Nev's Wargaming

Saga: Age of Vikings   I have decided to return to Saga and create a new warband for the Age of Vikings book. I decided on creating a new Anglo-Dane warband as my last one became part of my Hail Caesar Anglo-Saxon army and due to mounting them on bases of four they have become unusable in Saga. Though I stated in an earlier blog entry that I have reservations about Saga I decided to give it a go again and have a smaller project to work on. I once again searched the internet for suitable models, first considering using the Victrix models I have. I eventually settled on a warband from Gripping Beast, allowing me to purchase some models I had been after for sometime. I ordered six points of models from the Beast, they are as follows: Warlord Hearthguard, 1 point Hearthguard, 1 point Hearthguard 1 point Warriors, 1 point Warriors, 1 point Warriors, 1 point Total: 6 points Unpacking the eagerly awaited models Anglo-Dane warlord all painted and based After the arrival of the models I rat...

Anglo-Danes make a desperate stand against the fury of a Jomsviking attack in a game of Saga: Age of Vikings Wargaming is a hobby where things can change very quickly, especially in the Fantasy and Science-Fiction genres, you work on one force for one game and a new edition is out or a an updated army book, complete with models that only have new rules in the new books. I know that these companies need to make money to survive, but new editions of games were, in my opinion arriving far too frequently, andd for me, too hard to keep up with. Another problem I had encountered was all my old wargaming adversaries had moved onto games I had little or no interest in or had left the hobby altogether. I have spent the last year assessing my hobby and carefully planning in which direction to head in with it. Saga Top row, Left to right: The  Book of Battles, Saga core Rulebook, The Age of Vikings,  Bottom row, Left to right: Anglo-Dane Battle board, Saxon Saga dice T...