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Miniatures Adventure => Medieval Adventures => Topic started by: Patrice on November 03, 2015, 08:21:03 PM
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Um, yes I know, the name "drakkar" is not correct (invention of 19th C. French scholars for a Viking longship) but it's so practical…
A Viking game we played last Saturday at a local club near Lorient (Brittany).
There were 6 players (3 Vikings and 3 defenders). Ruleset : « Argad ! »
The Vikings had to pillage the village (to search the houses and pens for barrels and farm animals); the defenders had to carry away their barrels and animals, and kill as many Vikings as possible.
Somewhere near the coast (probably in Brittany)…
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/a.jpg)
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/b.jpg)
A child has just seen three Viking ships landing on the beach: people run out of the vilage, taking their cattle with them!
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/c.jpg)
The invaders walk in three groups…
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/d.jpg)
…a few defenders come hastily from a nearby watchtower and try to delay them:
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/e.jpg)
A courageous Viking javelinman runs towards the local bowmen…
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/f.jpg)
…who quickly recoil to protect themselves behind a small group of spearmen; this allows the right flank of the Viking troops to form a shield-wall and continue to advance.
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/g.jpg)
The Viking central troop is searching the village:
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/h.jpg)
On the other side of the valley, the third Viking troop advances in small woods. The (real) sunlight shines on the battlefield…
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/i.jpg)
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Some cavalry, alerted by a fire light by the watchtower guards, enter table!
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/j.jpg)
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/k.jpg)
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/l.jpg)
The Viking right flank leader, fearing to be outflanked by cavalry, decides to break the shield wall and to run back, pursued by a handful of local warriors on foot…
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/m.jpg)
…who don't insist when the Vikings reform between the village and the coast.
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/n.jpg)
The Vikings see a few sheep and barrels in the nearest pen; they say they cannot leave them there; their right flank advances again (view from the Viking side):
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/o.jpg)
The Vikings collect the last barrels and sheep they can reach.
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/p.jpg)
On the other side of the village the situation is very different: fighting in small woods, the Viking left flank had slowly suffered many casualties from peasants and slingers.
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/q.jpg)
"A horse, my drakkar for a horse!" Wounded, the Viking left flank commander seizes a wandering horse (who was amongst the farm animals) and mounts it… but he is killed just before he can ride away.
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/planvour-01-11-2015/r.jpg)
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Nice looking game and good report.
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Very nice 8)
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Your table and terrain look fantastic. Lovely eye candy.
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Great stuff...lovely table!
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Nice terrain and AAR. :-* :-*
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Wonderful table!
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Interesting read and nice visuals. Thanks for sharing
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Excellent looking table, especialy the village buildings. Some lovely figures and a great battle report. Thanks for sharing.
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Amazing looking set up and game :)
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Gorgeous table!
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Impressive be good to have a close up of the ship? Great looking terrain and write up.
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Impressive array of Early Medieval types- looks like you guys had a lot of fun too which is what it is all about at the end of the day :)
Darrell.
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Thanks guys. It was a very simple scenario.
Impressive be good to have a close up of the ship?
(http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/sk/viking1-16eost2014/viking1-003.jpg)
I'm not sure where our friend bought it from.
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Judging by what I can see of the miniatures rowing the boat it looks like the Gripping Beast model Patrice.
Darrell.
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This was a very believable scenario, typical for the period and beyond, in fact.
Dan
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Thank you - that is a very lovely vessel - I am currently looking at options for a Viking longship.
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Thanks. :)
I didn't plan this thread resurrection lol it happened because of a new and interesting thread in the Fantasy board: :D
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=138326.msg1759217#msg1759217
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Lovely looking game!
Um, yes I know, the name "drakkar" is not correct (invention of 19th C. French scholars for a Viking longship) but it's so practical…
I didn't know this, so thanks!
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Lovely game! Great looking longship!
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Thanks. :)
I didn't plan this thread resurrection lol it happened because of a new and interesting thread in the Fantasy board: :D
https://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=138326.msg1759217#msg1759217
lol lol lol I've just read the thread you refered to and we played a similar game to yours a week ago.
Your table looks great as does the ship. Very pleased the thread was resurrected.
Cheers
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Thanks again. :)
I didn't know this, so thanks!
"Longship" sounds good in English but does not practically translate into French ("long bateau" sounds clumsy) so we say "drakkar" which is well recognised by French dictionaries although not really correct. Same for "menhir" a word invented in the late 18th century by French scholars trying to use Breton words to mean "stone - long", long stone, altough the preferred name in Breton is "peulven" or "peulvan", pillar (of) stone. The word "dolmen" is also questionable, etc.
Very pleased the thread was resurrected.
:D There are links to other old threads on the Argad ruleset webpage, some of which could give ideas to play with other rules if wished, scroll down to the bottom of the page to see them:
http://www.argad-bzh.fr/argad/en.html
...but please don't resurrect them all or I'll soon get in trouble with the LAF admins. :D lol lol