1 00:00:00,800 --> 00:00:05,480 Dark days of the pandemic. I would wander the woods near my 2 00:00:05,480 --> 00:00:09,880 house alone. The skies seem perpetually grey. 3 00:00:10,560 --> 00:00:15,120 The world was silent, just the odd car making its way up the 4 00:00:15,120 --> 00:00:20,560 road or seeing someone shuffle from house to house in a far 5 00:00:20,560 --> 00:00:24,440 away St. It felt like the world was 6 00:00:24,440 --> 00:00:30,080 ending. I looked on my phone and there I 7 00:00:30,080 --> 00:00:36,000 saw it, a golden crown, and pressing the button that lovely 8 00:00:36,000 --> 00:00:39,920 Aussie voice from Japan came shining through. 9 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:43,680 The crown of command had been born. 10 00:00:45,040 --> 00:00:49,720 Once again I hear tales of heroes, Grom the Paunch, Felix 11 00:00:49,720 --> 00:00:53,760 and Gottrick, the Emperor, Karl Franz, Tyrion and Teklas. 12 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:59,800 Heroes, I thought, long gone to the mists of time, came back 13 00:00:59,800 --> 00:01:03,760 into my life. And this, the Crown of Command, 14 00:01:03,880 --> 00:01:08,440 which has a community like no other, full of friends from all 15 00:01:08,440 --> 00:01:13,040 around the world, all with a love of bright green tables and 16 00:01:13,040 --> 00:01:18,320 shining bright paints. The Warhammer of the 90s is 17 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:23,680 back, and it's back because of the Crown of Command. 18 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:30,400 Happy birthday to you Pennbloid Happis this greatest of all pods 19 00:01:30,680 --> 00:01:39,720 and may your dice always, always roll sixes accepting your route 20 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:41,360 tests because that would be terrible. 21 00:01:42,000 --> 00:01:48,680 Happy birthday. Hello. 22 00:01:48,680 --> 00:01:52,240 Welcome to the Chronic Event Podcast to celebrate five years 23 00:01:52,920 --> 00:01:57,080 since it first started on the 5th of May 2020. 24 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:02,120 Wow, five years. I can't believe it and I want to 25 00:02:02,120 --> 00:02:07,840 thank Owen again and and extend my greatest gratitude to him for 26 00:02:07,840 --> 00:02:12,480 his enormous talent and time and dedication to the podcast and 27 00:02:12,480 --> 00:02:16,640 helping me deliver amazing stories and helping me with many 28 00:02:16,640 --> 00:02:19,920 of the videos on the chronic command over the many years I've 29 00:02:19,920 --> 00:02:22,280 started doing that. And our collaboration and 30 00:02:22,280 --> 00:02:24,880 friendship has been really valuable to me. 31 00:02:24,880 --> 00:02:28,760 So thank you again, Owen, and I know that you bring a lot of joy 32 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:30,720 and happiness into people's lives, mate. 33 00:02:30,960 --> 00:02:34,160 You really do. So and I know that the stories 34 00:02:34,160 --> 00:02:36,840 you're going to read today for us because it's a bit of a 35 00:02:36,840 --> 00:02:42,640 special Norse, you know, Viking special here on the credit 36 00:02:42,640 --> 00:02:45,680 command for our anniversary. So I hope you enjoy the Bill 37 00:02:45,680 --> 00:02:48,840 King stories that Owen will read for us a little bit later. 38 00:02:49,480 --> 00:02:52,760 But for now, just a quick introduction to say. 39 00:02:53,480 --> 00:02:56,240 And obviously thank everybody who's been a part of the Crown 40 00:02:56,240 --> 00:03:01,480 of Command since it started. And that I hope that you enjoyed 41 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:07,880 listening to yourself if you're a guest coming on and being very 42 00:03:07,880 --> 00:03:11,080 brave to come on. And initially, I think for many 43 00:03:11,080 --> 00:03:14,120 people, it's, it's kind of a bit of a daunting thing coming onto 44 00:03:14,120 --> 00:03:16,760 a podcast for the first time if you've never done it before. 45 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:19,760 And in many cases that's the that is the case. 46 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:22,400 They've not never done anything like this before. 47 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:25,920 But I think in doing that, I've made a lot of and forged a lot 48 00:03:25,920 --> 00:03:29,760 of friendships and relationships and acquaintances with people 49 00:03:30,080 --> 00:03:32,000 along the way, which has been really nice. 50 00:03:32,640 --> 00:03:35,640 Today I'm going to be talking about like the North for Man O 51 00:03:35,640 --> 00:03:37,480 War. And I think it's an overlooked 52 00:03:37,480 --> 00:03:39,880 fleet. I don't see many people talking 53 00:03:39,880 --> 00:03:41,520 about it. I don't see many articles 54 00:03:41,520 --> 00:03:43,640 covering them in White Dwarf back in the 90s. 55 00:03:43,880 --> 00:03:47,000 And I woke up 1 morning thinking, I'm sure I've got some 56 00:03:47,000 --> 00:03:49,640 of those ships lying around there somewhere that people have 57 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:51,600 sent me. And I've, I felt bad that 58 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:53,920 they've just been languishing there and I thought I've got to 59 00:03:53,920 --> 00:03:56,280 get them out and dig them out. And that sort of inspired me to 60 00:03:56,280 --> 00:03:59,880 do this for you guys today because I think they're a really 61 00:03:59,880 --> 00:04:03,000 interesting looking fleet. They're very pretty to look at 62 00:04:03,000 --> 00:04:06,760 with their wonderful striped coloured banner sails, I should 63 00:04:06,760 --> 00:04:13,640 say, and lovely Shields that are adorned onto the onto the side 64 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,839 of the ships on their hull, which looks really, really nice. 65 00:04:17,200 --> 00:04:20,440 And they look like a really fun looking fleet to play. 66 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:23,800 So we're going to go and cover that and I'm going to read 67 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:25,520 through. It's actually kind of inspired 68 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:27,480 by Johnny Watson actually, because Johnny said the other 69 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,240 day when I was on his live stream saying that he was 70 00:04:30,240 --> 00:04:35,800 listening to those solo podcasts I did about Man of War, which I 71 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:39,040 found quite kind of interesting because I mean, that was really 72 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,760 back in the early days of doing that. 73 00:04:41,760 --> 00:04:48,560 It was literally like a Surface Pro and APS 4 headset mic and me 74 00:04:48,560 --> 00:04:52,320 risk reading through a book. So I'm glad he found that quite 75 00:04:52,320 --> 00:04:53,920 valuable. He's kind of interested in in 76 00:04:53,920 --> 00:04:55,440 learning about the game and playing it. 77 00:04:55,440 --> 00:05:00,000 So I hope this podcast gives people out there a little bit of 78 00:05:00,520 --> 00:05:03,600 inspiration, if anything, to dig out their sets from the attic 79 00:05:03,800 --> 00:05:06,640 and play it and take it out. Play with their kids, play with 80 00:05:06,640 --> 00:05:09,600 their friends next door, get their wives involved. 81 00:05:09,600 --> 00:05:11,520 It doesn't really matter. I think it's such a fun game 82 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:13,400 that I think anybody would enjoy playing it. 83 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:17,560 It's not really a, it's not really a serious game. 84 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:20,800 I don't think it's, it's more fun and, and in the spirit of 85 00:05:20,800 --> 00:05:27,000 the 90s like Bill King, Nigel Stillman and Andy Jones, weren't 86 00:05:27,000 --> 00:05:27,800 they? They were the they were the 87 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:31,560 three guys behind all this. And I think John Blanche did 88 00:05:31,560 --> 00:05:37,040 some really nice concept drawings in White Dwarf quite 89 00:05:37,040 --> 00:05:38,920 some time before it even came out. 90 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:41,960 So that's how long ago they were sort of thinking about Metal 91 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:44,040 War. It has stood the test of time. 92 00:05:44,600 --> 00:05:46,400 It is. There is no other edition. 93 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:48,760 There is just one single edition that ever came out. 94 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:51,960 If you ever listen, listen to my Mel Bose interview for the 95 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:53,640 Terrain Tutor. He has some interesting 96 00:05:53,640 --> 00:05:57,520 information about it as well. So that was that was interesting 97 00:05:57,520 --> 00:06:00,360 to hear. But I hope to cover Man of War 98 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:05,840 in more episodes in the future covering the two expansions plus 99 00:06:05,840 --> 00:06:07,800 the Mac probably, I think the main rule book we sort of 100 00:06:07,800 --> 00:06:09,240 covered before. I think I'll cover that with 101 00:06:09,240 --> 00:06:11,320 Chris. I think, well, Chris and Cameron 102 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:12,720 covered it. I can't remember now. 103 00:06:13,200 --> 00:06:16,800 It's all a bit of a daze. We're done about 990 episodes 104 00:06:16,800 --> 00:06:26,080 and 190, let me just sorry, 119.4000 downloads for the 105 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:30,080 podcast and about 191 episodes. So I need to go and backtrack. 