tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62960722499668910572024-02-20T13:12:50.252-06:00Conn-Man GamesConn-Man Games: A gaming blog featuring session reports, terrain building, model painting and musings from the Secondhand Lions Gaming Club in the SE Kansas City metro.Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.comBlogger79125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-27383900196251671092022-07-28T12:45:00.001-05:002022-07-28T12:53:14.147-05:00Summer of Gaming, Part 2<h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Living History</span></h4><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I created this camp because Kansas City has a lot of great military history. The camp features a trip to an American Civil War (ACW) and the WWI memorial museums, with wargaming sandwiched in between.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">This year, I focused on the Battle of Westport (Brush Creek) from the ACW and we always end our week with WWI aerial combat. If you haven't been to the <a href="https://battleofwestport.org/" target="_blank">Battle of Westport</a> museum, it's a nice visit. The Docents really know their stuff and they'll tailor their presentation to your needs.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">For those not familiar with the Battle of Westport, it was the largest ACW battle west of the Mississippi and spelled the formal end of Confederate presence in Missouri.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The campers enjoyed the museum visit and were excited to wargame the battle. I used Junior General rules, but created the scenario myself. Ironically, history did not repeat itself, as Union infantry forces were eliminated by the Confederates. However, Union artillery chose not to retreat and used grapeshot to devastating effect. At the end of the day, it was acknowledged that the artillery would have withdrawn and the Rebs would have won the day.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWTXf-0wwnPqMmmKaxNQ7KiaCUg1yw7nnQrI-syWSCnwK6Vnxp5mVboj8amV4G2z33eNmogx-YY66pZ4ii4JuBL3dzYGY0WaQsVtGtzNkPl38NwS3FTqi9ECk022NnQoDqRicyvEjvk7_c7FYlIvVRjyqJU-bnNlKhLCtfLpBUgPAgl2QrB3fe4oJ/s4000/Westport%201.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeWTXf-0wwnPqMmmKaxNQ7KiaCUg1yw7nnQrI-syWSCnwK6Vnxp5mVboj8amV4G2z33eNmogx-YY66pZ4ii4JuBL3dzYGY0WaQsVtGtzNkPl38NwS3FTqi9ECk022NnQoDqRicyvEjvk7_c7FYlIvVRjyqJU-bnNlKhLCtfLpBUgPAgl2QrB3fe4oJ/w400-h300/Westport%201.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The forces around Brush Creek</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27MNm_e-111Z21HWxQkrXTR8AGzl7ZAOmSdeYA9do6sKbDhns5nUPf1ecY8zCLpSsHlFpcdrCBW0YXoxRVG5gQN_ne3IojF4Wm0jx3QOTW3yj_AYAfylJszjBr1AlPDcl8HFq8fAwEn4Yyov1pRa1QOzF7zjPdL7B0sEb1RIMMpzYHc-6x2poktx8/s4000/Westport%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi27MNm_e-111Z21HWxQkrXTR8AGzl7ZAOmSdeYA9do6sKbDhns5nUPf1ecY8zCLpSsHlFpcdrCBW0YXoxRVG5gQN_ne3IojF4Wm0jx3QOTW3yj_AYAfylJszjBr1AlPDcl8HFq8fAwEn4Yyov1pRa1QOzF7zjPdL7B0sEb1RIMMpzYHc-6x2poktx8/w400-h300/Westport%202.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Rebs thwart the Yanks from crossing the creek</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbKY7eUHTO6LQ6OVBBfhxkN3OPE0m_IC1J0GFg7h5NFWclI9orrK7og5jFke8ZEmDinupE2cU_44YP4dL5b2YlD8zw6w3sM1Ni98U4Rz7wT8OZFJ6ci7Ynda3yHTyXe6j2Ajn0x3tk5KGHvuouV8_GUKpYZl450-UCsA9VlqArfVqFgQwuknQJxYoX/s4000/Westport%203.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbKY7eUHTO6LQ6OVBBfhxkN3OPE0m_IC1J0GFg7h5NFWclI9orrK7og5jFke8ZEmDinupE2cU_44YP4dL5b2YlD8zw6w3sM1Ni98U4Rz7wT8OZFJ6ci7Ynda3yHTyXe6j2Ajn0x3tk5KGHvuouV8_GUKpYZl450-UCsA9VlqArfVqFgQwuknQJxYoX/w300-h400/Westport%203.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The following day, we journeyed to the <a href="https://www.theworldwar.org/" target="_blank">WWI memorial and museum</a>. Always a great time. Always informative. Always shocking how similar conditions were then when compared to now.</span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">The final day was WWI dogfighting. I made my own planes and map, as I'm too cheap to spring for the "real" toys. Again, I used Junior General rules, but added a lot of pilot information to the pilot cards. </span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrspyjGK1NRzwlbEbwZc68AfJAppmow7mJFj2mBGMTsBgBL1fIdPMUrqa8NzZHlE5i18ElkkG_HYtsk9uRcHJHOhCiAHVuLzMfXgnHYWgU1y_bkQGnMPEPWnCXL-HKEyNqt1FyjgmQURhY5-fjvvwQG2S9cPFz7mUEcbN8DJzyv0BuF874Hc7F0OQr/s4000/WWI%20Flying%202.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrspyjGK1NRzwlbEbwZc68AfJAppmow7mJFj2mBGMTsBgBL1fIdPMUrqa8NzZHlE5i18ElkkG_HYtsk9uRcHJHOhCiAHVuLzMfXgnHYWgU1y_bkQGnMPEPWnCXL-HKEyNqt1FyjgmQURhY5-fjvvwQG2S9cPFz7mUEcbN8DJzyv0BuF874Hc7F0OQr/w400-h300/WWI%20Flying%202.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The opening pass, guns blazing!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TrM-oFS_tlZH0h47kRdy3AZ7xfgJq15PVwzoMc7Seoe7Ul-3OyKXwiC2x7ti_ZZ4J35pUqlw45fdJkvVqOR1vbsVgpuQCGyKviwrNFP2wPMkdYoVAFxf-F7n_OL1xOD09JFNtlKW9Yce-25oZH421xgpW7QfVe67jFHEUeBOL9ZRjTodUOu_NWrY/s4000/WWI%20Flying%203.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0TrM-oFS_tlZH0h47kRdy3AZ7xfgJq15PVwzoMc7Seoe7Ul-3OyKXwiC2x7ti_ZZ4J35pUqlw45fdJkvVqOR1vbsVgpuQCGyKviwrNFP2wPMkdYoVAFxf-F7n_OL1xOD09JFNtlKW9Yce-25oZH421xgpW7QfVe67jFHEUeBOL9ZRjTodUOu_NWrY/w400-h300/WWI%20Flying%203.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Flying Circus in the house!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">A great camp! Next year, I want to try to head to the Battle of Lone Jack museum and fight that fight.</span><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Strategic Gaming</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I ran this camp twice this summer. Every time I run it, it's different. I give the kids free choice as to what we play. This year, Pirate Dice and Stratego were the big winners. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Having said that, I made a point of exposing the kids to an upcoming game, <i>Dice Legions</i>. This little gem of a game will be released by <a href="https://www.modiphius.net/en-us" target="_blank">Modiphius Games</a> later this year. Until then, a special edition was released to earn money for "frontline aid efforts" in Ukraine. I can get behind that.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">For those not familiar with the game, here's the official blurb:</span></div><div><span style="background-color: white; font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><blockquote style="border: none; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px; padding: 0px;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="background-color: #274e13; font-family: verdana;">Dice Legions is a fantasy style tabletop top battle game, where vast armies of every day gaming dice, are transformed by its lightning fast rule set, into vast legions of fantasy battle units. Dice Legions is designed by Australian writer and game designer Adam L Dobbyns and published by UK based Modiphius Entertainment. The game is part of the “dice as models” genre of hobby play whereby brightly coloured everyday dice from 4 sided, right up to 20 sided dice, are used to represent various combative game Units, in both solo and oppositional play.</span></div></blockquote><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">I can't wait for the full game's release! I've included pics of the four maps I made for the game. Most are 1v1, but the largest (A Bridge Too Far) accommodates 2v2. The actual game features terrain cards that you can put on literally any flat surface, so your games fit your needs.</span></p><p></p><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBTslYzI2c3aL011jaqj7NDHZduWkylyhPT-mqL40ZYIVKVD7ncMbmgbLxfLtXLHEbiyBCi5JOf3ocdK2mwnoyGKJsrlG2q-hQugidN7ffJfqzx71lHiUoai5wylqrdtwX49RX5RNJuUaVZKmh-GUQMt6tim_hekOlAmrELpA2kzYFx6ApHjjYOpJd/s1210/Bridge%20too%20Far.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="740" data-original-width="1210" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBTslYzI2c3aL011jaqj7NDHZduWkylyhPT-mqL40ZYIVKVD7ncMbmgbLxfLtXLHEbiyBCi5JOf3ocdK2mwnoyGKJsrlG2q-hQugidN7ffJfqzx71lHiUoai5wylqrdtwX49RX5RNJuUaVZKmh-GUQMt6tim_hekOlAmrELpA2kzYFx6ApHjjYOpJd/w400-h245/Bridge%20too%20Far.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A Bridge Too Far</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SJ7QvEUzvNAKQ88s7N1Q80JT2MvsqGx2An2LEVFKcETqbUto8BUBluQLSgE3sBLIRLkUxDhrXyZOEF-9AypI2IowM25Rjux234yTciV6SELg_o7M-AfrwmgO8SGv1k5Ix56hC5R4B7JTaCSzNusnnP86t88AMI1zGe8f6ZaaZoXKt3Bg4i_SWR-R/s1258/Crossroads.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="1258" height="266" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SJ7QvEUzvNAKQ88s7N1Q80JT2MvsqGx2An2LEVFKcETqbUto8BUBluQLSgE3sBLIRLkUxDhrXyZOEF-9AypI2IowM25Rjux234yTciV6SELg_o7M-AfrwmgO8SGv1k5Ix56hC5R4B7JTaCSzNusnnP86t88AMI1zGe8f6ZaaZoXKt3Bg4i_SWR-R/w400-h266/Crossroads.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Crossroads</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrsVWC53FtmiVeGdJfx12tR_L8zQB5ekj5T5clbaCOTov7-frsLlj8E74SlTaUbjFBchPrGKoHsI3xXKj-ftWjIjUq3iOkQ3pIIRwmeCj2bYylILTj4tK7hdcaglq_K8-fPffqlQtCckyl_RL85C6IpfK5QNGzoCk4rH4Vkm-d9kWDUXE04aZJfOYC/s1280/Swamp%20of%20Death.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="864" data-original-width="1280" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrsVWC53FtmiVeGdJfx12tR_L8zQB5ekj5T5clbaCOTov7-frsLlj8E74SlTaUbjFBchPrGKoHsI3xXKj-ftWjIjUq3iOkQ3pIIRwmeCj2bYylILTj4tK7hdcaglq_K8-fPffqlQtCckyl_RL85C6IpfK5QNGzoCk4rH4Vkm-d9kWDUXE04aZJfOYC/w400-h270/Swamp%20of%20Death.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Swamp of Death</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzV3CXFdgFrmYXCFXoL8lKrG54v2veEZZzemVQ5M3_puFitan_8Wq__wheBvPXIGY01CUjfSZbbpQW0jD-Xgwa1k-hsgfRVzEEmzbsFIOebOJUIsiVPHvrFUv1IgVUHhDeBB0Bd2--KhSYdFo104CYlz94XFZKJsfXrRfKrrN_oHvRdNgGkm3gETi/s1266/You%20Shall%20Not%20Pass.jpg" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="741" data-original-width="1266" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLzV3CXFdgFrmYXCFXoL8lKrG54v2veEZZzemVQ5M3_puFitan_8Wq__wheBvPXIGY01CUjfSZbbpQW0jD-Xgwa1k-hsgfRVzEEmzbsFIOebOJUIsiVPHvrFUv1IgVUHhDeBB0Bd2--KhSYdFo104CYlz94XFZKJsfXrRfKrrN_oHvRdNgGkm3gETi/w400-h234/You%20Shall%20Not%20Pass.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You Shall Not Pass!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p>Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-34785330801236220392022-07-28T12:12:00.001-05:002022-07-28T12:49:04.805-05:00Summer of Gaming, Part 1<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">While I haven't posted in a bit, I have been active. Summer, for me, is working at a private school's summer program. I "teach" classes such as Strategic Gaming, Toy Soldiers, Mythology, NERF Wars, and other fun camps. I use wargaming and gaming in general in most of my camps. None of these are part of my "regular" gaming, so I plan on breaking down what I did over a couple posts.</span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Toy Soldiers</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have three sections of Toy Soldiers: Medieval, WWII, and Sci-Fi. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Medieval</span></h4><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Medieval battle rules came from <a href="http://www.juniorgeneral.org" target="_blank">Junior General</a>. If you haven't perused that site, do yourself a favor. I selected the battles of Agincourt and Towton. The kids enjoyed the experience and I listened to them compare strategies outside of the actual battles. Win!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvscmJWUoF_hKGQMw_ZwZTCjBnwCRHc9oa95bC-mz7hjKYE5di6D6GMP7a2aKtG2iBu6UphtNl5ajZBUfZMTi-MRauO6DqoXGPQxXtrWgDAr95R4QEvfOSuY3zgymLVyO-L4bY-pGXOOXLEmP4ubUQOCSh_3vwKUd2ZvRIZOk5RF7WBC6cRcsjP6Yw/s3451/20220610_140226.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3451" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvscmJWUoF_hKGQMw_ZwZTCjBnwCRHc9oa95bC-mz7hjKYE5di6D6GMP7a2aKtG2iBu6UphtNl5ajZBUfZMTi-MRauO6DqoXGPQxXtrWgDAr95R4QEvfOSuY3zgymLVyO-L4bY-pGXOOXLEmP4ubUQOCSh_3vwKUd2ZvRIZOk5RF7WBC6cRcsjP6Yw/w348-h400/20220610_140226.jpg" width="348" /></a></div><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">We also had a jousting tournament. I used Thomas Foss's <i>Breaking Lances</i> rules (unpublished as of yet). It's a quick, fun set of rules that really capture the essence of the joust and grand melee. Foss's web presence is found at <a href="http://skullandcrown.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://skullandcrown.blogspot.com/</a>. From there you can link to his store and FB pages. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZeR8KNNSWrA_JjmtEQ0_fR9SYkvdb0FoJDj1ZDjkAA9eGcG0IN8_A8AWw2R4pVH5Xg9vsM_cWj1djG8EIt_nhW7hrb6mGhqigusqt5TtuTYgwkzJqHBj2760jex1CwuORZiOtPa6EmDces5YCUvaIdJPiO4GDxUgdXadV2V-ZQePCkZ6YLkKv_At/s3981/20220609_135113.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1626" data-original-width="3981" height="164" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDZeR8KNNSWrA_JjmtEQ0_fR9SYkvdb0FoJDj1ZDjkAA9eGcG0IN8_A8AWw2R4pVH5Xg9vsM_cWj1djG8EIt_nhW7hrb6mGhqigusqt5TtuTYgwkzJqHBj2760jex1CwuORZiOtPa6EmDces5YCUvaIdJPiO4GDxUgdXadV2V-ZQePCkZ6YLkKv_At/w400-h164/20220609_135113.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">To make the jousts and battles more memorable, we discussed heraldry, livery, and what the symbols meant. I had the kids create their own heraldic devices. While not totally accurate, they liked making their "shields". I used the very easy and convenient site <a href="https://coamaker.com/" target="_blank">CoaMaker</a> to convert their ideas into functioning devices. Seeing their designs on the knights as they jousted really made it fun for the boys. 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I decided early on to use skirmish rules, as 54mm toy soldiers don't lend themselves to mass actions in this theater. I finally decided on <a href="https://wiley-games.myshopify.com/" target="_blank">Wiley Games</a><i> Fistful of Lead (FoL) </i>rules. Simple, but with enough "meat" to make it memorable and fun.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">What I didn't anticipate was the most obvious obstacle: my campers' ages. 2nd to 6th grade, to be exact. The kids "got" the rules easily enough. What the younger ones didn't have was a long enough attention span. The campers that did had a great time. The ones that didn't wound up playing other games. I also had 16 campers, so it was difficult to keep them entertained. Live and learn. The last pics of urban combats were separated into 4v4 engagements. It was much easier to manage than a full-blown 8v8!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The scenario was Western front, American GIs vs German Wehrmahct. Painting the figs was daunting due to sheer numbers, but fortunately, 54mm figs take paint easily.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghku6fhqh4a0upCS4TbgXlacW_-StRfeSnvK2GLz0N7WOlZz4R18ELj3cHRTwDvbRrPeibFSJFB5LWihf5DqoKyakgDr9zOWLwdsHgB2hMim5CknRstDXIn7EKAVNhPCrkBNcNvMdQEdF0q0hth7W3eTRypPSCyPMjHZ9lXyfOq7erNdEQOWpWvnha/s2505/20220618_153044.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1547" data-original-width="2505" height="248" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghku6fhqh4a0upCS4TbgXlacW_-StRfeSnvK2GLz0N7WOlZz4R18ELj3cHRTwDvbRrPeibFSJFB5LWihf5DqoKyakgDr9zOWLwdsHgB2hMim5CknRstDXIn7EKAVNhPCrkBNcNvMdQEdF0q0hth7W3eTRypPSCyPMjHZ9lXyfOq7erNdEQOWpWvnha/w400-h248/20220618_153044.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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Same issues with youngsters not maintaining attention. I made this one more interactive for the players, in that they got to decide location, naming rights, etc.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The plot: Planet J34456, or "Jasper", was discovered to have rich deposits of Barstownium in a series of caverns and tunnels. Barstownium is used to power spaceship engines, so is valuable to Human expansion. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two companies, Lanayru Corporation and Temptania Labs, laid claim to the planet. Stopping short of waging war for the rights, they settled for splitting the planet in half, figuratively speaking. This is the setting in which the campers found themselves. