tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25889114971653576952024-03-13T03:15:44.968-07:00The Beast's LairAdventures in Tabletop WargamingBeast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.comBlogger88125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-87062199945480052942022-07-08T19:18:00.000-07:002022-07-08T19:18:00.256-07:00Human-Elf vs Orc-Human Rebel Showdown!<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9wpWmOi9XCTy3Rd51lAG8K0P1fyXUlZ_UKy-3L6CNyZP5F75tk0gFUYxulovfsdReBzy87B4WOW5W4Pig3mRTf9ccUF99cgnWxrbwrIRu_HwJ3aZp7qOYjwIstuzu8KUnvRct8fUoKg/s2016/IMG_8805.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2016" data-original-width="1512" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid9wpWmOi9XCTy3Rd51lAG8K0P1fyXUlZ_UKy-3L6CNyZP5F75tk0gFUYxulovfsdReBzy87B4WOW5W4Pig3mRTf9ccUF99cgnWxrbwrIRu_HwJ3aZp7qOYjwIstuzu8KUnvRct8fUoKg/w300-h400/IMG_8805.jpg" width="300" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><p></p>Following the <a href="http://beast44a.blogspot.com/2021/09/beastmen-vs-humans-savage-worlds.html">last battle</a> in the <a href="http://beast44a.blogspot.com/p/campaign-for-darkened-wood.html">Campaign for the Darkened Wood</a>, where the human faction successfully transported several magical (radioactive?) stones through a beastman-infested swamp. The beastmen attacked from different sides and never achieved local superiority, ultimately getting overwhelmed by superior human numbers.<div><br /></div><div>The human success in that battle gave the human king the resources to attract a wizard to their faction. Who looks more than a bit like Gandalf.</div><div><br /></div><div>And now the human rebels, who attacked and killed one of the king's taxpayers out for a stroll in the woods, know that their days are numbered. The human rebels join forces with the Orcs and Goblins and mount an offensive against the humans. The human king allies with the Elves to confront the human rebel-orc & goblin force.</div><div><br /></div><div>In the photo above, we setup and we have the orcs on the top right and the humans and the elves on the top left and the rebels on the bottom right. The rest of the captions have been provided by my boys, who played the game with me.</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG16skoMv27apZH5yHDmAOXpinRWVs3ufperrl3kthuKM7tsi2cC3ylIRYLONXushp6cLmfmiir1aEPk7op0CkxivEbZBDxtD0GOLvav_kBRK7XH7dgeWvMN4LViA3mnyTmDsu1I7Nl50/s2016/IMG_8827.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG16skoMv27apZH5yHDmAOXpinRWVs3ufperrl3kthuKM7tsi2cC3ylIRYLONXushp6cLmfmiir1aEPk7op0CkxivEbZBDxtD0GOLvav_kBRK7XH7dgeWvMN4LViA3mnyTmDsu1I7Nl50/w400-h300/IMG_8827.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is our line of orcs protecting the rebel archers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUAqubxgCiVSTooyZheOzuY0kEYTE2G9L1aDnaeUOwXEzPzHEQNsi4Wmvi6nY5GLiTzMZhwGlqLzsWLTxaNs8N-JH0ozqDQ19ul__sr5mQNZ8MnXNXp6iSU9TWuwqx1VJ5z4-7mi5J8Lg/s2016/IMG_8806.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUAqubxgCiVSTooyZheOzuY0kEYTE2G9L1aDnaeUOwXEzPzHEQNsi4Wmvi6nY5GLiTzMZhwGlqLzsWLTxaNs8N-JH0ozqDQ19ul__sr5mQNZ8MnXNXp6iSU9TWuwqx1VJ5z4-7mi5J8Lg/w400-h300/IMG_8806.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a group of orcs with a champion.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbd0gxcaQw6bbxM1tOycR1qiJ5CVGf5eVNoObBoLzKVAGWN8yYWj9MNBzOVxLog7eJKpozMYh-kTMWqoegXMVDLASXvWs2v2OC4lxZcN3uNXIEMMRL0zkfTsBQC8ituHUqCdhXpZCov8c/s2016/IMG_8807.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbd0gxcaQw6bbxM1tOycR1qiJ5CVGf5eVNoObBoLzKVAGWN8yYWj9MNBzOVxLog7eJKpozMYh-kTMWqoegXMVDLASXvWs2v2OC4lxZcN3uNXIEMMRL0zkfTsBQC8ituHUqCdhXpZCov8c/w400-h300/IMG_8807.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a rebel squad with some archers and their leader Robin.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBfZR2mzX55r7Dp7iYe5xO1dLhHCAG1mfbd2WDI_OA3tcRWkDYb40x26mcB7UZbNnGlbvJ3CvrN9pNdVGMO1iiiQBdhJJczus4tehTac7vQHZC-mSP1vLq_pMfifO0yc9P9cM3cJfemM/s2016/IMG_8808.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrBfZR2mzX55r7Dp7iYe5xO1dLhHCAG1mfbd2WDI_OA3tcRWkDYb40x26mcB7UZbNnGlbvJ3CvrN9pNdVGMO1iiiQBdhJJczus4tehTac7vQHZC-mSP1vLq_pMfifO0yc9P9cM3cJfemM/w400-h300/IMG_8808.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The Orc line.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0WQuVmx6yTD_3R1gpVYL4SgGRXbGlt9RMmxsTHRxBdfXF9Rmip-fZdMhyphenhyphenwXdcMuEyC4QcJpKgHQqymrAkFj4nbkD3d0xrlez4DrdbR872BKSqHKCZRsM1GOZFnjKrOBRcIrfdW2KRi4/s2016/IMG_8809.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0WQuVmx6yTD_3R1gpVYL4SgGRXbGlt9RMmxsTHRxBdfXF9Rmip-fZdMhyphenhyphenwXdcMuEyC4QcJpKgHQqymrAkFj4nbkD3d0xrlez4DrdbR872BKSqHKCZRsM1GOZFnjKrOBRcIrfdW2KRi4/w400-h300/IMG_8809.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is just anther picture of the champion with three spear men and three orcs.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4mVegt9wCyyrf771kyOD3YMf36z_viiFEXAvWMu61ADbAn41lbKBI8TxdZS9Wpz4Yc9VsYo_dohfITcJfk59BHDRWqWcNnmUcZjmLhrCCpoFogOqIvJVRDJTv-WSxg40z5l2MtNYaxZc/s2016/IMG_8810.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4mVegt9wCyyrf771kyOD3YMf36z_viiFEXAvWMu61ADbAn41lbKBI8TxdZS9Wpz4Yc9VsYo_dohfITcJfk59BHDRWqWcNnmUcZjmLhrCCpoFogOqIvJVRDJTv-WSxg40z5l2MtNYaxZc/w400-h300/IMG_8810.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the squad of rebels in front of orcs.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheM35MbYdajMUrTLsAuLxfEDoDUFQahEWK2JjBXlzJyevd3gOMiVTUDLIoH4jT0foxOzgKHC2HiFYywfRdshzVMIkZY7TLcNX7jEL67b61qpOEO8wGWa5Whrh3Js5fThKRWPAf-Io9yKg/w400-h300/IMG_8811.jpg" width="400" /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a closer look at them.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjlCddKO8vAZuwq1N3Hcsg0ELDkJp3fDOBq-9eh8RgBBc14VZs3bsOWVPlEJjl3DJvfD-xl7vtGc_Sx2f9a1d-loAWvVtxGdQMSFgDcvsnaJOpFsKJWOIWQ5FWWaVx6gEWj2D_K_Jfgk/s2016/IMG_8812.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQjlCddKO8vAZuwq1N3Hcsg0ELDkJp3fDOBq-9eh8RgBBc14VZs3bsOWVPlEJjl3DJvfD-xl7vtGc_Sx2f9a1d-loAWvVtxGdQMSFgDcvsnaJOpFsKJWOIWQ5FWWaVx6gEWj2D_K_Jfgk/w400-h300/IMG_8812.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>This is a picture of a squad elves ready to provide cover fire for the humans.<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrzmkrt9lI8iIz6-_yWrep3W7WzPUZtrnscJ3lBA2lWeLWJmsucL4Na4d5sD2S_0TGIEj81pqJlbuRX1YvrMkhBYttz_BVmqABRL7VYE_1OLb-Th4KMmdZcXXWWGnGZ9u3XlFfHh2jj0/s2016/IMG_8813.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigrzmkrt9lI8iIz6-_yWrep3W7WzPUZtrnscJ3lBA2lWeLWJmsucL4Na4d5sD2S_0TGIEj81pqJlbuRX1YvrMkhBYttz_BVmqABRL7VYE_1OLb-Th4KMmdZcXXWWGnGZ9u3XlFfHh2jj0/s320/IMG_8813.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is the picture of the humans with their wizard in the front of the elves.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZYxLXXjDNN0A9XxgHies3gatj5Q82eafCrr7hmByPnN4WxdZOITtKtRV6Y3rLwRb8XR5u0pKP8-Hdddewu7YHtJb1zRRBB367ywUu6cDaYJUq3Cs5y3_aADWwUCwrtSaYQkCpPRJK-Y/s2016/IMG_8814.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdZYxLXXjDNN0A9XxgHies3gatj5Q82eafCrr7hmByPnN4WxdZOITtKtRV6Y3rLwRb8XR5u0pKP8-Hdddewu7YHtJb1zRRBB367ywUu6cDaYJUq3Cs5y3_aADWwUCwrtSaYQkCpPRJK-Y/w400-h300/IMG_8814.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is our other squad of elves.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dcmIQLDtOCssQOy8HTO38ffMueSl90JiYezIB5edzkdU0cSByUwfrRI5QeaRbI81c6EMo-kUsT7g-pnqhyiW4WvP5X5pAInZpvWFDD34BssdMIcDP58A73-bDju3jKdTIL-CRlqqy-Q/s2016/IMG_8815.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0dcmIQLDtOCssQOy8HTO38ffMueSl90JiYezIB5edzkdU0cSByUwfrRI5QeaRbI81c6EMo-kUsT7g-pnqhyiW4WvP5X5pAInZpvWFDD34BssdMIcDP58A73-bDju3jKdTIL-CRlqqy-Q/w400-h300/IMG_8815.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is our squad of elves with the elven leader.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIm3f64vHvWNBu_DiM1s3bf9LlhLGufSTuAIwxh_jfATXQW6ilvoHiWr4-_iFx9WFtjzuQNNM_y8K9ZWxY9NmDtsD2j0Ny4FF9guQS4w4ITKRZ_PZR2z1PtpHrkyKlb9n-Kxzlq6NcFGU/s2016/IMG_8816.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIm3f64vHvWNBu_DiM1s3bf9LlhLGufSTuAIwxh_jfATXQW6ilvoHiWr4-_iFx9WFtjzuQNNM_y8K9ZWxY9NmDtsD2j0Ny4FF9guQS4w4ITKRZ_PZR2z1PtpHrkyKlb9n-Kxzlq6NcFGU/w400-h300/IMG_8816.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is a birds eye view of the humans front line.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkBbrxBIO69z_f6T2fPaiADP_zzl2ksT0ppcAwgXnGEFCL0W-wgdaPsTf7RYKj2xp-3Dp2T83aeW7zgv5CcgEVcLmvPsvrTfF8RwqkbYPgmH5IfCtncTgd2L-_ZlU93IUknH1pRJ_uh0/s2016/IMG_8817.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkBbrxBIO69z_f6T2fPaiADP_zzl2ksT0ppcAwgXnGEFCL0W-wgdaPsTf7RYKj2xp-3Dp2T83aeW7zgv5CcgEVcLmvPsvrTfF8RwqkbYPgmH5IfCtncTgd2L-_ZlU93IUknH1pRJ_uh0/w400-h300/IMG_8817.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is another birds eye view but for our wizard.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYF9QMQ6iqOS46T4X8rzG2YWl4EKgef1u0PfHPhnhLCp0IvJfHt9KrxD8bUNoZRQYB6xuzC_sDjNCsZ5jguuoax0-0kqlTruIcMPo2VMRc9GVJW_q3ZTjA55NuJWJLB7ZIlgmEZh0V3Xw/s2016/IMG_8818.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYF9QMQ6iqOS46T4X8rzG2YWl4EKgef1u0PfHPhnhLCp0IvJfHt9KrxD8bUNoZRQYB6xuzC_sDjNCsZ5jguuoax0-0kqlTruIcMPo2VMRc9GVJW_q3ZTjA55NuJWJLB7ZIlgmEZh0V3Xw/w400-h300/IMG_8818.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And here are our human spear men.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOqkl_HlU94Fhqp5LPM9n50L2i1I3XId9as1x-C9BYVdDeTczEsb_Eu7gGtSyhdJZn3P_bVK-Y-LkpBa2ZO9JV2vsko3BYw2DeNadCN-8iKAzFk6IrUjhIjURzkIXVPvkqqaJ5HxVTQE/s2016/IMG_8819.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOqkl_HlU94Fhqp5LPM9n50L2i1I3XId9as1x-C9BYVdDeTczEsb_Eu7gGtSyhdJZn3P_bVK-Y-LkpBa2ZO9JV2vsko3BYw2DeNadCN-8iKAzFk6IrUjhIjURzkIXVPvkqqaJ5HxVTQE/w400-h300/IMG_8819.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">Here is a closer look at our spearmen.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8PgjpKXImxuPtVoxKs15DxRgYmDxX7RSvQMpcCEjrrsxr_pRD-JghypLHiFuCMnRumIRlk8R70yEWEuvQjGbzgvyhDrdd5N4KC4a1N72ZIugzGy7Aq6LNtAzZg5fJ-YsU2P4uHgqLyYg/s2016/IMG_8820.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8PgjpKXImxuPtVoxKs15DxRgYmDxX7RSvQMpcCEjrrsxr_pRD-JghypLHiFuCMnRumIRlk8R70yEWEuvQjGbzgvyhDrdd5N4KC4a1N72ZIugzGy7Aq6LNtAzZg5fJ-YsU2P4uHgqLyYg/w400-h300/IMG_8820.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a closer look at the humans hired wizard.</div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzsC3kFV3Yza8wvRMSAZZydtYkgbrpWUHkAqhMwlxeYhyZxMAX2AZCXoRvyshoFgKbf2JXAiwtdjUera3TMwFw5RE2Ww3zQ6nBPQrBHah1-M34RHYBufzfJfp6u_DzfSA489IURkkNe0/s2016/IMG_8824.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="312" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKzsC3kFV3Yza8wvRMSAZZydtYkgbrpWUHkAqhMwlxeYhyZxMAX2AZCXoRvyshoFgKbf2JXAiwtdjUera3TMwFw5RE2Ww3zQ6nBPQrBHah1-M34RHYBufzfJfp6u_DzfSA489IURkkNe0/w400-h312/IMG_8824.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is another look at our spearmen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqIwT06Z3V610zLjc504lKgPxz-ji-BiTU_VZwbX5Y3m0MKcdst1VaAvNvDZleNsjAAq7VPV7Us67NvdskhxtVdfkKJTSq5cMIK31DranAH3kUZIPch7nAPG1x4nn4mhGlIcVLUAEqjFU/s2016/IMG_8825.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqIwT06Z3V610zLjc504lKgPxz-ji-BiTU_VZwbX5Y3m0MKcdst1VaAvNvDZleNsjAAq7VPV7Us67NvdskhxtVdfkKJTSq5cMIK31DranAH3kUZIPch7nAPG1x4nn4mhGlIcVLUAEqjFU/w400-h300/IMG_8825.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">This is one unit of archers, kings guard and spearmen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTT9PRn4QmH7VhYrVBQJPFuTf1pvInCOk_rDNhqoQvy7QzeRomSMEXksyN6F7mvNKDe8MvNM73J0fGYODp4LCDE6P7AMv8bHtMQFfmtmv3JAOl0hpdkSyE_t5-tLGos6eTm_7jB1H-mOg/s2016/IMG_8826.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTT9PRn4QmH7VhYrVBQJPFuTf1pvInCOk_rDNhqoQvy7QzeRomSMEXksyN6F7mvNKDe8MvNM73J0fGYODp4LCDE6P7AMv8bHtMQFfmtmv3JAOl0hpdkSyE_t5-tLGos6eTm_7jB1H-mOg/w400-h300/IMG_8826.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">This is another look at the humans and elves together.</div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrTJERM7mmLx76dPhdTyOKvia4FAWmPINybkLBmjcph0B-Xm1G-VopP7FR3DY2w8DwxBGD12H7op6SxJ8QwdYRyvwVTUlvcOiKy02FZdIt3288icKwxCW-lSoze5fkX6WzXUVXszicSA/s2016/IMG_8828.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrTJERM7mmLx76dPhdTyOKvia4FAWmPINybkLBmjcph0B-Xm1G-VopP7FR3DY2w8DwxBGD12H7op6SxJ8QwdYRyvwVTUlvcOiKy02FZdIt3288icKwxCW-lSoze5fkX6WzXUVXszicSA/w400-h300/IMG_8828.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">UMPH! A man falls to the ground almost immediately. </div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAd2ZW3kJFrWLLTVrHfNTbGhiykpQZKs7AojDf9h95MG5ft-Ha_ab7oBW_HTuwFado50jKp8BgnVNreuKjsgYYm20H8ZvfDbhP0yAQDe30FmuOb5fgRO-1UFhtNeT7msM_1sArk1rV7Eg/s2016/IMG_8829.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAd2ZW3kJFrWLLTVrHfNTbGhiykpQZKs7AojDf9h95MG5ft-Ha_ab7oBW_HTuwFado50jKp8BgnVNreuKjsgYYm20H8ZvfDbhP0yAQDe30FmuOb5fgRO-1UFhtNeT7msM_1sArk1rV7Eg/w400-h300/IMG_8829.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The elves fire a volley of arrows.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzo50NeijYZ8hvRNGxGzFqZyfH0tCYjiWMim8UtH7QCvNtk_sSMR9XMYwDDaTsB8TQ2qkHnu35BQ-9Ayrq_WERHXc1qUZhVY5xap77nyFP9Zm-o3Y67MTO2wLk5Pb-3x0-exeui7l3Lw/s2016/IMG_8830.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJzo50NeijYZ8hvRNGxGzFqZyfH0tCYjiWMim8UtH7QCvNtk_sSMR9XMYwDDaTsB8TQ2qkHnu35BQ-9Ayrq_WERHXc1qUZhVY5xap77nyFP9Zm-o3Y67MTO2wLk5Pb-3x0-exeui7l3Lw/w400-h300/IMG_8830.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Two rebels die by the volley of arrows.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCH-rAPowupQU4tDPtaY_koOPcNLzcxDLDKdVf_AkMFY_voT0_PqsSAUWBHpJQZMHf7iUP9SZGH1FL6gqst3Hfy_jZ2tCoyKSiLwi-ayQFcVcaU5MWkraWwgY7kpa6e1Ue_WSTeuDQDps/s2016/IMG_8831.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCH-rAPowupQU4tDPtaY_koOPcNLzcxDLDKdVf_AkMFY_voT0_PqsSAUWBHpJQZMHf7iUP9SZGH1FL6gqst3Hfy_jZ2tCoyKSiLwi-ayQFcVcaU5MWkraWwgY7kpa6e1Ue_WSTeuDQDps/w400-h300/IMG_8831.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Then the elves make quick thinking and move towards the kings guard and spearmen.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj503uyEBH_E2w656rpQrxRJLcoYjWnj2J3byFu7MamP1a_b3657fJjWTkmYIwEeIfT-7wA3EG4Pj8-FB26LrE4c3irJliGqy5xBqHZMre7f2MQK0iZ1AIlDYIV7B_ogFB2T-XlZNRIrsU/s2016/IMG_8832.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj503uyEBH_E2w656rpQrxRJLcoYjWnj2J3byFu7MamP1a_b3657fJjWTkmYIwEeIfT-7wA3EG4Pj8-FB26LrE4c3irJliGqy5xBqHZMre7f2MQK0iZ1AIlDYIV7B_ogFB2T-XlZNRIrsU/w400-h300/IMG_8832.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The other elf squad has fired a volley at the other squad of rebels.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIll6eUIZI07jQIU4jDJ8WHi62KxkKiOqxEPyaxPemDZcUBpxwdl1aW_fATbWrCNP0bCxK7ctluZcZaM007bgQijNi_yox-03C2vYASYV-yJnbg4uIQXadgSbm60ZOAeRUw6VRcE8p8Z0/s2016/IMG_8833.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIll6eUIZI07jQIU4jDJ8WHi62KxkKiOqxEPyaxPemDZcUBpxwdl1aW_fATbWrCNP0bCxK7ctluZcZaM007bgQijNi_yox-03C2vYASYV-yJnbg4uIQXadgSbm60ZOAeRUw6VRcE8p8Z0/w400-h300/IMG_8833.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And another rebel falls dead to the ground by another volley of elven arrow.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW3kuH2gkk6kLjNU7vilWnwUnvztc_cEXbGj41uepKxr0U8WvLNdR-zq5ggde_IMglVr7wvTnJP2v0eoYKIvES_BIonRqUHw4R-6HoflLezsYjMXaLxIX8G6YzemFoYgz69V-1KC4btCI/s2016/IMG_8834.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW3kuH2gkk6kLjNU7vilWnwUnvztc_cEXbGj41uepKxr0U8WvLNdR-zq5ggde_IMglVr7wvTnJP2v0eoYKIvES_BIonRqUHw4R-6HoflLezsYjMXaLxIX8G6YzemFoYgz69V-1KC4btCI/w400-h300/IMG_8834.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The champion and his men move toward the kings guard, the spearmen and elven archers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZg2kDbzWDsBqwL_RYrvIVb0jckLdUghID1KvTCJN6C_qvtF-3o2OzTQao2K-_6QB1gzAYIIzFkTkCW7osLokYFyMXr5WjktE0dxW8YoZemzJ4Vc4nzuxkYSM40EUFXX4syM4pWjtEW-U/s2016/IMG_8835.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZg2kDbzWDsBqwL_RYrvIVb0jckLdUghID1KvTCJN6C_qvtF-3o2OzTQao2K-_6QB1gzAYIIzFkTkCW7osLokYFyMXr5WjktE0dxW8YoZemzJ4Vc4nzuxkYSM40EUFXX4syM4pWjtEW-U/w400-h300/IMG_8835.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The rebel archers fire a volley and hit two men of the kings guard and one spearman.</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jQ895LU4M2mYQwQQrxxRfb91rLcQGpUFhmx8di8_pbIpSYnJMjCDLFVuMhQSkFiyanEjsNFiZXU78Nxpd1QkYSZGKQJFdQ8d2qiXqQbGi6lNIStqWcneKyzGYbix1zPcHbccsRbe2Q8/s2016/IMG_8836.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2jQ895LU4M2mYQwQQrxxRfb91rLcQGpUFhmx8di8_pbIpSYnJMjCDLFVuMhQSkFiyanEjsNFiZXU78Nxpd1QkYSZGKQJFdQ8d2qiXqQbGi6lNIStqWcneKyzGYbix1zPcHbccsRbe2Q8/w400-h300/IMG_8836.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The orcs draw a jack that helps them in close combat.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsAiTHPxXmFeiaBR4MUR4IpS1LzXNxfdwc4SaMYR7pqMM-TbJvgBz5CK6aDuR5vwJMyfvfIufGT4gYH7nBE4lUb9X_9rPwbnmeXbCWzlPhrpVR1gWoMaa1-ePkkeD5x5Qp6tc-HW6G9Y/s2016/IMG_8837.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpsAiTHPxXmFeiaBR4MUR4IpS1LzXNxfdwc4SaMYR7pqMM-TbJvgBz5CK6aDuR5vwJMyfvfIufGT4gYH7nBE4lUb9X_9rPwbnmeXbCWzlPhrpVR1gWoMaa1-ePkkeD5x5Qp6tc-HW6G9Y/w400-h300/IMG_8837.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now one orc dies and two of the kings guard are shocked.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpE7XTVoYhQxsEFKoNX9Gq_Vc0GPT8oMlYBMDrOEipWcd8BxmUF-svmnof25b7g-5PZOWuidR9wKxl5mcnQVfkNmoqRTfNxzXK9Lztt_ExnQBivXEZ3xJ_1U9mStPJCN2buVLbvp4jBI/s2016/IMG_8838.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOpE7XTVoYhQxsEFKoNX9Gq_Vc0GPT8oMlYBMDrOEipWcd8BxmUF-svmnof25b7g-5PZOWuidR9wKxl5mcnQVfkNmoqRTfNxzXK9Lztt_ExnQBivXEZ3xJ_1U9mStPJCN2buVLbvp4jBI/w400-h300/IMG_8838.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now the other orcs attack the front line.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmgZ3Uy5Edqk9IvMyqp6SMVQCJ7z0k0f85wDolIjaCeTCC55NKU1sYD0jd6M1NZ75zcoa1TSOeHG2hSfrjjhTdoCmDhrlfze3SPcH1lMLt1kbCP5tYMsqas5ufeePYhShicZMswpyEEQ/s2016/IMG_8839.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmmgZ3Uy5Edqk9IvMyqp6SMVQCJ7z0k0f85wDolIjaCeTCC55NKU1sYD0jd6M1NZ75zcoa1TSOeHG2hSfrjjhTdoCmDhrlfze3SPcH1lMLt1kbCP5tYMsqas5ufeePYhShicZMswpyEEQ/w400-h300/IMG_8839.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now the big line of orcs moves 6'' toward the human archers.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOE-8eWOtdBvLSD19BScBxsHvjTmw-8kLkLsk8N4vt9vvhv4B6-byWeozQ1QyackkqXkTFApUGyBVDUOdZY24pllTYDFFC9xafhS0oPFyNwQSk9WH1i-nl9GtiQVUNuBMa7i-clEZszQ/s2016/IMG_8840.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuOE-8eWOtdBvLSD19BScBxsHvjTmw-8kLkLsk8N4vt9vvhv4B6-byWeozQ1QyackkqXkTFApUGyBVDUOdZY24pllTYDFFC9xafhS0oPFyNwQSk9WH1i-nl9GtiQVUNuBMa7i-clEZszQ/w400-h300/IMG_8840.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Oh no! The big line of orcs finally gets to the human archers and another one is killed.</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOAHzrKyO_6MICAcaoNi3KMCo0n-VEGqv6fTw_IaVQdAOW6wc2Sk1CwRsGft5TSdyzcShPRiygb9UBWTWhRLgIxku9pYr6YltVbaYhTfk8BrINeF_5cCAo4Riaz0DKkWLtU8pn2wHedQ/s2016/IMG_8841.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirOAHzrKyO_6MICAcaoNi3KMCo0n-VEGqv6fTw_IaVQdAOW6wc2Sk1CwRsGft5TSdyzcShPRiygb9UBWTWhRLgIxku9pYr6YltVbaYhTfk8BrINeF_5cCAo4Riaz0DKkWLtU8pn2wHedQ/w400-h300/IMG_8841.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now the swords men are in close combat and losing.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVhc8VjPyOgZamH0aEKXO38M8JFr1Fk2xTgZDCXlk7q03VTKL1vSPj1wKfC812vPJgqfo3M7A-A_YABJRaMjvGobvWncqpb9vEUaPKx2JSShzcalQqvMVP6mWeBQRKrQ-_iVbaLHonG8/s2016/IMG_8842.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXVhc8VjPyOgZamH0aEKXO38M8JFr1Fk2xTgZDCXlk7q03VTKL1vSPj1wKfC812vPJgqfo3M7A-A_YABJRaMjvGobvWncqpb9vEUaPKx2JSShzcalQqvMVP6mWeBQRKrQ-_iVbaLHonG8/w400-h300/IMG_8842.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">It is a blood bath for the humans but the orcs are doing almost the same.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZeD0OSa9DSymPnJ3TJ_YBzcSOdE4p0FzZsXMViiFaE7uBcfzWLbER2v0mUZfeLRHwr85tPgHS1s6SRtVFcCvns6O_qtSWsZKzi9GCsN2IYdkHKXF47LYToot4bBPfNwkbJN5XB0qPdQ/s2016/IMG_8843.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicZeD0OSa9DSymPnJ3TJ_YBzcSOdE4p0FzZsXMViiFaE7uBcfzWLbER2v0mUZfeLRHwr85tPgHS1s6SRtVFcCvns6O_qtSWsZKzi9GCsN2IYdkHKXF47LYToot4bBPfNwkbJN5XB0qPdQ/w400-h300/IMG_8843.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Two spearmen are dead, and the wizard is unprotected.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMbkuGlpca8G1uxEDJQDUW-BsJCLYblXqTL5zN1r6QGEpj7rnbVQn_xNnVQ7-euSxioj01Pfx0IFjj5vGORST1TnsMvnTrjRSlkD9-uYZyL2AHprNSBnniyXibn-NU9kLE_EAy24CmJE/s2016/IMG_8844.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitMbkuGlpca8G1uxEDJQDUW-BsJCLYblXqTL5zN1r6QGEpj7rnbVQn_xNnVQ7-euSxioj01Pfx0IFjj5vGORST1TnsMvnTrjRSlkD9-uYZyL2AHprNSBnniyXibn-NU9kLE_EAy24CmJE/w400-h300/IMG_8844.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now the wizard has to protect himself.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij25kgI9DLN2ofr2woxjkuf_r-uFeu2yOQoOid1ue4JMEtogcGNt_1erS-Se6SNYPO8rSkejtiqrCzqE6JTnXKeOJ2UOVD2uis5r5qV6VvPSe5gOrWgbwQVzf-Z2J7EdTEysJ-Grs6r-k/s2016/IMG_8845.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij25kgI9DLN2ofr2woxjkuf_r-uFeu2yOQoOid1ue4JMEtogcGNt_1erS-Se6SNYPO8rSkejtiqrCzqE6JTnXKeOJ2UOVD2uis5r5qV6VvPSe5gOrWgbwQVzf-Z2J7EdTEysJ-Grs6r-k/w400-h300/IMG_8845.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The elves unleashed a deadly barrage of arrows on the rebels again and the rebels start fleeing.</div></div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLJdrcIdbmXJ8iyzx3-VBvksV0SLpUk81U-Hph7kE3-3d0NhUSGrTCZTCc_cAraes-VTI2PuvsOEStNHh7XiQdLXklFzcfdhlteQBs-k9K1eOw51J9OMfxoFkddvhRBOHvdwmXt0Bfs4/s2016/IMG_8846.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtLJdrcIdbmXJ8iyzx3-VBvksV0SLpUk81U-Hph7kE3-3d0NhUSGrTCZTCc_cAraes-VTI2PuvsOEStNHh7XiQdLXklFzcfdhlteQBs-k9K1eOw51J9OMfxoFkddvhRBOHvdwmXt0Bfs4/w400-h300/IMG_8846.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now one of our elven archers has been shot dead by rebel fire.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3RUqT31zucXxvYM-QiWkmQe_X9RnC-2Ws2QqgpNnHD1xVkkTY70bL_F9T2A4g-bgfEnVzYvbb5wGVdjkJ_2B1rezuUU2BVGN2NEpevmo1wjuhpjGc603Flq_JhVdPn09k8-4Y_G7aT4U/s2016/IMG_8847.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3RUqT31zucXxvYM-QiWkmQe_X9RnC-2Ws2QqgpNnHD1xVkkTY70bL_F9T2A4g-bgfEnVzYvbb5wGVdjkJ_2B1rezuUU2BVGN2NEpevmo1wjuhpjGc603Flq_JhVdPn09k8-4Y_G7aT4U/w400-h300/IMG_8847.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">The wizard has been hit by rebel fire and is running.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1QyvrhYnPYK2wjMr2jhZxmq9i8MCt5mCiklyHZlSjefBh6eV4SM9J2h-G7fKHe51xzDWmHJmO5LYVy4pZO2kVj9es_5fukYTOr4-UigppZrHq5qtBlAD1BbDZ8d5jo8f1k-E7uEg9iY/s2016/IMG_8848.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjk1QyvrhYnPYK2wjMr2jhZxmq9i8MCt5mCiklyHZlSjefBh6eV4SM9J2h-G7fKHe51xzDWmHJmO5LYVy4pZO2kVj9es_5fukYTOr4-UigppZrHq5qtBlAD1BbDZ8d5jo8f1k-E7uEg9iY/w400-h300/IMG_8848.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now in close combat the elven archers are not very good so two of them died.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2w3qAMoy87gOKyUEHDT30Rv2XJKBssGkjcUmrpyd60uuiD1yMw-H3V6mhraKulpXOoCiqdAPZ1M2S3i_p1dPbq04wwpEDGuuHaUTgKX2KgqGYhG_TElP3d7WVt6Fhaek2Il8RFYgcpA/s2016/IMG_8849.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP2w3qAMoy87gOKyUEHDT30Rv2XJKBssGkjcUmrpyd60uuiD1yMw-H3V6mhraKulpXOoCiqdAPZ1M2S3i_p1dPbq04wwpEDGuuHaUTgKX2KgqGYhG_TElP3d7WVt6Fhaek2Il8RFYgcpA/w400-h300/IMG_8849.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now the rebel squad that is fleeing has moved another 6 '' and are trying to go faster.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_MQ33xQJ7etTZB0312uC4Yf3s1pvOU_1NsJfXA9zC_FU8kZzvLpzc2hSIsMGU8plNi5yClK7CQ8pbgo5UGoNz3OfCvEqcZKX1Wly7iQKTFa7ohOO8IrYwjfltu838efEwOzOKUNdDd0/s2016/IMG_8850.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiS_MQ33xQJ7etTZB0312uC4Yf3s1pvOU_1NsJfXA9zC_FU8kZzvLpzc2hSIsMGU8plNi5yClK7CQ8pbgo5UGoNz3OfCvEqcZKX1Wly7iQKTFa7ohOO8IrYwjfltu838efEwOzOKUNdDd0/w400-h300/IMG_8850.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">And it's almost safe to say that the elves and humans have won.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eLiT9cJcjLO20263xxmFZTiOW3vS0t8qLUQCDsKO4K11Gi5GLBjd6ZXyAZNj0-6qGOql-vYgfrNt88sQsxqBi-kVA-O0zKtjOjZKZQt27RU05vKUKhSlSYrvRaSTk520rOeiGx-0A5k/s2016/IMG_8851.