Noyon championship 2016-2017

This is actually ranking our various armies big battle based on their results on the battlefield. The ranking is established by army, irrespective of the player who plays them.

The primary goal is to diversify our oppositions (otherwise we are always encouraged to play our favorite armies and the parties are less varied) but it will also allow us to establish an inventory of the effectiveness of our armies to the test Of fire, which can only be achieved over a long period of time in the face of a multitude of varied oppositions.

This championship began in October 2016 and will be completed in 2017 when each of the engaged armies has met each other.

J: Played games (20 games to play per army in total)

V: Number of victories
D: Number of defeats
N: Number of drawes (Less than 10 points of deviation or simultaneous demoralizations of armies)

Points:
In the event of a tie at the points, the army having fought the fewest battles is ranked in front.

Explanation of the points:

The winner of a game scores 72 points minus the number of lost items.
The defeated marks the number of enemy platelets killed or demoralized.
In case of draw, the two armies mark their points as defeated.

As the games are not limited in time, zero matches can only occur if the two enemy armies are demoralized in the same turn.

This type of calculation encourages the search for victory, more profitable, than a simple "game against the clock".

2-point bonus per general killed enemy (Winner as defeated scoring these points if applicable)
2 points bonus per demoralized enemy corps (Only the defeated marker if applicable)
Bonus of 4 points if taken from the eventual built-up area enemy. (The attacker scores these points if the city is taken and not retrieved by the defender)
Bonus of 4 points if taken from the enemy's camp. (Winner as defeated scoring these points if applicable)

Provisional classification (dated 07.06. 2017)

21 Armed forces  

 1-  Mitanni P12 V9 D3 DRAW0  613 points
 2- Kuschans P13 V7 D5 DRAW1  565 points
3- Vercingetorix Gauls P12 V7 D5 DRAW0  563 points
4- Bronzeage Europeans P12 V7 D4 DRAW1  562 points (Ex-aequo)
 Hittites P14 V7 D6 DRAW1  562 points (Ex-aequo)
6-   Middle imperial Romans P13 V7 D6 DRAW0  548 points 
 7- Classical ancient Greeks P13 V6 D7 DRAW0  534 points
  8- Medieval English P13 V7 D6 DRAW0  524 points
9- Neo Babylonians P12 V7 D5 DRAW0  491 points
10- Antonius & Cleopatra (Ptolemaic) P11 V6 D5 DRAW0  467 points
11- Dunhuang P12 V6 D6 DRAW0  454 points
12- Tamil Indians (Kingdom of Chola) P11 V6 D5 DRAW0  452 points
13- Seleucids P12 V6 D6 DRAW0  447 points
14-  Samouraï P12 V6 D6 DRAW0  443 points
 15- Han Chinese  P12 V5 D7 DRAW0  405 points 
16-  Aztecs P12 V5 D6 DRAW1  386 points  
17-  Minoans P12 V4 D7 DRAW0  367 points
18- Siameses P12 V4 D8 DRAW0  354 points 
19- Ancient british Celts P13 V5 D8 DRAW0  347 points 
20- Medieval French P13 V4 D9 DRAW0  340 points 
 21- Hussites P12 V4 D8 DRAW0  313 points