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Having learned that scenarios overstay their welcome quickly with youngsters, I told the boys that there would be four, linked scenarios for the week. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The first took place on the perimeter of the shared border between the two companies. Border guards lazily eyed each other from built-up areas, as they had done for nearly six months. The land was barren, desolate, and boring, as terraforming efforts hadn't reached that far. The only cover were rock formations and hardy native scrub plants. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Suddenly earpieces crackled with reports of an attack inside Lanayru space! Reports were minimal, but casualties were being taken. Attack!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwO37S19aofJJicqFEbyyxYu_Lc1hRydVAuwbQbYp-4BxmGMscV5oUBb1DyNd8TyG5zr-YMqiWnFIQA9VXuJnbzr-ChQEfynmIU8-LTNiBqOp2rFZV6FxGEw4Kliqf4HkqdZmV35NWz5smyDC4QBQNIg21EwBvSP5wiEDvmA64R3uBp4kpx5vy2VP3/s3188/20220719_125421.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3188" data-original-width="2983" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwO37S19aofJJicqFEbyyxYu_Lc1hRydVAuwbQbYp-4BxmGMscV5oUBb1DyNd8TyG5zr-YMqiWnFIQA9VXuJnbzr-ChQEfynmIU8-LTNiBqOp2rFZV6FxGEw4Kliqf4HkqdZmV35NWz5smyDC4QBQNIg21EwBvSP5wiEDvmA64R3uBp4kpx5vy2VP3/w374-h400/20220719_125421.jpg" width="374" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lanayru forces</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOp3_Gik2Y-nvqE-o6faY-yWeIeYdiiafsblzUuMalMiqzXNv8hNI4lyGASj_ZrBk-kioPpUQRcFjdWAbrsGWOWLvQvdgihD2yKs7y0ZbiDERaoNGLq0ypKGhjWFriEKgEKwd-zeLlfCdD3eYR5beE_s71D-E2peJGmufSte9UF_IyKa_TloIEwDG/s3999/20220719_125431.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2558" data-original-width="3999" height="256" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCOp3_Gik2Y-nvqE-o6faY-yWeIeYdiiafsblzUuMalMiqzXNv8hNI4lyGASj_ZrBk-kioPpUQRcFjdWAbrsGWOWLvQvdgihD2yKs7y0ZbiDERaoNGLq0ypKGhjWFriEKgEKwd-zeLlfCdD3eYR5beE_s71D-E2peJGmufSte9UF_IyKa_TloIEwDG/w400-h256/20220719_125431.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Temptanian forces</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQTzKKFrTQ44NDWz_cluKAkrHeNROWMNo9DwDy4lvfCAhyPcRoTT_AM1QWMzASRPW1VKwckO4A8jl8PlIu9j3n1efaVXpcwW8qa030INgjyFBCd4ZrdY0v-Tu3hi6qW20rRD8fhwIBrcH32YMqirlr7jwHqqbZ2fuagpeUtozGIniL3ceL503O1KN/s4000/20220719_125454.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4000" data-original-width="3000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXQTzKKFrTQ44NDWz_cluKAkrHeNROWMNo9DwDy4lvfCAhyPcRoTT_AM1QWMzASRPW1VKwckO4A8jl8PlIu9j3n1efaVXpcwW8qa030INgjyFBCd4ZrdY0v-Tu3hi6qW20rRD8fhwIBrcH32YMqirlr7jwHqqbZ2fuagpeUtozGIniL3ceL503O1KN/w300-h400/20220719_125454.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I see you...</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br />Eventually, Lanayru forces took too many casualties and were forced to retreat. Temptanian forces seized the opportunity and pushed into their rival's zone. <br /><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day 2 found Lanayru having set up a hasty defense outside a facility. Temptanian forces needed to force their way past the hill before reinforcements from the facility arrived.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR857tQrcZPAlV7z7nHSLLQznzZpRWoGMlFSDloTp9eat6d1xhi4Yj5p2Mo2NI4DfPiuou9X_FsG7t19S73j2esPBd2iooHAXErq00wRGrqU3XP52TfjxMQ12mhQ59SotN_VJgGDBi5e8SvRqQzXlxR1iK_KL1ZEcczdsxaVwx4xe7nw7Aee0qjMfQ/s3569/20220720_125115.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2987" data-original-width="3569" height="335" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR857tQrcZPAlV7z7nHSLLQznzZpRWoGMlFSDloTp9eat6d1xhi4Yj5p2Mo2NI4DfPiuou9X_FsG7t19S73j2esPBd2iooHAXErq00wRGrqU3XP52TfjxMQ12mhQ59SotN_VJgGDBi5e8SvRqQzXlxR1iK_KL1ZEcczdsxaVwx4xe7nw7Aee0qjMfQ/w400-h335/20220720_125115.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lanayru, set up</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; 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The attackers aren't human, they're "bugs"! Cease hostilities and band together - or die!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The two groups do just that and kill the few "skitters" that had escaped the compound - but not before the sniper had his head removed by a sneak attack!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day 3: Enter the compound and retrieve the bug research.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Banding together, the companies were tasked with finding the data Lanayru had compiled regarding the "bugs". evidently, mining and terraforming operations had awakened the indigenous apex species on the planet - and now they wanted to feast and breed. The data would go a long way toward understanding the threat, both to humans and the corporate bottom lines.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5n3q6yJOk9GB7rA2DP1DvzzMqB_UHh1WC37q00_xxPigkIXPeambV-D5cPteJwDXe6jqFC4HHwE-_IZKMRPvGNE7-7LA0RG76Ns2lmbErMtRwMj4AsdjS_OY0JvA7MLeLb5sELjlz_e-9L4Y9cy6uPE4fLXcfehBODZVJkfOztWgB-RuH_x9m5eRk/s3533/20220721_131019.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2917" data-original-width="3533" height="330" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5n3q6yJOk9GB7rA2DP1DvzzMqB_UHh1WC37q00_xxPigkIXPeambV-D5cPteJwDXe6jqFC4HHwE-_IZKMRPvGNE7-7LA0RG76Ns2lmbErMtRwMj4AsdjS_OY0JvA7MLeLb5sELjlz_e-9L4Y9cy6uPE4fLXcfehBODZVJkfOztWgB-RuH_x9m5eRk/w400-h330/20220721_131019.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Bug factory</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrRmuI5XfF63pi9NQjdR2srj2K0GiW5-Dmj6LFVVJ7LTq3cUi2zezE9rMOKEenedRf7PVorS48DDfXPVvv37Kv-PiPVIyFRKP2P2VirQ3MyIcVI21fHDSOhpE7995IDds708EoBN54mPr4vHmV5ouaCu6Rg1fvOrG3E5TSxu_Q24sfLKcS2IX9Rp-/s3682/20220721_131037.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2672" data-original-width="3682" height="290" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtrRmuI5XfF63pi9NQjdR2srj2K0GiW5-Dmj6LFVVJ7LTq3cUi2zezE9rMOKEenedRf7PVorS48DDfXPVvv37Kv-PiPVIyFRKP2P2VirQ3MyIcVI21fHDSOhpE7995IDds708EoBN54mPr4vHmV5ouaCu6Rg1fvOrG3E5TSxu_Q24sfLKcS2IX9Rp-/w400-h290/20220721_131037.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtN3O-x-wf9WDYO8DIryd8g-QXb8zMMJhC7qRc1orwLXdIeGnK6zkabv8YvEDEi1ARN2APSwUHr5eHRqrXuy-HNfSe4gSaQ_Qz1iKtL-m0yxnGcTNU0ZKjn-PSdO5ahFwZYQmpDPHH8h5mAwgTql9q1p-4LacZxpFl8pxiAShPJ0XRo6K5LRncVX0/s3287/20220721_131112.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3287" data-original-width="2792" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUtN3O-x-wf9WDYO8DIryd8g-QXb8zMMJhC7qRc1orwLXdIeGnK6zkabv8YvEDEi1ARN2APSwUHr5eHRqrXuy-HNfSe4gSaQ_Qz1iKtL-m0yxnGcTNU0ZKjn-PSdO5ahFwZYQmpDPHH8h5mAwgTql9q1p-4LacZxpFl8pxiAShPJ0XRo6K5LRncVX0/w340-h400/20220721_131112.jpg" width="340" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMiVJruN0FcrpjczRPNrgNHHTNhTLu7zzE62uTzegHv6jE9KRqRUX2VbCrxOu1gHfe8_3yusFtIS_cFiwGe-Q9iBT0QfVBih-7stPjbp2EbIUGE0z_U_ov5HMkhFPchb1XP3drLrfnl2rF5Aew8fOIOBVWtQMcZUrJQ5hcZwfpIxFpR4nDLdmFTXx/s4000/20220721_133950.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBMiVJruN0FcrpjczRPNrgNHHTNhTLu7zzE62uTzegHv6jE9KRqRUX2VbCrxOu1gHfe8_3yusFtIS_cFiwGe-Q9iBT0QfVBih-7stPjbp2EbIUGE0z_U_ov5HMkhFPchb1XP3drLrfnl2rF5Aew8fOIOBVWtQMcZUrJQ5hcZwfpIxFpR4nDLdmFTXx/w400-h300/20220721_133950.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For more (and better) pics, go to <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/600147977385172/posts/1187714481961849/" target="_blank">The Penny Whistle</a> on FB. Thanks, Ken!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Day 4: Get to the LZ!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Having acquired the data, it was now time to get to the LZ and off planet! I warned the kids that this one would be brutal, and it was. I switched the rules to a variant of the old Leading Edge Games <i>Aliens </i>rules. They simpler than <i>FoL</i>, but are proven to work very well. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The kids</span><span style="font-family: verdana;"> wanted to "turtle" and take their time, but this was simply a "run and gun" mission. Nobody lived. The companies will have to figure out a way to manage this "issue". </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyV7KgsHg_kQuB-s9ffD6c6A5BmofudA76-a9zQ1eXDpE7Inn6WpPeMiNCnjCDfnKv2z1exdACGdyQCWcIXl25fhI1OcGCxQMn46TuSl-5FsOgbrmnhceo-Aw9FxETPReudtGbvnjvUc7hvwr9LVzSLUpWo4MU6CaNDzbW_a_LqiSNkoSf7_qYglXv/s3477/20220722_132805.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2192" data-original-width="3477" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyV7KgsHg_kQuB-s9ffD6c6A5BmofudA76-a9zQ1eXDpE7Inn6WpPeMiNCnjCDfnKv2z1exdACGdyQCWcIXl25fhI1OcGCxQMn46TuSl-5FsOgbrmnhceo-Aw9FxETPReudtGbvnjvUc7hvwr9LVzSLUpWo4MU6CaNDzbW_a_LqiSNkoSf7_qYglXv/w400-h253/20220722_132805.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Contact!</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9220f48knGXNKbyEyIGw43QhyL6syjAefpvC2fdBUtpx5QcDy_6b_tKugt34OmASOOp2EuJoFKZsT2UEpIDtVlbhsRcf7pJZMaNNDHfbTkUGd4kDp574qQFPTC31WhpCM0k0sECs6ZYdS1WC3EW-BzeDLE5Dxgt7-IUrSugp-d8XEsEX7tfOIuge/s3398/20220722_132818.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="2061" data-original-width="3398" height="243" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjg9220f48knGXNKbyEyIGw43QhyL6syjAefpvC2fdBUtpx5QcDy_6b_tKugt34OmASOOp2EuJoFKZsT2UEpIDtVlbhsRcf7pJZMaNNDHfbTkUGd4kDp574qQFPTC31WhpCM0k0sECs6ZYdS1WC3EW-BzeDLE5Dxgt7-IUrSugp-d8XEsEX7tfOIuge/w400-h243/20220722_132818.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNa4yWhZAfqQKMOEK-Hxq7z1dyb6Nwt3zslFfJtB-sr40bXOis4S6JlDYN8Z9BdHus3x932c4PM9aoUAnhnGAh1CF1n92RvSJpKNifKtLbdlNEjw9iIHVLt8m40deWZIx7zmvplT3XiGPPbfQQslihKbjIzymAcB0YctYKoK52-bQ_qNmVLywbjH-Z/s3329/20220722_150536.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1979" data-original-width="3329" height="238" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNa4yWhZAfqQKMOEK-Hxq7z1dyb6Nwt3zslFfJtB-sr40bXOis4S6JlDYN8Z9BdHus3x932c4PM9aoUAnhnGAh1CF1n92RvSJpKNifKtLbdlNEjw9iIHVLt8m40deWZIx7zmvplT3XiGPPbfQQslihKbjIzymAcB0YctYKoK52-bQ_qNmVLywbjH-Z/w400-h238/20220722_150536.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Last man standing</span></td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">The co-pilot, after the pilot was dragged into the jungle by a skitter, wisely chose to hole up in the landing craft. Once radio contact with the withdrawing force was lost, he dusted off and swore he'd never return...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All in all, the kids loved the camp. Another win!</span></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-46150461322017339832022-04-01T15:17:00.005-05:002022-04-01T15:17:58.361-05:00March to Victory 2022<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">March to Victory</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>March to Victory (MtV) </i>is a brand-new convention in the KS metro. Put on by Jaye and Robin Wiley (Wiley Games), <i>MtV </i>was started to bring convention gaming back to the metro in the absence of <i>Recruits.</i></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A little over a hundred players joined in the fun and there were some absolutely gorgeous tables throughout the weekend. I, stupidly, didn't take any pictures of said games, but there are plenty of places, namely on FB, where you can see pics of the fun.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">What I did do was sell some games and gaming-related stuff to convention goers. That's my main excuse for not taking pictures and I'm sticking to it. I also had the chance to converse with several people I've missed since the start of the pandemic, so it was a great weekend.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h4 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thrilling Tales</span></h4><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I offered my emerging pulp rules, <i>Thrilling Tales, </i>to be played Saturday night. I had a full table of five players, so all the factions of my scenario were represented. Kingpin (Wilson Fisk) and his ne'er-do-wells, Falcone and his mob, Lobster Johnson and the heat, and the Upton gang.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I rehashed the plot I've been using to playtest these rules. Fick has a McGuffin in a box, loaded on a truck at the docks. He has to get said box through the gates to win. Standing in his way? Falcone, the cops, and the Uptons. Falcone's goons will shoot at anyone. The cops are focused on the gangs, and the Uptons, while not <i>against </i>the fuzz, aren't <i>for</i> anyone.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_V9RK6XNqVS5SscXVbXdVWAK5TzgSE6AYNNwPnVBRVYYj0RrdoGyOTWEhUDmBeZXgWWuV-bX1PhrbqJgU8mSGyPwduTxNVW_W05xo7sFzQshG6fp1mrcIrAz8DDi6Gf7ocK0y4j3xtVFxUFqkFRTEFmjtwQ5gMubkR2ku8lvcmrFTRBM0yW6hP-ja/s3784/Setting%20MtV.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2837" data-original-width="3784" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_V9RK6XNqVS5SscXVbXdVWAK5TzgSE6AYNNwPnVBRVYYj0RrdoGyOTWEhUDmBeZXgWWuV-bX1PhrbqJgU8mSGyPwduTxNVW_W05xo7sFzQshG6fp1mrcIrAz8DDi6Gf7ocK0y4j3xtVFxUFqkFRTEFmjtwQ5gMubkR2ku8lvcmrFTRBM0yW6hP-ja/w400-h300/Setting%20MtV.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The docks, aerial view</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've been working on the vehicle rules for this game. I <i>thought</i> I had them hashed out, but the night's activities proved me wrong. I also made the rookie mistake of telling the players that they could drive vehicles <i>without them asking first. </i>Yes, there were a lot of collisions. Still, this gave me the opportunity to realize weaknesses in the rules and ideas on how to fix them.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The game started with everyone closing in on Fisk and the box. Unfortunately, Fisk's crew got initiative very late the first couple rounds, so he was unable to really get started early. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTw68S9L9vSTY_4qtSs-GBN7fbYCcYC92rQZeo81yS2NEXbKhw9VXNVdDHpMccUzPdpL1D5QVzHzaMWJ3i9h0VakT7Q-cfFBIB2JCBAsCwl4jKdiHQYCb0-4FL7B8Rfzpo2StdkVBo2gO-t6emAuTa7TkZpeYScvWsbCSPHIHyNZL2J6iJqyWi7OT1/s3394/Falcone.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2545" data-original-width="3394" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTw68S9L9vSTY_4qtSs-GBN7fbYCcYC92rQZeo81yS2NEXbKhw9VXNVdDHpMccUzPdpL1D5QVzHzaMWJ3i9h0VakT7Q-cfFBIB2JCBAsCwl4jKdiHQYCb0-4FL7B8Rfzpo2StdkVBo2gO-t6emAuTa7TkZpeYScvWsbCSPHIHyNZL2J6iJqyWi7OT1/w400-h300/Falcone.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Falcone and henchmen</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All four factions promptly jumped in vehicles and tried to start the engines. Upton's crew comically failed for a few turns. the police started half their vehicles. Falcone's crew were successful and started moving immediately. They and the Upton clan disposed of Scourge, Fisk's bodyguard/SMG-wielding killer, in a hail of bullets. Fisk's dock workers got the delivery truck rolling toward the gates, but their late start meant that the other factions were lying in wait. Fisk hopped into his car and tried to act as a rolling shield from the upcoming violence. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NMXJRqLYA8EeH3P1dDpzfDtVIa30-admIF0o-q2WDptX9Qn-G7rpx_PRCeYm1EHUaJmoxhVBzJM5EiZgv6H1KAq86PLF8Nk6eqfp1jc7XCCAkovFnvNh0RO9hOPgA0xeIV-KATwNJj_-W9G6NwPTZGcA8WcMKkSurZBOs5PUWhzmI3l3MthQRB0L/s3369/Fisk.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3369" data-original-width="2526" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7NMXJRqLYA8EeH3P1dDpzfDtVIa30-admIF0o-q2WDptX9Qn-G7rpx_PRCeYm1EHUaJmoxhVBzJM5EiZgv6H1KAq86PLF8Nk6eqfp1jc7XCCAkovFnvNh0RO9hOPgA0xeIV-KATwNJj_-W9G6NwPTZGcA8WcMKkSurZBOs5PUWhzmI3l3MthQRB0L/w150-h200/Fisk.jpg" width="150" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Fisk's crew loading the McGuffin</td></tr></tbody></table></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Both the truck and Fisk's car were riddled with bullets. The truck eventually was shot enough to knock it out of action. It was then rammed by Falcone's crew, knocking it into a building. Fisk, seeing that his "mysterious object" was not going to leave the docks and his hirelings dead, fled. Captain Long, also deciding that he didn't get paid enough to die, hightailed it back to his boat.