SAGA, end of season 4: the Burh

We played the Burh scenario from the Age of the Wolf campaign.  The Anglo-Danes were attacking a Norman village.
As with many things in AotW some of the scenario aspects were a bit vague.   Can mounted units cross the palisade/wall?  Can the defenders open the gate to go out?  Or come back in (for those that started outside?)

The layout:  the Anglo Danes attack from the left side.  They get points for every figure over the wall at the end of 7 turns.  Standard victory points for kills are added as well.

I had my warlord and 6 mounted warriors outside the wall on the left flank.

And 7 crossbow warriors on the right defending the wall.

Waiting in reserve was my hearthguard unit (10, including a warbanner).  After the first turn I had to roll a 6 on d6 for them to arrive.  How hard could that be?

The Anglo-Danes approach.  3 units of warriors and 1 unit of hearthguard (i forgot if this was 6 or 8 strong)

The first round of crossbow fire finds several victims.  The crossbowmen are then able to turn away the first unit of Anglo-Danes at the wall, but as it looks like they will be overwhelmed, I pulled them back.

Their expert shooting disappeared after that- they were not able to inflict anymore casualties before the Danes ran them down.

Outside my horsemen were too burdened with fatigue inflicted by Anglo dane battleboard abilities to get into the action.

Rogbert charged forward trying to lure out the Angle Warlord, but he was too cowardly to take the challenge.  I guess he felt too comfortable in his shiny new burgh.

So by turn 7 i was still not able to roll a "6" to bring on my reserve unit.  Garrett called it the "Death Star" because it was so potentially dangerous, just lurking over the horizon, but in the end I had to name them "Jeb Stuart", as they were riding all over the countryside except where I needed them.

Thus ended season 4 of our campaign.  A double loss season for the Normans.

The Anglo Danes and Anglo Saxons picked up a victory each while the Vikings stayed quiet and rebuilt their forces.

 We had a side game going on at the same time.  Dan walked Nate through the rules in a viking on viking hack fest.

They started off playing clash of warlords but Nate managed to kill Dan's warlord right off the bat, so they switched to a 2 player "Feast for crows".  Nate won by a few figures.

Battle-Troll: Pig hunting in the fjords

We got together to play a game of Howard's "Battle-Troll", a game of Norse dark age skirmish.

In this 4 player game, Howard and Nate played 2 viking bands coming to raid my village.  Dan took a band (my cousin from down the road) who would show up in the second turn.
Howard and Nate head across the beach.

Civilians run for their lives.

Outnumbered,  I held my shieldwall back hoping for reinforcements to arrive.

Howard gets to the village first.

He loots the first of the 3 houses and scores some pickled herring.

We taunt each other.

My shieldwall charges in, inflicting one casualty on a carl.

Dan arrives at the end of the turn.

Nate sends his forces against Dan.

Nate sends an axe through Dan's unhistoric helmet- killing him.

Victory is short lived, as Dan's hearthguard and carls swarm Nate and take him down with serious wounds.

Nate's carls flee for the ship.  Now outnumbered, Howard pulls back with his loot.

Dan's men give chase and catch up on the beach.

My men catch up as well, and in leader on leader combat, Howard's hero succumbs to wounds.

The remaining invaders hop in their ship and flee, leaving their leaders behind.  The pigs are safe!

AWI with "A Gentleman's War".

Loosely based on the Bennington scenario from the Black Powder Rebellion! Supplement.
We used different forces and slightly modified terrain (a house was substituted for the southern redoubt).
Cavalry were involved to playtest some rules.

Dan played the American forces entering on the right.  Howard played the Americans that would enter from the far left corner.  Reinforcements coming in after turn 1.

I played the crown forces, with Hessian s holding the redoubt and 2 British units holding the river ford.  I would get 2 units from the road after turn 2.

Dan got a series of activation cards in a row and pushed everyone up to the river.

He sent his dragoons across to test the British mettle.

They had plenty of metal as well, and saw the horses off.

Back at the redoubt,  Howard's troops made it on board and pushed out of the woods to storm the defenses.

In their best coordinated assault, 2 units of Americans went in to attack the Future Pennsylvanians.  At 24 dice to 12, i expected to get crushed...

But the dice were with the Hessians and they sent the Americans back down the hill.  After this, the Americans tried a few more times, but each attack was piecemeal and defeated.

Back at the river, Dan starts to send his militia across on a flanking manuever.

Steady, boys!  (Dan's figures from Front Rank)

The British charged, the mere threat sent the militia scrambling for the Green Mountains.  The unit across the tiver stood fast, delivering accurate fire that pushed the Brits back.

In turn 3 the Loyalist cavalry came storming down the road to the rescue.

With time about up, the US dragoons gave it one last charge....

...but the results were predictable of light cav against formed troops.

Altering history, the Crown retained possession of the redoubts, keeping the Hampshire Grants safe from American radicalism.
A fun game, thanks to my Gentlemen at arms.  All figures 28mm Perry, Foundry and Front Rank.  Houses are Dan's from 4Ground.  The redoubt is part of a fort my father made me some years ago.

SAGA campaign season 4: the Bones of Saint Winnifree

Age of the wolf Saga campaign Season 4.
Rogbert the Handsome has carved out an impressive holding in the British isle, making him the envy and target of his neighbors.
One of his land holdings contains the burial site of the bones of Saint Winnifree.  A nearby Anglo Saxon upstart has gotten into his mind to "liberate" these lands and moves in in force.
It is time to defend the sacred ground.

The Normans move into grab the sacred ground first.

They destroy a Saxon levy bowmen unit.

The Saxon shieldwall then advances, eliminating the Norman hearthguard.

The cost is too much for some moldy old bones.  Rogbert retreats, leaving the sacred ground to the Saxon Pig.

Take the gold pieces and run, Part 2

9The second installment of our Lord of the Rings SBG/dungeon game.
Our Dwarven King candidates continue to loot the Mines of Moria.

Dan sends his pet stone golem to fight the cave troll.

Howard finds a secret passage into a cavern passagway.  There, a helpfull little fellow tries to convince him to take a certain corridor.

After defeating the cave troll, Dan uses the Golem to hold off the goblins as he heads into the caverns.

Howard declines the help of the cavern dweller, and moves first into the caverns, viewing the bridge of kazud-dur.

Being a more trusting sort, Dan follows the helpful fellows advice and heads down the passage looking for a secret exit.

Howard clears and loots the goblins sacrificial chamber.

Howard heads across the bridge, noticing a deadly trap just in time.

The King clears the bridgehead.  His last warrior is shot down from goblin arrows in the back.

Howard's king and one hearthguard are all that limp out of the mines of moria.

After escaping the maze of caverns the little fellow sent them down, Dan's group exits the mines back the way the came.

After adding up the loot, Howard came away with 500gp worth of relics.  Dan came home with 800gp.
Dan is the new high king!

A link to Dan's report:
 http://laststandatcairngorm.blogspot.com/2017/07/the-way-out.html?m=1