@@Thecodytree mainly commented as a joke, but honestly the Glorious Revolution is really a matter of perspective. Personally I believe a professional foreign army of over 20,000 that come and seize military control from a head of state who did not want to relinquish control regardless of who supported it or how much of a fight the opposition gave still constitutes an invasion. Of course that is an outside viewpoint as I am neither British or Dutch.
Not an invasion if its invited. The last invasion was actually the invasion of Fishguard, Wales by the French...they were beaten by some Welsh housewives.
Sat in the middle of York waiting for my daughter at trampolining club, watching this, having just driven through fulford. Listening to the bells of the minster chime. That's awesome.
Fantastic stuff. Hope the Little Wars gang had fun over here in the UK. Linked scenarios, with consequences that carry over, are one of my favourite ways to run games. Really makes any advantage or disadvantage feel earned.
Great skirmish table and game. Great to see Yorkshire make it on LWTV! Hope you guys made it to the Royal Armouries in Leeds. If not, you must do next UK visit so much to see in there. Great to see the genuine happiness on faces of Josh and Wyatt to face off against each other.
Must say didn't learn much about Stamford bridgen and nothing about Fulford gate in secondary school. Got to York St John University to study war studies and boom whole lecture day on Fulford and Stamford in the first few weeks!
They are very easy to make! Just polystrene scraps with toothpicks for timbers and some teddy bear fur on the roof (matted down with watery Elmer's Glue) to look like thatch!
Very nice small battle. I love these battles father vs. son and in this case it's very much looking to me, that the Saxons just had some bad luck. The Saxon army is looking weaker than the viking army and therefore the Saxon tactic was focussed on surviving and not defeating the opponent. Thank you for your work!
Great game btween father and son! Bless the heroes! In addition, the successful historical embedding is really neat. A successful start for this season. 👍
Great game chaps - as always - I'm a regular visitor to the Hastings Battlefield - so looking forward to seeing your rematch. I've refought it myself several times and often get different, yet very close results - it was in reality, after all, a close run battle. Keep up the good work - hope you guys enjoyed your time in the UK.
We loved it! Such an awesome trip, and Hastings was a thrill to see in person. We put together a battlefield tour video for next week, and like yours, our wargame was a nail biter. It came down to the final die roll on the final turn.
I always love hearing Dr DeVries’ knowledgeable & engaging accounts of events (and also I think he sounds like H Jon Benjamin so I can imagine Bob Belcher, Archer, and Coach McGuirk have joined the seminar)
Topography has changed so much in a thousand years, even the location of Hastings has drawn doubters over the years. I'm not really surprised as battlefiels of half that age have significantly changed over time.
Interesting! Used to work as an Archaeologist, near York, and we did a geophysical survey in Fulford, and we found no evidence of mass graves, bridge or artifacts. So many geomorphological changes, its unlikely to ever be found.
9:32 I would argue this. According to most contemporary accounts, medieval battles were long and dragged out, especially during this time, because of the shieldwall tactics, it was hard to penetrate the line of the opponent.
Ok I've got an idea. Each team has a general and a commander. The commander must follow the orders of the general. The general is out in a field somewhere, while the commander is at the table. Like a game of telephone.
Great job! I haven't gamed in in many years but i stumbled across miniatures on RUclips which lead me to your channel. Just last week I joined your patreon and now I am going quite madd deciding what era I want to start! Your content, bourbon, and crew made the return easy.
Can't wait for the supplement :) Cool battle. We played a 2v2 game of the Battle of Ashdown and had a blast, only we played with individually based models, cause that's what I had. :)
Outstanding Video! Thank you, Little Wars TV! It is good to see the next generation of tabletop miniatures gamers step up to the shield wall! The ravens will feast tonight!
I've heard that some US people are touchy about the word "anglo-saxon" because apparently some racist weirdoes use it as some kind of racialised term over there. Which just sounds vaguely comical from this side of the pond, the same as when Vladimir Putin recently claimed the "anglo-saxons" were responsible for blowing up the Nordstream pipeline and it just raised the mental imagine of people going out in longboats and trying to poke it with spears. 😂 Whether that's anything to do with the terminology chosen in this video, I've no idea though!
@@zak3744 There is still a little gap of 500 years between the Saxon settlement of Britain and 1066. Of course, our friends are gamers and not historians but it is still vexing, considering the historic affords they put into other projects.
