Roman Empire AAR--Stikmann vs. Von Altair

[von altair]

Here comes Barbarian counterattack phase 1: (shame this forum doesn't allow
several screenshots at the same post)

First attack against weak cohort with only 12 legionaires in it. Easy cake
for a large warband.

[von altair]

Second attack against another cohort, stronger than another, but still weak
and they were standing at open plains.

[von altair]

Finally, i'll add screenshot about overall situation. Experienced barbarian
warbands got advanced upgrade and they are standing at mountains.
Will cost a lot of Romans, to drive them out of there.

Our plan is to keep Caesar's strong Legion surrounded and without supply, then
finish it off. If it decides to help itself, it has to move backwards and give Burdigala
back to Barbarians.

[ghoward]

Hi Altair

The romans took Scupi (40,19)in the game I am playing, but the dacians didnt react. is there also a % die roll involved with this?

[Mr. Stik]

Well, I have reestablished supply lines to Caesar and his Legions, defeating a small band of Spanish cavalry in the process (see casualty report in next post). But you can see the Barbarian hordes in the hills to the north; supply lines won't stay open long. I also transferred some much needed supply to Caesar.

My attack on the previous turn went badly because the units I used were subordinated to the Imperial Senate, so they were too far away for effective HQ bonuses--a costly mistake.

Having played this scenario with Altair before, it is my opinion that I am in no worse shape than if I had attacked through Raetia. In our previous game he had no trouble cutting Roman supply lines--he's got more than enough Barbarian units to do this repeatedly--and without the second legion I bought, I would have no hope of keeping supply lines open. So now we'll see how things go on the battlefield from here on . . .

Here's the situation at the end of my turn. You can see I have pulled Caesar back from Burtigala . . .

[Mr. Stik]

Here's the casualty figures from my attack on the Spanish cavalry. In the screen above, you can see what's left of that unit in the lower left.

[von altair]

War is going as we planned. Our disruption at Roman supply lines maded Caesar's
legion to retreat from conquered Burdigala. We took it back and moved a huge
horde inside a citywalls again.

Barbarians decided to take a risk and maded all out assault with 100% casualty modify
on. 1120 barbarians attacked including 971 advanced infantry. Romans had only 63
legionaires with some support auxilia and HQ legates (total 293 power points) in
a roman city Massilia. Attack was successful and Roman HQ and 2 beated cohorts
escaped. It was shame that our braves didin't have enough energy to second attack.
That could give me second legion flags along with two cohorts. Now they are surrounded
and if romans can't help them. They are all dead in next turn.

Caesar's legion is without supply again and cohorts in it are losing morale already. Now
war is favoring barbarians quite heavily. Without miracle Romans will be defeated before
the next summer.

All out assault screenshot:

[von altair]

Here is overview screenshot.

[von altair]

ORIGINAL: barerabbit

Hi Altair

The romans took Scupi (40,19)in the game I am playing, but the dacians didnt react. is there also a % die roll involved with this?

Thank you about this information

Could you please write that thing to tm.asp?m=1805209
thread, so I remember to check it out and if its broken, i'll fix it out in next patch.

[Mr. Stik]

Altair underestimates my dire situation. With supply lines cut yet again and Burtigala retaken, Caesar got almost no supplies this turn. Only his cavalry could move this turn. The cavalry wiped out the remnants of Spanish cavalry that had cut the road back to Italy.

But with the defeat of my second legion, the cutting of my supply lines, and no way to reinforce, my finger hovered over the surrender button this turn . . .

But since it has been fun to write this AAR, I'll soldier on a bit more . . .

[von altair]

The Game is over.

Barbarians maded finishing blow against 2nd Roman Legion. HQ + 3 cohorts
annihilated to the last man. Several attacks are made against Julius Caesar's
Legion. Strong legion, but without supply it was easy to destroy. Caesar itself died
at last battle and few man escaped over the river, just to be destroyed in next
turn pursuit.

This was good game and I would like to thank Mr. Stik about it. It clearly showed
out some weak points in this scenario. PP Award system as it is now, favors too much
barbarians in case of declaration of war against Gallia (or anything else than Raetia in
that matter). I also find out couple bugs and graphical errors. I am going to fix all these
things out and add something more!

Sorry about my bad language and poor AAR. English is not my main one and this
was my first AAR...

I'll add couple screenshots about overall situation at the end.
Thank you for reading this far!

[von altair]

Map after those attacks:

[Mr. Stik]

It was an inglorious end for Rome . . . Altair sure knows how to run the Barbarian army . . . and I think he does fine in English with the AAR.

After he make some further modifications, I think we will start a new game with sides switched, to see how well I do with the Barbarians. Look for the AAR for that one . . .

[Shambling Strider]

ORIGINAL: von altair

Sorry about my bad language and poor AAR. English is not my main one and this
was my first AAR...

In my humble opinion, your language is fairly good (better than mine!) and your first AAR is really interesting!

Thank you for this one Sir.