What to do.....................

on a freezing cold January day?Everyone's back at work,the kids are back at school,the  last of the turkey has been curried,the Xmas pudding has been eaten and the birds are busy eating the remnants of the Xmas cake. Well,as mentioned in a previous blog,I have been re-basing my 15mm Romans and Barbarians,and decided to give them a run out(ie a game against each other!)-and what a game it turned out to be,solo,of course!

Barbarian cavalry now in two's,chariots in two's and warbands in four's-much easier to move and handle.

The Roman cohorts are now in two's to show their flexibility against the warbands,,although I have based the Roman cavalry in two's the same as the Barbarian cavalry.

Top shows the Barbarian line,bottom shows the Roman line,so with a litle bit of embellishment(trees!) the table was set.

Move 1 and the chariots and cavalry speed ahead of the warbands intent on disrupting the Roman line.

Top shows the chariots wheeling to their right and hurling javelins(and insults?) bottom shows first contact as the Roman cavalry decide to get stuck in!

Contact is made! The Roman pila inflicted compulsory casualties on the warbands,who also fough at minus one from their dice,as the Romans have armour and shield-still,the dice went this way and that-cracking stuff!!

The on-going cavalry/chariot battle on the Roman right flank-note warband ready to pounce!!

Two shots showing the casualties from each side,and the state of play-the barbarians are completely beaten in the centre,by the Legions,although the flanks(auxiliary troops) are still battling it out!!

The end of the game-a massive Roman win,as you would expect,but they took quite a few casualties......................

Barbarian losses,7 units,Roman losses 5 units,so a near run thing,and a great way to spend a freezing cold January day-long may it continue!