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Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 11:20 am
by ericdoman1
Hi Londo

pw = G'Kar

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 12:49 pm
by fogman
ericdoman1 wrote: Sat Feb 23, 2019 2:23 am OK but playing Londo again, playing TDefender means I will have played all opponents in first 2 rounds and then back to the norm. So it means I could play the same 5 or 6 players all of the time, rather than 8? Fogman think of my heart:)
You will play everyone at least once over the span of three rounds. Pairings will even out in the long run.

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Sat Feb 23, 2019 12:57 pm
by fogman
Londo wrote: Sat Feb 23, 2019 4:14 am It becomes harsh for Dacia when the Legionaries and Praetorians finally get into action. Makes you wonder why the Romans aren't leading with the heavy infantry, instead of asking Auxilia to stand up to Sarmatian lancers in the open!
Roman generals don’t play FoG :wink: . Standard procedure is to commit the most valuable troops last, if at all. Legionaries are strategic assets not easily replaceable, especially in a period when only Roman citizens can become legionaries. Caracalla extended citizenship to all free men in 212 which drastically changed the makeup of the legions in the following decades; this led to the rise of the Illyrian military elite within the army as Italy faded as a recruitment ground (and losing its martial traditions) in favour of the Danube frontier area. Later in the century, under the ‘barrack emperors’, legionary command was closed to the traditional senatorial class (further dissociating the old Italian elite from the army) and the legions themselves in the chaos of the mid century crisis became more vestigial administrative units rather than fighting units.

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 1:20 pm
by TDefender
Old turn missed for IMC:

Angrivarian hosted, pw: Angrivarian


New Turn:

Nisibis
Me vs Allendeuce pw: "Nisibis"

Hormozgan
me vs Lordnytram pw: "Hormozgan"

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 4:10 pm
by Edmund_Blackadder
Last two results of the round:

Result for Issus
Edmund (Romans) 48/80 defeats allendeuce (Romans) 89/85
Edmund 10.5
allendeuce 6.0
Jim played it defensively keeping everything he could behind the river while sending all his cavalry around the enemy rear. This looks a clever strategic ploy, but it means you don't get many of the marker points, leaving you playing catch up on the score - all careful scenario planning by fogman I suspect. In the event it also allowed Severus to gobble up markers with his front line troops whilst releasing all his cavalry and some of his reserve infantry to counter the cavalry threat. As a result, when it arrived, the flanking cavalry couldn't break through. Thanks for the game Jim.

Result for Mons Grampius
Edmund (Romans) 62/68 defeats IMC (Caledonians) 103/98
Edmund 10.5
IMC 9.1
It took a turn too long for the tribesmen to break the markers, allowing the legions to arrive before the auxillia broke. A turn sooner and it could have gone the other way. Thanks for the game Ian.

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:46 pm
by LordNytram
Challenge up for Edmund:

Nisibis password: Blackadder

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:47 pm
by LordNytram
Challenge up for iandavidsmith

Hormozgan password: iandavidsmith

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 4:49 am
by allendeuce
Result for Adamclici;
Allendeuce (Dacians) vs. IMC (The bad guys)

Very poor dice for IMC, or very good luck for allendeuce.
IMC 26/68 38%,
allendeuce 80/77 100+%

IMC 3.8 pts
allendeuce 10.4pts

Very tough game, Ian.

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 4:58 am
by allendeuce
From: allendeuce
Recipient: ericdoman1
Hello Eric,
Challenge issued for Hormozgan battle. PW is Hormozgan.
Best of luck and have fun!

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:49 pm
by fogman
Challenges up

NISIBIS
fogman (Romans) vs TDefender (Parthians)
pw: Defender

HORMOZGAN
fogman (Parthians) vs Allendeuce (Sasanians)
pw: Allen

IMC (Parthians) vs fogman (Sasanians)
pw: IMCed

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2019 11:55 pm
by fogman
Edmund_Blackadder wrote: Sun Feb 24, 2019 4:10 pm
Jim played it defensively keeping everything he could behind the river while sending all his cavalry around the enemy rear. This looks a clever strategic ploy, but it means you don't get many of the marker points, leaving you playing catch up on the score - all careful scenario planning by fogman I suspect. In the event it also allowed Severus to gobble up markers with his front line troops whilst releasing all his cavalry and some of his reserve infantry to counter the cavalry threat.
the markers are used to force the players to attack or defend a certain position, according to historical patterns. If the Severan legions did not attack frontally, Niger would just pull his troops out to avoid the encirclement and there would have been no battle at Issus.

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 5:28 am
by ericdoman1
Result for Hormozgan

eric (Sasanians) 41/58 vs Jim (Parthians) 75/67
eric 11.2
Jim 7.1

Cheers Jim

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 11:15 am
by LordNytram
Result for Hormozgan

LordNytram (Sasanians) 47/58 defeat TDefender (Parthians) 74/67

LordNytram 11.0
TDefender 8.1

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Wed Feb 27, 2019 8:04 pm
by Edmund_Blackadder
Challenges up for mcfcivo and enakan
Passwords Nisi for Nisibis and Horm for Hormozgan

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Thu Feb 28, 2019 2:09 am
by fogman
Updated scores. Reminder to immediately post results as they seem to get deleted quickly.

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 12:29 am
by fogman
Hormozgan

Parthians (fogman) 41/67 vs Sasanians (Allendeuce) 58/58

fogman 10
Allendeuce 6.1

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Sat Mar 02, 2019 9:09 pm
by Edmund_Blackadder
Result for Hormozgan
Parthians (Edmund) 56/67 vs Sasanians (Enakan) 58/58
Edmund 10
Enakan 8.4
The was something inevitable about the way the Persian 2ic charged boldly in won his combat and immediately fell off his horse! Morale faltered on the Persian left and the line looked distinctly wobbly and I'd have happily conceded a draw. But somehow, the left hand units hung around and to my surprise it was the superior Sasanians rather than the average Parthians that eventually crumbled. Number count or better dice? I'm not quite sure how, but I'll take the result. Well played Paul.

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 3:27 pm
by ericdoman1
Result for Nisibis

Parthians (eric) 26/68 vs Romans (Ian) 105/100

eric 10.5
Ian 3.8

Very good fortune favoured the Parthians here.

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 3:05 pm
by LordNytram
LordNytram wrote: Sun Feb 24, 2019 10:47 pm Challenge up for iandavidsmith

Hormozgan password: iandavidsmith
Reminder call for iandavidsmith

Re: LORDS OF HISTORY (the ultimate edition)

Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:45 pm
by ericdoman1
Result for Nisibis

Romans (eric) 46/100 vs Parthians (IMC) 79/68

eric 11.6
IMC 4.6