tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097704878341971278.post579786033285543731..comments2024-03-04T08:13:05.340+00:00Comments on Harold's Revenge: Canterbury SAGA Day 2015Leehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01262838777862575100noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097704878341971278.post-43082088123319469912015-05-23T14:46:27.988+01:002015-05-23T14:46:27.988+01:00We both had a great time and learnt quite a bit to...We both had a great time and learnt quite a bit too. I think we really fell on our feet when I joined the local club. Great bunch and lots of games! If your ever in Kent on a Friday, give us a shout! Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262838777862575100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097704878341971278.post-50296498195741155682015-05-23T14:02:22.862+01:002015-05-23T14:02:22.862+01:00Seems like a blast, would love to have this many S...Seems like a blast, would love to have this many SAGA players/Warbands to play against :)Chico Dankshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16209424634551876747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097704878341971278.post-88216714085582747922015-05-19T16:39:06.736+01:002015-05-19T16:39:06.736+01:00Interestingly, in their first game against Norse G...Interestingly, in their first game against Norse Gael and Rus Princes this is exactly what happened. The Rus Princes had only three units - two 12 man hearthguard and a warlord. The Norse Gael and Rus Princes charged forward causing quite a bit of concern to the Strathclyde and Pagan Rus in the first turn. However, they were hammered from turn 2 onwards and had to concede the game with almost their entire force destroyed. In our game we held back and counter attacked when able, taking out most Pagan Rus hearthguard in the process. The problem with rushing forward was loading up dice on SAGA abilities and then pushing a unit forward to hit hard with enough dice left to activate a *second* unit. The Pagan Rus would allow a unit to get to an isolated location and then use Frozen to stop any further activations. The mistake we made was not getting back to our base line quickly enough and loosing figures to Endless Wastes. The deployment rules meant most units were more than L from the table edge from the outset. We learnt a lot during the game! Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262838777862575100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097704878341971278.post-65609291668175942632015-05-19T16:11:46.039+01:002015-05-19T16:11:46.039+01:00Hmm, perhaps there is another alternative when fac...Hmm, perhaps there is another alternative when facing that latter historically-unlikely alliance. Since the Strathclyde had units off the table, you presumably outnumbered the enemies that were *on* the table. Could you have charged forward and spanked them with everything you had, before the losses from harassment built up too much?Colgar6https://www.blogger.com/profile/07636662295301222390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097704878341971278.post-41450932954397650222015-05-19T06:58:46.591+01:002015-05-19T06:58:46.591+01:00Since the Strathclyde and Pagan Rus had obliterate...Since the Strathclyde and Pagan Rus had obliterated Norse Gaels and Rus Princes in their first game, I thought we were going to get well and truly spanked! So holding them to a draw (if only by one point) was a result we were more than happy with... Events like this are great fun, especially when playing in teams. The interaction and discussion of tactics makes for an entertaining day so definitely worth doing if you can. Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01262838777862575100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5097704878341971278.post-60575365290336187732015-05-19T03:04:58.379+01:002015-05-19T03:04:58.379+01:00Holy crap indeed! That is a horrific combo to deal...Holy crap indeed! That is a horrific combo to deal with. You are lucky to come away with a draw. I am hoping to get a few more lads on this side of the pond together to do this. Now that we have a few more armies painted or bought we can loan them out to our other buddies. Now we just need to talk them into it;) <br /><br />Cheers<br />KevinKevinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07496898036305134720noreply@blogger.com