Lived in Fulford for years. There's a housing estate on the approximate area of the battlefield now. The commemorative plaque for the Battle of Stamford Bridge is on the left hand side of the road as you enter the town after you cross the modern bridge heading away from York.
Love the use of smaller scale figures - goes to show how the battles can still look visually impressive but get you a ton of space savings in the process!
Didn't Sweyn II of Denmark also have a claim on the English throne in 1066? I thought the king of Denmark was the fourth guy with a claim to the throne; he just didn't get involved in the battles of 1066.
Very engaging as always! The background, the table, even the jokes between the contenders make this a very exciting scenario, like I've come to expect from Little Wars TV. I'm also thrilled by how a very simple ruleset can provide so much fun, proving the "Nottingham" school of wargaming with lots die rolls, rules, contradictions and addenda is not necessary for wargaming.
The Norweigan claim is not completly bogus. Canute was the King of Denmark, Norway and England (Briefly also Scotland). This is 30 years before 1066 or so. Harald Hadrada did try to claim the throne of Denmark before England. When he got powerfull friends in Northen England/Souther Scotland sweering im loyalty (Tostig) it looked like his second chance after faling to claim Denmark?
I was thrilled to see my home town of Colchester on the map at the beginning of the video. Does this mean a Boudicca episode or maybe an English civil war edition?
As a brit... i wasn't aware of fulford gate, despite learning about 1066 on two separate occasions in history lessons... stamford bridge is often taught given it gives some context to hastings which of cause is taught.
I find the comment about Stamford bridge being not well known ammusing, as I remember being told stories about it as a young child. It was, to be fair, often as a back drop to Hastings, but the beserker tale and the fall of the last viking was also sometimes told to me as a story in its own right. Enough so that I have for years wished I was a better writer, as I think a book following Harald Sigurdsen/Hadrada from escaping Norway, through his time in the Varagian guard, back to become king of Norway, and then ending the book right before Stamford Bridge. Then a second book, following Harold Godwinson through his time in Normandy, being advisor to the king, becoming king, fighting Stamford bridge, then ending with the march to Hastings. Finally, a third book, following William the Bastard through his invasion of England, and subsiquent early issues of subgigation through to his death.
Hey guys, great series of battles to replay. I’ve always wanted to do this with my group so I’ll be very keen to get your scenarios and big battle rules. 👍👍👍
Random, I just picked up medieval wargaming as a new hobby in 6mm, and I am building both danish and anglo saxon armies. Video couldnt come at a better time for me. 😁👍 If you want to make more medieval battles content in the future, look into the Northern Crusades in Europe during the 13th century.
Well consider this. How many people know of Hastings and the year of the Norman conquest compared to how many people know the Battle of Northam, the Revolt of the Earls, and the siege of Norwich Castle? Hastings crushed any hope of organized Saxon resistance. It's the 'Battle of Endor' of its time although the conquest continued for years afterwards.
Awesome video, fun and educational. Quick suggestion: you released both videos at the same time, and they should be watched in chronological order, but there is no indication in the titles which should be watched first.
@@johnscarr70 Yes, that's the right answer. But you have to know the history to know which ones happened in what order. I had never heard of Fulford Gate before, so putting it in proper order was guess work. A little hint from Little Wars TV would have been nice, but no biggie; just a suggestion.
Castles and stone walls are not really a major thing in England at this time, most of the current stone fortifications are old Roman ones that have not been maintained, and the castles that we know of today do not really exist. Late, I know, but it explains as to why the forces of the militias advanced out to give battle.
So cool! Do you have a video where you show the figures and especially the board in detail? Or maybe even a "making of"? I'd really love to see how you created such a fantastic landscape!
According to some sources King Cnut promised Hadradas father the throne of England and Norway, however he later changed to his Half Brother Edward, who became confessor.
The oldest found battlesite in northern europe is found in Re county in Norway. It’s from 1163. You should come visit. I’ll give you a guided tour😝 It was found in 2010.
My family fought with William at hastings and funded the british branch of our family. We meet at battle, near hasting to celebrate the deads and our family history. Befire that we met in less favorable times; azincourt, crecy, poitiers...
