Viking Raid game 14/12/18

Sean Clark · December 15, 2018, 01:52:31 AM

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.

This photo shows my unit of Vikings in the centre surrounded on all sides. It didnt end well.

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.

Colonel Kilgore · December 15, 2018, 10:02:50 AM

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.

Sean Clark · December 15, 2018, 10:09:29 AM

Yes I made a set for.Vikings when it was first released. Not as nice as S&A but serviceable all the same.

Colonel Kilgore · December 15, 2018, 10:22:57 AM

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...

SimonC · December 15, 2018, 11:21:38 AM

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 ?

Sean Clark · December 15, 2018, 11:54:46 AM

Simon

I could come down to Burton??

I could also bring the long promised PBI....!!!!

SimonC · December 15, 2018, 01:40:45 PM

that would be good... probably need just a kickstart

martin goddard · December 15, 2018, 06:32:03 PM

Sean can you send it in for the 15mill please ??

Sean Clark · December 16, 2018, 12:28:02 AM

Yes it's this weekend's plan to do the Weekend end report and I'll send this over too.

martin goddard · December 16, 2018, 08:37:50 AM

Yaaar!

mellis1644 · December 18, 2018, 03:10:43 PM

Great looking game and board as well. Really need to get my Dark age stuff on the painting table.

Leman (Andy) · January 20, 2019, 11:48:17 AM

That looks like a good game - a period I would like to get into this year.

Sean Clark · January 21, 2019, 12:38:41 AM

It is a very evocative game Leman. I can't help but think of the Uhtred novels whenever I play

Leman (Andy) · January 21, 2019, 05:18:01 PM

Checking to see if PP going to York - if so will order the rules for a show pick up.

Sean Clark · January 21, 2019, 08:56:22 PM

Pretty sure they are... there s a discount code up on the site