125 Confrontations (dated 07.06. 2017)

Kuschans vs Hittites (74 à 00) / Chinese Han vs Medieval French (63 à 17) / Neo-babylonians vs  Indians (55 à 21) / Romans vs Hittites (20 à 70) / Ptolemaic vs Mitanni (14 à 62) / Seleucids vs Greeks (03 à 71) / Kuschans vs Aztecs (38 à 40) / Neo-babylonians vs Dunhuang (02 à 74) / Ptolemaic vs Europeans (03 à 71) / English  vs Minoans (66 à 14) / Siamese vs British (72 à 02) / Gauls vs Minoans (19 à 56) / French vs Samouraï (06 à 66) / Seleucids vs Mitanni (10 à 70) / Romans vs Neo-Babylonians (67 à 11) / French vs English (02 à 72) / Han vs Dunhuang (03 à 69) / Seleucids vs Hittites (58 à 16) / Aztecs vs Europeans (02 à 70) / Siamese vs Indians (13 à 63) / Greeks vs British (71 à 03) / Hussites vs Samouraï (70 à 10) / Gauls vs Hussites (19 à 57) / Aztecs vs British (18 à 56) / Ptolemaic vs Indians (72 à 02) / Han vs Europeans (72 à 06) / Romans vs Siameses (66 à 14) / Gauls vs Greeks (77 à 00) / Kuschans vs Dunhuang (09 à 73) / Hussites vs Minoeans (15 à 59) / Samouraï vs English (67 à 05) / Romans  vs French (59 à 17) / Hussites vs Mitanni (63 à 11) / Kuschans vs Gauls (08 à 68) / Aztecs vs Hittites (08 à 74) / Ptolemaic vs Greeks (73 à 03) / English vs Indians (07 à 69) / Dunhuang vs Europeans (03 à 69)  / Seleucids vs British (72 à 06) / Hussites vs Siameses (09 à 65) / Seleucids vs French (67 à 09) / Samouraï vs Han (04 à 68) / Romans vs Minoeans (67 à 09)  / Greeks vs Indians (13 à 65) / Mitanni vs Hittites (73 à 04) / Kuschans vs British (71 à 01) / Han vs Aztecs (14 à 62)  / English vs Siameses (62 à 12) / Gauls vs Dunhuang (10 à 62) / Neo-babylonians vs Mitanni (67 à 05) / Neo-babylonians vs Europeans (05 à 69) / Samouraï vs Ptolemaic (05 à 69) / Europeans vs Minoeans (57 à 19) / Kuschans vs Minoeans (63 à 09) / Hittites vs British (11 à 67) / Hussites vs French (07 à 67) / Gauls vs Aztecs (19 à 67) / Han vs Mitanni (16 à 58) / Greeks vs Siameses (61 à 15) / Romans vs Samouraï (71 à 05) / Neo-babylonians vs English (04 à 69) / Dunhuang vs Indians (02 à 70) / Seleucids vs Ptolemaic (72 à 05) / English vs Hittites (08 à 66) / British vs Samouraï (03 à 69) / Gauls vs Han (70 à 02)  / English  vs Dunhuang (63 à 12) / Kuschans vs Siameses (19 à 56) / Europeans vs French (63 à 17) / Seleucids vs Minoeans (06 à 68) / Greeks vs Hussites (06 à 68) / Aztecs vs Ptolemaic (59 à 15) / Samouraï vs Siameses (70 à 06) / Mitanni vs Romans (71 à 09) / Neo-babylonians vs Minoeans (72 à 02) / Gauls vs British Celts (02 à 76)  / Aztecs vs Frenchs (01 à 71) / Chola vs Hittites (08 à 68) / Chola vs Europeans (03 à 71) / Neo-babylonians vs Minoeans (72 à 02)  / Greeks vs Mitanni (16 à 68) / Dunhuang vs British Celts (16 à 56) / Kuschans vs Samouraï (69 à 09) / Kuschans vs E,glishs (47 à 11) / Gauls vs Seleucids (02 à 76)  / Aztecs vs Greeks (10 à 68) / Minoeans vs ¨Ptolemaïcs (02 à 78) / Seleucids vs Europeans (71 à 07) / Aztecs vs Romans (63 à 13) / Hussites vs Ptolemaïcs (03 à 71) / Gauls vs Han (71 à 03) / Dunhuang vs French (06 à 70) / Kuschans vs Chola  (57 à 19) / Chola vs Romans (60 à 14) / Englishs  vs Mitanni (18 à 56) / Dunhuang vs Siameses (71 à 05) / British Celts vs Hussites (70 à 04)  / Hittites contre Han (65 à 09)  / Kuschans vs Greeks (13 à 65) / Neo-babylonians vs Frenchs (68 à 06) / Gauls vs Europeans (70 à 10) / English vs Seleucids (70 à 08) / Han vs British Celts (71 à 03)  / Minoeans vs Mitanéens (09 à 65) / Ptolemaïc vs Hittites (64 à 14) / Europeans vs Hussites (54 à 21)  / Dunhuang vs Romans  (66 à 10) / Gauls vs Frenchs (73 à 01) / Aztecs vs Siameses (59 à 15) / Kuschans vs Mitanni (74 à 02) / Minoéens vs Hittites (70 à 12) / Chola contre Seleucids (72 à 00) / Han vs Englishs (04 à 68) / Dunhuang contre Grecs antiques (00 à 74)  / British Celts vs Mitanni (02 à 70) / Neo-babylonians vs Samouraï (05 à 67)  / Seleucids vs Hussites (71 à 03) / Siameses vs Frenchs (72 à 02) / Aztèques vs  Minoéens (00 à 72) / Hittites vs Greeks (76 à 02) / Bretons antiques vs Europeans (02 à 72) /  Han vs Lagides (72 à 03)  / Néo-babyloniens vs Siamois (71 à 09) / Romans vs Hittites (66 à 06) / Samouraï vs Greeks (68 à 08) / Kuschans vs Romans (03 à 71) / Hussites vs Hittites (03 à 69)

