Third Servile War

We had a game on Monday using my Spartacus rebellion figures.

We just did a straight battle with two roman legions facing a large force of slaves.

Myself,Pete and Dave took the slaves while Tom and John took the Romans.

The battlefield with the slaves towards the bottom of the picture and the Romans toward the top.

The slave infantry.

Tom's Romans.

Spartacus(Grey horse) with his bodyguard.

Castus's slaves(far left) start to move forward while Gannicus's slave cavalry move forward as well.

The slave cavalry commanded by Gannicus.

Toms Romans advance while Johns hold their ground.

The slave infantry continue their advance toward the Romans.

Castus infantry(closest) and Crixus infantry(top).

Johns Romans continue to hold position in face of the oncoming horde of slaves.

 Johns Romans.

Castus's slaves.

Johns Romans finally move toward the enemy.

Castus's archers open fire on the Romans causing one casualty.

The Romans retreat out of range of the archers.

The slave cavalry move up to support the slave flank.

The slave skirmishers fire on johns Romans but cause no casualties.

A unit of slave cavalry move to outflank the roman left while the slave centre holds position.

Castus's slave skirmishers move out of the way as the Romans prepare to charge.

The Romans charge but fall short and a unit takes a casualty from slinger fire.

The roman move toward the slave archers and take another two casualties.

Castus's slaves and Johns Romans face off.

Two slave war bands brutally clash with a unit of Romans.

The trained slaves under Castus's command also clash with a unit of Romans.

The war bands lose their combat against the Romans with one war band fleeing the field and the other is pushed back.

The slaves have no time to rest however as the Romans pursue them.

The remaining two war bands charge two units of Romans.

The Romans fighting the trained slaves are reinforced.

The slaves and Romans slug it out.

Toms Romans charge the slave archers while a unit of Romans move to secure the left flank.

The slave cavalry open fire on a unit of Romans but cause no casualties.

The battle in full flow.

Both sides take casualties.

Castus joins in the fighting as does Johns commander.

During the melee John's commander is killed and the roman casualties start to build up.

The slave cavalry form up on the roman flank.

Another war band routs after taking too many casualties from combat.

The trained slaves are overwhelmed and are routed.

Castus and his remaining slaves manage to beat two units of Romans who proceed to leave the field in fear.Castus and his remaining men then decide to retreat from the field.

Crixus's slaves in the centre finally move into combat.

Two units of slave cavalry open fire on the Romans but only cause one casualty.

A unit of light slave infantry open fire on a unit of Romans and inflict one casualty and force the Romans to retreat out of range.

Crixus's trained slaves lose their combat and are pushed back.

But they charge straight back in again this time accompanied by a war band.

An order towards one of the roman units is misheard and they instead charge toward a unit of slave cavalry who evade the Romans.

The battlefield at 10 o clock.

At this point we finished we gave the victory to the Romans because the ones who had defeated Castus's slaves were about to flank Crixus's forces and we surmised the slaves would have been overwhelmed.

A very enjoyable game but i need more slaves so as it can be a evenly matched fight.

Next up on Monday Wings Of War

Thanks For Reading

Carl



The Spanish ulcer, well it gave me one anyway!

 For a change we had a Spanish v French game at the club the other night using Daves excellent collection of 15mm figures. The Spanish proved to be quite a challenge but not as great a one as that of the dice Gods.

Tom - French
Mick - Spanish
Dave - umpire
Rules - GdeB

Objectives- The Spanish to defend the gap between the high ground and the village and prevent the French from advancing off the table behind their set up positions. The French must leave the table in good order at any point between the high ground and the village behind the Spanish. 

Initial set up of the Spanish forces.

 The French set up with their infantry using their secret new teleportation machine to switch them from their right wing to the left without me noticing, a very cunning plan!

The opposing forces. 

The French advance begins as the Spanish move towards a a position threatening the artillery flank if they continue to advance.

The French head for the high ground planning to outflank the Spanish position. 

The French continue over the high ground as the Spanish respond to the threat by starting to switch their forces to their right flank.  Casualties were exchanged from artillery and musketry.

Order changes for the French. 

Spanish skirmishers engage their French counterparts.

French moves continue while the Spanish skirmishers charge  their counterparts.

The Spanish are forced to retreat. 

 Spanish columns consolidate their right flank.

As the French continue to flank their position. 

Spanish casualties mount. 

Finally a French casualty from Spanish musketry. 

The position doesn't look too bad for the Spanish but the quality of their troops is suspect being 2nd line. 

More casualties for the French. 

Spanish skirmishers return to the fray. 

While their opponents continue to harass the Spanish line. 

Spanish artillery continues to fire at the French but with limited success  

Spanish columns prepare to assault having succeeded in changing their orders. 

French artillery advance. 

The French prepare to receive their opponents charge. 

The Spanish hesitate! 

and open fire instead. 

A French line succeeds in charging their Spanish opponents 

Who retire leaving their adjacent colleagues  to take the brunt of the charge.

The Spanish finally attempt to charge their Gallic adversaries 

but they too fail to charge home. 

Pressure is building up with faltering and retiring Spanish units but a successful Brigade morale test steadies the line...... for the time being.

French artillery prepare to take up positions to the rear of the Spanish columns. 

Spanish resolve begins to wither... 



as the French prepare to administer the coup de gras.

An enjoyable game despite some abysmal luck with the dice and some inspired dice work by Tom who was happy to remind me of the two double one morale throws he got during a recent Wars of the Roses game which shattered his centre. As they say 'shit happens' but as long as it doesn't affect the enjoyment of the game that's all that matters.

Next week will be a debut outing for Carls 10mm Spartacus game using Hail Caesar. No doubt he will be doing the report on that one.

Thanks to Dave for putting the game on.

Mick