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Game 2: Steve Worrel's Rome defeated Bruce Wigdor's Carthage by capturing Carthage!
I was dealt the Syracuse card on Turn 1. I elected to play it. I crossed Hannibal into Italy, but Fabius quickly defeated him, and used a series of Campaign cards to reposition his generals so as to cut Hannibal's retreat route back to Spain. Thanks to a Forced March along with two failed intercepts by Marcellus, Hannibal was able to get out and make it back to Spain.
A Messenger Intercepted card enabled me to play Sicilia Revolts and fill it in with Carthage PCs, giving me control over the entire island. Hannibal sailed to the island with 10 CUs to try and hold it, but left Spain underdefended. Marcellus, still in Gallia Transalpinia from his failed attempt to cut off Hannibal, placed some PCs in north Ibudeba and came crashing in from the northern route into Spain!
Hasdrubal only had a few CUs to do it with, but the aid of the Spanish Allies were enough to enable him to defeat Marcellus and end the invasion. Hasdrubal remained in Ibudeba and never returned to New Carthage; this would prove to be Carthage's undoing.
Scipio A. came in the game, and it was showdown time. But where would the showdown be? Africa was the answer. Steve played some events and converted 3 spaces Western Numidia.
I used one of my two Campaign Cards to move Hanno out west to remove one of the SPs, but that is when I missed my chance. I used the second half of the campaign to send Mago and a single CU to Corsica to threaten to take yet another province. I should have used it to bring back Hasdrubal to New Carthage, but I didn't want to waste the naval move, and did not fully see the threat.
Scipio A. landed in Western Numidia and defeated Hanno, and then played a Forced March to storm Carthage and get two rolls on the siege table! Both were hits! Like a bolt of lightning, Rome was 1 siege point away from winning!
If Hasdrubal had been repositioned to New Carthage, he could have sailed automatically, and would have been a very likely winner in the ensuing battle. As things stood, I had two choices: spend two card plays repositioning and moving Hasdrubal, or taking a single and immediate shot with Hannibal via Syracuse and a -3 drm to the Naval combat roll. I decided that I couldn't wait and hoped Hannibal would make it. It was a 1-4 to succeed, but Hannibal rolled a 5 and had to return! Argh!
The Campaign was gone, but I still had an Ops 3--Hasdrubal could sail with 5 CUs, and with Allies, still had a definite shot if Scipio failed his next siege roll, but Scipio scored the hit, captured Carthage and the game!
Yes, it was a bolt of lightning, but I should have seen it coming. Great game, Steve!
Bruce
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I was dealt the Syracuse card on Turn 1. I elected to play it. I crossed Hannibal into Italy, but Fabius quickly defeated him, and used a series of Campaign cards to reposition his generals so as to cut Hannibal's retreat route back to Spain. Thanks to a Forced March along with two failed intercepts by Marcellus, Hannibal was able to get out and make it back to Spain.
A Messenger Intercepted card enabled me to play Sicilia Revolts and fill it in with Carthage PCs, giving me control over the entire island. Hannibal sailed to the island with 10 CUs to try and hold it, but left Spain underdefended. Marcellus, still in Gallia Transalpinia from his failed attempt to cut off Hannibal, placed some PCs in north Ibudeba and came crashing in from the northern route into Spain!
Hasdrubal only had a few CUs to do it with, but the aid of the Spanish Allies were enough to enable him to defeat Marcellus and end the invasion. Hasdrubal remained in Ibudeba and never returned to New Carthage; this would prove to be Carthage's undoing.
Scipio A. came in the game, and it was showdown time. But where would the showdown be? Africa was the answer. Steve played some events and converted 3 spaces Western Numidia.
I used one of my two Campaign Cards to move Hanno out west to remove one of the SPs, but that is when I missed my chance. I used the second half of the campaign to send Mago and a single CU to Corsica to threaten to take yet another province. I should have used it to bring back Hasdrubal to New Carthage, but I didn't want to waste the naval move, and did not fully see the threat.
Scipio A. landed in Western Numidia and defeated Hanno, and then played a Forced March to storm Carthage and get two rolls on the siege table! Both were hits! Like a bolt of lightning, Rome was 1 siege point away from winning!
If Hasdrubal had been repositioned to New Carthage, he could have sailed automatically, and would have been a very likely winner in the ensuing battle. As things stood, I had two choices: spend two card plays repositioning and moving Hasdrubal, or taking a single and immediate shot with Hannibal via Syracuse and a -3 drm to the Naval combat roll. I decided that I couldn't wait and hoped Hannibal would make it. It was a 1-4 to succeed, but Hannibal rolled a 5 and had to return! Argh!
The Campaign was gone, but I still had an Ops 3--Hasdrubal could sail with 5 CUs, and with Allies, still had a definite shot if Scipio failed his next siege roll, but Scipio scored the hit, captured Carthage and the game!
Yes, it was a bolt of lightning, but I should have seen it coming. Great game, Steve!
Bruce
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