A cracking game it was too as I tried using Gauls in depth ie with a 'second line' of units as I knew the Marians are tough with lots of Superior Legionaries and an unit of Exceptional.
It kind of worked but Gauls lack hitting power against Romans.
The Gauls of this period are mainly Average although I did field three units of Superior Soldurii/Nobles (but these are limited to being 6 bases strong nd must be doled out amongst commanders).
I had 3 units of Cavalry of which one was Superior.
Strangely the Gallic cavalry in Marian list are Melee Expert which mine are not, although being not strictly Gallic but a potential mix of Iberians, Gauls and Germans may account for this.
The Superior Legionaries are tough to deal with and the Exceptional (Caesars 10th ?) are an unstoppable juggernaut.
I had them engaged in front and charged on rear by my Superior cavalry and they brushed them all off easily !
In fact this unit of Cavalry was my only successful unit destroying 2 units of Legionaries
Cannot fault my dice today as I managed 2 wounds with 3 black dice rolls (those Cavalry on a shoot and charge) but as in every game I had a command that got awful cards consistently (3 black in one turn, I mean honestly c'mon !) .
Stephens dice were not brilliant although he did get to roll a lot more yellow and red dice than me but his cards were generally better and being Professional and Drilled of course means more flexible with cards.
He also consistently seemed to have cards to recover wounds.
I won the initial impacts but not by sufficient margin to cause significant damage (7 hits with 4 kills vs 5 hits with 3 kills).
I had several Shatter results but failed to inflict hits on subsequent fights, and then the Romans just grind the Gauls (especially the Average types) to dust in ensuing melee phases.
Romans not required to do much beyond face up to my lot, absorb their charges then pummel the Gauls.
Good fun though and good to see Romans being tough viable troops.
Nice report. You must be fast becoming the resident expert on MEG? Cheers Greg
ReplyDeleteIf you want to know how to lose with any set of wargame rules for any period then I am indeed ‘Da Man’ :-)
DeleteCool looking game!
ReplyDeleteMaximus version has nice epic feel and look but you need a lot of stuff. I had 18 stands of Cavalry 12 stands of light inf 4 general's and 63 stands of Gallic foot.
DeleteLovely set up, Gary , 15mm figures ? I’m guessing a Gaulish Army handles similar to a Highland one , that is , plenty of ferocious charging. But if the Romans / British stand firm then they’re hard to beat . Maybe tempt the Romans into Woods or difficult terrain next time .
ReplyDeleteYup typical warband type army. The Romans get more cards during set up phase so difficult to pick a lot of terrain.
DeleteImpressive gaming; lots of figures - not familiar with the rules, but they look good.
ReplyDeleteThey are very playable and fun and also well supported by author.
DeleteThe armies look good, Gary. I trust your Gauls were properly divided in three parts?
ReplyDeleteIf you mean, the living ,the dead and those about to die, then yes :-)
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