217 Invasion of Britain (55 BC)

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Played this against King Billy as the Romans. An easy win for Caesar in the end despite the early loss of the Tenth Legion and some archers (0-2). The Romans managed to get off the beach easily with a timely Line Command that punched a huge hole in the British line (3-2). Eventually the Britons ran out of units with enough clout to hurt the Romans as Caesar and his cohorts muscled their way towards the hills (5-2).
A last gasp charge by the British forced some losses on the Romans but a 'Order 3 units Centre' saw the legions advance on the weakened Celts and take victory decisively with Caesar at the fore (7-2).

Romans: 7 Barbarians: 4

The Romans advance in the center seemed unstoppable and with a "clash of shields" card they took control of the hills. But the friction of war and some lucky fire roll by the Britons led to the loss of the tenth legion and Caesar. Moreover the Britons cleverly retired from the center and the Romans had to restart the advance process on their left flank. However, now the Barbarian troops were scattered and an easy prey for the Roman legionaries.

Naturalmente tutto si risolve nel Centro. La X Legio avanza mentre i Britanni cercano rifugio sulle colline. I legionari d'elite si sacrficano ma creano lo scompiglio nel centro Bretone. La carta "Line Command" in mano ai Romani permette di portare tutte le unita' sulla terra asciutta. Finale prevedibile. Vittoria Romana 7-2.

7-4 Romans. Brits came out and killed 10th Legion from the get-go by surrounding them with a chariot and some, horse, but Caesar quickly brought the line up and took revenge, even though a medium foot he was leading also died and he ended up commanding an auxliary unit for the rest of the game. Brit cards were very piecemeal and did not come up well, Roman cards came up perfect with line commands and darken the skies wreaking havoc. Very difficult for the Brits to win this one I think with the card disadvantage, a horrendous leader disadvantage, and worse quality troops, and two special Roman units.