Ravenfeast

 There haven't been any blog posts for few weeks.  We had a blissful week away in North Norfolk (so good we immediately booked to go back again in September!) but returned to lots of shenanigans at work and some tricky family issues which have absorbed all of my time and energy.

Game-wise I played in an excellent ECW game at Eric the Shed's.  Incidentally if you haven't had a look at it, Eric has now launched a brilliant wargaming event business.  His blog post about it is here and the link to the Shed Wars Experience site is here.

Last night I played a fun Viking skirmish game using Ravenfeast... these rules are available as a free download here.  

The game is very much at the small end of skirmish gaming and our scenario challenged my Viking Jarl and his warband to break through to the coast and their waiting longship, while the Saxons were intent on stopping them.  I tried racing for the safety of the coast and avoiding a fight if possible (not very Viking, I know).. each player has a bonus card and mine gave me a turn of unrestricted movement in rough going so I'd planned to slip into a nearby wood and leave the Saxons in my dust.  

Sadly the Saxons very unsportingly mobbed my Jarl and prevented him from reaching the safety of the trees.  He made a very heroic last stand but eventually fell to the Saxon hordes.

The figures were Anthony's newly-acquired 40mm Vikkngs and looked great.  Ravenfeast aren't the most sophisticated rules but are dead easy to pick up and play with.