Across The Danube - Turn VI

Situation after five turns

The start-of-turn-event is fog, which means archers have their range reduced to two hexes.

I leave my archers on the small hill, while the Dacian archers also merely hold their ground.

My cavalry next to the commander advance two hexes to make contact with the further-forward swordsmen, and declare a charge attack. Cavalry need 7+ against swordsmen, and there are no modifiers, but I roll 5.

My other left-flank cavalry make a similar assault against the same swordsmen. However, there is a +1 modifier for attacking from rocky ground, although this is cancelled out by a -1 modifier for support from friends, ie my other left-flank cavalry unit. It is all in vain as I again roll 5.

My right-flank cavalry advance into trees, where they have to stop even if I wanted to advance them further.

One unit of Dacian swordsmen is engaged in combat, but the other two units advance towards it, with one aligning alongside.

I leave my legionaries where they are, but all four units of Dacian falxmen advance.

My spearmen fall back diagonally right so as to be on higher ground, and tucked in with friendly units, but I leave my commander where he is.

The Dacian warrior unit again advances.

The current Dacian onslaught feels much better coordinated than their earlier cavalry charges