Gladiators - Month 1 Fight 1: Secutor vs Retiarus

And so the Road back to Rome begins with Abercius the Rep 4 Secutor vs Rep 3 NPC Retiarus

I'll note this fight down in a more cold, mechanics demo fashion to show what is rolled, but in future I'll be more narrative in the fight summary.
Turn 1: Dice Pool: Secutor(20),Retiarus(15), Init Retiarus

• All Move towards each other full move

Turn 2: Dice Pool: Secutor(20),Retiarius(15), Init Retiarus

• Retiarus move to max net range (6") 
• Secutor closes in to 3"

Turn 3: Dice Pool: Secutor(20),Retiarus(15), Init Secutor

• Secutor moves in to engage Retiarus in HtH.
• Dice Allocation (DA): Secutor(4), Retiarus(2)
• Secutor Pass 2, Retiarus 0
• Hit scored on chest with a wound (and burn 3 DA) and Retiarus knocked down (burn 1 DA)
• Secutor immediate follow-up attack for a knockdown.
• DA: Secutor(4), Retiarus(2) (Retiarius on ground so burns double, DA = 4)
• Secutor Pass 1, Retiarus 0
• Hit scored on left arm for a wound (and burn 2 DA) and Retiarus rolls 1" to the left (burn 1 DA)
• Retiarus stands (Cost 2" movemnet) and retreats 3"

Turn 4: Dice Pool: Secutor(12),Retiarus(2), Init Secutor

• Secutor advances 3"
• Retiarus - Catch Breath roll Fail, Net Attack roll Fail, Move away 5"

Turn 5: Dice Pool: Secutor(12),Retiarus(2), Init Secutor

• Secutor advances 3"
• Retiarus Catch Breath

Turn 6: Dice Pool: Secutor(20),Retiarus(3), Init Retiarus

• Retiarius Catch Breath
• Secutor advance and engage
• DA: Secutor(4), Retiarus(2)
• Secutor Pass 0, Retiarus 1
• Hit scored on Belly but no wound and Secutor gives ground by 1"

Turn 7: Dice Pool: Secutor(7),Retiarus(2), Init Retiarus

• Retiarus Net attack
• DA: Secutor(3), Retiarus(2)
• Secutor pass 3, Retiarus 1
• Secutor cuts net rope tether & Retiarus surrenders spent

As this is in the Empire outer reaches the Retiarus has no survival vote to go through and lives to fight another day. Secutor gains 3AP & 3 Fame points. Caius gets the 100 aurei winners purse.

Looking back at the action notes I can see that I may have messed up the NPC movement in turns 3 & 4 as he would have been retreating at double movement allocation or would have left himself facing away from his opponent in turn 6. Also I don't think the NPC should have caught his breath on Turn 6. Don't think it made any difference to the outcome after the brutal Turn 3 combat which wounded the NPC and burned nearly all his Dice.