Vosges 58 BC Strength and Honour Game

 

Romans left, Germans right deployed

German attackers advance

A superior Suebi Warband pushes
a legion back into the camp

On Tuesday afternoon Rick came over with his new 2mm barbarian war band army and we played a game of Strength and Honour out in the shed. The scenario was Vosges 58 BC with Caesar leading his Romans against the German forces of Ariovistus. We diced for sides and I was Ariovistus and Rick was Caesar with the Romans. The Germans were lucky with their dice and managed to advance and attack the Romans before they advanced at all. We were pretty rusty with the rules, our last game was back in April but the Romans had a lot of bad luck throughout the game. Before long the setback and disaster cards were mounting for the Romans. Caesar was able to cancel three German Homunculus Est calls with Generalship and Strategy points but all to no avail eventually as the Romans were easily broken.

Setback and disaster cards mount for the Romans

Romans bad luck continues

Fourth German attempt at Homunculus Est
Caesar's Romans are easily broken

Early German Cavalry

 

Here are some Early German cavalry that I've just finished painting. They're great figures by Wargames Foundry and look suitably fierce and hirsute! The shields are mainly hand painted, with a few LBM transfers. I swapped these figures years ago for some Vendel Persian cavalry and have finally got around to finishing them off. I have made a start on quite a few more cavalry and infantry units for my Early Germans with a real mix of ranges both plastic and metal.