The other night I went out to Ron Bingham's to play a game of Saga at his place. Joining us were also J.D. and Malcolm. These are all capital gents, who by the cruelty of Geography, I don't get the pleasure of gaming with all that often. I was happy to roll dice with them!
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| Normans square off against the Byzantines |
Ron's Byzantines consisted of 4 units: 1 mounted Hearthguard, 1 mounted Hearthguard with bows, 1 foot Hearthguard, and 1 levy bow javelin unit.
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| Norman Crossbows setup with excellent fields of fire. |
My Normans were 2 units of mounted Hearthguard, 1 unit of mounted Warriors, and 1 unit of Warrior crossbowmen.
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| The Normans in all their splendor. |
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| Byzantine Kataphraktoi! |
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| Ron's Cavalry |
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| The board |
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| Normans have a general advance |
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| Javelins move forward |
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| The Normans prepare for the charge |
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| The view from the Byzantine side |
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| The Normans come out swinging! The Byzantine cavalry and javelins suffer the brunt of the ire. |
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| Cavalry squaring off |
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| The Kataphraktoi find themselves in a precarious situation |
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| And because of their poor armor in melee, the Norman Hearthguard are able to ride them down. |
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| The Byzantines are left with few men |
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| When the rest of the Norman force charges in, the Byzantine warlord watches the cavalry advancing... |
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| And yields 'ere the Normans have his head |
This was a fun game with Ron, who doesn't have a lot of games under his belt. Pretty straight forward tactics with the Normans- shoot with my crossbows and charge when the dice are right. Thanks Ron for having me up!
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And here's a few more pictures from my 2nd game with Malcolm. This game saw my same Norman force face his Vikings which consisted of 1 8 man Hearthguard Unit, 1 12 man Levy unit, and 1 Berserker Unit.
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