Fast Play Football - Three Quarters Report

I am now a little over three quarters of the way through the season.

Let's recap what happened since the last report.

Week 6

It was a competitive week.

• LA holds off Washington 24-20
• Dallas scores 10 unanswered points to win 17-13
• Miami outscores Seattle 17-7 in the 4th quarter. They win 37-31

Week 7

Some more good games. Two highlights:

• Seattle falls in another close one. Chicago scores 14 unanswered points to win 31-29
• Miami scores 15 unanswered points, including a 2-pt conversion to tie the game. Then Denver gets a game-winning field goal in overtime to win 32-29

Week 8

More close games.

• NY edges Washington with a 4th quarter TD. Final 24-20
• Miami has the ball with a chance to tie Chicago but the Steers' defense holds. Final 24-16.
• LA and Denver are tied. Denver kicks a late field goal to win 26-23

And in the least competitive game, Dallas outscores Seattle 21-3 in the second half to win 31-23. Seattle is on a 3-game losing streak.

Standings

New York is in command in the East - a two game lead with two games left. Meanwhile, it is a tight race in the West. Seattle's slide has allowed Dallas to catch up, and LA is just one game behind.

Charlemagne vs the Lombards

Carolingian Battles - Part 2

Resuming my mini-campaign. This time, Charlemagne takes on the Lombards.

Charlemagne (blue) invades with 2 knights (armored), 1 spear, and 1 archer.

The Lombards (red) defend with 1 nobles (elite armored), 2 knights, and 1 archer.

A clash in the center is a stalemate. On the left, the Carolingians throw back the archers but the Lombard general rallies them.

Lombard knights skewer themselves on the Carolingian spears (center). The spears nearly break, but Charlemagne rallies them. Meanwhile, the Lombard knights overrun some archers.

The Carolingians have a chance to rout the Lombard archers and win the battle. They fail. Then the Lombard nobles rout the spears.

Charlemagne tastes the bitter dregs of defeat. He is now 1-2 in the campaign.

Fast Play Football Halftime Report

I am now halfway through the season.

Week 4 Games

Most games were not that competitive.

The closest was Miami-LA. Miami won 31-24. The Makos led 31-14 early in the 4th quarter but the Stars managed 10 points. They then had the ball at the end of the game but could not score a tying TD.

Week 5 Games

Miami is again involved in the best game of the week. Taking on Dallas, they trail by 1 point, 14-13 at half. Both sides get a field goal in the 3rd quarter. Dallas then scores a touchdown to lead 24-19. Miami has the ball at the end of the game, but they turn it over on downs.

Standings

Here are the standings midway through the season.

Last year's champions, the NY Imperials, lead the East with a 4-1 record. Miami and Chicago are close behind at 3-2.

In the West, last year's division champion Dallas is only 2-3. Seattle at 4-1 has a comfortable 2 game lead in the division.

Dacia or Die

The Twelve Foes of Rome Campaign

The next chapter of the campaign.

Another member of the illustrious Bellicosus family leads an invasion of Dacia.

The Dacians (blue) attack. Roman archers cut down the ferocious warriors (left) while the Dacian levy holds off the Roman cavalry (right).

Roman legionaries tangle with the levies. It is mass slaughter.

The Dacian ferocious warriors (center) crush a legion. But the archers (right) take out more levies.

The archers flank the ferocious warriors and cut them down.

Bellicosus is victorious, and his archers are the heroes of the battle (they took out 3 enemy units).

GAME NOTES

• I shook off the lethargy and completed a couple of games in the Bellicosus campaign. This is one. I will report on the other (vs. Sassanids) in November.
• The Bellicosus family is now 8-2 in the campaign. Success (i.e. a winning record) is assured. The question now is how successful will they be?
• I did not use the Dominion of the Spear rules for this battle. Instead, I used Dominion of the Orc. There are some minor nuances; for example, melee infantry vs. melee infantry need a 5+ to succeed in DotS and 4+ in DotO. But it was still fun. Why did I use DotO? I'm testing it for a project I have in mind for next year.

Fast Play Football Update

I have now completed 3 weeks.

Week 2

• Wild game in NY. 10-10 at half. Miami then jumps out to a 26-13 lead. NY scores 2 TDs but misses an extra point - game tied. In overtime, NY gets a TD and holds Miami to a field goal. Final 33-29 NY.
• Chicago and Washington are tied 7-7 at half. Washington scores 2 TDs and then holds on for a 21-17 win.
• Despite missing 3 field goals, LA squeaks by Dallas 13-10.
• Seattle scores 10 points in the 2nd quarter to surge ahead for a 23-13 victory.

Week 3

• Chicago gets 3 TDs in the 3rd quarter for a 37-21 victory.
• Miami cruises over Washington 30-14.
• Dallas is up 21-0 at the half. They end up winning 24-14.
• LA misses 3 more field goals! They lose to Seattle 21-17

Week 3 Standings

East

NY                 2-1

Miami            2-1

Washington    1-2

Chicago         1-2

West

Seattle            3-0

LA                  2-1

Dallas             1-2

Denver            0-3

Doldrums Report

Technically I'm not in the doldrums because I am getting a lot done. Just not gaming.

Start of the Season

My LARP group's summer hiatus is over and we are meeting again. We had our first lore battle of the new season last week. I posted a report on my Legends of the Legion blog.

Armor Crafting

Continuing to work on my leather armor.

I previously shared this AI concept art.

I completed a couple of pieces.

• Tassets

• One greave

Battle of Long Island

I'm a little late with this one. The battle took place on August 27th.

I decided to do a little AI experiment. I used Chat GPT to generate the images. I did not use it for dice rolls or decision making.

Opening of the battle. 

I don't know where the stream came from; I did not ask for one. Oh well.

The British attack on the left. Accurate fire by the American militia drives them off. Meanwhile, the American militia in the fortifications unleashes a firestorm that sweeps away the British center.

Next, the British attack the Continentals on the right. Again, American musketry is too powerful. And another volley from the entrenched American center wipes out more infantry. The Redcoats retreat.

Washington saves New York!

GAME NOTES

• Interesting experiment. Not sure if I will do this regularly, but it looks nicer than my PPT battle board. It seems like a viable option for virtual gaming.
• I forgot to use the British rally. Oh well, again.