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Expansion for Lion Rampant: Medieval Wargaming Rules Second Edition
Lion Rampant: A Viking in the Sun – The Mediterranean Adventures of Harald Hardrada
2021
Rules assistance for Lion Rampant: A Viking in the Sun – The Mediterranean Adventures of Harald Hardrada
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
- 2 players
- Complexity 2.0/5
Rules assistant for Lion Rampant: A Viking in the Sun – The Mediterranean Adventures of Harald Hardrada
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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
Lion Rampant: A Viking in the Sun – The Mediterranean Adventures of Harald Hardrada is an expansion for Lion Rampant: Medieval Wargaming Rules Second Edition released in 2021. It was designed by Daniel Mersey, Gianluca Raccagni, and James Holloway (I) and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, and Simulation.
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About the game
This expansion for Lion Rampant: Medieval Wargaming Rules explores the Mediterranean world before the crusades through the adventures of the exiled Viking prince Harald Hardrada (“hard ruler”). Harald is best known for his invasion of England in 1066 as king of Norway, and for his death at the Battle of Stamford Bridge, which was a prelude to the Norman conquest of England. However, between 1033 and 1042 Harald spent his formative years as a commander in the famous Varangian Guard of Byzantium, taking part in campaigns in Upper Mesopotamia, Palestine, the Aegean Sea, Southern Italy, and the Balkans. In this supplement you will find historical information, new upgrades (from new tactics, such as Feigned Retreat, to terrain upgrades, among others), and three mini-campaigns based on extracts from Norse sagas and Mediterranean chronicles. The first campaign is a fight against a bandit boss in the Holy Land during an armed pilgrimage to rebuild the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem; the second takes place during a Byzantine attempt to retake Sicily from its Muslim rulers; and the third one tackles the early stages of the Norman conquest of Southern Italy. At the same time, there is no requirement to use Harald and the Varangians. This supplement includes five army lists (Varangians, Muslim Powers, Byzantines, Normans, Lombard and Byzantine Italian principalities), and alternative leaders for each of the campaigns with suggested skills based on their back stories. The campaigns are also easily adaptable to other medieval contexts and to other rules sets. —description from the publisher
Publishers
- The University of Edinburgh
Questions and answers
Lion Rampant: A Viking in the Sun – The Mediterranean Adventures of Harald Hardrada has a complexity rating of 2.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Lion Rampant: A Viking in the Sun – The Mediterranean Adventures of Harald Hardrada belongs to these categories: Wargame, Miniatures, and Medieval. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Dice Rolling, and Simulation. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Lion Rampant: A Viking in the Sun – The Mediterranean Adventures of Harald Hardrada are: Daniel Mersey, Gianluca Raccagni, and James Holloway (I). These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Lion Rampant: A Viking in the Sun – The Mediterranean Adventures of Harald Hardrada as an expansion for Lion Rampant: Medieval Wargaming Rules Second Edition. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Lion Rampant: Medieval Wargaming Rules Second Edition to use it. Check that your edition of Lion Rampant: Medieval Wargaming Rules Second Edition is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.