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2eLiT9cJcjLO20263xxmFZTiOW3vS0t8qLUQCDsKO4K11Gi5GLBjd6ZXyAZNj0-6qGOql-vYgfrNt88sQsxqBi-kVA-O0zKtjOjZKZQt27RU05vKUKhSlSYrvRaSTk520rOeiGx-0A5k/w400-h300/IMG_8851.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><p style="text-align: center;">We counted the loses and the elves lost 3 men the humans lost 9. The human rebels lost 9 men and the orcs lost 10.</p><p>This proved a bloody conflict for both sides. Ultimately the elves and humans prevailed, their wizard survived, and the orcs and human rebels had to flee the field.</p></div></div>Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-71432465917400180842021-09-13T19:35:00.000-07:002021-09-13T19:35:26.566-07:00Beastmen vs. Humans, Savage Worlds Showdown!<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Picking up where we left off a few years ago in the Campaign for the Darkened Wood, the human kingdom had just come out on top in a <a href="http://beast44a.blogspot.com/2016/10/orcs-vs-humans-vs-elves-dwarves-magic.html" target="_blank">three-way battle versus the Elf-Dwarf coalition and the dastardly Orcs</a>. While the Elf-Dwarf gang and the Orc mob duked it out to the death, the humans rushed in, grabbed several magical (radioactive?) rocks that had fallen from the sky and would be useful in enticing a wizard to work for the human king.</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now the humans have departed with the loot and are making their way back to human lands. But first they must pass through a stretch of swamp. The swampy green ground on either side of the path through the swamp imposed a movement penalty on the humans. </span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">Any beastmen that may be in the swamp were immune to this penalty, owing to their swift movement and long legs. And the beastmen were hoping to get the meteorites from the men, in order to lure a necromancer to join their faction and add legions of the undead to their cause (any excuse to dust off old Warhammer skeletons).</span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We played this with the Savage Worlds Showdown! rules, using the excellent cards from Fistful of Lead for activations.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjV7TwVNcJ168Pa4Y8b52xQyNa9-OuGDMl6G0Vd7WvALotZ19LC_GuRKflwkoT3l2liTAeIeQf1CDZ8KJTU2F5E1PklehyhHfnUMlcpuQY0UmfXV3RBbhNrs84yMBCbx1y6EZUHOELqs/s640/IMG_8565.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikjV7TwVNcJ168Pa4Y8b52xQyNa9-OuGDMl6G0Vd7WvALotZ19LC_GuRKflwkoT3l2liTAeIeQf1CDZ8KJTU2F5E1PklehyhHfnUMlcpuQY0UmfXV3RBbhNrs84yMBCbx1y6EZUHOELqs/w300-h400/IMG_8565.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The column of human soldiers filing through the swamp.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwva1iFU7cac2GxfgqV5aNPQpitzkjGJcde4sN-58HdH1x56GUP60r3Tizjn3WM-qULbl_9YvR7c3IQEZzhOYDi2JmBrTVlg06vSQP3q_XICSZJy6alOhmlztBE4nrvpaBLri4ZSrwuvM/s640/IMG_8566.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwva1iFU7cac2GxfgqV5aNPQpitzkjGJcde4sN-58HdH1x56GUP60r3Tizjn3WM-qULbl_9YvR7c3IQEZzhOYDi2JmBrTVlg06vSQP3q_XICSZJy6alOhmlztBE4nrvpaBLri4ZSrwuvM/w400-h300/IMG_8566.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Led by the brave and trusty Captain Trent, along with a scout hired to lead the convoy back to the kingdom of men.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOYfi1197lNlqFKHF5LB4iCcwHuuFLypdMz9rYlBaZ4mR7gNnPMFz_5f9_DTNzvEdv0wtalnPME7ReZ2Vpgt_uGcT9W4jZZ6FcvbXRD1QOwQCwljXcP91a5R_3VLCIyN_sUannKqTeWA/s640/IMG_8567.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiOYfi1197lNlqFKHF5LB4iCcwHuuFLypdMz9rYlBaZ4mR7gNnPMFz_5f9_DTNzvEdv0wtalnPME7ReZ2Vpgt_uGcT9W4jZZ6FcvbXRD1QOwQCwljXcP91a5R_3VLCIyN_sUannKqTeWA/w300-h400/IMG_8567.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Captain Trent close-up.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aDzx8AT1-597Ju0AAcTL75MpzcqFpuODqxssMDKYFC3cXzL8WgW5iXHFel4nU_b4B_xQ2E8EoREqk80UmT7dsaGxagDvJU39QPiLYHQ8bi55vB-6y7ZSIEH6M_FybNdVLcDb6GjbpZU/s640/IMG_8568.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5aDzx8AT1-597Ju0AAcTL75MpzcqFpuODqxssMDKYFC3cXzL8WgW5iXHFel4nU_b4B_xQ2E8EoREqk80UmT7dsaGxagDvJU39QPiLYHQ8bi55vB-6y7ZSIEH6M_FybNdVLcDb6GjbpZU/w300-h400/IMG_8568.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And a close-up of the local scout, a Norse woodsman who is handy with a bow and knows these woods well.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzd-bwlFhHqUqEcfS54O0WynYrPk0hNCeAsqgNFp8YDWer1vJaAMXcM1KqjmXWfMTftTTvYY7KJdMQcI4hInzHa3HicxAjsUvCPLbShfs3yQvTlWq1X7Ix_C0MpcnvDiiPqpfrLCVO5A/s640/IMG_8569.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyzd-bwlFhHqUqEcfS54O0WynYrPk0hNCeAsqgNFp8YDWer1vJaAMXcM1KqjmXWfMTftTTvYY7KJdMQcI4hInzHa3HicxAjsUvCPLbShfs3yQvTlWq1X7Ix_C0MpcnvDiiPqpfrLCVO5A/w300-h400/IMG_8569.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The convoy has advanced halfway across the board without incident. So far, so good...</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qWkE960zyxyUaFSJd-bwkiz-kAJs2PFcepzINXfPDCytA9VOxH31jMM99GaYjOuIR6uJXJU5EgAhBWFI1moSmyROogT3rJwgt4V7vUwOLki0XtcJz7FJLSubeZ1sG1FYWo7BoRo8xpk/s640/IMG_8570.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1qWkE960zyxyUaFSJd-bwkiz-kAJs2PFcepzINXfPDCytA9VOxH31jMM99GaYjOuIR6uJXJU5EgAhBWFI1moSmyROogT3rJwgt4V7vUwOLki0XtcJz7FJLSubeZ1sG1FYWo7BoRo8xpk/w400-h300/IMG_8570.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">...so what! Beastmen emerge from the nearby woods, charging toward the column of men.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazmHrM1TrGMSYpb5hyphenhyphenVhwD-nmV3P-c94r1AY6T_Y7OUvuslHRznrv1ArikcJ-apTt4p9zRN5CoSpUDLQ-AYLYvqRVDIqnsFtjEmEtBjfUc5fXA8tID0zvjYmJpfh8RNPGNrP2sNrCm_4/s640/IMG_8571.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhazmHrM1TrGMSYpb5hyphenhyphenVhwD-nmV3P-c94r1AY6T_Y7OUvuslHRznrv1ArikcJ-apTt4p9zRN5CoSpUDLQ-AYLYvqRVDIqnsFtjEmEtBjfUc5fXA8tID0zvjYmJpfh8RNPGNrP2sNrCm_4/w300-h400/IMG_8571.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two beastmen charge the rear of the column...</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCp3HCHoqvMHC7_L53a-bNLLIjC8JY8ntku8BR-3BRCPNpspqAFLXt7SSnjGiLgydWbp4eWm1s4-MMgtlgmAL3mNdOHf3303XoNqpK50BGdzU_BC_EZRPxGRNEtOzqIHEZvtWGqghXdqM/s640/IMG_8572.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCp3HCHoqvMHC7_L53a-bNLLIjC8JY8ntku8BR-3BRCPNpspqAFLXt7SSnjGiLgydWbp4eWm1s4-MMgtlgmAL3mNdOHf3303XoNqpK50BGdzU_BC_EZRPxGRNEtOzqIHEZvtWGqghXdqM/w300-h400/IMG_8572.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">...and one of the human soldiers goes down immediately, the victim of a nasty axe blow.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqZBNOIAnUTQf4aDM5Dd27mCn8g7qurwrDi-p2PZK8mJf0wCMqGBJIchXSFIzgRQnNjwCIgiioPq0a5IUZNFOSQERDJiLQg3S9eIIISykROsjFmfJIF84amnwGaMTi5ETtBpASzQybvU/s640/IMG_8573.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZqZBNOIAnUTQf4aDM5Dd27mCn8g7qurwrDi-p2PZK8mJf0wCMqGBJIchXSFIzgRQnNjwCIgiioPq0a5IUZNFOSQERDJiLQg3S9eIIISykROsjFmfJIF84amnwGaMTi5ETtBpASzQybvU/w400-h300/IMG_8573.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The humans rally and wrap around the beastmen, hoping to put their superior numbers to use, even though they are inferior to the beastmen in one-on-one combat.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVO0-rPrNGcSc2NwsSrIihh_fNxhVL7speKY61uYepi_aKZ0YGwOvfVo8c3TgiwNgCY9_ShlRH8UGDN4HOWMsL-p-wFs1QTs1TH2mOcCElVC-uMvyndGpywSN5WL_znXBHbIwo79PewQ/s640/IMG_8574.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioVO0-rPrNGcSc2NwsSrIihh_fNxhVL7speKY61uYepi_aKZ0YGwOvfVo8c3TgiwNgCY9_ShlRH8UGDN4HOWMsL-p-wFs1QTs1TH2mOcCElVC-uMvyndGpywSN5WL_znXBHbIwo79PewQ/w300-h400/IMG_8574.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two more beastmen charge into battle further up the column.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBayow1T4hCLcigsrF09VhiYPCL09CO3aKiceOBjXPfivdzgE3gY8vReVm-fJ2xyQkbxnjl3MWJFN5k9THUw94wh7wy0GqbuGkiYbO2AsfxuX2VSj666qUTry_8p5MCLH95R5MaIxJuu8/s640/IMG_8576.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiBayow1T4hCLcigsrF09VhiYPCL09CO3aKiceOBjXPfivdzgE3gY8vReVm-fJ2xyQkbxnjl3MWJFN5k9THUw94wh7wy0GqbuGkiYbO2AsfxuX2VSj666qUTry_8p5MCLH95R5MaIxJuu8/w300-h400/IMG_8576.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The two beastmen at the trail of the column both have yellow Shaken counters.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZiyj9Ieh-CpTAYBGCT1CpTC3H0ZrIypoy66SCZjN_fVe8n29xoe_Iu_t68qP9F2w2eVFQ08JsBjgbZMFqofq5h5WtljXsjqOMWmToKipzTDMp6JRT-5uTIdgc88o5CaiWuPNtsbmm5o/s640/IMG_8577.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbZiyj9Ieh-CpTAYBGCT1CpTC3H0ZrIypoy66SCZjN_fVe8n29xoe_Iu_t68qP9F2w2eVFQ08JsBjgbZMFqofq5h5WtljXsjqOMWmToKipzTDMp6JRT-5uTIdgc88o5CaiWuPNtsbmm5o/w300-h400/IMG_8577.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the beastmen at the end of the column goes down, overwhelmend by the numbers of the human soldiers.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznWo7KbsZyIH_8k4sDMbH7lldz4bV4UkQ80GpxFZWq3KLmItiklgqJLaeOb_NQMJZEQo0baI1w01fdU8CZnyUrOPXMQTWKq_L8hZnAmMEPSank0bp1PNH2g3DObX6lMilNWbKOcq8yJc/s640/IMG_8578.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiznWo7KbsZyIH_8k4sDMbH7lldz4bV4UkQ80GpxFZWq3KLmItiklgqJLaeOb_NQMJZEQo0baI1w01fdU8CZnyUrOPXMQTWKq_L8hZnAmMEPSank0bp1PNH2g3DObX6lMilNWbKOcq8yJc/w300-h400/IMG_8578.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Things are looking better for the beastmen in the middle of the column, where they have temporary numerical superiority, and the human scout is wounded and has a yellow Shaken marker. But then a fortuitous initiative card removes the Shaken status.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UJrVunDsodKVnJGULzvZdbF-SHYuiKGFYJwXmIvRqV-k7xWjrZX8DK0s3MnOUTMDw0BtNnAs6FGhbtMzubmDVNHUThn60QEkrHEWbMzxZTCOgqNxV3WqhpJ0ehqdBO2KiPQtioaFa7Q/s640/IMG_8580.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UJrVunDsodKVnJGULzvZdbF-SHYuiKGFYJwXmIvRqV-k7xWjrZX8DK0s3MnOUTMDw0BtNnAs6FGhbtMzubmDVNHUThn60QEkrHEWbMzxZTCOgqNxV3WqhpJ0ehqdBO2KiPQtioaFa7Q/w400-h300/IMG_8580.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Things go south for the beastmen at the back of the column, with both beastmen brought down by superior human numbers.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iqpm1jpcWJSjOkG6jmhAdAIt0TUvLNVkJQPsrjRo1N7Nk3ZvBwqi90M6tipT5ZtLfQg60EbsgI5HJHxlBvjAeAmUpKhRSgU-GZdUk8XZwbH3Obx-ubSdcM5ARboQiSGnRUEG-6uSnH8/s640/IMG_8581.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2iqpm1jpcWJSjOkG6jmhAdAIt0TUvLNVkJQPsrjRo1N7Nk3ZvBwqi90M6tipT5ZtLfQg60EbsgI5HJHxlBvjAeAmUpKhRSgU-GZdUk8XZwbH3Obx-ubSdcM5ARboQiSGnRUEG-6uSnH8/w400-h300/IMG_8581.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the beastmen in the middle of the column goes down from a lucky blow.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPH3kxtpaSwZ2Fmm-DsWE9kwatf7HrIeJ6XtW8GvkwfJjlGOXufOU4Xto33lwx1oYU0Dyi5wWA965JCw5HVboBAIps-5h9x0qcJ4YsIOWczRKhy8bp6ZK7cKmg_GgEVhPSonU9Rsg7yY/s640/IMG_8582.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZPH3kxtpaSwZ2Fmm-DsWE9kwatf7HrIeJ6XtW8GvkwfJjlGOXufOU4Xto33lwx1oYU0Dyi5wWA965JCw5HVboBAIps-5h9x0qcJ4YsIOWczRKhy8bp6ZK7cKmg_GgEVhPSonU9Rsg7yY/w300-h400/IMG_8582.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The beastman will breaks, and one of them runs off.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxcCeHPDP4GbKB3rRXW-O7g4cMGX_Lrcf2wppeLLxP-ESYxU1wqbsb2AFQ-QDSTkbC85fV7yZv326v6unCDQx5C6u6ceINtoZeahOvWENv5CLVx4ht_7FRai93Jwgxw8lFHbRssI4pLU/s640/IMG_8584.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkxcCeHPDP4GbKB3rRXW-O7g4cMGX_Lrcf2wppeLLxP-ESYxU1wqbsb2AFQ-QDSTkbC85fV7yZv326v6unCDQx5C6u6ceINtoZeahOvWENv5CLVx4ht_7FRai93Jwgxw8lFHbRssI4pLU/w400-h300/IMG_8584.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Human archers try to shoot the fleeing beastman, but miss.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7863WxuUkoS4orAMxQgI2MVKv-1v167HYI8VdW5udUtnAfOT0LzaDErPg0G-kRAl-3D4NbhBseh_Fw5bfzwmbWGUMgjWC1upsWmy7QqAXF_GjyGistK6qc2CkSSwWYsKV_L0Cpjpeg4/s640/IMG_8585.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhP7863WxuUkoS4orAMxQgI2MVKv-1v167HYI8VdW5udUtnAfOT0LzaDErPg0G-kRAl-3D4NbhBseh_Fw5bfzwmbWGUMgjWC1upsWmy7QqAXF_GjyGistK6qc2CkSSwWYsKV_L0Cpjpeg4/w300-h400/IMG_8585.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The beastman runs off to live another day!</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDJqVwnAKOlwVFXUllNlgO_n_NdmsI81LDtLb2hlnffFl3YbVI3R1IAzEFEqDEu33SqeIVnXXhmMtFLQxdGVXWsXkjv9_735VPOKlmolvqZtsKjzTh4FhzR0iIlq8BtIBXyvByuwazbY/s640/IMG_8586.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHDJqVwnAKOlwVFXUllNlgO_n_NdmsI81LDtLb2hlnffFl3YbVI3R1IAzEFEqDEu33SqeIVnXXhmMtFLQxdGVXWsXkjv9_735VPOKlmolvqZtsKjzTh4FhzR0iIlq8BtIBXyvByuwazbY/w400-h300/IMG_8586.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Things have gone very poorly for the beastman chieftain, who is one wound short of death.</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwzKAEUj8o7f-yx1LvH-ttDR7uzztqP2-zG490JdtNMO0i_TnTBrOMbzreV0lAqCeghlk4kHdXnN40bfGGR6u3e-UWEhZg0V1R2Y8DYrJCQvGlh3Tparfs0SzhzAnGJ1USSIn88FrJUI/s640/IMG_8589.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipwzKAEUj8o7f-yx1LvH-ttDR7uzztqP2-zG490JdtNMO0i_TnTBrOMbzreV0lAqCeghlk4kHdXnN40bfGGR6u3e-UWEhZg0V1R2Y8DYrJCQvGlh3Tparfs0SzhzAnGJ1USSIn88FrJUI/w300-h400/IMG_8589.jpg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The beastman chieftain flees sucessfully, expending all remaining Bennies (free saves) to get off of the field alive.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The beastman faction has been reduced to two beastmen. So much for getting a necromancer to build up their numbers. We decided to retire the beastmen as a going concern in the campaign. Any time they might appear from here on out would just be the two surviving members of their faction.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As a review note, the Savage Worlds Showdown system does account well for the weight of individually inferior combatants swarming superior ones. Had I appropriately accounted for this prior to moving in the beastmen, I might have changed how I deployed them.</span></div></div>Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-19081332728008006552021-09-03T19:52:00.000-07:002021-09-03T19:52:42.982-07:00Desert Raiders 2<p><span style="font-family: verdana;">We return to Hyllestad, a small town o<span style="background-color: white;">ut at the end of the 'verse on the planet Sanctuary, where things are tough. The local mining for rare metals is highly lucrative, but the rule of law is weak and gangs roam the desert making a living extorting money and terrorizing the small settlement towns.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5mA8xAiVQT1ls42rO8L5VD8fm1N19713E8wPkc6MKfKWiUj8YFYMjU87i28hfi44yCJs7gX1UD0RnS9locWeBqt4p2Viq12twNler0MTs35YT8swmGUlMT_0hwQ3qfEfs8l2GyYE9T0/s2048/IMG_7380.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhh5mA8xAiVQT1ls42rO8L5VD8fm1N19713E8wPkc6MKfKWiUj8YFYMjU87i28hfi44yCJs7gX1UD0RnS9locWeBqt4p2Viq12twNler0MTs35YT8swmGUlMT_0hwQ3qfEfs8l2GyYE9T0/w400-h300/IMG_7380.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Raiders!</span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></span><p></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="background-color: white;">We previously played a wastelander raid on the town <a href="http://beast44a.blogspot.com/2021/02/desert-raiders.html">in this post</a>, which I highly recommend you read before going forward.</span></span></p><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hyllestad, the site of a joint Norwegian-Canadian mining conglomerate's company town, has a wall around it and a 20-man UN Legion security detachment, complete with one Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) for extra firepower. The current residents of Hyllestad include a few local gunslingers who do private security work to keep convoys and payrolls secure from the local gangs, and the townsfolk keep plenty of weapons on hand.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It may not be enough. Today the Red Band, a gang of outland raiders in vehicles armored up with scrap metal plates, is paying Hyllestad a visit. </span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I have raised my battle-tracking game since the last play-through. Here's the Order of Battle (OOB) sheets I've created to track the Red Band raiders, with the vehicles listed and personnel inside of them placed on base-sized slots to track all of the Red Band fighters:</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXgZm8W8xrhT7mHqyPtoFEKKzLMf5V-JTYT5hGg-PFE9t9D8r8UELU8Arl8XDHcrx6CNSKtwzbyqMSQ8LTJNqpanGCLIG_8WdkIt5-QIaCMTLNjxZmVMnSXV8Zqi8w4RQartoh-0mWvU/s2048/IMG_7417.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1536" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFXgZm8W8xrhT7mHqyPtoFEKKzLMf5V-JTYT5hGg-PFE9t9D8r8UELU8Arl8XDHcrx6CNSKtwzbyqMSQ8LTJNqpanGCLIG_8WdkIt5-QIaCMTLNjxZmVMnSXV8Zqi8w4RQartoh-0mWvU/w300-h400/IMG_7417.JPEG" width="300" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Click to Embiggen the image. It will make more sense.</div><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfmG07mRN1su1SqrdV6yptKpoFGf_X_8XapuweAPQ2sbMJY58e2HRGleSNfivD-rD_lmW7s2-kJ-T47kXNudjCNGSZCGy-Qx0sqPdddUodiAgY7uhJJoQikRwDDP4C1MGpMB4B0exD3b8/s2048/IMG_7386.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfmG07mRN1su1SqrdV6yptKpoFGf_X_8XapuweAPQ2sbMJY58e2HRGleSNfivD-rD_lmW7s2-kJ-T47kXNudjCNGSZCGy-Qx0sqPdddUodiAgY7uhJJoQikRwDDP4C1MGpMB4B0exD3b8/w400-h300/IMG_7386.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Red Band. From left to right for vehicles: Gun Buggy, Bloody Mary, Kneecapper, Mothership, War Wagon. I somehow left out Crusher, but it's in the battle report.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mB3qq1UjPo1I7aDYXeoYmy2N3Nbvhj8JAaL522-SI5uiZV60X5LusT-PUZiGfLW5FjIwi8dq1VeaBZ7d72Fc5PpVxxLJLICHrEp_luU2Fog-7uYvsrcCWelSRngsbiZUsgEIzsTbZyA/s2048/IMG_7387.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0mB3qq1UjPo1I7aDYXeoYmy2N3Nbvhj8JAaL522-SI5uiZV60X5LusT-PUZiGfLW5FjIwi8dq1VeaBZ7d72Fc5PpVxxLJLICHrEp_luU2Fog-7uYvsrcCWelSRngsbiZUsgEIzsTbZyA/w400-h300/IMG_7387.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Close-up of the Red Band fighters. Mimi, their leader, at center with her heavy pistol.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">There are four lances of UN troopers, with five troopers in each. One has an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) that must be controlled by one of the troopers.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><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/AVvXsEjtYTumfOaIWN-HngsoS3NC8TBV48UST3QUIjc8phWQ3j3o4km8Zwe_OUtOHqACEMtc3ot41Bq5NBhFUJ7rzP1UjCi5abboJcP9I_xAxQwwh-GvhokY5XdeSWkgVGTJtTh5NjG2EK2j4Qk/s2048/IMG_7388.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtYTumfOaIWN-HngsoS3NC8TBV48UST3QUIjc8phWQ3j3o4km8Zwe_OUtOHqACEMtc3ot41Bq5NBhFUJ7rzP1UjCi5abboJcP9I_xAxQwwh-GvhokY5XdeSWkgVGTJtTh5NjG2EK2j4Qk/w400-h300/IMG_7388.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the UN Legion lances, with UGV in the background.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BZ-wR_bXQ3UMoxoIA2neE16tuqPGTx5h9PBzFmeySVb-Ulbo0NTH9L0hCamwDOGqyNneTVpKwdlSdkaWs4b9TIQe-q0Uo22aGr5FTz-8vQ4SPLEnZX3WaIIuifJvbdKiiEwxRFuehyM/s2048/IMG_7391.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0BZ-wR_bXQ3UMoxoIA2neE16tuqPGTx5h9PBzFmeySVb-Ulbo0NTH9L0hCamwDOGqyNneTVpKwdlSdkaWs4b9TIQe-q0Uo22aGr5FTz-8vQ4SPLEnZX3WaIIuifJvbdKiiEwxRFuehyM/w400-h300/IMG_7391.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Another UN Legion lance, moving forward into action.</span></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Before the attack starts, let's take a walk around town.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Dr0YFZPJrhXDizGUDwIZUOqo6lwcXDUWlC84NFuET00FMdwDE7GwSnLreipwnNCI3utVPRSjZurk0GI6QshWG3IcdHHGdR3vYu6H0GkDCt7eH_fTZiG7pV9E03G1GvvmYRCT3u1T7pc/s2048/IMG_7328.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3Dr0YFZPJrhXDizGUDwIZUOqo6lwcXDUWlC84NFuET00FMdwDE7GwSnLreipwnNCI3utVPRSjZurk0GI6QshWG3IcdHHGdR3vYu6H0GkDCt7eH_fTZiG7pV9E03G1GvvmYRCT3u1T7pc/w400-h300/IMG_7328.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Overhead view of town.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1MmVEZ37LOb7xa2E1LUhyljIwQfU3iaalJEElUDTaqgfnUzTxKVOyN_vXLh5t2fUpGZtX0zKDedq_bNvnUKshw_mBps5F8J4oJZsnE09OvmzE3xRPe1xaNPRzuvFu5Hy9_oY0GQ6fko/s2048/IMG_7329.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1MmVEZ37LOb7xa2E1LUhyljIwQfU3iaalJEElUDTaqgfnUzTxKVOyN_vXLh5t2fUpGZtX0zKDedq_bNvnUKshw_mBps5F8J4oJZsnE09OvmzE3xRPe1xaNPRzuvFu5Hy9_oY0GQ6fko/w400-h300/IMG_7329.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">UN Legionnaires on patrol in town.</div></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uXm9mQZcP_9HGiobJvwFNpOnxmlp1i_lRwhQTTDTi903kgDpVrKPWpVDzry9VO1dDjL1lqXFhyphenhyphenGQ1l6ZISaFTQsAVrymITDZAAMPy2UzoAJ5NZYMjh5TR_rJ_8yTxbu7BJMYGwSZwaY/s2048/IMG_7330.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-uXm9mQZcP_9HGiobJvwFNpOnxmlp1i_lRwhQTTDTi903kgDpVrKPWpVDzry9VO1dDjL1lqXFhyphenhyphenGQ1l6ZISaFTQsAVrymITDZAAMPy2UzoAJ5NZYMjh5TR_rJ_8yTxbu7BJMYGwSZwaY/w400-h300/IMG_7330.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Workers unloading a bird at the airpad.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDc7Ou94kY2tRLFK2pPUUZ8mCgWcA_gDbz8VwuJk0zfvP0l5XSm6SR-HGn1TPScpqH90LIniMPkNC8y-IXRGP8TL8qLqYqWa3dJ3pxsZXFI9YOmnLV_i3IextP6AJryrtYD0Nr-khy8A/s2048/IMG_7331.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSDc7Ou94kY2tRLFK2pPUUZ8mCgWcA_gDbz8VwuJk0zfvP0l5XSm6SR-HGn1TPScpqH90LIniMPkNC8y-IXRGP8TL8qLqYqWa3dJ3pxsZXFI9YOmnLV_i3IextP6AJryrtYD0Nr-khy8A/w400-h300/IMG_7331.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">More UN Legionnaires on patrol.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2QNmK1uqCTEmOsI7UwyVXusMUfTt8sl2LRJb9pg1tJ4zren8h4lzzztcLLI9JsVatyZw-OOl4paFMsI7la-xqxvH54kHArZ_3XlFGgmC44NYOiNNpWYtsC2F3jaKqdya8rTVEN5Raq8/s2048/IMG_7332.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE2QNmK1uqCTEmOsI7UwyVXusMUfTt8sl2LRJb9pg1tJ4zren8h4lzzztcLLI9JsVatyZw-OOl4paFMsI7la-xqxvH54kHArZ_3XlFGgmC44NYOiNNpWYtsC2F3jaKqdya8rTVEN5Raq8/w400-h300/IMG_7332.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;">Legionnaires walking the town, talking to locals.</div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnT-Bi-X4rpaW9UJAhhP00uGaerLlTefp9dBQjtmZz4HfK7_RMyDIIMtINMbpCYgmJ1eirZsbsdftE3Csez1LxczhOJJviNH9b8gAO-1X71KEwK6rraerE5-mwfHVLSyNjZtdDryGlEdI/s2048/IMG_7333.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnT-Bi-X4rpaW9UJAhhP00uGaerLlTefp9dBQjtmZz4HfK7_RMyDIIMtINMbpCYgmJ1eirZsbsdftE3Csez1LxczhOJJviNH9b8gAO-1X71KEwK6rraerE5-mwfHVLSyNjZtdDryGlEdI/w400-h300/IMG_7333.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The inner compound, with secured generator and UN Legion UGV in the background.</span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCAuOZA8ACnvMa5A8JBDeIL_9p7a4rItl1wkOYlnqMqRi9lipAp9LMJt9_m9HAAKVSimIOzPM5Y9XIJ-BaadvXVvGMDL46qE7nJu3uAlfpg21l1ATlOPWdBmExE9gpseHwrU5fhujj-g/s2048/IMG_7334.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDCAuOZA8ACnvMa5A8JBDeIL_9p7a4rItl1wkOYlnqMqRi9lipAp9LMJt9_m9HAAKVSimIOzPM5Y9XIJ-BaadvXVvGMDL46qE7nJu3uAlfpg21l1ATlOPWdBmExE9gpseHwrU5fhujj-g/w400-h300/IMG_7334.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Local doctor at the clinic, telling some poor guy that his test results aren't good.</div><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I'm a smarter land raider now, so in contrast to last time I didn't bust my convoy of through the wall nearest a concentration of people, and by extension, guns that could shoot back. The key to effective desert raiding is cracking a hole in a wall and then getting your raiders dismounted and causing mayhem.</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, here we go:</span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7fvbZS4Vs_whV6lkpeE5epRkWVDVoGcHdIBeDwBjvGYnRsslAewcxO3Rr4GOnK7dP2WsbhIPLYDSvr5fRfxR6BhJzy73Zkc5DERRtB-xA-iB56QcqvE8pyuFmETbN0TdJHOsao9cDfI/s2048/IMG_7380.JPEG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq7fvbZS4Vs_whV6lkpeE5epRkWVDVoGcHdIBeDwBjvGYnRsslAewcxO3Rr4GOnK7dP2WsbhIPLYDSvr5fRfxR6BhJzy73Zkc5DERRtB-xA-iB56QcqvE8pyuFmETbN0TdJHOsao9cDfI/w400-h300/IMG_7380.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Raiders bust through one of the outer walls!