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| Romans deployed |
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| Samnites deployed |
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| Forces advance |
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| Samnite cavalry on the right flank |
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| Equites charge, Samnite cavalry countercharge |
Last Sunday Gary, Rick and I met down at the Vikings Club in Lanyon for the Canberra Regional Wargames Group's monthly meeting. We played a Samnites versus Camillan Romans Midgard game. I commanded the Samnites, who were the attackers, and Gary and Rick commanded the Romans. The two forces advanced cautiously, opting to advance in single moves to avoid breaking up the line. There was the usual cavalry combat on both flanks, when the equites charged and the Samnite cavalry countercharged.
The Romans won the cavalry combat on both flanks but were at half strength leaving them with limited options. In the centre the skirmishers exchanged missile fire, the Samnite javelin men and slingers charged and managed to destroy three Roman leves units. The Samnite infantry charged and had some initial success, even accounting for the equites on the Roman left flank. The Roman infantry were eventually able to win the combats and once the Linen Legion on the Samnite left flank broke, the Samnites had lost their last reputation token.
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| Cavalry combat on both flanks |
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| Samnite cavalry are destroyed |
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| Linen legion guard the flank |
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| Linen legion break on the left flank |
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| Roman equites break but the Samnites have lost |
