Field of Glory II News

Hello Everyone,

The World Team Championship is over and after many tough and balanced games, we have our first World Team Champion: Furor Gallico.

Furor Gallico consisted of four French members: dim30, Bodhran, Sennacherib and their team captain random27. It was an astonishing feat of skill and teamwork that took them to the peak of the world!

They played the final against another skilled and great team, the British Armchair Heroes. It is worth remembering the composition of the team: Stew101, Ericodoman1, lydianed and captain waltersavage.

The after action report written by random27, the last and decisive game of the challenge, makes for compelling reading when you consider it’s significance:

Period 2 : Furor Gallico losses 50 vs Armchair Heroes 51

“The battlefield was composed of a large plain in his middle, on the right a big hill and on the left near the viking deployment line, a forest bordered a middle hill next to a rough ground
Arab army was a mixed force of infantry and cavalry, viking army was mostly only infantry with 3 superior cavs in support.

The arab plan was simple, a great force of cavalry followed by dailami and irregular rushed on the left whereas the arab foot lancers waited in the south east.

Thanks to great movements, the viking line managed to avoid the arabs cavs to take them by rear or flank, better than that, they pushed back their enemy and killed a lot of men. At the same time, the battle in the south began and after several turns, arab infantry, rejoined by the cavalry, destroyed the vikings.

Thanks to my opponent it was a great battle. I was under pressure, knowing the result of the other games, I knew I must not take a decisive defeat and I sometimes made moves for this purpose.

I have endured many feelings in the battle, because things didn't go like I wanted and it should have been the same for my opponent.

It seems that for this first edition, furor gallico is world team champion, like our motto says : IMPOSSIBLE NOT FOR (the) FRENCH”


The 3rd and 4th place playoff challenge, between the american team Hell on the wheels and chinese team Qin, was absolutely conditioned by the tactics and fear of losing. Just 2 games out of 4 finished in time and the organizers had to adjudicate 2 games.


In this case the Solomonic decision was to not consider the unfinished games for the final score.


The challenge was a perfect draw, 1 victory for each side and Hell of wheels won the match for 8% casualty difference.

Final ranking:

World Champion
Furor Gallico, France
Team composed by: random27 (cap.), dim30, Bodhran, Sennacherib, Sivispacem (reserve)

Second Position:
Armchair Heroes, UK
Team composed by: Captainwaltersavage (cap.), Ericdoman1, lydianed, Stew101, carpkem (reserve)

Third Position:
Hell on the Wheels, USA
Team composed by: Aetius39 (cap.), deeter, karvon, pbuck777, rpadilla1988 (reserve)

We hope you enjoyed the World Team Championship.

Don’t forget Slitherine’s Tea Time on our Twitch Channel Slitherine.tv planned on Thursday 27th February as the captains of the finalist teams will be our special guests.

See you in the next WTC edition planned for September 2022.

Take care and stay healthy!

After the Christmas holidays, the moment to see what happened in the WTC semi-final has arrived.
The plan was for there to be two very intense and interesting challenges:


Right-hand semi-final

Furor Gallico vs Hell on the wheels, France vs USA.


The Gallic warriors against the Americans, this match seemed to be very balanced and oriented towards being a tough battle to the last man. However, the blues with an extraordinary performance carried out a brilliant 3 to 1 victory! Their motto represents exactly the spirit of the french team, "Impossible, not for (the) french"!

The after action report written by the captain of the blues, random27 (Arab) who was playing against Kharvon (Navarrese), went as follows: “His sportsmanship is significant". “At the beginning of the day, the Arabs couldn't see all the Navareese army. A big hill overhung the middle of the battlefield. The Arabs sat on it and the irregular Navarrese awaited them in a big forest on the left and in hills on the right.”
“In front of the forest, a big force of light troops scared the Arabs and stopped their advance. Once again the dailami wanted to fight and decided to attack troops in the forest in a maybe-too-optimistic charge. They saw that they were outnumbered too late and were taken from the flanks. Despite that, they managed to continue fighting for more than ten turns.