106 00:06:30,080 --> 00:06:33,000 Sometimes I forget what we've covered and I don't want to do 107 00:06:33,000 --> 00:06:34,760 it again. But doing it again doesn't 108 00:06:34,760 --> 00:06:37,080 really matter because you know the new, new people coming in 109 00:06:37,080 --> 00:06:38,080 and. All all all. 110 00:06:38,080 --> 00:06:41,240 Listeners, they probably don't even mind so much. 111 00:06:41,240 --> 00:06:46,120 So we should recap Man of War and go through those expansions, 112 00:06:46,120 --> 00:06:50,080 the Sea of Blood and Play Fleet. So do a lot do love a bit of 113 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,480 Play Fleet. I do like my chaos in Man of War 114 00:06:52,880 --> 00:06:55,920 very much so. But yeah, we should should talk 115 00:06:55,920 --> 00:06:58,640 about those fleets, how they interact within the game, how 116 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:00,160 they play them, how to play them. 117 00:07:00,160 --> 00:07:04,760 And there's lots of great 3D files out there, options for you 118 00:07:04,760 --> 00:07:07,760 to start your own fleet and start Man of War yourself. 119 00:07:08,520 --> 00:07:10,800 But without further ado, guys, let's get on with the show. 120 00:07:10,840 --> 00:07:13,520 Enjoy it. And thank you so much again for 121 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:17,600 your listenership, your patronage, and for those who 122 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:21,760 have been in contact and still in contact with me, thank you 123 00:07:21,760 --> 00:07:30,240 very much for your friendship. The Crown of Command is proud to 124 00:07:30,240 --> 00:07:33,000 be sponsored by Scott at Black Arrow Minis. 125 00:07:33,640 --> 00:07:37,120 Scott has a range of second hand miniatures from several 126 00:07:37,120 --> 00:07:41,960 manufacturers which include Citadel, Grenadier, Ralpatha, 127 00:07:42,240 --> 00:07:46,400 Battletech and many more. Collections that I enjoy pouring 128 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:50,560 over are the old Perry Empire, Ally Morrison's Marauder Dwarves 129 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,200 and the old metal models for Epic Space Marine. 130 00:07:53,720 --> 00:07:57,720 So go take a look today and head over to Scott's website at 131 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:07,880 www.blackarrowminis.com. The Norse Raiders The northern 132 00:08:07,880 --> 00:08:11,360 regions of the Old World suffer from extremes of climate and 133 00:08:11,360 --> 00:08:15,360 geography unlike anywhere else. The dense, dark forests, high 134 00:08:15,360 --> 00:08:20,120 barren mountains, icy seas and long winter nights conspire to 135 00:08:20,120 --> 00:08:22,440 make life here both hard and short. 136 00:08:23,040 --> 00:08:27,400 This cruel land is home to the Norse race of men that are as 137 00:08:27,400 --> 00:08:31,640 fierce, brutal and unforgiving as the landscape itself. 138 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:34,840 Because little grows upon the rocky soil of the North. 139 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:37,760 The North have traditionally turned to the sea for their 140 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:40,720 livelihood. Their kingships and long ships 141 00:08:40,720 --> 00:08:44,280 set out for the shores of Albion, the coasts of the Old 142 00:08:44,280 --> 00:08:49,120 World and even further afield, bringing warriors to pillage and 143 00:08:49,120 --> 00:08:52,920 extort what they require. Occasionally they will trade 144 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:56,640 with other races or hire themselves out as mercenaries in 145 00:08:56,680 --> 00:09:00,280 return for goods, but most of the time they will simply fight 146 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,240 to get what they want. It is said that the Norse love 147 00:09:03,240 --> 00:09:07,480 war song and ale, but most of all they love war. 148 00:09:07,680 --> 00:09:11,800 All welders tell horrifying tales of these berserk warriors 149 00:09:11,800 --> 00:09:15,080 from over the Sea of Claws, looting and burning from their 150 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:18,920 dragon headed vessels and ravaging the northern coasts of 151 00:09:18,920 --> 00:09:22,320 the Empire and Kislev. The Norse are known as excellent 152 00:09:22,320 --> 00:09:26,600 sailors and fearless warriors, given to great voyages and 153 00:09:26,600 --> 00:09:29,240 adventures. The most wayward of the North, 154 00:09:29,240 --> 00:09:32,560 Raiders have sailed as far as Othwan and the Southlands, 155 00:09:32,560 --> 00:09:36,480 bringing home tales of strange lands, immeasurable wealth and 156 00:09:36,480 --> 00:09:39,560 wild creatures. The Norsemen skills make them 157 00:09:39,560 --> 00:09:42,640 ideal recruits for any Navy. Norse warriors are found 158 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:45,880 fighting for the highest bidder in many sea battles, and 159 00:09:45,880 --> 00:09:49,640 Norsemen's first love is battle, whether it is as a mercenary, an 160 00:09:49,640 --> 00:09:53,360 ally or as a follower of the plague fleets of Chaos. 161 00:09:53,440 --> 00:09:56,800 Long ships excel in boarding action and are fairly fast, 162 00:09:56,840 --> 00:09:59,880 being able to move under both oars and sail. 163 00:09:59,920 --> 00:10:02,880 Each carries many warriors. Every man aboard is a 164 00:10:02,880 --> 00:10:06,720 bloodthirsty fighter, able to turn his hand equally to or or 165 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:08,520 sword. The Norse scorn the use of 166 00:10:08,520 --> 00:10:12,200 cannons aboard ships, keeping them as light as possible for 167 00:10:12,200 --> 00:10:16,160 greater manoeuvrability. Nor ships Norse ships make a 168 00:10:16,160 --> 00:10:19,040 useful addition to your war fleet if you plan to get stuck 169 00:10:19,040 --> 00:10:21,200 in with some heavyweight boarding actions. 170 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:24,840 They're generally used as allies for other races, but if you want 171 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:28,120 to have a fleet made-up entirely of Norse ships, we've included a 172 00:10:28,120 --> 00:10:30,680 Norse fleet list. There are two types of Norse 173 00:10:30,680 --> 00:10:34,400 ship, the kingship, which is a man of war, and the Long ship 174 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,720 was the ship of the line. They are similar in appearance, 175 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,320 but the Kingship is much more powerful in battle. 176 00:10:40,760 --> 00:10:43,880 Unless specifically contradicted here, all the normal. 177 00:10:43,880 --> 00:10:47,720 All the normal man of war rules apply to NOR ships movement. 178 00:10:48,120 --> 00:10:50,440 NOR ships have a very shallow draft. 179 00:10:50,560 --> 00:10:54,360 They can sail in dangerously shallow waters and beach on 180 00:10:54,360 --> 00:10:56,960 remote shores without damaging their hulls. 181 00:10:57,400 --> 00:11:00,320 To represent this, the normal rules for running aground are 182 00:11:00,320 --> 00:11:01,880 slightly different for north ships. 183 00:11:02,040 --> 00:11:06,600 If a N ship passes over any part of a sand bank, rocks or coastal 184 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:10,160 section of an island, it must end its movement for that turn 185 00:11:10,160 --> 00:11:12,880 and you must make a below the waterline, saving through. 186 00:11:13,080 --> 00:11:15,720 If you fail, you must roll in the following table. 187 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:20,160 Roll of 1/2 below the waterline hits, two to five, one below the 188 00:11:20,160 --> 00:11:22,640 waterline hit and six. No damage at all. 189 00:11:23,160 --> 00:11:25,960 Any N ship that starts the battle phase aground may attempt 190 00:11:25,960 --> 00:11:29,480 to move off by rolling a die. On a roll of a three or more, 191 00:11:29,480 --> 00:11:32,200 the ship may move away freely. If you roll a one or two, the 192 00:11:32,200 --> 00:11:34,600 ship is stuck fast and stays where it is. 193 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:38,080 It doesn't take any more damage and may try and move again next 194 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,280 turn. Combat N ships have no range 195 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:44,960 weapons at all, so all they can do during the battle phase is 196 00:11:44,960 --> 00:11:48,480 move and board other ships. As it happens, they're very good 197 00:11:48,480 --> 00:11:52,280 at boarding actions. Kingships Kingship crews are 198 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:54,880 made-up of a number of different warrior classes. 