Over My Dead Body! Trojan Wars in 28mm with Midgard Heroic Battles

I ran this scenario for the first time at Britcon in August 2024 just as Midgard Heroic Battles was about to head to press for eventual release in November.

It was a big event, definitely one of the top Lardy Days on the UK circuit, and slightly nerve-wracking as I would be introducing some of the regular Lard gaming veterans to Midgard for the first time.

I needn’t have worried – it was a blast – and the response was excellent. However, on the eve of pulling the game out again for the Crackcon 6 event, I realised that I’d never shared most of these photos. So here you go!

With the death of Hector, many Trojans felt that their last hope had gone. The stone known as the Luck of Troy had been stolen away in the night by the cunning Odysseus of Ithaca.  What hope was left for the beleaguered golden city?

However, one morning, the sun burned brighter than usual; a column of armoured warriors arrived, guided by Paris himself.  These were no ordinary soldiers but Amazons, the famed warrior women who lived far away near the River Thermodon.  Bred for battle, they carried bronze spears and swords, but also shot arrows from both chariots and horseback. 

Welcomed through the gates, the Amazons were feasted and celebrated with the best provisions that Troy could muster.  Priam himself presented their Queen with a silver-hilted sword, and Penthesilea told her tale to the astonished Trojans. “We are here to aid you in your noble cause of driving off the Achaean locusts.  I, Penthesilia, daughter of Ares, will use this sword to slay Achilles himself!  Since accidentally killing my beloved sister, Hippolyta, I have no wish to live in dishonour.  Let us take up arms and fight to free Troy and gain eternal glory!”

And so, the following morning, with a blast of bronze trumpets, the Scaean Gate opened and disgorged a horde of Amazons.  Sun glinting on their helms and arrow-tips, Penthesilea led her warriors to meet Diomedes of Argos, first out of the Greek camp.  A single combat was agreed between Podarces, brother of Prothesilaus (the first Achaean to be slain in the campaign) and the Amazon champion Bremusa as the others rushed to battle. 

The chariots of Achilles and Ajax the Great could be seen in the distance.  The women of Troy watched spellbound from the towers of Ilium: who would triumph?