Ladder

Sign up for the Hannibal PBI (Play by Internet) Ladder by posting a comment under the latest round.

Rounds are every 4 months. To sign up, click on the Ladder tab above and click on the latest round and post a reply/comment with your ACTS ID,

The default tool for the ladder will be http://acts.warhorsesim.com/index.asp, but players can play using any tool or method including face to face if mutually agreed upon.

BPA membership is not required for this ladder.

Current ladder positions after round 10 are:

1	Dan Sirbu
2	Michael Primaerva
3	Jeremy Harrison
4	Chris Trimmer
5	Ron Jacobsen
6	Mike Kaye
7	Vladimir Shuparksi
8	Tim Tow
9	Jeff Miller
10	Todd Wilde
11	Bart Grubben
12	Guillaume Gallais
13	Mike Lembke
14	George Young
15	Daniel Blumentritt
16	John Sutcliffe
17	Randy Pippus
18	Nathan Wagner
19	Geoff Allbert
20	Daar Hartz
21	Derek Landel
22	Benjamin Peters
23	Peter Sikarev
24	Jean-Louis Dirion
25	Robert Champer
26	Greg Ottoman
27	Phil Watkins
28	Enrico Favriga
29	Mike Pacheco
30	Andrew Trifan
31	John Dietrich
32	Michael Mitchell
33	Bob Hamel
34	Oleg Kozik

Bidding Process

i. To make a bid, a player clearly states the number  of PCs (minimum of 0) which he is offering and the side he wishes  to play.

ii.  When offered a bid by an opponent, a player must   either accept or raise the bid.

a) Acceptance of the bid allows your opponent to play  the stated side he desires for the stated PC Adjustment

b) Raising the bid amounts to offering a greater bid for   the same stated side. Simply state a higher PC bid than previously mentioned.

iii, When an opponent raises the bid, a player responds   by accepting the new bid or raising the bid. Raising may continue  until one player accepts a bid.

iv.  Bids may be of any amount, but must be in integers (0, 1, 2, etc. ). An opening bid may be zero, but not less than   zero. A raise must exceed the last bid and be an integer.

v. PC Adjustment. After setting up the board for play,  but before the first turn cards are dealt, the player who accepted  his opponent’s bid makes PC adjustments equal to the amount of  the final bid. The player may use each point of the bid to place  one friendly PC or remove one enemy PC (using a combination of  both in the same space if so desired and if more than one PC   was bid). Removed PCs must be non-walled, non-tribe PCs. Once  the PC adjustments are made, the game commences and is scored as usual.

Tournament Rules (Apply to all games on this ladder)

1.1 Transport Rule. Carthage can transport 1 CU with a  general and obtain a -­1 drm on the Naval table.

1.2 Mountain Crossings. The modifier for non-Alps mountain pass attrition is mandatory. That is, the modifiers are: Alps = 0; Non-Alps = ­-2

1.3 Movement between straits: per the Phalanx rules, movement along the strait passage between the two cities of Rhegium and Messana only requires control of the originating city. (10.6.2., p.12) Phalanx rules refer specifically to Messana and Rhegium.

1.4 Siege, Retreat Losses, and Naval Movement rolls: Because ACTS does not support specialized dice, use the tables at this clarifications link and use a  6 sided die in ACTS for these rolls.

1.5 Card #30 Carthaginian Siege Train: The Phalanx card text allows placement of up to 4 Siege Trains. Subsequent plays of this card as an event allows placement of a siege train with another army up to the limit of 4. When 4 siege trains are on the board, a subsequent play of the card allows an existing siege train to be moved from one army to another army.

1.6 Special ACTS rule for play of Phillip V: In ACTS, the first play of Philip V as an event should be chosen as an Operations in ACTS so that the card can be kept in the deck. When it is played as an event a 2nd time to end the Macedonian Alliance, it should then be played as event to remove it from the game. This is because of the way ACTS handles event cards, which only allows for one-time removal when played as an event.

1.7 Roman Allies In Italia (Italy) Rome can have a maximum of 2 battle cards for Allies in Italia for control of provinces. Latinum can count as one of the two qualifying provinces in addition to the militia battle card bonus for battles taking place in Latinum.

Rd 10 Projected Standings
1	Winner of Match 1
2	Mike Kaye
3	Jeremy Harrison
4	Randy Pippus
5	Ron Jacobsen
6	Winner of Match 4
7	Michael Mitchell
8	Tim Tow
9	Jeff Miller
10	Todd Wilde
11	Bart Grubben
12	Guillaume Gallais
13	Mike Lembke
14	George Young
15	Daniel Blumentritt
16	John Sutcliffe
17	Steven Weber
18	Peter Sikarev
19	Geoff Allbert
20	Daar Hartz
21	Loser of Match 1
22	Benjamin Peters
23	Chris Trimmer
24	Jean-Louis Dirion
25	Robert Champer
26	Vladimir Shuparksi
27	Phil Watkins
28	Enrico Favriga
29	Mike Pacheco
30	Andrew Trifan
31	John Dietrich
32	Loser of Match 4
33	Greg Ottoman
34	Oleg Kozik
35	Bob Hamel
36	Larry Sisson