</div> </span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDXPsn58JKyxaD19yNjJuKRFjEC4wTFo1QaiMZXDXx_CZmofKeJSf8jYrpis_61oR-dT39kyKK9xw6in2HgvDYCkAjoYXXM1BqjAxRl2kIKczEBdRj9SqqYGCe3DzHDLf7W6Bl3ImAZ0/s2048/IMG_7337.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDXPsn58JKyxaD19yNjJuKRFjEC4wTFo1QaiMZXDXx_CZmofKeJSf8jYrpis_61oR-dT39kyKK9xw6in2HgvDYCkAjoYXXM1BqjAxRl2kIKczEBdRj9SqqYGCe3DzHDLf7W6Bl3ImAZ0/w400-h300/IMG_7337.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">From the back end of the caravan of raider vehicles.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylfKQbRWMAT_99rAdiq2qAgA8qxP_a2Suctni3RPD5xd6a1kMJIAqG-jLvdi1JXxEZ-EdgKxtxCAzAhL_TroUCaJe8Y3P28btEETZtVsXXq8B9sEyXF6QVUmlT62OcfepKV3zCgDKBBU/s2048/IMG_7338.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiylfKQbRWMAT_99rAdiq2qAgA8qxP_a2Suctni3RPD5xd6a1kMJIAqG-jLvdi1JXxEZ-EdgKxtxCAzAhL_TroUCaJe8Y3P28btEETZtVsXXq8B9sEyXF6QVUmlT62OcfepKV3zCgDKBBU/w400-h300/IMG_7338.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two of the UN Legionnaires are cut down by raider fire immediately.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgfyKlW9FsVCww9VzjCS3ZQqT4VWd3k-euvfnEOrdwy_W82E93Qm1d5cBB87LE3rDLOJjDsJquWgmQh6JQrLFySS_fQeCrYfohZXH4g8-XIDpKDlJOMeJtKbVp8jAyRMLEgTUiZbWKlc/s2048/IMG_7339.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRgfyKlW9FsVCww9VzjCS3ZQqT4VWd3k-euvfnEOrdwy_W82E93Qm1d5cBB87LE3rDLOJjDsJquWgmQh6JQrLFySS_fQeCrYfohZXH4g8-XIDpKDlJOMeJtKbVp8jAyRMLEgTUiZbWKlc/w400-h300/IMG_7339.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">BOOM! Then one of the vehicles crashed, a victm of effective small arms fire from the gunfighter on the roof with the blue ballcap.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gEKicJETVV0TXBgwfnuzFo_m9FoA_fKfy_DhLtJRyly31fwa519eGmIlow8cPVRdTmyWjWHax_wRHddTRV2gptmMcNE6BgOc8YYtnOK1n-cWlLyoZz13Ut6LtQjDCpRq4kDp-YuGg28/s2048/IMG_7344.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-gEKicJETVV0TXBgwfnuzFo_m9FoA_fKfy_DhLtJRyly31fwa519eGmIlow8cPVRdTmyWjWHax_wRHddTRV2gptmMcNE6BgOc8YYtnOK1n-cWlLyoZz13Ut6LtQjDCpRq4kDp-YuGg28/w400-h300/IMG_7344.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">A few townspeople hiding behind the skimmer.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvpDbeSGtvkOdgI93f3G77rsXyR1gP109E6jLyLEv-aUXsuisTP81KrvFkOrVhNsIcqYJkNJbzoW941bww6s1u2mCl9k95QiI8GTj2EhztJUVbGn0J4G-SIFslbhxVTjQFPjN5Nq_Z2dw/s2048/IMG_7350.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvpDbeSGtvkOdgI93f3G77rsXyR1gP109E6jLyLEv-aUXsuisTP81KrvFkOrVhNsIcqYJkNJbzoW941bww6s1u2mCl9k95QiI8GTj2EhztJUVbGn0J4G-SIFslbhxVTjQFPjN5Nq_Z2dw/w400-h300/IMG_7350.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">One of the UN Legionnaires gets to the Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) and fires it up.</div></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFtAsBOI6kx9ENGCF-Tq3Whg3GD8G784wc-BKNtyatiFGTjjbAltgzr2lp_uMMbGiUyC_Q705W6aYRET4yI-R7P9LdthchipJbYTSz7WFnVIQHkXTLMIGeaHO_1ACaS0lxtJy0kc_kvw/s2048/IMG_7352.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFtAsBOI6kx9ENGCF-Tq3Whg3GD8G784wc-BKNtyatiFGTjjbAltgzr2lp_uMMbGiUyC_Q705W6aYRET4yI-R7P9LdthchipJbYTSz7WFnVIQHkXTLMIGeaHO_1ACaS0lxtJy0kc_kvw/w400-h300/IMG_7352.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Other Legionnaires protecting the inner compound.</div></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEGIWzrwOPaTZDdz1Vw4SnNdAjZKj_WAn5Hrv7r_CcZkt46xfWp0-HHJYA91UNRFopQTddI46LygVnk8fW1qiuN184K85QHBwY6ftbvzQEvZOA9Z3gGvTdil38CZ-tMabg9RO7ap-Wzc/s2048/IMG_7355.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSEGIWzrwOPaTZDdz1Vw4SnNdAjZKj_WAn5Hrv7r_CcZkt46xfWp0-HHJYA91UNRFopQTddI46LygVnk8fW1qiuN184K85QHBwY6ftbvzQEvZOA9Z3gGvTdil38CZ-tMabg9RO7ap-Wzc/w400-h300/IMG_7355.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Two more Legionnaires get peeled off by raider fire.</span></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOY9U7PAqPYOswtKnoc4Fe2zOi-_xT9SesczOiJwoek1QLSNl2mC8GYwWoODdMvWBjfwCzcuOr5jhnAKAMTcd2xCJkbKD5I6OGxo_qRwxkhLWQsmrrE-7_8Y2vPd3ahd-TUay7yQJbpaQ/s2048/IMG_7356.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOY9U7PAqPYOswtKnoc4Fe2zOi-_xT9SesczOiJwoek1QLSNl2mC8GYwWoODdMvWBjfwCzcuOr5jhnAKAMTcd2xCJkbKD5I6OGxo_qRwxkhLWQsmrrE-7_8Y2vPd3ahd-TUay7yQJbpaQ/w400-h300/IMG_7356.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">The raider vehicle Kneecapper gets immobilized.</div></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinUCVqgmzktHOzD40I3a8BG7Daw-lr_-S1kEzLbtj8kg8yaFiXsBsghWZvoXFVFbUvUKQNITsI170FeMBljws1JNLdLwaR1odrzjr0wK5dUWwKvvNRH1CPNELuYPE-TbVZu8ZDgV87JW4/s2048/IMG_7361.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinUCVqgmzktHOzD40I3a8BG7Daw-lr_-S1kEzLbtj8kg8yaFiXsBsghWZvoXFVFbUvUKQNITsI170FeMBljws1JNLdLwaR1odrzjr0wK5dUWwKvvNRH1CPNELuYPE-TbVZu8ZDgV87JW4/w400-h300/IMG_7361.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The fight at the edge of the inner compound heats up and almost everybody is hit.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIRSeF1txaFdtNXI6OhTUdTuv_eBeFxm1dO4muU5q8ThAk82fNX6qVR_y37jagVx21-zMglwOAA6dBOYwVtPvkHW1HPgEmw9Q82GKv51x4pG0rTzFaQhGuDp9TbyZ21XmkRHnhjAFPy8/s2048/IMG_7365.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihIRSeF1txaFdtNXI6OhTUdTuv_eBeFxm1dO4muU5q8ThAk82fNX6qVR_y37jagVx21-zMglwOAA6dBOYwVtPvkHW1HPgEmw9Q82GKv51x4pG0rTzFaQhGuDp9TbyZ21XmkRHnhjAFPy8/w400-h300/IMG_7365.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Now the raiders go further into the town. Both War Wagon and the Mothership have been reduced to half speed by small arms fire.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtay2aL86Up-ciun9G8H1mPXDB2WtpYF2G-5AyGtHeCapu1_GAwSt1CHhT8KM49d7JVPA6TZ1umQLSaYS90YJglKHflEHHHY9xGPqpto4nO_x2BXBCwIq3flKl2jX5pqWkRJLynr79nEo/s2048/IMG_7367.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtay2aL86Up-ciun9G8H1mPXDB2WtpYF2G-5AyGtHeCapu1_GAwSt1CHhT8KM49d7JVPA6TZ1umQLSaYS90YJglKHflEHHHY9xGPqpto4nO_x2BXBCwIq3flKl2jX5pqWkRJLynr79nEo/w400-h300/IMG_7367.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With Kneecapper immobilized, the surviving crew jump out.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLcgbt6d4NHOkuzO5z7sNFMmXi7LcLCYj8b2OXukFDlbU7pFyVwgKEuJSLxP_pZnftHVI4drwt_cWE68k7VdE7QCL4OgzY-lI9gF7nJ5621Re26DCrbbz2osQgWJR9WlFoq1nsK7OYFk/s2048/IMG_7370.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgOLcgbt6d4NHOkuzO5z7sNFMmXi7LcLCYj8b2OXukFDlbU7pFyVwgKEuJSLxP_pZnftHVI4drwt_cWE68k7VdE7QCL4OgzY-lI9gF7nJ5621Re26DCrbbz2osQgWJR9WlFoq1nsK7OYFk/w400-h300/IMG_7370.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A raider gets killed.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyu-_NAr6uGw3XWE3x948fC4r1oNTn0eIFboftjGg2Vf4jZFInJ4XAkaMYSRwL9GAQ39Q2uwnxHdMa_ThaUZOEG4g8mhQoA_CRNQLK4pEErHEBPCSlVPi2IqngnwuDK1P-JJo_GSWlpuQ/s2048/IMG_7371.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyu-_NAr6uGw3XWE3x948fC4r1oNTn0eIFboftjGg2Vf4jZFInJ4XAkaMYSRwL9GAQ39Q2uwnxHdMa_ThaUZOEG4g8mhQoA_CRNQLK4pEErHEBPCSlVPi2IqngnwuDK1P-JJo_GSWlpuQ/w400-h300/IMG_7371.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now a raider charges up the stairs and tries to take on everyone on the roof by himself.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaiKM10YtkKqgVUyuWr_cFM_qFQd9k4b-NLjNTyob3O-qA6d6wr428SD0dwSA3AvRqf5-KSAaOKZ2Uoyxiy7gb1zLhfBk02IQyXGHzo0ceOtkYzZdAPH9KX49z06IYxDOXlIcRkW8irs/s2048/IMG_7372.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLaiKM10YtkKqgVUyuWr_cFM_qFQd9k4b-NLjNTyob3O-qA6d6wr428SD0dwSA3AvRqf5-KSAaOKZ2Uoyxiy7gb1zLhfBk02IQyXGHzo0ceOtkYzZdAPH9KX49z06IYxDOXlIcRkW8irs/w400-h300/IMG_7372.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He gets past the low-stat locals and spears one of the gunfighters leading the town's defense! Blue ballcap guy is down!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="background-color: white;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguh7nABUd-5-lbGHbBxMKgE8upMLwMXTI17mt63RgPhiqdbxN9aYe6f5AsL7EqiAqpXR3U0a8GBABNRuQFZWFuFBkafNsCNpK4SFPTsJIHzvK9wISaONMTAwxV6lugn0pfW-C6RPQtyIA/s2048/IMG_7455.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguh7nABUd-5-lbGHbBxMKgE8upMLwMXTI17mt63RgPhiqdbxN9aYe6f5AsL7EqiAqpXR3U0a8GBABNRuQFZWFuFBkafNsCNpK4SFPTsJIHzvK9wISaONMTAwxV6lugn0pfW-C6RPQtyIA/w400-h300/IMG_7455.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Raiders on the move in the mothership.</div><div style="text-align: center;"> </div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZo3DPC783iYLnzngdvJcKSoDAWkTyI5hfSF9wKIDpRzFTEnUXNNMvvRuG3qoSI0C_LLLRC6b1mOfAYrWd-rIfiLwBCH7b550lJS0ffPGhshoF0BQ7kzZRDnXfLGc-mjD8e1BJON9ea6o/s2048/IMG_7457.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZo3DPC783iYLnzngdvJcKSoDAWkTyI5hfSF9wKIDpRzFTEnUXNNMvvRuG3qoSI0C_LLLRC6b1mOfAYrWd-rIfiLwBCH7b550lJS0ffPGhshoF0BQ7kzZRDnXfLGc-mjD8e1BJON9ea6o/w400-h300/IMG_7457.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">The Bloody Mary crashes into the checkpoint at the front gate.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2XSEqh0qBKpsDZDXsdCecziElzqoSGAQj1bxXw2_qEz8_eOtB5ee4ykz6FNdMobSHsCr4nm70fQodGz0o9D68lfKupS7pH_KsXbtWrkwBdb7BUQKAoSMtFR0J5gSUqGCaByXg74QjDo/s2048/IMG_7459.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu2XSEqh0qBKpsDZDXsdCecziElzqoSGAQj1bxXw2_qEz8_eOtB5ee4ykz6FNdMobSHsCr4nm70fQodGz0o9D68lfKupS7pH_KsXbtWrkwBdb7BUQKAoSMtFR0J5gSUqGCaByXg74QjDo/w400-h300/IMG_7459.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A UN Legionnaire witnesses the Bloody Mary crash.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibt51FF5fvc_xF422yqma_6wS3kKeXk2wMYNJks1-KKrLD4JHdDnmB0ebRARkhBUIHE4o4ydkhuE7JvDCF4BdNDm1pD85g9VK5SPFLGMdjUr99xHxkK3QY_rbZn3KzjStI4NEVOdDjOX8/s2048/IMG_7515.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibt51FF5fvc_xF422yqma_6wS3kKeXk2wMYNJks1-KKrLD4JHdDnmB0ebRARkhBUIHE4o4ydkhuE7JvDCF4BdNDm1pD85g9VK5SPFLGMdjUr99xHxkK3QY_rbZn3KzjStI4NEVOdDjOX8/w400-h300/IMG_7515.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The crew of the Bloody Mary dismount and take out the Legionnaire.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVCS-_LO9DE9likcI6JYrpAPQCVzSrgLhb6j0VldvEo7_M-FzfsjeNp9rIYuXjLHYM8xcAweQxz_sWx8ZBEmHpvW9uY8jdvpFd0iWCAv2taqKV2RfoRrZFinQcpOKH25uRYdscKFdqD4/s1773/IMG_7523.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1773" data-original-width="1773" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimVCS-_LO9DE9likcI6JYrpAPQCVzSrgLhb6j0VldvEo7_M-FzfsjeNp9rIYuXjLHYM8xcAweQxz_sWx8ZBEmHpvW9uY8jdvpFd0iWCAv2taqKV2RfoRrZFinQcpOKH25uRYdscKFdqD4/w400-h400/IMG_7523.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the Bloody Mary crew charges toward a UN Legionnaire.</span></div><br style="text-align: left;" /><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1A9AU1eiPXTGEIbClWpCeDKLHQJ7fpGsnom56RXn2OZ8mb-KXcv-JcSGJPFp3JEfaQ_jdUeEDXkuuGq3jEeCRxbKSw4OpqzjPkE1l0gsSEH5_nAfegvx-dVmhBMcHHzGmUYnSiu_Am2g/s2048/IMG_7519.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xnma3UMl91M9olGDBBU2mMU8rmx43Wr97JwjyL0XaeAwvALfEgIaCo5w_45XpGtQmUsXCdch9apS65I6CxwI9zyZMc-Qtwjl_GtQtsLYFEjpuqeMfekYdHbK0wNXMnfd6xvgZA1ACdo/s2048/IMG_7534.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5xnma3UMl91M9olGDBBU2mMU8rmx43Wr97JwjyL0XaeAwvALfEgIaCo5w_45XpGtQmUsXCdch9apS65I6CxwI9zyZMc-Qtwjl_GtQtsLYFEjpuqeMfekYdHbK0wNXMnfd6xvgZA1ACdo/w400-h300/IMG_7534.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Oh no! along comes a raider vehicle and shoots down the bounty hunter!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDrIeEthm8Xwz4dfPpXbVgKqVT8IQJkyLtTJmcalkJF0_7typeXm5LqXWtaRNUDgHYkiQNg4bMAaJLRq4DhHtlA6ymDxxZnvg5SO_vnSR8hjZZkMVp6z_MCQqBiWljynUfTKN50dwEWYo/s2048/IMG_7474.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The War Buggy on the move.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIMF_L1a2iHj5n6Y5l4kZ7gLXQI8bT1yh-dsuG7bZkxaUbtVglTd8bbHmsQzJ4YisDmXvlfQZ_hZSMyJoUjV1CBc_mH6Kl9cLzTMuOOG23Gspbgf2ej7OTF-iLqPlmojo_gnpHfkdJ4-Q/s2048/IMG_7461.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIMF_L1a2iHj5n6Y5l4kZ7gLXQI8bT1yh-dsuG7bZkxaUbtVglTd8bbHmsQzJ4YisDmXvlfQZ_hZSMyJoUjV1CBc_mH6Kl9cLzTMuOOG23Gspbgf2ej7OTF-iLqPlmojo_gnpHfkdJ4-Q/w400-h300/IMG_7461.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A straphanger riding on the side of a Red Faction vehicle.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HpqbiUoCEAdSAk6gtxzIiDkNw6Jr7UzTnMe0xJTPivTJTW0X_YR_CGI21XZbL_dsb2CpmgrcipzAOX8qBKs2slYLDQnxAvjUiFoa8_3fRcb6i1l8Ern_sMemisoVdcalQ8bQTL4_BIo/s2048/IMG_7460.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3HpqbiUoCEAdSAk6gtxzIiDkNw6Jr7UzTnMe0xJTPivTJTW0X_YR_CGI21XZbL_dsb2CpmgrcipzAOX8qBKs2slYLDQnxAvjUiFoa8_3fRcb6i1l8Ern_sMemisoVdcalQ8bQTL4_BIo/w400-h300/IMG_7460.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Machine gunner on the top of the Crusher.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlW0iIB3g-6bhgoOlPIyeOTOyLZAQ1ayPms906FQ26k1YbiXqApY-tcj8anFLgAq6GdVF9vli8O7t6rjH-kMngPOowSGofkSUjtlUO6GcLuh0zG2YYTdOuNpwnfZnYEhXXyjmgXc37NE/s2048/IMG_7496.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTlW0iIB3g-6bhgoOlPIyeOTOyLZAQ1ayPms906FQ26k1YbiXqApY-tcj8anFLgAq6GdVF9vli8O7t6rjH-kMngPOowSGofkSUjtlUO6GcLuh0zG2YYTdOuNpwnfZnYEhXXyjmgXc37NE/w400-h300/IMG_7496.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="background-color: white; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">View of the battle from the gunner's perspective.</span></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinObiTtI9I_OdEnSOtFd2YEjo0011P8H0IsmJiNOmLKdPQ_0Fb8FKsWp7TkhfbmYWmnwFXFhVMLXbgq2tfK7uExRn-hBa3z_axEmtsulXki9Hwfle2iblU9NMuEfN-EIwLT9si9GQVfJA/s2048/IMG_7500.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinObiTtI9I_OdEnSOtFd2YEjo0011P8H0IsmJiNOmLKdPQ_0Fb8FKsWp7TkhfbmYWmnwFXFhVMLXbgq2tfK7uExRn-hBa3z_axEmtsulXki9Hwfle2iblU9NMuEfN-EIwLT9si9GQVfJA/w400-h300/IMG_7500.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A raider crew dismounted and using the War Wagon as cover.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnL9auYHJZGuH5OrKKnVucrcjgGb95ePieauBFEIYhuk_NxG6n54oD5JiecpP5eZNmZiBvcJ5r8JmpZ7TtvTBEbgDdfSJ2yVbLdQOT6px42HudZ10y7UgO9pOZl47gtj7rK0kXW0Ro3w/s2048/IMG_7373.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnL9auYHJZGuH5OrKKnVucrcjgGb95ePieauBFEIYhuk_NxG6n54oD5JiecpP5eZNmZiBvcJ5r8JmpZ7TtvTBEbgDdfSJ2yVbLdQOT6px42HudZ10y7UgO9pOZl47gtj7rK0kXW0Ro3w/w400-h300/IMG_7373.JPEG" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><div style="text-align: center;">Raider vehicles on the move, with dismounted raiders running amok.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QTrGysNMimTL59R1GmcbHMwpfXhzjj7JYGNpbMKReWubBf7freg-7DCjDfOZrz1OraM4wHhF1RhHCrhAkeyQw8yWAYwcrxdfYyMKpRH0uHQyqN4vSSWlN9Ka_eBl0x8EwlHaxpNYwMg/s2048/IMG_7374.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4QTrGysNMimTL59R1GmcbHMwpfXhzjj7JYGNpbMKReWubBf7freg-7DCjDfOZrz1OraM4wHhF1RhHCrhAkeyQw8yWAYwcrxdfYyMKpRH0uHQyqN4vSSWlN9Ka_eBl0x8EwlHaxpNYwMg/w400-h300/IMG_7374.JPEG" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">Here comes the cavalry! </div><div style="text-align: center;">The UGV goes rolling in guns blazing and a raider vehicle takes a hit.</div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirqFhzcr-fjdue2spTL1CcVld4u9-BxZod9qA_YojMkQYiY55u0yCIt9IcoBlUW31iYm-bqjOxR1OJpiBPpDHdc7KH8z_mzdiq2zbl_pD32W7PXO1nRwrekH_93iJW4TZo9jesiYaCcG0/s2048/IMG_7469.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; 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I don't remember by whom, but they're lying there bleeding.</div></span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgir6tRP2SamIcpeKGD3lrRY_aqdq_FUq83CDV-GuznRhMLDUfBdNS5mpiQXWGPVXFjg2dOfebpwZATJDrLlRny-eFus89INfKu4irns-5JUGbeynFVCM2XRn6IYTAQSypoZOfh-Kp5h_M/s2048/IMG_7536.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgir6tRP2SamIcpeKGD3lrRY_aqdq_FUq83CDV-GuznRhMLDUfBdNS5mpiQXWGPVXFjg2dOfebpwZATJDrLlRny-eFus89INfKu4irns-5JUGbeynFVCM2XRn6IYTAQSypoZOfh-Kp5h_M/s320/IMG_7536.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Two townsfolk jump out of a prefab shack to confront Mimi and her raiders.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBZTgJjweBsZXluqgBKBEouH_PY6BhC1QD5mL4IS_ktlrw8i9g1AlOWkR9C64sm6paYITzQMLBZ0I2yM2nYqFn0JRidU4LQ2U_BvOX0N-B8y4ySCygSqRjHMNQthPbUcgU8s5icTymbw/s2048/IMG_7540.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZBZTgJjweBsZXluqgBKBEouH_PY6BhC1QD5mL4IS_ktlrw8i9g1AlOWkR9C64sm6paYITzQMLBZ0I2yM2nYqFn0JRidU4LQ2U_BvOX0N-B8y4ySCygSqRjHMNQthPbUcgU8s5icTymbw/s320/IMG_7540.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">They draw their guns at each other in a standoff.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0t0pStlOScotOwgSJnbp3DMk6_0xM67q12NNUgMst1c1RoPWvomFciPpCM-QIE8uIuCWhb8Ht27a0TfXMi7-17D-7JwlMyiaRBDk_7Q89XU63N5zhRdTcBEDC2kwYPnUJ0gDnXydzxJo/s2048/IMG_7541.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTn-K3tjA3FvEVEtpcHNHnrKicqPzL3fUezws7GChpDzf3HVxzl8YZRCEXDssgkUsKStcAPnIBOHFK1pWplDETUDd-H_HUB_tBHs_LTWzCD07RuGayiAGCyuC43q-GZe6WflZaENCxjsg/s320/IMG_7589.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Mimi and her crew round up a villager for ransom.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTLY8ZUnhUt0974ZV2YxJBj8FtAl30z2g7ZYemN4gbNalOmLHE-VNY3W36b8jmoyRvIsDW4yfCHrXnFkUyZmCUTi_10srx-yZ27Z_VTLq0zz2Cu8WjSt24P8nFmILBJdaDdQVK4E2aVU/s2048/IMG_7601.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkTLY8ZUnhUt0974ZV2YxJBj8FtAl30z2g7ZYemN4gbNalOmLHE-VNY3W36b8jmoyRvIsDW4yfCHrXnFkUyZmCUTi_10srx-yZ27Z_VTLq0zz2Cu8WjSt24P8nFmILBJdaDdQVK4E2aVU/s320/IMG_7601.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; text-align: center;">Red Band raiders hop into their vehicles and ride off.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYmokFcNtKBNlQYp44O-yGSlvOs2PZleHo8q4b9NQFSNI6ekj5hjysW4pRWFP1nMmaqY3dfnBVKucLJ5WxUxbq9xUDGG0q_pmSRDRpjueRhWYIu5h4VQp-LWhZx8UiCmFQJJLOFAfcq8/s2048/IMG_7598.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzYmokFcNtKBNlQYp44O-yGSlvOs2PZleHo8q4b9NQFSNI6ekj5hjysW4pRWFP1nMmaqY3dfnBVKucLJ5WxUxbq9xUDGG0q_pmSRDRpjueRhWYIu5h4VQp-LWhZx8UiCmFQJJLOFAfcq8/s320/IMG_7598.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Two Red Band raiders walk hostages out of town.</div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIdd4QvtwrDPOU7thvkzf039_Jv0sgeUGBPeKnAUTCcFN2L78rUOx3PjesiMnlIsCYTpj3JFgePlueWyeyn66gp3JfJL73LKNFhw6dAS9CzXpxJ_hIqV-vdKsJOZ4TZAYa9ILe_tEoMo/s2048/IMG_7603.JPEG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikIdd4QvtwrDPOU7thvkzf039_Jv0sgeUGBPeKnAUTCcFN2L78rUOx3PjesiMnlIsCYTpj3JFgePlueWyeyn66gp3JfJL73LKNFhw6dAS9CzXpxJ_hIqV-vdKsJOZ4TZAYa9ILe_tEoMo/s320/IMG_7603.JPEG" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">A lonely UN Legionnaire surveys the carnage with smoke billowing from a wrecked raider vehicle in the background.</div></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif;">The end result of the raid was a pyhhric victory for the Red Band. They took a few hostages alive for ransom out of town, but took heavy casualties in the process. This was a grand skirmish game with many figures in play at any given time, and we all had a great time playing. We hope to play this scenario again in the future and see how it comes out.</div>Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-34922759306272719342021-02-28T15:19:00.004-08:002021-02-28T15:19:57.443-08:00Red Band Additions<p>I <a href="http://beast44a.blogspot.com/2021/02/the-red-band-desert-raiders-20mm-sci-fi.html">previously posted</a> about my 20mm wasteland raiders, the Red Band, and here's an update. My warband had five painted vehicles and 15 minis. Here's an addition:</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDVq7MLYO9GuOlB-ANinQqlUeAAiVqSrb23GSQG_uaHdjhNmnX9KI0WNJtX_8qNqr9u0cs6E5EOxOYq7Byx9oUJ2eTv6pWlyU-IjkXzHtklbBvEC-e_PmsFLgK62sG8n88LTxRCHMjUQ/s2048/IMG_7414.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsDVq7MLYO9GuOlB-ANinQqlUeAAiVqSrb23GSQG_uaHdjhNmnX9KI0WNJtX_8qNqr9u0cs6E5EOxOYq7Byx9oUJ2eTv6pWlyU-IjkXzHtklbBvEC-e_PmsFLgK62sG8n88LTxRCHMjUQ/w640-h480/IMG_7414.jpg" width="640" /></a></p><p style="text-align: center;">Profile view of Crusher, the latest addition to the Red Band's motor pool.</p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-h30OvDT7JCpVfEXd7TZIer_fZtmwgsB9TBjmcPWsteXMWxQOVpajOwhhSUKNiD0Cp_rjXQ9X9ziPzddCC_x42xxEwQ568KPCF8TAIK22kieSTileFPmNahJ9xIYq5CJLdGIRpd3dw8/s2048/IMG_7410.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo-h30OvDT7JCpVfEXd7TZIer_fZtmwgsB9TBjmcPWsteXMWxQOVpajOwhhSUKNiD0Cp_rjXQ9X9ziPzddCC_x42xxEwQ568KPCF8TAIK22kieSTileFPmNahJ9xIYq5CJLdGIRpd3dw8/w640-h480/IMG_7410.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Front view of Crusher with five new additions to the Red Band.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6ponLkJKIJU2fv4MyjlRCoSSOPp4Oq7XWyue-LbI-nkZfASujsox2HDUpno0TPzSLuT-YC7vEyv3opDI3gPE8-Dn0aJNGCq6_Hbs4Mpes8u-JJLN22PVbMOPXM7PyOpNNVCcUZXKpaE/s2048/IMG_7411.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR6ponLkJKIJU2fv4MyjlRCoSSOPp4Oq7XWyue-LbI-nkZfASujsox2HDUpno0TPzSLuT-YC7vEyv3opDI3gPE8-Dn0aJNGCq6_Hbs4Mpes8u-JJLN22PVbMOPXM7PyOpNNVCcUZXKpaE/w640-h480/IMG_7411.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Lots of red mohawks in the new additions.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_LWgwi4VGt4QWz5lYLfY1snllcZv6DxJXnDg69uNkGo3WRpMTxkX2c7IxjuhDNuLsV3UEhRqTztwwSUl896QhGEqlfbOL0c1Qjv2u1QDOZUeRB9N-LH5EPyk_RwLVsy0ZILV8huXCZ8/s2048/IMG_7412.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhF_LWgwi4VGt4QWz5lYLfY1snllcZv6DxJXnDg69uNkGo3WRpMTxkX2c7IxjuhDNuLsV3UEhRqTztwwSUl896QhGEqlfbOL0c1Qjv2u1QDOZUeRB9N-LH5EPyk_RwLVsy0ZILV8huXCZ8/w640-h480/IMG_7412.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Reverse view.</div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpsIsB_E4Fx9k9Z9PnHKJel1D-CgW5CL1Lv6rInMJFP4cW6viG8s1BmIfsE9bgMMs-DWlstyvbmqgaE1Cbl8Wcsl-elPYcfpkcfKHStUcYrvBUPnM8Y66Z00pUJiOLlNK0TziHFZfx9U/s2048/IMG_7413.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihpsIsB_E4Fx9k9Z9PnHKJel1D-CgW5CL1Lv6rInMJFP4cW6viG8s1BmIfsE9bgMMs-DWlstyvbmqgaE1Cbl8Wcsl-elPYcfpkcfKHStUcYrvBUPnM8Y66Z00pUJiOLlNK0TziHFZfx9U/w640-h480/IMG_7413.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;">Front view of Crusher. An intimidating prospect.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>We've already played another game of Desert Raiders with these folks in play. Will post soon, it was perhaps the most fun wargame I've ever played. More to follow.Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-83935277394680571752021-02-21T07:13:00.001-08:002021-02-21T07:13:57.302-08:00Desert Raiders!<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Out at the end of the 'verse on the planet Sanctuary, things are tough. The local mining for rare metals is highly lucrative, but the rule of law is weak and gangs roam the desert making a living extorting money and terrorizing the small settlement towns.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Small settlement towns like Hyllestad, the site of a joint Norwegian-Canadian mining conglomerate's company town. Hyllestad has a wall around it and a 10-man UN Legion security detachment, complete with one Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) for extra firepower. The current residents of Hyllestad include a few local gunslingers who do private security work to keep convoys and payrolls secure from the local gangs, and the townsfolk keep plenty of weapons on hand.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">It may not be enough. Today the Red Band, a gang of outland raiders in vehicles armored up with scrap metal plates, is paying Hyllestad a visit. Before they show up, let's take a walk around town.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPA3o9v9s1-dTavN4p-4b-0bQdx3eUMJfQlWAn2EUmQ1zMT3_PbDUmn1yeur98-ryBdjRQuzAr_4s-izCTlNh9dmb724yMnXoGGXwlIhAZPGT1uC70HhN6liK6GTrQd-dhE_XoUEcbCdQ/s2016/IMG_7328.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPA3o9v9s1-dTavN4p-4b-0bQdx3eUMJfQlWAn2EUmQ1zMT3_PbDUmn1yeur98-ryBdjRQuzAr_4s-izCTlNh9dmb724yMnXoGGXwlIhAZPGT1uC70HhN6liK6GTrQd-dhE_XoUEcbCdQ/w400-h300/IMG_7328.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Overhead view of Hyllestad. The UN security compound is at the left end of the shot. Hab domes at the top rear, and landing pad at top right. Old adobe buildings in the center. Shipping containers and modular shacks make up the rest of the structures.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewv7mjpS4K3LYtyXdMmEDGBiEKShKnWdMxD1H_W34dmj5WmkNGl6aLHM1ndXjSg9hXFBrGC1MuMjazrgNYc8NHoVTYy4uGT86oq-tLQP_dasqzoPD-_EZjcfyUcrhz_6Pnmidda1JnyQ/s2016/IMG_7329.