While Hannibal lost the first two battles which took place in Italy, the timely reinforcements sent over by Hasdrubal allowed Hannibal to remain in Italy and...
Charles F and Chris M, As far as I can see, the two of you were not scheduled to play each other, so this game can't count. Am I missing something? Bruce To:...
Bruce... According to the e-mail I received, Feaux de la Croix is the last name in the list I am scheduled to play... it is on the line beneath my name. ...
I now see that on the official page, Charles and I are not scheduled for a game. Maybe you added new players and removed some games for others? Anyway, I...
Ooops. We messed up. Bruce, thanks for pointing that out. Cheers, Charles ... From: Bruce Wigdor To: ihrcl@yahoogroups.com Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2008 4:51...
It was all about Italy this game. Hannibal made it over and promptly dispatched P. Scipio and his whole army courtesy of the DE, and was able to convert...
Danjell E (Rome) vs Chris D (Carthage) Perhaps overeager to get his troops to Italy, Hannibal FORCE MARCHES towards an unfortunate Alps crossing, in which an...
This was a game so full of mistakes I think it would be difficult to list them all, but they include: Longus sailing to Africa on Turn 1 and losing his...
Rome uses the Arminium superstack opening, Carthage shores up political support and has a good Alps crossing (1CU loss) following a MESSENGER INTERCEPT which...
Bruce Wigdor's Romans defeated Andrew Vignuzzi's Carthaginians by resignation in the mid game. After suffering losses to Epidemic, Hannibal crossed into...
Historians fail to agree on why the Second Punic War dragged on for so long with so very little action. One popular theory states that the matter was settled...
In alternate universe XJ2398745C (files of Eternity Technician Harlan), Mago convinces Hannibal to attempt a landing in Lucania early in the war. The spunky,...
this is friggin hilarious Danjell. nice game report! ... for so ... know ... days ... Carthaginian ... year ... save ... complete ... still ... Barcid ... have...
Great report, Danjell! The report is much more interesting than the game. I'm not sure what I think about such stalemate games. A lot of waiting for the...
Our game got off to a slow start as Hannibal never attempted to cross the Alps. Instead, the Carthaginians made a play for Sicily taking over the ENTIRE island...
Hannibal lost the first two battles in Italy and that forced him to flee back across the Alps and allowed the Romans to subjugate both the Boii and Brutti. In...
We played this game in two parts by agreement due to time constraints. Also played with Alternate siege and setup rules. Unfortunately, I do not really...
Early in the game Mago tries to sail to a Diplomatic Croton, but it is not the Storms at Sea that doom him - it's the Roman Navy! Hannibal gets attritioned...
Bruce Wigdor's Carthaginians defeated Chris Durian's Romans by resignation on Turn 9 Hannibal crossed into Italy, but Chris got good generals early and went...
Hannibal took his time crossing the Alps and decided not to venture too far from his allied tribes. This enabled Rome to launch an Early invasion. The Romans...
Nervous against champion. Hannibal acroos alp...and stayed in cisalpinia until turn 9 he swarmed south. Meantime Hasdrubal was sunked wih 8 cu onway to...
Game started with Rome moving its forces to Atrium in order to block Carthagians route. Longus sailed also immeditiatly from Sicily to north of Rome. Carthage...
All that follows is subject to faulty memory, but the victor gets to write the history, right? The Romans started out with a campaign to bring Longus up North...
Game 1: Bruce Wigdor's Romans defeated Charles Robinson's Carthaginians Game 2: Bruce Wigdor's Carthaginians defeated Charles Robinson's Romans In both games,...