Round 4

Round 4, Game 1, ArretiumSteveT, Gauls, 6 banners, 18 blocks lost.Gomjabbar, Romans, 3 banners, 28 blocks lost.
After initial manoeuvering, my Gauls attacked on their right flank with the cavalry and chariots, following up with a mounted charge, destroying a Roman MC and LI (2-0).  Brad’s Romans double-timed the legions on their centre-left, destroying a Gallic MC and chasing away the chariots (2-1). The Gauls brought their centre right infantry against this Roman column, and then line advanced forwards. In the resulting infantry melee on that flank/centre, the Gauls gained the upper hand (4-2). Britomaris led his MI band forward, Metellus’ HI attacked without a hit and were subsequently destroyed by these Gauls, with Metellus fleeing the field;  on the opposite flank the Roman auxila, out-numbered 2:1, held off a Gaulish warrior charge, and despite heavy losses, destroyed one of the two warrior bands (5-3). A desperate Roman follow-up attack with cavalry and auxila on their right flank caused damage but without destroying any units, and then Britomaris defeated the last Roman unit on the opposite flank, a one block MI (6-3). Thanks to Brad for a tough and exciting game (and sorry for that 0 hit with Metellus’ HI!)

Round 4, Game 2Gomjabbar, Gauls, 5 banners, 26 blocks lost.SteveT, Romans, 6 banners, 27 blocks lost.
The infantry of both sides advanced, and then the Gaulish cavalry charged the supported, non-evading Roman LI, who beat then back. My Romans responded to this scare by refusing their weak left flank. After this, the infantry of both sides resumed their advance, including with several line advances. After the initial central clash, Metellus led a wedge of the legions forward, breaking the barbarian line (1-2). The Gaulish left continued forward; one weak band detached and attacked Metellus’ HI, causing many casualties but were destroyed (1-3); while the main body reached the Roman right – but their warriors were up against the same Roman auxila who had fought so valiantly against them in the first game, with heavy casualties but no banners on either side here. Metellus’ centre wedge, now much weaker, raced to rescue their right and attacked the centre flank of the Gaul’s left flank attack, with both sides taking heavy casualties (3-4). Fighting on this flank continued, with the last of the Roman auxila here falling valiantly (4-5). The Gaulish right-centre suddenly double-timed forward on the quiet other side of the battle-field, taking one (and nearly another and final) banner (5-5). The last remnants of the Roman right, led by Metellus, attacked the last remnants of the Gaulish left, and gained the final banner (5-6).
 Thanks again to Brad for a v exciting and hard-fought battle. The laurel leaves go to the Roman right flank auxila unit, who fought ferociously in both battles against repeated attacks from hordes of barbarian warriors!

OT2024R4G1 - JD49 Arretium (284 BC)

Kandras78 vs Jarib

Game 01 

Player 1 (Gallic) Kandras78 - 6 banners
Player 2 (Roman) Jarib - 4 banners



If the scenario is tough for the romans, the game 01 did not start really well for them. The gallic warriors attacked the roman right flank and got an auxilia and a medium in the first turns, the attack to the medium was really useful with 4 hits on 4 dice rolled against a full and supported medium infantry unit. Afterwards, I was able to respond with double time and some medium cards to get a few banners before losing the 6th unit.

Game 02 
Player 1 (Gallic) Jarib - 6 banners
Player 2 (Roman) Kandras78 - 2 banners



In the second game the Gallic got a really nice cards combination. Started with a flank (2 right/2 left). With the warrios and the med calvary, two light infantry were eliminated. After a few trades, I brought the rear forward and attached the leader with the warriors before the final attack. A mounted charge to clean the roman left side and a double time followed by medium troops to go for the 6th banner in the center and the roman right. 

Thanks to Kandras78 for looking the time to play, really nice games. 
 

Hi,

Tried to reach "azzy", my next opponent, but the email bounced. "azzy", please contact me if you see this.

OT2024R4G1 - JD49 Arretium (284 BC)

alecrespi vs. boredbeyondbelief

Game 01

Player 1 (Gallic) alecrespi - 6 banners
Player 2 (Roman) boredbeyondbelief - 2 banners

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This was a bloodbath. The Gallic army hit on 60% of its dice rolls - without ever having a leader involved! The Romans (with the help of a leader) hit on 46% of their dice rolls. That disparity and that the Galls rolled almost twice as many dice, made this not much of a contest. Plus, on the only 1-die leader roll, Metellus fell. Galls brought their cavalry down their right flank and eliminated 6 units. Not much else to say. Cards and dice favored the Galls with enough attack right and mounted charges (and a first strike!).

Game 02
Player 1 (Gallic) bored beyond belief - 6 banners
Player 2 (Roman) alecrespi - 1 banner

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The dice settled down in round 2, with the Galls having a 33% hit-rate compared to the Romans 29% hit rate. But the Romans didn't seem to have cards to maneuver their flanks out of trouble. While the Romans tried to get their center moving, the Galls too quickly attacked both flanks for the victory.