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhewv7mjpS4K3LYtyXdMmEDGBiEKShKnWdMxD1H_W34dmj5WmkNGl6aLHM1ndXjSg9hXFBrGC1MuMjazrgNYc8NHoVTYy4uGT86oq-tLQP_dasqzoPD-_EZjcfyUcrhz_6Pnmidda1JnyQ/w400-h300/IMG_7329.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Looking through the front gate, one of the UN Legionnaires pulls security in front of the old adobe buildings from the first settlers' time.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSAUVLIdlzUtZbO2leLZAYMhAMTyLnjaU_eUz95Rm-tqzXT7h2s8rYJlImTp0xny3Cqaa0FylgkTuTk_7VD6gWz2GaJSjTtlIUTUptThlERSOPTBnWulMLiS2y-VkwdqML6jeqKrvFHw/s2016/IMG_7330.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLSAUVLIdlzUtZbO2leLZAYMhAMTyLnjaU_eUz95Rm-tqzXT7h2s8rYJlImTp0xny3Cqaa0FylgkTuTk_7VD6gWz2GaJSjTtlIUTUptThlERSOPTBnWulMLiS2y-VkwdqML6jeqKrvFHw/w400-h300/IMG_7330.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Workers unload crates from a shuttle at the landing pad.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwNy-s6DDS0_mFdUrerGfVX-_sPK-pyZQJo3ixG8Pw9Ho6pi_YXkCxLvESn0ytyFg5Pdidd_A3fFOOV05cdvzIiVt8Rv1aRFDFHGUUjGTcgdDTs_omk7TfrggUUfzc8qNMiyE7H1psio/s2016/IMG_7348.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtwNy-s6DDS0_mFdUrerGfVX-_sPK-pyZQJo3ixG8Pw9Ho6pi_YXkCxLvESn0ytyFg5Pdidd_A3fFOOV05cdvzIiVt8Rv1aRFDFHGUUjGTcgdDTs_omk7TfrggUUfzc8qNMiyE7H1psio/w400-h300/IMG_7348.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Put the crates over there, guys.</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-LCBEK_y-dOHTH6e2UajDkaToXSJe3lYesPZfLLQiA6R-XTyjSY6DzRhytLZdkPNKUPV4OJjjyWbqMzAOK1I2KAjyHYkYwtkQl9gtRztPWGBFMXDXS8vz0E1HQv6-b0xSQV1SnnZ-Fk/s2016/IMG_7331.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK-LCBEK_y-dOHTH6e2UajDkaToXSJe3lYesPZfLLQiA6R-XTyjSY6DzRhytLZdkPNKUPV4OJjjyWbqMzAOK1I2KAjyHYkYwtkQl9gtRztPWGBFMXDXS8vz0E1HQv6-b0xSQV1SnnZ-Fk/w400-h300/IMG_7331.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Legionnaires at the gate of the security compound.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmljllk80Tgy8LxOEcaPIva3Ix4rvZzOZUTZ52GdRLFdaXjZwk79mVcuUVFvJuDDrH2Ypq98TFeEFbdtru8TN9faqFaefm7q0sjjKd1DS0cNOvMCjpxyHWw1EMhCTjZ10U7txzJ7eGncs/s2016/IMG_7349.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmljllk80Tgy8LxOEcaPIva3Ix4rvZzOZUTZ52GdRLFdaXjZwk79mVcuUVFvJuDDrH2Ypq98TFeEFbdtru8TN9faqFaefm7q0sjjKd1DS0cNOvMCjpxyHWw1EMhCTjZ10U7txzJ7eGncs/w400-h300/IMG_7349.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The generator inside the inner compound.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyrHDrhcp5KRbi3QOiqw8JqL1cQyfeVZQpBtXePkatXVZTE9RV3c0xnfLqoC5_HGkbkoJ39bS26JYScY6n48fPYB_GfiZRtALkp6VIw2GmwvsAsWORct22qpUPIu3saSl123pHezxls2o/s2016/IMG_7350.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyrHDrhcp5KRbi3QOiqw8JqL1cQyfeVZQpBtXePkatXVZTE9RV3c0xnfLqoC5_HGkbkoJ39bS26JYScY6n48fPYB_GfiZRtALkp6VIw2GmwvsAsWORct22qpUPIu3saSl123pHezxls2o/w400-h300/IMG_7350.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The UGV sits inside the UN security compound. If a Legionnaire can get to the UGV and spend a turn activating it, he can control it remotely and drive it out to the fight.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcT7yM5rPYUf6hGb08320f7cjsiJmT-1WAeCiUeM06WE-HEg4L_1w7pQfWBvCEkOEDV4av_LsVh0FTab06MVvQ0AhvfE5fGZGF2E3gnyfX8gQPgMKHJWECRl2hqYIPoXLiZnyRCOM2NE/s2016/IMG_7351.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMcT7yM5rPYUf6hGb08320f7cjsiJmT-1WAeCiUeM06WE-HEg4L_1w7pQfWBvCEkOEDV4av_LsVh0FTab06MVvQ0AhvfE5fGZGF2E3gnyfX8gQPgMKHJWECRl2hqYIPoXLiZnyRCOM2NE/w400-h300/IMG_7351.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Ornithopter in the security compound.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBkdekMuXv5CEdVHJYaBWiD1POxmou_dtjBFlDCM_jO5TlbLZGUnjParP0grwLxd_vHmclJUF5z5KxnEx4JRE_5G85BfQ9QRghISdMG-OHhfFzL4HiiYVjsvgRoNSh2J_DYsyNGYupfM/s2016/IMG_7352.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCBkdekMuXv5CEdVHJYaBWiD1POxmou_dtjBFlDCM_jO5TlbLZGUnjParP0grwLxd_vHmclJUF5z5KxnEx4JRE_5G85BfQ9QRghISdMG-OHhfFzL4HiiYVjsvgRoNSh2J_DYsyNGYupfM/w400-h300/IMG_7352.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">View of the security compound with the facility headquarters. Generator in the background.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0l1Qmp0WnC9TdBaxOXW4Cwf0ieE5eWvgE5Otbjw9K5OiXu6azjlkh5KSJpgPWgHbxYJxX65BT1F4xu3qM6pYeJrJG9oIELhOx5hXWFS4e9dSbmeVFztzBblIaF54DsJC_m7RAytPpcc/s2016/IMG_7333.jpg" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: #0066cc; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu0l1Qmp0WnC9TdBaxOXW4Cwf0ieE5eWvgE5Otbjw9K5OiXu6azjlkh5KSJpgPWgHbxYJxX65BT1F4xu3qM6pYeJrJG9oIELhOx5hXWFS4e9dSbmeVFztzBblIaF54DsJC_m7RAytPpcc/w400-h300/IMG_7333.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></span></a><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Reverse angle shot.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyx-RkkvOkKG2a10QfRhSOQwce-zr6m-nWWg6b1TMVKC2X48Hh1W8WT8BhQHNc1v0dQD-xcXFPz6d-3ioxfUUyKJ0yRIH7kcqFfzKBKQa1bfXfKKvGPYPD-r3mHMCUad3Z4x1fG5mhfk4/s2016/IMG_7332.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyx-RkkvOkKG2a10QfRhSOQwce-zr6m-nWWg6b1TMVKC2X48Hh1W8WT8BhQHNc1v0dQD-xcXFPz6d-3ioxfUUyKJ0yRIH7kcqFfzKBKQa1bfXfKKvGPYPD-r3mHMCUad3Z4x1fG5mhfk4/w400-h300/IMG_7332.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Legionnaires on patrol in the old town.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQit516pIX9aq2bi3MA8hMY5YzbYquj0X-dIvcxSURP_lhQnC-Hd6tOpR7slGEXXcA_JTWYiwuMImg1LrA6BW-ff5d3nMoC5ROaJN0FmzPg0_wzJMU6Yv5rdlirif1PzFvRWLXLaaKbmU/s2016/IMG_7334.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQit516pIX9aq2bi3MA8hMY5YzbYquj0X-dIvcxSURP_lhQnC-Hd6tOpR7slGEXXcA_JTWYiwuMImg1LrA6BW-ff5d3nMoC5ROaJN0FmzPg0_wzJMU6Yv5rdlirif1PzFvRWLXLaaKbmU/w400-h300/IMG_7334.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The local doc meeting a patient at the front of the hab dome that houses the small clinic. "Sir, your tests came back. I have bad news..."</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7V8AwDkzkv7ICrhAU0opUnDe0aaMCgPESiBIkrPDYdLXzIm3SoBoIvVf5oWGNP1ctBbkXxq-SagpCUJze1ul59s_jdSXcpbVZpALjOSqMH_29qjp_fkXSLRh3nuWfzeCyV0mPbIGF4SE/s2016/IMG_7386.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7V8AwDkzkv7ICrhAU0opUnDe0aaMCgPESiBIkrPDYdLXzIm3SoBoIvVf5oWGNP1ctBbkXxq-SagpCUJze1ul59s_jdSXcpbVZpALjOSqMH_29qjp_fkXSLRh3nuWfzeCyV0mPbIGF4SE/w400-h300/IMG_7386.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Red Band assembles outside the walls before their charge toward Hyllestad. Vehicles from left to right: Gun Buggy, Bloody Mary, Kneecapper, Mothership, and War Wagon.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT0PoJyGv_WZpWnH91yTQww8MM-3uy0FjNue89qPA-Y-OzU_d1TNEZCTYr6ErmV1zFlytC5wS872w3aeK9zohmXHUiRaON8ZXD1p1Snl5m1zYIsX92wcxW3diLI0QVjgz6ileigCAscKE/s2016/IMG_7387.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT0PoJyGv_WZpWnH91yTQww8MM-3uy0FjNue89qPA-Y-OzU_d1TNEZCTYr6ErmV1zFlytC5wS872w3aeK9zohmXHUiRaON8ZXD1p1Snl5m1zYIsX92wcxW3diLI0QVjgz6ileigCAscKE/w400-h300/IMG_7387.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nelly, leader of the Red Band raiding party, out front with her heavy pistol. Minis are from <a href="https://www.elhiem.co.uk/ourshop/cat_1494252-POST-APOCGazlands.html">Elhiem's Dark Future post-apocalyptic range</a>, as are many of the vehicle add-ons.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxDMIcuZXCfQvzyGIjWecdYTZFaZrUBlm9myg7K7vJuc6F0f9yjoFkWvOiGwoaVJf5o-jU7kBSoTG1ZXRFm0Ov0VcRvBR9hPFxsQZFyEWRO2pyHWJNX9oFE4WYv2cfiYGapSV1ePGOO0/s2016/IMG_7380.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinxDMIcuZXCfQvzyGIjWecdYTZFaZrUBlm9myg7K7vJuc6F0f9yjoFkWvOiGwoaVJf5o-jU7kBSoTG1ZXRFm0Ov0VcRvBR9hPFxsQZFyEWRO2pyHWJNX9oFE4WYv2cfiYGapSV1ePGOO0/w400-h300/IMG_7380.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Red Band blows a hole in the wall, and comes bursting through!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzLLZzypmI2fVteJpz5NfW4cPobQ0CffojVGpB0njUcWw56aVsMFKoPMUKstf0xLaAfBHrNwSjmpmXYeu_b7uGaBvN5o16YqKVNh6JnEsIAnTavYEWtrUpM9HiLdBHBQM00Ms8fqLCrA0/s2016/IMG_7354.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzLLZzypmI2fVteJpz5NfW4cPobQ0CffojVGpB0njUcWw56aVsMFKoPMUKstf0xLaAfBHrNwSjmpmXYeu_b7uGaBvN5o16YqKVNh6JnEsIAnTavYEWtrUpM9HiLdBHBQM00Ms8fqLCrA0/w400-h300/IMG_7354.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Red Band vehicles in the background lay down a hail of fire that knocks out two of the guards.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UKYEpGzTDR3dcg8NiXJJObOlhD-NJpUPLXeCRl6AHFKKE00_hTfOsFAkApv5A5757o0kEH9iSNxuB7mc7N0Kw8IB_70xD-mJmiuFHvxjxhCeGEoN9WOHzO2armWhu2nLdoLD-aVQVTw/s2016/IMG_7356.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2UKYEpGzTDR3dcg8NiXJJObOlhD-NJpUPLXeCRl6AHFKKE00_hTfOsFAkApv5A5757o0kEH9iSNxuB7mc7N0Kw8IB_70xD-mJmiuFHvxjxhCeGEoN9WOHzO2armWhu2nLdoLD-aVQVTw/w400-h300/IMG_7356.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A flurry of small arms fire immobilizes Kneecapper, a Red Band vehicle equipped with a dual machine gun turret and wheel blades.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAbu1nWVxBk2wmw6WLhD0TfQiiuAwwLQg4uBairvuUJMSiTnaO1VVxuRZFcVw9Qx3HLT-a0dslhjn0Rme-H7oAQqG5Q1gamx1qHOuVATJEDf3PGgfjMlTzab3qPyxcq0pmB1kZab3hxg/s2016/IMG_7357.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilAbu1nWVxBk2wmw6WLhD0TfQiiuAwwLQg4uBairvuUJMSiTnaO1VVxuRZFcVw9Qx3HLT-a0dslhjn0Rme-H7oAQqG5Q1gamx1qHOuVATJEDf3PGgfjMlTzab3qPyxcq0pmB1kZab3hxg/w400-h300/IMG_7357.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The rules provide random movement for the townsfolk, but if the random movement takes them to two designated armories, they are then under the control of the player controlling the town forces.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaV3eSPysyy_VcRK7wb9-nkJOBFUEoNNE1mlfK_zpUtJeD1q9IAPmZE6nKMDCNV0GnGpyqrFu5kHzyePiLGkX6PMQkueI8ukAXK2YeZB6ZSa9Wog7TpvgPCAX_Nv0Lzf0RAKh-wskols/s2016/IMG_7358.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilaV3eSPysyy_VcRK7wb9-nkJOBFUEoNNE1mlfK_zpUtJeD1q9IAPmZE6nKMDCNV0GnGpyqrFu5kHzyePiLGkX6PMQkueI8ukAXK2YeZB6ZSa9Wog7TpvgPCAX_Nv0Lzf0RAKh-wskols/w400-h300/IMG_7358.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">More townsfolk man the rooftops. In retrospect, I made the generation of more forces too easy for the good people of Hyllestad.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wU2mTutGenEE-lDP3Vsvpt2ja3e7eUR0rSP8X7z46P5NhtU35ioCTWkKvHOhz2LeZDOkVMe033lvKEmVRcxOagtPWtPEIokyWim4Cil_6V4WjswnSC3az3vOxhXFhmSqPDo99RLaRWE/s2016/IMG_7359.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6wU2mTutGenEE-lDP3Vsvpt2ja3e7eUR0rSP8X7z46P5NhtU35ioCTWkKvHOhz2LeZDOkVMe033lvKEmVRcxOagtPWtPEIokyWim4Cil_6V4WjswnSC3az3vOxhXFhmSqPDo99RLaRWE/w400-h300/IMG_7359.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Mother Ship, the Red Band's large troop carrier, has its main gun knocked out by small arms fire.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUdKgqeYz8pCH7Gl_gdfjzTiGy02TMVzTAUiSEA-HC9JZhRQ8CkHTxK3Zb5874KDDOlT_Af2EdGEW4ksYVNz3qH37BfHyy6f62Eu4A-4XDtCxIkibLrePfvOr5M2FkLa902-e5U-ZSt4/s2016/IMG_7360.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPUdKgqeYz8pCH7Gl_gdfjzTiGy02TMVzTAUiSEA-HC9JZhRQ8CkHTxK3Zb5874KDDOlT_Af2EdGEW4ksYVNz3qH37BfHyy6f62Eu4A-4XDtCxIkibLrePfvOr5M2FkLa902-e5U-ZSt4/w400-h300/IMG_7360.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The bodies stack up at the gate of the security compound.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGd637XxDt_ivRwS1aFTepP43mHJGtHWrknk_Hrdu5H2H57b5EtN5ppZTl3dtE4HGB2eKvHB7zlrIJvFNXg-bL4QbZtFGUerFN58w-rSUdAyWfDebnVbHiYu7qxZewsNA_oTYDaLMbeD4/s2016/IMG_7362.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGd637XxDt_ivRwS1aFTepP43mHJGtHWrknk_Hrdu5H2H57b5EtN5ppZTl3dtE4HGB2eKvHB7zlrIJvFNXg-bL4QbZtFGUerFN58w-rSUdAyWfDebnVbHiYu7qxZewsNA_oTYDaLMbeD4/w400-h300/IMG_7362.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">More townsfolk take to the rooftops.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_awpdsaZfoiX0aClU7h3Ekc25APbcYw1jpIGmPIZo9sD90VTN_bUx8-V24ihrrUVMtYiqZnGnugPAq1m9F88ii05mH5kfVu29SyVTLG0uSo_Rxsg_psBy8f2oS3b4vV2XhqpoBRqfK4/s2016/IMG_7365.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgi_awpdsaZfoiX0aClU7h3Ekc25APbcYw1jpIGmPIZo9sD90VTN_bUx8-V24ihrrUVMtYiqZnGnugPAq1m9F88ii05mH5kfVu29SyVTLG0uSo_Rxsg_psBy8f2oS3b4vV2XhqpoBRqfK4/w400-h300/IMG_7365.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Small arms fire has reduced both the War Wagon and Mothership to 1/2 speed.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XamWHV3qSBXs1Lw1tIbzxxBvl-9yvAIybL_p373mqVOUhBkPUqiN7awgc8uEid0OkEQdcaQdjLmqtas1EciJRtrzkoGZOhEf3pstLZ8s15OGygBUqlVJdpsi-oqQiRDyhh1EkYHEn0Y/s2016/IMG_7367.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6XamWHV3qSBXs1Lw1tIbzxxBvl-9yvAIybL_p373mqVOUhBkPUqiN7awgc8uEid0OkEQdcaQdjLmqtas1EciJRtrzkoGZOhEf3pstLZ8s15OGygBUqlVJdpsi-oqQiRDyhh1EkYHEn0Y/w400-h300/IMG_7367.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The some of the crew in Kneecapper dismount. One hopped-up spearman rushes toward the security compound gate (out of frame) while his buddy, Zeke, puts down some covering fire from behind the cover of the vehicle.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5aDaBcKOYhDnoKKTaxQ5QNqzML6KyFNP8mWaNtgxZ60lhM1qDLQUQu25CfkTkcN6D18ldHs91iRHLuFhCZIKcXuPiQFc8w1kNT14LkNec0T1cfjLzFkwfWLHSOICA6n_zgVuGWvXwN8/s2016/IMG_7368.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY5aDaBcKOYhDnoKKTaxQ5QNqzML6KyFNP8mWaNtgxZ60lhM1qDLQUQu25CfkTkcN6D18ldHs91iRHLuFhCZIKcXuPiQFc8w1kNT14LkNec0T1cfjLzFkwfWLHSOICA6n_zgVuGWvXwN8/w400-h300/IMG_7368.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And Zeke gets shot down!</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-x1mQBAP6r4ArwT4Az1PcMOPq8KACCIlXYYuTaZi6OCz46Fl7fFOgRI1HMN9j6ldvtJgNYumarnZrbgw7qf2t5lbVSqnjm4b6QIkctkKZXfhKDrb_eW5TMqF-D7jnpHC3BodbuiqOi0/s2016/IMG_7369.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv-x1mQBAP6r4ArwT4Az1PcMOPq8KACCIlXYYuTaZi6OCz46Fl7fFOgRI1HMN9j6ldvtJgNYumarnZrbgw7qf2t5lbVSqnjm4b6QIkctkKZXfhKDrb_eW5TMqF-D7jnpHC3BodbuiqOi0/w400-h300/IMG_7369.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Small arms fire destroys the Mothership!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQOp_km_xa6qvPkEBEkkD7Hyh-fMfEI-wjD2m1AUnnRfs_NVNFQZG7Gc4_-BW3DCNEMNHrwQGuVQ7Mc0xkcY0e8Bynscx0LpwsQO25tQkjn6C5cvTjfOxbECC2bPEiPonBDxbld3H8f_s/s2016/IMG_7370.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQOp_km_xa6qvPkEBEkkD7Hyh-fMfEI-wjD2m1AUnnRfs_NVNFQZG7Gc4_-BW3DCNEMNHrwQGuVQ7Mc0xkcY0e8Bynscx0LpwsQO25tQkjn6C5cvTjfOxbECC2bPEiPonBDxbld3H8f_s/w400-h300/IMG_7370.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Mothership crew dismounts and runs for the safety of a building. One of them doesn't make it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwY5XaS5tGZOyeOXfsOz7d_cYFPiPMVkizf7ITfMNxamkLunPTk6qGXCV2cImhQp7JWc9VLAYttgEu0jLb5kNAvB6JhsUX17EQrg0_Qd0RXFbQEtAZPu3lwsdvviMPFM6IctMvQwWkrk/s2016/IMG_7371.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgwY5XaS5tGZOyeOXfsOz7d_cYFPiPMVkizf7ITfMNxamkLunPTk6qGXCV2cImhQp7JWc9VLAYttgEu0jLb5kNAvB6JhsUX17EQrg0_Qd0RXFbQEtAZPu3lwsdvviMPFM6IctMvQwWkrk/w400-h300/IMG_7371.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">One of the Red Band spear guys makes a suicidal run into one of the armory buildings in an attempt to stab one of the local heroes rallying the Hyllestad populace. Hero at bottom right of the picture.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSkOnUkFqX9NXHJLCgr2EwPSeECxGX_NjxrLRdudQNWWaGOzy9MQZpJ3Yeu3_cMa1W9MfLcEgaUU0gCRbtHWxoIKOqXzAXGzcCWLxh5s9Xzwut2mIaQzIeOFTgaO1Z8dzlx5GMx2CkvA/s2016/IMG_7372.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixSkOnUkFqX9NXHJLCgr2EwPSeECxGX_NjxrLRdudQNWWaGOzy9MQZpJ3Yeu3_cMa1W9MfLcEgaUU0gCRbtHWxoIKOqXzAXGzcCWLxh5s9Xzwut2mIaQzIeOFTgaO1Z8dzlx5GMx2CkvA/w400-h300/IMG_7372.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In a series of amazing dice rolls, spear guy avoided a hail of gunfire and successfully knocked the hero out of the fight! Next turn's hail of gunfire would get him, though.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7fMyoQ-wgOuTsC4cs4qKZDe7WQlJdxSyrQWOF8sYwzr0eDrcAcdKp5q7NSRbakHnEssbUcmKGTikXgcJGZ9l91SGNi6ROKxDaT25X9nzIFdfeoU9NNFLkB5hK3soZ7fHtW_vBcurTE0/s2016/IMG_7373.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ7fMyoQ-wgOuTsC4cs4qKZDe7WQlJdxSyrQWOF8sYwzr0eDrcAcdKp5q7NSRbakHnEssbUcmKGTikXgcJGZ9l91SGNi6ROKxDaT25X9nzIFdfeoU9NNFLkB5hK3soZ7fHtW_vBcurTE0/w400-h300/IMG_7373.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Mothership crew makes a run for the hole they blew in the wall with one hostage in tow, when townsfolk gunfire cuts down two of their number, including their leader, Nelly.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6s9sfaPP8iuA_3aip1mqbawtrYl4Pj7oSAYiGRnYVMeCciTItgrDiXPVhDMZZZyS_sRnLU-RFh3yAGBgCi5H5d-JC27Ej3fZu9L5PV9uGFRTUFMJVc87xnVXuRrgyiai3QEJjp9HDeE8/s2016/IMG_7374.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6s9sfaPP8iuA_3aip1mqbawtrYl4Pj7oSAYiGRnYVMeCciTItgrDiXPVhDMZZZyS_sRnLU-RFh3yAGBgCi5H5d-JC27Ej3fZu9L5PV9uGFRTUFMJVc87xnVXuRrgyiai3QEJjp9HDeE8/w400-h300/IMG_7374.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Too late to matter, one of the Legionnaires gets the UGV into action and it rolls out of the gate of the UN security compound. All that's left is a bunch of smoking vehicles and bloody bodies.</span><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With that, we called it a game. Everyone had a great time, and we will definitely replay the scenario.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I've spent a while assembling and painting the forces and terrain to make this game work, and I'm glad I finally came together. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We played with my homebrew rules, Heavies, Heroes, and Hordes. A few amendments to the rules going forward:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">- I need a first aid chart for Minis to give buddy aid to each other.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">- The vehicles need a standalone maneuverability stat instead of a modifier. It would be simpler.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">- The townsfolk generated into fighters too easily. They should have to spend at least a turn in the armory buildings getting a weapon, and only turn into a fighter on a successful roll. They also did all the heavy lifting for the town's defenders after seven or eight of the ten UN Legionnaires were out of the fight.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For that matter, I'm a novice desert raider commander, and my tactics going forward will definitely change. The vehicles were garage-built uparmored vehicles that just had metal plates welded on, so they weren't bulletproof, just "bullet resistant." I had envisioned driving them around and staying mobile, but they were shot up too easily. Red Band fighters will have to dismount earlier to get more guns into the fight.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hope you enjoyed reading as much as we did playing!</span></div>Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-39092153473832052812021-02-17T11:51:00.000-08:002021-02-17T11:51:18.185-08:00Multi-Use 20mm Sci-Fi Infantry: My United Nations Legionnaires<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">As I'm continuing to build out the planet Sanctuary, the setting for my space opera, I'm painting up minis and vehicles for different factions. Part of this is my <a href="http://beast44a.blogspot.com/p/tomorrows-war-un-legion-campaign-on.html">Tomorrow's War campaign</a> following a platoon of United Nations Legionnaires. (<a href="http://beast44a.blogspot.com/2020/12/tomorrows-war-campaign-game-1-hover.html">Game 1</a> and <a href="http://beast44a.blogspot.com/2021/02/tomorrows-war-campaign-game-2-security.html">Game 2</a> links)</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The minis used for this are <a href="https://lancerminiatures.com/product-category/20mm/20mm-k-kraft-sci-fi-miniatures/">K-Kraft 20mm Androis Army</a>. I really like them because they look different from my other minis, which are mostly <a href="https://www.elhiem.co.uk/ourshop/cat_1116373-ELHIEM-MINIATURES.html">Elhiem</a>, and because they are generic enough to look like Starship Troopers (movie version) or the ODST troopers in Halo.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">The UN Legion platoon is divided into four Lances of five men each. Each Lance is supposed to be supported by a an Unmanned Ground Vehicle (UGV) that brings extra firepower to the fight. </span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qUD3TGYwMCOVFjxdSipp_Ul7iHbz7jOBGPEHzryfE3RWu-7mSrr_Es1qyHoEzWwU5jqlpktDbP4Xc_9dmmu0qVipJHajy_xXKVEtw4_GZqAGh6yPdzUf_iDQBxVzL6yzGbH-zBpQgzI/s2016/IMG_7388.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9qUD3TGYwMCOVFjxdSipp_Ul7iHbz7jOBGPEHzryfE3RWu-7mSrr_Es1qyHoEzWwU5jqlpktDbP4Xc_9dmmu0qVipJHajy_xXKVEtw4_GZqAGh6yPdzUf_iDQBxVzL6yzGbH-zBpQgzI/w640-h480/IMG_7388.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Alpha Lance supported by a UGV.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0Zl7FVrz1CV6vozYV5OfWmztx53kXax_Jg1RUWNk9Cw0HA36NblRaRCIGM2OKVxcXbwW0jLzlBlN2-9yyX2GsL8_RF4JBuBpqOHRlxBQ_5gW3_tf6T5eTJofFWt05dD1aORlrpei4zU/s2016/IMG_7389.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0Zl7FVrz1CV6vozYV5OfWmztx53kXax_Jg1RUWNk9Cw0HA36NblRaRCIGM2OKVxcXbwW0jLzlBlN2-9yyX2GsL8_RF4JBuBpqOHRlxBQ_5gW3_tf6T5eTJofFWt05dD1aORlrpei4zU/w640-h480/IMG_7389.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Bravo Lance in urban operations.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8x3ZIn7D4sOv5iCURwkFTTQQg-VSiBxhMMAHPGklI57q69sctggkDKhsoR6FOo9iJAPYD0sdHxmkNeetM0e7N3o53br50OEJFbb0WRoc3jqQSa9wm1TpnLcchcchmdQwovR2pRdHyi4/s2016/IMG_7390.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo8x3ZIn7D4sOv5iCURwkFTTQQg-VSiBxhMMAHPGklI57q69sctggkDKhsoR6FOo9iJAPYD0sdHxmkNeetM0e7N3o53br50OEJFbb0WRoc3jqQSa9wm1TpnLcchcchmdQwovR2pRdHyi4/w640-h480/IMG_7390.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Charlie Lance on the move.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqH8eCWlYOC2QAeYy5J00aobpxpgOr9m35xnTdMPqbCuJvxz0ZUiU-MKeURJ8SIBK-DJrO6d5HZqcCtVgSkBOZp-i-5mSu-Gl6tlVylq-DFmYPVxoqLKZnA4PYL0nyLSRwSZUh_XfnP9A/s2016/IMG_7391.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqH8eCWlYOC2QAeYy5J00aobpxpgOr9m35xnTdMPqbCuJvxz0ZUiU-MKeURJ8SIBK-DJrO6d5HZqcCtVgSkBOZp-i-5mSu-Gl6tlVylq-DFmYPVxoqLKZnA4PYL0nyLSRwSZUh_XfnP9A/w640-h480/IMG_7391.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Delta Lance disembarking from a small shuttle.</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">Hope to have some more games posted featuring these guys soon.</span></div>Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-27458623035499785312021-02-16T19:44:00.001-08:002021-02-16T20:07:16.424-08:00The Red Band: Desert Raiders 20mm Sci-Fi<div><span style="font-family: verdana;">In building out the world on the planet Sanctuary, my sci-fi setting, I've added a faction called the Red Band, a group of raiders, mercenaries, and local muscle that would look at home in any Mad Max, Gaslands, or other post-apocalyptic desert environment.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">All of the Minis are from <a href="https://www.elhiem.co.uk/ourshop/cat_812383-Gangs-Wildmen-Bandits-Pirates.html">Elhiem's Dark Future range</a>, except for the Gun Buggy crew, which are from <a href="https://www.stanjohansenminiatures.com/Road.htm">Stan Johansen's 20mm Road Warrior range</a>. The vehicles are done up with a mixture of the two lines' gun and armor add-ons for Matchbox cars.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;">I put something red on each Mini - a scarf, dye in their hair, tattoos, or article of clothing - to make sure that they look like they're on the same team.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXQa8_HkYuwNUkPn9t6zniRXTpWRSQnHLPLaIgoFe6lL9pEQbpCct1dN_tEKLnAcMCr8M3S6Jj0ZEGxBbcb-XNm1nl9cBkWqZ1_CGh8ZOjg8jHjotsAu_ujFahlt5M-aJ3DYamISh733o/s2016/IMG_7387.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXQa8_HkYuwNUkPn9t6zniRXTpWRSQnHLPLaIgoFe6lL9pEQbpCct1dN_tEKLnAcMCr8M3S6Jj0ZEGxBbcb-XNm1nl9cBkWqZ1_CGh8ZOjg8jHjotsAu_ujFahlt5M-aJ3DYamISh733o/w640-h480/IMG_7387.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's the leader of the gang, Nelly, in all her glory and at the head of her assembled crew.