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VIKING RAIDERS
Firebird / £2.50

Roger: This knockabout Nordic wargame features up to four armies slapping each other around a map showing angular fjords and the various battle formations. Swordplay, siege catapults and seafaring sorties are only a part of the potential conflict.
The hordes of Wotan The Wicked, Odin The Odious, Brunhilda The Bold and Egbert The Execrable, swarm across the northern tundra to battle it out under human control or computer substitution. But it's nothing to go berserk about!
To enjoy such uncivilised and aggressive behaviour demands a special penchant for this type of action, because the graphics are seriously underwhelming. The kick must be on a cerebral strategy scale but, if it is, I failed to find the fun and my concentration swiftly withered into plug-pulling boredom. If it's supposed to be about Scandinavian rape, pillage and loot tendencies, I think I'll stick to the crispbread ... 1/5

Dave: I've always found something lacking in Speccy strategy games.
For the price though Viking Raiders is pretty good value if you're a strategist. 2½/5

Ross: This war game is slow and basic (in both senses). Still, I like the bit when your army stumbles on some booze and gets rapidly drunk. I know how they feel. 1/5