Impetvs- Germans vs Romans 400pts

We got a game of Impetvs in tonight, Kent and Stephen using the Romans vs Barrry and me and the ancient Germans.

Simon had come up with a cunning plan to help the germans- more commands! Unfortunatley hee was not there to help us to run them.

We had 4 commands:

• 3x Cav
• 2x large (elite) warband, 2x macemen & 2x javelins (skirmishers)
•  2x large (elite) warband, 2x warband &1x javelins (skirmishers)
• 2x large warband, 1x 1x javelins (skirmishers)

Kent and Stephen had tow command with approximately:

• 1x light horse
• 6x legionnaires
• 4x auxillia
• 3x Gallic warband
• 2x bows
• 2x skirmishers (bow)
• 2x skirmishers (slingers)

Our plan was simple- hold everything we could on opportunity and see what happened- well not much of a plan.

The Romans deploy.

 Macemen and my large elite command, screen by cavalry, then Barry's elite warband and the small command on our right flank.

 Our only move on turn 1- the German cavalry advance.

 Stephen advances his auxillia and skirmishers on our far rigth whilst we hold back all our warband for another turn.

And on turn 2 pin the only light cav the Romans have against a wood- preventing them from evading. Alas we "stuck."

The next turn the medium cavalry destroys the Roman light cav. First blood to the Germans.

 Meanwhile on our right falnk Barry (the Batavian) unleashes his warband at the auxillia.

 The warband seem to have the upper hand, forcing back the auxillia, and bows.

Kent's troops continue their advance against our centre.In the distance my own Cav have just run over an auxillia and are about to be charged in the flank (and destroyed).

 On the right the warband get the better of Stephen's auxllia and legionnaires- not hard when you keep rolling like this! Barry had a great night of dice rolling and this helped him chew through Stephen's troops.

The warband appear to be unstoppable.

 The final turn- Barry's elite warband are about to crush the auxillia while my cav are lining up the legionnaires.

 The macemen are also thrown in and the combat sticks.

Final result:
A a marginal victory to the Germans due to lack of time- Kent's command was in serious trouble and nearly broken, Stephen's was a bit fresher but still things were not looking good for the Romans.

The four commands worked really well and gave us lots of flexibility when it came to moving- and fighting. Keeping the Germans in check as long as possible also worked in our favour and allowed us to throw troops at where the Roman line looked weaker or was not deployed properly.


A fun game and one which showed that there is some hope for the 'Erman's "Airy  'Ordes.

Craig