Game 2, and after a lovely toastie at the Dice Saloon, I was playing another old friend, Mr Stephen Stead. Lovely bloke, using Carthaginian in Spain. Hard list in the hands of a good player. Will be a real challenge to beat.
Deployment, the table was a bald as a coot.
And somewhat shiny, which has made the photos look like we were playing on ice! Deployment was me hanging hard on the right flank, looking for anywhere to hide!
My Italians come out the forest to play, but Stephen has more and better cavalry than me, it was a case of breaking through the foot line before I was squished!
That closed up fast!
Stephen was holding back his Spanish, but his spears were tight enough to hold me while his cavalry closes.
It's close, could I get through?
Stephen moves to contacts my two 5 stand legionarii. He has stopped at 0.00000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000001mm!
But my elephants are very keen to make the acquaintance of the Gallic cavalry. Unfortunately, they missed!
My legions, hit in the flank, survive, but my cavalry is severely outclassed and is suffering for it.
In fact, my nellies could not hit a barn door, and break! The infantry clashes in, again, despite being up, I'm doing worse than average! My superior Triarii loses two bases almost immediately too! Gah! My five legion is down to three bases and is about to break too.
Finally, getting some hits in!
My cavalry and foot break, leaving one whole legion hanging in the wind, surrounded by Numidians with their rear exposed. Their fate was sealed! (0-4)
Sooo close! Eventually, I break the two spears and crash into the unit behind, but too little, too late.
4-15 to Mr Stead. Another top game, a very tough list. This left me on the grand total of 10 points, and nearly at the bottom of the table.
Oh hell, wooden spoon here we come!
On to Game 3 vs Jersey James's Ancient British
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