Battle Report - 4 Apr 2011

Hrm. A practice game for the WAB Roman Civil War campaign - my EIR against Carl (with help from Rob)'s ninja (undercoated in black, but that's it so far) Romans. In fact two practice games, because I made a couple of stupid mistakes in the first one that resulted in it being ... erm... somewhat short.

So, in a slightly different format from usual.

Lessons learned from battle number 1 (the ignominious defeat):

• 16" is further than you think. It's only 1 1/3 times the frontage of 12 cavalry in line abreast
• Do not park your general directly behind those light cavalry that just got charged. He will be next in line when they rout.
• Your dice still suck.

Lessons learned from battle number 2 (the close-fought victory)

• Read the rules before you start. Parthian shot is only available to cavalry in skirmish order.
• 8" is also further than you think: it's twice the frontage of a block of 6x3 legionaries.
• You probably don't need a general AND a senior officer in a 1500 point army. Paint some more Auxiliaries.
• Your dice really do still suck. [I think I managed a total of ONE hit from the 3 two-attack characters in combat over about 6 rounds.]

As Rob said, though - any battle you learn from isn't a complete disaster. And this is why we have practice games.