Ashland Tactical Challenge Event Round 2

This event is now closed.

The Winner is Gromschlog!

Runner up is Terham!

Congratulations again to Gromschlog and as a reward a gift card prize!

Greetings Elyrians! In the interests of community building and general fun Ashland is hosting an ongoing event for the next few months!

The premise and rules are simple. Every month, or thereabouts, a scenario for a battle will be posted to the forums. These battle scenarios will all be based on historical battles. Each scenario will be presented in such a way as to most accurately represent the historical situation.

Only the situation leading up to the battle such as the general strategic situation, disposition of the commanders, composition of the armies, and other relevant information will be provided. The historical battle the scenario is based on and the historical participants will be omitted. Further, the scenario will be presented from the point of view of the historical winner.

Each round the battle scenario presented will become progressively more difficult, but the side presented to the contestants will always be the side of the historical winner. There are by definition no unwinnable scenarios despite how difficult the third and final scenarios may be.

In this contest every contestant will submit at least one page and no more than three pages explaining their plan to win the battle scenario presented. Submissions ought to be in Times New Roman 12 pt font and double spaced, or similarly formatted. Please include your forum name on the submission, and title the submission with your forum name so that the reviewers can tell them apart from each other. These rules are meant to keep the review process flowing smoothly so that everyone’s proposals are fairly judged, so please be concise. If a submission is deemed exceed these parameters too an excessive degree it will be disqualified. Please be considerate of the reviewer’s time.

At the end of two weeks all the submissions will be reviewed and an overall winner selected. The winner of Round 2 will receive a $20 gift card to the COE store. The winner’s proposal will be updated in this post and they will receive their $20 gift card at that time, along with the runner ups submission. We will present the historical outcome of the battle, its name, date, location, and the participants. Finally, any honorable mentions if applicable will also be seen here. Please post any questions in the comments below.

The Challenge

Your army is a professional force of well trained, disciplined, and well-equipped soldiers numbering around 7,000 soldiers in total with 1,300 knights. Your soldiers are all heavily armed and armored. Even your infantry are well armored with heavy mail and among some superior units partial plate. Your knights are all in full plate armor, and they are all quite experienced warriors. There are no significant ranged units in your army.

You are responding to an invasion force by a coalition of allied nations who have deployed a united army against you. The allied army numbers around 9,000 soldiers with around 1,500 knights. Their units are just as well armed and armored as yours, however their soldiers are less experienced than yours. There are no significant ranged units in the enemy army.

The allied army consists of three divisions of roughly equal size with the third division being slightly larger than the other two. Division F consists of predominately infantry with some cavalry support. Division G consists of equal parts infantry and cavalry. Division E consists of mostly infantry with cavalry support. All three divisions are under the command of different leaders, but all are under the overall command of the Division G leader. Of special note, Division F is the army of rebellious lords from your own kingdom.

You have just reached a village on the banks of a substantial river when news of the enemy’s location and movements reaches you. The enemy is bearing down on you as fast as their army can move and will be on you within the day. Division F forms the vanguard; Division G the center; and Division E the rear. As the King of your nation, now facing two invading nations commanded by a foreign monarch and allied with rebels against your own crown, the political consequences of withdrawing in the face of their advancing forces would most severe, and bring you great dishonor, leaving you little real choice but to fight. The village you army is now located in is not fortified in any way. It is located on a large flat plain surrounded on the west by the river, and in all other directions by marsh or sparse woodlands. The weather is fair and there has be no recent significant precipitation.

Closing Details

It is your job to formulate a strategic and tactical plan for defeating the enemy force while preventing as much of their force from escaping as possible. Only the forces mentioned in the scenario should be taken into consideration; it is assumed that neither side will receive further reinforcements in the foreseeable future.

In your submission please be as detailed as you can. If you have any questions please post them in the comments below.

Due to the fact that the scenario is based on a real-world battle exact numbers for army elements may not available for every battle. As such a certain amount of leeway will be given as regards interpretation of exact army compositions. Please be reasonable and use your best judgment.

All submissions should be sent via e-mail to: [email protected]

After the winner has been chosen all submissions will be available to be viewed on

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Please Note:

I, Sev Kimura, am merely helping promote and sponsor these events, but am not running them. Please refer to Barleyman in this regard and if you have any questions, please reply to this thread and I hope you have a little fun with this contest!