A couple of weeks back I had the chance to get a game of Saga in with Duncan and Mike...it had been some time since I had put a warband on the table so I was pretty pumped to get my Crusaders into the field. Similar to last time, my force looked great, but hit the field rather horseless...that's okay, I haven't had a serious go at trying to paint horses yet and given where my painting is at these days I am pretty happy with my current warband.
Anyhow, the game went pretty smooth, luckily for me the guys have a great grip on the ruleset and battleboard which let me focus on trying to relearn as much as possible and get engaged. If I remember correctly, the scenario was the multi-player scenario from the book (I think there may only be one) and it came down to collecting as many points as possible...the warlord collected points by making charges (a little tough for grunts, pretty cool for horse soldiers), survivability, kill numbers, and killing the other warlord.
At the end, Duncan came in first, I was second, and Mike took final slot...to be fair, Mike did an excellent job of placing his troops in very accessible positions. So yeah, he generously set up his force equitably...and Duncan and I may have made some liberties with that.
I'll do my best to write some narrative as the pics go by...but please enjoy them nonetheless. Cheers.
Initial setup...ish. This is near the beginning of our first turn. Duncan has deployed to the left, Mike is at top of the field with some of his force, the remainder is in mid-field mixing it up with my Foot Soldiers. They took an initial charge from Mike's cavalry and some hits between his archers and my crossbowman.
bit of a close-up...lost a couple of men, took an archer or two with them...
The battle board...some very awesome abilities there...the board feels very crusadery...very apropos...
The Soldiers take another round of hits...Mike moves his troops forward, Duncan harasses his lines with charges and special moves
Mike's archers finally fall to my crossbowman...his cavalry take a beating from Duncan...and I slowly move my grunts forward with my Warlord prodding them along.
My lone Soldier squares of against the galloping horde...dies a true crusader death...
My warriors move forward and have varied success mixing it up...
The rest of the force make their way to supporting my crossbowman...
the crossbowman join their crusading brothers in the light...between the pics, Mike's troops are taken apart piecemeal by both Duncan and I, his Warlord goes out swinging, and Duncan and I start getting some close range contact. AND then we run out of time. All in all, an other excellent game.
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