Wars of Gods and Men II: Concluded

[kronenblatt]

Attack declarations

1. shane30: Thracian and Greek (61) (Jan. 21) => Shane30 attacks Malidiya (42) from Mazaca (41), using Greek army with Thracian allies.
2. tyronec: Hebrew and Phoenician (44) (Jan. 22) => tyronec attacks Sippar (10) from Ninive (9), using Phoenician army with Egyptian allies.
3. kronenblatt: Urartian and Mannaean (13) (Jan. 23) => kronenblatt attacks Babylon (11) from Arbela (46), using Urartian army with Babylonian allies.

[kronenblatt]

The battles

1. Shane30 attacks Malidiya (42) from Mazaca (41), using Greek army with Thracian allies. tyronec as Assyrian opponent.
2. tyronec attacks Sippar (10) from Ninive (9), using Phoenician army with Egyptian allies. kronenblatt as opponent, selecting own army composition.
3. kronenblatt attacks Babylon (11) from Arbela (46), using Urartian army with Babylonian allies. shane30 as Babylonian opponent.

Setting up the battle

• The defender creates the challenge in the FoG2 Multiplayer Lobby, always with defender as Side B (in order for the other player to immediately be able to deploy and make first round when accepting the challenge).

• In order to create a challenge with Wars of Gods and Men armies, after having launched New Challenge and Create Skirmish, press Select Another Module and therein Wars of Gods and Men v2, which will make the armies for Wars of Gods and Men II available.

• When the challenge has been created, the defender, for information, sends a PM to the attacker and makes a post in the campaign thread.

• Battles take the form of a Custom Battle as Open Battle with:
  • Armies:
    • Attacker: as stated in the attack declaration, with main army and allies.
    • Defender: the major faction as main army without any allies, or the player faction with his own selection.
  • Turn limit: 24 turns.
  • Force size: Large (1600 FP for both attacker and defender).
  • Map size: Wide (40x32).
  • Map type: Pot Luck.
    • No map re-rolls will be made.

Concluding and reporting the battle

• Battle outcome, once resolved, is always posted by the victor, or the player having inflicted the most casualties, in a post of the campaign thread.

[tyronec]

Shane30 attacks Malidiya (42) from Mazaca (41), using Greek army with Thracian allies. tyronec as Assyrian opponent.
Game set up, pw - WOGAM

[kronenblatt]

2. tyronec attacks Sippar (10) from Ninive (9), using Phoenician army with Egyptian allies. kronenblatt as opponent, selecting own army composition.

Game set up, with password Sippar

PM sent.

[shane30]

kronenblatt attacks Babylon (11) from Arbela (46), using Urartian army with Babylonian allies. shane30 as Babylonian opponent.

Game set up, with password Kronenblatt

PM sent.

[kronenblatt]

kronenblatt attacks Babylon (11) from Arbela (46), using Urartian army with Babylonian allies. shane30 as Babylonian opponent.

Game set up, with password Kronenblatt

PM sent.

I'm sorry to say that the password in question doesn't work. I've tried many different combinations too.

[shane30]

Hello sorry try: WOGAM it should work better ....

[kronenblatt]

Hello sorry try: WOGAM it should work better ....

Yup, worked like a charm now. Thanks!

[tyronec]

Shane30 attacks Malidiya (42) from Mazaca (41), using Greek army with Thracian allies. tyronec as Assyrian opponent.

The Assyrians rise from the dead and defeat the Greeks 42-14.
The Greek cavalry got the upper hand but the Assyrian infantry were able to swarm the hoplites after shooting up their screen of lights.

[tyronec]

tyronec attacks Sippar (10) from Ninive (9), using Phoenician army with Egyptian allies. kronenblatt as opponent
Phoenicians win 55-3
Massed Phoenecian foot and hoplites were two strong for the Assyrian medium foot in a frontal battle.

[kronenblatt]

tyronec attacks Sippar (10) from Ninive (9), using Phoenician army with Egyptian allies. kronenblatt as opponent
Phoenicians win 55-3
Massed Phoenecian foot and hoplites were two strong for the Assyrian medium foot in a frontal battle.

MUCH too strong, in fact!

[shane30]

kronenblatt attacks Babylon (11) from Arbela (46), using Urartian army with Babylonian allies. shane30 as Babylonian opponent.

Babylonian win 45 - 20

On a very uneven ground a battle which is played with shooting....
Thank you for this part

[kronenblatt]

1. Shane30 attacks Malidiya (42) from Mazaca (41), using Greek army with Thracian allies. tyronec as Assyrian opponent. => tyronec wins 42-14.
2. tyronec attacks Sippar (10) from Ninive (9), using Phoenician army with Egyptian allies. kronenblatt as opponent, selecting own army composition. => tyronec wins 55-3.
3. kronenblatt attacks Babylon (11) from Arbela (46), using Urartian army with Babylonian allies. shane30 as Babylonian opponent. => shane30 wins 45-20.

[kronenblatt]

The kronenblatt (Urartian and Mannaean) player faction controls no provinces any more and have therefore lost and are irrevocably eliminated from the campaign. Since this is the third player or major faction having become eliminated, the campaign now ends, with the winner being the player controlling the most provinces...

... tyronec!

tyronec has conquered six provinces, in addition to his original four, and stands at an unsurpassed 10!

Congratulations!

Hope you and shane30 enjoyed it all!

[kronenblatt]

Tyrone... the winner's interview : how would you describe this campaign, your strategy and tactics in it, and the primary reason or reasons that you, in your own humble view, stood as the victor at the end?

[tyronec]

Many thanks Andreas for running this, there have been a lot of fun battles.
You ask what were my tactics - well I think the Phoenecian army with Egyptian allies proved to be more effective than expected. A swarm of Phoenicaian foot plus the allied Hoplites are good enough to take anything on in the open plus the list provides enough bowmen for hilly terrain and cheapish chariots to add a little shock power and deal with any opposing 'pinning' mounted units. When we discussed armies before the campaign started I thought the Persian and Greek were the best lists but the Phoenecian is as good as any.

The game system works great for these early armies, hope you will consider a Bronze Age campaign when the new DLC comes out !