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg422XhocJZFH7xojWucg3eN1R8LDeTLpajrJvyilzXMJa4Ww5TCL0HgEF_K6WfB4Nl6o2nsgINaJXG5EN2aPR_78BqXvCdc2cuP77xlCxUwAsaARWuYD9j6PQq5KbmBSKoTdIYhxut_yoTDSXThguGRewuuIJUmJV0VdtPQQBCTaGr5lSfaX82MaUg/s3280/Shootout!.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2461" data-original-width="3280" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg422XhocJZFH7xojWucg3eN1R8LDeTLpajrJvyilzXMJa4Ww5TCL0HgEF_K6WfB4Nl6o2nsgINaJXG5EN2aPR_78BqXvCdc2cuP77xlCxUwAsaARWuYD9j6PQq5KbmBSKoTdIYhxut_yoTDSXThguGRewuuIJUmJV0VdtPQQBCTaGr5lSfaX82MaUg/w400-h300/Shootout!.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Falcone's gang take position</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meanwhile, Lobster Johnson and the police worked their way toward the ruckus. Lobster picked off a couple of Falcone's thugs with expert, long-distance pistol fire. Lt. Gorman and Howard tried to block off the dock's exit. They were fairly successful, but eventually they ran across the Marconi brothers, Sid and Sal. Lt. Howard was shot repeatedly in the head and face as he attempted to run over Sal. The upholstery was utterly ruined.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Uptons showed that they absolutely did not care who they attacked. Initially starting with Fisk's men, they moved on to Falcone's and, eventually, Fireman O'Leary hacked the feet off an officer that was attempting to climb onto a roof with his trusty fire axe. He in turn was killed by another officer that arrived on the scene of the heinous crime. Sir Reginald and Jimmy died in a a hail of gunfire when tangling with the Falcones. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Falcone got in on the action, too. He ordered his men to attack both Fisk and the Uptons and his Marconi twins died fighting the cops. He decided it was too hot at the docks and faded into the night.<br /></span><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjru8nWBBsHhSRbsqjYNOSAKQLqtNidrc0xK_uICpR31vNXdPIx7tmaIgHKoK600Uy4TgmOUERqJqfkdUkFhZMD5VUXYa4MyVcMKxvbjG3XrJo8EgxS6NChJDsoBFqw7xJTH5pvnlEJmb_XNENNk0pasT4reflhnNnT8lK_omZ6zpTe9kUR4fsHdBXd/s2021/Sir.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2021" data-original-width="1516" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjru8nWBBsHhSRbsqjYNOSAKQLqtNidrc0xK_uICpR31vNXdPIx7tmaIgHKoK600Uy4TgmOUERqJqfkdUkFhZMD5VUXYa4MyVcMKxvbjG3XrJo8EgxS6NChJDsoBFqw7xJTH5pvnlEJmb_XNENNk0pasT4reflhnNnT8lK_omZ6zpTe9kUR4fsHdBXd/w300-h400/Sir.jpg" width="300" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sir Reginald showing he can be spry at his advanced age</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgfOb536uYam81Y-rHsPVnu0VaHeC7eNv_Ia5Ozjde_CETUzWbprbS3QbLK6skgHmTGWR0QlMlcZNDD38jo3omyT0i_oY1QT8-J6RSrnAB5v_jlU7FH5f2hsQOemFcCol81FpqJnRDJupFgQ1lWAHp-z1aD-5iAmbYT8_zH8v0Vue-oO2yuxWlGa5/s2487/Jimmy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1865" data-original-width="2487" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLgfOb536uYam81Y-rHsPVnu0VaHeC7eNv_Ia5Ozjde_CETUzWbprbS3QbLK6skgHmTGWR0QlMlcZNDD38jo3omyT0i_oY1QT8-J6RSrnAB5v_jlU7FH5f2hsQOemFcCol81FpqJnRDJupFgQ1lWAHp-z1aD-5iAmbYT8_zH8v0Vue-oO2yuxWlGa5/w400-h300/Jimmy.jpg" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jimmy Upton, moments before his death</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the end, the Falcone, Fisk, and Captain Long escaped. Fisk's dock workers and Scourge were dead. The Maroni brothers and Falcone's thugs were dead. All of the Uptons were dead. Two police officers and Detective Howard were dead. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was that sort of game. There were an inordinate number of natural 20s rolled, meaning that characters were one-shot in horrific ways. Still, pretty much everyone had a blast and several cinematic moments were had. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I definitely need to tweak the vehicle rules to accommodate collisions and some other areas. I look forward to the challenge!<br /><br /></span></div>Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-49903983374565612102022-03-03T12:09:00.000-06:002022-03-03T12:09:23.731-06:00AAR: Rangers of Shadow Deep, Scenario 2<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Hook</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our crew of Rangers and companions followed the trail of large spiders deeper into the woods. After about an hour, they ran across the foul creatures' nests. The goal? To eradicate this blight from the woods, thereby denying the Shadow Deep even this small foothold.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Set-Up</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Small table for this scenario. Dryer sheets over the affected trees, web cocoon tokens, and Bob's your uncle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXAI2eWTJavJm_rRUt_E-FsVBogUJ33Pf4amN4If2wW_zU317enJi7PkEs2uN-QiF5RROJY95kxNyJVz-bu0rtAnD2WIqVcKxvJn00uvdBzL8eWHu2_rTUvD2ogJvVEvwKn8G9PrLh52Bs4jomRhBaodiGP7TZ43Pn8ONlW23Xf-ic_xTmGcFFQs_N=s3308" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2022" data-original-width="3308" height="245" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiXAI2eWTJavJm_rRUt_E-FsVBogUJ33Pf4amN4If2wW_zU317enJi7PkEs2uN-QiF5RROJY95kxNyJVz-bu0rtAnD2WIqVcKxvJn00uvdBzL8eWHu2_rTUvD2ogJvVEvwKn8G9PrLh52Bs4jomRhBaodiGP7TZ43Pn8ONlW23Xf-ic_xTmGcFFQs_N=w400-h245" width="400" /></span></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The infected woods</span></td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">On a side note, I had the chance to paint Gypsy, the companion Bloodhound of Aksel Klein (Tim's Ranger)</span><span style="font-family: verdana;">.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTwGLB0EmyPE_-fr-nXMc0cmJ2gUAWjaRatO2nR-AtmH_oph84ldiYcVHkzZXGyuirr_r-ukQPS5xo8TTJ8ssZDDRPBNo4vjL_36aQOuub5GxD81DHAIykMms92ktsJ-e9B55m3H5wLhhBb0mzQ1jSLU-Bj5w7J-Df7yb5-LeUzdXi8pwRART2W195=s3022" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2267" data-original-width="3022" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhTwGLB0EmyPE_-fr-nXMc0cmJ2gUAWjaRatO2nR-AtmH_oph84ldiYcVHkzZXGyuirr_r-ukQPS5xo8TTJ8ssZDDRPBNo4vjL_36aQOuub5GxD81DHAIykMms92ktsJ-e9B55m3H5wLhhBb0mzQ1jSLU-Bj5w7J-Df7yb5-LeUzdXi8pwRART2W195=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div> </span></div><div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Game</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our intrepid adventurers entered the woods directly by a cocooned person and a spider. </span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgprEKhf7d-O_DOwAYQ0euTPOSkOU8g3iHwoKQ7BvxOiJU006ANMBPHUD1jIL9FkPGPdsstzJreyCV4UuhZ6Iu15Bx6NxhUb65XjlrnUFe_HlfUAwpKlcWZipiatIBxLT-pMAiZKJrqnmDdWRH26yB2I-C3r1Fvv9hzHj060cLplXkVqRPyQ_gtZTMC=s2532" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1899" data-original-width="2532" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgprEKhf7d-O_DOwAYQ0euTPOSkOU8g3iHwoKQ7BvxOiJU006ANMBPHUD1jIL9FkPGPdsstzJreyCV4UuhZ6Iu15Bx6NxhUb65XjlrnUFe_HlfUAwpKlcWZipiatIBxLT-pMAiZKJrqnmDdWRH26yB2I-C3r1Fvv9hzHj060cLplXkVqRPyQ_gtZTMC=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The fight ensued! Stanley Barret and his faithful war hound, Blue Dog, dispatched the vile creature with impunity.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhosXOgu-KTzrrBYbc6cG3rdsc4r2TDlke2ybiwP4D0THUUOW25Z1Jg1ATsm4Iqhvt0h9hayxe1j3TRO-3jfGjBoT36AIuqrKkHnmdomiVklsvkWb4Tdlm1zOpvPLsyGFSpOzaPpsHA6Y4Tr0IIR8E1rxNZ4UAryUuC0nRZ5swjGXB-Z8EzCjotWfX5=s3554" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2666" data-original-width="3554" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhosXOgu-KTzrrBYbc6cG3rdsc4r2TDlke2ybiwP4D0THUUOW25Z1Jg1ATsm4Iqhvt0h9hayxe1j3TRO-3jfGjBoT36AIuqrKkHnmdomiVklsvkWb4Tdlm1zOpvPLsyGFSpOzaPpsHA6Y4Tr0IIR8E1rxNZ4UAryUuC0nRZ5swjGXB-Z8EzCjotWfX5=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanley checking a cocoon</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">Aksel brought up the left flank, while Gregarin and Yelena anchored the right. Aksel immediately got into a scuffle with a spider...then a zombie...then another spider. He did not actually move very far the entire evening, sustaining wounds and losing his faithful Gypsy in the fray. Eventually, even the Ranger's stamina was bested and Aksel fell.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiceG04DVsXPx4ymGOHf2fg4zvM-0mojQszMgJ9LRtIcTFbM03hzN6An3SpYDlMYSqZOtzYKz6X9xeXizJgDAVzJ-mhovs9ZFV1uhmHvo6vVcSptmRWaszFihf0zE1gBZrmcJV3bH9RJrFidGN6rxZ5bpQjq9tZI6G0rRu58ZpoibbD5vV1ReYi0UY0=s3797" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2847" data-original-width="3797" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiceG04DVsXPx4ymGOHf2fg4zvM-0mojQszMgJ9LRtIcTFbM03hzN6An3SpYDlMYSqZOtzYKz6X9xeXizJgDAVzJ-mhovs9ZFV1uhmHvo6vVcSptmRWaszFihf0zE1gBZrmcJV3bH9RJrFidGN6rxZ5bpQjq9tZI6G0rRu58ZpoibbD5vV1ReYi0UY0=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Aksel and Gypsy tag-teaming a spider</td></tr></tbody></table><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">J'herry, aiding Stanley in the center, was webbed early in the contest. He easily managed to fight his way out of the sticky stuff, only to be confronted by an entire wave of arachnids. Indeed, things did not look great for Ranger Re'eed.</div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjx-hQynXRKTqBhDJhVxy5CWDNbn_HT0Om3iVH8zsp0wwc667fWwi9SnLOspecHad19B9usIorzvdpHEoe96z_5WZhGFFfubcYxIz7Mc3bMc82ZiZuh4Yjsf4jI5dkqrXZ59NRTj6BBYc4cvS4vKLynZ24GjVaMeI8C_zONPnMWEvx8F3s6ABAqPQHY=s3661" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2735" data-original-width="3661" height="299" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjx-hQynXRKTqBhDJhVxy5CWDNbn_HT0Om3iVH8zsp0wwc667fWwi9SnLOspecHad19B9usIorzvdpHEoe96z_5WZhGFFfubcYxIz7Mc3bMc82ZiZuh4Yjsf4jI5dkqrXZ59NRTj6BBYc4cvS4vKLynZ24GjVaMeI8C_zONPnMWEvx8F3s6ABAqPQHY=w400-h299" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Webbed (NOT on fire)!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhysQQLCb2RfgFgkeS-sHfKGQ_QRTFdWyMx2XICH4vpm_iEMrjj-FLaILCTThswE46_oo8u8scb8574nJX4HbUEJzA6lTwlqdBk8IqlSt2OxeIJsRxh38bfFXZRELofcsP5AaxBhJwxYowOVdvlGp4YnATvi-YY1nS5E5YSrQPrPqcHauG1vBo9_7SP=s3820" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2865" data-original-width="3820" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhysQQLCb2RfgFgkeS-sHfKGQ_QRTFdWyMx2XICH4vpm_iEMrjj-FLaILCTThswE46_oo8u8scb8574nJX4HbUEJzA6lTwlqdBk8IqlSt2OxeIJsRxh38bfFXZRELofcsP5AaxBhJwxYowOVdvlGp4YnATvi-YY1nS5E5YSrQPrPqcHauG1vBo9_7SP=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uh, guys? Some help?</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;">On the right, Gregarin and Yelena had their own spider troubles. Checking a cocoon, they discovered a zombified villager. The zombie dispatched Yelena after a lengthy brawl. Gregarin managed to eliminate the enemy and proceed to shoot (poorly) at both arachnids and undead for the rest of the evening.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Eventually, the woods were cleared of <i>most</i> of the infested trees. a random one was discovered too late in the game to deal with it, although the spider was dispatched. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEBMqpF5eANQOBUARkonf8WKwWpjiM0uDqb2OMXdD2QwoGSQec8wexYo7UaJ8JN22X4rqyatuFH7vm4f574A2JU1DjSisE9Z-t6B7qz9RxW9buVW6uwmVDwEqQdD0rHsUe5HnBEAM9Z5rCi4O_qzvjzxFne7KCtE-P2TDQ8jHXWYPolLWVTCQJRfFh=s3281" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2461" data-original-width="3281" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjEBMqpF5eANQOBUARkonf8WKwWpjiM0uDqb2OMXdD2QwoGSQec8wexYo7UaJ8JN22X4rqyatuFH7vm4f574A2JU1DjSisE9Z-t6B7qz9RxW9buVW6uwmVDwEqQdD0rHsUe5HnBEAM9Z5rCi4O_qzvjzxFne7KCtE-P2TDQ8jHXWYPolLWVTCQJRfFh=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The final spider...or was it?!</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wrap-up</span></h3></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">At the scenario's conclusion, the group saw Aksel, Gypsy, and Yelena fall. They all recovered, although Yelena took a rather severe wound to her leg that will bother her the rest of her life. The woods were cleansed, with a great many spiders and zombies killed. No villagers were found alive to rescue. The gang headed back to civilization with the knowledge that they had helped fight off the Shadow Deep for one more day.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nobody got enough experience to gain second level. We look forward to the next mission!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><br /></div></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></div></div>Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-4390213541290942122022-02-10T13:16:00.002-06:002022-03-03T12:09:44.058-06:00AAR: Rangers of Shadow Deep - Scenario 1<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Beginning</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This was the first time my gaming group played <i>Rangers of Shadow Deep</i>, so we were all new to the system. We had a full complement: Ken, Terry, Tim, and me. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We went about polishing off creating our rangers and selecting companions for the mission. Terry chose a raptor. Ken chose a war hound, while Tim had a blood hound. I had a human recruit. The adventurers were as follows: </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Terry: Ranger J'herry Re'eed and his raven, Commander Reginald</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Tim: Ranger Aksel Klein and his bloodhound, Gypsy</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ken: Ranger Stanley Barret and his war hound (wolf), Bluedog</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ted: Ranger Gregarin Testrell and is rather wild Northern recruit, Yelena Umsgärt</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Notes: Yes, I know ravens aren't truly raptors. Deal with it. Terry wanted a rather irate goose as his bird companion. Compromises were made. Also, the dogs aren't painted. I didn't anticipate a run on non-human companions. Finally, I don't own any raptor miniatures, other than the dinosaur variety. I made some easy tokens for the birds.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqZq-b81b2RssSKH0ZYMCCc8Keo2dkgTMfm3XQB3pahPHYZ3IiCLxV6xeobHO9OPvQcf5tzGyZVdInGDZUsNf8luovim_BPpY5Vop-sLtT3wpjiaU60ZQi_aR6QQMlHXvIrkQdLnLvsdcDTwqUT5VrF2RVi5TUS9Fgjul60ImJ-bcnstiN37QVzgNj=s2999" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2031" data-original-width="2999" height="271" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqZq-b81b2RssSKH0ZYMCCc8Keo2dkgTMfm3XQB3pahPHYZ3IiCLxV6xeobHO9OPvQcf5tzGyZVdInGDZUsNf8luovim_BPpY5Vop-sLtT3wpjiaU60ZQi_aR6QQMlHXvIrkQdLnLvsdcDTwqUT5VrF2RVi5TUS9Fgjul60ImJ-bcnstiN37QVzgNj=w400-h271" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Raptor tokens</td></tr></tbody></table></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Hook</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Rangers of Shadow Deep </i>is a wargame wrapped around RPG-style gameplay. The core book has several missions included. This is the first one. Mission: <i>The Missing</i>. Scenario 1: <i>The Deserted Village</i>.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixaLyhMNPn3cW_eO6QZnQZst2yjY74Z9HiFrqIoTApNl-8gHVu8n0aKLvvQy3mknPx4PyXa8_Pb9OFF62D_QGj52lh6mbaSsZ5qYGyyrKsLNjDDdJO1fjKePzOH3zvaJhvUvgfmcuAAPWU8pBry6h38RElxgh7T85QMAKbkwfWOK53q4v9kQEvKmyG=s2397" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1798" data-original-width="2397" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEixaLyhMNPn3cW_eO6QZnQZst2yjY74Z9HiFrqIoTApNl-8gHVu8n0aKLvvQy3mknPx4PyXa8_Pb9OFF62D_QGj52lh6mbaSsZ5qYGyyrKsLNjDDdJO1fjKePzOH3zvaJhvUvgfmcuAAPWU8pBry6h38RElxgh7T85QMAKbkwfWOK53q4v9kQEvKmyG=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An unnamed village</td></tr></tbody></table><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In essence, our party goes to find a missing ranger, leading to this village. What happens next is our story.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Set-Up</span></h3><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I bought a set of 3D printed buildings off Amazon and also made a building from a craft store model. Tree are typical hobby stuff and the rocks are from <i>Pirates of the Caribbean: Life</i> board game. The tokens are flat glass beads with icons Mod-Podged to the bottoms.