Frostgrave Battle Report No.1 Part 1

My First Frostgrave Battle Report Part 1

For the statistics that go with this Battle Report, see my earlier post "Frostgrave Warriors". I will add more captions and text to the rest of the pictures soon. The actual game mechanics governing why the characters won or lost will have to wait until I finish the rest of the beginning script. The wizard and apprentice would be throwing spells at the monsters and the troops are armed with some sort of weapon, even if it is only a club or dagger.  I am currently editing turn 7 in part three, on the next post. I have edited in the last page, so the finale is complete. I am in the process of chopping them into three parts, as they are rather lengthy in one go.

Here are my gallant heroes, seeking to gain knowledge and fortune, Haviskan Skaravir, the Thurmaturge Wizard and his apprentice, William Tremayer. Both are carrying a Staff. (-1 to hit, but -1 to enemy hit too).

 Haviskan has hired a few brave souls to venture into Frostgrave with them. 

Jac Trusk the Ranger, Muddy the Crossbowman and Eric the Infantryman.

Plus some thugs - Happy, Ginger, Ben and Ella.

Assorted monsters prowl the ruins of Frostgrave, seeking out rats, wolves or anything else that disturbs their hunting area. They have been given nicknames by warriors who have come this way before and tell tales beside the fire at night. 

The Harvester-Armoured Skeleton. Move = 6, Fight +2,  Shoot = 0, Armour = 12, Will = 0, Health = 1.

Clubber, near a treasure Chest. There are other blue treasure containers in the area.

Move =6, Fight +2, S=0, A=12, W=0, H=1.

Clubber, near the statue of the watchman.

    

House Rules: 

I will be using cm instead of inches.

I will be awarding 5 Xp for Failed Spells.

I will be classing Monsters as Enemy Soldiers for Xp purposes, since there are no other warbands on the table.

Turn One.

Haviskan First and second Actions - Group Move forward 6, taking Jac, Happy and Eric with him. 

(Group Rule - Able to move three soldiers with him at once).

William First Action- Will, Ben and Muddy Group move 6 to the right, close to a makeshift dwelling. Wood has been gathered in the entrance by its missing occupant. Did he fall victim to the monsters ?

William Second Action - He tries to casts SHIELD (3+2) Fail. 1 Damage, so Health = 9. 5 XP.

SOLDIERS

Ginger moves past the rock and looks inside the ruin. Ella moves forward, planning to search the hovel.

CREATURES

The Harvester wanders the ruins. Has it sensed intruders ?

William observes how "The Slasher" moves and reacts to sounds from the cover of bushes.

Move =6, Fight +2, S=0, A=12, W=0, H=1.

All creatures double Move.

Clubber is attracted by movement and closes in on Ginger, who takes up a ready stance.

Turn 2.

Haviskan First Action - Group Move forward 6, taking Jac, Happy with him. 

Haviscan Second Action -  tries to cast SHIELD on self - (9+4) Success. 10 XP.

Eric splits from the group and climbs past the spiky barrier onto the piles of rubble inside, disturbing a nest of small creatures in the process, who flee into burrows. Move=3 and 3.

"Beware, we are observed ! Make less noise, Eric." reprimands Haviscan. 

The Harvester begins to shuffle in their direction. 

"It may not have been my fault", Eric thinks, "They were standing in the open, after all. That's bosses for you, always ready to dish out the blame when it is their fault."

An overview of the area.

Eric explores the ruin and will later climbs the ladder and finds the attic bridge to the other ruin, with the treasure token on it.

William First Action, Move right 3.

William Second action -  casts ARMOUR on himself. 10 XP.

SOLDIERS

On the other side of the ruin....Ella has moved to the side of the hovel, trying to get inside, so that she can spring a surprise attack later.

"Get away, you filth !", yells Ginger. Sticking to his ground.

Ginger moves to attack Clubber.

Ginger Second Action -  Fight - Roll 14 +4=18.

Clubber Fight - Roll 20 (Critical Hit - Double damage) +2 = 22 hit.

