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.
@@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.
Great game btween father and son! Bless the heroes! In addition, the successful historical embedding is really neat. A successful start for this season. 👍
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 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.
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.
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.
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 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)
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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. :)
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.
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.
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.
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. 👍👍👍
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!
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.
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...
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?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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!
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.
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.
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
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!
Forgive the Pedant's Revolt but the last succesful invasion of England was 1688. The title "Glorious Revolution" was political re-writing of history. A battle between an English Army under John Churchill and the Dutch commanded by William of Orange would make a brilliant "alternateive history" wargame.
As I understood it Edward had been forced to marry Godwinsons daughter. He had no intention of letting him father a child with his daughter as he hated him, he would rather pray than carry out his husbandly duty, hence the nickname the confessor. However he had mistresses.
We had marched all night long Now silently we stood upon the ridge An army of fifteen thousand strong Looking down at Stamford Bridge The English stood on the hill Caught off guard we had to retreat The omens of this day boded ill The river cold and wide lay at our feet One man walked out on the bridge With Dane axe held firm in his mighty hand Alone he stood against our foes A giant Berserker of a man Charge! The order to attack Nothing now can hold us back Our entire force pours down the slope Now, abandon all of your hope Death! Move in for the kill Today Norsemen blood will spill Englishmen! I am waiting here In my heart I know not an ounce of fear We are waiting here my trusted axe and me Just come at me, I will not flee Death! I know that it awaits Soon I will enter Valhalla's gates! On the bridge we met his axe While he stood, none could pass His axe cut deep, through flesh and bone He held the bridge all on his own Forty men, died by his steel The only way we could make him kneel Was to send four men out on the stream And sting the bastard from beneath From beneath
great video as ever. I very much enjoyed it. just thought I would mention the whole buy a plot of land and get a title thing has long been exposed as a scam, there are plenty of legal opinions on the 'net illustrating the legal problems with it and it is considered nothing more than an unscrupulous money-making scam in both Scotland and the UK as a whole. you CANNOT become a 'Laird' with the ownership of a single square foot of land, despite the claims made by any of these companies :(
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.
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.
I'm going to be honest... This is fantastic to see father and son doing this. Will go down as one of my favorites
So cool to have the historian weigh in on the battles! I hope the battlefields are found one day!
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.
Always fun to see a classic father-son match up!
Thank you, gentlemen. I am so glad you are continuing to provide these great mixtures of history and wargaming. Please don't ever stop!
Proud papa when his son joins hiim in his passion.
"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!
The medieval content makes my heart happy
“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.
Great game btween father and son! Bless the heroes! In addition, the successful historical embedding is really neat.
A successful start for this season. 👍
It is good for a man to lose battles when is young so he may learn and win wars when he is old.
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!
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 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.
Excellent video and I love the small scale approach to big battles. Great fun!
As a MERCIAN and a wargamer , your video is fascinating.
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.
A blessing from the Lord!
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.
Nice wargame, glad to see some more "medieval- Dark age" gaming.
Congratulations on four awesome seasons.
Thanks, John! Excited for some truly great wargames ahead.
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
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 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)
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.
your table is awsome as always,grea
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.
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!
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.
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! 🍻
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!
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.
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. :)
Another great video, and great to hear about more content coming for Ravenfeast!
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.
Great to see a Father and Son playing a wargame together:) God Bless you guys Happy Thanksgiving 🦃
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.
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.
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. 👍👍👍
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!
I love your videos. Context, history, fun, good games.
Yaaay! Welcome to Britannia! Hastings is epic! ; it's our York town, our Sedan, our Sekigahara!
thank you for the free rules and scenarios love the show keep up the good work all the best richard
Thanks Richard!
Gents, not only great video but love the small size & what looked like very fun games. Well done… Looking firward to Hastings.
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
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.
My current project :) good work chaps
Pretty cool that they got Jeff Daniels to play that college professor providing expert background.
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.
21:10 OUR MEN FLEE THE BATTLEFIELD!! CRAVEN DOGS!
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...
Thank God for season four!
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 an English man i appove of this video
I have enjoyed the skirmish level Raven Feast. I look forward to the big battle rules and scenarios.
Love this Channel.
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
I hope the FA have Stamford Bridge booked for a friendly with Norway in September 2066.
Good to see you guys in Blighty 😀. Great channel 👍
LOL, brilliant banter.
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.
Loving these engagements
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.
Another amazing video folks.
Dad milking the victory love it 😂
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.
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.
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!
Really enjoyed it.
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?
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.
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.
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.
Absolutely fantastic to watch. Follow-up question, where can one buy that dice tray???
Godwinson!
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
God Bless William King of England.
Harald Hardrada had a claim as the defendant of King Cnute, who had been King of England several decades earlier.
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
These are great looking armies. What manufacturer are the minis?
Baccus 6mm!
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!
Harold godwinson was chosen by the witan of England
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!
A great battle
Forgive the Pedant's Revolt but the last succesful invasion of England was 1688. The title "Glorious Revolution" was political re-writing of history. A battle between an English Army under John Churchill and the Dutch commanded by William of Orange would make a brilliant "alternateive history" wargame.
Loved it
As I understood it Edward had been forced to marry Godwinsons daughter. He had no intention of letting him father a child with his daughter as he hated him, he would rather pray than carry out his husbandly duty, hence the nickname the confessor. However he had mistresses.
Question would this rule set work for 10mm fantasy battles? They look great.
Wasn't William the 3rd of Orange from the Netherlands the last successful invasion of England/Britain in 1688?
When the Hastings part comes I hope the normans win even though I am English
Great video - what make are the figures??
Baccus!
@@tonymarano913 Cheers :-)
We had marched all night long
Now silently we stood upon the ridge
An army of fifteen thousand strong
Looking down at Stamford Bridge
The English stood on the hill
Caught off guard we had to retreat
The omens of this day boded ill
The river cold and wide lay at our feet
One man walked out on the bridge
With Dane axe held firm in his mighty hand
Alone he stood against our foes
A giant Berserker of a man
Charge! The order to attack
Nothing now can hold us back
Our entire force pours down the slope
Now, abandon all of your hope
Death! Move in for the kill
Today Norsemen blood will spill
Englishmen! I am waiting here
In my heart I know not an ounce of fear
We are waiting here my trusted axe and me
Just come at me, I will not flee
Death! I know that it awaits
Soon I will enter Valhalla's gates!
On the bridge we met his axe
While he stood, none could pass
His axe cut deep, through flesh and bone
He held the bridge all on his own
Forty men, died by his steel
The only way we could make him kneel
Was to send four men out on the stream
And sting the bastard from beneath
From beneath
I'm obviously being dense but where can I find how to base up all three Armies in these videos?
Cheers
great video as ever. I very much enjoyed it. just thought I would mention the whole buy a plot of land and get a title thing has long been exposed as a scam, there are plenty of legal opinions on the 'net illustrating the legal problems with it and it is considered nothing more than an unscrupulous money-making scam in both Scotland and the UK as a whole. you CANNOT become a 'Laird' with the ownership of a single square foot of land, despite the claims made by any of these companies :(