Legio Wargames

The Saxon Aesc has colonised an area of land in the east of Britannia circa AD 500. The border is the River Glein. The British Dux Bellorum Arthur (aka Arthwys or Artorius) is flush from a number of victories elsewhere and decides to attack the Saxons with the aim of destroying their army and enslaving their people. According to Nennius this is the first of Arthur’s twelve battles. This is a test for a game designed by Ernie Fosker which he will stage using Comitatus rules at

Another cracking Battle Day put on by the Society of Ancients last weekend. The only downside was that it was held on the Sunday after the clocks went forward! The battle was Cunaxa in which Cyrus, aided by 10,000 Greeks challenged his brother Artaxerxes for the Persian throne. Our game was played with 20mm figures using Alala! rules. We concentrated the action on Cyrus’ right/Artaxerxes’ left given that the other wing saw little or no action in the historical battle. Artaxer

Time for one more play-test before we take our Cunaxa game with Alala! to the Society of Ancients Battle Day on 29 March. The game opens with Artaxerxes’ chariots surging forward against Cyrus’ Greek hoplites. The hoplites are unable to open ranks to let the chariots through as they do not hold an open ranks card (more on this later). Proxenus’ hoplites suffer a fair amount of disorder before the enemy chariots crash. Not to be outdone Cyrus sends forward his single chariot a

Artaxerxes King of Kings is calling up his men to fight off his brother Cyrus' rebellion. It helps that we have pressed several good men...