Across The Danube - Turn II: Attack Phase

The battle's first proper attack phase is about to begin

The attack phase is handled in a similar manner to the movement phase, in that it is a unit's initiative value that determines when it attacks.

Since Roman archers have an initiative value of 1, they go first, and my men shoot at the Dacian left-wing cavalry (friendly units do not block line-of-sight, and anyway the archers are on higher ground and so can see over them).

Roman archers shooting at Dacian cavalry need 9+ on a throw of two dice to score a hit. However there is a -1 modifier for being on higher ground, and two -1 modifiers for the attacked unit being adjacent to two Roman units. That brings the target throw down to 6+, and I roll exactly 6, which forces the Dacians to retreat two hexes, back to the clump of trees from which they have just emerged.

With no other units within attack range, that ends the turn, and I have moved the tracker on to turn III