Slitherine

An attempt by the Roman defenders to break the Gothic siege of Rome in 537AD.

https://www.dropbox.com/s/pexsz1ob8xi2p ... 1.zip?dl=1




kilroy

played it twice in multiplayer and the romans tend to win despite inferior numbers; my question: how did you manage to make them better than the goths in impact/melee?
two other points: the huns were chosen troops, they should be superior at least and the gothic infantry i think is medium foot
thanks for the scenario

omarquatar wrote:played it twice in multiplayer and the romans tend to win despite inferior numbers; my question: how did you manage to make them better than the goths in impact/melee?
two other points: the huns were chosen troops, they should be superior at least and the gothic infantry i think is medium foot
thanks for the scenario

Every time I've played it in multiplayer as the Romans I've lost, so you have been doing better than me. I tried to convert the GBoH scenario as faithfully as possible, so the Gothic infantry are lights and in the FoG books the Huns are listed as average, but you are probably right that they should be superior. Thanks for your comments.


kilroy

kilroy wrote: I tried to convert the GBoH scenario as faithfully as possible, so the Gothic infantry are lights and in the FoG books the Huns are listed as average, but you are probably right that they should be superior. Thanks for your comments.


kilroy

having read some books about the gothic war, including Procopius, i would say that the goths had inept infantry, unable to skirmish, though partially armed with bow. so a mix of medium poor unprotected infantry seems more correct to me.
i'll try a revised version and let you know

The scenario has been updated with graphics from Legions Triumphant.

kilroy