No Planning Permission ?

"Centurion !  Get in here now !" 

 "When is the General going to give me a break ?" thinks the exhausted battle commander.

"Yes Sir !" 

 "We have another problem with those Germanic tribesmen. They object to our tower thats been erected in their territory. So head off there now and make sure they don't cause any trouble. The engineers are arriving soon to construct further defences so make sure its safe "

"Going now, Sir - Optio to my office !"

The Romans will enter from the wooded area in the south and the new Limes Tower is in the north east of the table.

This is the new Roman tower which has caused the upset in Germania - a garrison has already been put in there.

so, to the day in question, Barbarian slingers appear between the marshes

The Centurion has wasted no time and brings on four groups of Auxiliaries in a line formation

They are immediately opposed by a group of enemy levy

They pause to build up fervour

but before they can, Roman archers appear in the woods and shoot at them

next on, Roman Allied cavalry get in front of the auxiliaries

they see that the archers have done their job and changed fervour to shock and got a kill

so they decide to charge them

the levy are thrown back in confusion with more casualties and shock

they make for the hills to lick their wounds

Now the Barbarian War Lord brings on his main force - a large war band of three groups whilst a fourth accompanies the wagon that is going to be used to set fire to the hated Roman tower

From this war band leaps a group of fanatical warriors intent on destroying the cavalry

Which they do but lose half of their number in the process

Barbarian cavalry now appear beyond the Roman left flank where the marshes lie

They are spotted and a Roman scorpion is revealed in the woods which hits the enemy cavalry in the flank

The Centurion decides to carry on advancing, heading for the remaining fanatics 

Meantime, the wagon moves on with its group of warriors in attendance

They approach the tower from where pila are thrown to try and put them off

The fanatics are eliminated and now the Centurion heads for the main enemy war band

The Germanic cavalry have been hit by both the Roman archers and the scorpion so badly that their shock is now twice the number of remaining men- so they are broken and out of the game

The Centurion and his formation of auxiliaries charge into the enemy

It is a fierce contest with everything thrown in !

One side of the Roman line has suffered badly but the side lead by the Centurion does much better

So two groups of Romans are pushed back with casualties but on the other side, the War Lord has been wounded and his lead group battered

They too are pushed back but before anyone can draw breath, the Centurion charges again

And wounded already, the War Lord receives another injury which proves fatal !

The Germanic war bands all recoil as their morale hits the floor

An emphatic victory for the Roman centurion - he has killed his enemy and thus won the campaign.

The Germanic war lord has ascended to Valhalla surrounded by his adoring warriors (well, at least the dead ones !)

A thrilling Infamy, Infamy! campaign comes to an end - but it wont be the last one, we promise you.