199 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,680 Though all are soldiers first, sailors second. 200 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:01,960 This doesn't mean they are poor sailors, far from it. 201 00:12:02,040 --> 00:12:04,520 The Norths are amongst the most accomplished seafarers in the 202 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:07,560 known world. What it does mean is that given 203 00:12:07,560 --> 00:12:10,880 the choice between a long voyage or taking part in a bloodthirsty 204 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,400 battle, the fight would win every time. 205 00:12:13,680 --> 00:12:17,280 Norsemen who take to the seas in search for treasure, glory, and 206 00:12:17,280 --> 00:12:20,880 war are usually one of the following four warrior classes, 207 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:24,840 Alpha, Werner, Berserkers, Bondsman, or Huskals. 208 00:12:25,000 --> 00:12:27,760 The Norse warrior counter supplied replaced the normal 209 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,480 Manor war crew counters, which are not used for Norse 210 00:12:30,480 --> 00:12:33,600 kingships. Norse warrior counters act in 211 00:12:33,680 --> 00:12:37,640 exactly the same way as crew counters in that they add +1 to 212 00:12:37,640 --> 00:12:40,920 your boarding action dice roll, but they also add additional 213 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:44,680 bonuses as detailed below. Note that anything that affects 214 00:12:44,680 --> 00:12:47,640 a crew counter in the Manor War game, such as magic or critical 215 00:12:47,640 --> 00:12:51,040 hits, will affect the Norse Warrior counter in the same way, 216 00:12:51,360 --> 00:12:53,240 with the exception of their special. 217 00:12:53,240 --> 00:12:54,720 Rules. They are the. 218 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,920 Same as normal crew counters. Wolf werewener. 219 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:01,520 Wolf werewener means wolf warriors and is the word used by 220 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,200 the Norse to describe those members of their society who are 221 00:13:04,200 --> 00:13:07,720 able to transform their shape into a grotesque half man, half 222 00:13:07,720 --> 00:13:09,600 wolf. Such individuals are quite 223 00:13:09,600 --> 00:13:12,760 common in northern Norska where whole families of these 224 00:13:12,760 --> 00:13:15,320 werewolves live in the forest settlements. 225 00:13:15,720 --> 00:13:18,760 Orpha Warner much feared throughout the old Warhammer 226 00:13:18,760 --> 00:13:22,120 world as fearsome fighters, whether in man or war form. 227 00:13:22,440 --> 00:13:26,000 The black and terrible deeds of the Orpha Warner over the years 228 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:28,880 have led to many of the horror stories about the Norse and have 229 00:13:28,880 --> 00:13:32,240 given them a well deserved reputation for ferocity and 230 00:13:32,240 --> 00:13:34,880 battle. Awful Warner special abilities. 231 00:13:35,040 --> 00:13:38,440 If the awful Warner are leading a boarding action, roll the dice 232 00:13:38,560 --> 00:13:41,120 on a 1-2 or three. They enter the battle as normal 233 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:44,440 crude and have no extra effect on the result of the boarding 234 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:46,000 action. Boarding dice rolls. 235 00:13:46,080 --> 00:13:49,760 On a 4-5 or six, they leap into the enemy vessel as rabbinings, 236 00:13:49,760 --> 00:13:54,160 slabbering giant walls and add +1 to your boarding dice rolls. 237 00:13:54,680 --> 00:13:57,880 In addition, your opponent must roll a dice for each of its crew 238 00:13:57,880 --> 00:14:00,440 counters. On a score of A1, it jumps 239 00:14:00,440 --> 00:14:03,360 overboard to escape the walls and is discarded. 240 00:14:04,040 --> 00:14:06,520 Berserkers. These lawless, near 241 00:14:06,520 --> 00:14:10,280 uncontrollable warriors are considered maladjusted even by 242 00:14:10,280 --> 00:14:13,080 other Norse warriors. Before a fight, the berserkers 243 00:14:13,080 --> 00:14:16,000 work themselves into a battle frenzy, ripping and biting at 244 00:14:16,000 --> 00:14:19,120 their own clothes and war gear. In this state, they're highly 245 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,880 dangerous not only for the enemy, but sometimes their own 246 00:14:21,880 --> 00:14:23,840 side. A ship that has both awful 247 00:14:23,840 --> 00:14:27,680 winner and berserkers aboard is a fearsome opponent indeed, and 248 00:14:27,680 --> 00:14:30,680 any ship coming too close is likely to be boarded and 249 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:34,160 captured with ease. Berserker Special Abilities If 250 00:14:34,160 --> 00:14:37,160 the berserkers are leading a boarding action, roll a dice on 251 00:14:37,160 --> 00:14:40,360 the following table before the boarding action starts, and 252 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:43,200 again for each subsequent round of the action. 253 00:14:43,560 --> 00:14:46,520 Roll 1 to 2 -. 1 D boarding dice. 254 00:14:46,520 --> 00:14:49,200 Roll 3 to 4 + 1 to your boarding dice. 255 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:53,200 Roll 5 + 2 D boarding dice roll and six roll again and add that 256 00:14:53,200 --> 00:14:54,520 number to your boarding dice roll. 257 00:14:55,080 --> 00:14:58,200 Bondsman Bondsman normally make up the majority of warriors 258 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,400 aboard A longship. They are fierce fighters and 259 00:15:00,400 --> 00:15:02,840 show their few qualms about laying down their lives in 260 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:05,880 battle. Bondsman special abilities that 261 00:15:06,000 --> 00:15:08,960 if they are leading the combat, Bondsman give an additional plus 262 00:15:08,960 --> 00:15:13,000 one to aborting dice rolls. Whether the Norse are attacking 263 00:15:13,000 --> 00:15:16,440 or defending Huskals, Huskals are the household troops, the 264 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:18,560 Norse Lords. They are maintained and well 265 00:15:18,560 --> 00:15:22,040 equipped by their masters and are fierce, loyal and frenzied 266 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:24,080 fighters. When a Norse Lord takes to the 267 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:26,160 sea, the Huskals will go with him. 268 00:15:26,360 --> 00:15:29,600 They fight alongside him and share his fortune, be it good or 269 00:15:29,600 --> 00:15:31,600 bad. Huskals are the defenders of 270 00:15:31,600 --> 00:15:33,960 their household banners and will fight with grim, determined 271 00:15:34,080 --> 00:15:37,640 nation to repulse anyone who boards their lordship, giving no 272 00:15:37,640 --> 00:15:40,640 thought to their own lives in their efforts to destroy their 273 00:15:40,640 --> 00:15:43,920 adversaries. Huskal Special Abilities Huskals 274 00:15:43,920 --> 00:15:47,240 give a + 1 to boarding dice rolls whilst leading an attack 275 00:15:47,360 --> 00:15:49,800 and plus 3 when leading a defense. 276 00:15:50,200 --> 00:15:53,920 Using Norse Warrior Counters At the start of a game, separate 277 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:56,640 the Norse warrior counters and place them in a cup. 278 00:15:56,880 --> 00:16:00,160 Give the cup a good shake to shuffle up the counters and then 279 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,360 take 4 for each kingship in your fleet. 280 00:16:03,600 --> 00:16:06,240 Before a boarding action, choose one of the counters. 281 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:08,960 This is the warrior class that is leading the fight. 282 00:16:09,200 --> 00:16:12,720 The crew get the benefit of this warriors class special abilities 283 00:16:13,000 --> 00:16:15,800 During the combat where there is an attack or a defense. 284 00:16:16,080 --> 00:16:18,520 The boarding action gets the normal dice roll plus the number 285 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,760 as usual, plus the special of the leading warrior class. 286 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:26,280 For example, a long ship has four Norse warrior counters, 2 287 00:16:26,280 --> 00:16:29,040 berserkers, 1 huskals, and one bondman. 288 00:16:29,240 --> 00:16:32,200 During the game it attempts to board an Empire wolf ship from 289 00:16:32,200 --> 00:16:34,920 the starboard side. The Norse player decides that 290 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:36,520 the berserkers will lead the attack. 291 00:16:36,800 --> 00:16:40,960 The Norse player gets a dice +41 for each Norse warrior counter 292 00:16:41,000 --> 00:16:44,480 in the attack and rolls a three, giving a total of seven. 