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Game</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The unnamed village, nestled several hours from anywhere, is deserted. Careful perusal reveals evidence of violence. The group is in the center of town when fell zombies and giant rats start making their way toward our brave adventurers. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bow fire kept most of the vermin and undead at bay and out of the way, but one rat got the jump on Yelena and almost dropped her with one bite. She was not diseased, though. Silver lining?</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gregarin ran for the nearest building - locked. He tried a few times to unlock it before he was successful. In the meantime, Yelena found a terrified survivor and helped him along for the rest of the scenario. Much to Gregarin's surprise, there was a wayward zombie in the building! He cast Magic Bolt at the undead creature, blasting it into true eternal rest. He found tracks in the dust and rightly deduced that giant spiders are afoot.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh592erWKYP12KrExxDkMAQWaKU625UDJswSX-QoaZIiAr1b_SGaWWfLEjcm2nDEkUhY3keZSfDa0OM47FS3eOGrKKFLQkcD63U104OCKeEYBFIa3LJgfE1bsB44E5KFnhlAZnrw0stNvMJqfYfXtmotGsAXFAHAPxzs2xQoQsw-KohbHdePO1D5unT=s3164" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2373" data-original-width="3164" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh592erWKYP12KrExxDkMAQWaKU625UDJswSX-QoaZIiAr1b_SGaWWfLEjcm2nDEkUhY3keZSfDa0OM47FS3eOGrKKFLQkcD63U104OCKeEYBFIa3LJgfE1bsB44E5KFnhlAZnrw0stNvMJqfYfXtmotGsAXFAHAPxzs2xQoQsw-KohbHdePO1D5unT=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Gregarin on overwatch while Yelena protects the villager</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">J'herry and Reginald killed several baddies and uncovered multiple clues, including finding the missing ranger as well as treasure. In the process, Commander Reginald was knocked out of action by a particularly nasty rat and was diseased in the process. J'herry almost succumbed to the same rodent before dispatching it. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjp5bgjNQuY4t5iWcFM8E1Cwk08R4KodHbBKcXaEZvUYMwjlw9ysKEBG-s0T3ugcVMQdeCWbuz7N70ztwl-OK8hiaCTRNZmEKBw8rTtnaPPci-xLaixBIdQ0GmeefnrAfWH_e49VScGfrxmWVbt5DvDdOFRxyADBLCvvjoSNxxLQ-KEbIAZ3qy3WO4-=s1940" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1455" data-original-width="1940" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjp5bgjNQuY4t5iWcFM8E1Cwk08R4KodHbBKcXaEZvUYMwjlw9ysKEBG-s0T3ugcVMQdeCWbuz7N70ztwl-OK8hiaCTRNZmEKBw8rTtnaPPci-xLaixBIdQ0GmeefnrAfWH_e49VScGfrxmWVbt5DvDdOFRxyADBLCvvjoSNxxLQ-KEbIAZ3qy3WO4-=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">J'herry and Gypsy fight a rat after discovering a body</td></tr></tbody></table><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Stanley and Bluedog, like everyone else, dispatched several enemies and uncovered clues as to what happened in the village. Bluedog was seriously injured (1 remaining Health point) and stayed close to Stanley for most of the game. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvE322WnghsX_tBcftSXOLw1r0Y6pW6yD5204FzaUzB_0lxforSubxEqIXr7BYdArxHAeyIgv1jNt_14GNX67BIOukft0NOaECPS_JWywk5rw4fUyJsDiy7lEAcjgCdbdpQ8vVfAimE1c6QafL33TySDilQRuO6BJ54p4VAhu-tD-NSR_CjEqp82Cd=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjvE322WnghsX_tBcftSXOLw1r0Y6pW6yD5204FzaUzB_0lxforSubxEqIXr7BYdArxHAeyIgv1jNt_14GNX67BIOukft0NOaECPS_JWywk5rw4fUyJsDiy7lEAcjgCdbdpQ8vVfAimE1c6QafL33TySDilQRuO6BJ54p4VAhu-tD-NSR_CjEqp82Cd=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Stanley and Bluedog checking out a building while Aksel provides cover</td></tr></tbody></table><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Aksel and Gypsy were the unsung heroes of the tale. They cleared up dangerous fights by jumping in and finishing off foes as well as uncovering clues of their own. </span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-weight: normal;"><table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqkbgs4NmYPOBrBu8C_u-NsPeohlTvaYZmEyjrsvdos3JldYwhh1XNJjqDM_EfMvYaYE209JJiyXks5Ls5Ux_SerIpP_4xDQlZ1XKnP8yd_7882rHlFcLC0j68B8d27UCW_v2QiiSW71ajVLg-iamGTj9b1R_UTQMMONWm6U_ES_qwFry00WCjQOlv=s3438" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2579" data-original-width="3438" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiqkbgs4NmYPOBrBu8C_u-NsPeohlTvaYZmEyjrsvdos3JldYwhh1XNJjqDM_EfMvYaYE209JJiyXks5Ls5Ux_SerIpP_4xDQlZ1XKnP8yd_7882rHlFcLC0j68B8d27UCW_v2QiiSW71ajVLg-iamGTj9b1R_UTQMMONWm6U_ES_qwFry00WCjQOlv=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Those who remain...</td></tr></tbody></table></span></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></h3><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wrap-Up</span></h3><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The gang discovered the dead ranger, his magic sword, treasure, a potion, and most importantly, that it appears that giant spiders are to blame for the undead infestation. Following the tracks, the party headed deeper into the woods to clean the forest of the abominable arachnids - or die trying.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All the rangers leveled up to level 1. Commander Reginald is out for the second scenario, which we didn't have time to start.</span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All in all, we liked the game and look forward to continuing the adventure!</span></span></div>Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-32243067833560628912022-02-01T15:24:00.001-06:002022-02-10T11:50:17.937-06:00AAR: Trouble at the Docks<h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">The Beginning</span></h3><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have been, off and on, working on a short set of pulp rules. Originally based on Howard Whitehouse's <i>Astounding Tales! </i>article in MWAN 120 from 2002, I quickly flipped the d6 system to one based off some of the d20 mechanics of <i>Stargrave </i>and <i>Rangers of Shadow Deep. </i>I kept some of Whitehouse's verbiage, but added much more to the framework he originally published. </span></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">The Hook</span></h3><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Evening descends on the docks. A crate, freshly taken off a small, unassuming tanker, is quietly loaded into the back of a truck. What's in the box?</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Wilson Fisk knows. He's paid a lot of money for this box. His plans for the contents of said box is unknown by any but him.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Vito Falcone wants to know. Anything Fisk finds interesting is interesting to Falcone. Now Vito just needs to take the box from Fisk. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Lt. Gorman doesn't care. He has heard, through his ally Lobster Johnson, that both Fisk and Falcone will be at the docks. There won't be a better time to nab and cuff the leaders of the two biggest gangs in the city. </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">Sir Reginald Upton <i>thinks </i>he knows. If his research is correct, the box's contents are a game-changer and cannot be allowed to fall into the hands of someone like Fisk or Falcone. While he doesn't have a problem with the local constabulary, they don't need the box, either.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;"><br /></span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieQSX97RqTl1hnYCTHQZGTV_cVPa-DbsXbvIZKiv2agLwDPHu-lDJbI8cPV_E2MWEIreQrvsBjY7tAbaRs1CB-k64mVVmQCw2WBUYpaZ2iJw54DlbpedOu8X236wM5U6OAooA7UIHV3OumVb0q0ozgKv_qV7VIxMPZ9TE2PiPx8Ndfieus79JQF337=s3000" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" data-original-height="2405" data-original-width="3000" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEieQSX97RqTl1hnYCTHQZGTV_cVPa-DbsXbvIZKiv2agLwDPHu-lDJbI8cPV_E2MWEIreQrvsBjY7tAbaRs1CB-k64mVVmQCw2WBUYpaZ2iJw54DlbpedOu8X236wM5U6OAooA7UIHV3OumVb0q0ozgKv_qV7VIxMPZ9TE2PiPx8Ndfieus79JQF337=w400-h321" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><br /></p><h4 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">The Set-Up</span></h4><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana; font-size: small;">4x4 board, filled with warehouses, vehicles, crates, barrels, and other things found on a seedy inter-war pulp dock. I acquired a cobblestone vinyl mat from Melee Mats last summer. It can be a bit busy and the stones are a bit large, but it works. The buildings are scratch-built using foam core and some Thomas the Tank Engine walls I thrifted. Crates are painted wooden cubes. Barrels and lampposts are craft store buys.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The groups for this game are as follows:</span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"></p><ul><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wilson Fisk, his enforcer, Scourge, Capt. Long and two dock workers.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Vito Falcone, Sid and Sal Marconi, and two generic thugs.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lobster Johnson, Lt. Gorman, Lt. Howard, and two beat cops.</span></li><li><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Uptons: Jimmy, Sir Reggie, and Kate, along with Sadie and Fireman O'Shea.</span></li></ul><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ken came over, so I played Fisk's gang and Ken was the Fuzz.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjH-sCMl89awUvYNMD90C2UL4-MyiHvP1qHTW8AEOzecoexjNIvd0JOjbSyob9F10Gu0wJjgGJfTK4_nbMOwpn27VCdgLFIZLb1jOlekaKvcvlj-iRKmx9qZN2LZ-CcSfX_K6Z829Rdo07lwhg5CIlmt0lTMEZ0MFB8-gIC34fGU_n8VGfcRkGr4IqT=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjH-sCMl89awUvYNMD90C2UL4-MyiHvP1qHTW8AEOzecoexjNIvd0JOjbSyob9F10Gu0wJjgGJfTK4_nbMOwpn27VCdgLFIZLb1jOlekaKvcvlj-iRKmx9qZN2LZ-CcSfX_K6Z829Rdo07lwhg5CIlmt0lTMEZ0MFB8-gIC34fGU_n8VGfcRkGr4IqT=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilSa-g4mClCo_-ICmMGjj3baZ7LI9EDV8xyaK6_nrre5ZjdF6-WcdA1y7KcBz94zEJj1kQzcW0YGjfUqOJI1Bs1Gdkq1QdhhcdiU-4O8JDIg5owZv2oy3LUekukCiYtUFiqIt_je0V7x8Li4_6jTesqBfHc2UARaetvAuZmlEkBpqfE7TYQSi6V4DQ=s4000" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3000" data-original-width="4000" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEilSa-g4mClCo_-ICmMGjj3baZ7LI9EDV8xyaK6_nrre5ZjdF6-WcdA1y7KcBz94zEJj1kQzcW0YGjfUqOJI1Bs1Gdkq1QdhhcdiU-4O8JDIg5owZv2oy3LUekukCiYtUFiqIt_je0V7x8Li4_6jTesqBfHc2UARaetvAuZmlEkBpqfE7TYQSi6V4DQ=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><p></p><h3 style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Game</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Fisk's gang started on the side farthest from the dock's exit. The job? To get the crate off the board by driving through the dock's exit. </span><span style="font-family: verdana;">The police started out of sight at the dock entrance. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I rolled 1d6 to determine how long before dusk set in and there would be a low-light penalty to shooting and seeing enemies. Six turns. Plenty of time.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wilson Fisk smiled. The hired dock workers managed to load the crate into the open-bed truck with ease. They then hopped into the truck's cab and started the vehicle. Scourge and Captain Long walked ahead, toward the exit, to make sure there wasn't any trouble. Fisk stayed by his sedan. No need to get his hands dirty.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQVsechRZ5ZiHrwwCgA33mxLuAKhjfmcd9wquPzWC7pZGi2EaPT1mZ0LsPc5UEx63HVlw9KzsZ_KyGTxgRFZQCcCa1HXOWfTHlUszrGw1d9nAwXtM79-zCQktAfA7ueAi7avHFNhrMOItM9Of8rboDtRoES0gFk-9Rt0iFnCGCjEuVf2WrIaAUr2hI=s3637" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2728" data-original-width="3637" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgQVsechRZ5ZiHrwwCgA33mxLuAKhjfmcd9wquPzWC7pZGi2EaPT1mZ0LsPc5UEx63HVlw9KzsZ_KyGTxgRFZQCcCa1HXOWfTHlUszrGw1d9nAwXtM79-zCQktAfA7ueAi7avHFNhrMOItM9Of8rboDtRoES0gFk-9Rt0iFnCGCjEuVf2WrIaAUr2hI=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meanwhile, the police ran through the entrance to the docks and started hiding amongst the crates and behind buildings. Lobster jumped onto a roof, expecting trouble below. Lt. Howard tried to follow, but found the jump to the roof a bit much. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Scourge ambled down the main thoroughfare, Thompson SMG at the ready. It was getting dark, but he would've sworn he'd seen furtive movement ahead. There! The unmistakable shape of a cop's cap! Scourge let out a volley from his SMG, watching with grim satisfaction as the rounds caught the copper in the face. The poor officer dropped and bled out. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Suddenly, a shot rang out. Scourge felt the sting of the bullet before he registered the sound. He only caught a glimpse of muzzle flash from the roof across the street before falling to the cobbles, dead.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI7af6_3HgkN0NtDgjpb5GcibBuMYEphlV4eiF_BLYMLevs-WRa63wM7b4hy6kUZeIca1S8jphnZu4W2p1gJtzNOaTyoY58AOm2uuFqRszPjQGzwkc4WNyO5IEfCv35IxKd3J0XmGC9PAFTNtcx7YyV8clUyayEN7iZ0k2zasBxV65-ctukle0j4c4=s3708" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2781" data-original-width="3708" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgI7af6_3HgkN0NtDgjpb5GcibBuMYEphlV4eiF_BLYMLevs-WRa63wM7b4hy6kUZeIca1S8jphnZu4W2p1gJtzNOaTyoY58AOm2uuFqRszPjQGzwkc4WNyO5IEfCv35IxKd3J0XmGC9PAFTNtcx7YyV8clUyayEN7iZ0k2zasBxV65-ctukle0j4c4=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Captain Long cautiously made his way forward, using tarped crates for cover. He saw Scourge drop and knew the killer was on the roof above him. Why had he agreed to help Fisk? Sure, the money was too good to pass up, but the guy was nothing but trouble. Long grimaced. All he wanted was to get the crate out, get his money, and get back to his ship. Just then, a burly detective rounded the corner and swung a fist at him.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lt. Howard came around the corner and took a swing at the sailor. The two men scuffled for a moment before Howard took one on the chin, sending him reeling into the main causeway. Stunned, he barely had time to defensively throw up his hands before the truck ran him over, killing him instantly.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lobster Johnson's eyes widened. Howard was a good detective, but had the worst kind of luck. Now his widow and his mistress would be very unhappy. It was almost dark. The truck slowly ground through its gears, almost below him. He jumped, but mistimed his leap and landed next to the cab. Fortunately, he didn't hurt anything in the jump and he had just enough time to snap off some rounds into the driver's side. He had the satisfaction of seeing the man jerk as the slugs hit him. The truck started to list to the left, then the dead man was shoved forcefully through the vehicle's door. The corpse landed with a dull thud next to Lobster.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgheiaNtvLAJO611HLdxaJLKNylz8uji-Np3DFycPRZXgvFQBbP7XSqc7cDIO8viGiMmpApR3Zd8hX7vUjUzCzCX9DVemn3So3MQSb1to1dldKaDPLRuM6u0nihV7xSK8IroH_KmLFO7XoiDwYj7CZnq8mg5ISo2QMsqQXHoCxUV48hxuJlFnhFWISM=s3521" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2641" data-original-width="3521" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgheiaNtvLAJO611HLdxaJLKNylz8uji-Np3DFycPRZXgvFQBbP7XSqc7cDIO8viGiMmpApR3Zd8hX7vUjUzCzCX9DVemn3So3MQSb1to1dldKaDPLRuM6u0nihV7xSK8IroH_KmLFO7XoiDwYj7CZnq8mg5ISo2QMsqQXHoCxUV48hxuJlFnhFWISM=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Captain Long gawked at Lobster's display of athleticism. He only realized he'd stood up from cover when he took a bullet into his shoulder. Peering across the causeway, he saw the beat cop cock and aim his revolver at him again. He ducked under cover and beat a hasty retreat. No amount of money was worth getting killed.