We had a good game of To the Strongest last night at Curt's man shed. Two equal armies tasked with holding.a dominant hill with a 10 turn time limit. Each side had one command on table with another arriving later.
Photo AAR below
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| After early moves, Romans to the right with archers edging onto the hill. |
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| Roman battle line of 3 veteran auxiliary units |
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| Irish warriors |
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| Roman commanders Jeremy and Curt |
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| While Sylvain's Irish reinforcements arrived early, they had trouble moving further on to the table. Curt's Roman cavalry arrived piece meal but the first to units swept forward quickly. |
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| Curt's cavalry command |
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| Getting closer |
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| The infantry scrum commences while both side's left flanks wheel to face. |
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| Victorious Attaccati roll onward! |
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| Close to the end. Curt's heavy cavalry tried to run over some skirmishers but Sylvain successfully evaded three times running. Now out of position, the cavalry all falling back with Sylvain in pursuit. |
In the end the Irish came very close to breaking the Romans, having eliminated two cohorts and some archers. However, when the time bell rang the Romans held the hill and won the day.
Hopefully everyone enjoyed the game! I love these rules myself. They are definitely a game rather than pretending to be a simulation, but the rules can be surprisingly subtle, and the decisions that you make matter!
ReplyDeleteCheers Gonsalvo. They give a good fast game and with reason historical results,
DeleteDespite the difference in figure style and rules, these 'ancients' games awaken a pleasant nostalgia.
ReplyDeleteCheers Ross. I’ve had some nostalgic fun with these.
DeleteSome nice looking spear chucking going on there
ReplyDeleteCheers Dave. Not up to your troop density but I was pleased with how it looked and played out.
DeleteIt was great fun Peter. Thanks for putting it on. BTW, you left a couple stands in the studio, but they are safely tucked away to be forgotten unless you remind me about them. :)
ReplyDeleteI’m glad you enjoyed it Curt. I gotta say that I’m pleased with how this project has turned out. Who got left off of the transports? Romans or Scots Irish?
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