Peter Pig have made the official announcement of their upcoming Viking Raids game, 'Longships'.
I am part of the playtest group for the rules and have been musing over them for a few months now. I am pretty excited at the thought of getting this to the table. There are some really interesting new mechanisms as one would expect from the RFCM stable and a range of figures is promised.
For now I have made do with card counters but may try and pick up some figures from Ebay to get me by whilst waiting on the PP sculpts.
Dark Age wargaming is a crowded area at the moment but primarily in the 28mm skirmish market. Whilst accepting that the likes of Dux Britaniarium and Saga can be played with 2mm if you so wish, their main customer base is most definately 28mm, typically using the nice Gripping Beast figures judging by most blogs.
15mm Dark Age doesn't really exist at the moment outside of DBX/FOG type games which probably aren't that representative of Dark Age warfare to any degree. So a new set of rules, aimed at 15mm gamers with game play designed to specifically replicate warfare in the Viking period really hits a gap in the market in my eyes.
Of course required reading is Bernard Cornwalls Viking books telling the story of Uhtred and his battles for and against the Vikings alongside Alfred. Formulaic they maybe but good fun and plenty of ideas for scenarios.
I just hope Martin doesn't forget to do a figure of Kirk Douglas to lead my army.
More soon!
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