My friend and I tried the game out for the first time, neither of us have ever played an ancients wargame before. I am sure we got many rules wrong, but I am proud of the painting, and the custom Vitalstatistix commanding the unruly Gauls!

Very nice! Now I want to see if you can fit an Obelix onto a standard sized base

Getting rules wrong in your first few games is pretty much unavoidable...as long as you are having fun it doesn't matter. I blogged a few solo games back in 2020 and looking back at them now I see I was pointing out at least one rule I got wrong in each game. It is worth looking through some of the many after-action reports in this forum, I know I picked up some rules (or more understanding of how they apply in practice) that way.

Welcome to MEG ! it is fun and  innovative.