Children of Odin

[Techno]

Like it ! 

Cheers - Phil

[OldenBUA]

Note the gate is being manned by Harald, son of Njarl, who killed the brother of Egil the berserker who wrote the riddle Why did the raven cross the Atlantic? to the orders of Skarp-Hedin Half-troll, who took to wife Ifredis Gunnarsdottir, sister of the shieldmaiden Halgerd, who slew Ragnar and his brother Ulla at the battle of the Stone Bridge, where the Danes were commanded by Fill Hole-Hand, who later rescued Von the Patient from Mac the Mad Sheep the father of Olga Woolyhead and Erik Bluetooth, uncle-in-law Harald the Short, that wedded Anja, star of Shieldmaidens in the Sauna, now on BlueRay....

Didn't Anja star in Buxom Beauties in the Banya?

Like it ! 

Cheers - Phil

Very interesting that you like it too Fill. (You might want to use the Optivisor).

[Techno]

I can't get close enough to the screen, using the Optivisor !! 

Cheers - Phil

[d_Guy]

Sing, muse, the wrath of Fil Hole-hand...

Lovely stuff, Kitty!

[FierceKitty]

Lots more to be done. 

[FierceKitty]

We have a new leader, men (sorry, Frida Eriksdottir - didn't notice you were here).

[FierceKitty]

Fighting in Sicily, and it's not going well against the Byzantines.

[FierceKitty]

Vikings do not do well against cavalry armies with Greek fire in support!

[Lord Kermit of Birkenhead]

Form shield wall on top of a hill generally works.

[FierceKitty]

Greek fire.

[FierceKitty]

We had good omens, in fact, and I can't complain about my dice either. But I suspect only an ambush will allow victory against the Romans.

[FierceKitty]

The turned flank doesn't mean much; they're only horse archers (though they shot us up a bit).

[FierceKitty]

A few cases of our failure to break the enemy line. Our one success of note was the Cuman panic as the tried to withdraw.

[FierceKitty]

My berserkir pushed back their turncoat brothers of the Varangian guard, but it wasn't enough.

[FierceKitty]

The camp has been upgraded: note dogs looking after the livestock, axemen at the gate, and the longhouse and watchtower.

[FierceKitty]

New battle; a few pix of the Viking victory.

[FierceKitty]

Those trapezetoi LC tide me down for ages, until the Varangians were ready to wallop that unit.   

[FierceKitty]

That unit of skutatoi held on far too long. Here you note impatient Norsemen finally finishing them off with a three-sided overkill. Below that, a unit of bondi caught between Varangians and trapezetoi.

[Techno]

Good looking scrap. 

Cheers - Phil

[Duke Speedy of Leighton]

Nice scrap