First game after "lock down"

We had our first game of this horrible year last night,but only three of us turned up,but never the less we had a very enjoyable game,pitting Brian's Spartacus army against the might of Brian's plastic Roman legions!

 

This is the scenario and troop dispositions before any movement-Brian was Sartacus,Graham was Crixus and I commanded the two legions commanded by Crassus and Gellius-I had four bits of paper with "Spartacus" written on them all,so that when the "boys" picked up the papers to see what command they had,they would all say"I'm Spartacus"-oh how we would have laughed!! however with Paul and Dave being absent the joke fell flat!!! But,on with the game................

Graham has launched his Gallic contingent against Crassus' legion-this was a "spirited" attack,which was only just held by the Romans-wave after wave charged into the Roman line-exciting stuff,and it was good to be back among it!!(throwing dice and writing orders has been sorely missed!)

But what of Spartacus(aka Brian)? Well he was just biding his time until Gellius was near enough to his lines to employ his "secret" weapon!!-now I wonder what that could be?

"biding his time" Brian is awaiting the onslaught of the Romans,and looking to cool,in his black and white mask, for comfort,what could he be waiting for??

A general(no pun intended!) shot of the table,showing the on-going attacks in the background from Graham's Gauls,and and Brian's "biding" troops on their cosy and safe little hills.This was all to change,and soon!!

He's only gone and bought some "flaming logs!!"-these were rolled down both hills I was attacking causing considerable damage and disruption of my lines-the man's a swine!!-the "logs" were followed up by a most violent assault by his trained and untrained troops backed up by bloody Gladiators,who inflicted even more casualties-woe is me!!

Top photo Gladiators,bottom photo Trained troops!

Despite suffering 1st degree burns from the "burning logs" I am fighting back and winning most melees-however graham diverted some of his Gauls to attack my right flank,putting me under tremendous pressure!!

Graham is continuing to attack Crassus' legion,although he is suffering too many casualties to continue for much longer-my second line is just about to swap with the first and complete the misery of the Gauls-hurrah!!-however,things have taken a turn for the worse on the other flank,and Spartacus has "fired" his troops to renew their quest for freedom by winning melee after melee(although I did capture the far hill!)

Far hill captured-does this mean I have won?-NO!!!

Brian and Graham rightly(I suppose!) claimed a victory,but actually no-one was a loser or winner in this tremendous game-long may it continue,and we have decided to try another game next Sunday-well done to us all.......................

"Selfie" with Brian and Graham-all wearing masks and observing "social distancing".

Due to the completely changed format of the blog,and the almost impossible task of getting photographs onto the computer,this may be my last blog-it has gone from being a pleasurable experience to a most frustrating and stressful chore!-My IT department head(son) is trying to give me advice,but my IT knowledge is so poor that I feel that it isn't worth the effort any more,however I might give it another "go" when I calm down (when I say "calm down" I really mean that my old friend,Captain Morgan, might just have to consulted!!)