I’m sure the battle of Stamford bridge is now found. My friend was invited there by archaeologists with his reenactment group to take photos with the artefacts. There were a number where of spear and axe heads found in a small space. Not sure if the location has been released yet though.
I feel like this is like getting in early into a thing that will become like peak internet nerd-dom in the future, where it starts getting really high-budget and popular, like d&d streaming. i feel like this will be really really big in like, 18 months.
you don't have to get far outside the city to see countryside which must resemble the landscape of 1066. it doesn't matter that you can't pinpoint exact locations, leave that to the archaeologists. were wargamers and the only thing we're digging for is inspiration!
Great game and background presentation as always. I would, however, contest 1066 as the last successful invasion of England. What about William III? You can paint it as you want, but an invasion it was. Oh, and then there's the story of king Louis of... England! But I digress. Keep up the wonderful work you do for our hobby, guys
Probably most them, though we aren't 100% sure the composition of Hardrada's army and where he sourced the troops (or even how many of them he brought). The Anglo-Saxons did often call any Vikings "Danes" as a common term at the time!
@@LittleWarsTV I do accept the catch all term of Danes but as Harald was king of Norway, had just lost a war against Sweyn of Denmark and picked up a lot of his troops in Orkney and Shetland which were Norwegian colonies, it’s definitely a Norwegian king, leading a Norwegian army
I just really hope no Kings cop an arrow to the eye or no berzerker takes a spear to the groin, that would all be very unfortunate.
Oh don't worry, the legendary berserker will make his appearance known at Stamford Bridge!
I was a great adventurer, till I took an arrow to the knee.
At the very least, both injuries would make one wince.
@@LittleWarsTV ESTABLISHED TITLES Was exposed as a SCAM
Like William’s claim to the throne.
Nice to see Wyatt: Like so many dark age conflicts, it's a family thing.
“The Last successful invasion of British Isles”
Glorious revolution, “Am I a joke to you”.
Never mind any other invasions of the British Isles after 1066, perhaps by other polities in the British Isles! 😬
i wouldn’t say that was an invasion, they were invited in and faced no resistance.
@@Thecodytree mainly commented as a joke, but honestly the Glorious Revolution is really a matter of perspective. Personally I believe a professional foreign army of over 20,000 that come and seize military control from a head of state who did not want to relinquish control regardless of who supported it or how much of a fight the opposition gave still constitutes an invasion. Of course that is an outside viewpoint as I am neither British or Dutch.
@@Hoagsgalaxynetwork fair enough. i would still say it isn’t, but it’s a very fine line
Not an invasion if its invited. The last invasion was actually the invasion of Fishguard, Wales by the French...they were beaten by some Welsh housewives.
Sat in the middle of York waiting for my daughter at trampolining club, watching this, having just driven through fulford. Listening to the bells of the minster chime. That's awesome.
Proud papa when his son joins hiim in his passion.
So cool to have the historian weigh in on the battles! I hope the battlefields are found one day!
I'm going to be honest... This is fantastic to see father and son doing this. Will go down as one of my favorites
Thank you, gentlemen. I am so glad you are continuing to provide these great mixtures of history and wargaming. Please don't ever stop!
Fantastic stuff. Hope the Little Wars gang had fun over here in the UK. Linked scenarios, with consequences that carry over, are one of my favourite ways to run games. Really makes any advantage or disadvantage feel earned.
"Here at little wars TV we're bonkers for Baccus" good to see continued support for some of the less common miniatures companies getting shout outs!
From our earliest days here we’ve always been fans of playing battles in 6mm scale!
Great skirmish table and game. Great to see Yorkshire make it on LWTV! Hope you guys made it to the Royal Armouries in Leeds. If not, you must do next UK visit so much to see in there. Great to see the genuine happiness on faces of Josh and Wyatt to face off against each other.
Always fun to see a classic father-son match up!
The medieval content makes my heart happy
It is good for a man to lose battles when is young so he may learn and win wars when he is old.
Must say didn't learn much about Stamford bridgen and nothing about Fulford gate in secondary school. Got to York St John University to study war studies and boom whole lecture day on Fulford and Stamford in the first few weeks!
That terrain looks amazing. I love those houses!
They are very easy to make! Just polystrene scraps with toothpicks for timbers and some teddy bear fur on the roof (matted down with watery Elmer's Glue) to look like thatch!
