King of the Hill: Round 3

[Xavier Dragnesi]

King of the Hill
Official Round III

This new round tries to incorporate aspects of fun, fairness of play and interest in one tourney. The two greatest changes are:
i) The change in map rules, where the antagonist has to attack the King on the King's own turf - i.e. if the King is Germania, then the game must be played in a map like the Nordic Woodlands
ii) The additions of unit restrictions to prevent the overuse of certain units that are considered overpowering in the pecuniary amounts used in this tourney.
Please read all rules carefully before signing up, and I hope you have fun!

Rules:
1. One game per challenge
2. 10000 denarii for each player
3. Battles must be played on a map with the environment which the faction of the king resides in. Season: Summer; Weather: Calm
4a. After a loss, if the challenger wishes to challenge the King again, his name will be posted at the end of the waiting list.
4b. If there is no one in the waiting list at the time, the challenger must wait for two names to go up before he can reapply.
5. Players must report results to me via PM, post in this thread, or Xfire (my Xfire is xavierdragnesi)
6. If a King is inactive and doesn't respond to challenges for more than 3 days, a new King will be appointed from the results of the Prince_of _Macedon's latest tourney
7. Any challengers must also be ready for their turn. Challengers have a limit of two days to play their game unless an excuse is posted.
8. The King must stay as the faction that he overthrew the previous king with
9. Using the borderline of the battlefield as a protective side is not allowed.
10. Special Rules:
- Unlimited melee and javelin infantry
- Unlimited melee and javelin cavalry
- An army must only have a total of 7 archer related units, of which only 4 can be Chariot or Horse archers.

This round will last for 30 played games, or until a clear winner is decided.

Current King
Cluny the Scourge

Challengers

Zombiesmuggler
General Nuisance
The Last Legion of Rome
Njord

Past Kings and their Lengths of Reign
Reeve - 1 victory with Rome
Selifator - 1 victory with Scythia
Cluny the Scourge - 3 victories with Macedon
Made-in-the-Uk - 3 victories with Pontus
The Last Legion of Rome - 2 victories with Egypt
General Nuisance - 3 victories with Carthage
Reeve - 2 victories with the Seleucid Empire
Decimator22 - 1 victory with Brutii
Made-in-the-Uk - 2 victories with Pontus
Cluny the Scourge - 6 victories with the Seleucid Empire

Battle Records
1. Reeve (Julii) inflicts a decisive defeat on the aggressor Xavier Dragnesi (Carthage) - Grassy Flatlands
2. Selifator (Scythia) rides forward to drive Reeve (Rome) off his throne - Grassy Flatlands
3. Cluny the Scourge (Macedon) leads his phalanxes to victory over Selifator's (Scythia) horses - Grassy Flatlands
4. Cluny the Scourge (Macedon) grinds the army of Decimator22 (Pontus) under his boot - Thracian Foothills
5. Cluny the Scourge (Macedon) defeats his Diadochi rival The Last Legion of Rome (Seleucid Empire) - Macedonian Ruins
6. Made-in-the-Uk (Pontus) thunders into Macedonian territory to claim the crown from Cluny the Scourge (Macedon) - Macedonian Ruins
7. Made-in-the-Uk (Pontus) squarely defends his lands from Al Merko (Armenia) - Grassy Flatlands
8. Made-in-the-UK (Pontus) stands his own against the invader Decimator22 (Rome) - Grassy Flatlands
9. The Last Legion of Rome (Egypt) snatches the crown away from fellow antagonist Cluny the Scourge (Britannia) - Grassy Flatlands
10. The Last Legion of Rome (Egypt) leads his army to a great victory over Al Merko (Pontus) - Sahara Desert
11. General Nuisance (Carthage) wrests the crown from The Last Legion of Rome (Egypt) under the baking sun - Sahara Desert
12. General Nuisance (Carthage) repel the invading Roman army of Cluny the Scourge (Julii) - Libyan Plains
13. General Nuisance (Carthage) successfully defends against more Roman steel under Decimator22 (Scipii) - Libyan Plains
14. Reeve (Seleucid Empire) assaults and attains the crown from General Nuisance (Carthage) - Numidian Basin
15. Reeve (Seleucid Empire) defends the hill from the agressor Cluny the Scourge (Macedon) - Libyan Plains
16. Decimator22 (Brutii) steals the the crown from the head of Reeve (Seleucid Empire) - Alpine Valley
17. Made-in-the-Uk (Pontus) comes along and throws Decimator22 (Julii) off the hill - Italian Lowlands
18. Made-in-the-Uk (Pontus) drives Cluny the Scourge (Carthage) away from the hill - Armenian Mountains
19. Cluny the Scourge (Seleucid Empire) snatches the crown away from the grasp of Toern (Armenia) - Grassy Flatlands
20. Cluny the Scourge (Seleucid Empire) defends his habitat from the assault of Selifator (Egypt) - Armenian Mountains
21. Cluny the Scourge (Seleucid Empire) drives away the spears of Phalanx300 (Greek City States) - Syrian Flats
22. Cluny the Scourge (Seleucid Empire) ousts the contender Decimator22 (Numidia) from his lands - Syrian Flats
23. Cluny the Scourge (Seleucid Empire) defeats the troops of the attacker Selifator (Armenia) - Syrian Flats
24. Cluny the Scourge (Seleucid Empire) sends the warriors of Decimator22 (Dacia) packing - Armenian Mountains