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Lt. Gorman saw the truck drive by. He took a chance and unloaded his pistol at the rear tire. To his amazement, the tire popped and the truck shuddered, a grinding noise emitted from the rear axle. The truck started losing speed, its rim sending a shower of sparks into the evening air.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl78fnrseOq__focNUtLmbNEzYEMzHizeRjzJ5QfjBKKbEu4ZKOb0GUFdWWIOhBTXW1N4MHP5pjq05LUBPuA9wIXlMruhKuiqmsn8Fq86lZv7XZfoBuaQ-24vOykhl3YGKXeBNIwpXUjWtFkiUw4y-AofiDBc9mh3DdxexbMZoaa0DdUnsdLx3_rO3=s3512" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2644" data-original-width="3512" height="301" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgl78fnrseOq__focNUtLmbNEzYEMzHizeRjzJ5QfjBKKbEu4ZKOb0GUFdWWIOhBTXW1N4MHP5pjq05LUBPuA9wIXlMruhKuiqmsn8Fq86lZv7XZfoBuaQ-24vOykhl3YGKXeBNIwpXUjWtFkiUw4y-AofiDBc9mh3DdxexbMZoaa0DdUnsdLx3_rO3=w400-h301" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The driver cleared the dock gate and bailed out of the slowing jalopy. He wanted to live, not get killed or put in jail for simply doing what he was told. </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gorman, Johnson, and the beat cop swarmed the now-empty truck. They knew they uncovered something big, but what?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRvZpSTqIWE0ZqzoZTnJa7UT2PbjLQ0-yEfZRKo_fwE5kiBAWWzuCFULsK1SNLvMGcPgS4voC7FRjhuSGZiqyyRq-lzrU3ItD5ZVUt5eEAiPu8qHsW3kKA7auXlRrrpNUt_vOszJ731ZzeTc2BSU0YbmTtwwkS3Xb3yb-qAYzYvs7h9Z3TGrquXkT6=s3671" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2754" data-original-width="3671" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRvZpSTqIWE0ZqzoZTnJa7UT2PbjLQ0-yEfZRKo_fwE5kiBAWWzuCFULsK1SNLvMGcPgS4voC7FRjhuSGZiqyyRq-lzrU3ItD5ZVUt5eEAiPu8qHsW3kKA7auXlRrrpNUt_vOszJ731ZzeTc2BSU0YbmTtwwkS3Xb3yb-qAYzYvs7h9Z3TGrquXkT6=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div>Fisk simply got into the sedan and drove away. Too bad about the crate. He'll have to get it out of police lock-up another day...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><h3 style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wrap-Up</span></h3><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It was a fun game! We managed to pick out some areas needing improvement, namely vehicle rules, so the next time will be even better!</span></div>Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-76133428476158157652022-02-01T10:42:00.003-06:002022-02-01T10:42:40.110-06:00The hiatus is over...<p>Looking at this blog, it has been almost two years since my last post. It seems that the pandemic cut into my gaming life as much as, if not more than, my "real" life. </p><p>I can't even say that I've spent the time huddled in my basement, painting figs, making terrain, and prepping for truly epic games as the pandemic slowly marches toward an endemic. Rather, I have done those things, but not at the level one would expect after two years. As my buddy Ken says, we "fell out of the habit of gaming".</p><p>Instead, I took the time to reorganize and prioritize. In the interim, we finished the basement, so the gaming area is "legit" and storage of my gaming collection is now more finite. I also filled the void with DMing a virtual D&D campaign, which is still rolling. It is fun on many levels, but doesn't <i>quite </i>scratch the gaming itch. </p><p>During the process, I ran across an old calendar (2017) that featured many of the games from 2016. It was a great year. I finished the pirate campaign and ConnCon was a good one. Revisiting that time helped me look ahead and think about what I want to accomplish in 2022.</p><h4 style="text-align: left;">2022 Gaming Declarations </h4><p>First of all, I want to get the gang back into the "habit of gaming". The idea of "if you invite them, they will come" has taken a hit since 2020, so I'll try to make game nights as enticing as possible. </p><p>Second, I am going to try to stay focused on multiple fronts. <i>Rangers of Shadow Deep </i>has piqued my interest. I plan on using that system to bolster my medieval fantasy collection by finishing projects, such as building and painting already-owned terrain, painting minis I've owned for a while, and putting a product on the table I'm proud of and players want to play. </p><p>As creation for that game winds down, <i>Rangers</i> itself can be played with the fruits of my labor. That's when I'll start finishing my western collection. I have many minis to paint, a town sitting in a plastic tub to be finished, and new rules to try out (<i>Ruthless: The Fastest Rules in the West</i>). </p><p>That is not to say that I'll solely be focused on those two projects. I know there will be weeks where I'm not quite ready to play either game. In those instances, I plan on actually playing some of the games I already have on tap. Crazy idea, I know. </p><p>Third, I want to keep this blog going. I know I should shift to FB, but I'm loathe to do that. I do so in the hopes that 'net searches will find this spot faster than something on FB. If what I enter here helps a fellow gamer, all the better.</p><p>Okay, then. There's a novella in the books. My next post will be about a game I'm running for the upcoming <i><a href="http://marchtovictory.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">March to Victory</a> </i>convention in March.</p>Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-18833570727714071042020-03-05T12:14:00.001-06:002020-03-05T12:14:49.664-06:00AAR: The Upton Chronicles: Rescue in the Bush<h4>
The Hook:</h4>
Sir Reginald Upton was surrounded by cannibals. His group, as well as his son's, lay unconscious?...dead?...on the ground. Not knowing the natives' language, he had mere moments to make his play before he also was brought down. Hands up, he dropped his pistol to the ground in a sign of submission. His other hand clasped a scroll...and the reason he was in this predicament. With a flourish he unwound the scroll, letting the aged parchment's writing be seen by both the chieftain and the village's shaman. <br />
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They were quick, he'd give them that. No sooner had they realized what they were staring at than they interjected themselves in between the tribesman spears and his exposed body. A series of commands later and Sir Upton and his comrades were enclosed in a giant cage. A quick examination showed that nobody had been outright killed, although Sid Jackson, Claire d'Amour, and Fire Marshal Bill were in fairly serious condition. The chieftain and shaman were conversing privately, looking at the scroll, and glancing sidelong at Sir Reginald with confused, but calculating, gazes.<br />
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As the rest of the party members awoke, the situation looked grim. There was only one group of "friends" that could possibly save them from being the next series of village meals. Would they be enough to free Sir Reginald and crew?</div>
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The Forces:</h4>
Leading the rescue mission was none other than Sir Upton's daughter, Morgan. She befriended a local tribal chieftain, Oyibo, who had no love for his rival, Chief Ekwueme. Together, they roused Oyibo's warriors and shaman, drums pounding out the call to war. In the meantime, Detective Doyle and the remaining airmen "loaded up" and started the long slog toward the village. They knew that Morgan and her fleet jungle companions would engage Ekwueme's clan long before they'd arrive on the scene, but SMG slugs are hard to stop with wicker shields.<br />
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The Players:</h4>
Terry and Steve played the adventurous Morgan, Shaman Nsonowa, and their mud-smeared tribesmen. Brad, Doug, and Ken played cannibalistic Chief Ekwueme, chief's son Chinwendu, Shaman Akachi, and villagers. I held Doyle and the airmen in reserve, knowing their skills would potentially overpower the game.<br />
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Note: I upgraded the grunts from last game to regulars.<br />
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The Game:</h4>
The action started early in the game, with the mud Shaman's forces encountering Chinwendu's at the edge of the village. While this went on, Shaman Akachi and his forces retreated to the nearest hut, ostensibly to "gather spell supplies".<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A scrum on the fringes of the jungle</td></tr>
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The action quickly filtered down to two areas of contention: The fringe conflict between Nsonowa and Chinwendu, and the middle-of-the-village battle with everyone else.<br />
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The sides were evenly matched throughout the fight. Eventually, Chinwendu's forces were wiped out, allowing Nsonowa to try to open the pen and release Sir Upton and friends. No dice. The sorry villagers didn't have a clue as to how to break open a metal door or defeat the lock. A lot of bar rattling and exasperation ensued.<br />
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Meanwhile, the toe-to-toe battle in the middle of the village slowly swung the cannibals' way. They engaged Nsonowa's force, which allowed the remainder of Chief Oyibo's force to close from the rear. </div>
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As the airmen entered from the South, the cannibals were down to their last man. He fled in terror. Sir Reginald and crew were saved!<br />
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Moments of note and Conclusion:</h4>
Ken still had trouble casting spells. His shaman proved to be the most ineffectual spell-caster of the night. He must've eaten a particularly fatty liver that didn't sit well with his belly. In contrast, the "Magic Missile" spell worked wonderfully for Shaman Nsonowa.<br />
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The hook:</h4>
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Deep in the jungle lie the Symbols of Radiance. Legends and rumors claim the Symbols bring immunity from disease, longevity of life, and unusually good fortune. The problem? A cannibalistic cult controls them, led by the brutal Chief Ekwueme, his son, Chinwendo, and the witch doctor, Akachi. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><br />An aging and sick Sir Reginald Upton hears about the Symbols, sees the personal possibilities, and cobbles together an expedition of loyal assistants. His son, Jimmy, wants the Symbols for...other (hello, financial opportunity?!)...reasons and gathers his own group of adventurous souls.<br /> <br />Two groups leave for the jungle, intent on retrieving the Symbols. Will either be successful, or will they be tomorrow's cannibal stew?</span><br />
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The rules:</h4>
Wiley Games <i>Fistful of Lead</i>, plus <i>Tales of Horror.</i><br />
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Deep in the jungle, the cannibal village emerges from the foliage. At the far end of the area lies a uniquely carved cave complex set into a mountainous facade.<br />
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The village was minding its own business when out of the jungle erupted foreigners and gunfire! Chief Ekwueme and Shaman Akachi were basking in the glows of the the Symbols, while the rest milled as only extras will...<br />
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Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-16280629048444570202020-02-20T14:16:00.000-06:002020-02-20T14:16:00.546-06:00AAR: Advanced Song of Blades & Heroes: Elves vs OrcsIt was a typical day on the fringes of Man's territory. A roving band of Orcs, hoping to pillage a nearby Human settlement, closes in. Word had spread of this, causing alarm among the Wood Elves. Their lands were being used by the foul Orcs and this would not stand. The Orc marauders met the forward elements of an Elven scouting party next to a crossroad.<br />
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Players: Ken (Orcs) vs Terry (Elves)<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Orc war leader goes toe-to-toe with the Elves.</td></tr>
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The fight ended with the Orcs losing too many troops and fleeing the table. Evidently longbows, in the hands of skilled archers, are deadly. Who knew?!<br />
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Game 2: Terry (Goblins) vs Ted (Elves)<br />
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The Goblins were late to the party. They were sent to back-up the Orcs and help with the pillaging. The Elves had been delayed as well. Consisting of duelists, they were ready for a scrum.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A squad of duelists surround their leader.</td></tr>
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The game was over fairly quickly. The Goblins lost their leader, making it hard for them to consistently activate. The Sneak Goblins wound up getting stuck in the woods and were thus ineffective. They eventually all ran to fight another day.Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-88221361093636009022020-01-30T09:04:00.000-06:002020-01-30T12:51:02.436-06:00Marvel: Crisis ProtocolWe got to try out the new game <i>Marvel: Crisis Protocol</i> this Wednesday. My buddy, Chuck, bought the game and graciously offered to throw it onto the table. I provided the terrain: an urban warehouse complex.<br />
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The players were Terry, manning Spider-Man and Captain America, Tim (Hulk and Iron Man), Chuck (Ultron and Red Skull), and me (Crossbones, Doc Oc, and Baron Zemo).<br />
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The plot was that there were shards of the Cosmic Cube scattered around the site that our supers needed to collect. The team that possessed enough of the pieces over the course of the game, won.<br />
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It was a close game. The heroes led most of the night, but the defeat of the Hulk and Cap to Doc Oc's Arm Lasers changed the tide for a villain victory. Spidey's ability to use his webs to throw enemies and things was impressive and fun...unless you were Ultron.<br />
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All in all, a great game. Very easy to learn and play. Chuck's models were painted beautifully, which only helps the game's prominence. I'd play it again! Enjoy the pics!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I see you, boy!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Can Skull tame the savage beast?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">There's always a line at the food trucks!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">That's MY taco!</td></tr>
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I've recently had a hankering for some medieval Japanese, skirmish-level gaming. For years, I've owned a light set of rules titled <i>Song of Katana and Ninja</i> by a fellow named Rich Jones. It is based out of Ganesha Games's <i>Song of </i>system, but had too many holes to be a viable platform.<br />
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Enter <i>Yume no Bushi</i>. This is the full-blown rules by Mr. Jones based on the aforementioned Song of system. It is a much more complete set of rules and allows you to play with both historical and fantastic Japanese units. It was produced in 2010 by Surf Shack Productions.<br />
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Mr. Jones has another system of rules for this period with the same name, but for 42mm miniatures. While I have a copy of the rules, I haven't played them.<br />
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The AAR is actually two weeks worth of gaming. The first session featured my friend, Donnie, and me hashing out the rules and learning the system. The second session included Terry, Jen, and myself.<br />
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Both sessions featured the same plot. Ninja have been hired to assassinate a local monk. The local lord has sent a small contingent of samurai to guard said monk at his temple compound.<br />
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Session 1 - July 11th</h4>