293 00:16:44,680 --> 00:16:47,640 He rolls another dice to see what effect the berserkers have 294 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:50,160 on this total. The result is 4, which means the 295 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:53,480 berserkers give an extra plus one to the boarding dice roll 296 00:16:53,640 --> 00:16:56,640 for a total of 8. The Empire player gets a dice 297 00:16:56,640 --> 00:17:00,040 plus three because he only has three crew counters and rolls 4, 298 00:17:00,040 --> 00:17:03,120 adding plus one for the broadside cannons, and therefore 299 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:05,760 has a total of 8. The combat is a draw and both 300 00:17:05,760 --> 00:17:09,000 players lose 1 crew counter. As the Berserkers were leading 301 00:17:09,000 --> 00:17:12,040 the attack, the Norse player must discard one of his 302 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:14,520 counters. The initiative passes to the 303 00:17:14,520 --> 00:17:18,079 Empire player, who decides to counter board the longship. 304 00:17:18,200 --> 00:17:21,800 He rolls a three, adds +2 for his remaining crew counters, 305 00:17:22,119 --> 00:17:25,720 giving a total of five. Note that as he is attacking, he 306 00:17:25,720 --> 00:17:28,319 may no longer add +1 for the cannons. 307 00:17:28,440 --> 00:17:31,800 The Norse player decides to lead the defence with his Huskulls. 308 00:17:32,120 --> 00:17:36,120 He gets a dice +3 for the number of Norse warrior counters he has 309 00:17:36,120 --> 00:17:39,640 left, plus another +3 for the Huskull special defensive 310 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:41,840 ability. He rolls A5 which gives him a 311 00:17:41,840 --> 00:17:44,320 total of 11. The Norse win the round and the 312 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:46,560 Empire plays. Player loses another crew 313 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:48,720 counter. The Norse player decides to go 314 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:51,000 on the offensive again, this time with the remaining 315 00:17:51,000 --> 00:17:54,720 berserkers leading the attack. He gets a dice plus three for 316 00:17:54,720 --> 00:17:57,800 his remaining Norse warrior counters and rolls a three for 317 00:17:57,800 --> 00:17:59,880 the total of 6. Rolling a dice for his 318 00:17:59,880 --> 00:18:03,000 berserkers, he gets a 5, which gives him another +2 to his 319 00:18:03,000 --> 00:18:05,440 boarding dice for a grand total of 8. 320 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:10,000 The Empire player now gets a dice plus one as he is only one 321 00:18:10,000 --> 00:18:12,520 crew counter left. He rolls A5 which gives him a 322 00:18:12,520 --> 00:18:15,760 total of 6. Although he can add +1 for to 323 00:18:15,760 --> 00:18:19,400 this for his cannons, giving him a seven, he still loses the 324 00:18:19,400 --> 00:18:21,920 fight. The Empire player is beaten and 325 00:18:21,920 --> 00:18:25,120 the wool ship is captured. The Norse player boards it with 326 00:18:25,120 --> 00:18:27,560 his bondsman and captures it as a prize. 327 00:18:27,640 --> 00:18:30,560 This leaves him with his husk gulls and his remaining 328 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:32,680 berserkers on board his long ship. 329 00:18:33,200 --> 00:18:36,200 Long Ships. Long ships are nor ships of the 330 00:18:36,200 --> 00:18:40,080 line that accrued by thralls, the lower class of the Norse. 331 00:18:40,480 --> 00:18:44,200 Despite their lowly status, thralls are are as bloodthirsty 332 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:47,960 as a Norse society and relish the chance to suspend the 333 00:18:47,960 --> 00:18:50,840 monotony of their daily life for the excitement of battle. 334 00:18:50,960 --> 00:18:53,920 When the Norse organise themselves for a major battle 335 00:18:53,960 --> 00:18:57,360 and launch a full scale war fleet, it is the thralls that 336 00:18:57,360 --> 00:19:00,080 make up the bulk of the fighting troops in the fleet. 337 00:19:00,480 --> 00:19:04,360 Longship Special Rules Long ships are board as a squadron of 338 00:19:04,360 --> 00:19:06,680 three ships. A squadron of long ships may 339 00:19:06,680 --> 00:19:10,240 lash their vessels together to make a kind of fighting 340 00:19:10,240 --> 00:19:12,640 platform. To do this all the ships of the 341 00:19:12,640 --> 00:19:15,680 squadron must be touching each other at the end of the battle 342 00:19:15,680 --> 00:19:18,280 phase. At the start of their next turn 343 00:19:18,280 --> 00:19:20,080 they are considered to be lashed together. 344 00:19:20,240 --> 00:19:23,120 While lashed together, a squadron of long ships may not 345 00:19:23,120 --> 00:19:26,760 move under oars and has a sailing speed of 4 inches. 346 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,960 In the boarding action all the ships crews fight together. 3 347 00:19:29,960 --> 00:19:33,040 ships lashed together will have 9 crew counters in total. 348 00:19:33,200 --> 00:19:36,360 For example, ships that are lashed together must be boarded 349 00:19:36,440 --> 00:19:39,360 as one vessel. You cannot capture one of them 350 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:42,280 independently of the rest. However, each ship may be 351 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:45,760 individually fired at and sunk within the normal limitations of 352 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,720 line of sight, etcetera. If a long ship that is lashed to 353 00:19:48,720 --> 00:19:53,400 other long ships is sunk, its crew may move across onto any of 354 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:56,440 the other ships in the group as long as there is room for them, 355 00:19:56,840 --> 00:20:00,480 IE at least one of the other ships in the group is at less 356 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:04,600 than 4 crew strength. Boarding Actions Long ships have 357 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:07,840 three normal crew counters and get no special bonuses in 358 00:20:07,840 --> 00:20:11,040 boarding actions. They are not crewed by Orphaner, 359 00:20:11,120 --> 00:20:12,960 Berserkers, Bondsman, or Huskarl. 360 00:20:12,960 --> 00:20:15,080 Long ships are worth 2 battle honors. 361 00:20:15,480 --> 00:20:18,400 Buying N ships. Any fleet may buy Norse ships as 362 00:20:18,400 --> 00:20:20,680 allies. You may never have more than one 363 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:24,040 kingship for every squadron of ships or the line in your fleet. 364 00:20:24,120 --> 00:20:27,040 You may never have more than one squadron of long ships for each 365 00:20:27,040 --> 00:20:30,160 matter war in your fleet. If you would like the complete 366 00:20:30,160 --> 00:20:32,800 Norse fleet, you may use the fleet list opposite. 367 00:20:32,920 --> 00:20:36,240 So let's have a look at that. The North Fleet and N Fleet may 368 00:20:36,240 --> 00:20:39,480 consist of the following Admirals flagship. 1A fleet must 369 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:42,800 have at least one kingship to be your Admiral's flagship, the 370 00:20:42,800 --> 00:20:45,680 Admiral flagship. So the Admiral's kingship is the 371 00:20:45,680 --> 00:20:49,320 same as other kingships in your fleet, except that it has 5. 372 00:20:49,320 --> 00:20:54,040 N Warrior counters cost 100 points, Men of war, so they can 373 00:20:54,040 --> 00:20:57,400 have one or more of these, and you must have at least one 374 00:20:57,400 --> 00:20:59,360 kingship. Now you cannot have more 375 00:20:59,360 --> 00:21:01,040 kingships than you have Ships of the line. 376 00:21:01,040 --> 00:21:03,480 Squadrons cost 100 points per kingship. 377 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:08,240 Ship of the Lion Squadrons one plus at least one squadron of 378 00:21:08,240 --> 00:21:10,640 three long ships. You cannot have more squads in 379 00:21:10,640 --> 00:21:13,760 the long ships than you have. Man of War cost 150 points per 380 00:21:13,760 --> 00:21:17,080 squadron. Wizards 1 Variable seat Wizards 381 00:21:17,080 --> 00:21:22,200 and Magic Admiral 1 cost is free and Man of War cards one plus 382 00:21:22,240 --> 00:21:24,280 cost one. The first card is free with the 383 00:21:24,280 --> 00:21:28,560 Admiral's flagship subsequent cost of cards at 25 points per 384 00:21:28,560 --> 00:21:30,680 card. So that's basically the rundown 385 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,720 of the North Fleet. I will now go through and have a 386 00:21:33,720 --> 00:21:38,040 look at my collection of ships here and see what I can make for 387 00:21:38,040 --> 00:21:41,160 1000 points for an upcoming Man of War battle. 388 00:21:41,240 --> 00:21:47,800 So let's have a look guys. Leaning far out over the 389 00:21:47,800 --> 00:21:53,400 Dragon's plow of his kingship ulfric Grondal shielded his eyes 390 00:21:53,400 --> 00:21:57,200 from the spray and pulled his furs around him. 391 00:21:57,840 --> 00:22:02,320 Four months earlier, he and three other captains had set 392 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:07,960 sail from Norska in search of booty, plunder and more 393 00:22:07,960 --> 00:22:13,880 hospitable climes. 