Game 1
Andygor Carthaginians 1
Steve Romans 8
Romans were able to refuse their left and advance obliquely to the right, catching the Carthaginan light cavalry on the rear rank and exiting two of the Roman light infantry for four of the eight medals. Tough fighting in the centre swung the Romans’ way for the victory, with the Carthaginian troops hidden in and behind the forests unable to reach the battle in time, apart from a late attack by the Carthaginian medium cavalry that was fended off by the Romans.
Game 2
Steve Carthaginians 5
Andygor Romans 8
Romans again refused their left and advanced obliquely to the right. The Carthaginian lights moved forward rapidly to fight a delaying action with shooting and evading, and after some initial success in cutting off some forward Romans troops eventually were defeated and fled, score 3-5 favouring the Romans, but now with the Roman heavy infantry in play. Hasdrubal’s troops emerged from the forests, a Carthaginian auxilia was destroyed by a Roman cavalry unit that then exited, and the two Roman Heavy Infantry were destroyed (5-7). Scipio double timed, catching a Roman Light Cavalry on the rear rank for the victory (5-

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An exciting pair of games!