Hail Caesar: First Try

Successors Against The Republic of Rome

Despite Hail Caesar being out for quite some time now, this would be our first try at the rules. We never really had any armies based for the period, but now with two 28mm forces available, it was time to give it a try. Not really knowing what to do in terms of army lists, command ratings, optional rules, etc., we went with a pretty standard set up as well as units. There would be two legions plus cavalry going up against a traveling circus of pikes, elephants, Persians, Red Sea Arabs, cataphracts, and more. It took us a few turns to figure out the command system, shooting, break tests, etc., but then the action really got going. The Successors were certainly the agressors, moving out quickly and pressing the attack. The Romans seemed to be in counterattack mode and once almost broke through the Successor's center. It was definitely a back and forth fight with pretty heavy casualties on both sides where suprisingly, the heavy cavalry of both sides never got into contact! A pretty fun gam which we are going to try again pretty soon so the rules are still fresh in our minds before we move on to other things.

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