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Bad Urach 2004

In January 2004, I participated first time at a tournament. There I didn`t track the battles, but Arnim Lück made a German Report (pdf-File) on that. Since my second battle there was against Arnim`s Ch`in Chinese, you can read about it in his report. Not with pride, since this battle has been by far my worst on the tournament. Note that on the eve before the tournament I finally managed to defeat Marios Graeco-Bactrians...!!! The tournament itself was:

 

against Marian Romans: The Later Carthaginians used their light horse superiority to demoralize the enemy's horses. The Roman C-in-C finally has been forced to commit to battle. There he died, and with him the hope of his army.

against Ch`in Chinese: Read Arnim`s Report. Complex plan in a very difficult terrain. My PIPs have been 1-1-2, 1-1-2, 2-2-2, 1-2-3, 1-2-4 and afterwards the battle has been decided anyway. Lesson: Never meet your enemy when still marching (that is: Don`t rely on deploying after battle has began, but face in a way you still can stand even with low PIPs)

against Arabo-Aramaenians: Against all those horses, there are two tactics: Either hide your own horses at once or dare a suicid attack right at the beginning. I chose the latter and my horses broke quickly. With no chance to win, my phalanx of spear and warband defended fiercely. A loosing draw to me.

against Graeco-Bactrians, again. But this time against a different composition and an other player. Tactics as I did before with a screening Light Horse command in front of my foot. I won`t do this again. Some occasional successes and killing of a few enemy knights haven't been sufficient. Under pressure and with some luck, the commander of my spears have been killed and they went home without fighting.

Wonderfully, this result has been sufficient to gain the “Best Beginner Award” - some Early Imperial Romans. I'm gonna to use them as Campanian Allies in the future!