As a MERCIAN and a wargamer , your video is fascinating.
your table is awsome as always,grea
A blessing from the Lord!
Very nice small battle. I love these battles father vs. son and in this case it's very much looking to me, that the Saxons just had some bad luck. The Saxon army is looking weaker than the viking army and therefore the Saxon tactic was focussed on surviving and not defeating the opponent. Thank you for your work!
Nice wargame, glad to see some more "medieval- Dark age" gaming.
Great game btween father and son! Bless the heroes! In addition, the successful historical embedding is really neat.
A successful start for this season. 👍
Great game chaps - as always - I'm a regular visitor to the Hastings Battlefield - so looking forward to seeing your rematch. I've refought it myself several times and often get different, yet very close results - it was in reality, after all, a close run battle. Keep up the good work - hope you guys enjoyed your time in the UK.
We loved it! Such an awesome trip, and Hastings was a thrill to see in person. We put together a battlefield tour video for next week, and like yours, our wargame was a nail biter. It came down to the final die roll on the final turn.
I always love hearing Dr DeVries’ knowledgeable & engaging accounts of events (and also I think he sounds like H Jon Benjamin so I can imagine Bob Belcher, Archer, and Coach McGuirk have joined the seminar)
Topography has changed so much in a thousand years, even the location of Hastings has drawn doubters over the years. I'm not really surprised as battlefiels of half that age have significantly changed over time.
Interesting! Used to work as an Archaeologist, near York, and we did a geophysical survey in Fulford, and we found no evidence of mass graves, bridge or artifacts. So many geomorphological changes, its unlikely to ever be found.
9:32 I would argue this. According to most contemporary accounts, medieval battles were long and dragged out, especially during this time, because of the shieldwall tactics, it was hard to penetrate the line of the opponent.
Excellent video and I love the small scale approach to big battles. Great fun!
Ok I've got an idea. Each team has a general and a commander. The commander must follow the orders of the general. The general is out in a field somewhere, while the commander is at the table. Like a game of telephone.
Micro scale for the win. Love it Solid content and wargaming!
My current project :) good work chaps
Great job! I haven't gamed in in many years but i stumbled across miniatures on RUclips which lead me to your channel. Just last week I joined your patreon and now I am going quite madd deciding what era I want to start! Your content, bourbon, and crew made the return easy.
Amazing to see you in my home city! Hope you enjoyed York.
York was really cool! The old city center was very busy and full of character
Yes York was one of our favorite (or should I say favourite) stops in the UK! A good beer town! 🍻
Can't wait for the supplement :) Cool battle. We played a 2v2 game of the Battle of Ashdown and had a blast, only we played with individually based models, cause that's what I had. :)
Outstanding Video! Thank you, Little Wars TV! It is good to see the next generation of tabletop miniatures gamers step up to the shield wall! The ravens will feast tonight!
Harold II was the last crowned ANGLO-Saxon English king. Yes, the word Saxon is in there but it is very different from a Saxon King.
I've heard that some US people are touchy about the word "anglo-saxon" because apparently some racist weirdoes use it as some kind of racialised term over there. Which just sounds vaguely comical from this side of the pond, the same as when Vladimir Putin recently claimed the "anglo-saxons" were responsible for blowing up the Nordstream pipeline and it just raised the mental imagine of people going out in longboats and trying to poke it with spears. 😂
Whether that's anything to do with the terminology chosen in this video, I've no idea though!
@@zak3744 There is still a little gap of 500 years between the Saxon settlement of Britain and 1066. Of course, our friends are gamers and not historians but it is still vexing, considering the historic affords they put into other projects.
Very glad to see fuller length game videos coming back.
The snapshot videos and tours of battle sites were neat, but this is what you do best
Lived in Fulford for years. There's a housing estate on the approximate area of the battlefield now.
The commemorative plaque for the Battle of Stamford Bridge is on the left hand side of the road as you enter the town after you cross the modern bridge heading away from York.
Congratulations on four awesome seasons.
Thanks, John! Excited for some truly great wargames ahead.
I love your videos. Context, history, fun, good games.
LOL, brilliant banter.
Yaaay! Welcome to Britannia! Hastings is epic! ; it's our York town, our Sedan, our Sekigahara!
Love the use of smaller scale figures - goes to show how the battles can still look visually impressive but get you a ton of space savings in the process!
