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Author Topic: 878 VIKINGS Invasion of England  (Read 1934 times)

Offline frenchfever

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878 VIKINGS Invasion of England
« on: November 22, 2017, 07:11:04 PM »
Brillant game and material !  the tiny minis  12 mm are pretty cool, was pretty painful to paint but after 10 hours of painting, it's done

here some pics, i hope the Heathens will like it  :D

it doesn't reflect the actual games ,it s just a set up for showing the painted minis

Castles are not accurate to the 9 th century but working good on the map,  villages are modified with wooden fences , both from GW mighty empires




















Offline Marine0846

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Re: 878 VIKINGS Invasion of England
« Reply #1 on: November 23, 2017, 02:00:28 AM »
What a really cool looking game.
How does it play?
I am off to find a copy of it.
Semper Fi, Mac

Offline Sir_Theo

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Re: 878 VIKINGS Invasion of England
« Reply #2 on: November 23, 2017, 07:05:02 AM »
Nice! Still waiting for mine:(

Some rumours that the distributor has run out of copies, which seems a bit much as they would have known how many KS copies were due....

Offline frenchfever

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Re: 878 VIKINGS Invasion of England
« Reply #3 on: November 23, 2017, 10:17:21 AM »
What a really cool looking game.
How does it play?
I am off to find a copy of it.

it plays great for 1-2 hours   

Light and well made Wargame , card driven and Dices for fight

you can find it in the USA for less than 60$ 

you can also get the rules in PDF in different site,   ACADEMY GAMES website and BGG

Offline miltiades

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Re: 878 VIKINGS Invasion of England
« Reply #4 on: November 23, 2017, 03:58:30 PM »
you have done a GREAT job here! Your miniatures look wonderful - I thought they were 20 mm (as in most games). They look so nice ! I dont know the game but I would  like to know more about it

Offline Marine0846

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Re: 878 VIKINGS Invasion of England
« Reply #5 on: November 23, 2017, 06:48:23 PM »
May I ask,
are you showing the basic game,
or do you have some of the add on stuff in your photos?

Offline frenchfever

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Re: 878 VIKINGS Invasion of England
« Reply #6 on: November 24, 2017, 09:30:48 AM »
May I ask,
are you showing the basic game,
or do you have some of the add on stuff in your photos?

good question, it's the Kickstarter edition with age of expansion and streches goal  IT DOESNT INCLUDES VILLAGES AND CASTLES !

Age of expansion includes tokens and scenarios, like burning churches and others quests

the basic game is really enough unless you are a big fan or you don't have other games you play often

The basic game will includes the miniatures instead of cubes, for all worldwide release


Offline frenchfever

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Re: 878 VIKINGS Invasion of England
« Reply #7 on: November 24, 2017, 09:34:40 AM »
you have done a GREAT job here! Your miniatures look wonderful - I thought they were 20 mm (as in most games). They look so nice ! I dont know the game but I would  like to know more about it

you can visit the KICKSTARTER PAGE

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/617871702/878-vikings-invasions-of-england?ref=discovery

academy games website

https://academygames.com/games/878-vikings-invasions-of-england

Offline Anselm van Helsing

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Re: 878 VIKINGS Invasion of England
« Reply #8 on: November 24, 2017, 10:15:41 AM »
Very nice.

Now I want to do this for all my board/figure games!

Offline frenchfever

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Re: 878 VIKINGS Invasion of England
« Reply #9 on: November 24, 2017, 02:52:11 PM »
Very nice.

Now I want to do this for all my board/figure games!

it's a nice idea, and it works with everything, antics, middle age, post modern  :D

Offline Marine0846

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Re: 878 VIKINGS Invasion of England
« Reply #10 on: November 24, 2017, 05:09:12 PM »
frenchfever

Thanks for your answers about the game.

Offline Sir_Theo

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Re: 878 VIKINGS Invasion of England
« Reply #11 on: November 24, 2017, 06:05:31 PM »
Are the villages and castles from the old GW Mighty Empires set?

The Building miniatures expansion for the game has Viking houses and timber palisades to denote forts.

My set came today. Super impressive, especially the big mouse mat board!

Offline frenchfever

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Re: 878 VIKINGS Invasion of England
« Reply #12 on: November 24, 2017, 06:26:17 PM »
Are the villages and castles from the old GW Mighty Empires set?

The Building miniatures expansion for the game has Viking houses and timber palisades to denote forts.

My set came today. Super impressive, especially the big mouse mat board!

oh you got the Giant map ! Lucky you

Right no Castles at this time,  but a good spot to locate easily the City Shires

Offline Sir_Theo

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Re: 878 VIKINGS Invasion of England
« Reply #13 on: November 24, 2017, 06:43:50 PM »
oh you got the Giant map ! Lucky you

Right no Castles at this time,  but a good spot to locate easily the City Shires

I did! I got a bit over excited on the pledge manager.

I like your castles. Maybe not historically accurate but they stand out very nicely.

Also you can always home brew game  '1066 Normans Invasion of England.'  lol

Offline frenchfever

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Re: 878 VIKINGS Invasion of England
« Reply #14 on: November 24, 2017, 08:15:08 PM »
cool ! i have some normans waiting in line to invade England  :D

 

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