Gripping Beast Turn Goth With New Starter Warband For SAGA
April 11, 2018 by brennon
This lot might have had long dark hair but there was probably a lack of make-up in the actual Goth force back in the day. Gripping Beast has put together another SAGA Starter Warband for you with their Goths for Aetius & Arthur.
The force is great for those starting out and contains a whole host of units for you to use. They may be fielded as Visigoths or an Ostrogoth Warband on the tabletop giving you some flexibility as well.
It's neat to see more mounted units getting thrown into the ring. Whilst I prefer a good shield wall to hide behind and warriors on foot I do like the idea of having raiding units of horsemen to tie up units and deliver shock blows against the enemy.
What do you think of the Goths?
"They may be fielded as Visigoths or an Ostrogoth Warband on the tabletop giving you some flexibility as well..."
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Looking sweet. cool thing I noticed in the new edition of Saga is that you can use the Goths as a Lombard warband – could be interesting, pitching these dudes against some Normans, Byzantines and the like. Always nice to have multiple purposes, especially when the figures are as nice as these…
great figures for an army.
Is the second edition out yet? I’m on a budget and have not played anything from the first but I would love to get into this game. I wish they’d bring a nice second edition 2 player starter box to Kickstarter, in USD. That would make me a happy camper.
yup (in the UK at least) – 48 page softback rulebook, 72 page hardback supplement for the viking era, 12 battle boards. Crusades era supplement due out before long too 🙂 I’ve found Gripping Beast’s plastics to be a great and cost effective entry point, in time (when I can afford it) I intend to splurge on some of the fantastic metals out there
2nd edition was released in March, along with “Age of Vikings”. “Age of Crusades” officially releases at the end of this month, but there are supposed to be pre-release copies at Salute this weekend.
Of course, I’m in Pennsylvania, so who know when it’ll reach here…