Game 1
Player 1 Cavie(Carthago): # 5
Player 2 spleen1980 (Rome): #6
I had a very good starting hand with Rally, Counter Attack and Double Time. I decided to play aggressively on the left side: I used the Double Time to move quickly the three inf in the middle (1 hvy, 2 med + leader) to form a continuous line with the light infantry (center and left). Since I had the Rally card I bet that my infantry could sustain the fight against Dan. After a little maneuvering the fight was brutal and concentrated only in the left Roman side. Dan reacted using a lot of good cards: Double Time, Line Command, 2 Cavalry Charges.
The fight was bloody for both sides, Dan was always 1 victory banner ahead of me, I inflicted damage with more with battle backs than with my active commands. Both armies and formations were shaken and disordered, but the best Carthaginians units in the roman left flank were mostly out of the battlefield. On my side: the two med inf were dead, I was left only with light infantry (no aux!), but Scipio and its heavy infantry were still alive. Dan tries to take out a lone light infantry using the cavalry and a warriors: the dice were not on his side, my battle backs were harmless, but now the carthaginian units were overextended and in reach of my light and heavy infantry. After a few fights, Mago died and I took the last winning banner with ranged fire against the carthaginian light cavalry.
Game 2
Player 1 Cavie (Rome): #2
Player 2 spleen1980 (Carthago): #6
I think this game was less interesting the the first. Dan had very bad cards as the Roman player: 2 Cavalry Charge and 1 Order Mounted. He played them pretty soon to build a decent hand. Meanwhile I had time to advance with my center and left forces, taking advantage of the central group of hills, which are perfect for the auxilia infantry. Dan was very very cautious, he was in a very good position to use ranged fire again and again. I used a double time card to hit the roman center with warriors + 2 aux. I took 2 banners and inflicted serious damage to the roman heavy infantry but Hasdrubal and is warriors have 1 block left and retreat on the hills. Then Dan attacked with bravely with his heavy and med in to capture Hasdrubal, but the hills and a lot of luck on my side helped me to survive and fight back. When Scipio died, the fight was downhill for my carthaginians.
Many thanks to Dan for playing.
PLease, pardon my grammar errors, spelling errors and weird phrasing: English is not my mother tongue.