Round2

Issus- Match 1

Mike Stanley (Niger) – 7 banners – won.

Stephen Thompson (Severus) – 6 banners

Most of the fighting took place on the right side of the board.  (At game’s end it turned out that Steve wasn’t able to draw many cards to order his Cavalry.)

Initial ranged fire (mostly ineffective, especially Niger’s guys) led quickly to a full-blown brawl on the right side of the board, eventually eliminating all of Severus’ Aux, MI and HI on that flank, plus a HI and MI from the center.  Niger lost everyone on that (his left) flank except his MC and Niger himself. 

As noted, little happened on the other (cavalry) flank, where we each lost only one MC. 

The coup de gras was accomplished by Niger and his MC, which eliminated a MI that had first been reduced to 1 block by one of Niger’s MI.

Renaud (Severus, attributed randomly) 7 banners scored, 24 blocks lost
Michael (Niger) 4 banners scored, 32 blocks lost

The card gods gave me a double time to start and I rushed my 2 HI and 2 MI in the center to catch those taunting skirmishers. The dice gods laughed at me. I scored 2 hits out of 18 rolls including 9 leader-supported rolls. Then Michal played Lights and the LI escaped through their lines. To add insult to injury, his shooting over 2 rounds reduced Severus' HI to 2 blocks and also reduced an MI. I rallied them, and he shot down the MI over 2 rounds. Back to square 1. Then I used Inspired Leader left to move the cavalry wing and position them for a Mounted Charge, which worked rather well, especially when followed up with another Mounted Charge a couple of rounds later, and gave me a significant edge. A Line Command nabbed an evading 3-block LB (I think) with 3 green hits out of 3 die rolls. A second Line Command, assaulting the ridge, was less successful, to say the least. I even hesitated to finish the attack, but did, and not only I didn't eliminate my target, but my 2 HI were reduced to 2 blocks each on the battle-backs, and then both were taken down by a daring MI after Niger took their lead. At 6-4, I had kept Spartacus in hand since the beginning. An HI attack on the right did little damage, but my MI under Severus scored 3 hits and 2 flags on Niger's own 4-block MI. Fortunately I had closed the retreat door with an AUX and the 2nd flag could not be ignored, giving me the victory. I definitely had good cards, with dice luck being a little more variable, but overall sufficient. Looking forward to the return match.

R2G2 IssusSteve T – Niger, 7 banners, 16 blocks lostScipio 1 Zama – Severus, 3 banners, 24 locks lost.Battle commenced with the usual missile fire, with many light infantry killed but all the weakened units on both sides were able to escape to their rear. My Nigerans had refused their weak right flank cavalry by bringing them adjacent to my HI, and when the Severan cavalry launched their mounted charge, in the ensuing melee the support of my HI (and some good dice) enabled an equal loss of 3 MC units each. Then the Nigeran HI and LB double timed to cut off the rear of a Severan MC, which was destroyed by the HI while the LB were clearly born forest fighters, eliminating the evading one block Severan HC and killing the ldr (6-3). The Severan infantry advanced, but first loss was one of those units (7-3). Thanks to Mike for a tough and, despite the score, very close game that could have easily gone the other way.

Round 2

Andrey (Gileforn) is an incredible player and a very responsive person, it was he who taught me how to play through Vassal and inspired me to take part in the tournament. Playing with Andrey is always very difficult and incredibly interesting!

Match 1
Player 1 (Niger) – Lornlane – 4 banners won
Player 2 (Severus) – Gileforn – 7 banners won

Andrey loves an attacking sharp game and my army immediately began to suffer losses. I preferred to resort to a tactical retreat in order to preserve the vanguard and prepare for a counterattack. After the first moves, a firefight ensued, but it did not bear serious fruit to the opposing sides. On the fourth move, Andrei launched an offensive with heavy and medium infantry, but was unable to dislodge my detachments from the hills. Well, in my turn, I made a terrible mistake, which cost me the loss of cavalry on the right flank, a deep breakthrough of the enemy cavalry and the party as a whole.

 

Match 2
Player 2 (Niger) – Gileforn – 4 banners won
Player 1 (Severus) – Lornlane – 7 banners won

We played the second game immediately after the first one. I set myself the task of winning with any score in order to earn at least some points. I took the lead immediately, but Andrey, thanks to a clever maneuver, very soon seized the initiative and pulled ahead. At that moment, I got a little nervous. But still, thanks to the qualitative and quantitative superiority of the troops, I managed to win, and luck helped me repeat the even of the first match.

