A return to Saga : Dark Age Battle

We haven’t played Saga for what seems ages and ages. So it felt like a time to give it a go, start of the new year and all that. Anyway we enjoyed it so will definitely be having another game soon perhaps with my extended Crescent and Cross figures ?. Anyway onto the action, a small Viking raiding force has found its way somewhere on the east coast of Northumberland, having sailed their longboat upriver they have jumped ship in search of the usual loot, women plunder etc.......not too many photos today

The village is close to the river, Norsemen attacking from the left, the Saxons need bigger units to make the most of their battleboard and need to play slightly defensively, the Vikings are initially reluctant to rush in

A small unit of fearsome berserkers running through the wooded area 

The Saxon lord’s bodyguard are mounted making them very mobile but with only 4 in a unit although they are strong in combat they are culnerable to shooting so try to keep under cover

Come and have a go !

On the left of the village a unit of levy, despite being fairly soft use long ranged attacks and some clever shield play to defeat the first charge, with a large unit of warriors on the left as well this gives the Saxons the advantage

The Viking archers eventually get too close and are charged by the heavy Saxon cavalry, they are pushed back

The berserkers have been seen off, and the Vikings on the far side of the river are reluctant to charge into combat piecemeal, the Saxon levy take the opportunity to whittle the numbers down

....and suddenly the second unit of Saxon warriors appears from the left trapping the marauders, the Viking Bondi charge in death or glory style but the battle is really up, the Saxons can pick the remainder off unit by unit.

A fun game, unusually we always remember the Saxons being rubbish but they did really well today, may just have been luck, need to keep the units large to keep the bonuses. We’ll be back with Saga soon I hope.