Strategic Help

[konny]

so does this mean that the checkerboard would have been maintained right up to the point of impact?

We had this discussion some month ago. I say "no", others say "yes". For gameplay reasons I always use three lines, because there is no way to have your Velites run through the gaps of the Hastati, but most certainly they will run through the units themselves.

[Centurion Crastinus]

I always use the manipular formation. The exact ratio of units that I use are not completely accurate. I use 5 hastati, 5 principes, 3 Trarii, 2 velites, 1 general, one equites, one italic cavalry, and 2 itallic infantry. The Hastati, Principes, and Triarii are in three lines, and I place the Itallic infantry and the flanks behind the Principes. The Cavalry remains in the rear or out on the flanks.