SAGA II Release Date Set For February 2018 In New Previews
January 15, 2018 by brennon
You can relax now and get your warbands ready for SAGA II which looks like it's going to be hitting in February! A lot of folks had speculated that this might be the date of release for a while now but we've got something a bit more firm from Studio Tomahawk now.
Admittedly, most of what we're seeing here is in French right now but it gives you a look at the new cover of the book as well as a peek inside its pages too...
As you can see, things appear to be laid out in a much neater fashion than they were in the old book and it seems like it will be easy to follow through as you're learning the game.
Viking Supplement
We also got to see the new Age Of Vikings/Viking Age Book as well.
This will be the first supplement which works alongside the main rules. Inside this book, you'll find all that you need to bring together warbands from this period of history and fight it out on the tabletop. It makes sense that they'd start here considering this is the true age of sagas!
Do you have your eyes on a new warband for the world of SAGA in its newest incarnation? Many of the existing factions are carrying over which is nice so maybe it's time to put together a warband that is the exact opposite of the one you've been collecting as a sworn enemy?
Will you be snapping this up?
"...things appear to be laid out in a much neater fashion than they were in the old book"
Supported by (Turn Off)
Supported by (Turn Off)
Supported by (Turn Off)
Though Saga has never really drawn me in I must admit I am intrigued to see where they go with this…what new setting they will explore.
This is top of the list for me. I’m very excited to see what / who turns up for the mythical factions in the future.
@Brennon so will you succumb or stick to you new years resolution of dropping Saga…lol
Aye not buying anymore SAGA, or the new books – but will still have the models that I already have in my collection to play games with if it takes the fancy.
But if you don’t have the new rules you might get left behind …;-) and shunned by @lloyd and Gerry…lol
Shun the non-believer, shuuuuuuuuun!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRB8Jor8tPs
@brennon = dead to me 😉
To my shame I have the Viking and Saxon starter sets waiting for workshop space… people down the club have happily let me play with theirs on the odd occasion we play.
But given that it looks like things are being released just before my Birthday then it would seem obvious to use this as an opportunity to get things done and ask for the rulebook and Viking supplement as my present – together with a selection of those nice Little-Big-Men shield transfers. I think the thought of painting all those shield was what put me off initially.
It’s certainly tempting to make a warband from the Shieldmaiden figures coming from Bad Squidoo (sp?) games soon…
footsore are also going to release shieldmaidens in the next couple of months, so you could have a very unique female warband
I’ll be picking one of these up, then wondering if I need more regular chaps; more levy; or more both.
yes
Do you know something we don’t know? If I’m going to make up my starter sets then how should I do this different from SAGA (1st ed) build.
Bear in mind the suggested build for Viking starter (to enable 4 point warband) is:
1 x Warlord
8 x Hearth guard
16 x Bondi
With 3 armoured and 4 unarmoured extra figures.
if the option is to buy more, the answer is always yes 🙂
But seriously with the changes to Saga dice generation even levies can gain them now, if they’re sufficiently large units, 6 or more iirc, and 4 or more for warriors. It means that swarm warbands are viable with waves of smaller units.
The unit sizes themselves are still the same 4:8:12 ratio though, so you don’t have to change your current collection, although have you seen Footsore’s Viking range 😉
nice figures.
I’m ready for the new rules now. I was a bit reluctant at first as I’ve not been into the game that long but I know we will get lots of games in down with the folks from BoW and The Causeway Giants Gaming Group. It’s been a favourite down there in 2017.
I’ve started painting my stuff Tony, in an effort to get some fully finished warbands on the table for you this year 😀 we’ll see how long it lasts
I do love Saga. I think I am happy to hold out on version 2, making this a Salute purchase this year, rather than spending in February. Still haven’t completed my 6 points of Vikings, Normans and Anglo-Saxons / Dane warbands yet. Will keep plugging away until April and hope I like the changes.
Won’t be abandoning Saga to play with Hobbits like some. (Kidding, if I could afford the time, space and cost a Riders of Rohan force would look epic. Not a fan of painting horses especially though.)
3rd of Feb confirmed as release date
2018 getting off to a good start and a bit sooner than I expected.
@brennon What can I say ? I think BoW should do a Saga event to bring him back into the fold
Pre-ordered mine should be shipping on the 12th Feb
Never got a game in with first, partly as I got distracted. Will grab this vikings starter almost ready for painting table, blowing a gald last 2 days stopping priming. The books, some plastic archer levies and v&v berserkers to round out on the shopping list.