| Jon and I played our first game of Saga- 3 points each and the mission was "Clash of Warlords". Though we didn't have TOO many rules fumbles, we are definitely not good enough yet to give a detailed AAR- so we'll largely let the pictures do the talking! The mission is the most straightforward- you win by killing your opponent's warlord! |
Steveaux The Handsome's Normans
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Jonvi the Dirty's Vikings
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| The board- Jon's Vikings all begin close in the bottom left. Normans spread out a bit more |
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| Jon's turn one dice allocations |
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| Normans on the flank |
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| The Bondi are the Warlord's bodyguard. |
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| Steveaux's brave forces |
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| Vikings move forward |
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| My battle board on turn 1. In the future I think I'll make sure to show the battle board before each turn |
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| Forward! |
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| End of turn one |
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| Top of 2 |
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| Jon's board |
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| Jon's Hearthguard come out swinging! |
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| He loses 3 and I lose 2. |
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| I can't actually remember what happened here- he may have activated him for a second time and charged again and lost? Either way, his Hearthguard unit was destroyed |
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| Norman board (I had 6 dice because I traded a banner to roll 2) |
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| The fatigued unit of 2 horsemen slam into Jonvi's Bondi, dispatching them handily |
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| Jon's force is looking thin as Steveaux and retinue slam into the Bondi! |
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| With forces coming in from the rear |
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| But then on Jon's turn he counter attacks, and capitalizes on the Norman fatigue! |
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| Steveaux falls in battle and just like that Jon wins the battle! |
I must say, I really liked the mechanics. The game played quick and save for a few minor things I think the rules made a ton of sense! As we go on I'm sure we'll realize a few things we did wrong, but I can happily say our first game was a ton of fun! Jon started his turn with something like 6 models while I had only lost 2- but with the sudden death of my warlord the game turned around in an instant- I always love then that happens even if it means I lost it!
