How can I begin, oh my
gossips. I must try and lessen the shock, prepare you for the
Horror. Some of the more araldite readers will remember the superb
Blakes 7? Lettuce now dwell upon the last ever programme, the one
where the mook troopers managed to hit someone hit right in front of
them? Bear (bare?) that picture in your mind.
When you're doing Space
Opera there's a few well-worn scripts that are worth following. Our
last VSF outing (April 16) was designated as a diversion for this raid. You may
be aware that Martian technology relies on exciting exotic elements
to produce a range of rays. So the different technology contained in
the vehicle is too dangerous to fall into their hands. As per the
usual script, a small group including Baron Greenbackusama and party
have made their way into the bowels of a Martian pyramid to destroy
the powerplant from the captured frog walker.
I had toyed with making
small rooms, each a level that the party would have to clear or
avoid, but gave this up as too fiddly. Instead I had a divided area
with each room/floor pattern representing a change in terrain.
The sides were pure
“old” battlesworn, the attacking, smaller force being:
Leader/Brute, Warmage
(Greenback), Sniper (stilleto) Flyer (pet) 4 fighters, 2 shooters
Locals Leader/Warmage ,
5 fighters, 5 shooters.
Setup was simple, I had
the Martians and diced per location to give a spread. I know it's
not in the rules but it does give a more “snapshot” feel to the
start. Besides, my leader came out close to the transporter which
would have led to an ambush rather than an invasion scenario. The
good guys all appeared on the transmat pad.
The pet started,
zooming all over the shop, but I had shooters, a reaction and not
only did they get the reaction, the poor thing was deaded!
My warmage did an
excellent paralysis* on a shooter, which caused an unseemly brawl for
the poor chap. I got the best of it, for a change.
Tony's leader goes
after the prize, gets shot and dispatched by a fighter. Stiletto
gets shot before he can cause damage. The Baron is wounded and makes
a few inefectual goes with his lightning “spell”**.
With my chaps advancing
from all directions, the Baron goes in, well its either that or get
shot, and dies a deaded death!
Alas and woe, the Baron
is no more! His aids lie dead, strewn willy nilly on an alien
concrete floor, stains on which will be forever Earth.
Good game, very space
opera feel. Cannot but feel that if Tony had gone for my leader,
causing a huge bundle, his troops were more concentrated than mine.
Still-. Sorry for lack of pics, 'er in doors had swiped my camera.
Got 3 of her own, but still takes mine.
*Reasoning that being
palalysed would lead to enslavement via mumification.
**Probably an
electrical device of great cunning.
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