Last year I joined local group of Saga players and greatly enjoyed my return to the game. My original collection was built during first edition when the Viking Age was all there was. Now in its second edition, Saga offers multiple "Universes" to cover historical era. Most recently, the authors released the Age of Chivalry so I have been sketching out a collection for the medieval era. In this post I will chronicle my progress through this project.
My goal is to build viable 6-8 point forces for representative factions spanning the early to late medieval period covered in the Age of Chivalry and Age of Crusades source books. I also want to capture distinct visual and play styles while staying within the Nordic European zone. To this end, I have settled on three time periods with three factions each as follows:
Baltic CrusadesThis covers the pushes into Eastern Europe and the Baltics in the 11th to 13th century. Knights wear mostly chainmail with flowing tunics, while horses carry caparisons. The primary effort will be a very colourful generic force, based on Wargames Atlantic and Victrix kits, which can be played as Polish, Baltic Crusaders or any other European faction from the Age of Crusades. Added to this for some unique flavour is a force of Teutonic Knights (Ordenstaat) and Mongols, both based on Fireforge kits.
The central conflict covering in Age of Chivalry during the late 14th and early 15th century. The goal is a warband for the English, Scots and French, with the later being suitable for the other francophone factions (Bretons, Burgundy). This gives me a shooting, a pike, and a heavy cavalry force. All based on Perry plastic kits with early armour and wide mix of uniforms.
Italian WarsThe conflicts during the late 15th and early 16th century. Slightly out of the timezone for Age of Chivalry and bordering on the Renaissance, this gives me an opportunity to use the later era Perry kits. Units will be somewhat more uniform in appearance which might be anachronistic but will make them distinct from the Hundred Years War era. My choice of warbands are Condottieri of the Papal States, Swiss and Germans for the same shooting/pike/heavy cavalry spread.
War of the RosesI also added a small force for the War of the Roses just because...
Below is the full breakdown of each warband which I will mark off when completed as usual in my logs. Very unlike my usual modus operandi, I will paint these in fairly random order as the fancy strikes me!
Baltic Crusades Polish/Baltic Crusaders
1 Mounted Warlord
1 Warlord
1 Warlord with Heavy Weapon
16 Mounted Knights
12 Knights on Foot
8 Knights on Foot with Heavy Weapons
16 Serjeants
16 Serjeants with Heavy Weapons
12 Crossbowmen
12 Archers
16 Peasants (Pilgrims or Levy)
8 Mounted Turcopoles
Ordenstaat
1 Mounted Warlord
1 Warlord
1 Warlord with Heavy Weapon
8 Mounted Brothers
8 Mounted Brothers of the Livonian Order
8 Brothers on Foot
8 Brothers on Foot with Heavy Weapons
8 Mounted Laybrothers
20 Laybrothers on Foot
16 Laybrothers with Crossbows
12 Levy with Javelins
12 Levy with Bows
Mongols
1 Subutai, the Emperor's Executioner
1 Mounted Warlord
1 War Drummer on Camel
8 Heavy Cavalry
36 Horse Archers
12 Levy with Bows
12 Levy with Spears
Hundred Years War English
1 Henry V on Horse
1 John Falstolf
1 Edward of Woodstock on Horse
1 Edward of Woodstock
1 Warlord
12 Men-at-Arms
8 Mounted Serjeants
12 Billmen
36 Archers with Stakes Scots (Schiltron)
1 John Stewart, Earl of Buchan on Horse
1 John Stewart, Earl of Buchan
1 Warlord
12 Men-at-Arms
36 Pikemen
12 Archers
French
1 John II the Good on Horse
1 John II the Good
1 Bertrand de Guesclin on Horse
1 Etienne de Vignolles, La Hire on Horse
1 Jeanne d'Arc on Horse
1 Jeanne d'Arc
1 Mounted Warlord
1 Mounted Warlord with Barding
1 Warlord
12 Mounted Men-at-Arms
6 Mounted Men-at-Arms with Barding
16 Men-at-Arms
8 Mounted Serjeants
12 Serjeants
12 Pavisiers
12 Crossbowmen
12 Archers
1 BombardItalian Wars Condottieri
1 John Hawkwood on Horse
1 Mounted Warlord
1 Mounted Warlord with Barding
1 Warlord
3 Papal Advisors
1 Papal Prelate on Donkey
3 Discipline Markers
6 Mounted Papal Guards with Barding
8 Papal Guards on Foot
12 Swordsmen
12 Pavisiers
16 Archers
12 Crossbowmen 8 Genoese Crossbowmen
8 Stradiot Horse Archer
8 Stradiot Horsemen
8 Mounted Crossbowmen
1 Carroccio
Swiss
36 Pikemen
12 Halberdiers
12 Crossbowmen
Germans
1 Mounted Warlord
1 Mounted Warlord with Barding
1 Warlord
6 Mounted Men-at-Arms
6 Mounted Men-at-Arms with Barding
12 Men-at-Arms
12 Mounted Serjeants
16 Serjeants
12 Pavisiers
18 Crossbowmen
8 Handgunner
1 Cannon
War of the Roses Lancastrian
1 Henry VII on Horse
1 Warlord on Foot
8 Men-at-Arms
16 Billmen
Yorkist
1 Richard III on Horse
1 Warlord on Foot (Edward IV)
8 Men-at-Arms
8 Billmen 8 Gallowglasses
8 Irish Kern
June 18, 2020, 11:27:11 PM