We played both games in under an hour - which worked well since this was the only day of the month that both of us were available to play! Allesandro is great to play against and I think we both enjoyed how ridiculous the games seemed to be. It was an even match of two blowouts!

Two really quick games to play (no more than 8 rounds each) and still enjoyable.
As Eric said, it was two one-sided games for the Gauls.

If the Gauls advance rapidly the Romans have no chance of resisting their impact force.
Furthermore, the Romans are crushed at the edge of the map and risk suffering huge losses if attacked from the flanks.
In the second game 3 Gallic VB were obtained thanks to the flags obtained against Roman units.

Attached are the match logs and videos.

Match 1
Lornlane (Gallic)  6 banners won
Alister (Roman)  5 banners won

At the very beginning of the battle, the Gauls tried to crush the right flank of the Romans with a dashing charge, but the Romans showed restraint, stood firm, surrounded and defeated the advanced Gauls detachment. The Gallic army, despite its numerical superiority, found itself in a dangerous position. The gallic commander decided to attack with cavalry from the opposite flank, but even then the Romans fought back. A gloomy specter of defeat appeared over the Gauls. Then Britomartis personally led the last desperate attack in the center and it brought victory, by victory with a bitter taste of defeat.

 

Match 2
Alister (Gallic)  3 banners won
Lornlane (Roman)  6 banners won

From the very beginning of the battle, the barbarians brought down clouds of spears and javelins of light infantry on the Romans, but the well-trained legionaries did not flinch, they patiently waited in the wings, occasionally throwing flanking cavalry units into the attack. During the cavalry attack of the Gauls from their right flank, some of the Roman detachments were pushed back, and some were surrounded. Meanwhile, the central part of the Roman army had accumulated strength and, with the help of two jerks in a row, approached the center of the Gauls and defeated it. Unexpected luck!

 

Alister is an experienced and strong player, it is a great luck to meet him at the tournament and learn the smart movement of troops, alternating rhythm of attacks and cold team calculation. In the second game, I was very lucky with the cards: two Double time cards and First Strike, which I did not have time to use. Alister, good luck with the last round!

Match 1

KWofford (Gallic)  6 Banners

Zocchi (Roman) 5 Banners

The Gauls opened with a cavalry charge on the right.  The Romans redeployed to skirmish.  The Guals pressed forward with their lights and succeeded in driving the L flank roman MC from the field.  The Romans counterattacked with a left flank double time, killing the light chariot and driving back the shattered roman cavalry. The Gauls reorganized as the Romans tried 'I am Spartacus' for an attack across multiple sections. The Gauls pressed forward with their medium and warrior cavalry, killing the remaining roman cavalry. The romans responsed by reorganizing and showering the Gauls with missile fire.  The gauls enveloped the roman left flank, after which the romans counter attacked to salvage the situation.   The Gauls counter-counterattacked, pressing into the roman center and left. The Roman left was shattered, but the Roman center pressed deeper into the gallic center with the banners tied at four each.  The Romans attempted to rally unsuccessfully (sorry, Zocchi!), after which the Gallic center counterattacked with a double time and exchanged units with the romans before felling a final MI for the win. (note: that bum rally really hurt Zocchi). 
 

Match 2

Zocchi (Gallic)  3 banners

KWofford (Roman)  6 Banners

The Gauls changed on their left with their warriors, while the romans advanced their center left to meet the gauls.  The gauls attempted to envelop the roman right, with the romans double-timing from the center to annhilate 3 warriors in a succcession of very lucky throws. Both sides reorganized to impose some order on their lines. The gauls, then romans rolled forwards with line commands.  The gauls refused their left flank and threw their weight against the roman left. The roman cavalry charged to recover the situation, riding down another warrior as the gauls pressed deep into the roman left flank. The Gauls proceeded to crush the Roman left flank (leaving the banner total at 3-5, Roman favor). The plucky Roman MC (now down to one block) proceeded to ride down another warrior and force a lethal retreat on a gallic MC for the win. 

 

Zocchi, thanks for a pair of nail-biters.  Anybody's games, with your bad throw on the rally deciding the first game and some good throws by the Romans deciding the second.  

Gallic (FoxK) - Rome (soul1st) 6:2 
Rome (FoxK) - Gallic (soul1st) 6:5 

FoxK wrote:

Gallic (FoxK) - Rome (soul1st) 6:2 
Rome (FoxK) - Gallic (soul1st) 6:5 
 

Hi FoxK/soul1st these files are the VSAV with the final state of the game.
Don't you happen to have VLOGs of the matches too?

Anyone have an email address for Polonus100? I have been trying to to get in touch/.
Thanks