Medieval DBA games

A couple of DBA games were the order of the day (or the night) with Andy. My Anglo-Saxon army (III/24(b)) had only had one outing, and the new Vikings (III/40(a)) were champing at the bit for a 'bit of a go'. Andy accommodated with his Norse Irish, Book III, and Anglo Norman, Book IV. The games were played using our 15mm armies.

Game 1: Vikings vs Norse Irish.

Neither of us opted for a littoral landing (stupidly)

Andy's new medieval camp

My own new medieval camp

The Vikings tried to outflank on the right, using their speed, the Norse Irish threatened the other flank with Auxilia

In the centre the Viking fast blade began to make inroads against the Norse Irish spear

The blade were managing to stay alive despite being caught on the steep hills by the auxilia

The fast blade won the battle in the centre, a win to the Vikings

Game 2: Anglo Saxon vs Anglo Norman

The Normans mistakenly deployed their knights in line behind their spear

Andy attempted to push the knights across to the flank

Saxon hordes in the read.. 

The Saxon spear survive a combat with a stand of knight (on the left).. a 6 vs 1 can do that

A new DBA camp: Anglo Saxons

The aesthetic we build in our games has become increasingly important to me. Much of my previous 'gaming life has involved compromises, created by a mixture of cost and skill and time availability. I decided that I wanted to step things up a little, especially now that I have more time. I have been inspired too by my 'gaming colleagues who have themselves set new standards in scenery and army painting and basing.

I recently bought the figures for a camp for the Anglo-Saxon army.

The 'camp' with a couple of bases of the Anglo Saxons.

I struggled to get decent photos for these. Hmmm

The figures are from the Essex 15mm medieval range, and the 'pig on a spit' is from the Irregular Miniatures 15mm range (I really liked that!!). The barrels were 3D printed by friend Andy from files he created himself.