Category Archives: Saga

Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 87 – More about Saga, Northern Fury and Skraelings

Download Episode 87 Welcome to Episode 87 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast  In this show I am once again joined by Rich Jones as we have further discussion about Saga, Northern Fury and the latest faction: The Skraelings. We … Continue reading

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Projects Update – April 2012

Well, as the first third of the year draws to a close, I find myself with no less than six projects now on the go, with the aim of getting at least half of them finished by the end of … Continue reading

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Meeples & Miniatures – Episode 85

Download Episode 85 Welcome to Episode 85 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast In this show, I am joined by Rich Jones & Mike Hobbs to discuss Saga – the Dark Age skirmish game from Studio Tomahawk & Gripping Beast … Continue reading

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Meeples & Miniatures Podcast news

I recorded the main content for Episode 85 of the Meeples & Miniatures Podcast on Monday night – a three-way show with guests Rich Jones and Mike Hobbs. As promised, the show gives an in-depth review of the Saga Dark … Continue reading

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Saga ‘Northern Fury’ release date annouced

Gripping Beast have announced the release date for the much-anticipated first expansion to their ‘Saga’ dark age skirmish rules. Northern Fury will be released on April 3rd, along with starter packs for the four new factions: Scots, Bretons, Anglo-Saxon and … Continue reading

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Saga Day – 31st March 2012, Enfield, UK

Rich Jones, occasional co-presenter of this Podcast, has asked me to publise a ‘Saga Day’ that he has organised in Enfield with the support of the guys at Gripping Beast. It looks like a really good day, and I was about … Continue reading

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Saga Accessories

As you are aware, I’ve been playing several games of Saga recently. One of the things I like about the game is the use of good, old fashioned movement sticks (much like the Song of Blades series of rules). Whilst … Continue reading

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Review – Saga

I have just added a written review of Saga, the Dark Age skirmish wargame from Gripping Beast & Tomahawk Studios, to the website. You can find it here I hope you find it useful.

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Saga battle report – 12th October

I played my first ‘proper’ (i.e. non-demo) game of Saga on Wednesday night. I hadn’t finished painting my Normans, and so I borrowed a friend’s army, which meant that I didn’t have my first choice of army available to me. … Continue reading

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DIY Saga dice

Unfortunately, Gripping Beast are currently out-of-stock of their rather nice custom-etched Saga dice. With a game coming up this week, I was forced to improvise… First, download the ‘Saga Symbols for Custom Dice’ PDF from the Saga forum. Next, order … Continue reading

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‘Saga’ review online

Saga is the new, upcoming Dark Age skirmish game from Gripping Beast. Like many others, I saw this game at Salute,, and really liked what I saw. I actually got to play (and win!) a game at Partisan last Sunday. It really … Continue reading

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