Hall of fame (en date du 07.06. 2017)

Trophy Poliorcètos (Provisional) : Minoéens et Romains Moyen empire (Ex-aequo)
Villes prises: 3 (Ville anglaise médiévale par Minoéens / Ville Indiens Chola par Romains Moyen empire)

Trophy Attila (Provisional) : Romains Moyen empire (3 Camps pris)
Camps pillés: 10 (Camps néo-Babylonien par Romains Moyen empire / Camps Samouraï par Hussites / Camps européen âge du bronze par Chinois Han / Camps Siamois par Romains Moyen empire / Camps grec par Gaulois / Camps Kouchane par Dunhuang / Camps Aztèque par Hittites / Camps Breton antique par Séleucides / Camps Samourai par Romains Moyen empire / Camps européen âge du bronze par Français Médiévaux / Camps gaulois par Bretons antiques / Camps Mitanéen par Grecs antiques / Camps Samourai par Kouchanes / Camps Minoen par Lagides / Camps Romains Moyen empire par Indiens Chola) / Camps grec antique par Hittites / Camps Siamois par Néo-babyloniens)

Trophy Gelimer (Provisional) : Gaulois
"Main pourrie": 4 faits notables hors "malchance ordinaire"
-15 résultats "1" obtenus en 26 jets de combats successifs (Aztèque contre les Européens âge du bronze)
- 10 "1" obtenus lors de 10 combats successifs dans le même tour !!! (Gaulois contre Dunhuang)

- Perte en combat frontal en bon terrain d'un général Cv face à un Ps (!) (6-1 et un débord) ce qui entraîna la démoralisation du corps principal.(Gaulois contre Aztèques)
 - 3 Défaites répétées "au dernier moment" alors que l'ennemi n'est plus qu'à une plaquette de sa propre défaite. (Gaulois contre Hussites, Aztèques et Minoéens)

[Demetrios Poliorcetos (Δημήτριος A 'Πολιορκητής): general diadoque renowned for his assault of cities, Attila: legendary king hun in terms of plunder and destruction, Gelimer: last king Vandal, famous for its tenacious misfortune.]

Other notable facts,

The medieval Englishmen succeeded in killing all three Seleucid generals in the same battle (and the battle ceased when one of their own generals was at a short distance from enemy baggage)

- A Greek general surrounded by Samurai mounted on both flanks and the rear survives three successive phases of hand to hand combat (fighting 2 against 4, without recoil possible) and allowing his army to demoralize a body. The Samurai finally carried off the battle, but the Greek general survived the battle.

[Liste I/43] Scythian wagon

It is indeed a Scythian carriage, that is to say, a nomadic dwelling, a kind of caravan before the hour. It is not a tank of war. This clarification is especially necessary because many players with figurines see Scythian tanks as a result of a mistaken translation of Scythe trolley, overhang, confused with Skythian wagon, Scythian trolley Of the ambiguity of the English term "Scythian")

The first question I asked myself to make this cart was about the type of wheels: should they be full or spokes?

