It's a Roman civil war this week with my true-Emperor Late Romans taking on Gordon's rather old-fashioned evil Usurpers! I went for a largely foot based army with few mounted while Gordon's force had fewer foot but considerably more mounted.
One of Gordon's commands was either in ambush behind the hill or flank marching on a fairly open table:
The Usurpers advance rapidly. This suggests that their hidden command is behind the hill otherwise their flank will be very exposed:
Apart from throwing forward some skirmishers the true Emperor's men await developments in the centre and the right:
The Usurpers forces continue to press forward, the Legions are equally matched but the Usurpers Auxilia are armoured and facing some less then confident archers:
On the left the true Emperors Legions are not really getting into the action. Some Auxilia have been sent to reinforce the centre while the Usurper has advanced his Sarmatian ally command that was hiding behind the hill:
The archers have no effect on the Usurpers Auxilia:
The lines clash!:
On the left two Illyrians have been charged in the rear by a Sarmatian light horse:
Remarkably the Illyrians turn round and defeat the Sarmatians:
In more action on the left the Usurpers cataphracts charge home while cavalry attempt to delay the other cataphracts:
The initial clash does not go well for the true Emperor though both sides take some hits:
One base of archers has gone down while the cavalry on both sides eye each other warily:
The lone Usurper cataphract has dealt with one Legion and moves on to the next:
In the centre things are going badly for the true Emperor's forces. Markers are even at six each but the whole force is close to collapse with red (3 hit) and yellow (two hit) markers sprouting:
The Usurpers cavalry fall back:
Units fall on both sides:
On the left one Illyrian sacrifices itself against the Sarmatian general so it's colleague can loot the Usurpers camp:
Losses mount for the true Emperor, the army is close to breaking now. The Usurpers army has taken some damage and lost the camp but is still a way off breaking:
The lone cataphract takes down another Legion and the true Emperors centre is almost gone:
Sarmatian cavalry finish off a Roman cavalry unit breaking the true Emperor's army!
My run of ADLG victories came to a crashing halt with this game!
Gordon's investment in armour for his Auxilia really paid off as well saving him from several shooting and combat hits allowing them to quickly cut through my unarmoured Auxilia and archers.
I didn't manage to get the best out of my extra Legionaries compared to Gordon's army and also failed to get my elite impact heavy cavalry into action on my right perhaps worrying too much that they were slightly outnumbered. I also wasted two Auxilia who tried to redeploy but ended up stuck behind my falling Legionary line with no command pips to move on.
Having said that it was a fairly close game (mostly as my army was larger and I sacked Gordon's camp) and Gordon's army was around 4 or 5 hits from breaking itself.
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