Thursday, September 30, 2021

Battle of the Catalaunian Plains: Western Rome's Last Gasp

 The Army of Attila, with the Gepids (far left) and German allies next, Huns in center, and Ostrogoths on right...

Attila himself...
The Army of Aetius with the Salian Franks front right with Roman Cavalry behind; then Romans themselves with one unit of Cavalry behind; Alans in the center block; with the Visigoths on the left...
General Aetius...
Before the fight commences, with Attila and his men on left, and Aetius and his men on right...
We only played a few rounds to get the feel of the Saga Epic Rules, but it proved to be very enjoyable.
The early conflict was limited to the Ostrogoths/Visigoths, as losses were taken by both sides (top). The Gepid commander moved some Germans forward (bottom), but this front remained quiet...
The fighting continued between the Goths, as the Ostrogoths (bottom) inflicted severe casualties on their western cousins...
The conflict finally got serious between the Gepids/Germans and the Roman/Franks. To our surprise, it was a unit of Alan Levy bowmen (center) who began punishing some Huns. The Gepids also lost a unit against Roman cavalry (bottom)...
The Levy finally lost casualties vs the Huns, while the Visigoths lost their king and their army routed! Good point to stop our 'practice' game. We plan to redo the whole battle in the near future so I will keep it posted...








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