Midgard : Scenario 3 : None Shall Pass : prelude

Well, it has been a long time since I made any progress on my Midgard : Britannia campaign. Lots of real life has got in the way recently, so large tabletop battles have had to take a bit of a back seat. Now that there is a Bank Holiday coming up at the end of this month in the UK (actually next Monday), I should be able to find the time to run the third battle in the campaign - None Shall Pass

I have a couple of days to prepare and put into order the game set up and the miniatures and scenery required for the scenario. In addition to putting together the physical requirements of the game, I also need to work on the story of the Roman advance to the next encampment/watch tower. I also need to update the map if I can, but I am having issues with my current image processor - I used to be able to use Photoshop (albeit a very old version that I purchased many moons ago) to a reasonable level of competency, but that version is now, alas, not compatible with Windows 11 and I just cannot get it to load on my latest PC.

Roman soldier - public domain image

For this scenario, the armies are not evenly matched as prescribed by the scenario. It sees the Romans protecting their rear from a larger force of Britons at a pair of river crossings. Each army is made up from the survivors of the previous encounter plus any reinforcements rolled up in the aftermath. There are a few new types of unit to contend with that should make the game more interesting from a narrative perspective at least.

The Britons' army for scenario 3 (97/209=306pts):

• Bellicus 3 (47pts)
• Maviloduus 2 (32pts)
• Catuarus 1 (18pts)
• 1x Warriors 3 (22pts)
• 3x Warriors 2 (51pts)
• 1x Female Warriors (16pts)
• 1x Mounted Warriors (16pts)
• 2x Skyclad (32pts)
• 2x Archers (30pts)
• 2x Slingers (20pts)
• 1x Hounds (22pts)

The Roman army for scenario 3 (85/121=206pts):

• Lucius Valerius Corvus 3 (43pts)
• Gaia Pomponia Thrax 2 (21pts)
• Marius Pollux 2 (21pts) 
• 1x Legionaries (34pts)
• 1x Auxiliary Archers (29pts)
• 1x Auxiliary Spearmen (24pts)
• 1x Legionaries (-1St) (34pts)

It is quite strange how the numbers of the antagonists (by points value) on both sides in this campaign so far have added up to the correct amounts to play the scenarios in the rule book. I daresay that after this battle things may go a little differently, but for now I am pleased with the campaign's progress.

The next post on Midgard should see a write up of the game similar to what has gone before. Until then.