For Heathen's Sake | The Battle of Reading | The Crusty Colonel

Happy New Year!
This is the second battle in my late 9th century campaign set in England. It follows the fortunes of King AEthelred and his brother Alfred fighting the Great Viking Army over the 6 named battles in this period of history.
It's my first foray into AoH rules, so there may be a few errors! I aim to iron these out as I go ...
As far as possible, videos will be released on their anniversary dates.
Rules: Little Wars TV Age of Hannibal
6mm Minis: Baccus & Irregular Miniatures
Cloth: Geek Villain
Buildings: Baccus, Irregular, 2D6
River: TimeCast
Viking War Music: Kill Them All
Pawl D Beats
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[@Wenuraa]

Great Analysis! Happy New Year!

[@CrustyColonel18]

Thanks!

[@petercarlson8240]

Cheers!

[@CrustyColonel18]

:-)

[@squigs1917]

And the field ran red! Great report Ashdown is going to be interesting

[@CrustyColonel18]

Indeed!

[@craigdreghorn2127]

At around 48 - 53 minutes I think you done 2 Saxon turns in a row

[@craigdreghorn2127]

And again at 1 hour the Saxons got a double turn

[@CrustyColonel18]

Fog of war! ;-)

[@tabletopsidekick]

The Viking leader dying on the hill seemed very heroic. I can imagine the Saxons roaring in victory on the hill while the rest of the battle raged around them. I've only read the AoH rules and your campaign has convinced me to give it more thought. I love the Morale Clock mechanic. How are you finding it now the campaign is fully underway?

[@CrustyColonel18]

I must admit that I played a few test run throughs, and wasn't overly convinced to start with. However, I'm really enjoying it now.

[@davidwasilewski]

At this scale, how have you painted the units differently enough to be able to easily spot the difference between the vikings and Saxons?

[@CrustyColonel18]

I used a different colour scheme for the shields. Reds and blacks for the Vikings, and colours like blue, green, yellow etc for the Saxons. The clothing is done the same for both - lots of dull greens, browns, linen etc Mind you, even with that cunning plan, I still mix them up sometimes! 🤣

[@mike5d1]

You seem to be very inconsistent when deciding if a di is cocked or not.

[@CrustyColonel18]

Fog of war!

[@mike5d1]

Well, I suppose that's as good a reason as any.@@CrustyColonel18

[@johnscarr70]

Commentators eye!