Thank God for season four!
Didn't Sweyn II of Denmark also have a claim on the English throne in 1066? I thought the king of Denmark was the fourth guy with a claim to the throne; he just didn't get involved in the battles of 1066.
Great to see a Father and Son playing a wargame together:) God Bless you guys Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
thank you for the free rules and scenarios love the show keep up the good work all the best richard
Thanks Richard!
Very engaging as always! The background, the table, even the jokes between the contenders make this a very exciting scenario, like I've come to expect from Little Wars TV. I'm also thrilled by how a very simple ruleset can provide so much fun, proving the "Nottingham" school of wargaming with lots die rolls, rules, contradictions and addenda is not necessary for wargaming.
The Norweigan claim is not completly bogus.
Canute was the King of Denmark, Norway and England (Briefly also Scotland). This is 30 years before 1066 or so. Harald Hadrada did try to claim the throne of Denmark before England.
When he got powerfull friends in Northen England/Souther Scotland sweering im loyalty (Tostig) it looked like his second chance after faling to claim Denmark?
Love the small scale here! Such a good idea and a great way to get into war gaming if you have space or money concerns. Awesome job as always guys
Another great video, and great to hear about more content coming for Ravenfeast!
Good to see you guys in Blighty 😀. Great channel 👍
I have enjoyed the skirmish level Raven Feast. I look forward to the big battle rules and scenarios.
Pretty cool that they got Jeff Daniels to play that college professor providing expert background.
I was thrilled to see my home town of Colchester on the map at the beginning of the video. Does this mean a Boudicca episode or maybe an English civil war edition?
As a brit... i wasn't aware of fulford gate, despite learning about 1066 on two separate occasions in history lessons... stamford bridge is often taught given it gives some context to hastings which of cause is taught.
Gents, not only great video but love the small size & what looked like very fun games. Well done… Looking firward to Hastings.
I find the comment about Stamford bridge being not well known ammusing, as I remember being told stories about it as a young child. It was, to be fair, often as a back drop to Hastings, but the beserker tale and the fall of the last viking was also sometimes told to me as a story in its own right. Enough so that I have for years wished I was a better writer, as I think a book following Harald Sigurdsen/Hadrada from escaping Norway, through his time in the Varagian guard, back to become king of Norway, and then ending the book right before Stamford Bridge. Then a second book, following Harold Godwinson through his time in Normandy, being advisor to the king, becoming king, fighting Stamford bridge, then ending with the march to Hastings. Finally, a third book, following William the Bastard through his invasion of England, and subsiquent early issues of subgigation through to his death.
Love this Channel.
Loving these engagements
Hey guys, great series of battles to replay. I’ve always wanted to do this with my group so I’ll be very keen to get your scenarios and big battle rules. 👍👍👍
Random, I just picked up medieval wargaming as a new hobby in 6mm, and I am building both danish and anglo saxon armies. Video couldnt come at a better time for me. 😁👍
If you want to make more medieval battles content in the future, look into the Northern Crusades in Europe during the 13th century.
Remember to fit in some Anglo-danes. At hastings it was Anglo-Saxons and Anglo-Danes against the Normans, Flemish and Bretons.
Huh! Hastings was the climax of the Norman conquest? Really enjoy your simulations of classic/iconic battles.
Well consider this. How many people know of Hastings and the year of the Norman conquest compared to how many people know the Battle of Northam, the Revolt of the Earls, and the siege of Norwich Castle?
Hastings crushed any hope of organized Saxon resistance. It's the 'Battle of Endor' of its time although the conquest continued for years afterwards.
Awesome video, fun and educational. Quick suggestion: you released both videos at the same time, and they should be watched in chronological order, but there is no indication in the titles which should be watched first.
just go with the order in which the battles were fought.
@@johnscarr70 Yes, that's the right answer. But you have to know the history to know which ones happened in what order. I had never heard of Fulford Gate before, so putting it in proper order was guess work. A little hint from Little Wars TV would have been nice, but no biggie; just a suggestion.
Castles and stone walls are not really a major thing in England at this time, most of the current stone fortifications are old Roman ones that have not been maintained, and the castles that we know of today do not really exist. Late, I know, but it explains as to why the forces of the militias advanced out to give battle.
Another amazing video folks.
