The initial game of 'War & Conquest' went well : quite smooth, no outrageous events and lots of good gaming surprises.
The game was to pit the invading Huns and allies under Attila against the Late Roman forces of Lepidus Crixus, Imperial legate, on the plains near Ravenna in northern Italy.
Both sides deployed:
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The Romans (randomly generated) terrain favoured them.
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The barbarians were strong in Hunnish, Goth & Sarmatian cavalry.
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Though the Romans weren't too shabby here either and with quality infantry
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The Romans were lucky in their deployment dice & mounted strong attacks, particularly on their right flank, facing the Hunnish camp.
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Disaster; although the Huns did not fair too badly in various melees, the Hun Standard Bearer was killed.; triggering several morale tests
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The Hun right flank was more successful for Attila's hordes:
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However, the Roman infantry on this flank maintained strong lines of infantry in shieldwall formation.
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And in the centre, things also looked bad for the Huns as Roman cavalry csplit up and charged:
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However, at this stage, the Hun left flank collapsed & the Romans took their camp – end of game.
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It could have been a closer game except for unlucky deployment dice & rather faulty deployment on the Hunnish side (sadly, I was the commander…)
"goes large."
