ADLG Late Roman v Late Roman

My final game of 2019 saw the 25 mm Late Romans take on Gordon's 20 mm Late Romans, both armies being commanded by Stilicho!

The table was quite open with a hill slightly on my side of the table and a few other features on the flanks. Gordon (from now on the Usurper!) had one large Warband and Legionary command with a couple of Cataphracts and one command of Auxila. His other command must be flank marching. I had a cavalry command, a large Legionary command with two Cataphracts and a smaller Legionary/Auxilia command:

The Userper's infantry have made a small advance while the Loyal Romans advance, redeploying their cavalry from the left to the centre. It isn't obvious which flank the Usurpers flank march will arrive on:

The Usurper's Auxilia retreat, suggesting that the flank march will arrive on the Loyal Roman's left:

The Loyal Romans press forward while detaching some light horse to face the flank march:

The Usurpers flank march arrives and quickly deals with the single light horse opposing them:

The view from the Usurpers lines, the Loyal Romans have little to face the flank march and must hope to break through quickly:

Looking bad for the Loyal Romans from this viewpoint!:

The Loyal Romans attempt to defend the hill and the flank:

The Loyal Romans on the hill are swept aside:

In the centre foot and mounted clash, the Loyal Romans flank will collapse quickly. The Loyal Roman horse and right flank are also attacking:

The Loyal Roman impact cavalry fail against the Usurpers Cataphracts. The Loyal Roman Legionaries are being cut down by flank attacks:

The Loyal Romans start to create a gap on their right but the centre is falling rapidly:

The Usurpers troops have largely taken the hill, a single Loyal Light Horse Archer holds off one of the Usurper's generals and has a chance of killing him but fails:

The Loyal Romans are on the brink of routing:

The Loyal Romans break leaving the Usurper victorious:

Another ADLG defeat which showed that I just have not got the measure of the micro management that makes all the difference, several times Gordon made moves that I'd just not spotted as possible. As usual I didn't take into account all the sliding and turning that troops which are not pinned can do even though they are close to the enemy. Also my list was I think worse than Gordon's and he had a better plan than me!

Other than playing loads of games of ADLG and taking it seriously neither of which is going to happen I'm not that sure how I can improve much.

Having said that it is unrealistic to expect to compete that well in a club which takes ADLG very seriously and where many members play considerable numbers of games both friendly and competition. As ever I enjoyed playing though which is the main thing and it was nice to get the veteran Romans on the table again!