Romano-British for Dux Britanniarum
About this Project
I had written this introduction as the first entry on this Project, but for some reason it didn’t load, so apologies if the first entry appeared to be a little lacking in context. Anyway, this Project is about putting together a Roman-British war band for Dux Britanniarum (or “DB” for short). DB is one of the older games published by Too Fat Ladies, released in 2012. It is set in the Fifth and Sixth Centuries AD and models the struggle of the Romano-British to defend their homeland from the Saxon invaders after the Roman Legions had left Britain in 410 AD.
The basic unit in DB is a “Group” of six models. A starting force for a Romano-British warband consists of:
- Three Groups of Levy or “Numeri”;
- Two Groups of Warriors or “Milites” and
- One Group of Elites or “Comanipulares”.
In addition, you also receive:
- A Group of four missile troops (archers or slingers);
- A Lord;
- A Lord’s Champion; and
- Two Nobles.
To date, I’ve completed two Groups of Numeri, one Group of Milites and one Group of Archers. That leaves me with one Group each of Numeri, Milites and Comanipulares, plus the Leaders to go. As seen in the prior entry, I’ve prepped and based the second Group of Milites, but I’ll also post some entries on what I’ve done so far.
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