Tuesday, June 2, 2020

Battle of Sabis 57 BC Mortem et Gloriam Game




The Belgae deployed L to R Atrebates, Viromandui and the Nervii


Caesar's army


Gallic cavalry cross the Sabis

Spanish cavalry advance to protect the Roman left flank


Gallic cavalry have the numbers


The Belgae advance


Numidian cavalry skirmish on the Roman right flank


Spanish cavalry charge


Gauls suffer early casualties


Gallic cavalry charge Caesar's legions on the hill!




Earlier today I played a solo Mortem et Gloriam (MeG) game out in the shed. The scenario was the Battle of Sabis 57 BC with Caesar's legions taking on the Belgae. The scenario for this was developed by Simon Elliott and Simon Hall for the recent MeG Compendium release and is available as a pdf on the MeG site. We played this battle a few years ago as a Hail Caesar game and the Romans suffered a heavy defeat. I used Spanish cavalry instead of Gallic for Caesar's army as I didn't have enough painted Gallic cavalry. I'm still learning the rules, this is only my fourth game, I was hoping to have the MeG Compendium by now but with all the mail delays this still seems to be a fair way off.



Casualties mount for the Gallic cavalry

Nervii and Viromandui close with Caesar's legions


Gallic cavalry on the right are in dire straights


Gallic javelin men are slowed by missile fire


View from the Roman lines

Romans hold the Gallic attack

Remaining Gallic cavalry are about to rout

Spanish cavalry charge Gallic slingers

Slingers evade,  Roman control tightens

Gallic right flank has routed and the centre is exposed and vulnerable

14 comments:

  1. Now that's a battle I recognise, Mike :) Every game I've seen of MeG has seemed to have lots of table clutter. Has that changed in the new edition, or did you just remove it before taking photos? Looks great, anyway. Cheers, Aaron

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    1. Thanks Aaron, it is a fun and clever set of rules. There are dice, cards and card holders but I kept them to the side of the table out of the photos. With the new MeG releases there are grass discs, coloured on one side which are less obtrusive.

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  2. Always love to see great looking game!

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    1. Thanks Michal, it was fun to get the troops out.

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  3. Splendid armies, lovely cavalry!

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    1. Thanks Phil, I'll have to paint up some more Gallic cavalry!

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  4. Great stuff Mike, how do you find the rules, not played them yet

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    1. Thanks Matt, I really like them, they're fun but have some really clever features. Army lists are comprehensive with 650+ lists free download.

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  5. Wow impressive Cavalry clash on flank, massive! Nice eye candy as well.

    Cheers
    Kevin

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    1. Thanks Kevin, you need a lot of Gallic cavalry for this scenario.

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  6. Great looking game! Interesting to see what this is like as psc are pushing it along now, never tried it, so many rulesets!
    Best Iain

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  7. Thanks Iain, I know there are so many rule sets around and you can't play them all. I think it is a very clever set, check out he army lists, there is also a 16th and 17th century set - Renatio et Gloriem available with army lists as free downloads.

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  8. Great looking game! So how large are the infantry units in this game?

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    1. Thanks Daniel. Most are six or nine bases with three to four figures a base. This scenario is on the MeG site and you can scale it down with the Pacto version.

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