Plethora continued!

The Dacians troubled Rome for a long time until Mr Trajan sorted them out! my next battle was a raid on a fort,occupied by Roman Auxiliary troops.I put the Romans at a lower fighting and morale rate than the Dacians,but gave them a catapult-this would,surely,tip the balance(?) in the Roman's favour.

Top photo shows the simple set-up,middle shows the Catapult,bottom shows an alternative sort of Cat-a pult!!(oh what a joker!!)-actually next door's cat which visits me on a regular basis when I'm in the garage! But on with the report.

Roman cavalry skirting the fort walls for support from the catapult-which,as it turned out, was manned by the Blind Pew school of catapult operators!!-ie. no hits the whole game!!-The Roman cavalry was faced on both flanks by young Nobles,who had more enthusiasm than skill when it came to fighting!

I used a tried and tested movement method for Barbarian-types,which we call "random movement" using a dice to determine how far each unit can move in the first move-this broke the momentum of the Dacians,and gave the edge to the Romans-two Dacian units refused to move,and took a while to catch up to their other units!

Bloody catapult!-they might as well have their helmets on back to front!!!

The whole line has charged,and initially I thought that I had "hamstrung" the Romans by giving them low points,but after a couple of rounds of melee,they held their own,and eventually began to push the Dacians back!!-in the background you can see the Roman cavalry giving the Nobles a right old "bashing"-this turned the game,and allowed the Roman cavalry to threaten the whole Dacian line!

Last shot,showing the Dacians being forced back-if you look carefully you can just see the catapult operators flying through the air,having been fired from the ramparts!!(just kidding!)
Another good game,but not as good as the next one-Zulus vs British!!