"The Battle of Watling Street - a Hail Caesar AAR" Topic
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| Sparker | 20 Jul 2014 3:44 p.m. PST |
Dear All,
As is now traditional, the Hall of Heroes crew replayed the Battle of Watling Street yesterday using Hail Caesar rules.
My chronicle of the battle is recorded here:
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| Schoie88 | 20 Jul 2014 4:38 p.m. PST |
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| Skeptic | 20 Jul 2014 9:41 p.m. PST |
I would echo that – great stuff! |
 ochoin  | 21 Jul 2014 2:33 a.m. PST |
Figures, terrain & the 'chronicle' are all top notch. Thank you. |
| Sparker | 21 Jul 2014 3:26 a.m. PST |
Thanks gents – much appreciated! |
| Frederick | 21 Jul 2014 6:39 a.m. PST |
Fantastic stuff Shipway mentioned the use of wedges in The Imperial Governor, which while fiction is a very, very well written book about this very battle |
| mikeygees | 21 Jul 2014 10:39 a.m. PST |
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| Sparker | 21 Jul 2014 3:42 p.m. PST |
Thanks Gents! Re the wedges, that sounds like an interesting reference. And I think wedges might have been useful after the battle had been won, in pursuit, but I doubt the Romans would have left their defile on the ridge until the Britons were well and truly on the backfoot! |
| Sparker | 21 Jul 2014 6:37 p.m. PST |
Ok I take that all back! Just researched George Shipway, late Lieutenant-Colonel, 13th Lancers, all kinds of operational service including with frontier irregulars on the NW Frontier. This gentleman knew his soldiering! So if he believed they used wedges at Watling Street, that's good enough for me. Will track down a copy of Imperial Governor and make amends at next year's game! Thanks again for the good gen Frederick! |
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