The second part of the Navareese army, consisting of unmounted horse lancers , launched their attack and tried to outflank the Arab army. They were repulsed and since the Arabs were too numerous on this side, Dailami knew then that they would die. Their sacrifice gave the victory to Gallico.
Thanks for the great game, the win could have gone to either side".

Left-hand Semi final

Armchair Heroes vs Qin, UK vs China.


This battle was a dramatic and epic clash of arms. The result of the challenge was a perfect draw, with 2 victories for each side. This means the final result was decided by the percentage difference, which was just 6% in favour of the British team.

In this battle the hero was Ericdoman1, with a crushing victory (10% - 43%). This created a big gap that was impossible to fill. The second victory was won by Captainwaltersavage, here is the after action report written by the British player:

"A very strange battle. It was like fighting in a mirror. We brought very similar armies, though I brought more lights and cavalry and the other side brought more dismounted knights. The main feature of the battle was a deep stream that was dividing the battlefield. The most significant other terrain was a large tract of rough ground on my right on the other side of the river.
I went right, as there was a slight bend in the river that gave me a chance to sneak into the rough ground. I felt I was going to get destroyed in the open and felt the battle came down to how well I could hide and battle in the rough ground whilst avoiding the mounted and dismounted knights.

The Chinese Germans came on in a very efficient formation that drove my left and centre back. My right had all the success and their greatest triumph was when 4 units surrounded a unit of dismounted knights and eventually dragged it down like a pack of hunting dogs on a lion. It was all down to the timing, and the battle ended just at the point that the heavy units of the Enemy were about to crush my centre."
Regarding Qin, there is no doubt that the level and skills of the team and the talent of the Chinese players, was worthy of the finals with the british. There is a stone in the Egyptian desert and some very apt words were chiseled into the stone by 7th Bersaglieri Rgt, that represents very well the spirit of the Qin team: "Mancò la fortuna, non il valore" "it lacked luck, not valor".

The program of the finals includes:

1/2 Final
Furor Gallico vs Armchair Heroes

3/4 Final
Qin vs Hell on the Wheels

It was a very intense and exciting quarter final, we had some huge surprises and also confirmations about the potential candidates for the final title. Let’s see what happened:


Righthand knockout Games



Furor Gallico also knonw as “The blue Celts” won the challenge versus Inglorius Brits, the result was 10 to 6 for the French team, 2 victories, one loss and a draw gave the green light for the semi-final to the Celts.
Vercingetorix is proud to see his warriors prevail against the romans… ops there is a mistake, Brits were also Celts…. In this case, instead of Vercingetorix, may Napoleon inspired the Blues.
The heroes of the turn were, ramdom27 and Sennacherib, interesting to read the short report of the battle wrote by Sennacherib:

“Polish army was happy to find a good defensive position on his center and right flank that the inglorious Wellington will have approved !
Murabits were cautious a few turns before lauching a massive attack on the polish left flank, after hard fight and some bad moves the principal attack was repulsed, Polish take the offensive and manage to destroyed the infidels.
Ianiow you deserve to be a French on this one! “

In the second quarter final there was the challenge between Cry Havoc and Hell on the wheels, the red coats vs the american rebels, in this case the history did not change: the american rebels gained their indipendence from King George. It was a real balanced challenge, the result was also influenced by the game not finished between pbuck77 and Triarii. In the end the americans won thanks to score advantage percentage.