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The first session was an even match in force sizes (60 points). I used ninja. Donnie was the samurai and monk. These rules utilize some neat special abilities to capture the feel of different units. Samurai are harder to kill and can be very deadly. Ninja can be elusive and can confound their opponents with what we jokingly call "Handwavium"...basically mesmerizing their opponent with seemingly mystical hand movements.<br />
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Long story short: The ninja were successful in slaying the monk, but at a cost of 2/3 of their forces. I was able to keep Donnie's force moving by using Ukemi, the ninja art of moving away from combat with acrobatic flair. There were several cinematic moments by both sides and we had a fun evening.<br />
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Session 2 - July 18th</h4>
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This time, there were two clans of ninjas vying for the honor of killing the monk (poor guy). I played the samurai, while Terry and Jen both played ninja. I was doubled on points, although the monk did cut into that total. Having forgot my green table mat, this session occurred in the snowy Japanese winter.</div>
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Long story short: This time around, the game became more of a slog. I was able to hold off both ninja factions for an extended time. The monk's plight was still "up in the air" when we called it for the night. Jen made effective use of both her shuriken and "Handwavium" skills, while Terry's poor dice rolls kept him from making too much of an impact. Again, there were some cool moments and the superior samurai armor made its presence felt a couple of times (to the ninjas' dismay)</div>
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Overall impressions of this rule set is that they are very serviceable for the time period, but you really have to utilize the special skills or risk becoming mired in the typical <i>Song of </i>slog. I'll be using these again with some of the more fantastic elements in my collection.</div>
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Players: Terry (mustard), Jon Mark (black with yellow stripe), Tim (red), Greg (blue), and me (faded black).<br />
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I decided on a somewhat twisted race design where players had to approach the first gate from an acute angle and then could make sweeping turns through gate two to the finish. The only other rule was players couldn't shoot or use dropper weapons until after they'd gone through the first gate. They could ram before that point, though. Boy, did we!<br />
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The first casualty was Tim's medium weight vehicle, courtesy of me ramming him into a stone outcropping.<br />
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My luck wasn't great, either. As Team Fishbat's medium and Team Steamer's heavy approached the first gate, my car slid a little too far and crashed into the gate's side beam. I guess bald tires and loose dirt don't mix well!<br />
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The Rhino (back left) was searching for a target.<br />
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It found one in Greg's medium car. While it destroyed the smaller vehicle, the flames from a passing flamethrower finally killed Rhino's driver. He died, struggling to evacuate the vehicle.<br />
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Team Fishbat, round through the second gate...<br />
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...and easily making it through the finish for the win!<br />
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It was a great night of racing, with the usual A&A antics on full display. I really like the gates and have since finished painting them as well as adding another portal to the mix.<br />
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Thanks for reading!Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-14660705598181843002019-05-09T12:44:00.000-05:002019-05-09T12:44:03.973-05:00Creating something from nothing...It has been a long while since I last blogged. Real Life has a way of derailing playing time. I've been gaming, just haven't been posting.<br />
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I'd bought a <i>Skylanders: Trap Team</i> portal for the kids, but it was a dud. Since I'd only spent a couple of dollars on it used, I wasn't too upset.<br />
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Looking at it, I really liked the icy surface and immediately thought "I can use that". I decided I'd see how much terrain I could build with what would otherwise go in the trash.<br />
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I spent the time taking the portal apart (they're well-built!) and wound up with two components: The "icy" plastic surface and three hollow, open-sided rune-etched rocks.<br />
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<b>Build #1: Pools</b></h4>
Your party quietly crept down the corridor, ears straining to hear the sounds of enemies or...anything. The passage opened to a vast room. In the center of the room was a pool, its liquid placid, but emitting a glow that illuminated the entire room.<br />
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I've long had a thought of creating pools from small picture frames. I didn't know if it would work or not (i.e., I didn't want players saying "Hey, that's a picture frame!").<br />
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<li><i>Create, print and cut out liquids.</i> I chose two types of water, ice, lava, and swamp patterns to place inside the frames. These I resized in MS Word and then printed and cut out.</li>
<li><i>Texture/paint the pools' edges.</i> Both pools needed to look like they were made of blocks, so I used either a sharp blade or my rotary tool to cut out the patterns I wanted. The first pool was made to look like gray stone. I used stone texture spray paint and then repainted it. The second pool was painted to look like white marble.</li>
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I am happy with the results. I think they are passable as small pools, and with the different liquid options, are very versatile.<br />
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<b>Build #2: Way Markers</b></h4>
The path through the Dwarven tunnels was illuminated by large stone way points. The runes etched into the stones glowed with an inner light; illuminating your way through the catacombs.<br />
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<li><i>Buy the lights. </i>Again, Dollar Tree to the rescue! I originally was going to use the larger tea lights that flicker, but didn't like the aesthetic. DT carries a second line of tea lights that are smaller in diameter and are LED. </li>
<li><i>Alter the lights. </i>I used egg carton to warp the sides of the lights, being careful not to glue the two halves together. The tops were already textured, so I didn't apply carton to them. I then used Sharpies to color the bulb covers orange, purple, or green.</li>
<li><i>Attach the pieces. </i>I used Goop! glue and attached the markers to the bases.</li>
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Build #3: Ice Walls</h4>
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The wizard's breath plumed in the frosty air, the words in an almost forgotten, long dead language. The snow-covered ground shook, then split. Jagged pieces of ice erupted from the fissures and grew in front of the wizard. Soon, a wall of thick sheet ice separated him from the Polar Bear. It rammed against the barrier, but was unable to penetrate its layers. It soon gave up with a final, frustrated roar.</div>
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<li><i>Attach ice. </i>I hot glued the shards to the base, making sure the pieces overlapped.</li>
<li><i>Flock. </i>I used snow flocking for this. The EPVC is white, so I simply spread PVA glue (i.e., Aylene's or Elmer's) over the surface with an old brush and applied the flocking. Make sure to get flocking in between the ice layers to make it really look like they erupted from the ground.</li>
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I'm happy that I made three terrain projects from one broken piece of electronics! As an added bonus, I feel that all three are table-ready. Not bad for spending roughly $5 and using supplies I already had around the house. I really don't have a use for any of them at this point, but someday...maybe.</div>
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Ken and I played the cultists/Old One. Greg, Jon Mark and Terry played the heroes.</div>
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The Plot</h4>
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Our heroic adventurers, fresh from the fight at the cultist temple, deposited the injured Fire Marshall O'Leary and Sal back at Upton Manor and scooped up Jimmy, Airman Jones and Detective Doyle. On the way to Ctesiphon, Doyle radioed in some police officer support for back-up. Would they be in time to stop the cult from raising an Old One from another dimension?</div>
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Surrounded by pine woods, Ctesiphon sat atop a rise in the landscape. The cultists began their ritual as soon as the gibbous moon was seen in the heavens.</div>
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The scrub cultists attacked our heroes on sight. The adage "Never bring a knife to a gun fight" held true, as they were blasted from all sides.</div>
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The cultist guards, smarter than their neophyte brethren, stayed atop the rise, forcing the good guys to come to them.</div>
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Matron Mother, on the other hand, decided to be a stall tactic, forcing the heroes to account for her before rushing up the incline to the summit. She died, but her efforts weren't in vain.<br />
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Eventually, our heroes made their way to the top of the plateau. They were met by quite the spectacle. The head cultist, aware of the urgency to complete the summoning ritual, continued to babble in Sumerian while his guards and a lesser demon occupied the 'good guys'.<br />
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Finally, success! The Old One was summoned! To the lead cultist's surprise, the creature didn't go after our heroes...it tried to eat him! His sanity finally snapped, the leader leapt off the edge of the plateau to his death.<br />
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What ensued was a mixture of both comedy and horror....if gallows humor can be considered comedy. Poor aim, primarily by Airman Jones, took out most of the remaining police officers. Without their fire support, our adventurers were forced to engage in melee combat with the Old One. This proved to be a fatal decision.<br />
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In the end, our heroes fell. The cult, also obliterated, did not even get the chance to gloat in their success. The Old One, now left to its own devices, scoured the countryside looking for food. It was up to a grieving Sir Upton, with the aid of numerous others, to get rid of the menace. Indeed, they found that while they couldn't kill the beast, they were able to herd it back to Ctesiphon. It begrudgingly was driven back through the gate and disappeared.<br />
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Sir Upton was the first up the stairs. His practiced eyes scanned the room, taking in everything with scarcely a thought. </div>
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The chanting was coming from a purple-robed priest, his arms raised in supplication. Sir Upton realized that the chanting was in ancient Sumerian! As he looked on in a slight stupor, the ritual was completed and the man fell silent. Only then did Sir Upton realize that there were others in the room.</div>
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A few minutes into the fight, a blubbery creature heaved itself from the pool of ichor and attacked Sal Jackson. They fought intensely and managed to defeat other simultaneously. Sal, grievously wounded, sank to the floor and would have slowly bled out if not for the timely ministrations of Professor Edelstein. Indeed, Edelstein kept both Sal and Fire Marshall O'Leary in the fight (repeatedly in O'Leary's case). <br />
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Sir Upton, using his historical knowledge of the area, quickly put two and two together and came up with only one choice: Ctesiphon. Modeled after the arch found in ancient Mesopotamia, which had once been called Sumer, Upton knew that any evil doings would stem from such a locus of mystical power. The group made their way to Upton Manor to both drop off the recovering O'Leary and Sal and pick up Jimmy, Airman Jones and Detective Doyle before heading to Ctesiphon. </div>
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1930s, rural America. A carnival freak show has come to town and set up shop in a remote pasture. The townsfolk were excited. It had been quite a long time since a circus, carnival or other oddity stopped at their town and they flocked to the site. That's when things became weird...</div>
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People started disappearing. Not many, but enough to rouse the suspicion of the local sheriff. Since the only thing 'out of normal' was the freak show, he and a deputy checked it out. Hours later, the sheriff found himself back at his desk, but the deputy was missing. He knew they'd gone to the carnival and had seen firsthand that it was a legitimate show (the fat lady was truly a sight to behold), but he couldn't for the life of him remember driving back to the police station. That had him worried...</div>
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He called an old detective friend of his, Frank Doyle, from 'the city' and asked for him to check it out. The sheriff also called the land owner the carnival was inhabiting, Sir Reginald Upton, to see if he knew anything and to coordinate with Doyle's investigation. Sir Upton sent his son, James ("Jimmy" to his friends) and his lifelong ward, Elisa ("Ellie" to most) to aid in the investigation. They called their friends and colleagues, forming a pseudo-posse.</div>
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"Hey Rube!" was cried by the carnies and demented clown enforcers erupted from hidden places in the tent! Most attacked Jimmy, sensing that he was too drunk to effectively put up a fight. They were wrong. He took his lumps, but roared his fury and gave what he got!</div>
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Detective Doyle was attacked from behind and fell, but Professor Edelstein "did some doctorin'" and got Doyle on his feet. Meanwhile, Ellie used her shotgun to good effect and soon dropped Lester the Carney. Outside the tent, Airman Jones found that his SMG was barely a match for the barker's razor-edged hats. He was heavily wounded when the rest of the townies came to his rescue and subdued the carnival's ringleader. </div>
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Under harsh interrogation, the barker spilled the beans. The carnival of inhuman and human misfits were a front for their 'Masters'. The carnies supplied bodies, alive and dead alike, to their bosses for unknown reasons. Only an investigation of where the bodies were taken would uncover more of the truth.</div>
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Jimmy, Jones and Doyle would be holed up in a hospital to recover from their wounds, but the rest of the gang was ready to continue the fight!</div>
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Next week: <i>That's an Odd-Looking Idol</i>...</div>
Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-90299852695541614042017-08-27T20:34:00.000-05:002017-08-27T20:34:38.622-05:00Recruits 2017This is the recap of my participation in the local gaming convention, Recruits. A medium-sized convention that sees about 600 or so players throughout the weekend, Recruits has sci-fi, fantasy and historical games for just about anyone's interests. I enjoy this convention because I get to see familiar faces, play some cool games and buy stuff at great prices.<br />
