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| Gary's Romans to the left, Jeff's Celts to the right. |
At our table Jeff and Brent from the Greenwood Wargamers, Paul, Les and I of the venerable Atlantic Simulation Society founded back in the late 70's, and Gary, another veteran gamer who like the rest appears in his share of my blog posts, played a miniatures version of Epic C&C Ancients.
The scenario was inspired by the last battle of Boudicca's Revolt and I must say that we freedom loving Britons gave the Romans a tough fight. We held the Romans at bay and gave as good as we got to the last turn at which point their gods came to their aid and suddenly we died bravely in droves.
I'm looking forward to this becoming a regular monthly event. (Apart from the dying bit.)
Thanks for a fun and challenging game Ross. It was a pleasant afternoon of gaming, socializing and reminiscing.
ReplyDeleteThanks for you for doing all the heavy lifting. It was a enjoyable day, looking forward to the next.
DeleteIo Boudaica!
ReplyDeleteGreat to see the masses in action.
OK once in a while but to be honest, I don't miss the masses. Might be in danger of getting old.
DeleteGlad you had a good time. I am non solo gaming fortnightly currently and enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteAlan
Its good to have both options.
DeleteLooks like a rollicking good time was had by all. I have a couple of questions (as always :=) ) What were the number of figures on each side? Most interpretations I've read cite a probable %:1 ratio of Britons to Romans and it doesn't look like there are that many Iceni. Was there a stream mentioned anywhere? How did that impact the game play, if at all? Finally, although we are told that the Iceni were either slaughtered or enslaved, was there a provision for Boudicca to pull her troops out or would that have been considered as impossible? I just love all the historical uncertainties of this time period. Not only don't we know for certain how many Iceni and allies were present, we don't even know for sure where the battle was fought or what happened to Boudicca!
ReplyDeleteJerry, I just showed up and played so as for numbers of figures, a whole bunch!.
ReplyDeleteWhen Jeff found out Gary was coming and could bring his Romans, he looked for a C&C epic scenario that would allow Jeff to use his Celts and this was it. I'm assuming the Celtic units each represent more 'real' men than each Roman unit. All combat is by unit with the units being able to take X hits (represented by wooden blocks in the boxed game).
There was a stream, it was a minor hindrance to the Romans but useful for the Celts, The scenario places a camp full of women and children behind the Iceni. The Iceni warriors can't enter it voluntarily and take hits if forced to retreat. The Romans get VP's for each hex of camp they take,
It was a good tight game right up to the last turn.