted a fifth win to move to within a point of CyberHetman (Berber Murabit) and one of these 2 players will take the automatic promotion place. At the bottom both Karvon (Free Canton) and paulmcneil (Byzantine) are still looking for their first points of the season. Captainwaltersavage (German) finished up with a seventh win in Division C to set a target of 28 points. The only player who can beat it is kraff (Sword Brethren) who needs 13 points from his last 4 matches. In Division D another win for Marvin_The_Arvn has kept him in with a chance to catch TaBai (Castilian) and Kroche (English) still has a 100% record. In Division E Tratmot's (German) sixth win means he needs just 2 points from his last 2 games to take second place.

Unbeaten runs of 3 matches or more
CyberHetman (Division B) 5 matches
Triarii (Division B) 5 matches
Captainwaltersavage (Division C) 4 matches and finished
Kroche (Division D) 3 matches
MarvinTheArvn (Division D) 4 matches

Match completion rate (45 matches in total to be played in each division)
Division A - 40 out of 45 matches completed
Division B - 28 out of 45 matches completed
Division C - 38 out of 45 matches completed
Division D - 27 out of 45 matches completed
Division E - 42 out of 45 matches completed

Divisions A, C and E have good match completion rates, Divisions B and D are slow.

Player of the Week: Nosy_Rat (Division A) with 2 wins.

[stockwellpete]

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[Blagrot]

Divison D

Blagrot - Arab Conquest 638-684 AD challenges
deeter - Byzantine 551-578 AD
Delbruck - Vikings (Ireland) 900-1049 AD with Scots allies 851-1051 AD
General Shapur - Norman 923-1040 AD

PW: Battle

[Blagrot]

Division D

Blagrot - Germanic/Gothic Horse Tribes 260-492 AD with Dacian (Carpi) 107-380 AD allies challenges sarmation – Sassanid Persian 350-476 AD with Arab (Bedouin) 300-636 AD allies

PW: Battle

[Blagrot]

Division D

Blagrot - Roman 199-106 BC with Spanish 330-10 BC allies challenges deeter - Seleucid 301-206 BC

PW :Battle

[Blagrot]

Division D

Blagrot - Mongol (Europe) 1223-1241 AD challenges
carpenkm - Anglo-Norman 1072-1154 AD with Welsh (North) 1100-1295 AD allies
Kroche - English 1155-1271 AD

PW: Battle

[Stew101]

Division A

Stew101 - Etruscan 330-280 BC with Gallic allies 300-101 BC beat klayeckles - Ptolemaic 55-30 BC with Roman 105-25 BC allies.

Score: 60 - 43.

Thanks for the game.

[TomoeGozen]

Division C
TomoeGozen (Achaemenid Persia 480 - 461 BC) challenges Ironclad (Carthaginian - Hannibal in Italy - 216 - 203 BC with Bruttian/Lucanian 420 -203 BC allies) , PM sent.

[Kroche]

Division D

Kroche (English 1155-1271AD) challenges Trogilus (Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD with Rus 1155-1264 AD allies)

1200pts
pw match
pm sent

[Challenge1]

Division A

Challenge1 - Carthaginian (Hannibal in Africa) 202 BC defeated Morbio - Samnite 355-272 BC 60-49

Carnage reigned as the Carthaginians managed to hold off the Samnite onslaught and win a very bloody encounter by the smallest of margins.

[carpenkm]

Div D
Carpenkm Anglo-Norman 1072-1154 AD with Welsh (North) 1100-1295 AD allies (1200) challenges Trogilus - Baltic Tribes 1050-1283 AD with Rus 1155-1264 AD allies (1600)

1200 pts pw Last
pm sent

[Geffalrus]

Division A

Geffalrus (Antigonid) defeats harveylh (Gauls and Samnites) 49-18

The Antigonids took an early lead in the skirmishing fight, but the Gauls caught up after their Samnite allies stormed the artillery hill on the right and swarmed the thureos and lancers on the left. Unwilling to wait for the Gauls cheeky chariots to arrive in their rear, the Antigonid phalanx surged forward to attack in the center. This time around, RNGesus was with them in them in the impact phase, and pikes could proceed to stab the warbands to death in the melee phases. The 96 point veteran pikes more than earned their keep when they broke multiple warbands in a row, causing some cohesion cascades. Good game as always to harvey - this time around, I just got the good luck at the right time.

The final clash of pikes and warbands begins.

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[Conteshard]

Division C

Conteshard - Sicilian 1200-1266 AD beats SpeedyCM - Papal 1200-1319 AD with Italian (Guelf) 1200-1319 AD allies 67-38

[Tratmot]

Division D

Tratmot (Arab Umayyad) beat LunarFoxx (Viking Ireland) 63-54

(3-1)

[deeter]

Division C

Deeter (Phoenician) defeats Captainwaltersavage (Babylonian) 64-55

A real see-saw battle which resulted in the few surviving Babylonian Guards being relegated to menial tasks around my palace.

Deeter

(3-1)

[Captainwaltersavage]

Division D

Captainwaltersavage - Achaemenid Persian 480-461 BC with Greek 680-461 BC allies defeats Conteshard - Armenian Tigranes 83-69 BC with Pontic 84-47 AD allies 43:16

As might be expected from these two armies we set up on a dusty plain divided into two levels - low and flat on the left and on the right (in an almost equal split of the battlefield) a raised plateau with lots of rough areas and and some woods. On the far left was a small hill with rough to its front (closer to me). Expecting a lot of cavalry I brought the Greek spears and plenty of my own cavalry. I decided to press forward across the high broken ground on the right, using my sparabara and immortals to dominate the rough areas and the spears dodging through on the clear sections. Also hoping I might get some heigth advantage battles looking down from the plateau. All my cavalry provided support on the far right wing. I decided to hang back on the left as it would be touch and go whether I could reach the small hill and I would have nowhere to go if I took it. The Armenians brought a wide selection of troops but put most of their cavalry on the high plateau, supported by some medium troops and all their heavy troops (phalanx, warband, legionnaries) looked keen to crush me on the plain. It all went right for me. The bow armed troops peppered the Armenians and started disrupting units, both high and low. A deadly phalanx on the lower plain was flanked when my reserve pounced from the edge of the high area. The enemy Cataphracts and cavalry were variously shot at, ZOC locked, by archers in rough ground, or by the Greek spears. An early break of some cataphracts caused disruption on another two cataphract units and it was then a race to see how many units I could kill before my weak left collapsed. The game was over just as the Armenian general burst through my left flank and that good timing meant the Persians survived relatively intact. A great game to finish - made me think that I might be getting the hang of this army setup. Great fun once again. Looking forward to the next season already.

[Barrold713]

Division D for Distinguished

Barrold713 (Sword Brethren) defeats carpenkm (Anglo-Norman) 54-29

Thanks for the match
Cheers
BDH