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First Samurai Skirmish Scenario#: 1 The First Samurai Skirmish is a non-historical scenario expressly designed to introduce you and a friend to the basics of Samurai warfare using the Commands & Colors Samurai Battles rules. This is the format that we will be using for … Samurai Battles
Hill 133 Scenario#: TBP01 Date: 1943 Location: Somewhere deep in Russia “Soldier, the enemy occupies Hill 133. The Motherland and Political Officer Blurtarsky require you to wrest control of it from him." Combat Commander — Tournament Battle Pack
Teutoburger Wald P2 (9 AD) Scenario#: 221 Date: 9-AD Location: Osnabrück, Germany Throughout the first day of battle, German attacks had harassed the disjointed Roman column as they struggled along. That night Varus’ men constructed a fortified camp knowing that Arminius would not dare assault a well-manned prepared position. The… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
Teutoburger Wald P1 (9 AD) Scenario#: 220 Date: 9-AD Location: Osnabrück, Germany Julius Caesar had established Rome’s northeast boundary as the Rhine River a half century earlier. But the Emperor Caesar Augustus decided to extend imperial control all the way to the Elbe. A task that seemed easy on a map in … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
Mons Graupius (84 AD) Scenario#: 410 Date: 84-AD Location: Mons Graupius, Scotland After years of campaigns in northern Britain, Gnaeus Julius Agricola subdued all the tribes except the fierce Caledonians. Agricola maneuvered to bring the Caledonians to open battle. Determined to restore the security of his Highland home, the… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
First Bedriacum (69 AD) Scenario#: 409 Date: 69-AD Location: Calvatone, Italy The “year of four emperors” (68-69 AD) began when Nero, the last member of the Julio-Claudian dynasty, committed suicide to avoid execution. Servius Sulpicius Galba, governor of Hispania, was proclaimed emperor, but did last long, for Marcus Salvius… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Boudica's Revolt (61 AD) Scenario#: 408 Date: 61-AD Location: Wroxeter, England While many of the tribes of Britain resisted Rome until they were conquered and crushed, a few tribes, like the Iceni, formed pacts with the Romans to remain semi-independent. The Iceni client-king Prasutagus died while the Roman governor, Gaius… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Camulodunum (60 AD) Scenario#: C3i18 Date: 60-AD Location: Camulodunum, England Queen Boudica led her army of rebels, predominantly Iceni and Trinovantes, to Camulodunum, once the Trinovante capital and now the Roman capital after the Roman invasion of Britain. The city had been designated a colony for unruly veterans of the … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #24
Mona Insulis (60 AD) Scenario#: C3i17 Date: 60-AD Location: Monastir, Wales The island of Anglesey (Ynys Mon to the Welsh and Mona Insulis to the Romans), rich in grain and copper mines, became a refuge for several tribes opposed to the Roman occupation of Britain. The druids there gave moral and … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #24
Solachon (Kardarigan’s Stand) Scenario#: 19 Date: 586 Location: Dara, Mesopotamia As his army dissolved into a mass of fugitives, Kardarigan and the only remaining soldiers still in formation found refuge on a nearby hilltop. The Byzantines located them and began launching desultory attacks against them, content to let heat and … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Solachon (Main Battle) Scenario#: 18 Date: 586 Location: Dara, Mesopotamia After another failure to negotiate peace, Kardarigan led the Sassanid army into Mesopotamia. Philippicus, newly assigned commander of the Persian front, marched his Byzantine army to intercept. Both armies were almost entirely mounted, and both… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Lazic War (Onoguris) Scenario#: 17 Date: 555 Location: Onoguris, Georgia In 555 AD, after the death of Mihr-Mihroe, Nachoragan was appointed commander of the Sassanid army and marched to attack the Byzantines that were laying siege to the Sassanid garrison in the city of Onoguris. The Byzantine generals Rusticus and … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Lazic War (River Hippis) Scenario#: 16 Date: 550 Location: Hippas River, Georgia After Dagisthaeus destroyed Phabrizus’ Sassanid forces at the Phasis River, (see Phasis River scenario), it was not long before another Sassanid