A most excellent game.

As per my last blog,I played the Battle of the Sambre,using my newly completed Romans and Gauls,and what an absorbing game it turned out to be.

The game begins-the Nervii facing the 7th and 12th legions on the Roman right,the Viromandui facing the 8th and 11th in the centre and the Atrebartes facing the 9th and 10th legions on the Roman left.-as can be seen in the bottom photo, the legions were still trying to organise themselves as the Gauls were just about to hit them!!

Top photo shows the "clash" along the whole Roman line,bottom photo shows a cohort of the 7th legion on the verge of being wiped out!!-The Romans have thrown their pila inflicting a pom pom on each tribe that has contacted,putting them at a minus one from, the dice ,but despite that the Gauls threw magnificent dice,and more than held their own.

Top photo shows the hard fought melee on the Roman right,the 7th are fighting for their lives,but the 12th(boo hiss!!) refused to move to help their comrades,the bottom photo shows the 8th and 11th having a real tussle!

On the Roman left the 9th and 10th are being hard pressed,but gallic casualties are mounting and soon gaps in their lines would appear!!

A general view of the table-the Romans are now getting their act together,and one or two Gallic warbands have had enough and are streaming back over the river.

Same general view from the bottom end of the table-look at the 12th Legion-still refusing to move from their hill-top!!!

The "rot" begins-the 9th and 10th have sent the Atrebates packing,and the 8th and 11th have done the same to the Viromandui in the centre,however the 7th is still being roughly handled by the Nervii,and still the bloody 12th won't go their help!!-decimation looms!!!!

A general view showing the tribes flowing back,in numbers, to the river-too many casualties! The Legions are also suffering casualties-the 7th has been wiped out to a man,but the 8th is moving onto the Nervii flank and they to must see the end is in sight!

The Roman legions are now totally re-organised and the chase begins(look at those lines!)

Oh,now the 12th moves down the hill to join in the "fun"-too late my friends-I feel a nasty shock awaits you in Rome- the figures at the back are the Roman casualties-7 units,against the Gallic casualties of 17 units(plus the whole army!!)

An absolutely cracking game,and an historically correct outcome-roll on more games like this.