I’ve been reflocking my Fall of Roman armies and wanted to take them for a spin. I prefer scenarios but these are unusual in this period, pick up games being more common. I decided to put our pick up games in a context and came up with the Fall of Hispania Campaign mechanism.
The Fall of Hispania Campaign system can be used with any rules but we started with Field of Glory then moved into a series of fast play rules, e.g. Big Base DBA, Dux Bellorum and Red Spear, Black Crow.
The campaign is played in a series of rounds, corresponding to a particular year. There are big gaps between years to mimic the pattern of battles from history.
| Year Roll | Date | Chris | Steven | Tactical Rules | National Score | Comments |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| – | 409 | Alan Win 2-1-0 |
Roman Loss 0-0-1 |
Field of Glory |
Alan 2-1-0 Roman 0-0-1 |
|
| +4 | 413 | Vandal Loss 2-1-1 |
Visigoth Win 2-1-1 |
Big Base DBA |
Alan 2-1-0 Roman 0-0-1 Vandal 0-0-1 Visigoth 2-1-0 |
Visigoths arrived |
| +4 | 417 | Roman Win 4-2-1 |
Visigoth Loss 2-1-2 |
Dux Bellorum |
Alan 2-1-0 Roman 2-1-1 Vandal 0-0-1 Visigoth 2-1-1 |
|
| +5+20 | 442 | Byzantine | Roman | – | – | Byzantines haven’t arrived so 20 years of peace instead |
| +4 | 446 | Suevi Loss 4-2-2 |
Vandal Win 4-2-2 |
Red Spear, Black Crow |
Alan 2-1-0 Roman 2-1-1 Suevi 0-0-1 Vandal 2-1-1 Visigoth 2-1-1 |
|
| +2 | 448 | Roman Win 6-3-2 |
Visigoth Loss 4-2-3 |
One Hour Wargames |
Alan 2-1-0 Roman 4-2-1 Suevi 0-0-1 Vandal 2-1-1 Visigoth 2-1-2 |
|
| +6 | 454 | Roman Loss 6-3-3 |
Suevi Win 6-3-3 |
One Hour Wargames |
Alan 2-1-0 Roman 4-2-2 Suevi 2-1-1 Vandal 2-1-1 Visigoth 2-1-2 |
|
| – | 476 | – | – | – | – | Fall of the Western Roman Empire |
Scores are all in the format Points-Wins-Losses, e.g. 2-1-0 means 2 points, 1 win, 0 losses.