3 kingships crammed with proud Norse 394 00:22:13,880 --> 00:22:19,000 warriors and their war gear and with enough supplies to last any 395 00:22:19,000 --> 00:22:23,520 eventuality. The legends of the Southlands 396 00:22:23,520 --> 00:22:28,600 beckoned them, telling of riches beyond measure and they were 397 00:22:28,600 --> 00:22:34,440 theirs for the taking. No one could have foreseen the 398 00:22:34,440 --> 00:22:38,760 wild shifts in temperature and the changes in the weather as 399 00:22:38,760 --> 00:22:44,840 the ships had skirted the seas of chaos, nor the all consuming 400 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:50,520 storms which ravaged the fleet, ripping sails from masts and 401 00:22:50,520 --> 00:22:54,080 snapping oars as if they were much wood. 402 00:22:54,720 --> 00:22:58,240 No one had expected the distorting effects of these 403 00:22:58,240 --> 00:23:04,560 dread waters on the fabric of time itself and its effect on 404 00:23:04,560 --> 00:23:08,080 the men. The three ships had drifted 405 00:23:08,080 --> 00:23:13,240 through storms and had been be calmed for months. 406 00:23:14,840 --> 00:23:20,920 Disorientated, tired and hungry, the proud warriors had run the 407 00:23:20,920 --> 00:23:25,920 gamut of emotion from frustration and wild eyed anger 408 00:23:26,360 --> 00:23:31,800 to despair and hopelessness. Now all thoughts of the 409 00:23:31,800 --> 00:23:36,640 Southlands were gone from their minds, their only hope lying. 410 00:23:36,640 --> 00:23:43,080 Finding land, any land, after months at sea, the Norsemen 411 00:23:43,080 --> 00:23:48,320 resembled wild men or animals. Their furs were matted, their 412 00:23:48,320 --> 00:23:54,040 chainmail battered and rusty, their faces weather beaten and 413 00:23:54,040 --> 00:23:57,520 their hair straggling and unkempt. 414 00:23:59,640 --> 00:24:04,640 Squinting through the murky fog bank, Alfred's suspicions were 415 00:24:04,640 --> 00:24:08,560 confirmed. He spotted the hazy outline of a 416 00:24:08,560 --> 00:24:11,560 headland no more than two leagues distant. 417 00:24:12,560 --> 00:24:16,760 Turning to face his crew, he cupped weather calloused hands 418 00:24:16,880 --> 00:24:21,720 in front of his mouth to help his words carry over the crash 419 00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,480 of the waves and the harsh shrieking of the wind. 420 00:24:26,480 --> 00:24:31,880 Land ahead lads, make fast for beaching. 421 00:24:33,240 --> 00:24:36,120 The words had a profound effect on the crew. 422 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:41,120 Where they had been tired, beaten men rowing mechanically 423 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:46,560 with no aim or direction, now there were ranks of steely eyed 424 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:50,920 warriors shrugging off their fatigue as if waking from a 425 00:24:50,920 --> 00:24:55,160 terrible dream. A wild looking warrior clad in 426 00:24:55,160 --> 00:24:58,320 thick matted furs leapt up beside. 427 00:24:58,360 --> 00:25:01,880 Ulfric, where are we by your reckoning, Lord? 428 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:06,960 He addressed Alfrick, his eyes gleamed in anticipation. 429 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:13,680 Alfrick pointed towards the land now scarcely 10 ships length 430 00:25:13,680 --> 00:25:18,000 away before replying in a fierce whisper. 431 00:25:19,200 --> 00:25:24,200 I know not, Haftag, but be sure that whatever lies on those 432 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:30,320 accursed shores will feel the wrath of the Alfan Wana before 433 00:25:30,320 --> 00:25:36,320 the day is out. Hafta grinned wildly, revealing 434 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:41,640 sharply pointed canine teeth. Throwing his head back, he let 435 00:25:41,640 --> 00:25:46,840 out a year splitting howl, a feral hunting scream that any 436 00:25:46,840 --> 00:25:51,200 might hear as one voice. His hunting pack in the bows 437 00:25:51,200 --> 00:25:55,800 replied, and the sound of howling carried over the water 438 00:25:55,800 --> 00:26:01,680 from the two other long ships. Soon swords were drawn and 439 00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:06,840 Shields buckled on, and all thoughts of fatigue or despair 440 00:26:07,000 --> 00:26:10,440 were forgotten. The Berserkers were nearly 441 00:26:10,520 --> 00:26:15,240 uncontrollable, their hideous war cries joining with a rising 442 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:20,200 battle song of the Hascals and bondsman standing ready at their 443 00:26:20,200 --> 00:26:25,400 battle stations. As the hulls of the ships grated 444 00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:30,680 on the sands, Ulthric could see no sign that any alert had been 445 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:34,040 raised by the inhabitants of this gloomy island. 446 00:26:34,960 --> 00:26:39,120 The Norse warriors leapt over the side into the freezing waist 447 00:26:39,120 --> 00:26:42,960 high waters. As the ships ground to a stop. 448 00:26:44,280 --> 00:26:50,040 Fog swirled about them and a sharp tide tugged at his legs, 449 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:54,640 but Alfred laughed and led his men up the beach towards the 450 00:26:54,640 --> 00:26:58,000 lights. With swords drawn and battle 451 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,880 lust cursing through their veins, they ran. 452 00:27:02,800 --> 00:27:06,160 There were over 100 Norse warriors in all, as fine a 453 00:27:06,160 --> 00:27:10,080 fighting force as would be seen anywhere in the known world. 454 00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,680 The shadowy forms of the werewolves bounded ahead of the 455 00:27:13,680 --> 00:27:18,760 main force, closely followed by the screaming, enraged 456 00:27:18,760 --> 00:27:21,760 berserkers. The lights of the building 457 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:27,560 loomed near, and through the fog Alfredk discerned a wall. 458 00:27:28,200 --> 00:27:31,600 Beyond it huddled what could be a monastery. 459 00:27:32,400 --> 00:27:37,080 Pale lights gleamed in the windows, and a sad, mournful 460 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:42,560 chanting carried on the wet air. Alfrec urged the berserkers to 461 00:27:42,560 --> 00:27:47,960 smash down the stout gates. Take the gold from their foul 462 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:53,040 gods and sack the monastery. It's their curse which has 463 00:27:53,040 --> 00:27:57,680 caused such a hardship and now they must pay. 464 00:27:58,920 --> 00:28:04,000 Elfrick's voice was a frenzied roar, urging his warriors to 465 00:28:04,120 --> 00:28:07,960 heedless violence and retribution. 466 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:17,120 Time to take a swig out of the bubble there and to make our 467 00:28:17,200 --> 00:28:19,200 lists. Now. 468 00:28:19,200 --> 00:28:23,520 This list will be for 1000 points of Norse and I'm really 469 00:28:23,520 --> 00:28:25,320 looking forward to. I'm quite excited about it. 470 00:28:25,360 --> 00:28:27,800 I think I had the idea when I woke up 1 morning, I thought, 471 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:30,840 hey, and I've got some N ships down there and somewhere in the 472 00:28:30,840 --> 00:28:34,160 box, bottom of my box there. And I'm going to say a massive 473 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:39,600 thank you to Cameron and Courtney for just donating them 474 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:43,360 to me, which is amazing of them. And it allows me to now 475 00:28:43,360 --> 00:28:46,880 construct a fleet and I can present it on the YouTube 476 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,520 channel. And my intention is definitely 477 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,000 to play it. I don't know if I can do it this 478 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,040 month, but definitely in the near future, take it to the high 479 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:58,400 seas and play it against one of the other guys with another 480 00:28:58,400 --> 00:29:00,960 fleet. And they're really colourful 481 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,480 looking fleet as well. I love all the tiny little 482 00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:08,400 Shields on the outside of the that sort of flanked the top of 483 00:29:08,400 --> 00:29:13,560 the, of the longship and king ships and how the studio paint 484 00:29:13,560 --> 00:29:15,840 them with all the different kinds of designs, quartered 485 00:29:15,840 --> 00:29:18,880 them, half them. And and they're really, really 486 00:29:18,880 --> 00:29:22,080 quite nice. And the sails sort of remind me 487 00:29:22,080 --> 00:29:26,840 of asterisks and go tricks, that kind of thing, you know, So 488 00:29:26,840 --> 00:29:30,000 yeah, it's kind of really fun to put this all together. 489 00:29:30,040 --> 00:29:33,880 So for our thousand points, we have the Admirals kingship, of 490 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:36,560 course, are coming at 100 points and then we have two other kings 491 00:29:36,560 --> 00:29:39,200 ships. Now I can't take more kings 492 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:42,600 ships than long ships. I actually got a fourth one, but 493 00:29:42,600 --> 00:29:47,920 I only have 3 squadrons of long ships, which are my sort of, you 494 00:29:47,920 --> 00:29:50,840 know, ships of the line. So I can only take a maximum of 495 00:29:50,840 --> 00:29:53,840 three. So I've got the Admiral, 496 00:29:53,840 --> 00:29:56,320 kingship and then two other king ships with their crew. 497 00:29:56,320 --> 00:29:59,280 Now the king ship for the Admiral can take 5 crew and the 498 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:01,120 other two king ships can take 4 crew. 499 00:30:01,800 --> 00:30:06,440 So I've got the crew in this little bag here. 500 00:30:06,440 --> 00:30:08,240 So I put all the counters in here. 501 00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:09,480 I'm going to draw them at random. 