My second game of Field of Glory involved the Early Imperial
Romans versus the Dacians. Richard
commanded the Dacians and all figures and terrain was from his collection.
The Dacians hid in the woods and took up a position on a
steep hill. The Romans held back their
left flank and advanced slowly in the centre, shifting to their right hoping to mass against
the Dacian left. Unfortunately the right
wing Roman Auxiliary cavalry thought it was superior and could take on two
units of enemy lancers. It found this
not to be the case. Their commander died
and they struggled on for a short while until they broke. Auxiliary infantry was coming to their aid,
but it also ultimately fared badly against the enemy cavalry.
However the Romans were not overly concerned as this reversal
had brought out some of the Dacians into the open. A Legionary unit went, but got badly chopped
up. A larger unit of Legionnaires joined
in and a long struggle ensued until they were finally wiped out by the enemy
lancers who took them in the rear (the picture shows the situation just before
this happened).
The Dacians finally came into contact with the much reduced Roman
left, and while the Roman Auxiliaries on this flank fought much better than those
on the right, numbers were against them.
While there was no overall ebb and flow, the battles were
mostly good struggles and nearly all of the table was in use and there were no
rules issues. I am still learning the
rules and this slowed us down as I wanted to understand the details of the
mechanics as we fought and manoeuvred.
I am looking forward to the next game.
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