Vikings Campaign Update

Hi all!
Well last Wednesday I ran a game of Sword and Spear for three club members. The scenario was a pitched battle between the invading Danish Vikings and the defending troops from Wessex.

Here is the results of the first turn of the Campaign. The year 840.

The Norwegian Vikings invaded and defeated the Scottish troops so now Scotland is under Norwegian control. Also with the victory over the troops of Wessex the Danish Vikings claim title to the lands of Wessex.

 Here is an updated map with flags that I could find that are close to historically correct. so in the year 845 the Danish Vikings will attack West Frankia while West Frankia attacks East Frankia. This could be a very interesting turn for the Frankish Empire.  It means I have to get painting!!! more Franks!!!

Below are some pictures of the game. The game went well and after a few turns everyone was into the rules and I did not have to guide the play much. It was a good battle, very close run game for the Vikings, who were able to win but they almost lost the game.

The initial setup, Wessex on the left and the Vikings on the right

Hand to Hand combat!

Close up of the Vikings line of battle!

The Troops of Wessex put up a good fight!

The Armies start to move closer to battle.

More hand to hand combat!

The Wessex Cavalry catch the Viking archers in the flank.

Close up of the action

One of the Viking Huscarl units fights to the death!

End game. The Wessex troops reach there Army break point limit and call it a day!

My game for International Naval Wargames Day!

HI everyone!
Well I have finished playing my Naval Wargame to celebrate the International Naval Wargames Day.
I pained up one more of my 6mm Viking ships, the one with the blue and gray sail in the pictures, and I build a paper 6mm Saxon Wolfship from Roman Seas PDF ships. The ships were fun to paint up and build and I think it allows for some interesting future games. I don't know of anyone making 6mm Saxon ships in pewter.

Two small Viking ships out looking for a fight!

The Wessex Ship!

The rules!

Today, I used a new set of rules today, I wanted something that covered the Vikings and other nations and I found Ad Mari Bellum over on Wargamers Vault. They are intended for larger battles but it worked out just fine with my small number of ships.

It was a simple scenario, attack each other and see who wins the day. The Saxon ship is from the Kingdom of Wessex and the two Viking ships are Danish Vikings.

The Wessex ship gets to move multiple times due to random activation.

The Danes move in a coordinated way.

Still closer.

The Wessex ship moves into missile range of the Vikings.

The Wessex ship fires arrows at the Viking ship and kills some of the crew.

I used my coins that I make for damage and casualty markers. The silver coins represent losses of crew and the gold coins represent damage to the structure of the ship.

The Vikings get the first activation of the second turn and both ships contact the Wessex ship.

Now all ships get to fire missiles at each other.

Here are the dice rolls, things are looking good for the Vikings.

The Danish ship with the blue and gray sail scores structural damage on the Wessex ship.

The Viking ship with the red and black sail cause loss of crew on the Wessex ship.

The Wessex ship fires back at the Danish Viking ship it had shoot at before and scores a structural hit.

Now to the ramming, the dice show the unmodified dice rolls.

Here are the modified dice roll for the ram between the Wessex ship and the Danish viking ship with the blue and gray sail.

The results of the collision are that the Wessex ship is wrecked, which means it starts to sink!

The victorious Danish Viking ships continue their travels.

The winners!!!

The game was fun and the rules worked well, they are designed to all for large battles so I guess I just need to paint up more Viking ships and build more Saxon ships and we can have some big naval battles.

I hope you all enjoyed this, I know I did.

Have a good week!