The Loose Association of Wargamers

Somewhere in the province of Gallia, two Roman forces clashed:


Artorius, Dux Britanniarum, wished to seize "the purple" & led his forces towards Rome:



Sebastianus, Comes Gallia, was tasked to stop him:





Just to make things interesting, a force of Ostrogothic foederati were not sure who to support:


And a raiding party of Visigoths added to the possibilities"


The game is tomorrow as a final play test for my rules, "A Tribute of Spears'. Four of my pals will each command a faction with differing objectives & victory points.

I'll umpire. Should be an exciting tussle.

donald

Looking good

That looks great and shows what you can do with 1/72 scale.

The game has been fought, won & lost & it was possibly the best wargame I've ever been in.

As a civil war, each participant was as devious, untrustworthy & treacherous as possible & the twists & turns meant the game progressed in an entirely unexpected manner.

After deployment, the two Late Roman forces faced off in the south wit the Goths entering from the north:


Unexpectedly, the usurper's forces adopted a defensive posture whilst the defenders attacked aggressively:




The heart of each Roman force were the heavy infantry supported by numerous cavalry:






There were all sorts of bonus victory points to be gained by committing mayhem - burning down villas:


But wide flanking movements were the order of the day:






The best moment of the game came quite early when the Ostrogoths, advancing on Artorius' forces were attacked by Huns allied to Sebastianus. A "friendly fire" incident that caused them to swop sides.


No one knew who to trust when the two Roman sides dropped their antagonism & turned on the Goths:





In the final turn of the game the Ostrogothic leader, Odoacer, was killed.

Gaming does not get any better.

donald

That sounds a most excellent game!

An excellent looking game Donald, thanks for sharing.


Willz.

Sounds and looks brilliant.

Fantastic! Well done Donald. The rules sound like they proved themselves! I'm in town today, dangerously popping in to the model shop. This does nothing to stop me buying 1/72 boxes!

Ta, Tim.

I *think* my Late Romans are about done. Artorius may arise again to lead more revolts.

Additionally, I've secured some Huns.I think I have enough "hairy barbarian" types to raise a Hunnish-Gothic army.
A pal just gave me a box of the HaT Visigoths which contains some needed archers.
I'd really like some more Germanic cavalry but in 1/72 plastic, there's essentially nothing available.
My other desire is wagons for a lager*. Both Huns & Goths used these "mobile forts". I can't think of anything available & cost effective.

I was looking at this fantasy set & thought they might make good historical Sarmatians.

https://www.drumandflag.co.uk/products/ ... 6ce0&_ss=r

Opinion?

donald

.* I'm bracing for "beer" posts