Caesar vs Ariovistus: Some Thoughts . . .

[HoaryCenturion]

Fellow TRIUMPH! enthusiasts and gentlemen -

An excerpt from a recent blog post has been copied and pasted here for your perusal.


At the risk of repeating myself for the third or fourth time, the TRIUMPH! rules, like most of the previous sets, do not specifically cater to or cover the depiction of Roman legions and how they should be employed on a tabletop. In fact, based on my experience with this set of rules, it would be unusual to see a Roman player-general deploy his single, double, or triple-sized army (48, 96, and 144 points, respectively) in more than one line. He would be more concerned, I would guess, in making sure that the left, center, and right sectors were adequately covered. Anyway, a suitable workaround may be developed, I think, by using the “method” or “procedure” already explained. A Caesarian legion could be modeled with 10 stands of Elite Foot or Heavy Foot. The legion could also have a dedicated officer (i.e., legate) embedded with one of these stands. The value of a legion would vary from 40 to 30 points depending on the type of Foot. The former representation is quite close to the value of an army used in a typical game of TRIUMPH! The 30-point legion is a little more than half of this number. For as much as I have thought about this particular version of this specific refight, I suppose that all the Roman legions could be deployed as Elite Foot. The men of the Eleventh and Twelfth might have or would have a minus 1 modifier applied to their melee rolls.


If interested, the full post can be read and commented upon or critiqued here:
https://nopaintingrequired.blogspot.com ... %2058%20BC


Thanks in advance for your time and attention.

[RogerCooper]

Given the scale of Triumph, it is hard to show the formations of the Roman legions. In most cases, I would classify Roman legions as being Elite Foot.

In a typical historical battle, the Romans would actually have a higher point total than their foes.

A typical Gallic or German tribe would not field an army entirely of Warband or Warrior. Those are the tribal nobles. Ordinary tribesman are Light Foot or even Rabble.