Fall of Britannia

The Saxon Invaders

The Saxons first came to Britannia as mercenary troops of the Roman Empire.  Later they came as invaders.  The term "Saxons" is used in many cases to represent a number of European migrants, mainly from what we now call Germany, Denmark and the Netherlands.  They were pagans who called themselves Sais, Jutes and Aeglish.  Each host came with their king or prince hungry for land and plunder.  They came to conquer and settle.

In this setting the models are mainly plastic 28mm figures by Gripping Beast, North Star and Warlord Games with metal figures from Gripping Beast, Warlord Games, Blacktree Design, Crusader, Footsore, Bad Squiddo and some not particularly designed for this period including fantasy figures from Hasslefree, Games Workshop and many others (some very old!)

Saxon High King and champion (old Citadel I think)

All of the warbands include red as the Bretwalda's colour and to represent that each warband follows its king they also have some unifying colour to make them easier to identify on the wargames table.  The warband strength and "organisation" is flexible so that they can be used under several different sets of rules - our own club rules, Saga, Of Gods and Mortals, Dux Briranniarum, Dragons Blood etc.

 

 

They draw  supporting troops from the generic groups of light infantry.

Introduction

Dark Age Village

Romano British

Saxon Warbands

Generic figures

Battle of the Sacred Red Thorn

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