Auxilia Scenario Five: The Hill Fort

The Hill Fort is a scenario that represents the last stand for the Segovae.  They have been beaten in each of the preceding games, so the "Attack on the Walls" scenario can`t be used.  I`m going to add in the Oak Grove as part of this scenario, and double the Celtic cavalry and warband numbers. 

The whole Roman Cohort takes part in this battle.  Six Centuries, plus a Turmae of Auxiliary Cavalry.  The Romans get 6 Leadership points, representing the six Centurions.

The Celts get Five Leadership Points representing their chieftains, as well as two Strategies, "Champion's Challenge" and "Ambush."

1st Batavians
Prefect         Flatuous Maximus     (Overweight) Praefectus cohortis
First Spear  "Uncle" Quintus         (Fatherly)
Centurion    Figulus Incontius       (Martyr to his bowels)
Centurion    Quilpius Magnificus  (Vain)
Centurion    Sextus Iraticus            (Angry boy)
Centurion    Pubicus Impetuous     (Rash)
Centurion    Inflamius Ictis            (the Weasel)
Decurion     Flaminus Lascivious  Turmae, Petriana Cavalry Ala

Terrain
1 x Ditch/Stream
1 x Hill with palisaded village2 x Woods

The "Ambush" strategem fails and the Celts deploy, looking dangerous, and slightly medieval for some of those figures...

Those are 13th Century Men at arms and crossbowmen manning the Hill-fort, but Prefect Flatuous of the 1st Batavians hasn't noticed!

The full cohort of 480 Auxilia.  An impressive line.  I tried to keep the red shielded elements in the front line...

Champion's Challenge having failed the Selgovae chief takes off after that turma of Auxiliary cavalry

The Cohort thrash the right flank warbands

A Century comes to the rescue and sees off the Chief and his chariots

When in doubt... a Cavalry charge.  This was looking bad for the Celts.

And the cohort sent its units to flank the Celtic right, which had been holding well...

Pretty much game over...

And in the Hill-fort those medieval guys hadn`t even bothered to sally out.  That's the problem with using troops to stand in when you don`t have enough Celts... No loyalty.

Centurion Figulus reflects that his century didnt lose a single man!
With portly Prefect Flatuous Maximus having subdued the Selgovae the Batavians must now go on to a new challenge, once I`ve properly worked out what that will be!

One for the future, a planned Deva Victrix (Roman Chester) game set around 70AD. The geography might not be quite right... but it's better than Ptolemy's map.