SAGA Night-Seljuks vs Normans

 

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We had our monthly SAGA meet-up last night at the Abyss, I believe there 3 games with 6 players. I played against Michel for the first time. We decided to play the Desacralisation scenario from the SAGA Tournament handbook. This was practice for the Grand Melee which is scheduled for next Saturday. Michel played his Normans and I played the Seljuks.

Normans (6 SAGA Dice)

3 units of Mounted Hearthguards in 2 groups

2 units of Levy Bowmen

1 unit of Mounted Warriors with Javelins

Seljuks (7 SAGA Dice)

2 units of Mounted Composite Bow Warriors

1 unit of Levy Bowman

3 unit of Foot Warriors in 3 groups

Game

Of course I forgot to take photos until the end. We both played quite aggressively so by the end of the game there were very few troops on either side. The scenario required that we place 3 markers each and by taking our opponent's markers we could restrict the number of survival points that each player would get at the end of the game. I was able to capture 2 markers while Michel got one. This restricted myself to a maximum of 24 points while Michel had 16. When we totalled up the survival points, I had a slight edge of 22 to 20 which would have meant a draw, but because of the markers I won by 22 to 16. Certainly a novel mechanism. I should say both of us had several shots at taking out the markers and they were difficult to capture.

Turn 5 was the last, as you can see not much left.

Norman Levy Bowmen

The Seljuk Warriors charging the Norman Levy

I just could not beat these Norman Javelins

It was a fun game and I did learn a few things, this was the 3rd outing for my Seljuks and they finally won.