army, under the command of Chorianes, was sent back into Lazica. The Sassanid army’s advance was slowed… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Lazic War (Phasis River) Scenario#: 15 Date: 549 Location: Phasis River, Georgia After raising the siege of Petra. Mihr-Mihroe left a small Sassanid force in the city while he withdrew due to lack of supplies. He also left Phabrizus with a force of 5,000 to defend the mountain passes and to plunder … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Lazic War (Petra Mountain Passes) Scenario#: 14 Date: 548 Location: Petra, Georgia The Lazic War was fought between the Byzantine Empire and Sassanid Persia for control of Lazica, a province on the eastern shore of the Black Sea. As part of the Eternal Peace of 532 AD, Sassanid Persia granted control of … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Tricamarum Scenario#: 13 Date: 533-12-13 Location: Tricamarum, Tunisia The defeat at Ad Decimum did not deter Gelimer, and shortly after his brother Tzazon returned from putting down a rebellion in Sardinia, the two marched on Belisarius, who now occupied Carthage. Gathering intelligence from his spies, Gelimer… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Decimum (Final Phase) Scenario#: 12 Date: 533 Location: Carthage, Tunisia When the fleeing Byzantines reached Belisarius, they rallied quickly and reformed their ranks. Belisarius then set out for Ad Decimum at full speed. Gelimer, on the other hand, found his brother’s body among the dead and mourned his brother’s death,… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Decimum (Phase 2) Scenario#: 11 Date: 533 Location: Carthage, Tunisia John ended his pursuit of Ammatus’ survivors at the gates of Carthage. Meanwhile Solomon, one of Belisarius’ subordinates, arrived with the Byzantine army vanguard at the site of John’s fight at Ad Decimum. Not knowing where the enemy was, Solomon … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Decimum (Phase 1) Scenario#: 10 Date: 533 Location: Carthage, Tunisia In 530 AD, Gelimer dethroned the Vandal king Hilderic, a vassal of Justinian the Byzantine emperor. Hilderic appealed for help, also citing Gelimer’s persecution of eastern Christians. After making a favorable peace with the Sassanids in 532 AD,… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Callinicum (Phase 2) Scenario#: 9 Date: 531-04-19 Location: Callinicum, Syria Azarethes had proven himself to be the better tactician in this battle. He had moved most of his heavy cavalry unnoticed to his left and they charged with stunning effect. The Byzantine right wing, composed of 5,000 lightly armed Ghassinid … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Satala Scenario#: 7 Date: 530 Location: Satala, Turkey After the Sassanid loss at Dara, under the guidance of Mihr-Mihroe another Sassanid army was assembled and marched to the city of Satala in Byzantine Armenia. Mihr-Mihroe, planned to lay siege to Satala and set up camp a short distance … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Dara Scenario#: 6 Date: 530 Location: Dara, Mesopotamia When negotiation for peace between Justinian and Kavadh failed in 529 AD, the Sassanid king sent an army towards Dara, while Justinian ordered Belisarius back to the region. Despite being outnumbered 2 to 1, Belisarius deployed outside the city walls… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Melebasa Scenario#: 5 Date: 528 Location: Thannuris, Syria After the battle at Thannuris, Belisarius brought his defeated army back to Dara. Awaiting him were orders from Justinian, the Byzantine emperor, to immediately set out on a mission to construct a fort at Melabasa. Kavadh, king of the Sassanid … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Thannuris Scenario#: 4 Date: 528 Location: Thannuris, Syria During the Iberian War against the Sassanid Empire in the year 528 AD, Emperor Justinian dispatched Belisarius and a small force of infantry from Dara to guard a workforce constructing a fort at Thannuris. The Sassanids heard of the movement … Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Cefn Carnedd (51 AD) Scenario#: 223 Date: 51-AD Location: Powys, Wales The Roman conquest of Britain had been underway for four years when a new Roman commander, Publius Ostorius Scapula, was assigned to the province in 47 AD. He faced an on-going insurgency, led by Caratacus, chieftain of the Cautuvellauni tribe. … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #2: Rome and the Barbarians
