Caracole III - Results Thread Round 2

[pantherboy]

Group A:

pantherboy (Parliament 1642-1643) (40%) (8.2) won vs awesum4 (Edgehill Royalist 1642) (62%) (4.0)

[w_michael]

Group B

w_michael (French 1494-1525) (13%) (11.3) beat Hutze (Swiss 1494-1515) (66%) (1.3)

The French Gendarmes were able to work their way around behind the rear of the Swiss Kiels and charge them in the rear while they were in close combat with the French mercenary Landsknechts.

[w_michael]

Group B

w_michael (French Catholic 1562-1588) (54%) (7.0) beat majandro (French Huguenot 1577-1588) (64%) (5.4)

This was a real nail-biter. At one point I think that I had lost over 40% routed and I was down 23%, but not the required 25% to lose the battle. It was a long haul back.

Will

[w_michael]

Group B

w_michael (French Huguenot 1577-1588) (45%) (7.5) beat majandro (French Catholic 1562-1588) (60%) (4.5)

This was another close, enjoyable game. I purchased four raw Early Pike & Shot regiments to bulk up the army and placed them on top of a very steep hill, where they remained for most of the battle.

Will

[rbodleyscott]

Group A Round 2 Result:

rbodleyscott (Catholic League 1619-1632) (30%) (8.6) won vs batesmotel (Transylvanian 1618-1632) (56%) (3.0)

Another good game, but God was on the side of the Emperor. (Or so it would appear from our morale checks).

[youngr]

youngr (Transylvanian 1618-1632) (15%) (9.0) won vs pantherboy (Catholic League 1619-1632) (45%) (1.5)

[rbodleyscott]

Group A:

rbodleyscott (Parliament 1642-1643) (54%) (7.3) won vs Aryaman (Edgehill Royalist 1642) (67%) (5.4)

As can be seen from the result, a very tight battle. Both sides were victorious on their right flank, so that the remnants of the two battle lines had rotated almost 180 degrees by the end. Thanks Aryaman.

[Aryaman]

Aryaman (english) won (46%) 7.6 pts vs Youngr (Austrian) (62%) 4.6 pts

[Aryaman]

Aryaman (French Catholic) (40%) 8.1 pts won vs Awesume4 (French Huguenote) (61%) 4.0 pts

[youngr]

Group A:

youngr (French Catholic 1562-88) (45%) (7.9) won vs batesmotel (French Huguenot 1577-88) (64%) (4.5)

also:

youngr (French Huguenot 1577-88) (15%) (8.7) won vs batesmotel (French Catholic 1562-88) (42%) (1.5)

Thanks for the games!

[ulysisgrunt]

Group B Results:
Ulysisgrunt (Parliament) win 57% loss--6.3 points vs w_michael (Scots) loss 60% 5.7 points.
Very, very close.

Ulysisgrunt (Catholic) win 8% loss-10.2 points vs. majandro (Danes) loss 42% .8 points.


Danny Weitz

[w_michael]

Group B

w_michael (Swiss 1494-1515) (16%) (8.9) beat Hutze (French 1494-1525) (45%) (1.6)

I was fortunate that a French pike kiel and two cavalry regiments chased a broken Swiss halberdier regiment for most of the battle after the first round of combat. That allowed the French pike line to be pinned by Swiss pike kiels while Swiss troops worked their way behind. At one point all three French kiels in the line were fragmented but they held for two player turns before they broke in sequence like dominoes.

[Aryaman]

Aryaman (French Huguenote) won (54%) 8.2 pts vs Awesume4 (French Catholic) (76%) 5.4 pts

[majandro]

Group B

Majandro (Austrian ) won (31%) 8.5 pts vs Hrothgar (English) (56%) 3.1 pts

[Hutze]

Group B

w_michael (Swiss 1494-1515) (16%) (8.9) beat Hutze (French 1494-1525) (45%) (1.6)

I was fortunate that a French pike kiel and two cavalry regiments chased a broken Swiss halberdier regiment for most of the battle after the first round of combat. That allowed the French pike line to be pinned by Swiss pike kiels while Swiss troops worked their way behind. At one point all three French kiels in the line were fragmented but they held for two player turns before they broke in sequence like dominoes.

much gnashing of teeth on the French side

[Praeter]

Group C
cavehobbit (Austrian 1610-1617) (64%) 3pts vs Praeter (English 1604-1622) (30%) 9.4pts

The larger number of English units completely swamped the Austrians - difficult for them not to be outflanked.

[awesum4]

Group A

awesum4 (English 1604-1622) (58% 6.7 points) won over RBS (Austrian 1610-1617) (65% 5.8 points).

A very tight game, my superior dice won out in the end.

[cavehobbit]

Group C result

Cavehobbit (NMA 1646-1660) (27%) 3.6pts vs deadtorius (Scots Covenanter 1648-1652) (36%) 2.7pts

Thanks for a good game, well played! No clear winner. The Scots took positions behind hedgerows and up on hills with not many weak points to attack for the Parliamentarians to attack. There was a small hill though that was scene of some very bloody fightings, but it costed both sides too much to keep on fighting. Continued fighting would have ended either way, so neither side wanted to risk losing and move back way from each other.

[Aryaman]

Aryaman (Scots) won (7%) 9.4 pts vs Batesmotel (Parliamentarian) (41%) 0.7 pts

[Aryaman]

Aryaman (Parliament) won (21%) 9 pts vs Batesmotel (Scots) (51%) 2.1 pts