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

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

1975 · BGG
Avg rating
6.73
Bayes rating
5.54
Weight
2.22 (Medium Light)
Players
2
Playtime
2 hr
Ratings count
86

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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)




Mechanics

Dice Rolling Grid Movement Hexagon Grid Movement Points Simulation

Themes

Medieval Theme Vikings

Publishers

SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

Designers

John Young