SAGA FAQ September 2013

[Gareth]

And that's part of the reason I need to ask questions about the 7point lists. I'm not going anywhere near mounted units against certain armies. The Javelin/Mounted armour penalty against shooting for instance, makes mounted stuff a liability against Normans. On the other hand if you can alter deployed unit sizes, against Anglo-Danes multi mounted troops could cause you havoc.

Assuming I've interpreted the question correctly, I've just checked the rules for the event at Total Wargamer and you could change the unit sizes deployed between games i.e. 8 Warriors for 1 point could be fielded as a single unit or two 4 man units in different games. Worth checking though for the Alvechurch event, although I would imagine the format would be similar.

I am expecting that points can be altered and combined as normal. It's more the equipment. I can take a Warlord mounted or not, do I choose pre event. Same for Warriors and Hearthguard. As it is I can spend 3 points on Hearthguard, and take 6 mounted and 6 on foot, as two units, or 4 mounted and 8 on foot as two units, or even 5 mounted and 7 on foot. If I have to choose how the points are equipped pre event, that locks tactics in, before I see my opponent, and you have to build in a degree of redundancy into the army. The same could be asked about Normans. One unit of upto 8 Warriors can be equipped with Crossbows. If you selected two points, you might want to split them 6 and 10, only getting 6 Crossbows, the next game you might want to split them 8 and 8, but if you were locked at a max of 6 crossbows, that option would be removed. Dane axes, might be great against Joms-Vikings who have no ranged, but against anything with crossbows, the -2 armour, makes your unit dead before it gets into Melee.

Long winded explanation, so I apologise, but normally in a list, you choose unit sizes and equipment. The fact that Saga allows you to tailor equipment at the table, means that a list is more or less redundant, particually with an extra point, if you can tailor. I did a Malifaux event with a 55ss list, but the fact that at the time, models came as they were, and could not be changed, means that the event isn't something I can draw upon, as previous similar experience.