Taking place in 451 AD this battle saw the end of Attila’s rampaging thru Europe historically. Flush from successful battle of Utus and the sacking of much of the Roman empire of the East, he progressively sucked their funds dry. Raising tribute after conflict from 400 pounds of gold a year to over 10000 if records are correct. This type of relationship caused a lot of friction. There are also varying accounts of where the battle took place, and how it all unfolded.

Lets allow our gaming scholars to have their due, and we shall play this version of events without much criticism and see what happens. For an alternate mapping and location see the link the video below at the end of this post.

Note the release date! My how time flies.

Below our forces are arrayed:

The fickle Alans are next to the Visigoths who chose the lesser of two evils.

Aetius has a grab bag of forces as Attila, banned him from hiring Hun mercs, as his relations with the Eastern Empire of Rome yielded less and less tribute. Aetius a former hostage of the Huns knew their fighting tactics and style, and had used them to great effect in prior campaigns. Now he faces the very forces he used to hire, as Attila is forced Westward after devastating modern day Bulgaria and much of Western Turkey.

The Visigoths and Alans align with Rome, as do a grab bag of other forces. This is an evenly matched contest as far as GBoH goes, but does have some tricky rules about the fidelity of the Alans and their ability to stay in the field. Plus fiegned retreats, hit and disperse and impetuosity rules to keep us on our sandals.