Next gameday will be on the Labour Day long weekend (day TBD)

 

Possible table for one of the scenarios (WIP)

Gameday Pulp Alley

This past game day saw us return to Pulp Alley this time 2nd edition. We also had a new player to the group! The game ran smoothly with only some minor errors and was a great refresher and learning experience. Full AAR can be found HERE.

 

Gameday Sunday June 11th

 So we hopefully meet again.

So far three of us will get together on Sunday for some pulp action! Thankfully I still have a Pulp Alley table set up and a What a Cowboy table set up.

Anyone else interested?

Game day Saturday April 29th

 

So, looks like we are a go for Saturday April 29th to play a variety of games. What with the staggered arrival I will try to set up something for each grouping. I plan to set up 3 game boards!

For the first two players we will try a game of What a Cowboy, or a game of The Walking Dead. I am leaning towards WaC as it promises to be simple quick play rules. Maybe we can get a few games in of it.

When our third member arrives we will no doubt shift to Pulp Alley. I am thinking about trying out one of two scenarios from the scenario book.

Finally once our last attendee arrives we may yet shift to a board game, certainly a short one as our first attendee must depart around 6pm. Hopefully a longer game can be played for the remainder of the evening (assuming the players can stay late enough) The suggestion of another game of Spartacus certainly sounds good to me! 

An actual gaming day! Boardgames, boardgames, boardgames

 

So three of us sat down to watch gladiators die for our pleasure while we tried to backstab each other. We went with the shorter version of the game as it had been a long time since we had played this game. It wound up being pretty quick to pickup and provided a couple of hours of good amoral entertainment. While there is a slight problem with the actual gladiator matches the rest of the game offers a lot of play value. The game also flows pretty fast the turn sequence is tight, you have opportunities to carry out intrigues against your opponents but not so many chances in a turn that the turn bogs down. 

After Spartacus we broke for dinner, and the two remaining players returned and played a game of Sentinels of the Multiverse and Undaunted Normandy. 

A good time had by all, hopefully we can get another day set up sooner than later!

Next game day and update regarding Pulp Alley game from our last session

 Looks like next game day will be Sunday September 17th 18th.

So far I believe What a Tanker! is still on the list, as is Mare Nostrum (time permitting) I have been working on another game this week but I do not think I will have it ready in time. 

Also I have posted an AAR for our Pulp Alley game from August 21st. Click HERE to see the report.

July 10th gameday and plans for the 17th

So three of us got together on the weekend to play a couple of game. It wa a truncated game day tarting at around 1:30 an extending into the early evening. 

 

First up we tested out The Walking Dead game by Mantic. Technically the game i to be played either solo or head to head, 1 v 1. Today was jut a run through to see how the game functioned, not so much a test of the proper way to play the game, more of an extension of the tutorial contained in the quick start guide. 

We started with two players and as our third member arrived we split up the forces so that we each controlled 1 character. The mechanics of the rules were fairly straightforward and despite our disregard for the proper turn sequence the game gave us a feel for the game. I plan to try and run the solitaire small forces version and will repot on it on the Rants & Ramblings blog.

Our second game was a boardgame, Conquest of planet Earth. This is a game that two of us have played fairly often, but was new to one of the players. The game can be played competitively or cooperatively, we chose the latter.  Our three alien races were: Vyborian Arbiters, The Fome Guild Mages and the Trun. So these three alien races had to try and conquer circa 1950's Earth in 10 turns. Well the only race that had any real success was the Trun who were controlled by the player who had never played the game. He accounted for the majority of the fear points (victory points) and brought us closer to victory than the two veteran players have ever been. Alas as is typically our fate with this game the poor colonizing aliens were once again repelled by truth justice and the American way, in other words, the military industrial complex came through again!   

On Sunday July 17th we will hopefully get to try out another game of Fantastic Battles along with a Pulp Alley game, and maybe one other quick play miniature game TBD!

See you then!

