Having played To the Strongest many times it was now up to me to actually run a game. Making a gridded mat from an older less used one was initially quite daunting, but a friend gave me some pointers and I found it fairly easy in the end by using a length of wood with the 15cm spacing marked out.
As usual, the game was played over Zoom and this involved a bit of back and forth emailing of the deployments until finally both sides were deployed.
The Goths advanced with the Romans holding back
but moving their right wing cavalry into what looked to be an easy flanking manoeuvre.
However, the Goths were holding back one of their warrior units and it now appeared in front of the cavalry. The heavies held back but the lights went forward trying to get behind the Goths.
On the other flank the Goth cavalry advanced but soon were reeling from an attack by some Roman Auxiliaries.
The Goth infantry advanced in the centre
And things were starting to go bad for the Romans as they were starting to get disordered and Rob the Goth managing to make all his defensive saves.
It looked as if the luck was turning back to the Romans as they managed to punch a Legion through a gap
And it about faced to fall upon the Goth rear.
The Goth Luck was holding as a veteran warrior warband destroyed a legion and marched into the Roman camp
with their centre just managing to stay on the field of battle.
The Roman light cavalry had managed to sack one of the Goth camps and it was now down to a couple of victory points left each. The Goth cavalry attacked the skirmishers in front of the camp forcing them back but it was a hard struggle with the Goths finally taking the second camp and victory.
It was definitely a game of two halves with the Goths looking at an early victory but the Legion are tough and managed a very close contest in the end.
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