502 00:30:10,480 --> 00:30:13,320 That sounds like a really fun process for every time you play 503 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,640 Norse. So former Admirals kingship, his 504 00:30:16,640 --> 00:30:21,560 first crew counter is berserkers. 505 00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:23,960 OK, that's a good start. OK, that's the first one. 506 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:27,760 The second one is berserkers beautiful. 507 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:31,000 OK, it's a very berserker heavy Admiral ship. 508 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:34,680 OK, next one Huskalls. Cool. 509 00:30:35,240 --> 00:30:41,040 That's my third one. The 4th 1 is huskalls. 510 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:44,040 OK, they're sort of competing with each other there for the 511 00:30:44,800 --> 00:30:50,560 for the Admirals love I think. And the last one is if I can get 512 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:53,120 it out things something stuck to my husk skulls again. 513 00:30:53,120 --> 00:30:55,200 Wow. OK Huskulls have dominated. 514 00:30:55,760 --> 00:31:02,200 So there's my 5 tokens for the for the Admirals kingship. 515 00:31:02,720 --> 00:31:06,040 OK, so for the next kingship now Liang at 4 crew this time. 516 00:31:06,040 --> 00:31:12,240 So the first one is bondsman. OK, here we go bondsman. 517 00:31:12,280 --> 00:31:13,800 I'll have to record everything as well. 518 00:31:13,800 --> 00:31:16,160 Of course. Berserkers. 519 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:18,920 That's good. We want the Berserkers, but I 520 00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:21,680 know the Berserkers and Huskals and not, not not the best 521 00:31:21,680 --> 00:31:24,000 combination, I don't think. Bondsman. 522 00:31:24,960 --> 00:31:27,000 That's the third one for the first Kingship. 523 00:31:27,000 --> 00:31:29,880 We're gonna make some names for these guys and Berserkers. 524 00:31:29,960 --> 00:31:33,040 So a mix of the two equally. OK, Kingship. 525 00:31:33,960 --> 00:31:38,360 OK, the first crew counter is Huskals. 526 00:31:38,400 --> 00:31:40,560 OK, now there are four different types. 527 00:31:40,880 --> 00:31:43,560 If just in case you're wondering, I'll put them all in 528 00:31:43,560 --> 00:31:48,320 there. So next one Ah, here we go awful 529 00:31:48,320 --> 00:31:50,000 winner. OK, so the awful winner 530 00:31:50,000 --> 00:31:56,480 represented finally for the second kingship third token is 531 00:31:57,000 --> 00:32:00,680 bondsman. OK, so it's got a nice mix so 532 00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:04,480 far. Can we get the the 4th one 533 00:32:04,480 --> 00:32:05,840 there? Awful winner. 534 00:32:05,880 --> 00:32:08,320 OK, so they've got more awful winner than the other ones. 535 00:32:08,720 --> 00:32:11,040 OK, so that's all the crew that have that have drawn now. 536 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:16,760 So as part of that the Admirals kingship gets a free Man of War 537 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:17,800 card. So I've got Man of War card 538 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:18,680 here. You can probably hear me 539 00:32:18,680 --> 00:32:23,200 shuffling in there near the microphone and let's draw one of 540 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,560 these at random. I'll just take one in the 541 00:32:25,560 --> 00:32:28,320 middle. What we get? 542 00:32:29,240 --> 00:32:33,160 Oh no villainous crew. The ship carries a company of 543 00:32:33,160 --> 00:32:36,160 condemned convicts, and cut throats are always thrown into 544 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:37,960 the front line of any boarding action. 545 00:32:38,600 --> 00:32:41,320 The convicts. The convicts give plus one to 546 00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,080 your boarding dice roll, and this card may be given up 547 00:32:44,080 --> 00:32:47,080 instead of losing a crew cutter if you are beaten. 548 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,160 OK, well actually that's not too bad. 549 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,640 I thought it was really bad at the beginning, but they should 550 00:32:51,640 --> 00:32:56,600 be all pretty good. So I don't think we're going to 551 00:32:56,600 --> 00:32:58,680 get beaten. But you never know. 552 00:32:58,680 --> 00:33:01,480 With two Berserkers and three Haskells, you never know. 553 00:33:01,840 --> 00:33:08,320 So I can use this to to stop me from losing, so stop losing a 554 00:33:08,320 --> 00:33:11,280 crew counter if you're beaten. So I can I can take the visit 555 00:33:11,280 --> 00:33:15,080 Villa villainous crew, sacrifice them instead of sacrificing one 556 00:33:15,080 --> 00:33:18,000 of my great Haskells or Berserker crews. 557 00:33:18,000 --> 00:33:20,960 OK, so I have actually purchased two more Man of War cards. 558 00:33:20,960 --> 00:33:22,520 I hope the draw's going to be better for the other two. 559 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,920 Now the first kingship, I'm going to make names for these 560 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,880 ships as well. Maybe you have some advice on 561 00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:30,840 those. The first one, Master Gunner. 562 00:33:32,440 --> 00:33:35,120 OK, now it's got guns. Now the cards have guns. 563 00:33:35,120 --> 00:33:41,760 Crew and armour like like you know, as in terms of if you can 564 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,800 get extra armour plating or something on your on your hull 565 00:33:44,800 --> 00:33:46,080 or something. I think they're called hull 566 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:48,280 cards. Actually now, as they don't have 567 00:33:48,280 --> 00:33:51,280 any guns, I can't take this one. So I'm going to have to discard 568 00:33:51,280 --> 00:33:54,720 it and draw another one. What's this one? 569 00:33:55,040 --> 00:33:57,000 Guns OK, discard. OK. 570 00:33:58,120 --> 00:34:00,240 Special magic standard. Oh yeah. 571 00:34:00,720 --> 00:34:02,520 OK. Flying proudly from the main 572 00:34:02,520 --> 00:34:06,080 mast is the great of this great vessel is an ancient battle 573 00:34:06,080 --> 00:34:08,320 banner endowed with magical abilities. 574 00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:11,960 This venerable banner battle banner brings good luck to the 575 00:34:11,960 --> 00:34:15,600 ship throughout the battle. You may re roll any single dice 576 00:34:15,600 --> 00:34:17,840 roll affecting this ship per turn. 577 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:21,320 OK, so that's on the second king ship. 578 00:34:21,719 --> 00:34:23,960 All right, now the last card I'll draw. 579 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:28,920 What's it going to be? Guns. 580 00:34:29,040 --> 00:34:35,199 OK, discard hull fire pumps. This ship, It has roof 581 00:34:35,560 --> 00:34:40,199 revolutionary equipment mounted on its builders, rudimentary 582 00:34:40,199 --> 00:34:42,880 beam engine driving a pump for putting out fires. 583 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:46,920 It is linked up to hoses capable of directing volumes of sea 584 00:34:46,920 --> 00:34:50,560 water onto any fire which breaks out on the ship during the 585 00:34:50,560 --> 00:34:53,080 battle. In the end phase, on each turn, 586 00:34:53,080 --> 00:34:55,120 roll the dice for each blaze on board. 587 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:57,640 On a score of 5 or 6, the blaze go out. 588 00:34:58,480 --> 00:35:03,560 OK, so they're all legitimate cards I can take and I'm just 589 00:35:03,560 --> 00:35:05,360 going to fix those to the to the ships. 590 00:35:05,640 --> 00:35:06,880 I'm not going to mix them around. 591 00:35:07,200 --> 00:35:09,240 I suppose that's probably a choice that you can make. 592 00:35:09,240 --> 00:35:13,560 I prefer to draw them for each ship as you do it that way you 593 00:35:13,560 --> 00:35:16,800 don't have that, you know, they have to be all random and they 594 00:35:16,800 --> 00:35:19,240 have to be randomly assigned. I think that's better than 595 00:35:19,240 --> 00:35:22,280 having to randomly draw them and then assign them to your ships 596 00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:24,520 are kind of like that. So you just sort of you just 597 00:35:24,520 --> 00:35:26,520 sort of fix with that and you just got to deal with it. 598 00:35:27,240 --> 00:35:29,520 So but yeah, that's not a bad one. 599 00:35:29,520 --> 00:35:31,000 The magic standard is a really good one. 600 00:35:31,000 --> 00:35:35,240 It's a re roll and that's for the bondsman berserker ship. 601 00:35:35,920 --> 00:35:41,640 So that might come in handy. And the fire pumps is a good one 602 00:35:41,640 --> 00:35:44,520 to you because you do get blazes on your ships and it's a real 603 00:35:44,520 --> 00:35:47,680 pain that it's so hard to get them out because you're 604 00:35:47,680 --> 00:35:51,680 basically hoping and praying that they don't spread and that 605 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:53,040 you roll. I think it's a one. 606 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:55,920 And then they extinguish themselves naturally. 