Its funny how luck works. Habet Hoc Habet AAR

 Over the past few weeks we have been playing a Habet Hoc Habet campaign at our local game store. Tonight I fought two 1v1 gladiatorial combats. I fought against the same guy that slaughtered me in my very first match 2 weeks ago.

In the first one luck was CLEARLY not on my side. It went like this. I am a Murmillo. My lightly armed and armored opponent gets the first attack. He throws his spear and hits. I attempt to block with my large shield and miss. He rolls for location: Neck. Luckily I have my massive heavy helmet which offers amazing 2+ protection to my neck. I proceed to roll a 1 and FAIL my save on a d10!. He maxs his damage roll. I am dead....

See exhibit A:

That's me in the pool of blood.

Since the first fight went so quickly I and my opponent fought again. This time I brought my Retiarius, and my opponent was Murmillo.  He tried to close the distance between us but on my first attempt I ensnared him in my net! I closed and spent a few attacks stabbing him with my trident while he rolled really poorly trying desperately to cut himself free of the net. When he finally managed to get free he only had one action left before he died from loss of blood. Now the fates were truly on my side. With his last action he tried to attack me but his legs were so badly wounded that he couldn't move close enough to attack with his gladius before he succumbed to his wounds! Victory was finally mine!

Sadly I was so psyched by my netting victory that I failed to take a photo of that match. It figures...