Some Scythian figurines found by archaeologists have solid wheels:

Specimen found in Crimea

Other specimen

Some Scythian artefacts found by archaeologists have spoked wheels:

Famous wagon of Pazyryk (Altaï)

I opted for a form close to Scythian figurines but chose to equip them with spokes wheels. The Scythians had many civilizations whose vehicles had spoked wheels.

As a Scythian woman, I chose to use a figurine Wargame foundry of a Thracian woman, the suit sticking quite, both by the cap and the dress. And in addition I had it in my box rabiots ...

A rabiot of arcs and Scythian gorytes frames the door. A sword and a shield, also Scythian, also decorate the front of the trolley. These items are of the 1st body miniature brand.

The shield is decorated with a gold plate in relief representing the Scythe deer of Patzyryk.

Because the wagon was intended for residential use, openings were left behind at the rear of the vehicle.

[Liste I/18] Minoan or Mycenaean 18th century BC

This is one of the armies of my son Antoine.
This army is intended to be used as a Minoan force. It is also sometimes aligned as a Mycenaean army.

 

Photo: Koryvantes reenacting group

 

The Minoan civilization developed on the islands of Crete and Santorini in the south of Greece from 2700 to 1200 BC. AD ..

Drawing its modern name from the legendary king Minos, it was revealed by the English archaeologist Arthur John Evans in the early twentieth century. It is not known by what name she designated herself, but the Egyptians of antiquity called it "Kaphti"

Around 2000 BC AD, are built buildings large enough to deserve the name of palace. These constructions are the main change from the Middle Bronze Age. Their foundation results in a concentration of power in certain centers, dictated both by external events and as a consequence of internal economic and social evolution. Written sources from the peoples of the East indicate that the Aegean and Minor Asia experienced an upheaval provoking a reaction from the Cretans. They apparently chose to gather under the rule of a chief, or even two or four, in order better to combat the dangers of external powers. The first palaces of Knossos, Phaistos and Malia are located on the most fertile plains of the island, enabling their owners to accumulate riches, especially agricultural ones, as evidenced by the department stores for agricultural products found in these palaces. Palaces become centers of radiation for 600 to 700 years, and civilization is now considered palatial.

The location of these palaces corresponds to the large agglomerations which existed during the third pre-palatial phase20. Knossos controlled the rich region of north-central Crete, Phaistos dominated the plain area of ​​Messara, and Malia the center-east until present-day Ierapetra. In recent years, archaeologists have spoken of well-defined territories or states, a new phenomenon in Greek space.

The civilization of protopalatial period extends to all Crete. Relations between local leaders seem peaceful and based on collaboration. But the palaces testify to the existence of a central political power and a hierarchy dominated by a king. The execution of major works such as the leveling of the hill at Knossos or Phaistos are indications that the Minoans had already established a division of labor and had a large number of workers. The slavery and the corvee already practiced in the East probably existed also in Crete. The presence of a hierarchy in the palaces is attested by the quantity of seals discovered at Phaistos. Finally, the development of hieroglyphic writing and the appearance of the first linear script would be linked to the bureaucratic system and the need for better control of the inputs and outputs of goods.

The radiance of the Minoan culture is now felt outside of Crete. It seems that Knossos has already laid the foundations of the "Minoan thalassocracy." Kamares ceramics were found at Milos, Lerne, Aegina and Kouphonissi. Imports of ceramics in Egypt, Syria, Byblos and Ugarit prove the links between Crete and these countries.

A Pax Minoica seems to reign on the island which is now under the authority of Knossos. One theory is that the Cretan palaces all belonged to the same master who visited them alternately.

About 1700 BC. A great catastrophe destroyed the three great palaces, in all probability an earthquake, which affected several countries of Asia Minor at the same period. Another theory is that there was a conflict between the palaces of which Knossos emerged victorious.

[Liste I/43a] Scythians

This army has the peculiarity of constituting one of the components of my army Kushan (their cousins called ​​Yue zhi by the Chinese). I like playing the Scythians as a DBA army because of my interest in the history of this people and this civilization.