Catalaunian Fields (Roman Right) Scenario#: 3 Date: 451-06-20 Location: Champagne-Ardenne, France Attila’s army advanced into Gaul, leaving behind a trail of destroyed, plundered cities. His army was delayed at Orleans when the Alan inhabitants resisted effectively. The Alans were one of several Germanic tribes pushed west earlier by the Huns.… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Utus River Scenario#: 1 Date: 447 Location: Vit River, Bulgaria After the Eastern Roman Empire stopped its tribute to the Huns around the year 444 AD, Attila’s army again invaded the Balkan regions of the Eastern Empire. Unfortunately, many veteran Byzantine formations had been withdrawn to counter the Vandal… Commands & Colors: Medieval — C&C Medieval
Medway (43 AD) Scenario#: 407 Date: 43-AD Location: Kent, England In 43 AD, Aulus Plautius led an expedition of four legions to Britain. His army advanced with only minor skirmishing as far as Rutupiae on the coast of Kent. Late in the season, Roman scouts finally found the enemy camped … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Adrianople (378 AD) Scenario#: C3i20 Date: 378-AD Location: Adrianople, Turkey A collection of mostly Goth tribes with some allies petitioned Valens to be allowed land and foederati status to escape the Huns. Valens badly needed allies and agreed, aided in the decision because the Goth leader, Fritigern, had accepted… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #25
Adrianople (378 AD) Scenario#: C3i19 Date: 378-AD Location: Adrianople, Turkey A collection of mostly Goth tribes with some allies petitioned Valens to be allowed land and foederati status to escape the Huns. Valens badly needed allies and agreed, aided in the decision because the Goth leader, Fritigern, had accepted… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #25
Argentoratum (357 AD) Scenario#: C3i21 Date: 357-AD Location: Alsace, France Julian, the young cousin of the Emperor Constantius, has been named to recover the situation in the West after a short civil war opened the frontier to raids and invasion by Franks and Alamanni tribes. Scarcely 23, with no military … Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #26
Paraitacene (317 BC) Scenario#: C3i22 Date: 317-BC Location: Eisfahan, Persia By 318 BC the Successors had formed two competing alliances: the ‘Royalists’ who claimed to fight to maintain the empire for Alexander’s infant sons, and a rival coalition that sought to claim their own independent kingdoms. The opposing Successor… Commands & Colors: Ancients — C3i Magazine #26
Cibalae (314 AD) Scenario#: 424 Date: 314-AD Location: Vinkovci, Croatia In the years after Milvian Bridge, Constantine gradually consolidated his military superiority. Licinius emerged as Constantine’s chief rival. After defeating Daia, Licinius gained control over the entire eastern half of the Roman Empire. Relations… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Milvian Bridge (312 AD) Scenario#: 423 Date: 312-AD Location: Rome, Italy While emperor Diocletian’s “Tetrarchy” system of shared power maintained calm for 20 years, eventually rivalries took over again. In 306 Maxentius proclaimed himself emperor, setting off another confused civil war. He gained great power when F.V… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Immae (272 AD) Scenario#: 422 Date: 272-AD Location: Antioch, Turkey The Palmyrene Empire (260–273) consisted of the (former) eastern Roman provinces of Syria, Palestine, and large parts of Asia Minor. This breakaway kingdom was ruled by the famous Queen Zenobia and had won many victories over the Sassanids, while… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Pavia (271 AD) Scenario#: 421 Date: 271-AD Location: Pavia, Italy After the victory at Fano, Emperor Aurelian sent his troops in pursuit of the defeated Alemanni horde, which was racing back to its homeland. Aurelian had the mountain passes blocked and then proceeded to destroy almost the entire Alemanni army. … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Fano (271 AD) Scenario#: 420 Date: 271-AD Location: Fano, Italy After his serious defeat at the Battle of Placentia at the hands of the Alemanni, Emperor Aurelian rallied and re-grouped his troops and started in pursuit. The Alemanni were moving towards Rome, producing great fear in the city. Rome had … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Placentia (271 AD) Scenario#: 419 Date: 271-AD Location: Piacenza, Italy Aurelian became emperor in 270, and is remembered as one of the “soldier-emperors” who restored the empire