Romes Revenge

The Romans look incredibly solid as the war bands engage

Great gun game with Steven on Wednesday night as we dusted off the ancients and decided on a To the Strongest battle on the fields of Gaul.  We have been a bit rusty recently as Steve has been flat out at work and I’ve been heavily concentrating on General D’Armee Napoleonics.

Last time we played these two forces the Gauls had a memorable victory over their stout Roman opponents.  Steve was determined to reverse  the tables this time around  with a bit of variation in his standard list with more light skirmishers.

Heavy action in the centre where the manipur swap rule serves them well

The bases help these games look incredibly aesthetically pleasing 

The plan on the right flank was to push through the Roman lights and cavalry and press
The central legions hopefully pinned by the war bands. Tough going though.

All fairly even here in the centre with no breakthroughs at all which suits the
Romans down to the ground. Tough to push through as it should be.

Now the war bands are  starting to run out of steam with the constant rotation of the Roman
lines wreaking havoc with brave warriors of Gaul

In the end this war and had to be diverted to the right flank to try, and the key word there is try, to 
deal with some bloody annoying Velites

These view shows the Gallic left flank with some lights in the distance looking to push against dome
slingers and bow.

It was a tremendous game with the professional Roman fighting man being able to outlast the impetuous Gallic forces this time around. Great set of rules and a wonderfully enjoyable battle.