Vae Victis III - Bellum Italicum: Closed

[kronenblatt]

The following battles have been concluded so far
1. kronenblatt (army 1) wins against batesmotel (army 10) 44 - 18.
2. Sutrium: Aetius39 (army 2) wins against Giacofa93 (Etruscan) 47 - 18.
3. Histonium: GeneralKostas (army 3) wins against carpenkm (Illyrian or Apulian) 41 - 13.
5. Pisaurum: Rosedelio (army 5) wins against shane30 (Illyrian) 46 - 3.
6. shane30 (army 6) wins against dragmio (army 13) 40 - 7.
8. Camarina: Giacofa93 (army 8) wins against TomoeGozen (Syracusan) 42 - 11.
9. Florentia: deeter (army 9) wins against dragmio (Etruscan) 41 - 4.
11. Cingulum: TheGrayMouser (army 11) wins against carpenkm (Umbrian) 58 - 28.
12. Thurium: TomoeGozen (army 12) wins against shane30 (Lucanian or Greek) 45 - 19.
14. Karvon (army 14) loses against shane30 (army 6) 43 - 60.
15. Panormus: SpeedyCM (army 15) wins against markleslie (Carthaginian) 66 - 41.
16. Populonia: Doyley50 (army 16) wins against Aetius39 (Etruscan) 49 - 16.
17. Terventum: carpenkm (army 17) wins against Karvon (Samnite) 64 - 40.
18. Tarquinii: Dreddradish (army 18) wins against Doyley50 (Etruscan) 40 - 5.

This one is still remaining as far as I can tell
13. dragmio (army 13) versus Karvon (army 14).
=> How is it progressing?

[Karvon]

This one is still remaining as far as I can tell
13. dragmio (army 13) versus Karvon (army 14).
=> How is it progressing?

Karvon's Greeks defeated dragmio's Lucanians 41-4.

We massed our lights, closely supported by our horse, and overwhelmed and dispersed the Lucanian cavalry, light foot and a couple of supporting medium foot on the Lucanian right in and around a couple of small forests. The rest of Lucanian army retreated to a defensive position on their far left with their right anchored on a wooded edge and a village.

Our own massed heavy infantry slowly formed up and slowly but surely invested their position concentrating on their more isolated right. Our generals lead a three pronged attack along the line which disrupted and drove back the Lucanians at a couple of points, but final elimination of the last couple of scattered survivors on their far right led to the army collapse before further damage could be done.

[kronenblatt]

Great! Then all games are concluded. I’ll do the admin when back on Tuesday.

[kronenblatt]

1. kronenblatt (army 1) wins against batesmotel (army 10) 44 - 18.
2. Sutrium: Aetius39 (army 2) wins against Giacofa93 (Etruscan) 47 - 18.
3. Histonium: GeneralKostas (army 3) wins against carpenkm (Illyrian or Apulian) 41 - 13.
5. Pisaurum: Rosedelio (army 5) wins against shane30 (Illyrian) 46 - 3.
6. shane30 (army 6) wins against dragmio (army 13) 40 - 7.
8. Camarina: Giacofa93 (army 8) wins against TomoeGozen (Syracusan) 42 - 11.
9. Florentia: deeter (army 9) wins against dragmio (Etruscan) 41 - 4.
11. Cingulum: TheGrayMouser (army 11) wins against carpenkm (Umbrian) 58 - 28.
12. Thurium: TomoeGozen (army 12) wins against shane30 (Lucanian or Greek) 45 - 19.
13. dragmio (army 13) loses against Karvon (army 14) 4 - 41.
14. Karvon (army 14) loses against shane30 (army 6) 43 - 60.
15. Panormus: SpeedyCM (army 15) wins against markleslie (Carthaginian) 66 - 41.
16. Populonia: Doyley50 (army 16) wins against Aetius39 (Etruscan) 49 - 16.
17. Terventum: carpenkm (army 17) wins against Karvon (Samnite) 64 - 40.
18. Tarquinii: Dreddradish (army 18) wins against Doyley50 (Etruscan) 40 - 5.

[kronenblatt]

Victorious armies
kronenblatt #1, Aetius39 #2, GeneralKostas #3, Rosedelio #5, shane #6, Giacofa93 #8, deeter #9, TheGrayMouser #11, TomoeGozen #12, SpeedyCM #15, Doyley50 #16, carpenkm #17, Dreddradish #18
=> Please PM me if you want to move into the hex of the conquered structures or defeated armies (unless already located there). (I will not move.)

