Three Ages of Rome - week 3

 This week we has two new battles and the continuation of the Roman attack on a Gallic town and to new games.   

Game 1 - Gallic attack, classic 25mm. Roman Win

Having previously escaped across the river the Gauls are back to attack a Roman frontier town. The Romans start with 2 units in the town and the rest marching on from the west. The Gallic commands arrive randomly from the north, south and east.

The dice conspired to ensure that the bulk of the Gallic force arrived from the south, with just the cavalry attacking form the east. This caused congestion for the Gauls and enabled the Roman to focus their defence in one direction. 

The Gauls launched a series of attacks against the town but were unable to break through, partly as failed attacks caused disruption for subsequent units. So the Romans held on for the win.  

Game 2 - Roman attack, 28mm. Roman Win

Having lost their previous battle the Dacians were pushed back towards a major town. There aim was to prevent the Romans breaking through to the town and keep their force in the field. The Dacians were aided by plentiful woods and hills to defend.

The Romans launched their main attack against the Dacian left and centre looking to break a couple of commands whilst holding off the rest of the Dacian forces.  

Attacking uphill the veteran Legionaries were able to push back and break the Dacian cavalry. They also managed to break a few other units in the centre, causing the Dacians morale to break. Rather than risking their regional capital the Dacians sued for peace. 

 

Game 3 - completion of the Roman attack. 20mm. Roman Win

This game was continued from the previous week. Both armies started badly damaged meaning they were taking command-level morale tests most turns and slowly seeing their will seap away.

 In a tense finish both armies had to take army morale tests. Anything but a 6 for the Gauls and a 1 for the Romans would mean a Gallic win. Against the odds that's what happened to hand the Romans a slightly unlikely win. It was a costly one though with about 1/3 of the army routed.