1066 Stamford Bridge Wargame
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- Опубліковано 5 жов 2024
- Following the Battle of Fulford Gate in Part 1, we march onward to the second great battle of 1066, Stamford Bridge. Harald Hardrada's Viking army is camped outside the city of York when a cloud of dust appears on the road to the west. The Vikings are stunned to meet the vanguard of a large Saxon army rushing into battle! The historical battle of Stamford Bridge is a bloodbath, but how will our Viking king deal with this sudden danger? And can Harold Godwinson find a way to match the smashing historical success he won in 1066? Find out now!
Join Little Wars TV for a fantastic, "pocket sized" battle played on a compact, 2'x2' tabletop in 6mm scale. Our 1066 series showcases how you can fight the biggest, most famous battles of the Dark Ages and early Medieval era without a big budget! If you like our armies, they are 6mm scale Baccus Miniatures, though you can play Big Battle Ravenfeast with ANY scale figures you like!
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A special "thank you" to Professor Kelly DeVries of Loyola University in Maryland for joining us for an in-depth interview on the dramatic events of 1066. We'll be back next week with a battlefield tour of Hastings, followed by the third and final chapter in our 1066 wargame trilogy...the Battle of Hastings! Which club member will be William the would-be conqueror? All will be revealed!
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Look on the bright side viking Harold, you have won 6 ft. of English soil, or maybe a little more since you are taller than most men. This makes me want to listen to Wulf the Saxon by G. A. Henty again
When you now have the urge to cave into buying all those Saxon and viking minis you have been keeping in your cart 😤
Wife "Why do you need a 3d resin printer?"
Me watching this video on loop, "Yes."
I literally have a Viking and Saxon army sat in my Baccus cart 😂
@@MrMegamike2k Big same. I was going to make late Republican Romans as my first army once I get a printer but now I think I might just do Ravenfeast
@@stuartbaxter-potter8363 I've been using old b4me Rohan troops but really want to get a bit more historically accurate.
Sad to me that there are almost 6,000 views and only 600 likes. It only takes a second to hit the like button and I know it helps the channel make these videos for us. Just hit the darn like button……..
I love these wargames and Im super excited for season 3 but are you planing more naval wargames? I always love those!
Oh yes! THREE excellent naval battles coming from different eras of history!
*[Crosses fingers for Ecnomus]*
Samar?????
@@LittleWarsTV battle of red cliffs from bronze age China perhaps?
Love that One Ring dice bowl!
“Snitches get stitches!”
I laughed out loud. Mostly at Tony snickering at his own joke.
Excellent campaign yet again.
Love the “let’s go clubbing” T shirt Josh.😁
Great games guys!
All the best!😉
Hey Tony, nice depiction of Harold. I'll "keep an eye out" for more videos. ☺
Hah! Nice, Walt. Very nicely done.
Fantastic, the 6mm figures look beautiful - great brushwork with bright colours.
Battleboards equally striking.
It shows how much can be accomplished in a small play area.
Exactly. For any large scale game, 6mm is my go-to. Or for REALLY big engagements, why not go 2mm? I mean, Waterloo with every single historical battalion present on a 4 by 3 table? Looks amazing.
Really enjoyed this two part opener to Season 4. Well done all. The really interesting question (which you carefully didn’t reveal today) is ‘how badly was Harold’s army damaged by his victory at Stamford Bridge?’ All will be revealed next time I’m sure…
Indeed it will! Harold’s reckless attack definitely has some consequences for the final chapter….
Had Josh won, would his army be the one that would have played the hastings battle?
Bonus points for the St Steven!
Another great episode.
Takeaway line has to be: “You’re dead, why are you talking?”
This holiday week I am thankful for LWTV’s new season dropping, and for pie
I like this Prof DeVries guy. Something tells me he trusts the Sagas just right. Not too much and not too little
Professor DeVries was an awesome interview. Tons of energy, knowledge, and very well spoken.
two in a row...stupendous!1
This battle was a great as always, interesting to see how stout of defenders the Dane were even with the heavy disadvantage (of course slightly offset by the "Bridge super berserker"). I actually found a battle you guys might want to delve into, if not for war game purpose just an interesting context of the second world War concerning Polish troops, this takes place in 1944 around the end of the Falaise pocket. A II corps polish tank unit and some light infantry hold a hilltop referenced to as "The Mace" which lay between both German escape routes between Trun and Chambois, and defend while being undersupplied and behind enemy lines. My source for this battle is a book titled Six armies in Normandy by John Keegan, Chapter 7 in a segment titled "The Mace"
That sounds like a very cool battle indeed!
Thank you. Living in El Paso which is the black hole of wargaming, watching Little Wars is the only wargaming I get.
