15mm Wargaming for Fun and Sanity

Rogue Stars lets you have a hero. But I've never seen one used- so, in the spirit of adventure here is one complete with young lady.

The story so far-. I'm not planning this, just letting the plot threads develop as they may. I've already lost characters that I thought would be a bit more, well, influential.

Opening chapter. The Nazis search leads them to the sacred site of the Dirka Dirka's. After a series of setbacks they have finally succeeded in capturing it. Tents erected, diggers put to work silhouetted against the setting sun.

Meanstwhile the Americans are in search of more portable stuff meets mummies. Now the survivors run into the British expedition, a thinly disguised Torchwood Calcutta.

You could see this plot twist as a frantic ploy to distract you as I purchase and paint new stuff. This is of course a wosname rumor.

Read on, oh brave reader!

Majority of figures are Rebel and Splintered Light. I think the Colonel is Old Glory and the couple are Croms Anvil.

The plot is a variant of Mission 1 Steal Valuables. The markers represent tomb openings, engravings etc. The one by thecamelsI'm presuming is portable treasure or some such interesting artefact.

American Institute of Investigative Archaeology Merchants 2 survivors and 4 workers.

Only the Brave. Reroll each failed morale roll.

Grey Hat Leader Marksman2 Weaponmaster3 27 Total 36

Rifle (4) Reload, 2 handed. 4

Pistol (4) Short range 5

Green Hat Marksman2, Reactive, Weaponmaster3 26 Total 35

Rifle (4) Reload, 2 handed. 4

Pistol (4) Short range 5

Ptaclusp Associates, Necropolitan Builders to the Dynasties.

They are armed with picks & shovels @ -1 for improvised. Being civilians Action 12, Reaction 14

Workers Civilian, Steadfast3, Tough3, Weaponmaster3 Total 32

Consulting Investigators and Associates (Torchwood Calcutta in disguise.) Star Cops.

Caruthers, The Hon. Cyn, Prof, Miss B, the Shootist 2002.

“Cinnamon” Carruthers*. Agile, Ambidextrous, Weaponmaster 2, Hero, Steadfast2, Tough2 60 total 64

2 Swords (2) primitive, 4

The Hon. Cynthia Homeria Baggshott Smalls** (Cyn for short) Agile, Alert, Perceptive, Medic, Reactive, Tech. 18 Total 26

Kevlar 2 torso 6.

Sword (2) primitive, 2

Professor Quarterpound Leader3, Perceptive3, Tech2,Xenologist @34.

Assistant/niece Miss B Alert, Reactive, Marksman2, Slug pistol @24

Colonel Danger sense, Fire into melee, Marks3, Reactive,Stealth2, Musket+1, knife @46

Token Australian Reactive, Marks3, Blaster rifle (adapted radium rifle) @31

Shootist Ampidextrous, Marks2, Tech2, Weapon master2 “bionic” eyes 2 slugthrowers @54

Miss G Agile, Fire into melee, Marks2, M.Arts2, Medic2, Slug pistol @36

* Caruthers is a chap that has “got on”. Scholarship boy to a good school, then university got him into the Foreign Office as a clerk. He joined the Territorials where he excelled in manly sports, becoming the regimental boxing champion. A posting overseas and he gets the bug and goes native, becoming a free lance consulting troubleshooter. One one of his more sensitive jobs he rescues The Hon. Cynthia Homeria Baggshott Smalls from a local leader who, despite his impeccable Oxbridge education had kidnapped her in order to get his hands on her huge tracts of land, the oriental swine!

**The Hon. Cynthia Homeria Baggshott Smalls had the good sense to be at a Swiss finishing school during the recent troubles in the home counties and used that incident to dash home and become the useful right sort of young lady, grabbing every opportunity and shamelessly using her family connections to try new things. She was visiting her Uncle, the Ambassador to --------- at the time of her kidnap. They are said to have undergone a form of marriage ceremony performed by an eccentric Australian hermit in the Wonga district also known as 23 Railway Cuttings, East Cheam.

The Game. Tony took not-Torchwood-honest, and got the initiative. He crept on slowly.

I struck lucky, gaining the initiative, one marker that I got off a bit sharpish.

The scorpions seemed to have a liking for the Hon. Lady Cyn.

And each other.

Not so lucky with the next one.

Looking for the next it's easy to miss the scorpion stealthily sneaking up on you.

Still chasing-.

The Colonel starts taking pot shots at scorpions.

He's dead! Damn thing ran up him then stung in in the head!

Over the rocks, sneaking--.

Bang!

Still after her-.

Miss G proves the proper archaeologist, finding one, skipping up the rocks (with daring flashes of her ankles!) to find another, all in one activation.

Now miss G as well.

At last hubby comes to help, takes him several goes--.

Yep, poor thing got 5 pins!

Moving on 'cos he knows he's to blame.

You'l notice no-one is getting anywhere quick.

The Colonel and Miss G go scorpion and artefact hunting.

"So you're just going off and leaving me? Typical!"

His turn.

They do like the ladies-

Going to get that gun and look for artefacts-.

Last one, for now.

Behind you! but she gets it. Well, she's had the practice.

Where is everyone? The conflict?

Look out! It's coming at you very, very slowly!

it's sneaking--.

Oh no! It's there, leaps and kills!

Blam! Let's tell the world I'm standing on top of this dune-.

Now she shoots it-.

One again the sneaking up on the young lady. Are they attracted to the gore from their siblings?

In with the shovel.

The last American is taken out by a very long head shot by the Colonel (they couldn't hit--) so the remaining workers from Ptaclusp Associates, Necropolitan Builders to the Dynasties. do a runner. They now have 2 camels and an artefact!