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| Armies deployed |
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| Rick's What a Cowboy table |
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| Side view of the deployment |
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| My right flank is all over the place |
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| My left flank is stranded with a Reversal of Fortune |
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One of my centre legions is
disordered and retiring, soon to rout! |
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| Back on the right flank |
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| My left flank makes some oblique advances |
Last Wednesday evening I went over to Rick's place to play another Strength and Honour, Roman civil war game, this time with our 2mm forces that we have painted to date. Rick and Gary commanded one side and I commanded the other. Both sides had 10 units, 102 points and an army break point of 19. We deployed in a long line and Rick and Gary were the attackers. My right flank was soon all over the place and the left flank was then stranded with a quick Reversal of Fortune change over. The first combat of the game saw one of my legions in the centre retiring and disordered which turned to rout in the next turn.
After a bad start I managed to turn things around with some lucky dice rolling and got my left flank, centre and right flank back in some sort of order and started to get some pushbacks happening in combat. I made an early Homunculus Est call and Rick and Gary's Romans passed but the army was fatigued. Soon both sides were fatigued, the game was going to be decided in the centre. In the end I had a number of units here disordered, on the verge of routing, but was able to break their army before mine broke. Thanks to Rick and Gary, it was a really fun and close game.
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| Support helps on the right |
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| Left flank is finally back in line |
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| The centre will decide the game |
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| Rick and Gary's Romans are fatigued |
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| More action in the centre |
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| Break point is almost reached |
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| Auxilia on the left finally see some action |
2 mm is such a great scale for large actions in their entirety. One loses some aesthetics, but the overall impression of grandness makes up for it.
ReplyDeleteI loved the Romans making an appearance in the old west too!
Regards, James
Thanks James, it is you get a ‘bird’s’ eye view’ of a battlefield. There is not much detail on the figure blocks but you can really go to town with the terrain and table. Mark Backhouse’s Cannae game at Salute looked amazing.
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