Romano-British for Dux Britanniarum

This was a semi-solo battle played out last November using one of the Raid scenarios in the Dux Britanniarum rulebook.  I had met with @Avernos at Salute and said that I would use my newly purchased terrain from Lost Valley to make good on my promise to produce a battle report.

I played both sides with Son No. 1 taking control of the Saxons when he was interested.  (I later learnt that he much prefers Frostgrave when it comes to tabletop gaming, but maybe an appreciation for historical gaming will come later.)  This particular scenario was the Raid on a Border Tower.  Technically, you should roll for which scenario will be played, but regular followers of this project will know that I spent rather a long time putting a greenstuff wall on an MDF tower last year and I was keen to use it.

The scenario begins with a British Noble returning from patrol accompanied by two groups of six warriors.  The objective of the Saxon player is to capture the noble by defeating his escort and overwhelming him in close combat.  The game is played lengthways across a 6×4 table, with the noble and his escort entering at one of the short board edges and the Saxons entering from one of the long edges.  The remainder of the British force are stationed around a border tower at the other side of the board.  They will need to get to the returning noble and his force before they are crushed by the might of the Saxon warband.

The photo above shows the setup at the beginning of play.  Garcianus and his Comanipulares are by the border tower, along with Urien Cadwallder and the Levy.  Peredur Constantine and his patrol are resting by the drystone wall of a livestock enclosure when they are shocked to see Ceawlin and his two groups of elite Hearthguard appear on the other side of the farm.  Both sides start with a Force Morale score of 7.