| mikeygees | 11 Jan 2013 6:53 p.m. PST |
With some excellent ideas from fellow SAGA enthusiast Doug Colbeck, I've somewhat created a playable version of SAGA for Caesar's Gallic Wars. I played 8 points per side.
The Roman Army consisted of 1 unit of levys (Greek slingers), 5 units of Legionnaries each with 8 figures(warriors), and 1 Tribune (Warlord).
The Gauls came out shouting with 2 units of Nobles, 4 units of Warriors, and 1 Warlord.
The first clash involved both units of Gallic Nobles running strait into the lines of the Legionarries. Casualties were moderate on both sides, but it was the Gauls who had to disengage first.
A second try by the Gallic nobles and the Warlord produced 7 casualties in one Legion. While the other group of Gallic nobles made the Romans disengage with casualties. Both used fatique markers cancelling each other out.
The right flank of the Romans was secured with massive volleys of stones coming from the Greeks.
But the left started to crumble as 2 Legions were hit simultaneously, one by the Warlord and his Nobles, the other by a group of Warriors.
Both Legions were cut down to 1 man and disengaged. The flank all but vanished and the Gauls called it a day!!!
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 Editor in Chief Bill   | 11 Jan 2013 7:16 p.m. PST |
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| mikeygees | 11 Jan 2013 7:24 p.m. PST |
No terrible dice rolling… seriously!!! Will have to play again. |
| Dale Hurtt | 11 Jan 2013 7:32 p.m. PST |
Beautiful. Great battle report. Romans should not necessarily be highly powered at this scale (skirmish). |
| Grelber | 11 Jan 2013 7:48 p.m. PST |
Interesting idea! I've been painting some Gauls for a skirmish game, and just ordered some Roman auxiliaries for them to fight, and I've been wondering what rules to use. Are the battle boards on the internet somewhere?
Grelber |
| clifblkskull | 11 Jan 2013 8:11 p.m. PST |
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| timlillig | 11 Jan 2013 8:53 p.m. PST |
Very nice. Are the board for those armies available? |
| mikeygees | 11 Jan 2013 8:53 p.m. PST |
@ Grelber, Check out this…
link Look in the 'Laboratory' section. |
| Grelber | 11 Jan 2013 10:22 p.m. PST |
Thanks very much, mikeygees! Grelber |
| Caliban | 12 Jan 2013 3:39 a.m. PST |
Lovely photos! It's always good to see Romans being trashed by civilised people… |
| yorkie o1 | 12 Jan 2013 5:47 a.m. PST |
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| axabrax | 12 Jan 2013 9:17 a.m. PST |
Looks cool. We tried cooking up Saga for the Crusades but had problems with force balance. Saga is an easy game to modify for other periods but hard to fine tune in my opinion. How'd the balance feel with this system? |
| mikeygees | 12 Jan 2013 10:30 a.m. PST |
@axabrax, I'm not sure. I have to play it a few more times. |
| Cerdic | 12 Jan 2013 12:14 p.m. PST |
Great stuff! (Maybe its just the photos, but your fatigue markers look a lot like cowpats….) |
| mikeygees | 12 Jan 2013 12:47 p.m. PST |
@Cerdic yeah they're unpainted…. (washers with shield and weapon on them)primed, base coate, that's as far as I got… |
| LEGION 1950 | 12 Jan 2013 2:28 p.m. PST |
Mikeygees, nice report and pics!!! Mike Adams |
| mikeygees | 12 Jan 2013 3:49 p.m. PST |
Just noticed the typo, both sides were 6 points each, not 8. Not that it matter for the Romans anyways… :) |
| clifblkskull | 12 Jan 2013 9:08 p.m. PST |
MikeyG
Could you send the battle boards etc to me PEM?
I cannot seem to get the studio tomahawk site boards to download.
Thanks,clif |
| mikeygees | 13 Jan 2013 4:47 p.m. PST |
@clifblkskull The auther of this post is the gentlemen you need to contact for downloads. Good Luck…. link |
| Larry R | 17 Jan 2013 11:51 a.m. PST |
mikeygees, great pics, what are you using for your ground cover? |
| mikeygees | 17 Jan 2013 4:06 p.m. PST |
Wool with drybrush acrylics…. |
| Field Marshal | 18 Jan 2013 3:59 a.m. PST |
Looks great what company are the figures? |
| mikeygees | 18 Jan 2013 8:11 p.m. PST |
The Romans are Foundry, and the Gauls are Old Glory. |
