Britannia - Round III

Situation after two rounds

The timeline shows round three covers the years 100-250, and includes an Irish army invading from the Atlantic

The Irish have red tokens, showing they are one of Richard's peoples, and their army is placed in the Atlantic area of the board. Note that the house symbol on the timeline indicates that the Irish for this turn count as raiders - more on that later.

The Irish card shows they score two victory points for destroying a Roman fort at any time, and, in rounds three-six, 2VP for eliminating any enemy army in the Irish turn of those rounds, ie while attacking

The round starts, as usual, with my Romans.

The Roman card shows this is the last round in which the Romans score points for occupying certain areas, theoretically as far north as Mar

Note that occupying an area is different from holding an area - victory points for the latter come in later rounds, starting in round five.

Instead of a population phase to start the turn, Romans possibly receive reinforcements. Since I currently have 10 Roman armies (forts do not count) I am entitled in round three to receive one reinforcing army, which is placed in the English Channel.

I use Roman roads, and the ability of Roman armies to move through three areas rather than the normal two, to invade Brigante land, and now-empty, but previously-occupied, Brigante land, namely the Pennines, Bernica and Lothian. Each of those three areas receives a Roman fort, and I score two victory points for each.

Situation prior to the Roman battle phase

I start in North Mercia, where I have three armies against two Brigante armies. I need to roll 4+ to eliminate an army, while the Brigantes need to roll 6. The dice land 4,3,2 v 5,1, so a Brigante army is eliminated. The remaining Brigante army has nowhere to retreat, so there is another round of fighting, the dice landing 6,5,1 v 1 - the final Brigante army is eliminated, and I score 2VP.

In York I have two armies against the Brigantes' one, the dice landing 2,1 v 3 - indecisive. Again, retreat is not possible for the Brigantes, and in the second round of fighting the dice land 4,1 v 4, meaning the Brigante army is eliminated, a Roman fort appears in its place, and I score two victory points for occupying the area.

In Cheshire I again have two armies against one. The dice land 5,3 v 1, so the Brigante army is eliminated, a Roman fort appears in its place, and I score two more victory points.

The Roman turn has ended with the Romans holding much of England, and with Andy's Welsh in submission, but Richard has chosen not to order his Brigantes to submit