Vikings and Saxons for Lord of the Rings

Last Sunday my friend Tom and I got together for a game. We decided to play Games Workshop's excellent Lord of the Rings game. Tom is just starting to play and does not have any models for the game so we decided to try the rules for some dark age skirmish. He has a very nice Danish Viking army for Warhammer Acients Battles and I have a Saxon army, so a raid on a Saxon village seemed natural.

In order to play this I needed to come up with some stats and point costs for the forces. This wasn't too difficult as Vikings and Saxons are very similar to several LoTR troops types. Here is what I came up with in case you would like to try it out.

Vikings

Characters

Hersir Points 50
F S D A W C M/F
4/4+ 4 4 2 2 4 2 1

Equipped with armor and a sword

Sheild +5
Two-handed Weapon +5
Throwing Spear +1
Spear +1

Berzerker Points 15
F S D A W C M/F
4/- 4 5 2 1 8 - 1

Equipped with a hand weapon

Sheild +2
Two-handed Axe +5

Troops

Hirdmen Points 8
F S D A W C
3/4+ 3 4 1 1 4

Equipped with armor and hand weapon

Sheild +1
Throwing Spear +1
Two-handed Axe +3

Bondir Points 5
F S D A W C
3/5+ 3 3 1 1 3

Equipped with hand weapon

Sheild +1
Spear +1
Bow +1

Note: Bondir equipped with Bow may not be equipped with a shield or a spear.

Saxons

Characters

Ealdorman Points 50
F S D A W C M/F
4/4+ 4 4 2 2 4 2 1

Equipped with armor and a sword

Sheild +5
Two-handed Weapon +5
Throwing Spear +1
Spear +1

Troops

Huscarls Points 10
F S D A W C
4/4+ 4 4 1 1 3

Equipped with armor and hand weapon

Sheild +1
Throwing Spear +1
Spear +1
Two-handed Axe +5

Thegns Points 6
F S D A W C
3/4+ 4 4 1 1 3

Equipped with armor and hand weapon

Sheild +1
Throwing Spear +1
Spear +1

Fyrd Points 5
F S D A W C
3/5+ 3 3 1 1 2

Equipped with hand weapon

Sheild +1
Sling +1
Spear +1
Throwing Spear +1
Bow +1

Note: Fyrd equipped with sling or bow may not be equipped with a sheild, spear or throwing spear.

Now this was just thrown together the night before and only one game has been played using these stats so they are not perfect. We discussed after the game that the D values may need to be adjusted. We did have a great time with a very close battle.