ADLG - Game Report 94

German-Tencteri (91) vs Patrician Roman (88)

This time a practice game for my Germans. I had made one small change to the orbat, and that was to detach the Allied unreliable commander in order to provide greater command flexibility.

Although the German’s lost the initiative the Roman’s decided to cede the option to attack in favour of the Germans. I committed the German cavalry immediately to prevent them immediately breaking through. I moved the remaining commands forward as quickly as I could. The Allies were on the right, moving forward as quickly as their medium legs would enable them.

Unfortunately for the Romans, the Saviour of the West was definitely off his game and unable to effectively command his troops. Meanwhile the German cavalry are fighting hard, while the infantry continues their advance.

The cavalry battle was slowly going the way of the German’s giving valuable time for the German warbands to close up to the legionaries. On the right the Allies are continuing to close the distance as rapidly as they can.

Contact all along the front line, with the German’s doing marginally better than the Romans. The German cavalry are continuing to impose their will on the Romans. On the right the Allies are now within striking distance of the left of the Roman line.

In the centre the warbands have broken through and in doing so destroyed one of the Roman generals, but the Roman reserve is ready to intervene. On the left the cavalry are still holding their own despite Roman reinforcements being thrown into the combat. On the right the Allies are now poised to take a Roman auxilia unit in the front and flank.

The Roman line of battle is now firmly been broken. While on their left flank the German Allies are now ready to roll up the line. On a quick count-up with the inclusion of the lost Roman General the battle was awarded to the Germans.

Outcome

A convincing win for the Germans.

Lessons Learnt

The choice of a detached Allied General seems to have been vindicated.

The army list seems to be reasonably well balanced now.

Paul’s decision to deploy an ambush on his left delayed the advance of the Allied corps by at least one turn.