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Friday Night</h3>
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An acquaintance of mine, Craig, is big into <i>Flames of War (FoW). </i>I've played in one other FoW game of his over the years and took the opportunity to play in a WWII desert game Friday night.</div>
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This was a simple plot, really. The British and Germans had built-up areas (BUA) on either side of a 12' table and were expecting reinforcements and supplies. The twist was that these supplies showed up on the opposite ends of the board from the BUAs and had to make it through tanks, artillery and strafing aircraft! I was on the British side, along with my friend, Mike.</div>
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It was a tie, although we (British) were one round from gaining the lead. 😒 I apologize I didn't take any more pics.</div>
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My buddy, Chuck, was running demos of <i>Knight Models</i> game, <i>Batman Miniature Game.</i> In this game, you could play as members of either Two-Face's or the Penguin's gangs, fighting it out in the mean streets of Gotham. I chose to play as Penguin, Captain Boomerang and one of Penguin's thugs. Also on my side were Deadshot, Slipknot and another lackey, played by a guy named Matt. Against us were Two-Face, Deathstroke and several henchmen. </div>
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This game was pretty neat. There's an innovative point allocation system for each character that really makes you think about how you want to use that individual in the overall team's scheme for the turn. The pics that follow are generally grouped in foreground and then background focus so you can get an idea of what things are like in Gotham from "characters' eye" view.</div>
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The Penguin's team won on points. I'd KO'd or outright killed some of Two-Face's henchmen via Captain Boomerang's weapons of choice and we had Two-Face reeling from several round of bullets and boomerangs.</div>
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Afternoon</h4>
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Yet another friend of mine, Sean, was running a relatively new game, <i>Imperial Skies. </i>This game is set in an alternate WWI setting where ships are airborne instead of plying the seas. I also had the pleasure of playing against some ornery, but great guys from Nebraska, Randy and Doug. My buddy Terry jumped into the action with me.</div>
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In this scenario, the Central powers are rumored to have created a rather hideous chemical weapon they plan on using against the Allied forces. A convoy of merchant vessels is laden with this weapon and is headed toward the front. Escorting them are two fleets of Austro-Hungarian and German forces. The only Allies in the area are French, so they move to intercept with the strict orders of not shooting down the merchant ships. Instead, they are to board said vessels, commandeer them and then take them to Allied ports. With the cargo intact, the boys on the front are safe and the world at large will know just how evil the Central powers truly are.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The open skies are filled with aeronefs!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">French fleet</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Huns at 2 o'clock, Cap'n!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Austro-Hungarians</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The scrum is on!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Some beautifully painted ships</td></tr>
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Results</h4>
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Another very solid, fun game. It was tense early, as the Central fleets took out several of the smaller French vessels with relative ease. The French kept plugging away at the bigger ships and finally the tide turned. At the end of the game, most of the Central ships were destroyed and one of the merchant vessels had been commandeered. The others were well within boarding range of several French ships.</div>
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Evening</h4>
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I ran a game of <i>Axles and Alloys</i> demolition derby with 12 players. This rules set has proven to be very popular at <i>Recruits </i>over the past few years and the trend continued this time as well. If you've read my previous blog post, you'll know more about how we came up with this concept and what rules changes were made to accommodate this style of contest.</div>
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With a full table, the mayhem began. </div>
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In the end, it came down to a battered, steering-impaired <i>Griswald </i>(seen above. Yes, the National Lampoon theme was blaring out of the player's phone) versus a relatively fresh heavy truck <i>Chopstick </i>(the red truck with the whirling blades on front)<i>. </i>With <i>The Griswald</i> in such bad shape and without any offensive weapons and <i>Chopstick</i> healthy and well-armed with missiles and a flamethrower, the game was called.<br />
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Congrats to Scott Wilson, winner of this year's vaunted Deadlands demolition derby trophy and earner of smack-talking rights for a year!<br />
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I'd like to thank all the players who made the game such as success: Halidar, Terry, Matt, Cody, Kaden, Mike R., Scott, Matt M., Michael S., Brent W., Ken V. and Ryan C. </div>
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The Conclusion</h4>
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I had a great weekend of gaming, hobnobbing and buying. I always enjoy <i>Recruits</i> and always wish it lasted a little longer...</div>
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Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-29541895795084922212017-08-27T17:15:00.000-05:002017-08-27T17:15:24.798-05:00Axles and Alloys Demolition Derby test runFor Recruits convention, I'm running (again) <i>Axles and Alloys</i>. This time, instead of a race, the scenario is a demolition derby. To play test the game, Bill, Ken, Jeff and I picked out three cars and set them up. <br />
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I also created three new cars: <i>Rhino</i>, <i>Bombardier</i> and <i>The Griswald.</i> They were an experiment in vehicles geared for ramming more than firing. <br />
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At the start of the race, the vehicles were lined up rear bumper to rear bumper. The first turn, the vehicles were required to accelerate at top speed from the center and couldn't fire any weapons (including droppers). They were, however, allowed to bump each other. </div>
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Things didn't go smoothly for the light vehicles during the first turn. A couple of cars decided to play the part of pinballs and were unceremoniously damaged enough to explode their fuel tanks. </div>
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After the initial chaos that is so much a part of this game, things settled down a bit. The following pics will give you a feel for how the game turned out.<br />
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Conclusion</h4>
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By the time we called the game, there were five to the initial 12 vehicles still in play. Some of these were very close to decimation and were literally rolling death traps for their drivers. </div>
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Other than changing where terrain was located on the course, everyone felt that the rest of the rules put in place the first turn were adequate for a demolition derby and would work well at the convention. Alas, with only four players each playing three cars from the same color, 'team play' was inevitable. I made a note to remind the convention players that even though there were cars obviously from the same factions, there weren't 'teams'. There could be temporary alliances, but ultimately there's only one winner in a demolition derby.</div>
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Thanks for reading and I'd like to thank my play testers!</div>
Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-12378416065826849382017-05-19T20:57:00.001-05:002017-08-27T20:35:50.220-05:00F1 BrazilRace two of the current season was located in beautiful <span style="font-family: inherit;">São Paulo</span>, Brazil at the <span style="font-family: inherit;">Autódromo José Carlos Pace</span>. Team Force India (Ken) joined the racers. Ferrari #1 (Jon Mark), Ferrari #2 (Terry), Williams (Bill), Sauber (Tim) and McLaren (me) were all present for the race in the hopes of improving their overall season standings.<br />
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The Race</h4>
A field of 18 cars lined up for the race. McLaren won the pole, with the rest of the field filing in behind. Brazil is a slightly larger track than Kansas City, so the crowd was expecting an exciting race.<br />
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Overall, McLaren started with the pole and maintained the lead virtually throughout the entire race. Sauber, Ferrari and Williams all threatened the lead at various points in the race, but McLaren held firm. Force India managed to blow the engines of two of their cars (seriously, do they even know how to race?!), making their 2017 initial foray somewhat anemic. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The leaders have taken off...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">First lap, first turn</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A sea of red...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">...followed by the rest of the pack.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Force India's first blown engine...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hairpin</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tight race for the lead!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">McLaren carried the day.</td></tr>
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By the end of the race, two Force India, one Williams and two Ferrari #2 cars were DNF.<br />
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<b>Race results:</b><br />
1. McLaren (47)<br />
2. McLaren (42)<br />
3. Ferrari #1 (41)<br />
4. Williams (40)<br />
5. Sauber (39)<br />
6. Sauber (38)<br />
7. McLaren (37)<br />
8. Williams (36)<br />
9. Force India (35)<br />
10. Ferrari #2 (34)<br />
11. Ferrari #1 (33)<br />
12. Sauber (32)<br />
13. Ferrari #1 (31)<br />
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<b>Overall season points:</b><br />
1. McLaren 244<br />
2. Sauber 227<br />
3. Ferrari #1 179<br />
4. Williams 143<br />
5. Ferrari #2 142<br />
6. Force India 35<br />
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We had a great time. Next race: The Chinese Grand Prix at Shanghai International Circuit!Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-38074067210065574262017-04-23T19:11:00.000-05:002017-05-19T20:56:21.779-05:00It's March...time for some F1 Racing!<h4>
The Teams</h4>
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Jon Mark (Ferrari #1), Terry (Ferrari #2), Bill (Williams), Tim (Sauber) and me (McLaren). We each had three cars in the race.</div>
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Prelims</h4>
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We played Ken's wonderful home brew rules, <i>Going the Distance (GtD)</i>. I have some modular track I acquired a while back and started converting and adding to it for use with these rules (that's why some of the track pieces are different shades). This was a random track set-up, so I jokingly said it was the new race course in Kansas City. The stars are where cars take a pip of tire damage if they move into that space. Three laps and Bob's your uncle.</div>
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The Race</h4>
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Team Ferrari #1 won the pole and the rest of the field assumed their positions. Out of the gate, Ferrari (both teams) got off to a cracking good start, with McLaren and Sauber tailing closely behind. </div>
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Calamity ensued right off, as Williams miscalculated and rammed the back end of a Sauber car, starting a chain reaction of bad right at the race's opening moments.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Utter chaos </td></tr>
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Meanwhile, Ferrari made a great showing of holding the lead over Sauber and McLaren, but it cost the leader from Ferrari #1 heavily. His tires were almost nubs by the time he pulled into the pit. <br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Ferrari dominance</td></tr>
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The delay cost him the lead, as Ferrari #2 pushed to the fore, with McLaren and Sauber gaining.</div>
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Ferrari #2 limped around the final tight turn of lap 2, but the car was spent. Terry gave it his all, but his car was a jiggling mess of loose parts, bald tires and wishful thinking. Team McLaren passed him on the turn, with Sauber closely trailing.</div>
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Meanwhile, in the rear of the pack, Team Williams finally was getting straight and chugging along. While not a deciding factor, Williams proved the race was still important.</div>
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The start of lap three featured a total blocking of all available lanes by Ferrari and McLaren. This allowed Sauber to catch up and stay within passing distance of the leader.</div>
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Lap three. Back stretch. McLaren held the lead, but Sauber was knocking on the door. A poor turn by McLaren sent him out wide of the curve and low on power. Sauber took advantage of the mistake and streaked past for the eventual win!<br />
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Race results:<br />
1. Sauber (47)<br />
2. McLaren (42)<br />
3. McLaren (41)<br />
4. Ferrari #1 (40)<br />
5. Ferrari #2 (39)<br />
6. Sauber (38)<br />
7. Ferrari #2 (37)<br />
8. Williams (36)<br />
9. McLaren (35)<br />
10. Ferrari #1 (34)<br />
11. Sauber (33)<br />
12. Ferrari #2 (32)<br />
13. Williams (31)</div>
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At the end of the race, points standings were thus:</div>
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McLaren 118</div>
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Sauber 118</div>
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Ferrari #2 108</div>
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Ferrari #1 74</div>
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Williams 67</div>
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It was a great race and everyone had a blast. Perhaps we'll play more for this 'season', but perhaps not. With a modular track, the possibilities are wide open!</div>
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Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-28621827477009329462017-03-20T18:41:00.002-05:002017-03-20T18:45:26.054-05:00Shoot 'em up!"Bring your Nerf gun." That was pretty much the only thing I said in the invite to the game. Nevertheless, the gang was ready; packing more "heat" than anyone outside of pre-pubescent youngsters should...<br />
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The Plot</h4>
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The sleepy border town of Deadrock was set to wake up. The Mexicans, who had been in the town since it was named Roca Muerta, had had enough. The Texians that had swaggered in treated their Mexican counterparts like offal. They boasted about Texas independence and how much better they were than Mexicans, Mexico and basically anything or anyone that wasn't Texian. Enough was enough. </div>
