"Anglo-Danes v. Normans - a SAGA AAR" Topic

Scrivs and I fought another epic Dark Age clash over in Nether Mansfield last night.
Here's a couple of teaser pics:

Full report over on my blog

Good looking game, guys …

Phil

Nice looking game.
Thanks,
Clif

Cool stuff.

Now that is a true Saxon warlord!

Sounds like a lot of fun

Good looking game. I bought the rules the other week and am getting the earlier set tonight.

Great pictures

Craig

Very nice.

I am surprised by the lack of Norman Levies with their easy to gain SAGA ability of 24" shooting .. :O

He has a unit of serjeants with crossbows, which are IMO a better choice.
I don't think you ever want/need more than a single shooting unit in a game of SAGA if you're using A-D, Norman or Vikings – Welsh, Scots and Bretons may be a different matter.
Add in the fact that levy don't generate SAGA dice and I'm not convinced they're that good a choice.
Especially not when playing Anglo-Danes when the inevitable Intimidation means you'll be needing to use three of your precious SAGA dice to get off a single round of six shots. Much better off spending those dice on getting your knights charging home I reckon.

Thanks for all the feedback chaps, glad you enjoyed it.

Tom

If you use the Norman knights to spearhead your attack you'll lose in my experience. The knights fight no better than anyone else when they get counter-attacked.
Normans are a shooty army, with knights to finish off the demoralised enemy. You want crossbows and bow armed levies.
Remember the Norman ability to get a free second round of shooting with no fatigue, and to re-roll shooting dice.
You can get 20 shooting dice per turn with re-rolls.

Very nice pics. I ned them for my castles.