Glorantha Midgard

Next weekend we'll be going to Joy of Six show to stage a Glorantha game of Midgard.
This was my suggestion, however I've been very lax at getting models painted. Fortunately Matt is much more disciplined and enthusiastic than I and so has panted up two (very large) forces.
I'll have some to add (if I get my finger out) and James is preparing some Walls of Pavis for the game.
However we thought we'd have a bit of a practice to get a feel for which units we'll use at the event.

In the end we just threw pretty much everything on the table and muddled through. I took the Lunars, Martin took the Orlanthi and Matt thumbed through the rules and made helpful decisions about unit stats.

Both forces lined up - this is way bigger than we'll play with at Joy Of Six, but we wanted to get "all the toys" on the table.

We'll also have a nicer mat on the day, and some bespoke Glorantha scenery.

The Orlanth forces had some small palisades to deend.

The Lunars bought their dinosaurs.

Bid blocks of Lunar spearmen with skirmishers to the fore.

The Orlanth forces held steady.

First cash happened on the lunar left, spirit cavalry thundered in to the Lunar horse.

The Lunar centre pushed up

Their Chaos allies on the right hit home.

Orlanth cavalry was making short work of the Lunars, despite the presence of dinosaurs.

Battle was joined across the field.

The Telmori pushed back the Lunar phalanx.

Casualties were mounting for the Lunar commander.

And the skirmishers were proving difficult to shift from the village.

Bloody fighting was the order of the day.

The dinosaurs had proved no match fo Orlanthi courage.

A Storm Lord summoned the wind to bear him aloft.

And his presence fortified the Telmori

Casualties littered the ground and both forces were running out of Reputation.

In the end it was the Lunar morale that collapsed ans the followers of the Storm god could claim the victory.

Great game that, despite the number of units still played quickly and easily.

Our game on Sunday will be smaller, to give more people chance to take part  and will also feature Trolls and Praxian nomads (if I get on with painting!).

Do come and join in and throw some dice if you're in the area.