A few weeks ago Anthony and I played out the opening Command and Colours scenario in Arminius' battels with the Romans in xxxx (report here)
Last week we decided to move on to Arminius's assault on the encamped Romans (spoiler... it shouldn't end well for the Romans!) The Romans have built a fortification of sorts and can either fight it out or try and break free, gaining VPs for units that escape off the table. Anthony (or possibly Antoninus) tried this first, but his cavalry came to a sticky end, jumped by several
warbands as it break out. It did cause quite a bit of damage on the way though. (I think we forgot... again... about evading or the cavalry might have been able to retreat back into the camp)
The Germans advanced around the flanks of the camp and the heaviest fighting took place on the edges with the centre remaining pretty static... always a risk in C&C depending on how the command cards fall out. After a bit if tussling over the palisade the barbarians were able to break into the camp and force the Romans back. There was a bonus target of supplies in the camp centre, worth 2 VPs and I found myself getting drawn into a fight for this before I realised that there were easier targets elsewhere in the camp and the warbands began hunting down the remaining Romans.
On paper it looked like a convincing win for the Germans but actually most of my remaining units were pretty beat up and wouldn't have lasted much longer so it could have been much closer. Next up will be the Romans' Revenge... might not enjoy that one so much!!!!
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