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I've always fancied being Egbert the Execrable and pillaging and looting. Well, this game indulged my whims.

This graphic war game can be played against up to three opponents, computer or human. Each player has a castle and sizeable hoard of gold with which to buy armies, catapults or boats. Under computer control he can then move them into strategic positions.

Beware - should one of your Vikings bump into a drinking horn, he gets very drunk and you have no control over him. He then staggers where he pleases.

Having digested the rule book, I took on the mantle of Egbert the Execrable and fought the computer, now in the guise of Brunhilda the Bold. Well, I rammed a few ships, catapulted a few well-aimed rocks, had numerous swordfights and got a few Vikings drunk in the process, only to find I was no match for Brunhilda, who assaulted my castle and in a swordfight to the finish, defeated me.

The battlefield layout is randomised and therefore each game is unique. Overall, an excellently conceived, absorbing game which required some cerebral activity and is unlikely to be discarded and quickly forgotten.

M.B.