 

    Match 1

Kartigan (Niger) 4 banners won

Gheintze (Severus) 7 banners won

Severus was the first to charge up the middle. Although the attack was rebuffed, some damage was done. Niger then charged off the hills but the counter by Severus's cavalry was enough to finish the job.

Match 2

gheintze (Niger) 7 banners won

Kartigan (Severus) 4 banners won

Severus sent his cavalry up his left flank, but this resulted in a loss of 2 banners for each side. A bold double time off the hills by Niger did brutal damage to Severus over two turns. A leader kill on 1 die ended the game.

OT 2024 Round 2 : 411 Issus

Game 1 

Gonzo (Niger) 7
BrentS (Severus) 6 

Severus went straight for the obvious opening and sent his left flank cavalry against the exposed Nigerian cavalry but they First Struck a flag retreat, resulting in a bloodless opening skirmish, then retreated their cavalry to safety behind the hills and their infantry. Severus next Julianed against the pinned Light Infantry, trapping and killing one but the others Light Trooped away to safety. All probe and response, subtley shifting the formations, looking for a chink in the defense (which is what this scenario is all about). In response very accurate fire, including use of a Spartacus, decimated the exposed Severian heavies. Action then shifted to the Severian flanks, where he pushed up against the lights in the hills and forest, hoping to exploit weak links in the lines. Even unit losses on both sides but the Nigerians succeeded in neutralising the cavalry, including the embarrassing death of the Heavy Cav to light bowmen in close combat. On the right the Severians did finally get a foothold on the hills and in bloody melee killed Niger on a double helmet (never a satisfying result). At 6 banners to 4 and with a beachhead finally secured on the hills (no beach actually involved) it looked like Severus had it but Niger Double Timed off the hills to take 3 banners in one play for a dramatic and well deserved victory. Great tense, close game.  

Game 2 

BrentS (Niger) 7
Gonzo (Severus) 4 

Similar opening moves, with the Severian cavalry advancing against the Nigerian cav, who tucked into the protection of the infantry lines. This wasn’t just a replay, though, but a regrouping for a Mounted Charge against the Severian Cav. Risky and blunted somewhat by a Severian First Strike but whittled away the massed Severian cav and although knocked to 1 block, a couple of Nigerian Cav were able to escape back to their lines, job done. Much cagey long distance ranged attacking took place as the Severians tried to slowly move through the protection of the forest on their left to prise open that flank of the hills. They finally sprung their assault with a Double Time - Spartacus follow through. Against the odds the Nigerian heavy there survived multiple attacks and Spartacused back (drawn immediately after the reshuffle!), killing enough enemies to swing the battle in their favour, 6 banners to 2. Time for the Nigerians to mirror the play from the previous game and Double Time out of the hills. The Severians made a bold Mounted Charge with their remaining cav into the rear to mop up some of the 1 block units hiding there, forcing a leader to flee off the baseline, but too late, as Niger took out an Auxilia for the winning banner. 

This is a hard scenario for Severus against an experienced Niger and requires some patience and luck, most of which was on my side (the luck, not the patience). Thanks as always to Joe for some enjoyable and hard fought games.

Brent.

Match 1
gotigerssc (Niger)  5 banners won
Jarib (Severus)  7 banners won
Started out looking like a blow out with Jarib getting ahead and claiming a leader on a 2d check. The dice started bouncing my way about half way through the fight but by then it was too late and Severus was in control. 

Match 2
Jarib (Niger)  2 banners won
gotigerssc (Severus)  7 banners won
I had really good cards and fortunate rolls in game 2 and my cavalry played a key part. I was trying to put enough pressure on his right flank to draw units away from the hill and it eventually worked. Used evade and good rolls for me to finish off the fight. 

Hi, camrades!
I ask for help, I do not understand which version of the vassal and the version of the C&C:A module should be?

while regularly images, sound begin to disappear during the game, logs are also recorded broken...
my current Vassal 3.7.9 
module 4.3.14

Current versions are

VASSAL 3.7.10
C&C Ancients module 4.3.14
vassalengine.org/wiki/Module:Commands_%26_Colors_Ancients

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