"Bring the boy back alive!" Blood Eagle Battle Report

 So we played Blood eagle again the 4th scenario Bring them back alive, warbands must locate missing Pearson and escort them off the table point, Alec brought  his  Draugr warband, I used the Saxon list and composed a Arthur Knights warband of heavy armed warriors. we rolled up the location which was a set of ruins, Alec laid it out  (one of his favourite parts of any game) .

the complications we chose armed civilians and I suggested the ruins were the place of the cannibal  Wendol, and to make it very interesting  they attack anyone within 6" and move random if not engages or line of sight of any one not a Wendol, each table quarter we rolled a D10 +2 for the number randomly placed

 The setting

 Arthur's war band heavy armoured wariors Gawain his second in command

 the Dreaded Wendol stalked the ruins , after placing how many there were we knew it was going to be a bloody affair

 Klinsten the lost boy

 Alecs warband Glars, Tilga  Soggan and there warriors

 Must reach him and get off the entry point easy ?? not when your outnumbered 4-1 by Cannibals

 Arthur s men enter and already see the numbers who react to them, blades and spears ready for the onslaught

 Glars men rush the pave way but find there surrounded

 "Prepare your selfs"

 One of Arthur's men rushes a Wendol female but is  surrounded my  3 vicious tribes men

 Arthur takes them head on urging his men to get the boy

 Glars is jumped he swings his axe in defence

 His men are also engaged by the savages

 Battle is joined on both sides

 the hapless knight is cut down by blows around him he never stood a chance

 Glars cuts a path but they keep coming

 Arthur slays 2 Wendol but more fill the gaps

 his knights fight for there very lives

 Glars starts to make progress atop the dead and dying around him

 Arthur still is not making it to the  target

 Beset on all sides the knight s fight on

 Soggan reaches the boy and grabs him to find Wendol and enemy knights moving in on him fast

 is some places the fight are 3 -1 

 bodies start to pile up

 Glars rushes to aid and stop the enemy getting to Soggin to find himself surrounded

 A Wendol blade ends his  life ( we realised he had no hero points so that was it for him)

 Arthur struggles on 5-1 

 His knights see the enmey fleeing with the  boy

 undaunted they fight on as the wendlol still charge onto them

 Soggan makes for the escape

 Arthur in rage slays 3 of his opponents

Just as Soggan escapes, Victory to Alec band, the total casualty s on the table were 32

One hell of a fight from start to finish, very enjoyable and  again story creating game play. the Wendol were a good complication as your thinking the second the turn starts and will use the idea again in our games...