When I started wargaming some 20 years ago, it gave me an excuse to dig out the thousands of plastic Airfix and Esci figures that I collected over the years. Among the Airfix figures were some Romans. I managed to find a couple more boxes, and started to base them for games. Eventually my interest switched to15mm metals, and the Romans were consigned to storage drawers.
The other day while looking for some other figures, I came across the Romans and on a whim, decided to use them for a game. As they were glued to the stands using white glue, they were debased quite easily. For rules, I decided just to use No Brain Wargame rules. There would be no modifiers for the armor of shields. The goal was to use some nice figures that hadn't seen the light of day in many a year.
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| One of the Airfix Roman units based. |
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| The unit from the front. |
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| The Romans advanced in checkerboard formation. While in most No Brain Wargames, I don't put much effort in any kind of maneuvering, in this game the Romans would try to keep some kind of unit cohesion. |
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| The barbarians hit the Romans hard. |
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| Instead of a blow by blow account of the battle, I will just show the pictures taken during it. It was a back in forth battle, where it seemed the battle could have gone either way. I became quite engrossed in it, and the battle lasted longer than expected. |
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| In the end the Romans retreated off the field. When I based the Romans 20 years ago, I also based Airfix Celts to battle the Romans. I am now thinking of taking them off their bases to do battle with the Romans. |
