Tom came by tonight for some games of
Saga! In our first game we played "The Challenge". Tom's warband consisted of one unit of 8 Hearthguard, 3 units of 8 warriors, and 1 unit of levy archers. My list was one unit of 8 Knights, 2 units of 4 knights, one unit of Sergeants with Crossbows, and a unit of peasant archers.
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| The board |
The Vikings from left to right: Warriors, Warriors and Archers (behind the house), Warriors, and Hearthguard (with white bases up front).
The Normans from left to right: Knights, Knights, Big unit of Knights, crossbows, archers.
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| The Challenge is issued |
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| Normans rush down the road |
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| Vikings |
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| Archers prepare to make a fortified position in the hut. |
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| Looking towards the crossroads |
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| vikings! |
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| Top of 1 |
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| Vikings move up, archers move into the building |
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| Archers |
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| Tom's warlord charges, but no damage is done |
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| Bottom of 1 |
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| The big charge! (incidentally- we were totally confused as to whether only one model could "engage" the warlord or not- any thoughts?) |
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| Tom's Warlord is wounded gravely! |
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| Yeowch! |
Tom had some ridiculously poor rolling, and I rolled really well!
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| Top of 2 (ish- Tom had already used a die or two- sorry!) |
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| WAAAAGGGHHH- I mean uh... VAAALLHAALALLLAAAAAAAA!!! |
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| The killing field. |
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| Preparing to shoot, then charge. Bottom of 2 |
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| Knights charge in |
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| But are quickly cut down by a swift counter attack! |
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| Bottom of 3. |
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| Crossbows tear into some Vikings! |
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| Knights move for a flank maneuver. |
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| Top of 4 |
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| Amid the bloodbath, the Warlord and some remaining Bondi charge Steveaux |
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| Steveaux escapes mostly unscathed, and wipes out the Bondi! |
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| Flanking Knights wipe out another unit of Bondi. |
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| In the bottom of the turn crossbows move out, and open up. |
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| As the game nears its end, a Bondi force and the warlord charge again! |
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| And whiff! |
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| The game ends. Steveaux charges and uses every available die to wipe out Tom's warlord. |
This was a fun game, but that early charge on Tom really sealed his fate. The Normans being able to close so much ground so quickly and bring the pain is a huge advantage in this particular mission.
Tom came by tonight for some games of Saga! In our first game we played "The Challenge". Tom's warband consisted of one unit of 8 Hearthguard, 3 units of 8 warriors, and 1 unit of levy archers. My list was one unit of 8 Knights, 2 units of 4 knights, one unit of Sergeants with Crossbows, and a unit of peasant archers.
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