607 00:35:56,400 --> 00:36:01,480 But yeah, once the once things start ablaze on your ship, it's 608 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:03,960 a real, real pain and it just starts spreading and causing 609 00:36:03,960 --> 00:36:07,920 more damage to your ship. So, OK, so I'm happy with that 610 00:36:07,920 --> 00:36:10,920 draw. We've got our crew, we've got 3 611 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:13,960 squadrons of long ships, which is nice. 612 00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:17,640 And I looked look forward to sort of grouping them all 613 00:36:17,640 --> 00:36:20,360 together. They'll be quite a powerful 614 00:36:21,160 --> 00:36:24,560 squadron there. And then I had some points 615 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:30,480 leftover because that that in total was 450 for the squadrons 616 00:36:30,480 --> 00:36:35,040 and 300 for the king ships to bring it to 750. 617 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:39,680 So I decided to buy Master Wizard because I can get access 618 00:36:39,680 --> 00:36:40,920 to a wizard, which is really cool. 619 00:36:40,920 --> 00:36:44,720 I think Man O War does play really nicely with Wizards and 620 00:36:44,720 --> 00:36:48,040 it's not too powerful. You only get one spell per turn 621 00:36:48,040 --> 00:36:50,800 to cast and casting it can be really difficult. 622 00:36:50,840 --> 00:36:54,800 So, and there's also also that very slim chance that will be 623 00:36:54,800 --> 00:36:57,360 dispelled by your opposing wizard if they have one. 624 00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:03,440 So I bought that for 100 points. It's a master wizard and you got 625 00:37:03,440 --> 00:37:06,760 to, you got to randomly assign what college the wizard's going 626 00:37:06,760 --> 00:37:09,000 to be. I'll do that before the game 627 00:37:09,000 --> 00:37:12,120 starts. So and then I'll get the cards 628 00:37:12,120 --> 00:37:14,600 and, and all that kind of thing, the spell cards. 629 00:37:16,720 --> 00:37:18,960 So that brought us up to 850. Then I've got the two metal 630 00:37:18,960 --> 00:37:21,880 cards that brought us to 900. So I had 100 points left in the 631 00:37:21,880 --> 00:37:25,280 Kitty and I thought, well, I'd really like to take sea monsters 632 00:37:25,280 --> 00:37:27,840 when I can. I think they're really fun, but 633 00:37:27,840 --> 00:37:29,760 not too many. I think we've, I think we've 634 00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:32,200 had, we've had our experimentations with sea 635 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:33,520 monsters. And I think if you take too 636 00:37:33,520 --> 00:37:37,320 many, they can be too powerful. So I think 1 is just fine. 637 00:37:37,600 --> 00:37:40,680 And there's always that chance that they, you roll that double 638 00:37:40,680 --> 00:37:45,000 and they just disappear to the seabed and, and to the corner of 639 00:37:45,000 --> 00:37:46,960 the seascape or whatever. So you always get that they're 640 00:37:46,960 --> 00:37:52,080 always a random sort of gamble in most cases. 641 00:37:52,480 --> 00:37:54,880 So I took a sea elemental. Now the sea elemental should be 642 00:37:54,880 --> 00:37:59,360 not the strongest one, but I thought it fitted the IT fitted 643 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:04,840 the theme of the Vikings because along the, in that in the 644 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:08,160 treacherous seas that they are during the times when Vikings 645 00:38:08,160 --> 00:38:13,080 were around historically, yeah, they they and their belief in, 646 00:38:13,080 --> 00:38:15,360 in their, in their gods and that kind of thing. 647 00:38:15,360 --> 00:38:19,200 The the, the sea was at their mercy really. 648 00:38:19,400 --> 00:38:22,680 Or they were mercy at the sea or, or Mother Nature. 649 00:38:23,960 --> 00:38:26,240 So I thought the sea elemental would be a really nice one 650 00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:33,040 because yeah, it uses the sea to basically damage other enemy 651 00:38:33,040 --> 00:38:36,760 ships. So it's pretty good. 652 00:38:36,760 --> 00:38:39,840 It's got 3D33 dice inches in movement rate. 653 00:38:39,840 --> 00:38:43,480 It's got 3 wounds, which is not a lot, and you don't really want 654 00:38:43,560 --> 00:38:46,320 to get it boarding anything because of three wounds you're 655 00:38:46,320 --> 00:38:50,920 going to lose it pretty quickly. But to hit it is 5 or 6 and it's 656 00:38:50,920 --> 00:38:54,160 got a 5 and 6 saving through. But it's worth 4 battle honors, 657 00:38:54,160 --> 00:38:56,280 which is huge. So I've got to make sure it's 658 00:38:56,280 --> 00:39:01,080 well protected. But it does have a couple of 659 00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:05,640 special attacks and CCC Elementals are immensely 660 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:08,440 destructive and have control over the seas that surround 661 00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:10,680 them. They can bury their opponents in 662 00:39:10,680 --> 00:39:14,440 tidal waves or summon storms, whirlpools and hurricanes. 663 00:39:14,880 --> 00:39:18,480 They often fall upon their victims as a mighty deluge, 664 00:39:18,480 --> 00:39:22,920 sweeping them from the decks and sinking their ship after it has 665 00:39:22,920 --> 00:39:25,520 finished moving. This sea elemental may either 666 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:29,440 create a tidal wave or try to change the winds direction. 667 00:39:30,200 --> 00:39:34,120 So if you choose the tidal wave attack, choose any ship within 9 668 00:39:34,120 --> 00:39:38,440 inches of the Sea Elemental as the target and roll 4 dice. 669 00:39:38,680 --> 00:39:42,840 If you roll any double s, the target is swamped under tons of 670 00:39:42,840 --> 00:39:45,840 water. All fires on it are put out 671 00:39:45,840 --> 00:39:47,520 immediately. I don't know if that's a good 672 00:39:47,520 --> 00:39:51,480 good good good attack really. And it takes A4 dice attack. 673 00:39:51,480 --> 00:39:54,920 Now I'm assuming you can either take low or higher high if they 674 00:39:54,920 --> 00:39:57,720 if they have locations on their ship to do that. 675 00:39:58,760 --> 00:40:01,280 Of course you want to take low to try to. 676 00:40:02,520 --> 00:40:05,080 Especially on damage locations, so you can get some extra 677 00:40:05,080 --> 00:40:08,240 critical hits. And so that one's not bad. 678 00:40:08,240 --> 00:40:09,960 A4 dice attack is pretty powerful. 679 00:40:10,200 --> 00:40:12,120 And then it's got changing the wind direction. 680 00:40:14,320 --> 00:40:17,280 So roll a dice on a result of five or six. 681 00:40:17,280 --> 00:40:20,640 You can move the wind compass so it is blowing in the direction 682 00:40:20,640 --> 00:40:23,120 of your choice. So we'll give him a go. 683 00:40:23,120 --> 00:40:25,840 Like I haven't painted him yet. He's part of another set. 684 00:40:25,840 --> 00:40:28,440 And that's the, I've got the Beasts of the Deep painted. 685 00:40:30,360 --> 00:40:32,800 Where are they? I can't see them now, but 686 00:40:32,800 --> 00:40:34,280 they're they're on my shelf somewhere. 687 00:40:34,960 --> 00:40:37,360 But I think because they're the beasts of the deep, I think 688 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:42,240 monsters of the deep. It's a 5 set one in that one. 689 00:40:42,240 --> 00:40:44,920 So yeah, I'm, I'm really looking forward to painting them. 690 00:40:44,920 --> 00:40:47,720 I love painting the other ones and I can't wait to paint the 691 00:40:47,720 --> 00:40:50,600 other one, the other set and complete them. 692 00:40:52,360 --> 00:40:57,120 So that brings back to 1000 points and yeah, let's just give 693 00:40:57,120 --> 00:40:59,320 it a go. I mean, playing Man O War is a 694 00:40:59,320 --> 00:41:01,600 lot of fun and I don't care if I lose. 695 00:41:01,600 --> 00:41:05,040 Well, it depends. It depends how you lose. 696 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:08,880 I played against cast wars twice now I'm I'm still not giving up 697 00:41:08,880 --> 00:41:12,080 on I'm trying to trying to beat them, but both times have been 698 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:15,760 absolutely pulverized by them and I haven't even got in got 699 00:41:15,760 --> 00:41:19,920 into boarding action with them. So but I was against dwarves. 