The Painted Thumb

Blake runs a monthly Saga Night at our FLGS. This month, the attendance was light. I showed up and so did Martin. He brought along his own collection of armies. I have not painted my Anglo-Saxon force as of yet. Instead, I used a group of Lord of the Rings figures as a stand-in for a Welsh army. Initial Setup Initial forces Anglo-Danes Standard Warlord Monk advisor 8x Hearthguards w/ axes 8x Warriors 8x Warriors 12x Levies =======7 Saga Dice Welsh Standard Warlord 6x Hearthguard 5x Hearthguard Banner Bearer 8x Warriors 8x Warriors 12x Levies =======6 Saga Dice (I now realize that I should have been rolling 7 Saga dice) We chose to play the Clash of Warlords scenario. Martin setup his warriors and levies in a tight group in the right side. His warlord and monk advisor started right behind them, with the group of 8 Hearthguard bringing up the rear. On my side of the map, I spread out my units. I was hoping to push my troops to around the flank so I could draw ...

The months of February through April are the hardest months for me to make new blog posts.  I really don't know what causes this drought yet is seems very cyclical. Despite the lack of posts, there has not been a shortage of games being played.  So, rather than trying to write AAR's for all the games played over the past few months, I'll just post up some photos of the most recent game sessions.  I did participate in a Lord  of the Rings SBG 'Doubles' tournament which deserves it's own post and AAR.  For now here is a montage of the latest battles. Played some 'Saga' at OwlCon, it was a great game!  But like many new games, it requires custom dice. Also at OwlCon, had a great game of Blood Bowl vs. Coach K I used a borrowed Human team, in green uniforms ...