I painted a few 28mm vikings (brief Ravenfeast report Aug 17)

[Aesthete]

looks great to me, what I really like to see is the improvements from the first figures ion this thread to the newest, keep it more and more pics is allways welcome

looks great to me, what I really like to see is the improvements from the first figures ion this thread to the newest, keep it more and more pics is allways welcome

Thanks! If I only I painted a bit faster....

[Tordenkuglen]

Thanks! If I only I painted a bit faster....

dont we all wish to?

[Aesthete]

So yeah, a few years pass but I got an actual game in using a good number of the miniatures from this thread (I need to paint more, obviously - ended up conscripting some Norman archers to one of the viking warbands because I don't have any painted vikings with bows).

I tried out Ravenfeast with my boy and did a little writeup on my blog: https://miniaturefront.blogspot.com/2023/08/ravenfeast-first-battle.html

The summary is: we enjoyed ourselves, the rules are good but if you get bogged down on shield wall on shield wall action it gets a little sloggy (but that's probably historically accurate).

[rumacara]

Very nice game.
Ravenfeast is a nice set of rules. If you try their facebook page they have there more ideas for other factions and other periods too.
For the shieldwall, try to have 1 or 2 figures flanking or rear attack the shieldwall and you will see it break faster.

[Aesthete]

Very nice game.
Ravenfeast is a nice set of rules. If you try their facebook page they have there more ideas for other factions and other periods too.
For the shieldwall, try to have 1 or 2 figures flanking or rear attack the shieldwall and you will see it break faster.

Yeah that makes sense... and it'll add a nice level of intensity to the battles between competing flankers.

One thing I wasn't sure of is whether people in the rear rank of the shield wall can leave the formation or whether you're required to dissolve the shield wall if anyone leaves.

[rumacara]

I usually play without no one leaving the shieldwall or else it is broken.
Yet and according to the rules you only have a minimum of miniatures required in the shieldwall so i gess its a option the way you play. And it makes sense if you use 1 or 2 figures of the rear rank and try to flank the oposite shieldwall.