Fantastic Battles AAR posted on Rants & Ramblings blog

 

Click HERE to be taken to the full AAR on this exciting game.

More games of this to come with more Warhammer armies converted over to the system! Hopefully very soon...

Here are some samples of some of the stats for unit used in the battle.

Wolf Chariot (Vehicle) Points 78 Resolve Move Melee Shoot Def 2×39 5 5 3 - 5+ 10 RES Unreliable -1 on MISHAP & IMPETUOUS rolls Fast +1 Move [included] Furious charge +2 MEL when charging – in addition to regular +1 charge modifier Expendable When scattered no ripple of RES loss & do not count towards triggering army defeat.

Wolf riders light (Irregular) Points 44 Resolve Move Melee Shoot Def 2×22 3 6 5 1/- 4+ 6 RES Unreliable -1 on MISHAP & IMPETUOUS rolls Mounted +1 RES, +2 MOV +1 MEL [included] Reckless -1 RES,+1 MOV & MEL [Included} Belligerent See cheat sheet

Warhammer 6th edition, the clubs first game in far too long! (an AAR on the game)

 

Dwarves to deploy on the right, Greenskins on the left, the sticks show the deployment zones

So, it has been quite a while since we last played Warhammer but like riding a bike it all came back to us once we got started (the good and the bad) It was a classic match up Dwarf vs Greenskin. In this case the two Greenskin armies were aligned but not combined. Each was commanded by their own hero. One army was entirely made up of Orcs, while the other was all Goblin save for a single giant. At the start of the game the two Greenskin commanders fought a duel to see who would be the overall commander, the Orc chieftain was victorious knocking the Goblin leader even more senseless.

The armies were pretty basic, no lords only heroes and only 2nd level wizards for the Greenskins. The Dwarves had four leaders one of who was a Rune smith. No magic items or special banners, I figured we should just try a simple army battle with limited big hero intervention. The scenario was from one of the annuals, a three player variant, which also included some rules governing the selection of the war chief. 

The Dwarves defended the center of one long table edge while the attackers came in from the opposite side of the table, but from the corners, their center area was unoccupied. 

The Dwarves anchor their left flank to the old tower.

The Dwarven right flank terminates on the rocky outcrop.

The massed Goblin hoard

The Orc army

 

The opposing armies arrayed for action.

Everything was set up as per the instructions for the scenario, the forces were deployed, loins were girded and battle come down. The Greenskins were the attackers and tried to race forward to engage the stunties. However animosity did impact these plans. At first it had limited impact, round one went by smoothly. But, subsequent rounds, especially for the Orcs saw animosity create some serious traffic jams. For the Orcs the only truly successful units were the cavalry and the chariot. These two unit were able to attack the flank of the Dwarf army and in fact the cavalry were the only Orc unit to engage the Dwarves in melee. The Orcs did have plenty of success with their archers, driving back a Dwarven Thunderer unit, and the mage did become a nuisance too. 

By turn 3 the Orcs have contacted the Dwarven left flank

Meanwhile on the Dwarf right flank, the Goblins have leapt forward with their chariots and wolf riders in the van. They attempt to weaken the dwarf defenders with volleys from their rock lobber and doom glider. While the Goblins were remarkable adept at estimating the range, fate often intervened to weaken the actual impact. 

The dwarf crossbow men did inflict many casualties on the wolf rider but could not halt them and the chariots crashed into the Dwarfs inflict grievous damage. The canons seemed to be manned by drunks as they missed, a lot!

 

The Greybeards hold the far right of the Dwarf line take a lot of damage from the impact of the chariots
 

Crossbows and Greybeards were pushed back, but the rough cliff face slowed down any pursuit. Strong leadership kept them in the battle. The followup by the Wolfriders brought them into contact with the Iron Breakers while the second chariot slammed into the spear armed Dwarves..

 

Note the wolf chariot in the background fled into contact with the giant

 

 The spear Dwarves felt the impact of the chariot and 'fled' as only Dwarves can, very very slowly. Somehow, the chariot failed to overtake them in pursuit, must have been too much ground Dwarf gumming up the wheels.

