Battle at Fort Guinnion Dux Bellorum Game

Saxons on the left, Romano-British on the right

View from the Saxon line

Armies advance

Brits charge on the left and right flanks

Saxon Ordinary Riders charge

Command points are evenly distributed

Saxons retreat

Last Saturday afternoon Craig came over to my place and we played the fifth game in our Dux Bellorum campaign, The Raiding Season, based on the Age of Arthur WAB supplement (pp. 133-135). Our last game was a mighty victory for the Saxons over the Romano-British, so the scenario this time was The Battle at Fort Guinnon (pp.106-107) with the both sides fielding standard 32 points armies. The objective in our game was simply revenge and destruction of the enemy.

Both armies advanced and quickly engaged. After a couple of turns the battle formed in to four distinct combats and as casualties mounted, command points were lost. This left both sides with limited options for subsequent turns. The Saxons started retreating and were gradually worn down by the Brits. In the end they suffered fifty percent casualties and a couple of units failed their Bravery tests and the entire army routed. This was a Mighty Victory for the Brits leading in to the sixth and final game of the campaign.

The battle forms four distinct combats

Command points are lost as casualties mount

Saxons retreat in some combats but hold on in others

Brit Mounted Companions get in a flank charge

Brit Noble Riders and Saxon Ordinary Riders fight it out

Saxons rout