after its near collapse. During his five-year reign, Aurelian re-united the empire after two-thirds of the provinces had broken away from… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Naissus (268 AD) Scenario#: 418 Date: 268-AD Location: Naissus, Serbia The Goths, a Germanic people, were migrating southward and crossed the Roman frontier in the province of Pannonia. The emperor Gallienus, fresh from his victory over another Germanic tribe, the Alemani, managed to check the Goth’s advance early in… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Edessa (259 AD) Scenario#: 417 Date: 259-AD Location: Edessa, Turkey The Battle of Edessa was another round in the on-going Roman- Persian Wars. In 258, Shapur I, King of Sassanid Persia invaded Roman territory, overrunning Armenia and continuing into Syria. In order to stop his repeated plundering, In 259, Emperor … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Abritus (251 AD) Scenario#: 416 Date: 251-AD Location: Abrittus, Bulgaria After repeated incursions into Moesia and Dacia by the Goths under Cniva, the Roman Emperor Gaius Messius Quintus Decius (often called “Trajan Decius”) moved to confront the barbarian invaders. Accompanied by his son Herennius Etruscus and his… Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Carthage (238 AD) Scenario#: 415 Date: 238-AD Location: Carthage, Tunisia In 235 AD, the Roman army in Germany mutinied and murdered the last Severan emperor, Alexander Severus, after a reign of fourteen years. This led to another succession crisis and civil war. The legions in Germany acclaimed a professional soldier, … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Hormuz (226 AD) Scenario#: 414 Date: 226-AD Location: Ahwaz, Iran Around 220 AD Ardashir I, a Persian vassal, considered the state of the Parthian Empire. Ardashir knew about dissensions in the Parthian royal house and reasoned that the losses which Artabanus had sustained in his battles with the Romans and … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Nisibis (217 AD) Scenario#: 413 Date: 217-AD Location: Nusaybin, Turkey For centuries, Rome and Parthia contended for dominance in the Middle East. Nisibis 217 AD was a three-day battle with the Romans led by their new emperor Marcus Opellius Macrinus against the Great King of Parthia, Artabanus IV. On the … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Lugdunum (197 AD) Scenario#: 412 Date: 197-AD Location: Lyon, France The civil war that began with the “year of the five emperors” continued. Septimus Severus, after defeating Pescennius Niger at Issus (194), now turned on his other rival, Clodius Albinus, governor of Britain. Albinus took his legions east and added … Commands & Colors: Ancients — Expansion #4: Imperial Rome
Grassy Knoll Scenario#: A Date: 7-May-45 Location: Mindanao Island, Philippines After capturing Libby Airfield with the aid of Filipino guerrillas, the US 24th Infantry Division found the assault toward Davao becoming exceedingly slow and ponderous. Exacerbating the issue was the preponderance of hemp fields in the area, now… Combat Commander — CC: Pacific
Rush to Contact Scenario#: 9 Date: 6-Apr-45 Location: Outskirts of Hitdorf, Germany After crossing the Rhine, leading elements of Company A, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Regiment found themselves met by elements of the 62nd Volksgrenadier Division on the road to Hitdorf. Both sides reported contact and immediately called for… Combat Commander — CC: Europe
Varsity Blues Scenario#: 103 Date: 24-Mar-45 Location: Diersfordt, Germany As Field Marshal Montgomery prepares his 21st Army for the crossing of the Rhine, Operation Varsity, the largest airborne assault of the war, is launched by the US 17th Airborne and the British 6th Airborne Divisions. The parachute assault’s aim … Combat Commander — C3I Magazine #19
Land of the Giants Scenario#: 17 Date: March 1945 Location: Budapest, Hungary In the final months of the war, the battlefield became the "Land of the Giants" as King Tigers and IS-2S & 3s traded shots as the smaller prey fled for the cover of the small towns and villages. Unfortunately for … Panzer (GMT) — Exp. #1 The Shape Of Battle On The Eastern Front
Dog Plus Eight Scenario#: H Date: 27-Feb-45 Location: Hill 382, Iwo Jima, Japan Eight days after the initial landing on the island and four days after the American flag had been raised on Mount Suribachi, the 3rd Marine Division found itself dug in on the barren stone plateau north of the airfields. The … Combat Commander — CC: Pacific