Rob had kindly set-up Scenario 10: Bedriacum, from the Strength & Honour rulebook, on Tabletop Simulator. This looked like a right ‘handbags’ job, with the Vespasians bringing 6 Legions & 2 auxiliary cavalry and the Vittelans effectively bringing 7 legions & 2 auxiliary cavalry. This did look like being a real slog!
However, Mal on the Vittelan right, rapidly pushed back Phil’s
auxiliary cavalry, eventually driving them off the table. This forced Phil to
weaken his legionary front, by diverting a legion to deal with the rampaging
Vittelan cavalry. This in turn left the Vispasian Legio VIII and Legio III
outnumbered and being driven back, with Legio VIII becoming disordered.
On the Vespasian right, Rob’s advance was hampered by the dark
in the early turns, but eventually managed to close with Steve’s left flank
Vittelans. Rob’s luck started in classic form and he rapidly swept away Steve’s
cavalry. However, it then rather ground to a bit of a stalemate.
Things seemed to rally for the Vespasians on their left.
They drove the second Vitellan cavalry unit from the table. This gave the Vittelans
3 Disaster cards (1 for each cavalry unit & 1 for the Syrian’s praying to
the Sun God!!). However, the sneaky Vittelans prevented the Vespasians from
calling ‘Homunculus Est’, by virtue of having an odd Strategy token lying
around!
This was the time for Steve’s curiously quiet Left Wing to
spring into action! They rapidly drove back a couple of Rob’s units, inflicting
2 further Set-Back cards (on top of the 14 accumulated so far!), before calling
‘Homunculus Est’ themselves, thereby winning with 19 points accumulated vs the
Break level of 17! So, far from ‘hand-bags’!!
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