Been too long since we played this fine game. (1st Edition, of course.) Chris has been working on his historicals and we wanted to get them out on the table. Chris chose his beautiful Anglo-Danes, so I went with an historical opponent; the Normans. I wanted to run a more mounted force but I was hampered by my lack of models. I had been meaning (for several years) to order more and I finally did but they did not arrive from England in time. However, they were in my mailbox when I got home, so I am looking forward to assembling and painting them for next time. Plus, that gives me a whole lot more mounted dudes to play an Crusader force.
We played two quick games and the pictures are jumbled. This blog is more for pictures than AAR or strategy discussion. It's a fun game with cool models. Look at the pics in my attempt at gamer porn.
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Set up for the second game. Chris whipped me easily the first go round, so I changed a few things up, in terms of set up.
Here's the set up for the first game. The terrain is a little different too. We're not power gamers, so we just changed up a few things and had at it again.
Looking from behind the Anglo-Dane's line. Chris proxied Picts in for his levies. Works well enough for me; there were enough rebellions in the north against the Normans that some Picts would have showed up, right? They probably had clothes on, but, what the hell?
Second game. Little different terrain layout and set up.
Norman crossbows move up and prepare to do two things: jack *and* squat.
Get 'em! Cool pic of mounted Normans heading into the fray. The models are from Conquest Games. Very nice but infuriating as they come in boxes of 15(?). Technically, there are 16 dudes, but one is dead. WTF? But, I love them and am looking forward to assembling and painting the new box. These shields are Little Big Man Studios transfers but the new ones will be hand painted.
It's a sausage fest!
Chris's 'non metallic metals' skill on display.
Mounted Hearth Guard lead the way. Nice pic.
Should have brought our horses, Gilbert!
Mounted Warriors.
Chris' superb Danish axe men. They've come to axe the Normans a few things.
The Norman boss. He's the one that doesn't have shit all over him.
There goes the neighborhood.
I placed the leader and mounted Warriors in a place where they could react to either side of the house. My Hearth Guard and cross bows are deployed to intimidate the center.
That's an old Warhammer building made from pizza boxes and scrubby pads.
Looks like they're handling things over there; we'll just wait in cases they need us.
Unless naked dudes come running at us!!!!!
Second game, Warriors go left and nerf a charge against the levies, but make up for it when they do mean things to Chris' Hearth Guard.
You know, if we stand here and look tough, no one will know we are just shooting hot dogs at them.
Levies move into position. They were actually pretty dependable both games.
The Warriors prepare to charge again while my Hearth Guard clashes with Chris' Hearth Guard and War Boss.
A close-up of the deciding battle.
The levies have positioned themselves to shoot at Chris' retreating War Lord should it come to that but he eventually was cut down like the rebellious punk that he was.
Pizza boxes, teddy bear fur and welcome mats make great terrain with little effort.
First game: my Warlord on the left is thinking 'merde'. And then he did it in his hose.
This is my favorite shot of the day. I'll finally shut up so you can just look at it.
Chris' unit of 8 Hearth Guard armed with Danish axes truly struck fear in the hearts of men.
It was in the woods in the right center where Chris' Warlord met his end.
Great time, great game. Can't wait until next time. In fact, that'd part of the trouble with this fine game: the factions are all so cool, I just want to jump from one to the next but it really takes multiple playings to get to know a force and use it well. Unfortunately we just can't get together that often and there's always other great games to play. Well, we always know when we pull out Saga, it's going to be a great time.
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