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrZtXT_rorgp9741C6KxX480XXYOy47DJHhQVWsESwhOvan0Hc-YrrG13pTz_x6DFBDMg3B1ukQ0ZFaAjDvDGlSRFocx4ELHEOdM45dpIxifl2QuRWf8F5Lgog5oKx75osWNYnDZgM-g/s2016/IMG_7380.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvrZtXT_rorgp9741C6KxX480XXYOy47DJHhQVWsESwhOvan0Hc-YrrG13pTz_x6DFBDMg3B1ukQ0ZFaAjDvDGlSRFocx4ELHEOdM45dpIxifl2QuRWf8F5Lgog5oKx75osWNYnDZgM-g/w640-h480/IMG_7380.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's the whole gang (as currently constituted, there's more on the way) racing through a hole they just blasted in a settlement's wall.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJqmDkEM3ffKJsiiomDPtIflkx2Y51HRF1bmk7gxvCdt-XDQ6hSNq_KRIle-q50mxlVWNZZtg1aem__x_9Zq8QTeN9CLUFFzTTkSz1_wNui8RkSpGTpOGmLpQOz98jalNlQ74RMTTfEA/s2016/IMG_7381.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNJqmDkEM3ffKJsiiomDPtIflkx2Y51HRF1bmk7gxvCdt-XDQ6hSNq_KRIle-q50mxlVWNZZtg1aem__x_9Zq8QTeN9CLUFFzTTkSz1_wNui8RkSpGTpOGmLpQOz98jalNlQ74RMTTfEA/w640-h480/IMG_7381.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's the War Wagon, which has a "hanger-on" who is removable. I painted one standing figure with the same red tattoos on his scalp and torso to represent the same guy once he has jumped off and charged into battle.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUkJ_K-eklb4TbRo233bBTZg7-hsTtTUVHI_0dFq7xF6GI1jAaZLUuMPu3i1qGA5Xtv7SQ8HGLb9CiGl408VIorSMX7p9rRF2lSl69gQyPeaogOKvFPU3i5woixrwwXC6lGfqX2o3J9o/s2016/IMG_7382.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoUkJ_K-eklb4TbRo233bBTZg7-hsTtTUVHI_0dFq7xF6GI1jAaZLUuMPu3i1qGA5Xtv7SQ8HGLb9CiGl408VIorSMX7p9rRF2lSl69gQyPeaogOKvFPU3i5woixrwwXC6lGfqX2o3J9o/w640-h480/IMG_7382.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the Gun Buggy. No armor, but it carries a heavy machine gun and is plenty maneuverable on all kinds of terrain.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghn-G2zjXPNOcUYtDIc98JkVidNKcSFLDJ80yuhrR818SpqUYzSmNv3O0xIGyJjZvRrZv0pMDsV5KVOzf8HO3FI6pLNif2b_3raFjpu88AUn33BHCFSAVnfZwqhltC1WuQJbJQM6F-ysY/s2016/IMG_7383.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghn-G2zjXPNOcUYtDIc98JkVidNKcSFLDJ80yuhrR818SpqUYzSmNv3O0xIGyJjZvRrZv0pMDsV5KVOzf8HO3FI6pLNif2b_3raFjpu88AUn33BHCFSAVnfZwqhltC1WuQJbJQM6F-ysY/w640-h480/IMG_7383.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is Kneecapper, which has a special attack against personnel that can be cut down by its tire blades. The double machine gun turret on top can lay down a wall of lead.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAkv3XEDJp73M23THWfk9IjJnfs6LV1jlZW699TzXomf63VwPlCEaNpJxG3ykdOmnsKNh4eqVAXEuwdDlGFWtRYANKABrUxScl0gI9QRJ2r_7WiCxlKM80Uf7rxUi730t3vK8i2FGW_Q/s2016/IMG_7384.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIAkv3XEDJp73M23THWfk9IjJnfs6LV1jlZW699TzXomf63VwPlCEaNpJxG3ykdOmnsKNh4eqVAXEuwdDlGFWtRYANKABrUxScl0gI9QRJ2r_7WiCxlKM80Uf7rxUi730t3vK8i2FGW_Q/w640-h480/IMG_7384.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is Bloody Mary, a 2-person gun car. Like Kneecapper she has a front-mounted gun that can only be fired when she is stationary, but is useful for breaching the walls of desert settlements. Both Bloody Mary and Kneecapper have turreted machine guns as well.</span></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUi0sFLkAjXVxidCJ1-Fva-CPZUhQ5NCUpCxt29lZW0d77ZFne3g7VuyD_RW6ePy9AfF6Cz1IoNnbshaP8JQifhMgqIVvJp2xYyHQRJwN8vIdxCvOnBA8Mz7Oo9Unbl2i1SemH9giGjRs/s2016/IMG_7385.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUi0sFLkAjXVxidCJ1-Fva-CPZUhQ5NCUpCxt29lZW0d77ZFne3g7VuyD_RW6ePy9AfF6Cz1IoNnbshaP8JQifhMgqIVvJp2xYyHQRJwN8vIdxCvOnBA8Mz7Oo9Unbl2i1SemH9giGjRs/w640-h480/IMG_7385.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is the Mothership, a battle transport that serves as the Red Band's primary means at spiriting away hostages seized from outland settlements. She's got a turreted machine gun and can carry a number of troops.</span><br /></div><div><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9ETfeysKtp6O-FUX46wOSGJynFY41igqL4FcJH2IlJQ10SsVYeVRkBo67TNkXxRg3fO5RHxaOWRqyjUWwc4Ol5CkGbIK4uAoTfy8pdAh8963Bc_AogxPEVgnS4U4elUDgnUfJyF9m3w/s2016/IMG_7386.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1512" data-original-width="2016" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl9ETfeysKtp6O-FUX46wOSGJynFY41igqL4FcJH2IlJQ10SsVYeVRkBo67TNkXxRg3fO5RHxaOWRqyjUWwc4Ol5CkGbIK4uAoTfy8pdAh8963Bc_AogxPEVgnS4U4elUDgnUfJyF9m3w/w640-h480/IMG_7386.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here's the Red Band assembled and ready for battle.</span><br /></div>Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-22436244181944547062021-02-15T18:38:00.002-08:002021-02-15T19:07:10.483-08:00Tomorrow's War Campaign Game 2: Security Detail Counter-Ambush<div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Here's the second in a series of Tomorrow's War campaign games set on the planet Sanctuary. Restive Uighurs, relocated to the newly formed Sanctuary Prefecture by the Chinese government so that they can cause fewer problems on Earth. The geographic separation encouraged political separatist factions, and an insurgency broke out. The United Nations Legion (a standing peacekeeping force) has Legionnaires deployed to Sanctuary to referee the conflict.</span></div><div><span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Following a <a href="http://beast44a.blogspot.com/2020/12/tomorrows-war-campaign-game-1-hover.html">successful Quick Reaction Force (QRF) mobilization to save the driver of a hovercraft hit by an IED</a>, our Legionnaires are conducting a presence patrol to keep things quiet around the district governor's compound. The compound is located in the neighborhood right outside the UN Forward Operating Base (FOB).</span></div><div><span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvumvX4OyJF58a8n2nWH6A6pp1o5uSkVCLgIA8dxDqCKWxykV9D3DiSaTVo1__5MclOYjibevoej2SyeS51cwn2EsiL-vcOtxJR_oRlu-RttO-1AwoPVK1Qdt-DBatE5PsVP_ZOcN5Sp0/s640/IMG_5756.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvumvX4OyJF58a8n2nWH6A6pp1o5uSkVCLgIA8dxDqCKWxykV9D3DiSaTVo1__5MclOYjibevoej2SyeS51cwn2EsiL-vcOtxJR_oRlu-RttO-1AwoPVK1Qdt-DBatE5PsVP_ZOcN5Sp0/w400-h300/IMG_5756.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span>L<span>egionnaires pulling security from a rooftop.</span></span></span></span></div><span><div><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div></span><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Only two of the four Lances in the Legionnaire platoon were on this foot patrol, the other two stayed back at the FOB.</span></div><div><span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AV9MzCNYiQ8VtksPWZS9ywDb5U4cBQbO5PZIeSqHuCV1aiiy_FYGZuERdQJrb1hyphenhyphen0mAz-6Ji3wqjVtsXGcxncKfbdCn4XgDJdiujX3z5r3LYHW667R8k_V-PwbctmdZlbXQEVZTwAE4/s640/IMG_5742.jpg" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AV9MzCNYiQ8VtksPWZS9ywDb5U4cBQbO5PZIeSqHuCV1aiiy_FYGZuERdQJrb1hyphenhyphen0mAz-6Ji3wqjVtsXGcxncKfbdCn4XgDJdiujX3z5r3LYHW667R8k_V-PwbctmdZlbXQEVZTwAE4/w400-h300/IMG_5742.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The patrol marches out to the governor's compound.</span></div><div><span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpx8GkXo5Nsy6lEuhq41omt3NGxQur1uWGdFpsoyecopHmP8-VEEB7_ZxYF-MKNldpxwJpKMwNJz5Ktw3ie779S8Xg_J5vl0SssrgsG1poC_xOpi8z02xQOUBZ35QAsr9xQdxikrVSD7s/s640/IMG_5743.jpg" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpx8GkXo5Nsy6lEuhq41omt3NGxQur1uWGdFpsoyecopHmP8-VEEB7_ZxYF-MKNldpxwJpKMwNJz5Ktw3ie779S8Xg_J5vl0SssrgsG1poC_xOpi8z02xQOUBZ35QAsr9xQdxikrVSD7s/w400-h300/IMG_5743.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The Legionnaires get to the compound and are greeted by the governor's security detail, armed guards at the entrance to the compound.</span></div><div><span><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTrYYb3KXJVbmDig2Nyt65Uc3XGpKssRjs5B0X5vDimsFrM-SH7sbF3cA-jWH2u5K0HWhdg4W0aBVYCQNpxeNpOLc4J8upgyeQ-BnvfhPwod5_N-RET_49MPCkK5T2XjVbVnjBr_Hkjs/s640/IMG_5745.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbTrYYb3KXJVbmDig2Nyt65Uc3XGpKssRjs5B0X5vDimsFrM-SH7sbF3cA-jWH2u5K0HWhdg4W0aBVYCQNpxeNpOLc4J8upgyeQ-BnvfhPwod5_N-RET_49MPCkK5T2XjVbVnjBr_Hkjs/w400-h300/IMG_5745.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The Legionnaires sweep through the compound, but the governor's diplomatic protection detail is already there keeping things secure.</span></div><div><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwg-DY7Jv64UtJVYYcrtO12Bi0SO_RToVXSNkYuPjyxwGu4IGCJeo16nwUE86H1dcQgZua5LmPpaphNFrAnNIGfom9puTy0zdB38pQwYvum7p_f77eDy5p3WEhCli-ujB9UVK4nmxkyU/s640/IMG_5737.jpg" style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; orphans: 2; text-align: center; text-decoration: underline; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmwg-DY7Jv64UtJVYYcrtO12Bi0SO_RToVXSNkYuPjyxwGu4IGCJeo16nwUE86H1dcQgZua5LmPpaphNFrAnNIGfom9puTy0zdB38pQwYvum7p_f77eDy5p3WEhCli-ujB9UVK4nmxkyU/w400-h300/IMG_5737.jpg" style="cursor: move;" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Then a lone local man walks around the corner and heads for the governor's compound.</span></div><div><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9oYKtRMrUwl-DCJHnvjLsmipN-F_Qi8i917_6_b7CiT3DTn_An5J219ubdDBMhyFTcNeyrrzCGvCogyxGv1P1vvi_Gq2Jfl2pcmbb2vBQ80JsNx6iyjjMVkE9B1JZDYrxE_ZRF3h7Xs/s640/IMG_5744.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe9oYKtRMrUwl-DCJHnvjLsmipN-F_Qi8i917_6_b7CiT3DTn_An5J219ubdDBMhyFTcNeyrrzCGvCogyxGv1P1vvi_Gq2Jfl2pcmbb2vBQ80JsNx6iyjjMVkE9B1JZDYrxE_ZRF3h7Xs/w400-h300/IMG_5744.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Once inside, he asks to speak to the governor. They make small talk, and the man passes a note. The note indicates that the walls have ears, and that an insurgent attack on the governor's compound is imminent.</span></div><div><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKTnW_Dgag9FmnASG0SHJ_Mr5GtXjoASAMJhNJRX27MUDzJkobdjWHpENUYWWYzbEHg3gi4vGRtrjpDa7BpSu3JTC0LRlaerPF0EVv7mOfyK6Wii3hofr13pfUQTnqZP0fQ2XQG5fvN4s/s640/IMG_5746.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKTnW_Dgag9FmnASG0SHJ_Mr5GtXjoASAMJhNJRX27MUDzJkobdjWHpENUYWWYzbEHg3gi4vGRtrjpDa7BpSu3JTC0LRlaerPF0EVv7mOfyK6Wii3hofr13pfUQTnqZP0fQ2XQG5fvN4s/w400-h300/IMG_5746.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">One Lance of Legionnaires rapidly moves out and mounts the roof of the building next to the governor's compound. They are greeted by a 3-man insurgent cell that wins initiative, fires but hits nobody. The Legionnaires pulled a Fog of War card, 'Mad Minute,' that lets them unleash on the insurgents.<br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2vlp2laKvpoMWCcOWFWSXXLglpjmxpYJ1s44BwT0mRDdrmsvVFXWQ3GNLlUATJw9PV26xh8oDkcyQY9yPL59vYZ4QI6OZHBkEXppBelXlcngj-JA4_OKNenO7GjYqjbA_ZJQ_KA-mPU/s640/IMG_5753.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO2vlp2laKvpoMWCcOWFWSXXLglpjmxpYJ1s44BwT0mRDdrmsvVFXWQ3GNLlUATJw9PV26xh8oDkcyQY9yPL59vYZ4QI6OZHBkEXppBelXlcngj-JA4_OKNenO7GjYqjbA_ZJQ_KA-mPU/w400-h300/IMG_5753.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Predictably, the insurgents fare poorly.</span></div><div><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UmRkAVfxvfIAD1vvo4Zfz4r3P120zaMY1kPJeqMzE7usrYRqmmC_LSQ97DiB3I0KflY5XtLB4r_n-YjvaOn16wrlOWyIR-LbWLLO6GCtjw8NhsL3nwo0n59sJvUl7-cEfw1m4Sl_ek8/s640/IMG_5754.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7UmRkAVfxvfIAD1vvo4Zfz4r3P120zaMY1kPJeqMzE7usrYRqmmC_LSQ97DiB3I0KflY5XtLB4r_n-YjvaOn16wrlOWyIR-LbWLLO6GCtjw8NhsL3nwo0n59sJvUl7-cEfw1m4Sl_ek8/w400-h300/IMG_5754.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The other insurgent cell decides that today is not a good day to die and books it out the back of the compound where they were supposed to stage their part of the attack.</span></div><div><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRi1zJwUMkIJuiK0w2feJ3TEWIj71o6AVQvVH6LgZngTI0tY6s2RH9H3fIavSBgnGJaRYmUYxzrIT27AWiywjSkqsKror4BfXByR7Jt13DVP-gX3F0Tb6xhkFo9kRpHPd__1MPbCkn2Q/s640/IMG_5757.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSRi1zJwUMkIJuiK0w2feJ3TEWIj71o6AVQvVH6LgZngTI0tY6s2RH9H3fIavSBgnGJaRYmUYxzrIT27AWiywjSkqsKror4BfXByR7Jt13DVP-gX3F0Tb6xhkFo9kRpHPd__1MPbCkn2Q/w400-h300/IMG_5757.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The Alpha Lance Legionnaires who went to the roof go on Overwatch and sits ready to repulse any other insurgent attacks.</span></div><div><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jiAS6jkiplktbBvvdhxDJGbOdwSM5kC9J6TeCRmRetSpkGJXK-D-TNEqWtH5TMg3EjA8ov_eQw5wG72nBiS4a9MP-dd6nLfy11yJmGEkx2xrjhxDk0LtG20Pb_ohIC6fjIURfyPQxOE/s640/IMG_5760.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6jiAS6jkiplktbBvvdhxDJGbOdwSM5kC9J6TeCRmRetSpkGJXK-D-TNEqWtH5TMg3EjA8ov_eQw5wG72nBiS4a9MP-dd6nLfy11yJmGEkx2xrjhxDk0LtG20Pb_ohIC6fjIURfyPQxOE/w400-h300/IMG_5760.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The governor's diplomatic security officers take up internal security positions to defend the compound.</span></div><div><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLMyvkuE0pVlBR143w5swCcQ45EKn795M4u_pj29Rvtxi9iAxcFTI9sunsE6QU_hfURZYqh50RjtH1QmchOVtCf8GtTHc_wN6iXpwL8whoOpPchMQ87ObPhI3r7-tMuevnDrG2CPyCRE/s640/IMG_5764.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKLMyvkuE0pVlBR143w5swCcQ45EKn795M4u_pj29Rvtxi9iAxcFTI9sunsE6QU_hfURZYqh50RjtH1QmchOVtCf8GtTHc_wN6iXpwL8whoOpPchMQ87ObPhI3r7-tMuevnDrG2CPyCRE/w400-h300/IMG_5764.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Bravo Lance enters and clears the compound that the insurgents used to launch the attack.</span></div><div><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">At this point we called the game. It was supposed to be a lot closer, but insurgent rolls were abysmal.</span></div><div><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div></span><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The Legionnaires didn't roll up any additional benefits in the post-game phase, so they'll go into the next game as they are.</span></div></div>Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-61660060227635843202020-12-21T05:40:00.002-08:002021-02-15T19:07:44.840-08:00Tomorrow's War Campaign Game 1: Hover Craft Rescue<div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">This is the first game in my Tomorrow's War Campaign. The campaign follows 2d Platoon, Alpha Company, 1st Squadron, United Nations Legionnaires, deployed to the world Sanctuary. As part of the United Nations Expeditionary Force-Sanctuary, they have been tasked with peacekeeping in the restive Chinese colony prefecture also named Sanctuary. The Sanctuary Prefecture remains restive because the Chinese government moved large portions of its Uighur population to this planet. The Uighurs enjoy being geographically far from the CCP's center of government, and are trying to establish political separation as well. An insurgency ensued.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">While pulling static security at a local prefecture security site, a hover craft moving supplies into town and toward the platoon's security site was hit with an IED. The platoon moved to rescue the hover craft driver who was stranded in a hostile Uighur neighborhood outside the security site.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIG01-0YMWq_XDW2o9ONohIOn8DYobyBFtDE45yK5hQs6fWPWJjITB4yYr0rKpsEOL_juhfkNvPPFSdyvQ5h4MY2idteNjW1tn-ARLPi7fE9D-DjvBBTvsLUXOaQJ5XZz6oJm9f1W6yR0/s640/IMG_5733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIG01-0YMWq_XDW2o9ONohIOn8DYobyBFtDE45yK5hQs6fWPWJjITB4yYr0rKpsEOL_juhfkNvPPFSdyvQ5h4MY2idteNjW1tn-ARLPi7fE9D-DjvBBTvsLUXOaQJ5XZz6oJm9f1W6yR0/w400-h300/IMG_5733.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The platoon, divided into Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, and Delta Lances, was supposed to be reinforced with combat mechs or ground drones. They didn't have that, so four lances, with five men each, set off to go save the stranded hover craft driver.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ilJGDVcuOU9Skx6Ntq1DbDYFQ3fn5otHIKpIRt1MWWO5YAZbPa7IsEGO7CF-pZ8Nmc39Y-igwW9xbcjArR7OocVHDM9BZZ5LGput9KYNf462ST74F6hDQ-vvFHE_M2YJo1ElfX5PNHA/s640/IMG_5665.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ilJGDVcuOU9Skx6Ntq1DbDYFQ3fn5otHIKpIRt1MWWO5YAZbPa7IsEGO7CF-pZ8Nmc39Y-igwW9xbcjArR7OocVHDM9BZZ5LGput9KYNf462ST74F6hDQ-vvFHE_M2YJo1ElfX5PNHA/w400-h300/IMG_5665.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: white; color: black; display: inline; float: none; font-family: verdana; font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The hover craft driver fleeing his stricken vehicle.</span></div><b></b><i></i><u></u><sub></sub><sup></sup><strike></strike><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The platoon was set up in it security site a few blocks away from the portion of the old city where the hover craft was disabled.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21_-0jBZWVvKzCqIa1GjuUv67x4MhG1YDhoJmOILTHglUmKyPdyygUqu32PZUIX6m4_xbVWnTcxspeiKRLBOuGXiC3BVoDsM1MhHzD-IoSfya9285IEC_f4wekbh93szBnstArp-m030/s640/IMG_5664.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi21_-0jBZWVvKzCqIa1GjuUv67x4MhG1YDhoJmOILTHglUmKyPdyygUqu32PZUIX6m4_xbVWnTcxspeiKRLBOuGXiC3BVoDsM1MhHzD-IoSfya9285IEC_f4wekbh93szBnstArp-m030/w400-h300/IMG_5664.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The landing pad inside the UN security site. An ornithopter sits on it above the front gate security shack and an air processer. The platoon is assembled at top right.</span><br /></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The platoon gathered and checked weapons. They got an earful from the UN political advisor and the UN military coordinator at the security site.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCe12EAmfY1xnX7_7a0WoH6-ZNsBVxdjrDucPCwekj2ybD4vIV04jcm9q8Fl4RyGj2CxUDB7jLgR4vhn2Ymg7LBrqCOD9k1OC8J1yAsY4hjo9JlOGZUrnR7s2GWjJazFE-23AjWxDV_c/s640/IMG_5662.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOCe12EAmfY1xnX7_7a0WoH6-ZNsBVxdjrDucPCwekj2ybD4vIV04jcm9q8Fl4RyGj2CxUDB7jLgR4vhn2Ymg7LBrqCOD9k1OC8J1yAsY4hjo9JlOGZUrnR7s2GWjJazFE-23AjWxDV_c/w400-h300/IMG_5662.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The UN military coordinator tells the platoon to get moving and rescue the stranded hover craft driver.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mSq32uoW_8Dk3sHkKgEqpm0-dQm4fw32uq8QQFaxqwBcIlq4c8laHUqPkXwrLc3FVePwIN81YDOWJBrC36DzTcuWUNP6tPSCc9cYKKjYa8GoIDfIxafUAzdoTC1XsB9WBtF0yFMWHqc/s640/IMG_5663.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6mSq32uoW_8Dk3sHkKgEqpm0-dQm4fw32uq8QQFaxqwBcIlq4c8laHUqPkXwrLc3FVePwIN81YDOWJBrC36DzTcuWUNP6tPSCc9cYKKjYa8GoIDfIxafUAzdoTC1XsB9WBtF0yFMWHqc/w400-h300/IMG_5663.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">While the platoon was getting yelled at by the UN military coordinator, the platoon was really wishing that they would get reinforced by the ground drones at the compound, pictured at bottom right. Because of political sensitivities, this didn't happen.</span><br /></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The platoon set off to get the stranded hover craft driver.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzuxIn3JdOIEuFKTQZsdegCEna3DSzheF4ZNQAVH9f6MEQVd-vJ4SJjsKhDAkxNZIEGy9zwHiyycP-7sjSeiBMt9hZanAEvRKBkELhNtUT2foBlbVoiGHaOYYelBCYqSibKb2d2GydRY/s640/IMG_5670.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAzuxIn3JdOIEuFKTQZsdegCEna3DSzheF4ZNQAVH9f6MEQVd-vJ4SJjsKhDAkxNZIEGy9zwHiyycP-7sjSeiBMt9hZanAEvRKBkELhNtUT2foBlbVoiGHaOYYelBCYqSibKb2d2GydRY/w400-h300/IMG_5670.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Right outside the UN compound, the district commissioner's compound overlooks the IED site. The Legionnaires grumbled amongst each other about how unlikely it is that he didn't know anything about the attack.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MqNv7vi65QVeBuLkwmfmaLlanSFIUrC5tQ_3aZ2A18qQ_KJi2L2Aqn4iHXga54_lPK-KJQ0fGxYJvLHIw8XGtyQrBzKX_8pihs0nhXeLsjj16pTxdB9qvz2jSbM0015cgcntLSYGCts/s640/IMG_5669.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7MqNv7vi65QVeBuLkwmfmaLlanSFIUrC5tQ_3aZ2A18qQ_KJi2L2Aqn4iHXga54_lPK-KJQ0fGxYJvLHIw8XGtyQrBzKX_8pihs0nhXeLsjj16pTxdB9qvz2jSbM0015cgcntLSYGCts/w400-h300/IMG_5669.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The district commissioner and his head of security watch the IED strike site from the compound rooftop.</span><br /></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9y9ssHoaG2Xt0XpmuUqY-AhSdCOc2bVPwhxPSzMAIUal0LFPbU01JDdu9iar3Wp8-rxk46XFaFUoq_5cKB0QRCyl3DIghydazULyt0QcP-k33ZFF1yBTIPNdBli7LTDbRJTufCc0LX8/s640/IMG_5671.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEij9y9ssHoaG2Xt0XpmuUqY-AhSdCOc2bVPwhxPSzMAIUal0LFPbU01JDdu9iar3Wp8-rxk46XFaFUoq_5cKB0QRCyl3DIghydazULyt0QcP-k33ZFF1yBTIPNdBli7LTDbRJTufCc0LX8/w400-h300/IMG_5671.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Two lances advance toward the IED strike site.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0aydiVJoBUEOhIp3htfhhnQZqBD2NaluQ9F6Iqp5LPJknUpCHAJ9y3DcHUxAK-wbxATF2d_aMr0UAPV3tCpFzQjSGsCAGUS9bGubVtgF7et7C24yJ72KJxR36jpLVtaHE3htYvjfKuo/s640/IMG_5673.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0aydiVJoBUEOhIp3htfhhnQZqBD2NaluQ9F6Iqp5LPJknUpCHAJ9y3DcHUxAK-wbxATF2d_aMr0UAPV3tCpFzQjSGsCAGUS9bGubVtgF7et7C24yJ72KJxR36jpLVtaHE3htYvjfKuo/w400-h300/IMG_5673.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">A lance leader always leads from the front.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5zkOk-6hOpoGXYN7xNmdWOu5aUN4dAgeigVTcYMLpcBPaORDJlUU1CWaIsMU_ktSL6jGNv2K-1p3k7J606OeLojvqY5Rfs8sei2bhX3CFTVgerT5ns08Jm79aMMOCukqrvZTetll2FQ/s640/IMG_5674.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhf5zkOk-6hOpoGXYN7xNmdWOu5aUN4dAgeigVTcYMLpcBPaORDJlUU1CWaIsMU_ktSL6jGNv2K-1p3k7J606OeLojvqY5Rfs8sei2bhX3CFTVgerT5ns08Jm79aMMOCukqrvZTetll2FQ/w400-h300/IMG_5674.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Two insurgents appear from behind a corner and try to get the drop on the UN platoon.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqVKCRHZ1MHV4l_AE28xOaM16rmGcbFDOgCaUy6iUT3PkJgfbxotF3hW6gO8IcVYAPQhOY1pmtEP37FF6XoJk5VSyW_l88WRnKc5sLCWX9c6nZqswfYWg6BMFbwRm-r9WWs6LU9ukJNg/s640/IMG_5675.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxqVKCRHZ1MHV4l_AE28xOaM16rmGcbFDOgCaUy6iUT3PkJgfbxotF3hW6gO8IcVYAPQhOY1pmtEP37FF6XoJk5VSyW_l88WRnKc5sLCWX9c6nZqswfYWg6BMFbwRm-r9WWs6LU9ukJNg/w400-h300/IMG_5675.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The insurgents don't win initiative and pay the price. Unfortunately, an old man walking down the street wandered into the line of fire and went down as well.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCirK_SXoEdL5_YwrH74gjbw3uDY5SrGR2u9dRlGlLTT6tCNGI4N5TfHU5LqxPMY4dLier5LP7H-Vbm__G7PtdCI2wCzfc2YOwTI0rWYGtDFtxOighSsB2_hcAbn6FwDxNL7UziObQwE0/s640/IMG_5676.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCirK_SXoEdL5_YwrH74gjbw3uDY5SrGR2u9dRlGlLTT6tCNGI4N5TfHU5LqxPMY4dLier5LP7H-Vbm__G7PtdCI2wCzfc2YOwTI0rWYGtDFtxOighSsB2_hcAbn6FwDxNL7UziObQwE0/w400-h300/IMG_5676.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The district commissioner watches the carnage develop below. Is he upset? Or is collateral damage part of a plan to separate the UN from the population?</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighhXKkWts5R9sBaCyX51HQbjfdHDcovbD-01RHet5AmvJeOtSxzd_yOJz3ch9K2e4_J7JAXUpaKC29Xsh_oJlL_IDebUP994MN4gvmMc46lqZGLTQWlRhBClegzulBCZjBn1cVAZ1DZc/s640/IMG_5678.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEighhXKkWts5R9sBaCyX51HQbjfdHDcovbD-01RHet5AmvJeOtSxzd_yOJz3ch9K2e4_J7JAXUpaKC29Xsh_oJlL_IDebUP994MN4gvmMc46lqZGLTQWlRhBClegzulBCZjBn1cVAZ1DZc/w400-h300/IMG_5678.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The UN Legionnaires advance and secure the old man to render first aid. </span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSq4dL6QYyy0EOXSEzYJYyFHb353OMLRg0rS_18xPS1CIzRxQ1XKsZUJS4pK16SoGYyOq5OXmTUXF2O_LyLqMQW4y5KUgAvCq4US2XaFaUvAKP9PhI-jHMtgWxO-vWm7Sn5WCsPTd4JCw/s640/IMG_5683.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSq4dL6QYyy0EOXSEzYJYyFHb353OMLRg0rS_18xPS1CIzRxQ1XKsZUJS4pK16SoGYyOq5OXmTUXF2O_LyLqMQW4y5KUgAvCq4US2XaFaUvAKP9PhI-jHMtgWxO-vWm7Sn5WCsPTd4JCw/w400-h300/IMG_5683.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">A lance of Legionnaires clears the corner where the insurgents appeared and secures a hot spot to shut it down.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydj71OQsE2aRyqn8wm0tGNHl-nzyhZSi5PESJJtdBP63YugL7yn7GJcrB7AMFxcMmVPBkxI__0X3EgWAjwUBUGIb-WFAPs8K7C_SgB-XotVtx8Yl9NZE9FZAa5trWwCFeor2f0JoeW60/s640/IMG_5684.