Vinland 1003 is now available in MP!

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We know that the Vikings encountered indigenous Americans around 1000AD. This scenario imagines a battle where the Vikings are attacked in their camp near their boat.


Design notes for Vinland 1003AD
We know from the Icelandic sagas that Vikings sailed as far as Newfoundland (Vinland) around 1000AD and encountered indigenous people there who they disparaged as skraelings (“wretches”).
This scenario is based on the expedition of Thorvald Eiriksson with a single ship 1n 1003 when he became the first European to die in North America after being mortally wounded by a Skraeling arrow.

Army points: Icelandic Vikings 698pts, Skraeling 762pts.

The actual size of the Viking army is just over 60 men, which is the smallest scale possible in the game. The Icelandic sagas relate that Thorvald had just one ship so the actual size of his crew may have been between 30 and 40 fighting men.

Bibliography
Wikipedia entries for “Vinland 1003” and “Saga of the Greenlanders”.
Chronicle BBC TV documentary “Vikings in North America” (1966)