What to do with box of Rohan, box of orcs, box of barbs & bag of Victrix vikings

[Byrthnoth]

I had a look at Saga AoM and while I haven’t played it, it seems a bit clunky to me. Unless I was using things like big trolls and flying creatures, I’d just use Age of Vikings or one of the other historical settings and rename the battle board abilities to be appropriate to your fantasy setting. A lot of the abilities give bonuses for your units or weaken the enemy, which seems appropriate for a lot of middle earth style magic.

[Ogrob]

When it comes to Age of Magic, I don't think you need a spell caster. I think it should be fairly balanced to just have another point of troops. You will have fewer tactical options.

My preference for proxying Middle Earth forces in SAGA is the Age of Invasions book. Romans and Britons make good Gondor or Arnor proxies, Visigoths could be nice for Dwarfs, I use Ostrogoths for Rohan, and then you have Saxons, Franks and Huns for all sorts of aggressive horde style armies. Picts for anything that likes a nice forest to hang out in.

[Sunjester]

Can Midgard handle the tried and true square based rank and flank setup with movement trays a la WHFB? I've not seen anyone running it this way yet.

That's exactly what Midgard is, a rank and flank game with units having a 120mm frontage, depth depends on unit type/size of models. How you mount the minis is up to you, some people mount the units on a single base, others, like me, use sabot bases on existing minis.

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