The first shot has cards face down that represent where a potential Saxon force may be.
Close up of our "Ride".
We started next to our ship and the Saxons won the initiative and began to move back towards there village to defend it. On turn two we won the initiative and once we were within 12" the card was turned over to see if a Saxon force was located in that spot. As luck would have it the two end cards were the two Saxon forces. There is going to be a fight! I controlled the figures to the left of the picture Brian the ones to the right.
The THW rules makes every unit take reaction test to do anything. So nothing is a given. Brian sizes up his foe.
Brian's spearmen charge into the attack a few fellows have fallen.
My crazed Vikings charge into the mix.
My force as well as the Saxons have destroyed each other. The rules are quite bloody and I even switched up some modifiers on the fly to lessen the blood letting, but to no avail.
My leader stands alone at the top left of the image defiant to the end!
Brian fighting to the last man!
Total carnage!! Brian has 5 figures remaining with the Saxon leader standing alone.
We had a fun time. We are thinking of doing a short mini campaign with the larger group. I plan on adding in some giants, trolls, barbarians and some hobgoblins for more historic flavor! A few rules still need some ironing out and I want to put down on paper the battle tactics of each group the Vikings may be fighting in the future.
As always thanks for having a look.
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