Second Punic War Midgard Game

 

Armies deployed

Opposite end

Forces advance

Roman equites charge Gallic cavalry

Equites and Iberian cavalry charge and
counter-charge on the other flank

Equites are at half strength and
Iberian cavalry are winning

Equites are destroyed

Last Thursday afternoon I played a solo Second Punic War Midgard game out in the shed. The forces were the 450 points Republican Roman and Carthaginian army lists on the Mogsymakes site, with the Romans attacking. This turned out to be a very close game with the Romans doing well on their right flank while the Carthaginians did well in the centre and on the Roman left flank. The Carthaginian elephant in the centre caused problems for the Romans and was fun to use, accounting for at least one Hastati unit and wounding the Roman consul army commander! In the end the Romans just managed to win on their right flank to finish the game. The Gallic warriors only armour two, couldn't match it with the armour three Roman heavy infantry and cost the Carthaginians the game.

Equites charge Numidian cavalry on the other flank

Roman infantry charge

Carthaginian elephant in the centre causes
some problems for the Romans

Roman left flank is under threat

Romans appear to be in trouble

Iberian cavalry disengage, Numidian cavalry
follow up retreating Velites

Romans win on their right flank
to finish a close game