700 00:41:20,120 --> 00:41:22,240 So we'll have to give them a go again and put them on the 701 00:41:22,240 --> 00:41:23,600 channel too. I don't know if we've had them 702 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:25,960 on the channel before. Maybe we did. 703 00:41:25,960 --> 00:41:30,280 I can't remember now, but Paul's got that fleet and yeah, they're 704 00:41:30,280 --> 00:41:33,920 super, super tough. So I was going to go nasty and 705 00:41:33,920 --> 00:41:35,760 dirty and take Dark Elves next time. 706 00:41:35,760 --> 00:41:37,760 But then I just don't think that's going to work either. 707 00:41:37,760 --> 00:41:43,000 So I'd have to, I'd just have to think of something that's that's 708 00:41:43,000 --> 00:41:47,680 going to be up to their level. I think maybe, maybe, I don't 709 00:41:47,680 --> 00:41:49,720 know, I should maybe take Chaos and Chaos magic. 710 00:41:49,720 --> 00:41:52,920 Maybe that might be sort of evening out the score in terms 711 00:41:52,920 --> 00:41:58,720 of what I can do to it magically, because in scathing 712 00:41:58,720 --> 00:42:00,480 is probably not a bad choice as well. 713 00:42:01,240 --> 00:42:04,880 So we'll see. Anyhow, look, I hope you enjoyed 714 00:42:04,880 --> 00:42:07,280 that might me drawing up the tokens. 715 00:42:07,280 --> 00:42:10,160 I thought it was a lot of fun and I'm going to record that on 716 00:42:10,160 --> 00:42:13,560 my sheet now and let's hope and let's start painting the 717 00:42:13,560 --> 00:42:16,360 miniatures and everything. I hope to have some photos up at 718 00:42:16,360 --> 00:42:22,800 some point on the channel and on Instagram as well of that of 719 00:42:22,800 --> 00:42:25,600 that fleet finished. And yeah, it's gonna look 720 00:42:25,600 --> 00:42:28,200 really, really pretty. So and I'm really looking 721 00:42:28,200 --> 00:42:31,000 forward to playing them because I do like the idea of just, you 722 00:42:31,000 --> 00:42:35,280 know, like scave and we just have like tons of crew and 723 00:42:35,400 --> 00:42:37,480 they're just like, you know, these violent killers. 724 00:42:37,480 --> 00:42:39,760 And as and as soon as you board something, it's just, you know, 725 00:42:39,760 --> 00:42:42,640 it's just a foregone conclusion most of the time anyway. 726 00:42:43,560 --> 00:42:46,640 So, yeah, look forward to that. And now, guys, I'll wrap it up 727 00:42:46,640 --> 00:42:48,240 here today. Thank you so much again for 728 00:42:48,240 --> 00:42:50,080 listening. Thank you so much again to Owen 729 00:42:50,080 --> 00:42:55,600 Stayton for his amazing renditions of these Bill King 730 00:42:55,600 --> 00:42:57,160 stories. I absolutely love them. 731 00:42:57,240 --> 00:43:01,080 And I, I loved his intro as well, which was a really nice 732 00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:05,400 surprise to send his birthday wishes to the crown of command. 733 00:43:05,400 --> 00:43:07,560 It was beautiful. So thank you, my friend. 734 00:43:07,560 --> 00:43:10,400 I really appreciate it. And as I've always said, I'm 735 00:43:10,400 --> 00:43:14,200 very lucky to have you on board helping me out with this and 736 00:43:14,880 --> 00:43:18,040 yeah, to, to, to be a friend of yours, if anything. 737 00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:19,320 So it's been really lovely, mate. 738 00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:22,400 OK, guys. Well, let's hope for another 739 00:43:22,400 --> 00:43:25,200 five years, eh? Let's have spin up some content. 740 00:43:25,200 --> 00:43:28,440 I'm trying to get some, some interviews with people. 741 00:43:28,440 --> 00:43:31,080 I've got some epic podcasts coming back. 742 00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:33,040 We've got some Warhammer deep dives. 743 00:43:33,800 --> 00:43:37,280 I want to go grab some more people that I've met through 744 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:40,680 YouTube on here as well. And, and I want to do some 40K 745 00:43:40,680 --> 00:43:44,440 second edition discussions or find people who want to do that 746 00:43:44,960 --> 00:43:47,560 with me and who want to collaborate like the guys are 747 00:43:47,560 --> 00:43:48,960 doing with the deep dives and Warhammer. 748 00:43:49,400 --> 00:43:50,920 They know a lot more about it than I do. 749 00:43:50,920 --> 00:43:53,400 I don't know much about 40K second edition, to be really 750 00:43:53,400 --> 00:43:56,280 honest with you. So it'd be nice to get some, 751 00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:58,960 maybe some Aussie voices. We'll have to see after get in 752 00:43:58,960 --> 00:44:01,920 contact with a few guys and and ask them if they want to jump on 753 00:44:01,920 --> 00:44:04,040 board with that. But until then guys, I'm sure we 754 00:44:04,040 --> 00:44:10,600 have years of podcasting coming to your ears as you paint and as 755 00:44:10,600 --> 00:44:14,280 you commute. But until then, let's just get 756 00:44:14,280 --> 00:44:16,880 to 200 episodes, eh, We're all, we're pretty much, we're very 757 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:19,200 closely, I think we've got another 9 episodes to go and we 758 00:44:19,200 --> 00:44:22,040 hit the 200 mark. So we're looking forward to 759 00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:23,760 that. Until then guys, take care of 760 00:44:23,760 --> 00:44:26,240 yourselves and I'll catch you again in the next one. 761 00:44:29,320 --> 00:44:34,200 The gates collapsed inward under the force of the blows, and the 762 00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:38,160 Norsemen streamed into the darkened courtyard beyond. 763 00:44:39,520 --> 00:44:44,400 Dimly lit figures emerged from the building, their heads bent 764 00:44:44,440 --> 00:44:49,120 as if in prayer. Not one of the Norsemen noticed 765 00:44:49,120 --> 00:44:54,480 the great gates swing shut behind them, so intent were they 766 00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:59,600 on revenge ulfric ran at the head of the berserkers, 767 00:44:59,680 --> 00:45:04,920 screaming with rage and hate. Reaching the cowled figures, his 768 00:45:04,920 --> 00:45:09,480 great sword fell in a glittering arc as it thudded into them 769 00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:15,640 again and again. In a few seconds, it was done. 770 00:45:16,400 --> 00:45:20,440 Alfred and his men stood panting amongst the bodies of the 771 00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:24,440 priests, the mist swirling about them. 772 00:45:25,440 --> 00:45:31,160 No, Rasped Alfric. Now we burn the monastery and 773 00:45:31,160 --> 00:45:37,360 take the gold within Dime Dal. You and your huskals take the. 774 00:45:39,800 --> 00:45:44,640 Alfric's voice was cut off abruptly as he felt something 775 00:45:44,640 --> 00:45:51,400 cold and hard grab his leg. He stabbed at it with his sword. 776 00:45:51,600 --> 00:45:56,960 Then the fog cleared for a moment, and ulfric screamed. 777 00:45:58,560 --> 00:46:04,400 He stared at the rictus grin of a long dead skeleton whose 778 00:46:04,400 --> 00:46:09,040 grasping fingers had a firm grip on his ankle. 779 00:46:09,920 --> 00:46:14,200 Around him, the cowled corpses began to move. 780 00:46:15,200 --> 00:46:19,360 His men backed off, fear in their eyes. 781 00:46:20,640 --> 00:46:25,360 Around the Norsemen, the earth was moving, fingers poking 782 00:46:25,360 --> 00:46:30,680 through the soft soil like worms surfacing after a rain shower. 783 00:46:31,440 --> 00:46:35,720 Make for the ships. This is the island of Lord Moore 784 00:46:35,720 --> 00:46:38,840 himself. Elfrich shouted. 785 00:46:39,720 --> 00:46:43,760 He knew he had to stop the retreat becoming a route. 786 00:46:44,640 --> 00:46:49,400 Grabbing the skeletal hand at his ankle, he held it aloft and 787 00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:54,320 hurled it into the air. Stick together for our sword, 788 00:46:54,320 --> 00:46:59,440 smash bone as well as flesh. He shouted, grinning at the 789 00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:03,760 nearest warriors. Taking heart, they regrouped and 790 00:47:03,760 --> 00:47:06,800 began a swift retreat to the gates. 791 00:47:08,200 --> 00:47:12,200 But the gates had been locked behind them, and this time, 792 00:47:12,240 --> 00:47:16,480 Alfred realized, they would not open so easily. 793 00:47:17,520 --> 00:47:23,040 All around, cowled figures staggered towards them through 794 00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:27,400 the fog. Form a shield wall, he cried. 795 00:47:27,920 --> 00:47:33,520 If we are to die, let us go to the gods with honour, standing 796 00:47:33,520 --> 00:47:39,920 on a pile of bones and broken skulls, unfurl the banner and 797 00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:45,920 sound the war cry. We are Norsemen and will not be 798 00:47:45,920 --> 00:47:56,310 taken easily. Ah. 799 00:47:57,430 --> 00:48:00,510 Hello my friends, my name is Owen. 800 00:48:01,870 --> 00:48:06,470 If you enjoy what I do, why not follow my podcast, Time Between 801 00:48:06,470 --> 00:48:10,270 Times, which tells myths, legends and ghost stories from 802 00:48:10,270 --> 00:48:14,000 all around the world? Or you could buy me a coffee at 803 00:48:14,000 --> 00:48:20,720 coffee.com/owen Staton or become a patron at patron.com/owen 804 00:48:20,720 --> 00:48:24,000 Staton 7. I'm also available for any voice 805 00:48:24,000 --> 00:48:28,960 over work you might want doing. 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