Choosing your War Band
SAGA games are nominally 6 points a side, though 4 points a side are recommended for new players. With each point the player can purchase 4 elite models, 8 warrior models or 12 levy models. Refer to the table below for a summary of the abilities of each type of model.
|
|
Elite |
Warrior |
Levy |
|
Number models/point |
4 |
8 |
12 |
|
Generate saga dice |
Y |
Y |
N |
|
Armour (hit on) |
5 |
4 |
3 |
|
Fatigue limit |
4 |
3 |
2 |
|
Melee attacks/model |
2 |
1 |
1/3 |
|
Melee attacks/point |
8 |
8 |
4 |
|
Missile attacks/model |
1 |
1/2 |
1/2 |
|
Missile attacks/point |
4 |
4 |
6 |
| Shooting save | 4+ | 4+ | 4+ |
| Melee save | 5+ | 5+ | 5+ |
Note that Levies can always have missile weapons, but only some factions can provide missile weapons to Elite or Warrior models.
| Bows, slings | 12" | range |
| Crossbows | 12" | range; reduce owning players armour and enemy armour by 1 |
| Javelins | 6" | range; use javelins as part of moving activation (at end of move) |
| Composite Bows | 6" | range; shoot as part of moving activation (either before or after move) |
| Double-handed axes | reduce owning players armour and enemy armour by 1 | |
| Infantry | 6" |
movement; can fight 3 deep |
| Mounted | 12" |
movement; armour -1 vs shooting; can fight 2 deep |
After purchasing the models, the player must organise them into units. A unit must be between 4 and 12 models of a single type. Thus you could 1 have point of Levies and make 2 units of 6 models, or could have 3 points of Elite and make one unit of 12 models.