Viking Raiders

Viking Raiders is based on or ported from an early 8 bit game from several platforms, most notably the ZX Spectrum. This early turn-based title is notable for featuring ‘Brunhilda the Bold’ among its playable leader characters. Do you ever dream of pillaging towns, stealing their women, getting drunk and generally causing chaos? Come on, I know it's not just me. (Anyone?) Well if you do, maybe you could give Viking Raiders a go - though there is no stealing women involved so don't get too excited.

Your selection of Viking will not directly effect the way you play as you control everything you do and, in all honesty, the other Vikings however many you have controlled by the Amiga, will tend to act the same too. There doesn't seem to be any correlation between your Viking or how strong they are, so really it's all about whether you want your Viking to have a beard or not. Or if you want them to be a girl. Go ahead and buy an army, a boat, a catapult or all three, though you are limited by space so you have to buy wisely. If you've run out of space, don't panic! You get the chance to add to your arsenal after each turn after you've taken all of your moves.

Viking Raiders is a turn-based war game. A mixture of up to four computer and human players can control the Viking armies in the game, were they sail boats down the fjord conquering the enemy castles. Units consist of vikings, longboats and catapults that can be fired at the enemy. Treasure chests and drinking horns are scattered round the map. Units can be bought for gold where more gold can be obtained by carrying treasure chests back to your castle. If a drinking horn is emptied by a viking, it makes him behave in an unpredictable manner. A faction is defeated if the castle is conquered by an enemy army and all the units of the defeated side are transferred to the victor.