Pillage The Dark Ages

 

Ok, I posted these images a couple of months ago, and now I'm attempting to write a report. 

It's not going to work ... 

I like the Pillage rules quite a bit ... I mean, I'm a sucker for this period of history. The game plays a lot like MESBG and I also like this game. 

This scenario had something to do with protecting two or three pilgrims against the Norman aggressors. No doubt, they were on their way to seeing that venerable and holy Anglo-saint - Cuthbert. 

You can see the battle scrum forming in the centre right of the table. The pilgrims on the road. 

The Norman list pricing allows them to have more soldiers in their warband ... I sodded if I know why. It makes them very tricky to fight against, especially with their higher number of cavalry. Cavalry in Pillage provide a extra 50/50 save making the warrior much harder to kill. 

The Norman cavalry have lapped about the Saxon line while their brave fyrd warriors try to fend off the foe desperately. 

I have a vague feeling the Normans lost ... but I don't know how. 

Pillage feels quite hit and miss to me. Warriors are very similar and the only factors that really effect combat is the +1 charge bonus and the spear support. It just feels like, with quite similar army size and composition, its just down to the roll of a dice ... seems very funny to say for a wargame - that is always about a roll of the dice. 

This is another game ... I have now idea what is happening. 

There's fight here and there ... I think the Saxon's were trying to burn down a Norman settlement ... serves the invading bastards right! 

There's some houses with Norman warriors and knights on guard against Saxon aggressors. These images are backwards too ... I'm clearly not very good at this. 

Now, the above is a very pretty picture. I do need another building or two for Pillage - as you can see I've got some scratch built ruined wall plugging up the gap. I think this works as Roman ruins (some not too ruined) were frequently incorporated into constructions across Europe, Africa and the Middle East. 

I'll just stop typing as these feeble attempts at a narrative are setting the fragile hobby of historical wargame back by many years.