221 Teutoburger Wald P2 (9 AD)

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Another part of recent mini-campaign - this time Germans did not commite full forces which allowed me to grab 4 banners as Romans:

Vittoria Barbari 6-4. Vista la situazione disperata la cavalleria romana abbandona il campo in cerca di salvezza ma viene intercettata dalla cavalleria di Arminio e dopo aver perso un'unita' e' costretta a rientrare al campo. A quel punto Vala rinforza le due ali visto che i germani sis stanno appunto avvicinando da entrambi i fianchi. La lotta si fa aspra quando ad un certo punto Vala che si trova sulla destra vede l'opportunita' di rompere l'accerchiamento ed esce dal campo con un'unita' di fanteria media ed una di leggeri. Ormai e' tardi...la fuga non riesce e sul lato sinistro romano tre unita' di germani penetrano nel campo massacrando i pochi sopravvissuti.

2 solitaire games, with the Germanic Tribes winning both, 6 - 0, and 6 - 3. I think that the Germanic Tribes could still win with half their forces. It would fruitless for the Romans to even attempt to break out and escape, in my opinion.

6-0 Germans. This like many of the early scenarios badly needs a rebalance with some sort of variant victory conditions, different banner counts for both sides or something similar. So many of the early scenarios are badly balanced (I am hoping that the later expansion scenarios are more closely balanced, based on the few that I have played so far, as the series evolved that seems to be the case for the later modules like Medieval, etc. )

2 more solitaire games with the Germanic Tribes winning both 6 - 5, and 6 - 3. In the first, I tried to slug it out with the GT, and with some lucky die rolls, they made a game of it. In the second, I had the 2 Romans cavalry make a run for it, and they did manage to grab 2 banners, and surprisingly , killed Arminius too, before being destroyed.