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Ade and I decided to play a raid game using ships for arrival for the first time. As is the way it took some head scratching to get back into the mechanics of the game but we soon rattled along. After some initial success routing Ade's best Saxon unit and finding some chickens and a small sack of loot things went downhill very fast for me.
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This photo shows my unit of Vikings in the centre surrounded on all sides. It didnt end well.
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In turn 6 (I extended the game to try and salvage something...) this was my only unit left. Surrounded again I had 4 dice against 12 or 14 from Are. With a cry of 'Give me 4 sixes!' that's exactly what I rolled! Didnt save me though.
Ade won 91 points to 21. A real pasting but we enjoyed ourselves and had a few laughs too so not a bad nights gaming.
Nice report, Sean - and a lovely-looking game!
Did you make the terrain templates? I particularly like the way that the grass around the edges helps them blend in with the base mat while it still being clear what is a template and what is not.
Yes I made a set for.Vikings when it was first released. Not as nice as S&A but serviceable all the same.
Well, they look jolly good to me!
And the river was very realistically-coloured - how many of the bright blue / green tabletop ones do we actually see in real life?
I think you've just raised the bar for homemade terrain...
I'd like to play this game... I do have heaps of dark age stuff, and the rules. But can't seem to get it going ! why is that ?
Simon
I could come down to Burton??
I could also bring the long promised PBI....!!!!
that would be good... probably need just a kickstart
Sean can you send it in for the 15mill please ??
Yes it's this weekend's plan to do the Weekend end report and I'll send this over too.
Yaaar!
Great looking game and board as well. Really need to get my Dark age stuff on the painting table.
That looks like a good game - a period I would like to get into this year.
It is a very evocative game Leman. I can't help but think of the Uhtred novels whenever I play :)
Checking to see if PP going to York - if so will order the rules for a show pick up.
Pretty sure they are... there s a discount code up on the site
Bummocks missed the discount code, but put in an order for the rules and some Vikings that a friend will pick up in York for me, so saved on postage at least. Looking forward to this project.