Here are my few photos of the game.
I am Lordelpus, an aristocratic Roman officer doing his required short stint in the military before retiring back to Rome. Lordelpus is an excellent leader, popular and good at motivating his men in all situations.
The local Gauls have been troublesome and to teach them a lesson we intend to occupy and despoil their ring of sacred standing stones. The legionaries are enjoying the prospect of doing this in the most simple and natural fashion and have delayed their morning toilet in expectation.
Here is Lordelpus and his legionaries and a half unit of auxiliaries on the Roman side of the river before the off.
It is obvious that the Gauls are going to try to prevent us reaching the stones. Before my auxiliaries even cross the river a Gaul warband occupies the woods the other side. However in two swift moves I charge into the woods and the battle is on!
Meanwhile Lordelpus prepares his heavy Legionaries to get their feet wet:
I win this first combat and the tribesman are pushed back. But as soon as the Gaul leader takes his turn the tribesman rush into the woods again and the second fight is especially fierce.
This time I take the most casualties and the auxiliaries retreat back across the river.
This is not to Lordelpus' liking.
He needs time to get his heavy legionaries across the river. He scolds the Auxilia and sends them back into the woods for a third battle:
In the meantime he starts to cross with the heavy infantry:
But the Auxilia lose another man and retreat again while the cohort are all in the river.
The Gallic Chieftan challenges Lordelpus to one-to-one combat. He accepts.
The combat is a draw. Lordelpus returns to his unit.
Suddenly without warning the Gallic warband ferociously attack the cohort while they are in the river. The warband is only at half strength, but being knee deep in water negates half of the legionaries armour value!
Both sides take casualties, but the cohort is pushed back to the Roman side of the river.
The Gaul Chieftan challenges Lordelpus to combat again.
The Chieftan's spear is thrust into Roman vitals! Lordelpus is slain in front of his horrified men!
His body floats off down the river.
The enraged Romans jump back into the river and this time wipe out the remaining tribesmen. (with no help from the Auxilia, which have refused to move)
My battered units regroup and begin to advance, but are nowhere near the Sacred Stones yet.
On the eastern side of the woods another couple of Roman units under Peter's command has been advancing steadily.
I don't have many pics from Peter's side of the table. He faces some Gaul slingers and a half unit of very determined naked fanatics.
At least he
did have two units, but his disgruntled and understrength Roman slingers hadn't been paid so they slipped off at the first opportunity.
Another challenge was issued and the leader of the fanatics and the Romans met in single combat
But this was a draw and the two units got stuck in instead
The Romans were victorious and the Gallic resistance melted away (they lost more than half their points value of figures) and the Romans occupied the Sacred Stones.
The mod to these Osprey blue book rules seemed to work well and gave a fun game.
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