SAGA Grand Melee

 

This past Saturday, I attended the SAGA Grand Melee which was put together by David. He has done a great job in the past year with a monthly SAGA Nights. I played 3 games and although I won none of them, they were all close and I had an enormous amount of fun. I played my Seljuks in each game. We all played the same 3 scenarios and opponents were generated by scores in the previous games. Scores were determined by Massacre Points but this was adjusted by Success in Capturing Objectives.

Seljuks (7 SAGA Dice)

Warlord

2 units of Mounted Warriors with Composite Bows

3 units of Foot Warriors

1 unit of Levy Bowmen

The 24 foot warriors were in 2 units of 10 and 1 unit of 4. 

Game 1-Desecration

This was against Luis's Jomsvikings. 

Result 16-10 Massacre Points in favour of the Jomsvikings, 12 to 8 Tournament Points in favour of Luis

Game 2-Capture

This was against George's Mutatawwi'ia

Result 21-17 Massacre Points in favour of the Seljuks, 12 to 8 Tournament Points in favour of George, winning because he had 2 captures with none by myself.

Game 3-Clash of Warbands

This was against Benoit's Welch

Result 23-14 Massacre Points in favour of the Welch, 13 to 7 Tournament Points in favour of Benoit

Summary

The winner of the Tournament was Karl (Franks) with 52 Points, Francois (Eastern Princes) came 2nd with 46 Points and Robbie (Irish) came 3rd with 45 Points. I got 23 Points coming in 12th out of 16.

the full results and lots of photos can be seen on the Saga Montreal FB.

Well my troops did not do that well, and I was clearly focused on killing my opponents rather than trying to get the objectives. I found the Capture Scenario, a little strange although the Desecration Scenario interesting. Oddly enough, the Clash of Warbands Scenario, without any objectives was my worst played.

But as noted above it was a ton of fun, and many thanks for David for putting it together.

Well that will be my last outing for 2024, a few less games than 2023 but a great year overall.