Blood at Red Hollow
Battlefield: the ruins of an abandoned city · 13 Oct 2026 · Ranked
Mongol Horde
600 Mongol horse archers with composite bows and spare horses, using feigned retreats and constant movement, backed by 100 lancers in lamellar armour for the final charge.
Viking Warband
800 Viking raiders with bearded axes, spears and round shields, wearing mail and leather, led by a vanguard of 60 berserkers who fight without armour or fear.
ROUND 1 OF 4
Mongol Horde wheel across the ruins of an abandoned city at a gallop, arrows already in the air. Across the ruins of an abandoned city, Viking Warband surge forward, berserkers howling ahead of the main line.
ROUND 2 OF 4
Mongol Horde turn a feigned retreat into a trap and the lancers smash home. Viking Warband stagger as their loose ranks are punished.
ROUND 3 OF 4
Viking Warband unleash the berserkers, who tear a ragged hole in Mongol Horde. Mongol Horde see horses brought down in the press.
ROUND 4 OF 4
Viking Warband crash into Mongol Horde with bearded axes, hooking shields aside and hacking through. Mongol Horde finally break off, the last riders scattering across the ruins of an abandoned city.
» A berserker hurls his axe end over end and the last of Mongol Horde goes down.
THE WAR ORACLE'S VERDICT
Mongol Horde has a clear edge: constant horse archery and feigned retreats. Viking Warband needs its ferocious berserker vanguard to land early, or light armour will decide it.
- Constant horse archery
- Light armour
- The battlefield: the ruins of an abandoned city
MVP: A one-eyed jarl with two axes
Nobody expected Viking Warband to walk away from this, and few of them did. Mongol Horde will be talking about the ruins of an abandoned city for a long time.