Battle of Asculum To The Strongest Battle Report

A refight of the Battle of Asculum between Pyrrhus of Epirus and the Roman Republic. We used the To the Strongest Rules.
We ended up starting the game several hours late, so we were not able to play the whole game. I was pretty exhausted by the time we actually got going, so there are several rules mistakes - most notably forgetting saves for commanders.
This is my first battle report and I learned a lot filming this. The next ones I do will be much higher quality!

[@paulbenson9015]

Nice armies guys, well done👍

[@TriariusWarGaming]

Thanks man! Work of a couple years on that table!

[@philRminiatures]

Great report, a splendid battle with gorgeous units...love your bases!

[@TriariusWarGaming]

Thanks! large element bases was my big revelation this year. For Ancient armies I don't see myself going back to individual bases.

[@gkspain1]

Very nice, I love looking at these archive videos, all the best Garry

[@TriariusWarGaming]

Thanks glad you enjoyed the battle report, hopefully more this summer

[@holydiver539]

a strong display of miniature progress

[@TriariusWarGaming]

Thanks!

[@BearGrisham]

What size of table are you playing on, and what do you think about playing on cloth?

[@TriariusWarGaming]

This is on a 6 X 4 table, this mat is a mousepad material one, and my other mat is like a fleece blanket type material. I actually really like the mats I prefer them to physical terrain tables

[@BearGrisham]

@@TriariusWarGaming do you have any issues with the cloth mats when moving models?

[@TriariusWarGaming]

@@BearGrisham I’ve had no problems! I would recommend them as they look great and very convenient storage

[@rangerminiaturesandgaming3647]

does to the strongest have different units for Triarri, principes, and hastati or do they just rate them all as legionaries?

[@TriariusWarGaming]

The Polybian legions have unique rules compared to the later legions. In TTS you have small units (1 hit point), regular units (2 hit points), and Deep units (3 hit points). As of the latest edition of the rules Polybian legions are deployed in a connected stack of three small units (hastati, Principes, Triarii) making one deep unit. They are allowed to do a line relief mechanism to recover hit points and replenish Pila. The Triarii may also detach from the stack in specific circumstances.

[@TriariusWarGaming]

Here is a copy of the army list. All the army lists are free and are also updated as the author gets player feedback etc. imgur.com/a/E50xSjN

[@richardbradley2335]

sound is awful...cant here a thing

[@TriariusWarGaming]

Sorry, will work on the for next time