Arbeia Fort 70AD

Last night Paul,Brian and I didn't have a good game-we had an incredible game!!!
With 800 figures on the table it was always going to look spectacular,but the way it was played out,and the nail-biting finish was absolutely great.

The scenario and map are shown here-Paul was in charge of the British Tribes,and Brian was in charge of the "Fort troops" whilst I was in charge of the reinforcenents coming over the river from Segundunum(Wallsend) by boat.

This is how the table looked before any movement-one of my boats has landed-out of shot to the right,the other didn't land troops until move 3.

Paul decided to give us no chance to sit back and think,and attacked the outer defences immediately-the Auxiliary troops did a great job of defending,but we had a couple of vulnerable points where we were going to be hard pushed to hold out-the village(which didn't have a gate blocking the approach),and on Brian's left tower,which was also open!!

They're in!! Paul swiftly pushed Brian's troops back,and poured over the walls in overwhelming numbers-send in the Legion,Brian!!

That's the way to do it! Paul kept up the momentum of his attack and launched the tribes against the Roman Legion-is he mad?
However,Brian's advance with his cohorts left my cohorts(freshly landed) with a bit of catching up to do,and a gap appeared between my troops and his!!-Paul wouldn't take advantage of this,would he????

With the village ablaze,and my auxiliaries retiring,it was going to be touch and go with my cohorts-you can see the gap between our troops-however Brian is doing a great job with his cohorts and is giving the British a "run for their money"-hurrah!!

The fighting on Brian's side of the board was intense-Paul kept sending more and more warbands against him-the swine!!
Things were not going too easily on my side either.........

But look at those straight lines!!-The fight for the village was now so important-if we lost that our flanks would be in trouble,so Brian sent in cavalry whilst I sent in a cohort-but Paul was reinforcing his troops there all the time-who would break first?

We did!! Brian's troops were exhausted,and being pushed back towards the fort,and Paul has just released a fresh Tribe against my troops-we are doomed!!
Paul was declared the winner,but really there were no "losers" in this game-one of the best,and most exciting we've had for a while.Well done to us all.

Ahhhhhh!(he takes it so badly you know)

That's not a "gloat" is it,Paul???????
Roll on Sunday-don't know what we'll be playing yet.