OSR Experiments #27: More (Almost?) Real Shield Bashing

How does a real fight with shields look? I still wonder - SCA gives an idea. Here's another one. Skallagrim, one of the founders of the Skjaldborg - that's "Shield Wall" in old Norse has a load of videos of what they do with their viking group. They look pretty cool. Even if they are semi-choreographed. More food for thought!

Or like this (no he's not dead):



And what it looks like if you're in it: