MT05 Gothic War

rather strange outcome in the World tournament on the Goth side.. all 5 players ended at 27 banners, so the block loss tiebreaker was required to separate the 5 players. Unique occurance for me.

The final results of the heats are now up, and the Semi-Final pairings, rather buried in the page..  I might try and consolidate them.
However, here is the pairs
Semi-final Round - MK02 Casilinum (Capua) (554 AD)
World 
Goth Match mk20336  Goth1 vs. Goth2 Mark-McG
Byz Match rams1984 Byz1 vs. Byz2 toganalper  

USA   
Goth Match gheintze Goth1 vs. Goth2 jrtracy
Byz Match John of York Byz1 vs. Byz2 gonzo

I don't see an email for gheintze - please drop me a line via the address in my profile and we'll set something up - thanks!

JR

JRTracy (Goth)  3 banners won,28 blocks lostgheintze (Byzantine) 6 banners won, 20 blocks lostIn the first game, the Goths attacked with a foot onslaught, luckily the Byzantines has strong command and were able to repel the attack and then move in with the cavalry for the final banners. 

gheintze (Goth) 6 banners won, 21 blocks lost
JRTracy (Byzantine) 3 banners won, 26 blocks lost

In the second game, the Byzantines used a mounted charge to get things started. However, two line commands helped the Goths climb back into it. The win was assisted by two leader kills.

Thanks for the great games JR.

geoff   

Two great games, though only the first was a real contest. We both had chances to win but Geoff finally closed the deal. In the second, I had some good cards but the execution was disappointing. I had to press to beat the score in the first game, and left myself open to counterattack, and Geoff made the most of the opportunities. Congrats on a well-earned advancement.

Thanks, Mark, for organizing! I really enjoyed these scenarios - nice contrast in army types with the swingy warbands facing bow-armed cavalry. I especially enjoyed the semifinal, getting a chance to try each side. Looking forward to the next event.

Semifinal - Game 1
mk20336 (Franks) 6 banners won, 14 blocks lost
Mark (Byzantine) 2 banners won, 22 blocks lost

Semifinal - Game 2
Mark (Franks) 4 banners won, 25 blocks lost
mk20336 (Byzantine) 6 banners won, 16 blocks lost

That was day of really crazy rolls and cold dice - especially on mark side. In the first play, Franks consolidated before starting the push forward - once they got to the Roman line, the slaughter begun. In second game Franks lacked good cards to push forward, and when they did, a cold dice was not helpful - one of 1 block Heavy Cavalries sustained like 8 rolls without hit.

Thanks for Mark for flexibility in scheduling the games!

Semifinal - Game 1
toganalper (BZYN) 6 banners won, 10  blocks lost
rams1984 (Franks) 1 banners won, 29 blocks lost

Semifinal - Game 2
toganalper (Franks) 1 banners won, 33 blocks lost
rams (Byzantine) 6 banners won, 17 blocks lost

It was a close match at the end. This was not a very fun scenario to play fır us. Bu8t the luck was on my side. TRhanks to rams for 2 great games. We had problem with the save vsav. so we created our own and played

 

Semi Finals USA
John of York (Franks) 4 banners
Gonzo (Byzantines) 6 banners
Franks Warriors charge in middle and trade blows, then Byz HC ride out  and attack.  John did excellent surrounding of one with his dying Franks to get it and the leader too.

Gonzo (franks) 6 banners
John of York (Byzantines) 5 banners
Similar to first game, but the Byz cavalry mistakenly rode out with their jousting lances and couldn't hit anything.  Frankish range fire effective.  Thanks to my long time opponent and friend John.
 

    Game 1
gheintze (Goth) 3 banners won
gonzoj (Byzantine) 6 banners won

Game 1
gheintze (Goth) 6 banners won
gonzoj (Byzantine) 5 banners won

Fun matches. Thanks for having the tournament.

Joe wins 11-9

Geoff

Shall we continue with the tournament?