Lefthand knockout Games



The most interesting quarter final in the lefthand was the challenge between the Russian battleship and the Armchair heroes, to be honest we thought that the russians were favorite but….. we know the valor of the red thin line…. Wellington would have been proud of his ladies, with a brilliant victory 12 to 4 the red coats sunk the presumed unsinkable Russian battleship.
Eridoman, lydianed and Captainwaltersavage with 3 brilliant victories made the difference, the honour for the Russian was saved by the unbeatable Nosy_Rat.
Here the battle report written by Ericdoman, the drama of the moment is evident in his words:

“The map was once more quite open and once more we deployed on the opposite sides. The first heroic defence of the game was from some Etruscan armoured hoplite, who did not rout until a few turns had passed and slowed down my advance on the left. If it had routed my elephant general would have probably pursued into a close order superior warband. Which leads me onto the second heroics. The elephant gen did not and the superior warband charged a pike general of mine in the flank. The Pike general only disrupted and was now fighting 3 units. He held and until a Thureophoroi unit charged into the flank of the imitation legions fighting the pike unit and the combination, finally routed them which fragmented the loose warband unit facing the pike gen. The pike gen finally routed but had held on long enough for me to be able to attack Questar's main line in the rear and win the game. A tough game and a bloodbath”

The second quarter final was between the Chinese Team Qin vs Europe 2, the brave European players did their best but was not enough, the superiority of the Chinese dragoon crushed the enemy defense, final score 11-1 for Qin Team. The short report written by Wzfcns about his battle vs Blagrot is of significance.

The heavy knights overwhelmed the Baltic's right flank and center with a devastating charge, but the Baltic stubbornly resisted and rally several times leaving the battle heading towards confusion for a time. The German City Knight returning from behind the Baltic lines delivered the final blow that ended the battle.

The program of the semifinal includes:

Furor Gallico vs Hell on the Wheels, in other words France vs USA
Armchair Heroes vs Qin, UK vs China

We’ve been gripped by the Field of Glory II: World Team Championship, but just in case you missed any of the matches in the first knockout phase, we have a recap of all the action below:



Righthand KO results:

In this part of the bracket there were some interesting matchups and the Civil War between “Hell on Wheels” and “Pershing's pikes” brought us the first surprise result.

Pershing's veterans klayckles, ulysisgrunt, ratprince and harveyl were defeated by Hell on Wheels. They lived up to their name by unleashing hell on their opponents as if they were general Maximus Decimus Meridius himself.

Some honor for the pikemen was saved by harveyl, however, who denied a 4th win to add to Hell on Wheel’s 3 solid victories.

“Inglorious Brits” easily won their challenge vs the Serbian team, with 4 victories. Better to say glorious! Honors of war for the Serbia team, they did their best but it was not enough.

Another brilliant performance for “Furor Gallico” vs “Terror Australis”, Gallic warriors have been directly inspired by Vercingetorix! Random27 with his decisive victory vs CheAhn made the difference, as his Arab spears and Daylami impact infantry crushed the Byzantine line.

The last match of the righthand part of the bracket was dramatic, with “Cry Havoc” facing off against “1st Continental Legion”! The result of this challenge was a near perfect draw, with the British prevailing with just 2% less casualties in 4 battles!

Tyronec confirmed again his talent and skills defeating Nyczar 8% - 41%, the second victory was provided by Triarii: veteran soldiers never fail their task! For the “American legionaries”, there were great victories for Geffalrus and snooky51 and they received Phalerae (roman military decoration) for their distinguished conduct in action.



Lefthand KO results:

Team Russia confirmed once again that it has quality and skills, with 4 brilliant victories vs team New Zealand. As this Russian steam-roller is one of the favorites for the title, let's remember them as "The Fantastic 4" (more appropriate team name, we think): Questar17, El_Tomato, Nosy_Rat, Chherif.

Regarding the kiwis, they have a good chance to grow and aspire for some of the glory. They come from the country of the All Blacks, after all, so they were born to fight!

China’s “Qin” team defeated the “Polish Companions” and this challenge was very exciting. The final result could have been very different, but unfortunately, GenNikolaj was not able to play his challenge and lost the game under the rules. In the Polish ranks, a special mention to CyberHetman is due: he won all the games he played and is a top player.

“Armchair Heroes” confirmed their valor, with 3 victories and a draw. They won against “No Nonsense Norse” who struggled to hold them back. This makes them the third UK team qualified for the quarter final. Perhaps they are inspired by Arthur the Hero of Post-Roman Britain, but if they wanna change the course of history, and they have the possibility, they must defeat the next opponent - Team Russia!

