Myself and Adam got together for our regular SAGA game last night at the Hobby Bunker. We both had obtained our Age of Magic SAGA source books last weekend at Huzzah but we really have not had a good look yet so we went with the Viking Age warbands. I again fielded my Skraelings and Adam this time decided to bring his Irish. I really dislike fighting the Irish as their BB is quite a challenge.
We again played the Chaos setup from the Book of Battles and ended up with the following:
Scenery-Bleak Moor-(standard set up)
Deployment-Pitched Battle (18" deployment area on player's table edge with a split army)
Special Rule-Fog (no shooting or charge beyond M in first 3 turns)
Victory Conditions-Carnage (Survival points rather than Massacre points)
Game Length-Cautious (5 turns only)
Irish
Warlord
2 Curaidh
Javelin-armed Hearthguard-1
Javelin-armed Warriors-3
Wolfhounds-1
Skraelings
Warlord
Javelin-armed Warriors-5
Bow-armed Levy-1
On to penultimate turn, I advance 2 units of Warriors and my Warlord to the scrubland, this is quite sucessful with both shooting and melee going to my advantage...... |
It was a fun game. I really felt I was done for most of the game as my initial set up was poor and my right flank collapsed almost immediately. I did push back on my left flank and was relatively successful and could have won the game if I had not royally screwed up my last move.
So an 18-18 point tie. It was a fun game, the Book of Battles really has changed the game of SAGA, as every game is quite different and we have not even got past the first chapter.
We might see some Age of Magic in our next game but it will take some planning, we will have to see.
A nice looking game...and an intense 18 vs 18 points!
ReplyDeleteA nail-biter this time!
ReplyDeleteIt was a fun game.
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