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3 months 1 week ago - 3 months 1 week ago #72550 by Tuscan Centurion
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Match 1
Tuscan Centurion (Antigonus) 7
Chrispy (Eumenes) 2

Despite some good early ranged fire hits by Eumenes both players were frustrated by a lack of useable cards at the start. After a bit of cycling through some decent cards came out and things started moving in the centre between infantry with Line commands, inspired leadership and counterattacks bringing the two sides together. In the end some good play and dice rolls got Antigonus the crushing win.
 

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Match 2
Chrispy (Antigonus) 2
Tuscan Centurion (Eumenes) 7

This time Eumenes had good cards to start and got Mounted units moving on both Flanks. Antigonus made a hasty charge too on the right with LIghts that were quickly dispatched by Elephants and Heavies. While infantry slowly advanced in the centre it came down to a clash of the mounted units on the flanks with leaders evading back to their lines and cavalry being crushed by Elephants. 5 of the lost Antigonid units were mounted.
 

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3 months 1 week ago #72703 by soul1st
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Match 1

soul1st (Antigonus) 5 banners won

JawaNick (Eumenes) 7 banners won

The first phase of the game saw some exchanging fire between the light units of both sides followed by cavalry attacks by both sides. Eumenes scored the most banners in this phase. The score was 6 for Eumenes and 3 for Antigonus. Antigonus brought up the heavy troops and scored two more banners with his heavy cavalry. Eumenes responded with his HC securing the win againts a weakend light unit.

Match 2

JawaNick (Antigonus) 5 banners won

soul1st (Eumenes) 7 banners won

For the most part the battle started the same as the first match, with most action coming from light and cavalry units. Then both sides fought it out with their heavies where Eumens got the upper hand. 

 

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3 months 1 week ago #72722 by Milla
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Game 1

Milla (Antigonus)  2 banners won
Boredbeyondbelief (Eumenes)  7 banners won

Eumenes starts the battle by advancing his left flank cavalry and elephant, forcing Antigonus's elephant to retreat.  Antigonus responds by issuing a line command order.  Eumenes's elephant advances again and does some damage to Antigonus's heavy infantry.  Another elephant attack sees one of Antigonus's heavy infantry destroyed, with another taking heavy losses before defeating the elephants.

Antigonus then moves his leader to his left flank, pushing back the medium cavalry.  Eumenes issues a line command order, destroying the weakened heavy infantry.  Antigonus's cavalry leader on the left flank charges forward, weakening but failing to destroy Eumenes's elephant.

Eumenes orders his troops to darken the sky, but this causes few casualties.  Antigonus launches another failed attack against Eumenes's elephants.  Eumenes brings his Silver Shields in to push back the cavalry.

Antigonus's infantry advances in a line, and wipes out one of the opposing heavy infantry.  Eumenes's counter attacks and destroys both a heavy infantry and the leader commanding it, with the Silver Shields damaging a medium infantry.  Antigonus attempts to counter with his cavalry and elephants but only causes minor casualties.  Eumenes's leader and cavalry on the left flank then launch an assault, destroying three units and winning the battle


Game 2

Boredbeyondbelief (Antigonus)  3 banners won
Milla (Eumenes)  7 banners won

Eumenes begins by advancing some of his heavy infantry units in the centre to fill in some gaps in the line.  Antigonus sends his left flank cavalry forward and unsuccessfully fires at Eumene's elephants.  Eumenes counter attacks and forces the cavalry back.  A second cavalry charge destroys Eumenes's elephants.

Eumenes again attacks on his right to try and remove Antigonus's cavalry.  Eumenes's next attack is with his left flank cavalry, which Antigonus manages to push back.  Antigonus then launches a cavalry attack on both flanks, which causes some damage but fails to destroy any units.

Antigonus then launches a mounted charge on both flanks, but a first strike from Eumenes's medium cavalry kills Antigonus's right flank leader.  Antigonus's left flank leader's cavalry is destroyed but the leader manages to escape.  A light cavalry unit of Antigonus is wiped out in the following skirmish.

Antigonus then follows with yet another cavalry attack on the right flank - however this attack leads to him losing his elephant troops.  One of Eumenes's medium cavalry is eliminated in the attack.  Eumenes follows up with an attack by his heavy infantry, which kills a medium cavalry.  Antigonus's remaining leader on the right flank takes the opportunity to shield his weakened unit to the rear of his army.

With one banner required for victory, Eumenes attacks a heavy cavalry unit on his left flank, but only succeeds in forcing it to retreat.  Antigonus the advances his line.  A few skirmishes in the centre result in casualties but no unit losses.  Eumenes sends his heavy infantry leader in the centre to meet Antigonus's heavy infantry leader.  Some heavy fighting sees casualties on both sides, but ultimately Eumenes's forces win their final banner.
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3 months 6 days ago - 3 months 6 days ago #72747 by azzy
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1 Round
Azzy (Eumenes) 7
Toganalper (Antigonus) 6
2 Round
Toganalper (Eumenes) 7
Azzy (Antigonus) 3

After the second game I developed a phobia. Sometimes, at night I wake up in a cold sweat. Sometimes I scream in horror. My wife tries to calm me down, says that there are no elephants in the apartment. But I don’t believe her. In general, the second game is not for the faint of heart.
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3 months 6 days ago #72767 by Mark-McG
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After the second game I developed a phobia. Sometimes, at night I wake up in a cold sweat. Sometimes I scream in horror. My wife tries to calm me down, says that there are no elephants in the apartment. But I don’t believe her. In general, the second game is not for the faint of heart.
best AAR I've read in a while.. hilariouus..

"I will either find a way, or make one."
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3 months 6 days ago #72769 by Marco
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Haha excellent!
But I know there are no elephants in the apartment. They’re under the bed…

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3 months 6 days ago - 3 months 6 days ago #72798 by FoxK
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Antigonus (FoxK) - Eumenes (Brents) 7:2
Antigonus (Brents) - Eumenes (FoxK) 7:6
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3 months 5 days ago #72844 by Dawnreader
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Match 1
Dawnreader(Eumenes) 7
Gonzo(Antigonus) 6
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3 months 5 days ago #73003 by beckerdo
Replied by beckerdo on topic Round 5
Thank you very much for running the tournament. I enjoyed the games, met very nice opponents, and had a great time.
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3 months 4 days ago #73480 by JawaNick
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Thanks Mark for running the tournament. Great to bring this global community together!
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