Viking: Tactical Warfare in the Dark Ages, 700-1300
BGG rank
BGG #15,400
BGG rating
6.8

Viking: Tactical Warfare in the Dark Ages, 700-1300

1975

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  • 2 players
  • 120 min
  • 12+
  • Complexity 2.2/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for Viking: Tactical Warfare in the Dark Ages, 700-1300

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Viking: Tactical Warfare in the Dark Ages, 700-1300 is a board game released in 1975 for 2 players, 120 minutes per game, and ages 12 and up. It was designed by John Young and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, and Hexagon Grid.

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About the game

Viking: Tactical Warfare in the Dark Ages, 700-1300 One of five games in a series by SPI called PRESTAGS (the others were CHARIOT, SPARTAN, LEGION and YEOMAN). Tactical level game. Each game shares a set of the same common rules. Each game also has a set of exclusive rules that highlight features of warfare during the period that game covers. 400 counters Battles Included Qadisiya (Persians vs. Arabs, AD 637) Tours (Arabs vs. Franks, AD 732) Constantinople (Byzantines vs. Varangians, AD 860) Paris (Vikings vs. Franks, AD 885) Lourain (Franks vs. Vikings, AD 891) Hamburg (Vikings vs. Germans, AD 988) Balthusta (Byzantines vs. Bulgars, AD 1014) Clontarf (Vikings vs. Irish, AD 1014) Cannae II (Byzantines vs. Lombards, AD 1017) Civitate (Normans vs. Papists, AD 1053) Cerami (Normans vs. Arabs, AD 1063) Stamford Bridge (Anglo-Saxons vs. Vikings, AD 1066) Hastings (Normans vs. Anglo-Saxons, AD 1066) Manzikert (Byzantines vs. Seljuq Turks, AD 1071) Durazzo (Byzantines vs. Normans, AD 1082) Dorylaeum (Crusaders vs. Seljuq Turks, 1097) Hattin (Crusaders vs. Moslems, AD 1187) Liegnitz (Mongols vs. Germans, AD 1241) El Mansura (French vs. Arabs, AD 1250)

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  • SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)

Questions and answers

Viking: Tactical Warfare in the Dark Ages, 700-1300 supports 2 players according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.