Gauls attack !!

The Romans have been levying extra taxes recently - the new governor is raising money to re-build the provincial capital Botulinum, this has made the gauls rather annoyed, and they decide to take some of the money back ...

 

Asterix: No potion ?

Getafix:  it was all used up last week to rebuild the stockade round the village,

you'll have to fight the romans without it

---oXo---

 

Some time later .... The roman column carrying recently collected taxes on their way back to Botulinum

 The gauls appear from the edge of the woods ...

The romans form up,  the commander of the column rides ahead to reconnoitre ...

More gauls appear... 

The gauls close in on the romans, using their slings and javelins to some effect .... 

The gauls charge in .....

Fighting is hard and continues .... the romans hold their ground ...

The chief in his chariot tries to catch up with the roman commander but he is too slow (more like to heavy!)....

 The fighting continues, as more gauls move up to join in ....

The roman commader with his small group of cavalry threaten the gauls who are falling back ... 

The gauls retreat from their fight with the romans whose steely discipline has worn them down

The gauls give up and fall back into the woods (not too happy having to fight the romans without some potion to chivvy them up),  the roman column reforms and backtracks slightly and takes a safer route back to Botulinum where they arrive without further incident.

 

---oXo---

 

A nice little game for a first time on the table for the romans and gauls. We made up a variant on the Saxons & Vikings rules used for dark ages games. Making some changes to allow for the romans being steadier etc - still working on typing the marked up rules (the rules do allow for potion taking when available !). I expect the rules will evolve slowly as we play out games.