Wednesday 6 May 2020

“What the heck just happened?”

Things are looking good...until they weren’t!
Another chance to play Simon Millers excellent “To the Strongest” with the newly based Principate Romans and the trusty Gauls. Both lists were slightly rejigger with veteran warriors being added for the Gauls at the expense of some chariots and the Romans upgrading some cohorts to veteran.

All going swimmingly and two Roman units about to be destroyed including the loss of the Eagle.

Ok, so a few disordered hits but we are still looking good.
Then Ben unleashed hell.

The gap is vast now..

...and another...

...and yet another
Ben destroyed a war band forcing rout tests on nearby units that were already depleted. The result was twelve victory medals being handed over as a result of one combat.

Wow!

At half-time I’m hanging on for dear life.

12 comments:

  1. Another great looking game there Carlo. Gotta watch out for those young bloods, they'll work out the intricacies of the rules before you know it. (Actually I'm sure they have already).

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    1. They seem to be playing me off the break Peter!

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  2. Tough luck there, old bean! :-)

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    1. Still life where there is hope Peter - watch my Lazarus like comeback!

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  3. Well you have almost grabbed defeat from the jaws of victory. Now try it the other way round.
    Looks great Carlo. Keep on playing.

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  4. Great looking game! Just had a game of TtS with my teenage daughter, I beat her but I don't fancy my chances 2 or 3 games down the line!
    Best Iain

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    1. Thanks Iain. Isn't it a great game system. Those young people do tend to have a bit of good fortune in the counter drawing stakes.

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  5. Hello Carlo

    I too had an ungrateful child / spawn! Really this generation need to know their place and stay well and truly there!!

    More seriously it's great that you/we can wargame with our children. And of course it suits our cunning plans of continued gaming to let them win ocassionally / most of the time. On the bright side - at least you get to admire your fine figures as you remove them from the table.

    A-ha-ha.

    Salute
    von Peter himself

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    1. Hello Peter

      Yes it is wonderful to be able to play some games in between the isolation and the club being closed. It has been enormous fun and has certainly rekindled the wargaming bug in both of them, especially Ben. Long may it continue.

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