House of the Three Truths: Battle of Clontarf
The Battle of Clontarf
The Battle itself is played out on a 6×4 using the Epic Saga rules.
Each 4 point Warband can be increased to a maximum of 6 points using the Victory Points earned in the previous games.
2 Victory Points may also be spent above this for named characters for your forces.
Victory points can also be spent on Ruse Cards and as additional “pips” on the dice for the first player to decide deployment on a one to one basis after the dice have been rolled.
Finally, points can be used for the challenge.
The battle opened with Plait, the bravest of the foreigners, taunting Domnall mac Eimín, a Scottish ally of Brian. The two men marched out into the middle of the field and fought, and both died, “with the sword of each through the heart of the other, and the hair of each in the clenched hand of the other.”
Each Side must chose one hero, a hearthguard or above and place them in the centre of the table.
They each get 2 SAGA dice for their battle board, VPs can be spent to buy a new die at 3 VPs per dice to a maximum of 4 dice.
The champions players roll off to see who is the active player and no VPs can be spent to raise this roll.
They then fight until one is dead. The Hero returns to their ranks while the losers side receive a fatigue on every character and unit before the battle starts.
The final game is 7 turns long and plays out using the Epic SAGA rules.
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