Early Imperial Roman Civil War Game

 

Armies deployed

Opposite end

My left flank

Craig's right flank

Craig's left flank

Scorpions on a hill

Craig's centre

My right flank advances

Last Tuesday afternoon Craig came over to my place and we played a Pacto (small) sized Mortem et Gloriam (MeG) game, with two similar Early Imperial Roman forces, fighting  a civil war. On my left flank I tried to chase his slingers down with my cavalry and eventually was successful on the third attempt. My auxiliaries surprisingly managed to hold the charge of his Praetorians and Veteran Legionaries. On my right flank my cavalry managed to route his. In the centre it proved to be a very one sided like last week, but this time the result was reversed, with Craig on the receiving end of some terrible dice rolling in combat and with his Kill a Base (KaB) tests. Craig's centre was destroyed and when his last cavalry unit routed it was all over. Because of the small unit sizes in Pacto, usually two bases a TuG or SuG, even a unit with only a single wound can easily break, if you roll a skull in a KaB test. These can be quite volatile and can cause an entire command to disappear in the blink of an eye, if you're unlucky!

My cavalry try to chase Craig's slingers down

Cavalry clash on my right flank

The centre closes

My Auxilia hold the Praetorians and Veteran Legionaries

Cavalry get closer to the slingers!

Combat in the centre decides the game

Craig's army breaks