Asistence wanted in trying to recall an early fantasy game's name

Hello all, a while ago I came across apage on one of the wikias for old minis and found a page detailing a very early (as in pre Reaper and Lazerburn historical fantasy game and was reportedly one of the first documented to circulated in Britain), I however can't for the life of me find it again. I thought some you more well versed in this era of gaming might be able to help me ID it?

It was a (for lack of a better term) skirmish style game revoling around a good vs evil battle between a viking/saxon warband and a evil witch/hag (fat, deturbingly nude, ponty nose with cauldron and apprentices) who had killed the leader of the former's father, I also recall a quest for a lost magic sword belonging to said father being involed as well. The rules if I am remembering correctly were around 13 pages and it having either a list of suggested minis or a brief run of dedicated ones at around 25mm? I initially thought it was done by minifigs as the minis reminded me of there fantasy stuff but then I remebered they didn't publish books and I couldn't find any minis that corresponded to my memory.

Does this ring any bells to anyone?
 
Okay.. that does ring a bell but...
mm. I don't think it was Sorcerer. That was pre-reaper.. Though I don't know too much about reaper 1st edition as the second was the main one people talk about. 1st edition would be around 1978, where Sorcerer was 1975.
 
Okay.. that does ring a bell but...
mm. I don't think it was Sorcerer. That was pre-reaper.. Though I don't know too much about reaper 1st edition as the second was the main one people talk about. 1st edition would be around 1978, where Sorcerer was 1975.
yeah much smaller scale setting wise and it didn't have a board it was rulebook only
 
The Quest of Thane Tostig

that's it thank you, and no wonder I couldn't find it the page I found it on was dead and boardgamegeek didn't have it on the lists I found, and its listed only as a range on lost minis. Now I just need to find somewhere to get the rules, I wonder what day it was released its turning 50 next year?
https://web.archive.org/web/20211128204332/https://wiki.oldhammer.org.uk/v/Thane_Tostig
https://www.miniatures-workshop.com/lostminiswiki/index.php?title=Thane_Tostig https://web.archive.org/web/2021042...6/the-quest-of-thane-tostiga-barry-minot.html
 
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