King Alteas

The famous Amazons

Nobles or Massagetae

A wagon as baggage

The light cavalry version is particularly painful to face for the opponent but lacks solidity in combat. I also have medium cavalry to play the tribe of the Messagetae and thus have more robustness. Nevertheless, I prefer them in full LH, which tells them of my other army of the steppes, Turks Tü Chüe. It is probable that I shall eventually obtain a few light infantrymen.

The Scythians (/ sit /, in ancient Greek Σκὐθαι, Skúthai) were a group of Indo-European peoples of Eurasia largely nomadic and speaking Iranian languages. Originating from Central Asia, they lived their apogee between the seventh century BC. AD and the end of antiquity, especially in the Eurasian steppes, a vast area from Ukraine to Altai, passing through Russia and Kazakhstan. The Persians designated these peoples by the name of sakas, which was translated into Saces. Numerous ancient sources testify to the Scythian peoples, the Assyrians mention the Saces as early as 640 BCE.

In the 3rd century BC. Arsace I, chief of the Parni, a Scythian tribe, conquered the Seleucid province of Parthia, and founded there the dynasty of the Arsacidae. One of his successors, Mithridates I, then conquered much of the Greco-Persian empire in the 2nd century BC. And founded the powerful empire Parthian or Empire Arsacide. In the 2nd and 1st centuries BC. AD of the Scythian tribes also created kingdoms in India, the Indo-Scythians covering the entire Indus basin and part of the upper Ganges at their peak, on the rubble of the Indo-Greeks. Many ethnic or noble groups continue to claim Scythian ancestry. At the beginning of the modern era, the Poles, Lithuanians, Ruthenians ... of the vast Polish and Lithuanian kingdom often claimed a fabulous Scythian or Sarmatian origin, as was the case with the Jats in India North.

Ateas (ca. 429 BC - 339 BC) is described by Greek and Roman sources as one of the most powerful kings of Scythians. He lost his life, and his empire, during the conflict with Philip II of Macedonia in 339 BC. His name also appears as Atheas, Ateia, Ataias and Ateus.

It remains uncertain whether or not Ateas was in connection with the royal dynasty of the Scythians. Most historians see him instead as a usurper who deposed the other Scythian kings and eliminated the traditional tripartite divisions of Scythian society around 400 BC. In the years 340 BC. BC, he had united under his control the Scythian tribes inhabiting the vast territory between the Danube and the Maeotian marshes (Palus Maeotis). Its supposed capital was discovered by Soviet archaeologists near the town of Kamianka-Dniprovska on the river Dnieper.

Plutarch tells several anecdotes about Ateas's personality and his attitude towards Greek culture: "Ateas made prisoner Isménias, an excellent flute player, and ordered him to play; And when others praised him, he exclaimed that it was more pleasant to hear a neighing horse. Ateas wrote to Philip: "You reign over the Macedonians, men who have learned how to fight; And I on the Scythians, who can fight hungry and thirsty. "

Towards the end of his life, Ateas came to challenge more and more the Greco-Macedonian sphere of influence in the Balkans. Greek sources describe his campaign against the tribe of the Histrians in Thrace. At first, Ateas had the prudent idea of ​​asking Macedonia for support. When Philip's troops arrived in Scythia, they were dismissed with contempt: the king of the Histrians was already dead, and the military actions were over. Another incident took place between Philip and Ateas during the siege of Byzantium; The Scythians refused to give provisions to the Macedonian troops under the pretext of poverty on their own lands.

Royal artefacts, Alma ata museum

These innocuous incidents with Ateas gave Philip a reason for the invasion of this first domain. The final drop that caused the vase to overflow came when the Scythians refused Philip the right to consecrate a statue of Hercules in the estuary of the Danube. In 339 BC, AD, the two armies clashed on the plains of Dobruja. Ateas, then 90 years old, was killed in action and his army routed. It seems that Philip was so wounded and his horse died in battle.

Peace was re-established at the cost of 20,000 Scythian women and as many horses given to the Macedonians. As a result of this defeat, the Empire of Ateas collapsed completely. The Scythians lost their dominant position in the steppes of the Bridge during two centuries, until the reign of Scilurus in the 2nd century BC. AD