If you'd like to play online with a large international community, look up the International Kriegsspiel Society.
Tabletop simulator might be a good idea to play online, too
@@joshwenn989 Agreed, that's what IKS uses to play.
I am very happy to see that R is still being expanded. It was the first battle game I played and I return to it often.
This was fun, wouldn´t mind Harold winning the final now.
2 videos in 1 day? Wowee!
On a roll thanks guys.
Another outstanding video! The Raven Banner has fallen, and now the march south begins! Thank you again, Little Wars TV!
I love Hastings! I am so excited!
Never thought of Ravenfeast in 6mm.. it's a great idea.
The Viking deployment rules are in tents. 😉
I'd love to see a video of y'all making these game-boards
Love the Grateful Dead reference! Great game; great series! Looking forward to Hastings.
Tony the film industry has a lot to answer for!
Love this. I'm building all the forces for the 1066 battles atm in 28mm (1 mini app. representing 20 men IRL)
Great work. Love the linked battles and I'm fascinated by 6 mm figures. I look forward to Hastings.
That's just great. I haven't even finished my Greek successor and republic Roman armies and now I'm fantasising about Saxon, Norman and Viking armies.
All kidding aside @littlewarstv, I love this new scenario. If you are taking suggestions for scenarios, have you ever considered a less taught about historical event such as the Raid on the Medway? Or other battles of the Anglo-Dutch wars? The British might not like to be reminded of the Anglo-Dutch wars, but the British defeat did lead to them to invest in their navy and becoming the eventual ruler of the seas and with it the world's foremost superpower.
Fantastic looking board and game. Love the 6mm.
I’m commenting this again but I would love to see the battle of clontarf
What a great game guys!!! Looking forward to playing Ravensfeast in 6mm!
Love you guys, would you maybe do more Naval stuff? Plenty of cool choices too, such as Russo-Japanese war.
We are planning on multiple naval games
Nice game and a intersting time to play in!
Yaay! wargames! Dark ages! awesome!
Great video about the backround and great games.
Hail the kings! Can´t wait to see the match against Edward, the lucky bastard. 😆
So good, I eagerly wait the next one.
you should interview Jamie Jeffers from the British History Podcast for the Hastings video!!! a collab between you two would be amazing
this sounds like it's a marketing ploy but i swear it's not. just an avid fan and i bet there would be a lot of audience overlap (the BHP episode 391 was on Hastings and it was a masterpiece)
Not only do I plan on buying these minis to play with this rules set I'd never heard of until now, I also have to get that "let's go clubbing" shirt because it RULES.
Hah Josh found that shirt in the Hastings battlefield gift shop!
Very nice battle. I'm happy that the Sachsen won even without Kaffee. I love the terrain. Your scenario is excellent.
There are so many battles and skirmishes i would rerun with this system. the campaigns of Cnut would be loads of fun.
I love the helmets, great touch
In 1054 King Edward sent Ealdred, Bishop of Worcester, to the court of the German emperor to set in train negotiations with the king of Hungary for the return of Edward the Exile. Ealdred was not at first successful, and in 1056 Earl Harold Godwinson's journey to Flanders, and possibly on to Germany and Hungary, was probably undertaken to further negotiations. The Exile finally arrived in England in 1057 with his wife and children, but died within a few days, on 19 April, without meeting the King. He was buried in Old St Paul's Cathedral.[8]
2 battles in a day. You're spoiling us! That game couldve gone pearshaped for Godwinson if the Vikings had mustered quicker and split the Saxon forces.
Our Godwinson acted very decisively…perhaps even a bit recklessly!
It was wonderful to watch. Looking forward to the battle of Hasting! I have been looking into getting into 6mm and this supplement is the obvious way to go. Compact but still very immersive. Not sure whenever I am going Viking Age, Arthurian Britain or the Loon War. Maybe even the Genpei war now that I think of it.
Greetings from Stamford Bridge.
Thanks for another great production. Your terrain boards are fantastic! Unfortunately, painting 6mm figures is too hard on my aging eyes, even with an Optivisor. Guess I'll have to remain a spectator for battles on this scale.
You could scale them up to 10mm and use the same rules. A base only represents a unit, it does not matter how many soldiers are on it.
You could go 2mm and not have to worry at all. it works for me!
The big bonus is although the paint job may not be the best, poor eyesight means you can't tell anyway once they're lined up.
Seriously, I find 6mm a breeze. I'm in my 50s and wear glasses for reading. My 6mm are exclusively fantasy models and exclusively Irregular miniatures, but it's mostly about the impression of blocks of troops, so colour choices are the main factor rather than the details which are essential for larger scales.
