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Classical Ancients in Central London 2015

Results

This was the first (of hopefully many) 1-day Central London L'Art de la Guerre competitions, covering the Classical period in 15mm. With a turnout of 26 players, split fairly evenly between Central London and the Rest of the World (ie mostly SELWG) a good time, and a good curry, was had by all. Many people had played less than half a dozen, or in some cases even less games of ADLG, but the rules flowed quickly, and there were very few umpire calls, all of which could be resolved by a quick (but polite) dose of "RTFM" !

The lists from the players at Central London can be seen here in the L'Art de la Guerre Wiki.

The range of armies in the competition was unsurprisingly weighted towards the Classical standards, of Alexandrian, Seleucid, Successor and a handful of Romans. All games were played at 200 points, with a 2 & 1/4 hour duration. Round one featured 13 games and 6 decisive results, after which a fairly solid Swiss pairing (a few SELWG/SELWG and London/London pairings were manually adjusted out in mid table) saw 9 decisive results in the time allowed. Round 3, again pretty close to pure Swiss, saw 7 decisive results out of 13.

The Results

Pos	Player	Army	R1	R2	R3	Tot
1	Steve Tanner	Classical Indian	97	37	100	234
2	Ian Mackay	Seleucid	95	94	37	226
3	Dave Saunders	Alexandrian Macedonian	97	94	33	224
4	Clive McLeod	Alexandrian Macedonian	13	91	92	196
5	Peter Webb	Seleucid	51	33	96	180
6	Geoff Punshon	Republican Roman	41	37	96	174
7	Chris Richards	Seleucid	31	98	37	166
8	Dave Allen	Republican Roman	35	91	37	163
8	Alan Goodearl	Early Successor	97	33	33	163
10	Jesse Schoor	Macedonian Successor	33	94	35	162
11	Martin Healy	Selucid	93	33	33	159
12	Andy Finkel	Alexandrian Macedonian	97	16	35	148
13	Tim Porter	Carthaginian	33	19	94	146
14	Elliott Woodruff	Late Aechemnid Persian	17	93	34	144
15	Sean Walker	Later Makedonian	37	98	0	135
16	Madan Mitra	Alexander the Great	13	19	98	130
17	Chris McNeill	Warring States Chinese	15	94	14	123
17	Denis Grey	Republican Roman	13	16	94	123
19	Howard Gray	Armenian	39	33	37	109
20	Gordon Jamieson	Graeco Indian w/Kushan	29	39	33	101
21	Luke Tanner	Seleucid	41	37	14	92
22	Darrell Pearce	Seleucid	35	16	35	86
23	Marc Wilson	Indian	37	15	25	77
24	Tony Rodwell	Alexander the Great	29	31	16	76
25	Paul Keyes	Carthaginian	13	17	16	46
26	Dean Tolitt	Classical Greek	19	12	12	43

Photos from the Games

ADLG, Classical Ancients: Central London Art de la Guerre Competition, 15mm

Romans struggling against the Greek pike phalanx

ADLG, Classical Ancients: Central London Art de la Guerre Competition, 15mm

Phalanx on Phalanx action, as the skirmishers get out of the way!

ADLG, Classical Ancients: Central London Art de la Guerre Competition, 15mm

Players all keeping busy

ADLG, Classical Ancients: Central London Art de la Guerre Competition, 15mm

Sparta tests it's resolve against superior technology

ADLG, Classical Ancients: Central London Art de la Guerre Competition, 15mm

Games underway in round 2

ADLG, Classical Ancients: Central London Art de la Guerre Competition, 15mm

The Armenians try to leverage their better maneuverability

ADLG, Classical Ancients: Central London Art de la Guerre Competition, 15mm

Carthaginian Spears hold on against Indian chariots whilst the Gauls look for a flank to attack

ADLG, Classical Ancients: Central London Art de la Guerre Competition, 15mm

ADLG, as Barker intended ...

ADLG, Classical Ancients: Central London Art de la Guerre Competition, 15mm

The Chinese chariots try to overwhelm the flank as their infantry struggle against pikemen

ADLG, Classical Ancients: Central London Art de la Guerre Competition, 15mm

Phalanxes with nothing to fight!

ADLG, Classical Ancients: Central London Art de la Guerre Competition, 15mm

Games underway

ADLG, Classical Ancients: Central London Art de la Guerre Competition, 15mm

Hannibal fancies his chances on this one...

ADLG, Classical Ancients: Central London Art de la Guerre Competition, 15mm

Top table action in round 3

The event was covered on the ADLG Facebook Group with pictures and updates. The results have also been fed into the newly constituted BHGS UK ADLG rankings

You can buy ADLG in the UK from North Star Miniatures, and is only £27 for the full rules, and all army lists included in just one book. It can also be bought from several other retailers at shows

There is a UK Yahoo Group, as well as a US Yahoo Group, plus of course the main ADLG forum where you can find out more about the rules and about events.

ADLG events are being held next year at Usk, at Burton, and at all of ther BHGS events throughout the year. Check the forums for additional events

Read the Madaxeman blog post that argues that ADLG is potentially A Very Good Thing right now for UK ancients gaming

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