Impressione: Saga 'Clash of Empires'

Last week Chris (Aka Axebreaker) and me had a game of SAGA. He pitted his new Early Saxons (using the Viking Battleboard) against my Late Romans (using the Anglo-Saxon Battleboard). We played the 'Sacred Ground' scenario from the basic ruleset. In this scenario you have to accumulate as many victory points (VP) as possible. These you gain by the number of troops you have on the three terrain features and of course by killing the troops of your opponent. For the Warlord on the terrain you gain three VP's, every Hearthguard warrior gives you one point and every second normal warrior or levy generates one point.

A Wicca Priest as guardian of the holy grove  .

The Saxons ready to wage war amidst the holy places

View over the opposing armies

The roman cavalry enters the holy grove

The priest failes to persuade the romans to leave the sacred ground

Do you see the fear in their eyes?

The romans marching on to seize the objectives

Frontlines clashing (Trees were put aside for ease of gaming)

Despite heavy losses the Romans stand their ground and push aside the saxon onslaught

Another corner of the battlefield heavily contested

The objective on the right flank secured by the roman levies

Again the priest tries to save his sacred grove

The Romans still stand firm

On the right flank the Saxons try to evict the Romans of the objective...

...and bitterly fail

Battle rages on the other objectives too

Final clash of the Warlords

Despite Chris killing my Warlord in the end he lost the game because of my force accumulating way more VP's. It was a great game and we had lots of fun. Chris wasn't too impressed about SAGA after our last game but this time he really seemed to enjoy it. Using the Anglo-Saxon Battleboard for the armies of Rome and the Viking-Battleboard for the early Saxons definitely did the job.

Thanks for viewing and hope you enjoyed!