The battle of hastings was not fought at hastings but at a place called battle about 5 miles down the road.
At the time hastings was swamp and marshes the only place that fits the battle was battle tt had the high ground and covered the road that William needed etc.
Great game as always LWTV, and love the professional interviews that help cement the historical context of the battles. One question however: why was the modern version of the English white dragon (the design itself borrowed from the Welsh flag) used to represent the Saxons as an icon in this report, instead of the more traditional Saxon Wyvern (either Gold on Red, as befitting an Earl of Wessex, or the more modern white Wyvern on Red background as per modern usage)?
Great stuff, another cracking game 👍🏻
Fantastic as always. And great to see the UK visit content now coming through in episodes. Thank you once again for the time and commitment you put in to your channel. I love it.
Aaaaa I love both these games! So excited for more little wars
Hardrada didn't expect Godwinstons force so quickly. His men needed to recuperate after the earlier battle, and he seems not to have put out effective scouts to warn of Godwinstons approach
but honestly in my opinion the move to rest might have been the right move had Godwinson not moved as quickly. Just one day later rest and recovered troops might have done better against the Saxon army.
Really great campaign! Loving it!
Godwinson!
Hello Little Wars,
First, you guys are great. love your videos and your Hannibal rules.
Second, does the printed version of Ravenfeast include the large battle rules? I have the free download version, but I'm a book kind of guy.
Omg this is so cool, I'm would love to play this myself but I'm waiting for a game to release Red Dawn invasion of America it's alternate history but it's Good it releases December 3rd
Lmao me in the future I don't want to do that and I never bought the minis for it but now that I am rewatching this video I might get some stuff from baccus
I love the idea of war gaming and id love to do it but I can't see myself taking the time to paint them myself
They would be pricey, but you can buy figures painted
Look up the International Kriegsspiel Society. We play online so no painting required.
@@The1JHorton awsome thanks
@@peterweston189 thanks
For the next battle HG will wish he still had those mounted Huscarls.
Excellent stuff! But William the Bastard still awaits his turn to usurp the throne of Good King Harold
I've always been fascinated by Stamford Bridge - granted, it is pretty grisly to have a "favorite" battle, but this would make my list for sure. I am sure that growing up in both England and Norway has something to do with that.
How long did it take to build this board?
Great Norwegian accent. Sort of Oslo via Karachi.
Hahah an excellent new surname
Love Little Wars,keep up the good work,ps my surname is pure Saxon so I really want Godwinson to prevail
I live 25 minutes from Stamford Bridge. Nice area
Fun! I love the board, will there be a how-to video about it? As an aside: I think "fun" trumps "dogmatic accuracy", but having said that, is the mounted huscarls a historical unit? All I've read is that mounted troops were barely if at all used (and not used by the Saxons), and that "mounted" troops just used horses to arrive to the field of battle, where they would dismount before doing battle. This use of huscarls however seems to fling them on horseback right at the battle... (Again: I don't think this detracts from the fun, this was an amazing video as always! Just curious and that's why I'm asking)
Nice of king harold to come back from the dead cosplaying as a history teacher
Welcome to the UK :)
Great start to season 4, looking forward to the additonal Ravenfeast rules and scenarios.
Also worth a mention there was a Peter Dennis 1066 Paperboys and Daniel Mersey of Lion Rampant and The Men Who Would Be Kings fame has done a wargamers guide to 1066 that may also be of interest.
Great to see these Campaigns which have that fine balance of being linked battles but can be resolved quickly without dying out and left unresolved.
Also btw were did you get the One Ring dice tray?
It was 3D printed!
Well done gentlemen.
Excellent!
1 last thought, the 6mm are just too much little guys, but can see your suggestion on 10mm being a solid alternative. Boards of say 30" or so is would be even more fun to me with the terrain creation.
And in barren northwest Arizona, I might convince a coyote to play the Vikings on basis of his getting to plunder.
(Alas, rare is the breathing like minded here) thanks guys!
The question on my mind though, if those any of those 2 battles had been different, how would it of affected the last game?
Question: What would have happened if Hardrada had lost the last battle? Would this battle have not been fought or would there just have been another debuff for the Vikings?
I would have run it that the Saxon player had little chance of outright winning but if he had outlasted then maybe Harald would have withdrawn and the Saxon player could have added his forces to Harold
We saw one of the Earls (Edwin I believe) in this battle so I'd assume the elite forces were added, but yeah, maybe some extra fyrd would make sense.
Great game. Well. at least the anglo-danish Harold gets to go south and fight the franco-danish William. And at least the properly Norwegian Harald gets a free ticket to Valhalla, (surface christianity not withstanding).
