Thursday, April 6, 2023

Battle of Adamclisi - Hail Caesar Second Edition Game

 

The Dacian deployment is rather congested


The Romans are a bit more organised



Roman Auxiliary and Foederati cavalry


Roman right flank


There's a log jam around the woods


On Thursday afternoon just before Easter, Craig, Garry and Rick came over and we played a Hail Caesar Second Edition game, of the Battle of Adamclisi, out in the shed. We used to play a lot of Hail Caesar games back in the day at the club and Craig wrote the Rome's Dacian Wars supplement which was published in 2013. It was quite nostalgic really, the game proved to be a fairly chaotic affair, but provided plenty of laughs. Craig and I were the Roman commanders with four divisions and Garry and Rick the Dacian commanders with five divisions. 

As usual the Dacians had a hard time fitting all their troops on the table. The scenario had both forces deployed on the short sides of the table and this created a bit of a log jam around the woods in the centre of the table. The Romans got off to a shaky start on the right flank with Trajan's two divisions. The guard cavalry here were eventually broken. On the left flank Sarmatian cataphracts charged the Romans and a legionary and auxiliary cavalry unit were broken. The Foederati cavalry managed to avert disaster by forcing one Sarmatian unit to retire disordered. At this point we ran out of time, it was a minor victory for the Dacians, although neither side had any broken divisions, the Romans were in trouble.



Roman cavalry and skirmishers fight on the right flank


Skirmishing continues on the left flank




Sarrmatian cataphracts charge


6 comments:

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    1. Thanks Christopher, the Dacians enjoyed it!

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  2. Excellent looking game, it's funny we did the Dacian wars in school, any major differences with Hail Caesar 2? I ask because all the Blackpowder games I've played recently I've used first edition and my opponent uses 2nd edition and we haven't come across much to disagree on!
    Best Iain

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  3. Thanks Iain, no it’s pretty much the same, a few minor tweaks, like Blackpowder 2nd Edition.

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