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Joined: Wed Aug 20, 2003 12:30 am
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Location: University of Essex, Colchester, UK (soon to be Brighton, Sussex, UK)
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In a restaurant called Obelix?. And rightly so!! They served hamburgers that were taller than wider!! Quite a challenge to eat those!  We suspect it was the store owner trying to get rid of us all?. DBA players stood up to the challenge! We play small, but tough!
GAME III: SPARTA 10 Sp, 1 Cv, 1 Ps. Victory: 4-2
PICTURES
http://s180.photobucket.com/albums....partans
Vs Jesus, the store owner. I went overboard with terrain and had no space to manoeuvre (lesson learned for next time!!). It went Ok until I approached the enemy line and the spears surged forward. I lost 2 Wb
due to lack of PiPs (again).
It was a clear victory, but less so than I (and my opponent!) thought it would be in the end. I did not move my troops well here, spreading my mounted troops and Wbs. Still, a victory.
GAME IV: Seleucids(d): 2 Kn, 1 Cv, 1 El, 4 Pk, 1 Bd, 1 Ax,. 2 Ps.
Victory 4-0
PICTURES:
http://s180.photobucket.com/albums....euc%20D
AAAAAAAAAnd more elephants. Still, the D list, so it is the "diet Seleucid" list. No Sch, and only 1 ellie
The woods and the difficult hill screw up his deployment, since hw was obsessed with deploying in Ggo (a mistake IMO, but hey). 1 LH ZOCs the Pk from turn 1 onwards. A LCh and 2 Wb destroy the Kn & Cv that were
trying to flank my right and the other Wb and a second chariot kill the Ax in BGo.
When the Wb reach the Pk block it is game over 4-0.
GAME V: EIR. Foot general, 1 Ps.
PICTURES:
http://s180.photobucket.com/albums....1%20EIR
I had a road, so I had to try toe r4oad assault that we had been discussing in the fanaticus forum (DBA forum) LOL. It failed abysmally, with 1 Wb dead and a LCh and LH speeding back though the forest using the road to get out of range of the enemy Ax. Nice and funny try, though 
In the other flank I did better and a LCh and LH destroyed the enemy Cv, 1 Bd and 1 Ps. 3-1 to me.
I decided to go for massive kills instead of capturing the enemy camp straight away. I did so because I was told that if I won big the "goal average" would make me win the tournament.
A pair of 1 and 2 for PIPs allowed my opponent to take the initiative and assault my general. He repelled the assault, but it was close. My Wb killed a Bd before I could assault the enely camp, so it was a 4-1 victory.
I lost the tournament for ONE ELEMENT. If I had captured the camp I would have won. Pitty. Next time, then heheheheh
With the prize I get a BBDBA Big Al army, a seleucid Morph and a polybian/marian morph. Not bad at all!!
IN the painting competition, my Crenshaw barbarians (a member of the Fanaticus forum that painted them for me) ended up second as well! Looks like it has been my "almost there!" tourney. Hehehe.
Well, fortunately I didn't win and will not have to send the prize to David overseas!!!
After that I went out with my last opponent and had a nice time partying. He guided me to my hostel, but I told him that I do not go to bed with anyone after the first game
Overall, a really nice time. I think I will repeat next time.
Cheers,
Xavi
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