Goodbye to Bill

Last Saturday I took part in a memorial games weekend for a friend who passed away last year. I think it was safe to say that Bill would have been pleasantly surprised and somewhat bemused by the "fuss" but I think he might have had a wry smile when looked down and saw what was going on.

A friend and I put on a simple Roman vs Barbarian hordes game - carrying on the campaign theme we've being playing out over the last few months. By now Gaesric has been unable to decisively defeat the Romans and their settlements are becoming more and more developed. As his people are placed under more and more pressure from the Goths he invades again and this time comes very close to smashing the Legions and rolling up their flanks from both sides.

However the stout legionaries manage to cut through the german center and at the last moment, as victory is almost within his grasp - his army is defeated.

For the games we used our modified version of Neil Thomas's Ancient and Medieval rules - great fun and easy for the spectators to follow. 

Thanks to Foss and Eric for hosting !!