A game that was fought years ago and I came across the pictures- thought I'd post them.
Two bloody huge armies- fighting across a river. An Etruscan/Gallic alliance fighting against a combined force of Samnites and Republican Romans.
We threw a lot of figures on the table- and rolled a lot of dice!
In the end the Gallic/Etruscans won by the narrowest of margins- mainly because there were so many Gauls!
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Gauls! |
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The Samnites |
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Samnites crossing the river. |
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Etruscan cavalry move against the maniples! |
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Etruscans! |
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The Romans |
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The Etruscans and to their right- the Gauls. Romans and Samnites across the river. |
Etruscan Cavalry harassing the Romans
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Etruscans vs Romans |
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First line of Gauls moving across the river at the top of the picture.
At this point...I forgot to take more photos...a chronic problem of mine as game progress! |
Beautiful looking armies!
ReplyDeleteThank you!! A combined effort from many of us if I remember correctly.
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