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Saturday, September 7, 2024

Middle Republican Romans versus Gauls

An historical match up, but Curtis is still learning the rules and his Gallic army is very much a work in progress, so this was very much a practice game for him.

Out scouted, the Romans deployed their wings forward and their centre back.

The Roman wings advance

The Numidian cavalry on the left come off the worse for running down some young Gauls.

But the Gauls covering the wings have a miserable run on Cohesion Tests (fours sixes in a row)

A lone Gallic warband advances to support their right wing.

The much-reduced enemy chariots try to do a last-ditch charge,
while on their other flank their weakened cavalry tries to hide behind the wood.

The chariots got in a lucky hit and left the Roman legion exposed to the newly arrived warband.
The remaining young Gauls refuse to die,
but their cavalry has routed.

The Romans have secured the wings but lost a legion.
The other Gallic warbands are now advancing.
However, the elite Gauls have stayed on the hill.

The battle will be decided by the clash of legion and warband.
The Numidian cavalry had charged the flank of the victorious warband,
but come off badly.

Victory for the legions.


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