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydj71OQsE2aRyqn8wm0tGNHl-nzyhZSi5PESJJtdBP63YugL7yn7GJcrB7AMFxcMmVPBkxI__0X3EgWAjwUBUGIb-WFAPs8K7C_SgB-XotVtx8Yl9NZE9FZAa5trWwCFeor2f0JoeW60/w400-h300/IMG_5684.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The Legionnaires who helped the old man render first aid. Luckily, they roll a '6' and he's not hurt at all, saving the UN a bunch of lost Victory Points.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCljLN2gridbIf2tSlKlOz1cfWqNRCGWCPevm0NeYbHt52bpUgEzfH1L5ojieVUKk9bpcamwZDsTfCkRi_r1TqTTeBapaLh6kX9MxIpFPfzqTuf8WrhJlCQPm5jOfZDJHGrg5UtxshWI/s640/IMG_5685.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrCljLN2gridbIf2tSlKlOz1cfWqNRCGWCPevm0NeYbHt52bpUgEzfH1L5ojieVUKk9bpcamwZDsTfCkRi_r1TqTTeBapaLh6kX9MxIpFPfzqTuf8WrhJlCQPm5jOfZDJHGrg5UtxshWI/w400-h300/IMG_5685.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">As two Legion lances advance down the dirt road to secure the hovercraft site, one breaks off into a compound to secure a potential insurgent hotspot.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5HvVZEhGZ5EbWdSKVsx7yReZJv0BpMSmzCYGYM31dQ5bRS2lIRla-e1NbW8hROQwryh3DRBtqcLAp19oKMjtS0iqmOoGsdCN3IGFWSMc_ekHztQsIayvP5DGFtbU7f3HQ3KTVIUILeE/s640/IMG_5686.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj5HvVZEhGZ5EbWdSKVsx7yReZJv0BpMSmzCYGYM31dQ5bRS2lIRla-e1NbW8hROQwryh3DRBtqcLAp19oKMjtS0iqmOoGsdCN3IGFWSMc_ekHztQsIayvP5DGFtbU7f3HQ3KTVIUILeE/w400-h300/IMG_5686.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Legionnaires in action.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19RRmMgTuIxEIrNg5s9KcYp8fHRsZ9Xpb_-RhxqPH6HbzVOKxpp5cOtUuxtpLtYVWDLRQi867c-scL9HJzl-q3kPXPcQKaWvtdF2Kc_A1P69BFIw48rqH3B6ZEjZr0yNv0DsMEzuUtPE/s640/IMG_5687.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi19RRmMgTuIxEIrNg5s9KcYp8fHRsZ9Xpb_-RhxqPH6HbzVOKxpp5cOtUuxtpLtYVWDLRQi867c-scL9HJzl-q3kPXPcQKaWvtdF2Kc_A1P69BFIw48rqH3B6ZEjZr0yNv0DsMEzuUtPE/w400-h300/IMG_5687.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately, pushing that lance of Legionnaires to secure the hotspot took them off of Overwatch, and a cell of insurgents try to exploit it by opening fire on the Legion fire team moving in the open without support.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA1m6QwyatoHKjExpoTHwi8iolElRJGkUGOPo9j3cJdw58RekXdGYLGYetS9HiE6K4GVWiB4FLEFwuO0yVr2XxZB9dScRCd51dFgjjOuMDiLGY9j0_G8R7YAx6KfPKxBKS9Xc0lc7L7A/s640/IMG_5688.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuA1m6QwyatoHKjExpoTHwi8iolElRJGkUGOPo9j3cJdw58RekXdGYLGYetS9HiE6K4GVWiB4FLEFwuO0yVr2XxZB9dScRCd51dFgjjOuMDiLGY9j0_G8R7YAx6KfPKxBKS9Xc0lc7L7A/w400-h300/IMG_5688.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately for the insurgents, they draw a Fog of War card and suffer a morale failure … call it a total eclipse of the heart.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73D2Qewwbw7sDG1o0u0vH2R8HNvr-by96CN2ASmNE06NkeUOe6XCnxd99V-T1Bkd89DOfJZ28KSImurzP4pDwkrLb9Sp_8ui3WhphyphenhyphentqeJtin2ixesPt5sNKIQqzO-593HUhXPGP-v6E/s640/IMG_5689.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi73D2Qewwbw7sDG1o0u0vH2R8HNvr-by96CN2ASmNE06NkeUOe6XCnxd99V-T1Bkd89DOfJZ28KSImurzP4pDwkrLb9Sp_8ui3WhphyphenhyphentqeJtin2ixesPt5sNKIQqzO-593HUhXPGP-v6E/w400-h300/IMG_5689.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">… and take two casualties.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKl3sYrdIMevzwWpis8xcGguVlfPP2iDRYT720acD2eH8Oa8oQbvf92bkNY1oazwBtKfqrTSpfVkAbJTGxZ-_tYCgU34uGanf_XqNBwDzPDQYiyKO7WFLroAS7L7L0Ir89EKA-GUHOKaA/s640/IMG_5690.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKl3sYrdIMevzwWpis8xcGguVlfPP2iDRYT720acD2eH8Oa8oQbvf92bkNY1oazwBtKfqrTSpfVkAbJTGxZ-_tYCgU34uGanf_XqNBwDzPDQYiyKO7WFLroAS7L7L0Ir89EKA-GUHOKaA/w400-h300/IMG_5690.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">With a firefight breaking out, the district commissioner gets off of his roof and meets up with his security detail.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibxZF9ErNefwRpEYgafEt0_qvqtzQz3zm4w0C1bX3zmu0Xke52As6CPekHhAtqcrXAvNSquYi7tSixfXBU75Oxlfl8NXDxlPUKqLF0vNpV3hQbH9LqPzEid0KwY0GNyjDkfB93sXGmUrY/s640/IMG_5693.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibxZF9ErNefwRpEYgafEt0_qvqtzQz3zm4w0C1bX3zmu0Xke52As6CPekHhAtqcrXAvNSquYi7tSixfXBU75Oxlfl8NXDxlPUKqLF0vNpV3hQbH9LqPzEid0KwY0GNyjDkfB93sXGmUrY/w400-h300/IMG_5693.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">One UN Legionnaire goes down to enemy fire. Buddy aid would put him back in the fight.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cddlcvgzyWYwI67T1v52V9uw2yQo23fzRHbHoI_vnG1372hOL-3NlMWncT_q4ljfN8cT_QdWVLdgiI-TPb1nP54Cq6ytAzPvLwD5TmKGFDCFf2xTPg3ICXv-Gum8NdiLb3oSFbtEbcI/s640/IMG_5694.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_cddlcvgzyWYwI67T1v52V9uw2yQo23fzRHbHoI_vnG1372hOL-3NlMWncT_q4ljfN8cT_QdWVLdgiI-TPb1nP54Cq6ytAzPvLwD5TmKGFDCFf2xTPg3ICXv-Gum8NdiLb3oSFbtEbcI/w400-h300/IMG_5694.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The insurgent team under fire decides to break contact after taking casualties.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG3iYZaH8iAUqABm4tIcjmA3wv5b4ReKw9q8SThEQDMfD1laN2icqxbTNsrz6B1XMuqQj32SdeH69iic_2h7M0yqW1iqHoPn3ZIj-N1fNzdaivROs9Z7DXmLWASGjYYL4xLe3KewCXiQ/s640/IMG_5695.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieG3iYZaH8iAUqABm4tIcjmA3wv5b4ReKw9q8SThEQDMfD1laN2icqxbTNsrz6B1XMuqQj32SdeH69iic_2h7M0yqW1iqHoPn3ZIj-N1fNzdaivROs9Z7DXmLWASGjYYL4xLe3KewCXiQ/w400-h300/IMG_5695.jpg" width="400" /></span></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Meanwhile, on the southern road, another lance of Legionnaires advances to try to flank the insurgent position.</span><br /></div><u><span></span></u><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkQjek-07KDdq31U3w4B2e4zhY03vCAi03pPk0EsZhziwxXFG5Fasg9hUSj4EiRy2EGjN9xW4VexdyEUKs_wasF2r9m1tpkGC3urwSHMfSRe2WqJr1d9wLWOPNir8zIRd8smuVt55Z9c/s640/IMG_5719.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkkQjek-07KDdq31U3w4B2e4zhY03vCAi03pPk0EsZhziwxXFG5Fasg9hUSj4EiRy2EGjN9xW4VexdyEUKs_wasF2r9m1tpkGC3urwSHMfSRe2WqJr1d9wLWOPNir8zIRd8smuVt55Z9c/w400-h300/IMG_5719.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">An insurgent team emerges from cover to fire on the flanking UN lance, but loses initiative and one man.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNUGa481K07Lc-zs6cXB9Ka8ZDZSRQ304PZ9TX8662odAb43mRAV2-VBuoE3Df00AVuzgRJ70j73q6j1MyJb2U2OvgoD7jzUDLqb-r4CMIz-vloR-9QuOFeDo8VI8Hq516wbaugtGh3Q/s640/IMG_5720.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTNUGa481K07Lc-zs6cXB9Ka8ZDZSRQ304PZ9TX8662odAb43mRAV2-VBuoE3Df00AVuzgRJ70j73q6j1MyJb2U2OvgoD7jzUDLqb-r4CMIz-vloR-9QuOFeDo8VI8Hq516wbaugtGh3Q/w400-h300/IMG_5720.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The fleeing insurgents make good their escape.</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfZbiI1M0wcB1aeJOaCdXpxKSzaUpu8VsaZDBYNQBDdD4iDzuPxh5Ne7a0Me9gOaS0v3hoME5Nnu6kJMIxvqf-F4lw1vkvK1EN-OO0c75Sivj04tRyxvzUgQpJkM_0ZWgpYV7ZDGqIKU/s640/IMG_5722.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfZbiI1M0wcB1aeJOaCdXpxKSzaUpu8VsaZDBYNQBDdD4iDzuPxh5Ne7a0Me9gOaS0v3hoME5Nnu6kJMIxvqf-F4lw1vkvK1EN-OO0c75Sivj04tRyxvzUgQpJkM_0ZWgpYV7ZDGqIKU/w400-h300/IMG_5722.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">The forward-most lance of Legionnaires makes contact with the stranded hover craft driver.</span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKnlSmztj4X3q71OwZ1t3YwMrR9qMPhtbyfjQ1rlQRlPim1xCaC63B6wkGM-OMR1Eq_BSc8oKEDz_M9a9Utrw6Ak8_esiREW-YZLhm0X2caMp4LJaDBAulwlh1RpADGbgD2mGS59r1nlU/s640/IMG_5724.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKnlSmztj4X3q71OwZ1t3YwMrR9qMPhtbyfjQ1rlQRlPim1xCaC63B6wkGM-OMR1Eq_BSc8oKEDz_M9a9Utrw6Ak8_esiREW-YZLhm0X2caMp4LJaDBAulwlh1RpADGbgD2mGS59r1nlU/w400-h300/IMG_5724.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">"Man, am I glad to see you guys!"</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGl8493yMPmmzrFyAy1yV5ArOKvEBOxBLUZT1p0_gCmfsaRoEcZGgRr9CAjqFtfift0lo822p6oXI0CoS2mSaVApS3RzWcFFxeTj2mFEt289AYZi_qdQdOQ7jT5hIcFH7kepL0svBNq4/s640/IMG_5729.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjDGl8493yMPmmzrFyAy1yV5ArOKvEBOxBLUZT1p0_gCmfsaRoEcZGgRr9CAjqFtfift0lo822p6oXI0CoS2mSaVApS3RzWcFFxeTj2mFEt289AYZi_qdQdOQ7jT5hIcFH7kepL0svBNq4/w400-h300/IMG_5729.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Another lance of Legionnaires secures the area.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqp2lcN4rvKsuiDJuPwyanXQ7CGNiORZ1NzFBQ7Wmez2sUGfHdWnu5b-mDILuld1D5yi_324wy8m_V3re0yoWin40aD0wI16GyoFIAxmb26CtIFZN_Ti4-7TWtDE9562ctJzUfkzeDac/s640/IMG_5733.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtqp2lcN4rvKsuiDJuPwyanXQ7CGNiORZ1NzFBQ7Wmez2sUGfHdWnu5b-mDILuld1D5yi_324wy8m_V3re0yoWin40aD0wI16GyoFIAxmb26CtIFZN_Ti4-7TWtDE9562ctJzUfkzeDac/w400-h300/IMG_5733.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">Legionnaires in action.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">In the post-game phase, all UN casualties recovered and one lance gained the ability to look at the top of the Fog of War card deck and decide whether or not to shuffle those cards to the bottom of the deck.</span></div><div><span></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span><br /></div><div><span style="color: black; font-family: verdana;">This was a successful first outing with the Tomorrow's War rules. As with Force on Force, the game flowed well and the outcomes met the common sense test. Looking forward to the next game in the campaign!</span></div>Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-6191427296141584872020-05-25T17:09:00.000-07:002020-05-25T17:12:30.539-07:00Modern Warfare: Alien Invasion, Chapter 3 - Milk Run<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Milk Run</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Carthage, Missouri</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">D + 9</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">In the early days, before they were openly raiding cities
and leveling towns, the aliens emerged cautiously.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>At first, much of their activity was to
gather food.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Apparently, their crashed
ships didn’t have sufficient food stores on board.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">They also like beef.<span style="margin: 0px;">
</span>This raised a lot of questions about whether the stories of cows being
mysteriously eviscerated before the invasion were from advance parties or not.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">In the end, it doesn’t really matter.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">There I was, getting some gas on the way back in town.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This was at the station across from the
Parsons farm.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">***Operator:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>911,
what’s your emergency?</span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Hey, you should
get some cops out here.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>There are – I’m
not crazy or making this up – aliens trying to take a cow from the Parsons
place.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Route 93.</span><br />
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already have city and county units on the way, and we think the National Guard
is coming, too.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Please stay on the
line.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Some of our radio connections have
been jammed, we may need you to provide an update.</span></div>
<span style="font-family: "calibri";"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">Me:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Sure, whatever…<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Okay, there’s a bunch of cops pulling
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Oh, man, things
just got sporty.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Old man Parsons and his
kids are taking shots at the aliens from their barn!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">***Operator:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>What’s
going on?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I can’t reach any of our
units?</span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Well, never mind
about old man Parsons.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The aliens didn’t
care for that at all…</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">***Operator:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Okay,
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Oh, man, a
helicopter just flew over and fired at the aliens!<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Are you doing this?<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Please tell them to keep it up!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">***Operator:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>No,
sir.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Like I said, communications are
tough.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I’m surprised I can talk to you.</span></div>
<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Oh, one of the
cops is down.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Definitely send the
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">***Operator:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Thank
you, sir.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I’ll make sure EMS is on the
way.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me: Thank goodness that cop is okay. And the State Troopers arrived with the National Guard.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me: The aliens are on the move, but our boys are too. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">It turned into a mad rush at that point. Our boys were spoiling for a fight. And the aliens were trying to abscond with Old Man Parsons' cows.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me: The aliens are dropping! We've got 'em on the run!</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me: There's just a few of them left! Our boys are winning!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Me: Hooray! The boys did it!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">This was the third game in the Modern Warfare: Alien Invasion series - here's posts <a href="https://beast44a.blogspot.com/2016/05/modern-warfare-alien-invasion-chapter-1.html" target="_blank">one</a> and <a href="https://beast44a.blogspot.com/2016/06/alien-invasion-chapter-2-hold-line.html" target="_blank">two</a>. This is the first using Tomorrow's War, the Ambush Alley sci-fi wargame.</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">If you browse this blog at all, you'll note that I've probably played and posted more Force on Force AARs than anyone else on the internet. The commonality between the two systems is strong - Tomorrow's War is basically Force on Force with some technology-specific tweaks to account for a sci-fi setting.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We'll be sticking with Tomorrow's War. The game flowed well and we were all used to how the Ambush Alley system is supposed to play.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">As for the gameplay, the Tech Level advantage of the aliens worked for them until it didn't, and then they were overwhelmed by numbers and some bad rolls. A good time was had by all, and we plan to get some non-40k aliens and start a campaign using the Tomorrow's War campaign system.</span></div>
Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-36947286062648681272020-01-19T10:19:00.002-08:002020-01-19T10:22:54.085-08:00Special Ops Extraction<div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0in;">
<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; margin: 0px;">We tried
a new mission type for our latest Force on Force game, a special operations
team extracting an enemy VIP in the Middle East. In this case, it's a
scientist with deadly WMD knowledge who the terrorists would rather kill than
surrender to the Americans who came to retrieve him forcibly. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="margin: 0px;">This game
took place at night, with visibility limited to 18 inches for the terrorists,
who lack night vision goggles (NVGs). The eleven operators are d10 Troop
Quality, d12 Morale, and the terrorists are d6 TQ and d10 Morale. The
four-man team moving with the scientist, the transport team, suffered the
Dependent penalty and could not make a Rapid Move. The overwatch team was
set up outside the compound ready to move back to the extraction vehicles at
the far end of the board.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The vehicles
were being guarded by three female operators that eldest daughter wanted to
paint while her brothers were painting. Eventually, she'll have five of
them, so they'll be </span><a href="https://pulpfiction.fandom.com/wiki/Fox_Force_Five"><span style="color: blue;">Fem Force Five</span></a><span style="margin: 0px;">, but until she finishes a couple more they'll just be the
Fem Force Three.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The
chances of the terrorists sounding the alarm increased with each turn - roll a
d6 and get a 6 on turn 2, get a 5 on turn 3, and so on.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="margin: 0px;">Here is
the compound where we had just liberated the scientist over the dead bodies of
his two guards.</span><span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></div>
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<span style="margin: 0px;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;">The plan was to take the back road and avoid detection. <span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The overwatch team began to move, but a unit
on the roadside saw them, and we knew we were in for a long night.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="margin: 0px;">The overwatch team exchanged a round of fire
with the enemy fire team that had identified them, and the whole neighborhood
was alerted.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span></span><span style="margin: 0px;">We shot all but the leader of the squad, but took a casualty of
our own - one of our men was wounded but living.</span></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; margin: 0px;">That
brought their reinforcements moving toward us.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The
ensuing round of fire gave the overwatch team another casualty.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The
overwatch team pulled back behind the corner of the objective building and made
successful wound checks at the beginning of the next turn – no wound for one
casualty, a light wound for the other.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; margin: 0px;">The
overwatch team quickly recovered and went on the offensive, laying low the
enemy fire team blocking the transport team’s movement.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">And both teams moved out of the target compound and into the
street…</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Another group of terrorists emerged to confront the
assembled fire teams, but got shot down in short order.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Of course, this just brought more terrorists out of the
woodwork…</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Another terrorist cell encountered the firepower of the two
fireteams, dropping a number of fresh casualties on the ground.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">More importantly, however, we had to worry about enemies
lying in wait on the rooftops along the extraction route.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">The terrorists also got their act together and called in a
technical that came barreling down the road.</span></div>
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more exchanges of fire, they reached the extraction vehicles being guarded by
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Post-script:<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>This was
a closer game than the above report really shows.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>On several occasions the advanced first aid
chart that elite troops use in Force on Force saved the operators.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>Both fire teams were slugging along with
wounded troops and were a bad roll away from mission failure on several
occasions.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>I feel like this was about
the limit for Troop Quality d10 regulars versus TQ d6 irregulars.<span style="margin: 0px;"> </span>The game system really does balance differing
troop types well.</span></div>
Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-53232122415304547852019-10-20T05:09:00.000-07:002019-10-20T05:09:59.788-07:00Final Assault on Zawiya, 10 March 2011This battle follows up two previous games I've played in the Libyan Civil War's opening in March of 2011. In <a href="http://beast44a.blogspot.com/2014/08/libya-outskirts-of-zawiya.html" target="_blank">Outskirts of Zawiya</a>, a reinforced platoon of Ghaddafi's loyalist forces rolled toward the rebelling city and mopped up resistance. In <a href="http://beast44a.blogspot.com/2015/03/libyan-civil-war-zawiya-city-center-8.html" target="_blank">Zawiya City Center, 8 March 2011</a>, the army and rebels fought to a standstill over a contested patch of the cityscape.<br />
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In this battle, Ghaddafi's elite Khamis Brigade, along with some regulars from other units, make a push to consolidate control over the rebellious city. A platoon of government infantry with BMP-1s in support advances into the heart of the contested urban area with several dozen insurgents in opposition.<br />
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The Khamis Brigade troops wear red berets, and are Troop Quality d8, Morale d10. The other government forces are TQ d6, Morale d8. Son #1 had the government troops and I ran the insurgents.<br />
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The government forces pose for a platoon photo before they head into the contested neighborhood.<br />
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The government forces are off to the races, with Khamis Brigade leaders signaling a general advance.<br />
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Insurgents lie in wait.<br />
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An insurgent sniper team stands ready to pick off government troops.<br />
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A government machine gun team takes to the roof of a building to establish an intermediate support by fire position.<br />
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The machine gun team and the snipers lying in wait spot each other, the MG team wins initiative and keeps the snipers either wounded or suppressed.<br />
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View from the MG team - insurgent team lying in wait beyond the wall in the distance.<br />
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...and the government forces take casualties in their assembly area...<br />
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...and insurgent RPG fire is directed at the crucial MG team on the rooftop.<br />
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More insurgents advance to counter the government troops.<br />
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An insurgent team at the top of the mosque loses initiative and takes a shot from the BMP-1.<br />
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Reverse view of the now-remodeled mosque roof.<br />
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CASEVAC of the MG team member injured by artillery fire.<br />
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The insurgents get hit with a Fog of War card that strips them of artillery support:<br />
