The Invasion of King Canute- a Saga 6 Player Mega Battle

The Invasion of King Canute
Six player SAGA battle

In September 1015 King Canute assembled a combined force of Vikings to conquer England and Anglo-Saxon King Edmund Ironside gathered his forces to defend the nation. We hoped to recreate the flavour of this conflict with a big 3 against 3 game of SAGA using the ‘Brothers in Arms’ scenario rules. We were playing on an 8ft by 3ft battlefield and the game took around 3 and a half hours to play.

The Danes
Commanded by the Ainsworth clan: Alan, Chris and Matt.
Anglo-Danish warband: King Canute, 8 Hearthguard, 8 Warriors, 8 Warriors, 8 Warriors
Anglo-Danish warband: Stigand (Religious advisor warlord), 6 Hearthguard, 6 Hearthguard, 12 Warriors, 4 Warriors, 12 Levy
Norse Gael warband: Standard Warlord, 4 Hearthguard, 4 Hearthguard, 6 Warriors with dane axes, 6 Warriors with dane axes, 12 warriors with javelins, Religious advisor priest

The Anglo-Saxons
Commanded by Jim and Joe with Scot allies commanded by Collette.
Anglo-Saxon warband: Edmund Ironside (standard warlord), 10 Warriors, 11 Warriors, 11 Warriors, 12 levy, 8 Flemish Mercenaries.
Anglo-Saxon Warband: Eadnoth (Enlightened Priest warlord), 12 warriors, 4 warriors, wandering bard, 12 levy, 12 mounted Hearthguard.
Scot Warband: Religious Advisor warlord, 8 Warriors, 8 Warriors, 8 Warriors, 8 Heathguard, 12 levy with javelins, wandering bard.

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Behind Enemy Lines Episode 8

The Behind Enemy Lines Podcast is back with even more news, AARs, and engaging topics!

Download the file here

Nukes fall, dark ages happen, and life continues in a post-apocalyptic world. Join us for yet another report from Behind Enemy Lines!  

In Act I, the guys report on some wargaming n00b news and rumours.  

In Act II, we discuss our AARs and answer some probing questions from our listeners.  

In Act III, the guys run through the very basics of Saga and introduce our new favourite game: This Is Not A Test...

Want to join the conversation? Please sound off in the comments below, or let us know on our forum!

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Picture Dump from the NOVA Open 2012.

Thursday and Friday of Labor Day weekend, Tom and I rode up to the Nova Open to play in the friday 1500 point Early War tournament.  We got there fairly early Thursday night and took the opportunity to get some gaming in!

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Pictures from Historicon!

Here's a picture dump of some pictures Dirty Jon and I took at Historicon.  A lot of these were posted on our Twitter, so if you aren't following us- fix that!


Off we go!

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Measuring Sticks and Flight Stands by Corsec Engineering

Corsec Engineering, makers of all kinds of neat odds and ends for use in gaming, send us some measuring sticks and flight stands for review!

The stuff

All the parts included with their flight stand

We'll start by taking a look at their flight stand.  This flight stand is fully compatable with their extensive Omni-Stand system that essentially allows you to extend altitude in increments, as well as attach different adapters to the top to fit a wide variety of needs.

The particular flight stand pictured starts with their Aerial Support Base which is specifically made to hold an airplane die for use with Flames of War.  Next, is a 1.5" Omni Stand.  These stands are threaded on both ends so you can extend them to show altitude.  Finally, there are a variety of "toppers".  Here you see one of my Check Your 6! planes mounted on a sphere magnet allowing you flexibility in the aircraft's facing.

Sphere magnet

Climb!

Pictured here is a small mount ideal for smaller miniatures.

Small, discrete mount.

Which brings me to the mounting peg.  Ideally these would probably be drilled into and attached to the miniatures, but I found the extra height made them work out okay with my existing magnets.  As a bonus, the post itself is not magnetized, which is good since my Flames of War planes are all of the same polarity (which is opposite of the cool ball-mount you saw above with my CY6 planes!)

The steel post

Vroom vroom!

The only drawback with not having these actually drilled into the model is that it isn't super sturdy.  The plane is fine, but tipping it too far will make the plane fall.  Not a big deal- I am using them in a way they're not intended after all.

But the real joy is the little seat for the plane die!

And here it is next to the Flames of War stand.

The stands are nice, and inexpensive.  I also like their flexibility.  The stand as assembled above is around $4USD.  Useful for Flames of War to be sure, but for any kind of flying mounts where you need a bunch of them, their low cost and flexibility makes them a really attractive solution.  They aren't quite as aesthetically pleasing, but the functionality makes them very competetive.

Now on to the measuring sticks!  Included is a 16" and a 6" stick.

Similar to the omni stands, each individual piece of the omni-ruler is threaded so you can quickly get any distance you'd like.  Each segment is 1", and come in 2 flavors: "segment" and "end cap".  You can mix and match colors to build your own sets.  Check them out on their site here: Omni-Ruler

They're light weight (so won't scratch your models), easy to work with, and attractive.  I *really* like these measuring sticks and plan to use them exclusively for Saga.  In fact, I can't think of anything that'd make these guys better.

4", 6", 12".  Perfect for Saga!

In conclusion these are some really great accessories to pick up!  They're very affordable, attractive, and useful.  Can't go wrong!

Flight Stands: 7/10 bi-planes.
Omni-Ruler: 14/14 Norman Knights.

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Measuring Sticks and Flight Stands by Corsec Engineering

Corsec Engineering, makers of all kinds of neat odds and ends for use in gaming, send us some measuring sticks and flight stands for review!

The stuff

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What's been going on over at The Tapestry?

Since we all got caught with the Saga bug there haven't been all that many "Somethin' Else Sundays" around here!  So here's an opportunity to get you fellow Sagamites and would-be Sagamites caught up with all that's gone down on The Tapestry!

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Somethin' Else Sunday: Viking Bondi

WWPD has talked on both the podcast and the forum about trying other stuff on Sundays.  I present for your amusement my Vikings for Gripping Beast's SAGA!

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Somethin' Else Sunday: SAGA Vikings

WWPD has talked on both the podcast and the forum about trying other stuff on Sundays.  I present for your amusement my Vikings for Gripping Beast's SAGA!

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