Capturing a Fort

 Last weekend, I went to a large game of Dux Brittania. The scenario was that the Saxons were attempting to capture a British fort. There were three Saxon players (I was one of them) and two British players. Each player had two leaders with two units, and one bow unit. One of the four units was elite, which for the Saxons, proved to be decisive.

The Saxon plan was to have one player threaten the gate while the other Saxon player and myself aimed for the opposite corner. In the pic, we're quite a bit into the game. Up until previous turn, things were not looking good for the Saxons. Instead of moving quickly, the ladder carrying units had been a bit leisurely. This allowed the British players to get into position to defend the walls. Additionally, the warriors assigned to batter the front gate got decimated by arrows and the warriors defending the walls hurled stones and other objects inflicting shock.

Then the dice turned. The elite Saxons managed to throw up a ladder and get a foothold at the top corner. Down in the lower corner, a fortunate volley of arrows opened up gaps in the defending British and four ladders of Saxons proceeded to fill those gaps. I had the three ladders at the very bottom of the picture.

 After the initial storming, the Saxons then wiped out the defending Britons on the wall. It was a case of better troops overwhelming the ordinary.

With the original wall defenders wiped out, the Britons ran or surrendered.