PUN3 Rome vs Gaul

Game 3 in our Epic Punic Saga! General Scipio's victory celebrations, after beating the Carthaginians are cut short. News has arrived that the Gauls have built a fleet & crossed the Med in order to give the Romans a sound thrashing!!

Jack took the Gallic Horde & was the attacker. I took the Polybian Romans. The table had a tricky river running down one flank & some hills on the other. DA Roman Plan, hold the bottleneck between the river & hills. Sneakily I placed some units on the other side of the River. Lo & behold, Jack placed his Cavalry on that side of the board..... How would it go?

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The Battlefield & plan of attack.

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The Heroic Roman Cavalry go scout for Gauls!

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Jack takes the bait & off go the Gallic Cavalry

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Oh I do like the look of this Roman Battle line!

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WAAAAAAARRRGGH! Crazy Gallic Nutters getting a sun tan in the desert!

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It would be a two pronged Gallic attack.

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Back go the Roman Cavalry, on come the Gallic Horse boys.
In a last ditch bid, Chieftain Virdumarus tries to help out, but succeeds in being stranded.

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Down goes one Gallic Cavalry, the other is repulsed.

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The Romans attack & the other is swept away!

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The wild hairy Gauls get closer!

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In they go minus their Chieftain!

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Virdumarus is left helpless & can only watch....

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Off go the Roman Cavalry.... To pillage the Gallic Pig & Goat camp.

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Roman meat grinder tactics hack down a Gallic Warband & the rest recoil.

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CHARGE!! Scipio orders the line forward & is rewarded with victory.

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Nice view of the final battlefield.

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Scipio's position. HAIL SCIPIO!!!!!!

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Nice one, victory for the Roman meat grinder. Though splitting up the Gauls made it very easy, plus having your General float around didn't help!
UP next, Syracuse versus the Carthaginians...

PUN2 Rome vs Carthage

Round 2 of our Punic Campaign, Jack took the Carthaginians & I the Polybian Romans. The Polybians would be the attackers so Jack set up the table. A nice open table, with a couple of hills & a rough piece of terrain. He went with a centre of Elephants flanked by Warband & Spears on the other. To face this I went with an 'odd' cutting edge of Psiloi, I just couldn't help taunting Jack with the possibility of being 'Quick Killed' by them.....

Plus we've also created some DBA markers, which will be used from now on. They'll help with the photo taking.

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The initial battlefield, Scipio versus Hannibal!!!

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The Polybians advance


Hannibal urges on the Carthaginians

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Slight advantage to Jack on the right

Trumpets, bugles, fanfare....

The lines clash

In go the Special Psiloi Elephant hunters....

General Scipio piles in, he has the 'Scrapper' ability (+1 to combat)

The Roman Cavalry are in for a hard time.

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Back go the Carthaginian Spear

Ha!! Back go the Gallic Warband, Jack was counting on these to break through.

One of them is cut down by the Romans.

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MMMM... The Psiloi plan is pants... They promptly leg it back!

Recoils all round...

Scipio takes out another Carthaginian,

in go the Roman Blades to fight the Jumbo's.

Jack fights back!

Hannibal plugs the gap, but it going to be a clash of Generals.

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At last, a kill for the Carthaginians.

Even the Carthaginian Psiloi get stuck in...

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The Warband get ready to take the flank.

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Mega Clash, who would be the master?

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Recoil... Recoil...

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HOWEVER.... Scipio cuts down Hannibal.... Victory to ROME!!

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Nice one, after a long break way, it was good to play a nice simple game. I like the Polybian Romans, they are tough foe to beat, all those Blades. Anyway that puts the Romans & Gauls in line for a mighty clash. Now, the Carthaginians limp back to their capital with the body of Hannibal. A new General will have to be elected for the rest of the campaign....

New Site

Hello Everybody!!

The DBA site has become too large, so we have now split it into two.

DBA related stuff will remain on this site.

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Phew!! It's hard work as well, moving half the contents. I'm from an IT background, but BLOGGER seems to have a mind of it's own.... ;o) Slowly, I'll remove posts relating to DBA 15-19K from this site. But don't worry they should already be on the other one.

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PUN1 Syracuse vs Gaul

First up, the mighty Syracusan's against the Gauls! Jack took the Syracusan's & promptly took all the Spears he could, EVEN though I warned him he would be up against Warband. Ah well, we shall see. Terrain was a hill on one side of the field. A wood & a 'Stonehenge' treated as Rough. The Gallic plan was simple enough, 'Line up the Lads & just pile them in..!!!'

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Set up & opening moves.

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Off go the Chariots on the right

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'Ooohh!' Syracusan Auxilia taking a moment to 'contemplate their surroundings..'

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The sound of Gallic shield bashing gets closer.

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Jack forms a protective ring around his 'Stonehenge'.

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Hhhmmm, strange one Jack. He stops his advance & waits for the attack.

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'Oh yes!' I fancy this one is going to go my way for once.

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A poor start, but not a disaster. The Gallic Chariot Boys get repulsed.

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The Gallic Chieftan Virdumarus watches the flank, a lone Warband crosses to field to help.

The rest of the lads get ready to pile in.

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Spear versus Warband, who would win through?????

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The Chariot Boys try again......

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'RaHoo!!!' Down goes the Syracusan Cavalry.

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In go the lads!!! LOOK at that open space on the flank.

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Not a peep from the Syracusan Light Brigade on this side of the field.

They would remain static for the rest of the game.

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Even losses this round, but the Gauls are winning the battle.

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OOOO so close.... The Syracusan King is on the ropes & LOOSES the combat. Luckily for Jack, King Hieronymus has the ROCK HARD ability, a KILL become a RECOIL......

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On his round, Jack takes revenge & quickly eliminates the Gallic upstarts.

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My turn & it's looking good!!!

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RaHoo!! RaHoo!! Victory for the Gauls.....

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HA HA HA!! Where's the LOOT!!!!

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Final view of the field from Jacks side of the table.

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'Look! There he is, quickly Vitomus blow your big horn at him!!!'

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Well, well, Jack is well & truly 'Whooped' in this one & he knows it. Spear vs Warband is a tough one. HEY, I can only beat what is put in front of me...... ;o)