Losing armies
batesmotel #10, Karvon #14
=> Please PM me if you want to reappear in any hex other than that of of your capital, and then in which hex.

Eliminated factions and armies
dragmio #13
=> You and your faction has been eliminated due to losing your capital but can resurface, if you want to, as another faction somewhere else on the map in another Town or City. Please PM me then with 3 suggested Towns or Cities.


From the rules
A player's army having:

• lost a battle is removed from its hex and placed:
  • in the hex of an owned structure along its logistics line closest (in number of hexes) to where it lost the battle, or (failing that)
  • in a hex adjacent to its capital (farthest away from any other armies, if no instructions are given).
  • In both the cases, the army is not allowed to be placed within the ZoC of an army from another player, and if there are no available hexes to be placed in, the army is irrevocably eliminated and permanently removed from the map.

• drawn a battle moves 2 hexes away from the armies it fought, even if it means moving into the ZoC of an army from another player.

• won a battle either remains in its hex or (if giving explicit instructions thereto) moves into the adjacent hex previously occupied by a removed losing enemy army or into the adjacent hex of the Town or City that it just gained ownership of. If more than one army wishes to move into the same hex, the army with the lowest incurred casualties will make the move and if a tie the army with the highest inflicted casualties will make the move. If still a tie, no army will move into that hex.

A player is considered eliminated when his army has been irrevocably removed from the map and he owns no Towns and Cities at all. An eliminated player may, if he so desires and after agreement with the administrator, starting out anew in the tournament, with a new culture in a new Town or City, not owned by any other player, with his current army strength increased by 100 FP.

[kronenblatt]

Reinforcement of army strength
"A player army that has not lost a battle during the round and ends its move (including movement after drawn or won battle) within the ZoC of a structure that the player has owned throughout the round will reinforce its army strength."

• markleslie (army #4): +16 FP due to being in the Town of Tauromenium.

• dim30 (army #7): +16 FP due to being in the Town of Canusium.

"New" kid on the block

• dragmio(army #13): Reappears with his army in his capital of the Greek City of Crotona. Welcome back!

• Any additional players will either enter in the Syracusan City of Syracusae or the Italic Tribal Town of Potentia. Just so that you know. Unless you, as existing players, or they, as new, have other suggestions.

[kronenblatt]

Time has come for round 5's order giving and movement instructions and the 12 MP each of your armies have.

Please send to me through replying to my PM by Thursday April 28 (9 PM, Swedish time) at the latest, and just as a simple sequence of individual moves (e.g., 2 4 2 6 0 6), with no other symbols in between, only blanks (for easy copy-pasting by the administrator). I will not open the PMs from any of you guys until I've published my own movement instructions for army #1.

For details, please check Giving orders and Movement in the RULES.

Any questions? Please ask them in this thread, for everyone else to see question and answer.

Don't worry: we'll all still hold each other's hands to get to know and understand the rules, etc., together. This is for fun, after all!

[kronenblatt]

[kronenblatt]

In 6 of this round's 10 battles, randomised opponents need to be drawn. Results below, based on each player's army getting a random number between 0 and 1, ranking them based on that random number and thus obtaining an opponent where needed. (Redraws are made until no player's army (whether needing a random opponent or not) will be drawn itself as opponent.)

[kronenblatt]

1. B Cumae: kronenblatt (army 1, 1400 FP) versus batesmotel (Samnite or Campanian, 1200 FP).
2. B Caere: Aetius39 (army 2, 1400 FP) versus Dreddradish (Roman, 1000 FP).
3. A GeneralKostas (army 3, 1239 + 30 FP) versus carpenkm (army 17, 1332 FP). GeneralKostas sets up.
6. B Rhegium: shane30 (army 6, 1400 FP) versus deeter (Greek, 1200 FP).
7. B Luceria: dim30 (army 7, 1400 FP) versus SpeedyCM (Apulian, 1200 FP).
8. B Syracusae: Giacofa93 (army 8, 1400 FP) versus Karvon (Syracusan, 1200 FP).
9. B Volaterrae: deeter (army 9, 1400 FP) versus Aetius39 (Etruscan, 1200 FP).
11. B Ancona: TheGrayMouser (army 11, 1315 FP) versus dragmio (Umbrian, 1200 FP).
12. B Heracleia: TomoeGozen (army 12, 1400 FP) versus dim30 (Greek, 1200 FP).
16. B Cosae: Doyley50 (army 16, 1356 FP) versus Dreddradish (Etruscan, 1200 FP).

