Designer	John Young
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Publisher	SPI (Simulations Publications, Inc.)
Year Published	1975
# of Players	2
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Playing Time	120 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	12 and up
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Category	Medieval Wargame
Mechanic	Dice Rolling Hex-and-Counter
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Family	PRESTAGS Vikings
Primary Name	Viking
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Viking ~ Tactical Warfare in the Dark Ages, 700-1300.

One of five games in a series by SPI called PRESTAGS (the others were CHARIOT, SPARTAN, LEGION and YEOMAN). Tactical level game. Each game shares a set of the same common rules. Each game also has a set of exclusive rules that highlight features of warfare during the period that game covers.

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Qadisiya (Persians vs. Arabs, AD 637)
Tours (Arabs vs. Franks, AD 732)
Constantinople (Byzantines vs. Varangians, AD 860)
Paris (Vikings vs. Franks, AD 885)
Lourain (Franks vs. Vikings, AD 891)
Hamburg (Vikings vs. Germans, AD 988)
Balthusta (Byzantines vs. Bulgars, AD 1014)
Clontarf (Vikings vs. Irish, AD 1014)
Cannae II (Byzantines vs. Lombards, AD 1017)
Civitate (Normans vs. Papists, AD 1053)
Cerami (Normans vs. Arabs, AD 1063)
Stamford Bridge (Anglo-Saxons vs. Vikings, AD 1066)
Hastings (Normans vs. Anglo-Saxons, AD 1066)
Manzikert (Byzantines vs. Seljuq Turks, AD 1071)
Durazzo (Byzantines vs. Normans, AD 1082)
Dorylaeum (Crusaders vs. Seljuq Turks, 1097)
Hattin (Crusaders vs. Moslems, AD 1187)
Liegnitz (Mongols vs. Germans, AD 1241)
El Mansura (French vs. Arabs, AD 1250)

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