Second Punic War Mortem et Gloriam Game

 

View of the table from the Carthaginian side

From the Roman side

Carthaginian left flank

Carthaginian centre

Carthaginian right flank

Hannibal with Libyan Spearmen and elephants

Numidian and Gallic cavalry

Gallic and Spanish infanrtry

Last Thursday afternoon I played a solo Second Punic War, Pacto sized Mortem et Gloriam (MeG) game, out in the shed. It was early days with Hannibal in Italy (218-216 BC). The battery in my camera died at the start of the game, so the only photos I took were right at the beginning and right at the end. I haven't played a MeG game for a while and made some silly basic mistakes but by the end of the game was getting the hang of it again.

The Carthaginians got off to a good start and managed to break the Roman cavalry on both flanks. In the centre the Gallic infantry charged the Italian allies and the elephants charged Roman units of Principes and Hastati. A couple of wounded generals later the Romans managed to break the Carthaginian elephants and the Gallic infantry in the same turn and the Carthaginians were pretty much done. I may try a rematch at some point and will try the Carthaginians without elephants.

End of the game - Gallic infantry breaks

Same fate befell the Carthaginian elephants!

Remains of the Carthaginian left flank

Centre and right flank

Spanish and Numidian cavalry

Remains of the Gallic and Spanish infantry

Hannibal and Libyan spearmen

Gallic and Numidian cavalry