Fosse Way shapes Alfred The Great’s campaign, as it provides the Vikings a direct path from their lands in the Danelaw deep into the heart of Wessex. Slicing across western Wessex was the Fosse Way, the old Roman road connecting modern day Lincoln with Exeter. The major settlements were connected with the remains of the old Roman road system. Important settlements and trading posts had grown into villages and towns. The Britain of King Alfred was a legacy of the prior centuries of Roman expansion and colonization. The use of historically accurate names and the stylized nature inherent to the using a hex grid map result in a geography that is simultaneously both familiar and foreign to the players. This includes such locations as Bath, Wilton and Chippenham. The map includes parts of what today would be considered Somerset, Wilt and Dorset counties in southwest England.
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