Chalons 451 AD: Re-themed and Re-fought

[Whirlwind]

I had a go this morning at refighting Chalons using the DBA rules, from a scenario published in Miniature Wargames 11, re-setting it in the first century BC with Roman and Gallic armies: link

The use of broad troop types in DBA really facilitates this kind of re-theming.

[Mr J G Taylor]

Yes, the battle of Chalons was run at a Society of Ancients event back in 2013, here was our version of it
http://3vwargames.blogspot.co.uk/2013/04/chalons-final-battle.html
Quite tough to find out any details about it but it does look in the real-life battle that the Ostrogoths were ordered to take the hill and were beaten and routed, which forced the rest of the Hunnic army to withdraw.

Justin Taylor
Owner of Veni Vidi Vici

[Whirlwind]

Thanks for the link, I enjoyed reading the posts

[Who Asked This Joker]

Nice report.  To the point of numbers, I suspect the battle was probably somewhere around 45,000-50,000 troops per side.  We are ushering in the “Dark Ages” here and the support system just doesn’t exist for armies much bigger than those.

John

"Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power."

--Abraham Lincoln

[Temporary like Achilles]

Cool idea and nice report. Might have to ‘retheme’ a few scenarios myself, actually. Thanks!

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