In a scenario that very much favoured the crude and coarse Ogres, the Vikings suffered terribly at the hands of these uncouth brutes. The oafish Ogres fielded a relatively sophisticated array of units, including a monstrosity, heavy artillery and hand-held cannons! The Vikings bravely attacked but were swept aside by these loutish slobs.
Pagan Saxons take on a warband of Norsemen. The Saxons were aided by an enslaved Ogre - Grendell (acting as a level 2 hero). He was forced to fight for his supper, but mainly just stomped about in a swamp for most of the game.
The highlights of the game were two hero challenges. The Norse commander slew the Saxon level 2 hero(es) - the brothers Hengist AND Horsa. Later the Saxon warlord slew the level 2 Norse hero. All in all, the Saxons achieved a hard fought victory.
Byzantines defeat a foce of western Norman knights. Most figures are by Fireforge Games.
As luck would have it, these Greek hoplites are all based on multiple bases, all of 50mm frontage, meaning that three bases of any troop type can be combined to produce 15cm frontaged units. This is not far off the 12cm frontage required for units in Midgard wargame rules and certainly makes them very playable. In fact placing units on hills etc is more doable, as the three-sectioned units are more flexible to position in and round terrain.
In this game the Thebans were unceremoniously routed after catastrophically losing two engagements against the Spartan hoplites in the centre of the battlefield. As usual 'bad dice' were blamed! The Theban Sacred Band was destroyed and their famed general - Epaminondas - was slain. The Spartiates, meanwhile, bulldozed everything before them. This is despite the Theban light cavalry and peltasts making some progress on the wings.
A game that demonstrates the flexibility of the Midgard system, as long as figures are on the same frontage bases. This is some kind of Gallic civil war using Italeri and Airfix 1/72 figures.