[Al Merko]

Ow its on!!!

Bye bye no rules. But since CA didn't balance factions rules are almost necessary. No more HA and CHA spams.

We will see how it works.

[Selifator]

Count me in, I'd like to keep that crown on my head this time

[Xavier Dragnesi]

Reeve, would you please post your starting faction so that the challengers know what kind of map they will be up against? In the future, because a King has to stay as the faction he won with as shown in Rule 8, so all future players will know what type of map to expect.

[Selifator]

This gives an advantage to factions with environment bonuses, should give a bit of thought to that.

[Xavier Dragnesi]

Yes I took that into account, and decided that it would be a good bonus challenge for players.

[Cluny the Scourge]

1) Sign me up to the challenger list, please.

2) So your faction-category rotation rules have been entirely abandoned?

3) I have a doubt about the balance between 3 foot-archers and 4 HA. Since the ban on the Cantabrian Circle and Skirmish has been lifted, how else can someone resist the enemy's HAs but with foot-archers? There's just no other way to strike at them effectively. But you need more foot-archers than the enemy has HAs - doesn't this change actually make HAs and Chariot-Archers even stronger than they were before? Wasn't the idea to limit their supremacy?

[Xavier Dragnesi]

2) So your faction-category rotation rules have been entirely abandoned?

That is correct. Now that the extra role of special rules has been added, there is no longer such a need for the rotations.

3) I have a doubt about the balance between 3 foot-archers and 4 HA. Since the ban on the Cantabrian Circle and Skirmish, how else can someone resist the enemy's HAs but with foot-archers? There's just no other way to strike at them effectively. But you need more foot-archers than the enemy has HAs - doesn't this change actually make HAs and Chariot-Archers even stronger than they were before? Wasn't the idea to limit their supremacy?

In that case, I shall increase the archer limit to five. But the reason for the 4 HA is due to the fact that factions like Scythia and Parthia rely on them a quite a bit to have a good force against the enemy. And also, the archer limit was cut down due to complaints of overuse of archers in the last round. But I will raise the archer limit to 5

[Reeve]

when is last legio about

and my fac will be....... rome !

[Reeve]

and can i play on grassy flats with them?

[Xavier Dragnesi]

Yes that is fine. There were certainly grassy flatlands in Italy. However, do remember that other options such as Tuscan Bay and Italian Lowlands are also open to you.

[Selifator]

Might be fun to state that the used maps must be changed after so many battles, insert number, to make sure that the battles are different every time. Not that they are the same with the same map, but you get my point. I hope.

[decimator22]

I will join, put me at the end of the list Xavier.

[Xavier Dragnesi]

Added. Reeve, try to get in touch with The Last Legion as soon as possible. Send him a PM or something, or perhaps contact be Xfire.

[Cluny the Scourge]

Added. Reeve, try to get in touch with The Last Legion as soon as possible. Send him a PM or something, or perhaps contact be Xfire.

Hey, you didn't add me first!

[Xavier Dragnesi]

Sorry!

[Roxas]

didnt know i had to play sorry
what time you want to play reeve?

[Xavier Dragnesi]

You two sorted it out yet?

[Roxas]

Were still aranging a time but we should hopefully play tonight if reeve can play tonight

PS: This is my 50th post so id better celebrate

[Xavier Dragnesi]

Ok, sounds good.