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Wider Wargaming => Batreps => Topic started by: FierceKitty on 11 July 2021, 10:17:30 AM

Title: The Empire Strikes Back
Post by: FierceKitty on 11 July 2021, 10:17:30 AM
Today I led late imperial Romans against Goths and Alans. A hard fight, with some dismal luck on both sides, but an eventual clear victory for the bad guys. Fortunate; Lee's been quietly racking up victories this last fortnight.
Title: Re: The Empire Strikes Back
Post by: FierceKitty on 11 July 2021, 10:18:25 AM
Some more. I do have oval shielded Palatine legionary types too, but they didn't do much today.
Title: Re: The Empire Strikes Back
Post by: FierceKitty on 11 July 2021, 10:19:10 AM
And again. Noteworthy features: light cavalry operating together carefully can make hash of heavier stuff; legionaries are not ideally suited to fight an enemy like this, being armed and trained to win a stand-up fight against heavy foot, which are not the strong suit of a Gothic army; and I should never get into a cavalry scrap against Lee, even with a deeper, better equipped formation of higher quality led by a general - I just get bogged down. Thank heavens our Frankish and Byzantine allies turned up in time!
Title: Re: The Empire Strikes Back
Post by: Techno II on 11 July 2021, 10:23:01 AM
Boo...Hiss.  ;)

Cheers - Phil. :)
Title: Re: The Empire Strikes Back
Post by: Steve J on 11 July 2021, 11:22:22 AM
Lovely looking figures Alexander 8).
Title: Re: The Empire Strikes Back
Post by: FierceKitty on 11 July 2021, 11:48:17 AM
Happy mix of Pendraken, Steve Barber, Magister Militum, Baggage Train (only time they have actually delivered!), and Copplestone.
Title: Re: The Empire Strikes Back
Post by: fred. on 11 July 2021, 01:18:56 PM
Quote from: FierceKitty on 11 July 2021, 10:17:30 AM
Lee's been quietly racking up victories this last fortnight.

And the rest...


Good looking game, and good to see you getting plenty of games in

Title: Re: The Empire Strikes Back
Post by: Lord Kermit of Birkenhead on 11 July 2021, 03:41:12 PM
Situation normal then ?