OT 2018 Round 1

Game 1
giulio (Romans) - 7 banners
PCScipio42 (Carthaginians) - 1 banner

The Carthaginian elephants get killed by Romans javelins at the very beginning of the game. Thanks to a good hand of cards, Romans speedily advance in their right section. Cartago replies with a double time. Romans lose one med inf but thanks to a first strike they cripple a couple of Carthaginian units. Then they counter eliminating three infantry units and one leader, with a lucky 1 die leader check. Without leaders and heavy troops, Carthaginians implement a retreat-and-fire strategy, but the fire part does not receive the support of dice. Romans close up with the cornered enemies and collect the last medals. Fast game.

Game 2
Giulio (Carthaginians) 7 banners
PCScipio42 (Romans) - 3 banners

Carthaginians move the light cavalry and elephants behind the infantry line. These units ended up never being used in the game. The Romans advance re-forming the line and preparing for the attack, but the Carthaginians strike first with a double time on their right flank. A melee follows between Romans heavy/med troops and Carthaginian heavy/med and barbarians. In a couple of occasions, lucky (for me) flag rolls deny the Romans their victory points. The result is that, in the end, heavily battered Carthaginian units manage to break the Romans left flank. A single Roman med unit with leader survives. Romans obtain two medals by finishing up some scattered 1-block Carthaginian units. At the same time, the bulk of the Carthaginian army moves in the center to collect the last two medals.

Thanks to Forrest for two nice and fast games (it was the first time we played together).

PS: I don't have a log file for the second game. I attach the saved end-game situation.

Game 1:

Ivan Rostyslav (Romans) 7 : ToganAlper ( Carthaginians) 4

Game 2:

Togan Alper (Romans) 7: Ivan (Carthaginians) 3


Final results: Togan Alper 2 poınts : Ivan Rostyslav 1 point

Both battles were started on the Romans right wing. In the first game the mid battle was mostly on the left side and the Romans won by collapsing the Carthaginian Right and Center defense.

The second battle did not last that long and all the battle was decided on the Roman right flank.

Game 1
EZPickins (Carthaginians) 7 banners
Prof X (Romans) 4 banners

First half of the game saw heavy fighting on the Roman right and center with the banner count tied at 4. The second half was mostly on the left where the Carthaginians moved forward and were able to pickup the final 3 banners. The score was closer than it shows and could have gone either way easily. A fun game against a good opponent.

Game2
EZPickins (Romans) 7 banners
Prof X (Carthaginians) 6 banners

The second game also began with heavy action on the Roman right. Hanno had a 4 to 1 lead when it moved to the left center. The lead went to 5 to 1 before Rome was able to make some progress back and tie the banners at 5 to 5. The rest of the fight was over the entire board. I think the Carthaginians had a good shot at winning but a retreat result allowed my warrior to escape melee and left one of his vulnerable. This was another close one that I was lucky to win.

Round 1 CrimsonCobraX vs Michal K

Match 2
MichalK (Carthage): 7 banners
CrimsonCobraX (Rome): 4 banners

Maybe not so brutal as initial game, but still very bloody, with many 1 block units at the end of the game.
Rome started very well and with precise planning, finishing with Line Command which killed my HI with almost no loses on roman side. I was hard pressed, especially on right.

And then my elephant started to play nicely. Add to this good roll on Spartacus (3 activations on 4 dice) and tide started to turn. However, end of game presented us with some very strange rolls (1d AUX surviving two 4d rolls, other units escaping on double flag, etc.)

That actually gave possibility to Rome to score 2 additional banners, get 6 cards... and that was it. Fourth 4d roll on AUX was successful.

Thanks to CrimsonCobrax for both games - it was fun, and time well spent!

Game 1
ympytyar (Romans) – 3 banners
Carthage (Carthaginians) – 7 banners

Armada01 (Carthage) - Polonus100 (Romans) - 6-7 in banners, 28-30 in blocks. Second match on Sunday.

Player 1 Armada01 (Romans) banners won 7
Player 2 Polonus100 (Carthage) banners won 6

Player Tomek (Cartago) 7 banners won
Player LeonardoAngelo (Rome) 3 banners won
Second match on Tuesday

Round 1 Gonzo vs stormwalker

Match 1
It started as always with the Romans trying to kill the elephants and the Carthaginians perhaps foolishly trying to save the poor animals at all costs. Then both sides regrouped in preparation for the main fighting. This movement of units was accompanied by a number of ranged skirmishes. The Romans attacked first by playing a Double Time card. The attack was well planned, however, the Carthaginians managed to stand the ground. Then the Romans seemed to run out off the useful cards, which was exploited efficiently by the Carthaginian side. At this point it was 6 to 3 for the Carthaginians and the final victory seemed to be at hand. However, Carthaginian indecisiveness coupled with a brave charge of a single medium Roman cavalry unit lead to a tie. A desperate elephant charge could not change the result as in the next turn the Romans secured the seventh banner.



Match 2
The second match looked like a very standard CCA game. Both sides began with adjusting the position of their forces. This was followed by ranged combat: here, notably, a Roman AUX managed to roll two red colours against a Carthaginian Elephant. Then the forces clashed on both wings with mixed success. However, with every roll it seemed more obvious that the dice were in favour of the Roman player. By comparison a rather boring game but nevertheless very enjoyable.

Many thanks to Gonzo for playing!

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