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Line of sight check on the government left flank. The insurgents lose the initiative check and take casualties.<br />
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Similar results on the government right flank...<br />
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Government forces pouring into the neighborhood.<br />
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A Fog of War card brings an insurgent MG team into the fight, complete with the Punisher-themed gunner here.<br />
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Insurgents race across an alleyway and shed several troops in the process.<br />
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A Fog of War card largely neutralizes a key insurgent team.<br />
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Government BMP advances with infantry support.<br />
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Son #1 talked about moving an MG-heavy squad of Khamis Brigade troops to a roof to establish another intermediate support by fire position. I was skeptical - I didn't think they would have good line of sight from the proposed position, and I warned him that even if they did, they could end up taking on an overwhelming number of insurgents.<br />
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I was wrong. He put the squad on a rooftop, and they won a series of initiative checks and lay waste to several insurgent teams.<br />
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Here's some of their handiwork:<br />
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Government forces storm an insurgent position previously neutralized by a Fog of War card. It's a bloodbath for the insurgents.<br />
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Government forces take casualties during their advance.<br />
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Two insurgents with RPGs jump out from behind a corner and try to take out a government BMP. They lose initiative and pay the price.<br />
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Government forces turn the corner and open up their advance on the left flank. Insurgent forces have been largely broken by this point.<br />
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The dead insurgents stacked up...<br />
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This game went a bit differently than I expected, but we had a great time and it largely reflected what happened in the early phases of the Libyan Civil War.Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-11208964339581469972019-03-18T20:30:00.000-07:002019-03-18T20:30:58.486-07:00Elhiem Elite Taliban and RPG Gunners PaintedI’ve got a couple of games played and awaiting write-ups, but haven’t found the time to get them done. In the meantime, here’s some pics of some Elhiem minis I’ve painted, I think they came out rather well:<br />
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Hope to get the battles they fought in posted soon. Stay tuned!Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-22420232334580157222019-02-15T08:46:00.000-08:002019-02-15T08:47:12.455-08:00Risk: Europe Playtest<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Was happy to get Risk: Europe for my boys this Christmas, and we broke it out and kicked the proverbial tires.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">My boys have played Medieval: Total War II a fair amount, so this was historically familiar to them. There's already an excellent write-up over at <a href="http://hordesofthethings.blogspot.com/2019/01/risk-europe.html" target="_blank">The Stronghold Rebuilt</a> on the miniatures, so if you want to use the included four factions of medieval miniatures in about 1/72 or 20mm, go check that out. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The basics: Four factions fight for control of a map of Europe with major cities giving certain advantages in income when taxed, levying troops, or other resource management buffs. The game runs until one player gets the requisite number of crowns for owning capital cities such as London, Paris, Madrid, etc.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">We played with three players, and the rules tell you that in such instances the fourth army must be fielded, but as a mercenary faction. Players bid to control the mercenary faction, forcing them to balance their own force requirements versus the advantage of controlling an x-factor ally.</span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">- If you ever wanted an analog version of Medieval: Total War, this is your game.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">- The rules are great. The crown cities all add buffs that facilitate resource management decisions and sharp competition between players. The combat rules provide a stripped-down yet elegant medieval combat system. With some command rules or activation mechanics added on, this could seriously be the basis of a wargame not on a Risk board but on a large gaming table.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">- This is a gateway drug for getting your friends into wargaming. A nuanced version of a game that they already know that could definitely lead them into other tabletop strategy games.</span>Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-60862846868556805652019-02-09T04:44:00.000-08:002019-02-09T04:44:16.502-08:0040k with the Family<span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Made a family trip back home, which gave my boys a chance to play some Warhammer 40k with their cousins, my brother's boys. My boys have slowly developing Black Templar and Ultramarine 40k armies, while their oldest cousin has a large collection of Eldar and Harlequin forces. <span style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; background-color: transparent; display: inline !important; float: none; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: left; text-decoration: none; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">The boys also used this opportunity to exchange gifts with their cousins, which of course included 40k units for each other.</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">He's in the compound at top right of the map below, and the US forces start at the bottom. Militia cells stand between the US forces and victory.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">US troops secure a building in anticipation of the advance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The militia headquarters compound.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">A militia cell got spotted by US troops on a rooftop, and promptly dropped to American fire.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">An insurgent cell lays shot up in the foreground after losing an initiative roll and getting pasted by the Americans.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Another insurgent cell bites the dust.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The two Humvees reinforcing the US troops rush forward, perhaps recklessly, to engage a courtyard full of insurgents in a courtyard.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Humvee gambit works, but one is at half mobility and the other at half firepower.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Aerial view of the American advance.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Insurgents rush from their headquarters to take up a better defensive position, but there's a US Humvee at the far end of the street...</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The insurgents lose initiative, and are lucky to lose only one man to the .50 caliber fire.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The insurgents completed their run across the street, but they roll some ones on their morale check - this causes additional shrinkage of two more insurgents who decide they have a better place to be and are taken off the board. The cell is also frozen due to a failed morale check. Did I mention that the insurgents have failed pretty much every roll this game?</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Collateral damage. A pickup truck goes up in the exchange of fire.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Americans set up the Humvees in overwatch on their leftmost axis of advance and start to push to their objective.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The building at left of shot fills up with newly arrived insurgents...</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Well, I've never seen so one-sided a game. Every die roll, from reinforcements to initiative to shooting, went the Americans' way. The boys playing had a good time, but I'll have to recalibrate this scenario if we play it again.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">If you want to see a library of other games set in Iraq that aren't so one-sided, check out my <a href="https://beast44a.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" target="_blank">Force on Force: Iraq page</a>, where I've already added this game.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Bit of a belated Christmas game post here. This game pits the followers of Krampus, the Christmas beastman/demon that enjoys popularity in Germany, against Santa Claus and his Elves, with some raiding Dwarves that are hoping to loot Santa's workshop. Krampus is tired of playing second fiddle to the jolly old elf, and it's time to settle the score. This was also an excellent opportunity to use our newly assembled gingerbread houses for terrain.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The Elves got victory points for keeping Santa out of Beastman hands and protecting their packages. The Beastmen got points for getting Santa - more alive for public humiliation, dead is okay as well - and for killing both elves and dwarves. The dwarves got more points for gathering presents, but some smaller amounts for enemy casualties. I had the dwarves, my oldest boy had the elves, and the younger son the beastmen.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Rules (skip if you don't care about mechanics and just want to see the action): In my test games with Fistful of Lead: Galactic Heroes - <a href="https://beast44a.blogspot.com/2019/01/galactic-heroes-first-game-and-review.html" target="_blank">Game 1</a> and <a href="https://beast44a.blogspot.com/2019/01/galactic-heroes-test-play-and-review.html" target="_blank">Game 2</a> - the action devolved into a bloody mess, and the mostly identical stats for each mini contributed to this dynamic.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">For our first Christmas-themed game, I wanted to do something different. Building off of the existing setting for the <a href="https://beast44a.blogspot.com/p/campaign-for-darkened-wood.html" target="_blank">Campaign for the Darkened Wood</a>, my fantasy Savage Worlds Showdown setting, I decided to use the stats from Savage Worlds with the activation cards from Fistful of Lead: Galactic Heroes. This fixed what I perceived as a weak point for the FFoL rules, the amount of differentiation between minis. Dwarves are stout and good in melee, Elves are good with a bow but weak in melee, and the followers of Krampus (beastmen) are fast and tough to kill. I know there are ways to make the FFoL rules provide some of this crunch, but it’s already been done in Savage Worlds and I didn’t see a need to reinvent the wheel.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The elves have dropped one beastman with a well-placed arrow. The elven swordmaster rushes forward to confront the beastmen. He leaves one beastman shaken, but there's a lot of mad fur around him.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The dwarves advance into the village square, rushing to get the presents.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Santa, foreground, takes to flight and depends on his elves to create time for him to escape.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The beastmen rush forward over fallen elves.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The elven chieftain confronts one of the beastmen, and gets a helping hand from one of the dwarves.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Santa continues his run for the edge of the field.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The dwarves who were helping the elven chieftain abandoned him, and now Krampus wounds him and knocks him down.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">The dwarven wizard blasted the elf above and to the right of him with a magic missile. In retaliation, the elf at top center of the photo fired an arrow that dropped the dwarf wizard. A second elf then followed up with another arrow, a coup de grace that ended Stumpy Gandalf's run of good luck. Dastardly!</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">1. I may never play Savage Worlds Showdown by the written rules again. As written, cards are drawn for each unit instead of dealt to a player who gets to choose which mini or unit gets activated by a particular card. Dealing hands to each player and allowing them to activate minis in turn both allowed the sequencing of actions and let the special card properties play out. It lets players make choices that make the game exciting, which is what it's all about.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">2. I like the crunch of the Savage Worlds stats. The troop strengths and weaknesses and exploding dice made for an exciting game.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">3. We had a great time with our Christmas game. Definitely a new family tradition.</span></div>
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Following up my <a href="https://beast44a.blogspot.com/2019/01/galactic-heroes-first-game-and-review.html" target="_blank">previous post where we playtested Fistful of Lead: Galactic Heroes (GH), </a>we closed out that experience with some imbalance between teams. We decided to give three factions even odds, with a Psionic and war walker each, and several normal troopers to round out each team.</div>
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We returned to our grim, dark setting perhaps in the year 40,000 or so. This time, the Emperor's elites, the high-tech Tor, and the savage Ornks were vying for a flex compactor, an essential component for the Doom Moon, a large battle station that could change the balance of power in the universe.</div>
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Mediocre results from my war walker's flamer - I had hoped to clear the table of Tor resistance, no such luck.</div>
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The Tor psyker decides it's a good idea to charge my war walker and engage in close combat. This doesn't pan out as hoped, as he is wounded and knocked down.</div>
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My war walker gets shot by Tor troopers and retreats. My psyker runs forward and delivers a coup de grace, finishing off his Tor counterpart.</div>
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Some fresh Tor who hadn't engaged in the fight move forward and kill my Psyker and wound my war walker with accurate fire. This game's pretty much over.</div>
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We called the game at this point. Both the Imperial and Ornk factions were shot to pieces and the Tor had two warriors who had largely sat out the fight and were fresh. Victory for the Tor.</div>
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1. As with my first game, this one turned into a scrum where all sides ended up depleted by casualties. All troopers default to d10 skill, and all had rifles, so there's not a lot of differentiation in troop capability. The longer range of the Tor rifles definitely distinguished them and gave an advantage.<br />
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2. The addition of a psyker and war walker to each faction kept things even between factions, but I like that no mini is impervious to harm or too overpowered. If it bleeds, someone can kill it.<br />
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Exit note: this game was played in December. Next post will be a likewise belated Christmas game post, with a mashup of Fistful of Lead activation cards, but Savage Worlds Showdown mini stats.</div>
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Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-33860943376209995872019-01-27T13:08:00.002-08:002019-01-27T13:08:26.669-08:00Good ReadsI've added a number of links to other wargaming blogs, visible when you look at the right-hand side of my blog in the <a href="https://beast44a.blogspot.com/m=0" target="_blank">Web Version</a>.<br />
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Among them are some good reads, with bits of worldbuilding and continued adventures. Some hand-picked examples:<br />
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MiniMetalMayhem's <a href="http://minimetalmayhem.blogspot.com/search/label/Tomorrow%27s%20War" target="_blank">Tomorrow's War collection</a> is a great read.<br />
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You should also check out his <a href="http://minimetalmayhem.blogspot.com/search/label/Zombie" target="_blank">Zombie posts</a>, with several very fun game write-ups.<br />
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For worldbuilding, you'd be hard-pressed to beat <a href="http://irishserb.blogspot.com/p/after-post-apocalypse.html" target="_blank">IrishSerb's After: Tales of the Post-Apocalypse.</a>.<br />
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You can also read my modern combat chronicles, played in Force on Force, organized by theater of combat. Each theater page lists the games in their logical chronological order:<br />
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<a href="https://beast44a.blogspot.com/p/blog-page.html" style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">Force on Force: Iraq</a><br />
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<a href="https://beast44a.blogspot.com/p/force-on-force-other-theaters.html" style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">Force on Force: Afghanistan</a><br />
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<a href="https://beast44a.blogspot.com/p/force-on-force-libyan-revolution.html" style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">Force on Force: Libyan Civil War</a><br />
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<a href="https://beast44a.blogspot.com/p/force-on-force-special-operations.html" style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">Force on Force: Special Operations</a><br />
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<a href="https://beast44a.blogspot.com/p/force-on-force-miscellaneous.html" style="color: #2288bb; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none;">Force on Force: Miscellaneous</a>
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Enjoy!Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-65611410177603563572019-01-02T14:52:00.001-08:002019-01-02T15:01:23.089-08:00Galactic Heroes - First Game and Review<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">I'm happy to say that I was a kickstarter supporter of <a href="https://wiley-games.myshopify.com/" target="_blank">Fistful of Lead: Galactic Heroes</a>. I got my promised game rulebook, activation card deck, galactic codex, vehicle supplement, template, dice, vehicle, and scenery. </span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">If you're not familiar with the game, the original <a href="https://wiley-games.myshopify.com/products/fistful-of-lead-reloaded-downloadable-pdf" target="_blank">Fistful of Lead</a> is a wild west game that uses a card-based activation system and allows you to have several factions on the board, all in competition with each other. The Galactic Heroes version takes the system and expands it to science fiction settings, and the accompanying codex provides sample statistics for a number of popular sci-fi movies, books, and games.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The leader of the Emperor's elite troopers downs a desert raider. The desert raiders advanced constantly into a hail of fire from the Emperor's top hit squad, and suffered casualties accordingly.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Emperor's troopers rain down small arms and rocket launcher fire on the desert raiders. At this point, the desert raider player opted to restart his faction, which the rules allow to happen with the caveat that the reborn faction loses its advantageous edges.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Tor proved effective in shooting up the local constabulary. The Tor weapons have a range advantage that proved decisive over some of their foes.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Imperial leader makes a check to see if he can recover from his wound (mandatory), and rolls a 1 - the only way he could get put out of action!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Tor war walker, downed again by constabulary fire, is attended to by the Tor Psionic, who heals him.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">The Tor war walker promptly jumps up and fries a constable with his flamer!</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">I recommend blowing this one up to full size. One Imperial commando is wounded and out of ammo a left, the rocket launcher trooper at bottom is shaken, but manages to get a shot off and vaporize one of the local constables. A desert raider is creeping in at right on the rear of the Imperial advance. Complete chaos.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">More chaos. The Tor war walker, now with two wounds, trades fire with opposing constabulary, many sporting wounds of their own.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Eventually, all the factions' forces were worn down by attrition. The last Tor warrior grabbed the droid and made a run for the Tor portal orb (exit point to victory) while the Tor war walker provided covering fire until it ran out of ammo, then served as a barrier to the advancing desert raiders.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: small;">Success! The last Tor warrior takes the droid with the Doom Moon plans through the portal to win the game.</span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">First impressions:</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">- The activation system may be the best selling point for this game. The card-based system lets multiple factions play at the same table, and incorporates bonuses into the flow of the game to create a fun and engaging experience.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">- Though I generally favor longer ranges for shooting weapons, the relatively short ranges given by the Codex that came with GH still managed to shoot up all of the factions. Not sure if I'd change the ranges for weapon effectiveness given the massive attrition that this game produced.</span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">- So far, the one thing missing is a point system. We gave the Emperor's elites and the Tor five troopers each based on their tougher stats, and the desert raiders and constables six troopers each to try to even it out. The Tor Psionic and war walker proved very effective, and the extended range of their weapons also weighed heavily in their favor.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"></span><span style="color: black;"></span><span style="font-size: medium;"></span><span style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"></span><br />
<span style="color: black; font-family: Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: medium;">We resolved to give the system another try, again in the grimdark universe, but to give each faction a Psionic and war walker of their own to even things out. We've played that, and I'll post it as soon as it's written up. More to follow.</span>Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-55174096909945921382018-12-02T19:21:00.000-08:002018-12-02T19:22:43.105-08:00DEFCON ZERO Preview and Test Play<div style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-variant: normal; letter-spacing: normal; margin: 0px; text-align: left; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; word-spacing: 0px;">
