Played this on VASSAL. Carthage pushed hard down their right flank with mago and scored an early kill on auxillary infantry due to the noob syracusian general not knowing aux infantry can't evade xD. Mago held out against repeated ranged assaults and 2 leader checks - ignoring retreat flags as a strong, tough leader would. Mago killed the aux infantry and continued his push with his heavy infantry into the left flank of the Syracusians. The Syracusians managed to lower the heavy infantry to 1, who then retreated back to route. Syracuse followed the heavy infantry with a 1 Light calvary in a #yolo charge to try and kill Mago and his heavy infantry, however was outplayed with a 'first strike' card, which ultimately left the LC annihilated by the heavy infantry 5 roll.
Confident in his turnaround, Mago survived a calvary charge, transferred to auxillary infantry and continued the charge down the right flank. Syracuse, reeling from losing two units on the left flank, began to march his heavy infantry forward. Carthage responds with a double time to quickly move his auxillary infantry + another troop into the back lines where two bowmen units had previously evaded into. Both bowmen heroically defend and survive (2 and 1). In a display of brilliance, Syracuse then takes advantage of Mago's overextension into the back lines and uses a counterattack card to double time his 4 heavy infantry units. Two units with Daphnaeus cut off mago's retreat, and the other two more push forward into the light infantry centre with Himilco. Mago's unit suffers a catastrophic loss, and goes down fighting heroically with his troops.
In the centre, fighting continues fiercly as the remaining two heavy infantry fight the light infantry and aux centre. The aux centre survives with 2 hits, and then responds with a 3 hit battleback.
A Spartacus card gets played, then is utilized to move the Carthaginian reserves (back left flank with the chariot) into the centre. Syracuses's centre takes some minor losses but holds with an evasion and another strong defense. Seeing the reserves moved into action, the Syracusan general quickly moves his reserves (aux LI, LI, MC) from the back right up to the border. with a score of 3-4, Carthage then attempts to break the Syracusan center with the chariot but isn't able to break it. Another evasion is successful. Finally, the Syracusan general plays another right flank card to send his reserve units with Dionysius behind and flanking the heavy chariot. Surrounded by full-strength troops and a fresh leader, the chariot fell.
Syracuse 5 - Carthage 3