Romano-British for Dux Britanniarum

By this stage, Garcianus could see Peredur and his men running down the road, the remnants of the broken group following on their heels.  It was time for Garcianus to use his three command initiatives to assert some control over the rapidly deteriorating British position.  Using his first command initiative, Garcianus put the Levy into a single formation for Urien to command.  He then attached himself to his Comanipulares and ordered them down the road towards Peredur and his remaining band.  Although they didn’t quite make contact, Peredur’s warriors were now within Garcianus’ command range, allowing him to use his final command initiative to remove a point of shock from them.

The next card out of the activation deck was the British Missiles who finally emerged from the edge of the wood to shoot at the Saxon groups commanded by Berhthun the Devil, but to no effect.  The British run of luck with activations continued however, with Peredur out of the deck next.  He used his command initiatives to move his remaining warriors closer to the Comanipulares.  Although they were still not quite in contact there was a good possibility that they would be able to form a single formation next turn.  These troops would have to hold the line until the Levy could come up in support.  The next activation was Urien Cadwalladr who moved his Levy formation down the road towards Garcianus and Peredur and then ordered them to form shieldwall in preparation for the combat that was sure to come.  (I think this last move by Urien may have been illegal as the Levy had already been activated when Garcianus put them in formation, but this was missed in the heat of the action.)

All of the British cards had been activated first, a run of luck that had allowed them to stabilise the situation without Saxon interference.  However, the Saxons would now be able to react for the rest of the turn.  Unfortunately for them, none of their formations could match the speed of the British movement.  Berhthun’s group of warriors were closest, but they moved in desultory fashion towards the waiting British.  Ceawlin, Saebert and the Saxon Missiles all did likewise, the Saxon force all converging on Garcianus and his men.  The situation for the British was perilous but not hopeless.  In addition to the 6 elites, 4 warriors, and his own prowess in battle, Garcianus could count on both Peredur and his own champion, Gwallawc Gwerthefyr to aid him in the fight.