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Viking: Tactical Warfare in the Dark Ages, 700-1300

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Viking: Tactical Warfare in the Dark Ages, 700-1300

Viking: Tactical Warfare in the Dark Ages, 700-1300

1975

Designed by John Young

Published by SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.), SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

Description

Viking: Tactical Warfare in the Dark Ages, 700-1300 One of five games in a series by SPI called PRESTAGS (the others were CHARIOT, SPARTAN, LEGION and YEOMAN). Tactical level game. Each game shares a set of the same common rules. Each game also has a set of exclusive rules that highlight features of warfare during the period that game covers. 400 counters Battles Included Qadisiya (Persians vs. Arabs, AD 637) Tours (Arabs vs. Franks, AD 732) Constantinople (Byzantines vs. Varangians, AD 860) Paris (Vikings vs. Franks, AD 885) Lourain (Franks vs. Vikings, AD 891) Hamburg (Vikings vs. Germans, AD 988) Balthusta (Byzantines vs. Bulgars, AD 1014) Clontarf (Vikings vs. Irish, AD 1014) Cannae II (Byzantines vs. Lombards, AD 1017) Civitate (Normans vs. Papists, AD 1053) Cerami (Normans vs. Arabs, AD 1063) Stamford Bridge (Anglo-Saxons vs. Vikings, AD 1066) Hastings (Normans vs. Anglo-Saxons, AD 1066) Manzikert (Byzantines vs. Seljuq Turks, AD 1071) Durazzo (Byzantines vs. Normans, AD 1082) Dorylaeum (Crusaders vs. Seljuq Turks, 1097) Hattin (Crusaders vs. Moslems, AD 1187) Liegnitz (Mongols vs. Germans, AD 1241) El Mansura (French vs. Arabs, AD 1250)

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