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Santa, you bastard. Whatever idiot put these tiny catapults on my Naughty list has only themselves to blame.
Showing posts with label Vikings. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Vikings. Show all posts
Saturday, 23 December 2017
O Nager Night
Santa, you bastard. Whatever idiot put these tiny catapults on my Naughty list has only themselves to blame.
Monday, 8 May 2017
Wednesday, 21 December 2016
Battle at the Fords: Anglo-Saxons vs Vikings
And now for that most festive of Christmas traditions - Dark Age slaughter!
Ketill was angry after the attack on the tower failed. "If even the peasants in this land can beat us," he said, "there is little chance any of us will be remember fondly back home." His men didn't agree, as they all wanted nothing more than to go home and lick their wounds at this point, but they were all too scared of Ketill to say so.
Ketill made them row the boats a way up the river during the night while the Saxons were still celebrating their victory up on the hill. The river soon became marshy on one side, then the other, and finally there was nowhere to row as the bottom was too shallow and covered in reeds. Ketill knew where the Saxons had come from and reasoned their towns must be on the south bank, so he gave the order to put ashore there.
It was hard going wading through the marsh at night, and the men moaned a lot. But after some tough going, they reached a causeway made of reeds that clearly led somewhere.
"This is our chance for revenge," Ketill said. "Their town must be over there. We will burn it before dawn. Draw swords and tread light..."
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| "Dear Lindisfarne Monks, You were out when we called, so your sack and pillage has been left with a neighbour. Love and hugs, The Vikings." |
Ketill was angry after the attack on the tower failed. "If even the peasants in this land can beat us," he said, "there is little chance any of us will be remember fondly back home." His men didn't agree, as they all wanted nothing more than to go home and lick their wounds at this point, but they were all too scared of Ketill to say so.
Ketill made them row the boats a way up the river during the night while the Saxons were still celebrating their victory up on the hill. The river soon became marshy on one side, then the other, and finally there was nowhere to row as the bottom was too shallow and covered in reeds. Ketill knew where the Saxons had come from and reasoned their towns must be on the south bank, so he gave the order to put ashore there.
It was hard going wading through the marsh at night, and the men moaned a lot. But after some tough going, they reached a causeway made of reeds that clearly led somewhere.
"This is our chance for revenge," Ketill said. "Their town must be over there. We will burn it before dawn. Draw swords and tread light..."
It's All-Skype Fight Night!
Thursday, 15 October 2015
Clash of the Warlords: Anglo-Saxons vs Vikings
We're heading back to the Viking Age of SAGA! Having decided to make a proper go of it, we'll be sketching out a narrative as we play our way through the scenarios.
(this may be a different challenge to narrating fantasy, as you can't just make things up for historical fiction)
To the longships and start the outboard motors!
(this may be a different challenge to narrating fantasy, as you can't just make things up for historical fiction)
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| Erik the Viking, for example, was practically a documentary |
To the longships and start the outboard motors!
Sunday, 26 July 2015
King of the Hill: Vikings vs Anglo-Danes
On the same evening as our latest SkypeBoot, and as a change of pace from Age of Sigmar, we decided to play a skirmish game with a low model count, deceptively simple ruleset and faction-specific augmentations.
Pack up your horned helmets - we're off to the Viking Age to play SAGA!
Pack up your horned helmets - we're off to the Viking Age to play SAGA!
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| Bagsie I get to play Kirk |
Tuesday, 21 July 2015
Sunday, 19 July 2015
Age of Sigurd
A quick retreat to the Age of SAGA this week, in advance of a match next week. Time for a change of pace from 40k for a little, a felt, and indeed GW products. Also because who doesn't like Vikings?
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| Err, medieval monks? Anglosaxons? Probably quite a long list, actually. |
Tuesday, 14 April 2015
A Dram Afore Ye Go
Determined to leave behind a clean painting tray before I depart for the 'Boot on Friday, I really started regretting half-starting a bunch of things all at once when the Reaper box arrived and I was totally over excited.
But! I am nothing if not relentless with my painting. And there were a couple of essentials I needed to get done for the armies I'm handing over on arrival, so there was nothing to be done but spend my weekend evenings crouched furiously over the brushes.
In no particular order, and without a massive barrage of painting guides, here are the fruits of that cramped labour.
A Celtic Standing Stone, front and back, useful for scatter terrain:
But! I am nothing if not relentless with my painting. And there were a couple of essentials I needed to get done for the armies I'm handing over on arrival, so there was nothing to be done but spend my weekend evenings crouched furiously over the brushes.
In no particular order, and without a massive barrage of painting guides, here are the fruits of that cramped labour.
A Celtic Standing Stone, front and back, useful for scatter terrain:
Thursday, 2 April 2015
And now SAGA!
And so, on the 19th day of Einmánuður, Kraken and I departed from the true path and took a voyage into historical skirmish.
(On the downside: you get fewer Mutalith Vortex Beasts. On the upside: it's a lot harder for the creators to flush the entire fluff into a warp portal - not without some serious historiography at least)
What had caught my eye was SAGA, a Viking age skirmish game from Gripping Beasts. The basic rulebook incorporates everything from the Lindisfarne massacre to the Battle of Hastings, allowing you to play Vikings, Anglo-Danes, Welsh (yay!) or Normans. There are also expansion packs that add Irish, Anglo-Saxons, Scots etc.
(On the downside: you get fewer Mutalith Vortex Beasts. On the upside: it's a lot harder for the creators to flush the entire fluff into a warp portal - not without some serious historiography at least)
What had caught my eye was SAGA, a Viking age skirmish game from Gripping Beasts. The basic rulebook incorporates everything from the Lindisfarne massacre to the Battle of Hastings, allowing you to play Vikings, Anglo-Danes, Welsh (yay!) or Normans. There are also expansion packs that add Irish, Anglo-Saxons, Scots etc.
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