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Today, as the sun broke over the horizon, it was time to give Deadrock its true name and drive out the Texian squatters!<br />
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The Players</h4>
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Jon Mark and Bill played the Texians (three apiece). Terry, Tim and I played the Mexicans (two each). It was last team standing. Simple enough!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Terry, wearing the SHL +2 Poncho of Warmth.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Wild" Bill shootin' up the joint!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jon Mark, bringing the heat!</td></tr>
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The Game</h4>
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Using Ken's wonderfully simple rules that combine movement elements from the Song Of... family, easily understood and remembered modifiers and a special "shooting element" using Nerf guns, we began.</div>
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The two forces began on opposite long sides of the board. They soon came into contact with one another and the Nerf "lead" started to fly. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Let's go thataway...</td></tr>
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Things were touch and go for quite a while, with neither side gaining an appreciable advantage. Finally, it came down to Nerf accuracy. Unfortunately for the Texians, either the powder in their bullets was of an inferior grade or they were just lousy shots. By the end of the night, a single Texian scampered away...the lone survivor of a short, but bloody, gunfight.<br />
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Anyway, here it is...March! One of my favorite character actors, Bill Paxton, recently and unexpectedly died. I absolutely love the movie <i>Aliens</i>. It's in my top five of all-time movies. Mr. Paxton played the role of Pvt. Hudson in said movie and had some very memorable and quotable lines. On another note, Mr. Paxton and Lance Henriksen are the only two actors that were "killed" by aliens, predators and terminators. Some would argue that the character of Bishop was an android and wasn't technically 'killed' (he was shut down in Aliens 3), but that's splitting hairs.<br />
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To honor Bill Paxton, the group (Terry, Jon Mark, Jared and myself) played the board game adaptation of <i>Aliens </i>Thursday evening. The plot was slightly different than the movie's...consider it a "what if?" scenario.<br />
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The Colonial Marines engaged the aliens in the reactor room and got whooped. Sgt. Apone, Pvt. Dietrich and Pvt. Hudson were grabbed by aliens before Lt. Gorman, who didn't panic, ordered an immediate evacuation. The dropship didn't get waylaid and was able to deliver an arsenal of weapons to the marines. Burke's self-preservation overrode his desire to save the colony, so he went along with nuking the site from orbit. There was only one problem: Marines don't leave anyone behind.<br />
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The marine section proceeded to arm themselves and took an elevator into, literally and figuratively, the "belly of the beast". Their mission was simple: Find their teammates, get them out and kill any bugs in their way.<br />
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This scenario takes place adjacent to the nuclear reactor which powers the colony. Weapons fire weakens the protection around said reactor and eventually will make it go BOOM. If your marines are still present when this happens, game over, man. Game over. Flame units don't count toward causing this catastrophe. The placement of the captured marines is randomized. Of course, the die roll placed them in what was considered the hardest location to reach. That should've given us a clue as to what the night had in store for us.<br />
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Things started smoothly for the marines. Not wanting to unnecessarily draw attention to themselves, they didn't enter any rooms. This meant taking a circuitous route around the entire map. The squad made it relatively far, with Ripley and Hicks in the lead. That's when the motion tracker started to ping...</div>
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As the point marines took care of their mess, another wave crept up from the rear. Only by the grace of Drake's machine gun were the marines able to get out of the jam.<br />
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Things continued to be dicey, but with controlled flamethrower usage and withering fire, the marines slogged on. Unfortunately, Drake was grabbed and taken away.<br />
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Finally clear of aliens, Hicks entered the room. Aliens poured up and out of the giant stairwell, nearly overrunning the marines. It was here that Ripley was taken.<br />
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Her sacrifice wasn't in vain. Hicks was able to pull a wounded, but groggy Hudson out of the 'ick' and hand him a pulse rifle.<br />
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Another wave of aliens!!! In the resulting scrum, Dietrich fell to another wound. Gorman was grabbed, but Apone knocked the alien to the floor before torching it. It was at this point that gunfire had critically damaged the reactor, starting the countdown sequence.<br />
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Apone and Gorman, lagging behind the rest of the group, were surrounded. Gorman ran (of course), leaving Apone in a tough spot. Crowe, trying to help. killed a bug, but its acidic blood spray in turn killed Apone. Gorman's reprieve was short-lived as he was killed instantly by the next alien that attacked him.<br />
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With the reactor heating up, Crowe, Wierz and Frost applied a steady diet of pain on the aliens. They finally broke clear; the map was empty of bugs...<br />
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...and then it wasn't. Wierz and Crowe were wounded, meaning they could neither shoot as far nor as effectively. With 17 turns left on the reactor clock, things were looking bleak. <br />
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Frost was grabbed and taken away, leaving Wierz and Crowe. Wierz was the next to go, with an alien pouncing on him.<br />
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Finally, Crowe was incapacitated and taken away. Truly game over. There were seven ticks on the reactor countdown, so it wasn't too much longer before the whole place blew up anyway. Even if there weren't any more aliens to stop them, Crowe, Wierz and Frost would've been hard-pressed to make it to the elevator in time.<br />
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Seven marines and one civilian went in. Two marines escaped. One of those was Pvt. Hudson. It was a great night of edge-of-seat die rolls, cheers and groans. </div>
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While I'm sorry to say he's gone in real life, Bill Paxton will live to fight as Pvt. Hudson on many gaming tables and in many gamers' imaginations. I hope Mr. Paxton's family finds peace and realize that they aren't alone in their mourning.</div>
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Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-38020071096220406452016-09-20T22:10:00.001-05:002016-09-20T22:10:19.398-05:00ConnCon 2016It was a wonderful day of gaming in the Conn basement!<br />
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My friend, Scott, brought over medieval FUBAR. He had a full table of six players. I gladly gave up my seat for a somewhat late arrival, but that was fine by me. I had jalapeno poppers and other snacks to prep!<br />
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The second game of the day was a homebrew Western game from Kenny. It combined aspects of <i>Fistful of Lead</i>, <i>Song of Blades and Heroes</i> and <i>Nerf</i> guns! We got a couple of games in before we broke for lunch.<br />
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Game 3:</h4>
Ken had also brought a Viking lawn game called <i>Kubb</i>. Behold the fun pics!<br />
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Thanks again, Kenny. You brought a lot of fun to ConnCon!<br />
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Game 4:</h4>
The final game of the day was one of our favorites: Aliens. This is my homemade copy, thus the white board (it should be dark and scary).<br />
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The first scenario is the Colonial Marines against the Bugs. We fared fairly well on this one.<br />
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The second scenario was the Operations room and airducts. We did okay, but lost Gorman and Vasquez.<br />
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All in all, it was a great day of gaming. Thanks again to everyone who attended and brought their fun games to play! Next August, fellas!Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6296072249966891057.post-89390679269489874972016-09-18T23:31:00.002-05:002016-09-18T23:31:59.109-05:00The End of This Pirate Tale...<b>The Crew: </b>Terry (Cap'n Beefheart), Jon Mark (Wang), Bill (Mr. Harrison), Ken (Mr. Stevens), Tim (the French Marines) and Tommy (Lew Silvertongue).<br />
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<b>The Plot:</b> Having gotten the last map piece from Captain Bonefist and allowed a few of his pirates and Lew Silvertongue on board, <i>The Skidmark </i>sailed through the maelstrom, wondering if they'd be torn asunder and if this was some cruel joke by Haworth.<br />
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The transition was strangely...easy. The other side? Odd. Crimson skies and black seas as shiny as cobalt. The search for Haworth and his ship, <i>Devil's Wrath</i>, had begun!<br />
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<b>The Game: </b> This scenario actually took two sessions to complete. Just too much fighting!<br />
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I used the wonderful board game <i>Broadsides and Boarding Parties </i>for the first part of this final scenario. Terry 'sailed' <i>The Skidmark</i>, while I captained Haworth's ship. Outgunned and outcrewed, Terry had to dance around <i>Devil's Wrath</i> and whittle it down before boarding. He did in spades. The <i>Wrath's </i>undead crew, typically relying on its guns and enormous amount of crew to quickly overtake its victims, were scuppered.<br />
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After the firing was over, <i>The Skidmark</i> had left the upper deck bereft of crew.<br />
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<b>Note -</b> When the boarding action occurred, I switched from using the ship models and the board game to ship layouts provided by Jon Mark. These things are incredible. Jon Mark made upper, middle and lower decks that stacked on one another and allowed for minis to be placed on all levels without being too persnickety.<br />
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The upper deck was clear of undead crewmen, but their remains were literally everywhere (cannons are notoriously messy). The French Royal Marines, who had merely lurked in <i>The Skidmark's</i> lower levels for the entire campaign, were trotted out in good order and commanded to go below decks.<br />
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The middle deck was murky, but enough light came through the gun ports to allow unobstructed vision. The Marines formed a firing line as soon as enemies were spied. They then proceeded to shoot the unliving Hell out of Haworth's worthies.<br />
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The ensuing scrum saw just about everyone fighting the <i>Wrath's</i> crew. The Marines stood their ground, while our characters showed how much they'd improved over the course of the campaign and made relatively quick work of the the <i>Wrath's</i> sailors.<br />
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The lower deck's opening was available. Lew Silvertongue's braggadocios jumped in first, only to be killed. There was little to no light on this level, so our worthies were literally blind.<br />
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That didn't stop Mr. Stevens and his men. They leapt straight into the chaos and started causing their own brand of mischief! Maybe he's a bit angry his bird is gone...<br />
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Mr. Harrison also acquitted himself nicely. He was continually surrounded by those who wished him ill will, but he persevered.<br />
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As our stalwart companions gained control of the lower level, Captain Haworth himself came out of a dark doorway. Bellowing as he fired his pistols, Haworth joined battle against Stevens and his men. They hacked at him, but the brute wouldn't fall. Recalling Bonefist's warnings, they kept well clear of his grasp, laying about his person with sabres and gun stocks. Finally, the horrible creature fell, never to rise again. <br />
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The rest, as they say, is history. The combined efforts of the crew and Marines hefted enough treasure aboard <i>The Skidmark</i> to make them all rich, many times over. But what to do? <br />
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Captain Beefheart didn't want to return to Port du Lion and have all this wealth taken by the Governor. The Marine Commander, loyal to said Governor, did. So...a Mexican standoff?<br />
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The Marines, tough as nails, were only slightly outnumbered by the remaining crew. Having said that, the crew had some notable veterans to fight with. It would be bloody, no matter who won...<br />
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Using the game's mechanics, Beefheart parlayed with the Commander. They had to do so quickly, as the <i>Devil's Wrath</i> was rapidly sinking! <br />
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The Commander wasn't a fool. It was a long way to Port du Lion and he was now surrounded by hostiles. He eventually conceded that returning to port was unlikely to occur, but he also needed to present a plausible tale to the Governor. The end game? He and his Marines would be dropped off at a friendly port with half the treasure. They could then charter a vessel to take them to Port du Lion. Captain Beefheart and the rest of <i>The Skidmark's</i> crew would simply disappear (it was discussed that perhaps owning land in the Carolinas would be nice).<br />
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So it was done, both with the crew and the campaign! <br />
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A couple of things....<br />
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First off, thanks to all who not only played, but let me borrow various minis and terrain over the course of this campaign. It wouldn't have worked without y'all!<br />
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Second, I feel like a 500-pound gorilla is off my back. This campaign, while fun, was (to quote Ken) ambitious. I learned a lot as a GM by doing this, which is always a good thing.<br />
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Third, I had a slightly different ending I could've used, if needed. I had purposefully set this tale slightly before Ken's ongoing campaign. In his story, Port du Lion was seized by the English and renamed Lion's Port. If the Commander had parlayed or successfully fought and returned <i>The Skidmark</i> to the port with all the treasure, the Union Jack flying over the Governor's building would've stopped him from entering the harbor. The entire crew (Marines and sailors) would've sailed off into the sunset with the British none the wiser!Petru5http://www.blogger.com/profile/13066777428734724633noreply@blogger.com0