Infamy, Infamy, Attack on the Tax Collector

In my second game of Infamy, Infamy we had the Germanic tribes raiding into Roman territory as they had heard a tax collector was in a nearby village.

The tax collector's escort was lounging nearby when they heard noise coming from the nearby woods.

As the tax collector looked over his shoulder he could see a mob of ferocious German warriors commanded by Friduric heading straight for him.

 

The auxiliary escort started running to the aid of the tax collector.

 

 

A group of skirmishers meanwhile began firing upon the legion and killed one.

 

The tax collector was too slow and was caught by the warriors.

The warriors lead by Friduric threw spears and luckily killed more of the legion. However the Optio used Signa cards to rally the shock, throw pila and then charged into the warriors.

The fight was brutal but the legion held their own and pushed the warriors back.

However things were looking dire for the Romans as the main Germanic warband under Adalhard appeared in the centre of the table. Where was Centuro Maximus Pilus?

The auxiliary archers appeared to help stem the barbarian onrush and inmmediately their presence was felt as they started skirmishing with the Germanic slingers.

However the slingers were still having an effect upon the auxilia.

The auxilia charged home hoping to save the tax collector.

Meanwhile the warriors under Friduric charged the legion which broke and ran.

The auxilia managed to push the other warrior mob back from the tax collector...

but Friduric turned his diminished mob of warriors and charged into the flank of the auxiliaries, scattering the unit.

At this point it was decided that there was no chance to save the tax collector so the game went to the Germanic tribes. Centuro Maximus Pilus has a lot of explaining about his whereabouts.