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Wider Wargaming => Batreps => Topic started by: Steve J on 06 May 2016, 09:05:47 PM

Title: The 2nd Swedish Crusade - the opening moves of a Lion Rampant Campaign.
Post by: Steve J on 06 May 2016, 09:05:47 PM
We kicked this narrative campaign off this week with a couple of fun games:

http://wwiiwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/the-2nd-swedish-crusade-lion-rampant.html (http://wwiiwargaming.blogspot.co.uk/2016/05/the-2nd-swedish-crusade-lion-rampant.html)

Some pics of the action:

(https://3.bp.blogspot.com/-1P_E6WgjX9Y/Vyw6_NkeXYI/AAAAAAAADgE/2lQ2aWprkcwcsa_I-MDGfSz43f3BdGBIgCLcB/s400/Crusades%2B1%25262%2B005.jpg)

(https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-I_COp3uYoJU/Vyw7Gta0aTI/AAAAAAAADgU/jmstJAbvW-EozDcZA1ojJBoq0u6iogLsgCLcB/s1600/Crusades%2B1%25262%2B009.jpg)

(https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-2r7MIA-BbYQ/Vyw7cvwXQHI/AAAAAAAADhA/ArAZnCA_Zq4GN_0Coa_LDaTT3xGyRS9JACLcB/s400/Crusades%2B1%25262%2B020.jpg)
Title: Re: The 2nd Swedish Crusade - the opening moves of a Lion Rampant Campaign.
Post by: PB on 06 May 2016, 10:42:43 PM
Great battle report. I've yet to try Lion Rampant, but sound like my sort of rules - quick, easy & fun.
Title: Re: The 2nd Swedish Crusade - the opening moves of a Lion Rampant Campaign.
Post by: Duke Speedy of Leighton on 06 May 2016, 10:49:50 PM
Great reports, thank you, sounds a lot of fun!
Title: Re: The 2nd Swedish Crusade - the opening moves of a Lion Rampant Campaign.
Post by: paulr on 06 May 2016, 10:53:35 PM
Great report  :)

An interesting heads up on a series of wars I knew nothing about :-[
Title: Re: The 2nd Swedish Crusade - the opening moves of a Lion Rampant Campaign.
Post by: Techno on 07 May 2016, 06:17:43 AM
All the above.  8)

Cheers - Phil
Title: Re: The 2nd Swedish Crusade - the opening moves of a Lion Rampant Campaign.
Post by: Steve J on 07 May 2016, 07:57:26 AM
QuoteAn interesting heads up on a series of wars I knew nothing about

One of the joys of this hobby is finding new periods to game that you knew nothing about :). As for the Baltic Crusades, there is very little written evidence that is contemporary with the actions. So for the battle of Neva (where Alexander gained the 'Nevskii' bit) there is nothing mentioned in Swedish accounts and in Novgorod only quite a bit later. So you have quite a bit of leeway to create historically plausible background fluff etc, which is what I hope I've been able to do here.
Title: Re: The 2nd Swedish Crusade - the opening moves of a Lion Rampant Campaign.
Post by: Womble67 on 07 May 2016, 08:08:58 AM
Great report

Take care

Andy
Title: Re: The 2nd Swedish Crusade - the opening moves of a Lion Rampant Campaign.
Post by: Roy on 07 May 2016, 08:13:18 AM
 :-bd lovely stuff