So cool! Do you have a video where you show the figures and especially the board in detail? Or maybe even a "making of"? I'd really love to see how you created such a fantastic landscape!
Dad milking the victory love it 😂
Really enjoyed it.
According to some sources King Cnut promised Hadradas father the throne of England and Norway, however he later changed to his Half Brother Edward, who became confessor.
interesting point that in the 1066 campaign season irl Harold and Harald both won their first major engagement and lost their second
21:10 OUR MEN FLEE THE BATTLEFIELD!! CRAVEN DOGS!
After seeing that bowl for dice rolling I would really like to see a battle of pelennor fields and a siege of Minas Tirith war game.
Absolutely fantastic to watch. Follow-up question, where can one buy that dice tray???
As an English man i appove of this video
The oldest found battlesite in northern europe is found in Re county in Norway. It’s from 1163. You should come visit. I’ll give you a guided tour😝
It was found in 2010.
I would love to see the battle of Clontarf next and I would like to see you try and produce the name
Hahaha oh boy. Our pronunciation skills are the stuff of legend around here I'm afraid.
@@LittleWarsTV it’s just classic Irish names like Brian,máel mórda, máel sechnaill and murchad how hard can it be?
My family fought with William at hastings and funded the british branch of our family. We meet at battle, near hasting to celebrate the deads and our family history. Befire that we met in less favorable times; azincourt, crecy, poitiers...
I hope the FA have Stamford Bridge booked for a friendly with Norway in September 2066.
Godwinson!
I’m sure the battle of Stamford bridge is now found. My friend was invited there by archaeologists with his reenactment group to take photos with the artefacts. There were a number where of spear and axe heads found in a small space. Not sure if the location has been released yet though.
I feel like this is like getting in early into a thing that will become like peak internet nerd-dom in the future, where it starts getting really high-budget and popular, like d&d streaming. i feel like this will be really really big in like, 18 months.
you don't have to get far outside the city to see countryside which must resemble the landscape of 1066.
it doesn't matter that you can't pinpoint exact locations, leave that to the archaeologists. were wargamers and the only thing we're digging for is inspiration!
Great game and background presentation as always. I would, however, contest 1066 as the last successful invasion of England. What about William III? You can paint it as you want, but an invasion it was. Oh, and then there's the story of king Louis of... England! But I digress. Keep up the wonderful work you do for our hobby, guys
A great battle
These are great looking armies. What manufacturer are the minis?
Baccus 6mm!
Loved it
Great episodes! Looking forward to Hasting. When do you think that episode will be coming out?
In two weeks! Next week we have a tour of the battlefield at Hastings (in the town of Battle…confusing huh?) and then the wargame follows!
Just a correction guys but you referred to fighting the Danes at Stamford Bridge, it was actually the Norwegians
Probably most them, though we aren't 100% sure the composition of Hardrada's army and where he sourced the troops (or even how many of them he brought). The Anglo-Saxons did often call any Vikings "Danes" as a common term at the time!
@@LittleWarsTV Everyone knows that a doughnut without a hole is a Danish!!😁
@@LittleWarsTV I do accept the catch all term of Danes but as Harald was king of Norway, had just lost a war against Sweyn of Denmark and picked up a lot of his troops in Orkney and Shetland which were Norwegian colonies, it’s definitely a Norwegian king, leading a Norwegian army
Question would this rule set work for 10mm fantasy battles? They look great.
Great video - what make are the figures??
Baccus!
@@tonymarano913 Cheers :-)
Harold godwinson was chosen by the witan of England
Harald Hardrada had a claim as the defendant of King Cnute, who had been King of England several decades earlier.
Wasn't William the 3rd of Orange from the Netherlands the last successful invasion of England/Britain in 1688?
How did they see their dice roles? Didnt the one Ring make them invisible?
I'm obviously being dense but where can I find how to base up all three Armies in these videos?
Cheers
Great series. What rule set did you use for basing? New to wargamming in this scale and with figures.
It’s a free game called Ravenfeast! Rules, scenarios, everything is free. Just Google it!
Hi from the uk 😉
Nice to see here again Flash!
@@LittleWarsTV Im ALWAYS here🤪
Can viking scouts form a shieldwall?
God Bless William King of England.
what size have you done the bases ? looks good
20x20mm here