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">I had the
opportunity several months ago to meet J. Reid Denton, the man behind </span><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.covertintervention.com/"><span style="color: blue; margin: 0px;">Covert
Intervention Games</span></a></span></u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">' forthcoming </span><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://www.covertintervention.com/pages/defcon-zero"><span style="color: blue; margin: 0px;">DEFCON ZERO</span></a></span></u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">. It's a modern
combat game that hopes to offer fast-playing yet realistic gameplay. I
met up with Reid at </span><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://thegamestavern.com/"><span style="color: blue; margin: 0px;">The
Games Tavern</span></a></span></u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;"> in Chantilly, Virginia not far from Washington
DC. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">In the
spirit of disclosure, I've previously corresponded with Reid via email and have
volunteered to be a Beta tester for DEFCON ZERO. Both Reid and I are
military veterans of deployments to the middle east with the U.S. Army, and I
agreed with much of the game design philosophy that he laid out in <a href="https://www.podbean.com/site/EpisodeDownload/PB6AB14522ZN6" target="_blank">this podcast</a> (also available <a href="https://open.spotify.com/episode/7nxKuHiRmrqDXFZndJVOXo" target="_blank">here</a>). So I've been excited for a while about this game.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">I'm
posting two write-ups below, but here's the Bottom Line Up Front (BLUF) for a
first look at DEFCON ZERO:</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">- The
game uses a unique mission cards system for each player which provides victory conditions
based on mission type. There are four groups of missions - Offense, Defense, Enabling
and Stability with several missions within each group. Cards from within
each of these categories provide varying missions, so a Defense card could task
your force with delaying enemy forces or blocking their progress
entirely. Your opponent doesn't get to see your card, so they don't know
what victory conditions you have and vice versa. So you may be giving
your opponent victory points without knowing it, and vice versa. In the
missions played below, the victory conditions influenced the way we played.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">- The
general flow runs on an action-reaction scheme that allows competing units to
attempt an “interrupt reaction” against the force with iniative in a roll-off
based on Capability Rating. Capability Ratings provide a die type to
roll, from d6 to d12. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">- The
weapon ranges are scaled in cm for effective ranges. Weapon ranges are
what they are in real life in meters (it's a military thing), scaled to the models,
with a centimeter on the board per meter in the world. Your minis'
movement will be measured, accordingly, in centimeters instead of inches.
It's a small nod to realism, and in a world where maximum ranges for rifles end
at the scale equivalent of 50 meters or so in many less realistic games, I
appreciated it. </span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">- Options
for combat optic-equipped shooters which create a bonus to shooting that
amounts to a +1 on their rolls, effectively allowing a 3+ to have a chance of
success against the opponents Combat Rating. I've struggled with how to
incorporate the benefits of optics into my homebrew rules or in-house rules for
other games, and this is a good way to do it that I hadn't thought of.</span></div>
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<span style="color: black; font-family: inherit; font-size: 12pt; margin: 0px;">- The
casualty mechanism creates urgency all its own. Regulars take a d12 roll
(place the die next to the downed mini) to count down one digit each turn to dying, while
irregulars die off or disappear pretty easily. This plays well with the
realities of modern combat and how many casualties first-world nations are
willing to accept. An insurgent force offensive raid mission against a civil
affairs unit on a stability mission can quickly change character entirely into
a mad scramble to prevent Coalition fatalities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">- DEFCON ZERO handles grenades uniquely. As I wrote separately in</span><u><span style="color: blue; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;"><a href="https://beast44a.blogspot.com/2018/06/hhh-modern-warfare-testing-session-1.html" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue; margin: 0px;"> this other post</span></a></span></u><span style="color: black; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; margin: 0px;">, I've been experimenting with my own homebrew rules and the grenades
are different there than in other systems. In Savage Worlds or any other
number of systems, grenades have a blast radius. In Force on Force, an
under-barrel grenade launcher adds an additional die of firepower to the fire
team. I've always thought that this underplayed their
effectiveness. DEFCON ZERO provides a special template which covers
blasts, back blasts, measurements, and more which Reid designed. I don't
have a picture of the template, but it's clear that Reid has put some thought
into how grenades are and aren't effective on the battlefield. (Hint: You don’t
want to be in the lethal radius and ensuring you keep your 10 meter distance
between troops is absolutely critical to not get fragged!)</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Test Play 1: We secured a table and set up a rural desert scene where a U.S. Army infantry squad is guarding a compound at a key road/railroad intersection that insurgents assault. My mission card provided traditional defensive incentives - points for enemy casualties and keeping enemies from advancing to my end of the board.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">"Cobra 31, we have UAV visual on your location."</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">"Cobra 31, looks like you've got company over the hill. We're tasking the UAV to get a better look."</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">"Yup, two squads of fighting-age males with small arms approaching."</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">"Looks more like three squads. Stay frosty - it's coming your way."</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">"Thanks for the heads-up!"</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">As the insurgents crest the hill and move to assault the compound where the Americans are quartered, they lose initiative to the Americans are exposed to an overwhelming amount of firepower and are dropped to a man.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We ran out of time to run this game to completion, but it gave me an opportunity to see how the mechanics work. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Test Play 2: I went back the next day and we were able to run a more complete game. I was playing the Americans again, but this time against regulars from a middle eastern nation that had vehicular support.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">Here's the battlefield from my viewpoint. I've arrayed a couple of squads in buildings anticipating an enemy advance, with a Gustav recoilless rifle and a machine gun team for extra support. I've got an M113 in the rear for CASEVAC/Casualty Collection Point.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">View from my lead squad leader's position on a rooftop in the center of the board and overlooking a key road/railroad intersection.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">I picked up victory points for reporting the advance of this technical and T-72 tank. I failed an initiative roll when the technical crew spotted my guys, but the DShKa gunner missed when he opened fire.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: inherit; font-size: small;">The lead enemy squad crested this hill, but one of my squads won initiative and shot it up. The casualty count-down markers are next to the downed soldiers.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">More casualties for enemy infantry at this compound on their left flank. They've got a mortar team in the compound - on-board artillery that could make a big impact in this fight - but they haven't gotten their act together to successfully employ it</span>.</span></span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">We had to wrap up the game at this point, but I played enough to have a feel for the game.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Exit thoughts: DEFCON ZERO provides a relatively streamlined version of modern combat that's built on the bones of a realistic simulation. This realistic simulation, however, is accomplished without the minutiae of a role-playing game level of detail. The mission cards, and the fact that you don't know exactly what your enemy's goals are, provide an additional touch of realism and a fog of war element that I enjoyed. There's some on-board marker maintenance, such as turning d12 casualty markers down one number at the end of each turn, but no paper tracking of the game beyond victory points. I enjoyed the play-tests and look forward to seeing the finished product.</span></div>
Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-37914579447505268002018-06-14T20:38:00.001-07:002018-06-14T20:38:38.494-07:00HHH Modern Warfare Testing Session 1I've been busy with creating my own set of rules that bridge the gap between a pure skirmish and mass combat, something that could handle a platoon or so of regular troops, with the possibility of mixing in character (PC) heroes and vehicles or other heavy-hitters. Tentatively named Heroes, Heavies, and Hordes, my system uses traditional d4-d20 numerical progression. I've used these rules to play Modern Warfare: Alien Invasion, Chapters <a href="https://beast44a.blogspot.com/2016/05/modern-warfare-alien-invasion-chapter-1.html" target="_blank">1</a> and <a href="https://beast44a.blogspot.com/2016/06/alien-invasion-chapter-2-hold-line.html" target="_blank">2</a>, but I'm still working out the kinks.<br />
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I started my first play-test with just the 'hordes' portion of the rules test, trying out the conventional ground combat to ensure that the basics work in this system before adding anything else. Before I can add superpowered characters, psionic powers, and suits of power armor to the mix, I need to make sure that it can handle modern ground combat.<br />
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For the scenario, two squads of US Army troops (total 18 soldiers) will square off against six insurgent sections of seven men each, with the goal of rescuing a downed pilot stuck in an insurgent-controlled area. Here's the layout:<br />
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US Army fire teams on either side of both of the roads.</div>
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Downed pilot in need of rescue.</div>
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An early round of fire knocks out most of an insurgent cell and chases the surviving two fighters out the back of the building</div>
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Insurgent cell fires on US fire team making a break across some open ground, at far end of shot. They failed to connect and the Americans capitalized on poor insurgent marksmanship.</div>
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Americans in building at left take casualties while dishing out some fire on the insurgents at right. The green stress markers reduce unit efficiency as they accumulate in the turn. The orange markers represent wounded troops, the red markers dead ones.</div>
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Same firefight, reverse angle - US fire team on right, insurgents on left. The first aid skills of the US troops keeps their casualties in the fight, even if wounded. The insurgent cell isn't faring as well.</div>
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The insurgents closest to the downed pilot take casualties in a long-range exchange of fire.</div>
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The same insurgent cell miraculously administers effective first aid and gets back up to fighting strength.</div>
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Of the last two insurgents, one is killed by American fire, and the other is no match for the mass of US firepower on the board.</div>
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1. I need to settle on a morale system. As the game went on, I tinkered with different ideas about how to execute it. The insurgent morale needs to be lowered for factions without leaders. Leaders will add both initiative and morale bonuses to insurgent cells, just as they do to conventional units, but the insurgents will have lower baseline statistics and need leaders to try to keep up with conventional troops.</div>
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2. I need to finalize my first aid system. Still playing with how to handle this.</div>
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3. Optics need to cost more. Right now, rifles have 24"/48"/96" ranges, and the effect of all optics - reflex or magnified - is to double range. This makes optic-equipped rifles deadly in the hands of conventional troops with adequate marksmanship training, and gives them a marked advantage over the insurgents. An overwhelming advantage, almost. At no point did the insurgents ever have much of a fighting chance after the bullets started flying.</div>
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4. Grenade launchers need to cost more. In Force on Force, they just add another die of firepower. When you give them a blast radius, a lucky shot can be a game changer as it was at the end of this play test.</div>
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Overall, not a bad test of the developing rules, but I've got a ways to go.</div>
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Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-75410241281191983442018-06-12T16:41:00.000-07:002018-06-12T16:41:15.124-07:00Star Wars: Legion Test PlayWent to my friendly local gaming store with the boys recently to check out Star Wars: Legion. Here's my brief review based on a test play recreating the Battle of Endor. The Empire and the Rebel Alliance clash over control of the bunker housing the new Death Star's field generator.<br />
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- The Empire had two fire teams' worth of storm troopers, a three-vehicle unit of speeder bikes, and Darth Vader.<br />
- The Rebel Alliance had two fire teams' worth of troopers, an open-topped mini-walker (like an AT-ST, but smaller), and Luke Skywalker.<br />
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The two sides seek cover and exchange fire. The speeder bike trio, partially obscured by the tree trunk at left, advances on the Rebel flank.</div>
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The Rebel troops exchange fire with the storm troopers.</div>
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The speeder bike trio has already been reduced by Rebel fire, and then Skywalker jumps out and cuts down the remaining bike.</div>
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Skywalker seizes the initiative and jumps into melee combat with the nearest storm trooper unit, wiping them out. You can see that the storm trooper team to the right of Vader has taken casualties from accurate Rebel fire.</div>
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Skywalker, however, proved no match for dear old dad. Vader closed the distance and promptly cut Luke down.</div>
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Unfortunately for Vader, the rest of the Empire force has been destroyed by the combined weight of Rebel fire. Now he has to brave the whole weight of Rebel blasters while closing the distance with the Rebel line.</div>
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Vader couldn't close the distance in time. He almost made it, but a lucky streak from the Rebel firing line brought him down.</div>
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A quick run-down of my impressions:</div>
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- Unit activation runs on different command schemes that let a different type and number of units activate, and in different priority. I generally liked it, and prefer it to 40k's system.<br />
- The proprietary dice system is apparently a carryover concept from the X-Wing system. It took a minute to get used to, but I thought it worked well from what I saw.</div>
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- The unit types played true to Star Wars orthodoxy. Vader proved slow moving but a wrecking ball in melee combat. Luke was more agile and still formidable, but unable to go toe-to-toe with his old man. Rebels outshoot storm troopers but don't have the same armor and, hence, ability to soak up damage.</div>
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- I didn't get a chance to really ring out the possibilities that the vehicles might offer. The small-ish board meant that the speed and flanking possibility of the speeder bikes weren't really in play. And they proved surprisingly fragile in the face of Rebel fire.<br />
- I'm not a fan of the scale of the miniatures. The existing Star Wars miniatures used in the 28mm-ish Imperial Assault are much smaller than the Legion line. For perspective, I'm of the mind that anything bigger than 20 or 25mm is ridiculous for anything primarily involving gunfire, and the 32mm/heroic scale figures in Legion go well beyond that. I readily admit that they aren't as complex as 40k minis to assemble, and paint up quite beautifully. I'm just not sold on the size, and was told that the AT-ST model will be as big as 7-11 Big Gulp cup.<br />
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Bottom Line: While enjoyable and more nuanced than some other sci-fi fire team-based games, I personally didn't care for the large scale of the miniatures. I don't plan to invest in the system, but won't be opposed to my boys getting in to it.</div>
Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-55459450575035559562018-05-20T20:53:00.000-07:002018-05-20T20:53:55.688-07:00Frostgrave Campaign, Game 3If this is the first Frostgrave campaign battle report you're seeing, go read the ones for <a href="http://beast44a.blogspot.com/2017/05/frostgrave-campaign-game-1.html" target="_blank">Game 1</a> and <a href="http://beast44a.blogspot.com/2017/05/frostgrave-campaign-game-2.html" target="_blank">Game 2</a>.<br />
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Now that we're all caught up, I'm happy to tell you I played another game against Tony and his Illusionist's band. This scenario is The Silent Tower, where a three-story tower in the middle of the board and two connected buildings form a magic null-field inside which no magic will work. Wizards gain extra xp for climbing at least one story within the tower, and a special treasure on the top of the tower is worth three treasures. Four other normal treasures are scattered around the board.<br />
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As a refresher, here's my band:<br />
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From left to right, the Apprentice (still needs a name), the Gimp, my Wizard (an Elementalist whom I still try to resist calling Stumpy Gandalf), Erik the Beserker, an Orc Barbarian I hired with the proceeds game 1, Freya, Bobbins the Thief, Callie the Archer, and Dain Deepaxe.</div>
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Here's a view of the table from my end. We didn't have a purpose-built tower, so three structures with bridges between the three structures will have to do.</div>
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My Wizard's band at its starting position.</div>
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I start off with a move that takes my Wizard up one level. I probably should have taken him back down one level at this point, haven gotten the xp for going up one level, and put my Wizard back in the fight.</div>
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Tony's band, advancing on the far side of the tower.</div>
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My archer and Tony's spot each other, and my archer fires an arrow that finds home and wounds his archer. My Halfling thief is at right, going for a treasure chest.</div>
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My Wizard and some of my band advance on the first bridge.</div>
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Treachery! My thug, Gimp, is seized by a Mind Control spell cast by Tony's Wizard. The d20 represents the value of the spell. Tony will "cut" his wizard and bleed Health to elevate the effectiveness of his Mind Control spell, a practice which I recommend to those playing Illusionists.</div>
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Tony's Hellhound rushes out to combat my archer.</div>
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While combat ensues on the ground floor, some of my warband ascend the bridges that lead to the upper levels of the structure and treasure that lay there. </div>
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In a series of exchanges with Tony's band, my berserker ends up fighting against my apprentice. Damn mind control.</div>
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Massive fight over treasure between my guys and Tony's guys.</div>
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Broader view of the fight.</div>
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Final end of the fight. My Orc defeats my (mind-controlled by Tony) archer. A pyrrhic victory that crushed much of my band and much of Tony's.</div>
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As time went on and the games progressed, Tony's mind control proved more and more effective, as did my elemental blasts. A well-fought campaign that ended after a few games. Would love to see a league where I had the chance to play this against more varied warbands in different scenarios.</div>
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Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2588911497165357695.post-81498929508731176612017-06-23T07:34:00.000-07:002017-06-23T07:34:54.682-07:00Covert Intervention Reluctant Heroes 1 PaintedAs I said in this <a href="http://beast44a.blogspot.com/2017/05/upcoming-modern-game-defcon-zero.html" target="_blank">previous post</a>, I'm very excited about the forthcoming DEFCON Zero from Covert Intervention Games. I had previously ordered some of their new miniatures from the <a href="https://covert-intervention-games.myshopify.com/collections/arc-reluctant-heroes" target="_blank">Reluctant Heroes</a> line, which features armed civilians. I think this is a niche within the miniatures world generally, and in 20mm/1-72nd scale particularly, that remains under-resourced.<br />
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I've got the <a href="https://covert-intervention-games.myshopify.com/collections/arc-reluctant-heroes/products/reluctant-heroes-1" target="_blank">Reluctant Heroes 1</a> set painted, and here they are in hi-res photos to let you zoom in:<br />
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I'm impressed with the sculpts, and appreciated the opportunity to have a mini running a pump shotgun wearing a shotshell bandolier - zoom on the 'Back' photo, far left.<br />
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Pretty cool minis, which will work into modern pulp, adventure, or zombie settings very well.Beast 44ahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08422921351792961503noreply@blogger.com2