Brilliant
I love your map boards! Any chance y’all are gonna put up a video about how you made em??
We didn’t film a tutorial for these, but we did take a lot of photos! We will post a photo tutorial on the Free Stuff page for everyone to check out if you’re interested. Very easy to make.
@@LittleWarsTV That’s awesome! Thanks! I know a lot of people will be a tad less intimidated by making a beautiful 2x2 - which also looks like a great way to get people to dip their toes into terrain building.
Guess I need to fire up the 3d printer and track down some 6mm files.
Awesome stuff 😍
Absolutely loving the new season. Love the 6mm armies and terrain. What size bases are you using for the units ?
These are 20mm square bases! Tiny!
@@LittleWarsTVthank you so much. One last question. What size bases do you use for 6mm miniatures for your Age of Hannibal game ? Thx in advance
Why the hell does an ancient Norwegian king sound like a Punjabi speaking Modern English?
The battle of Hastings was actually at Crowhurst.
Curses LWTV… I must stop watching your games as I’ve now got to buy 3 6mm armies and paint them!!!
Looking forward to the final battle at Hastings!!!
What would have happened to the campaign if the vikings were to be defeated in the first battle? Would Harold Godwinson have extra units against William?
I would love to know more about the campaign system and if-then conditions linking the battles, etc.
Hi guys, love this. Baccus do not make mounted Huscarls so did you use Norman cavalry?
MOAR AXES!!
Great game!!
LWTV Guys are Deadheads! 😊
LWTV Guy, just me.
I offer Harald "six feet of the ground of England, or perhaps more seeing that he is taller than most men" -- allegedly Harold Godwinson
It couldn't be a historical wargame without some nitpicking so ... Harald Godwinson was not simply king of the Saxons of England but the king of England. He was king of all within England, Celts, Danes, Angles and the Saxons.
I have a bit of a problem with wargames when it comes to engagements.
So lets use the cavalry charge in the beginning as a good example. Lets say for the sake of argument the infantry survived the initial charge. In reality, those engaged men, both cavalry and infantry, would wear out over time. In wargames it's usually a simple kill/no kill mechanic. In some cases models get removed, but in cases like this, there's no accounting for men falling out due to depleted morale over time, wounded men get taken out of combat, men get de-horsed, and formations becoming tired over time.
Even elite formations will have some temporary losses as an engagement is joined. But there isn't a mechanic to account for that. I'm unsure of how to model that in a game, but it's an important mechanic of war that a lot of wargames overlook.
An interesting point you raise. There ARE games that track losses and degradation over time. Some games are kill/no kill, but plenty exist that handle this differently. They typically require a roster to keep track of strength. Volley and Bayonet did this 30 years ago. More recently, games like General d Armee and Blucher both do the same. Even Fire and Fury tracked losses to the extent a brigade would go from Fresh to Worn to Spent, with various penalties as you degrade. For players, it’s a question of how much paperwork and tracking you want to do
If you want to read some wonderful historical fiction based in the period that really evokes the atmosphere you could do worse than check out Bernard Cornwell's The Last Kingdom series of books.
Again; IT WAS NOT DANES! In fact there were a lot of Anglo-Danes on the Anglo-Saxon side.
Kin Sven of Denmark invades to support The Danelaw against William in 1069, 1071 (or 1072), and I believe another time before his son Knud gathers all the Danish Leding to invade and take back the country in 1086. He is delayed in joining them, so they rebel, pursue him through the country to Odense, where he seeks refuge in Skt. Alban's with his brother Benedict, and his hird. And where the rebels kill him and gives Denmark our first royal saint.
This threat makes William Harry the North, basically killing most of the inhabitants to prevent further rebellions, and compose The Domesday Book.
"Fresh from a forced march" sounds a bit contradictory... 🙂
Haha so true-20km wouldn’t leave you with that fresh feeling would it!
Just a question - if Harold Haldrada had won in y'all's wargame today, would it be he facing William at Hastings and not Godwinson?
No, we were always going to run the three historical battles in sequence-but losses apply. So if Godwinson was killed at Stamford Bridge, for example, only his brothers would have been present at Hastings (less any other elite Huscarls lost at Stamford Bridge as well)
I'm obviously being dense but where can I find how to base up all three Armies in these videos?
Cheers
I'm curious whether there are any 6mm paper Viking models or whether it'd be better for units to be abstracted with like counters at that point.
Im first to view and comment 🙂🙂
Our hearty congratulations!
@@LittleWarsTV thank you generals
Meanwhile in Hastings...
Ugh, the norwegians couldn’t win in either the real battle nor the refight.
At least the berserker made his legacy stand in both battles 🤩⚔️