Hall of Remembrance
Grim Sagas of Battle and War
Cattle die and kinsmen die,
thyself eke soon wilt die;
but fair fame will fade never,
I ween, for him who wins it.
-Hávamál:76
Battle 1: Norse vs. Lizardmen
I fought this battle over a month ago, so my memory of it is not crystal clear.
It was my first and only battle with Norsmen. The armies were chosen with 5th edition campaign rules restrictions. I used CoMal's Norse Army book with few changes (I added cavalry, etc).
Norse Army:
Unit 1:
Norse King Hrólf the Old (steed, spear, steed, Armor of Meteoric Iron, Rune of Courage) - 176 points
Norse leader Thórir Ironshield (steed, spear, shield, light armor, Rune of Protection) - 42 points
14 huskarls on steeds (spears, shields, light armor, standard) - 390 points
Unit 2:
Mammoth + rider with Rune of Command - 200 points
4 hunters in howdah - 32 points
Unit 3:
2 snow trolls and beastmaster with Rune of Command - 175 points
Unit 4:
Runeseeker (Rune of Command, Rune of Protection) - 146 points
21 huskarls (light armor, shields, STANDARD & MUSICIAN) + Ulfjarl - 336 points
Total - 1497 points (+ whatever I added wrong)
Lizardmen army looked something like this:
2nd level (I think) Slann mage with palanquin in unit of 16 temple guard
Stegadon with skink crew and giant bow
3 units of 10 skinks with poison arrows
1 salamander
unit of 5 kroxigor
Battle was pretty closely fought, with battle luck shifting from side to side, but in the end Lizardmen were triumphant with, if I remember correctly 9:5 score. I don't remember turn by turn sequence, but here are the highlights:
Frenzied snow trolls fought all 5 kroxigor and almost won, killing all but 1 before last troll succumbed.
Most of the horsemen unit was wiped out early in the game by Slann mage's spells.
War Mammoth was virtually unstopable as it thundered through the lizardmen ranks, untill it's main rider was slain and it rampaged off the battle field.
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