No Nonsense Norse lost their challenge but not their spirit. They are in Valhalla for the moment.... waiting for fate and the next WTC.

A special mention is warranted for the match between team Europe 2 and “World's Condottieri”. It was a great victory for the European team captained by Mr Cholo. Blagrot was the hero of the challenge and here a summary of his battle:

"A crushing infantry brawl, on my right some camels found their supporting foot swept away by baltic elites and were trapped in rough terrain, on the left concentrated fire from archers and crossbows broke camel units and left the Tuareg foot exposed to be ground down by spearmen. My centre had a rougher ride but kept it together long enough to be reinforced by the flanks!"

World's Condottieri deserves war honor, the team provided outstanding results in the qualification phase. Bravi Condottieri: Morkinthefree, phlewis, Zawzgrzyt, gort7078.



As the WTC enters the quarter finals, it promises some intense battles between the very best. All the challenges will be very interesting to follow and we are very excited!

The last round of the WTC group stage had some interesting results and we'll be covering them in this final recap before the KO stage begins:



Group A
The UK team “Armchair Heroes” won against the French team “Furia Francese”, 12 to 4. This means “Furia Francese” has lost their qualification to the KO phase by just 1 point! That’s incredible. A brilliant victory by the American team “Hell on the wheels” vs “Agema Australis” secured them the second place spot.

"The Armchair Heroes” and “Hell on the wheels” qualified.

Group B
The Russian team and “Inglorious Brits” were already qualified, so their match only determined who would be first in the group. That spot was taken by the Russian team after a series of close games. Teams Europe 1 and Italy 2 drew in the end as, although the Italians got their first victory, 2 games didn’t finish in time and no points were been assigned to both teams.

Russia Team and “Inglorious Brits” qualified.

Group C
Teams “Terror Australis” and “No Nonsense Norse” qualified after a perfect draw result, 8 to 8. This put them at 22 points each going into the KO phase. Team Italy 1 did its best against the Polish teams, but they needed a solid victory to qualify. A final score of 7 to 5, sadly, was not enough.

Polish Companions, “Terror Australis” and “No Nonsense Norse” qualified.

Group D
The leadership of the American team “Pershing Pikes” was confirmed when they won 8 to 4 in the last challenge against team Serbia. The same result occurred for team Europe 2 vs team Rest of the World, with team Europe 2 taking second place, a really unexpected result. In the ranks of Europe 2 there are 2 Spanish guys, an Italian and “Blagrot” who is British. They now have new supporters as they carry the hopes of the now eliminated Italian teams, Forza Europa!

“Pershing Pikes”, team Europe 2 and team Serbia qualified.

Group E
In this group, team “Furor Gallico” had another great victory against the Canadian's “Hammers of the North”! The match between the British team “Cry Havoc” and the Chinese team “Qin” was dramatic. For the British was necessary to obtain a decisive victory to get qualified. Tyronec and Triarii secured it for the British and KO phase became a reality.

“Furor Gallico”, “Qin” and “Cry Havoc” qualified.

Group F
Team “Continental Legion” won the challenge vs team “World’s Condottieri” and maintained first position, with team New Zealand doing the same vs the Han Chinese team. The Americans and the Kiwis finished the group stage very close to each other, with just 1 point of difference.

“Continental Legion”, Team New Zealand and “World’s Condottieri” qualified.



In the first phase of the KO phase, we will have some very interesting challenges. In particular the “Civil War” between the American teams “Hell on the Wheels” and “Pershing Pikes”. 3 Americans teams and 2 British teams are in the right-hand side of the KO table with Serbian, French and Aussie teams completing the line-up.

In the left-hand side of the table, we find more of a variety of teams: Norse, Chinese Qin, New Zealand, “Furor Gallico”, Russia, Poland, “Armchair Heroes”, Europe 2 and “World’s Condottieri”. In this bracket, one of the best challenges is between “Polish Companions” and “Qin”, with the winner being impossible to predict.