The chariot was able to rally and prepared to attack once more.

The Orcs succeeded in their charge smashing through the clan troops. The threat caused the Dwarves to break up their battle line in an attempt to respond to the greater threat. The Orcs continued to suffer from traffic jams as a result of animosity and were also bothered by the persistent buzzing of the Dwarf gyrocopter. The copter focused it's attention on the Orc arrer boyz on the plain almost slaying the Orc wizard who was attached to the unit.

The rear areas of the Goblin army saw some action. The Dwarves had a ranger unit that had been hiding in the woods. This unit came out to threaten the rock lobber which forced the Goblin player to redirect a wolf cavalry unit to turn and attack the ambushing Dwarves. 

The battle did not go well for the Goblins. One rider was slain by throwing axes while seven more were hacked apart by the heavy two handed axes wielded by the rangers.

All that remained of the wolf boyz was, amazingly, able to rally!

 

By the way, you might wonder where the doom catapult is. Well it did not make it past the second turn! Unfortunately for the Goblins it suffered a critical and flipped over!

 

The game went well, but time was the greater enemy and we had to call it a day after turn 4. It was great to get together again and play a fun, simple game. It was nice to see three good size armies fight it out, but really the best thing was the chance to talk and joke and have some fun.

 

One note, not all who attended were caught up by the excitement, some just seemed to take a very relax view of the entire thing...

 

Well that worked out fine!

 

Hi

Thank you to those who were able to attend the gaming day this past Sunday, it was great to see and talk to you again. I have a possible game date for the next game day(s), Saturday and or Sunday June 25th and June 26th.

Either or both days will work for me so it is party time er gaming time!

I am currently prepping up the forces for Fantastic Battles and will be able to prep other stuff should we want to try and squeeze in another game of something. If that is a possibility please let me know what you might like to play. 

 

That could include a board game if so desired.

 

As for this past weekend I think we all had fun revisiting Warhammer. Sure we were all a little rusty, and had a tough time remembering which rule came from which edition, but on the whole I think we made very few mistakes. I think the stated out unit cards helped facilitate  the game play. Next time I will work on the scenario a bit more to tighten up the battlefield.

 

Pictures and a report to follow soon.

I can feel the urge, it is getting stronger it is almost...

 

 

February 1st game day

Thank you to all who attended!

We had two sessions on Saturday. In the afternoon the 2-6pm group tested out

 All Quiet on the Martian Front. 

 The evening 7 until whenever session saw us playing one of my favorite games 

Eclipse.

Both games went well, and offered up a lot of fun and some challenges for the members who played.

The jury is still out on AQMF, but we all liked the dynamics of Eclipse.

I will be posting an AAR for the AQMF game on my "Menelduir' blog.

Next game day is most likely to be Saturday February 15th. While the games to be played have not yet been selected, I am hoping that one of them will be Fist Full of Lead!

 A proper invite will be sent this week.

Doctor Who game, the Green Death using DWMG rules.

Game will be held on  Sunday May 7th at 1:30pm at Western Keep.  This is a test game for the one that will be run at Cangames with 6 players. RSVP .

Pulp Alley: Star Trek Away Team - the Apple. December 27th, 2016

Star Trek Away Team game in 28mm using Pulp Alley was held on December 27th at Western Keep, 1:30pm.  Four players: Federation, Romulans, Klingons and Temporal Marauders on a tropical planet involving Natives and  "Vaal" (Maoi statue). Inspired by the Star Trek TOS episode:- the Apple:

A screen shot from the TV episode "the Apple"

UPDATE December 29, 2016:

See the After Action Report at:

https://lordofwesternkeep.blogspot.ca/2016/12/pulp-alley-star-trek-apple.html

The Federation Away team: Landon, Kirk, Spock, McCoy, Scotty, Sulu, Uhura, &  Chekov

Screen shot of Vaal from the TOS episode