Of Gods and Mortals Day in Leeds (3)

And so to the final game of the day.
Celts v. Japanese, the classic match up

The lads lined up

The Samurai pointed their sharp sticks at them.

An evil Draugr lurked by a tomb (as they habitually do whenever the Iron Age Celts and Feudal Japanese come to blows) 

 

Raaaaargh!

The peasants mostly stood around praying

Epona took on the Samurai and slowly whittled them down.

With assistance from her equine chums.

Meanwhile however the Japanese god of war with some daemonic assistance was rapidly polishing off my mortals.

In the end I ran out of warm bodies before the Japanes did and it was another loss. A great fun game with a splendid opponent - and a lovely looking Japanese army.

Of Gods and Mortals Day in Leeds (2)

After lunch it was time for the second game. This was against Oliver and his Egyptian force.

Both forces had Legends with the "Culling of the Weak" trait - which can be really nasty, so things started a bit cagily.

My Banshee went sneaking around the flank.

Skeletons were boosting Anubis.

As Epona cautiously advanced.

Epona took on the Dead legend

The horses, fearing being "culled" ran around the flank.

The Sphinx proved decisive and chased off the slingers.

Victory again went to my opponent. I'd forgotten the grind of playing undead. In most games kill the god and watch the mortals run off but undead don't mind - so you need a different way to beat them.

Of Gods and Mortals Day in Leeds (1)

Kevin at the Leeds club organised another day of Or Gods and Mortals gaming. Only James and I were able to make the trek up from Nottingham but there were nine other players waiting for us on arrival.

After the Norse themed event of earlier in the year this one was "open" in terms of which gods and pantheons were used - as long as they were "real world" so there was a broad selection of models on show

Celts, Egyptians, Greeks and Norse were all present, along with Japanese (and possibly some others I missed).

I was using Celts - my Epona led list, heavy on the horses. Unfortunately I didn't have time to get a game in before the event, so this would be the first time I'd played since then. Fortunately the basics of OGAM are pretty easy to remember.

My first game was against John  who I played at the Norse event back in March. He was still using Norse, but had swapped Hel for Vignal - a more fighty god.

I placed my Kelpie in a pond - because that's the right place for a water spirit to start the game.

Armoured lads looking for a fight.

Epona's horses gallop out.

The centre of the board was a ruin containing a mystery box, filled with who knew what...

Epona directs her steeds forward.

Shieldmaidens bar the way

Trollwolves and a Valkyerie accompanied the god.

Trollwolves started fighting the horses.

The Puca faced off with the Smith.

The lines closed

Fighting broke out in the ruins

The battle unfolds (in favour of the Norse, mostly)

Victory went to the Viking forces after a thoroughly enjoyable tussle. I remembered the basics of the rules, but had forgotten all of the synergies and how to actually win the game.

Ériu, Goddess of Ireland

Bought this model on a whim a while ago because it's lovely. Half a plan to use her for Of Gods and Mortals.

A Lucid Eye model based on a Jim Fitzpatrick artwork

Of Gods and Mortals - Celtic Clash

James came over for a game of OGAM. We both really like this system but don't play it as often as we should. Celts was the name of the game so I took my Epona list and James had Slough Fegg and an assortment of other nastiness.

We chose a scenario from the Celts supplement - Epona was attacking Slough Fegg and his tall tower of evil.

Epona's Celtic warriors soon came up on the Celts in the servitude of Slough Fegg.

The Banshee swept into the middle of the line and shrieked with spectacular results.

Epona rode up with her men

And a huge scrum broke out

The three ladies had a set-to.

Meanwhile Slough Fegg picked on some Celtic nobles.

The big fight rumbled on

Until Epona overreached herself and was banished.

She returned but the evil forces had turned the tide.

However the horses hoofed Slough Fegg from the board

But it was too little too late and the Evil Lord retained control of his tower.

It was good to get OGAM out again. It always gives a good game - though it took us a while to get going as we tried to remember the rules...

We ended up thinking about the possibilities of an OGAM Greek themed gaming day in the near future.