Please note:

• Battles to be set up by the defender in Type B battles and by the player having spent the fewest MP in Type A battles, by May 3 at latest.

• Module: VV: Bellum Italicum v4 (please note: version 4!).

• Scenario: Open Battle.

• Turn limit: 24 turns.

• Map size:
  • Type A battles: Large (40 x 32).
  • Type B battles: Medium (32 x 32).

• Map type: as specified in the rules.

• Force size: see Army strength and force point adjustment in the rules, but please note:
  • Type A battles: Each army's current army strength (as specified above), plus/minus adjustments (such as penalties for using Mercenaries as main army or allies).
  • Type B battles:
    • Player's army: the lower of current army strength and 1400 FP (as specified below), plus/minus adjustments (such as penalties for using Mercenaries as main army or allies).
    • Army defending its Town or City (whether player owned or not): 1200 FP if City, 1000 FP if Town.

• Armies: see Armies and allies in battles in the rules, but please note:
  • In Type B battles defending a Town or City that the player himself owns, he may use his own culture or the culture of that Town or City as his main army.
  • In Type B battles that involves a Town or City not owned by any player, the army defending its Town or City will use the culture of the Town or City as the main army and is not allowed to use any allies.

• No map re-rolls.

• The winner, or the player having incurred the fewest casualties, reports the results in this thread.

• Battles to be concluded and reported within four weeks, i.e., by May 31 at latest.

Plus:

• A player can (without fighting a battle over it) gain ownership over a structure that is within his army's ZoC at the end of the round and not already owned by any other player through reducing his army's strength by 100 FP if a City and 50 FP if a Town.

[dim30]

7. B Luceria: dim30 (army 7, 1400 FP) versus SpeedyCM (Apulian, 1200 FP).

I'll use Epirote with Apulian allies for this battle.

[kronenblatt]

Type A battles
Use the map type and terrain of the location of the army having spent the fewest MP that round (until having completed its movement), or if both armies have spent the same amount of MP that round, in falling priority order in the list below.

Type B battles
Use the map type and terrain of the location of the player army.

Farmlands = Agricultural
Desert = Desert
Hills = Hilly
Forests = Wooded
Marsh = Marshy
Mountains = Mountains
All terrain will be of the Mediterranean map type, e.g., Mediterranean Hilly.

[kronenblatt]

1. B Cumae: kronenblatt (army 1, 1400 FP) versus batesmotel (Samnite or Campanian, 1200 FP).

=> I'll bring Campanian main army with Samnite allies.

[shane30]

6. B Rhegium: shane30 (army 6, 1400 FP) versus deeter (Greek, 1200 FP).

I will play Greek with a Lucanian ally

Thank you

[Giacofa93]

8. B Syracusae: Giacofa93 (army 8, 1400 FP) versus Karvon (Syracusan, 1200 FP)

I'll bring Carthaginians with Syracusan allies

Thanks

[deeter]

9. B Volaterrae: deeter (army 9, 1400 FP) versus Aetius39 (Etruscan, 1200 FP).

My Etruscans will bring Gallic allies.

Deeter

[SpeedyCM]

7. B Luceria: dim30 (army 7, 1400 FP) versus SpeedyCM (Apulian, 1200 FP).

I'll use Epirote with Apulian allies for this battle.

Match set up.

dim30 (army 7, 1400 FP) Epirote + Apulian allies versus SpeedyCM (Apulian, 1200 FP)
32 x 32, Mediterranian Agricultural

PW- game

[TomoeGozen]

B Heracleia: TomoeGozen (army 12, 1400 FP) versus dim30 (Greek, 1200 FP).

My Greeks will bring their faithful Lucanian allies.

Thanks,
Dave

[GeneralKostas]

3. A GeneralKostas (Umbrian + Apulian allies 1269 FP) challenges carpenkm (Apulian + Mercenary allies 1307 FP)

Password = carpenkm , PM Sent

[deeter]

6. B Rhegium: shane30 (army 6, 1400 FP) versus deeter (Greek, 1200 FP).

Challenge posed. PW deeter

Deeter