Clubber wins the attack - 22-10 (Ginger Armour) = 12 +12 =24. Damage to Ginger.

With two swipes of his bony weapon, Basher disables Ginger. Health = -14. He is is Out of Action.

Bashers second action - Move to attack Ella. (In Combat next round).

Slasher and Chopper move 9 on the right flank.

Harvester moves up to the tree.

"Stick it !, while it is an easy target !"

 

Ella gives out a war cry, hoping to frighten the beast, but it keeps on coming.

Redblade appears on the scene, attracted by the noise of battle. Move = 9. (Random Direction = Forward).

(They appear at random spots around the board, 1d8 roll.)

Where everybody is at the end of turn 2.

Turn 3.

First Action - Move forward 6. 

Second Action - Haviscan tries to cast SHIELD on Jac -  (9+4) Success. 10 XP.

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William Moves Forward.

William tries to casts SHIELD (5+2) Fail. No Damage, so Health still = 9. 5 XP.

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SOLDIERS

First Action - Move forward 6. Jac nimbly leaps onto the tree.

Second Action - Jac shoots at The Harvester.

Jac Roll 17 +2 (Shoot) = 19.

Harvester  Roll 12 +2 (Fight) +1 (Hasty Shot by Jac) =15

Damage 19 -15 = 4.  Health = -3.. The Harvester is Dead.

Ben First Action - Moves 6, Second action Goes into Combat with Slasher.

Ben Rolls 3 + 4 =7

Slasher Rolls 17 + 2 =19. 9 points of damage to Ben. Health = 1.

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Ella moves into Combat with Clubber.

Ella Rolls 1 + 4 -1 (Dagger) = 4.

Clubber Rolls 18 + 2 =20.

Damage 20 - 10 (Ella's armour) =10. Health =0. 

Ella goes Out of Action.

Muddy Shoots at Clubber.

M Roll 18 + 2 (Shoot) = 20.

C Roll 3 + 2(Fight) = 5. Muddy Hits.

Damage 20 +2(Crossbow) - 12 (Armour) = 10.Health =-9. Clubber is Dead.

Second Action - Muddy reloads crossbow.

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CREATURES

Chopper First action - Moves 6, Into Combat with William.

Second Action - Attack - Chopper Rolls 14 + 2 (Fight) = 16.

Will Roll 10 +0 (Fight) = 10. Chopper wins the round.

Damage 16 - 13 (Armour 10 +2 Shield Spell +1 Will Staff defence) = 3. Health = 6.

(Continue in Combat).

Slugger comes on the board at point 4 = North.

There you have it, Parts 1 - 3 are finally in the computer, ready and waiting for you to come along and take a look at it.

Regards all,

Ivor Cogdell

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Merry Christmas 2021 and Happy New Year 2022

 Hi Everybody,

                     Unless you have been having a break, camping in a cave, or doing something similar at the moment (possibly a wise option with what's going on with the Covid Omicron variant), the telly adverts would have tipped you off that it has been Christmas time once more. The time when some people forget what is safe and sensible diet and pack as many calories, carbs and assorted flavours of alcoholic beverages in their cakehole as they can. 

To be fair, after the last couple of years, we certainly do deserve a pick me up of good tidings and joy. Just, please do not go over the top while you are making happy memories. Some do see it as a time to do good deeds. I hope we remember to turn a few lights off and try to save the planet. You remember the planet ? That thing that used to be green before we turned it into lots of sprawling concrete monsters, which gradually decay into homes of the forgotten. Ah yes.I see its coming back to you, the blue steaming orb, that's the one. 

Regarding the wargaming hobby of ours, it seem like nearly every set of new games come with loads of new, expensive, starter set armies to collect, with reserves and squads of creatures waiting in the wings, ready to invade our tables, fuelling the rampant use of resins, lead or plastics yet again. How about digging out those figures at the back of the drawer that you thought cool enough to buy in the past.

 Recycling is needed in every form of life, why should our hobby be any different? Scratch build some terrain out of scraps instead of that expensive terrain you had your eye on. If you don't want to paint them up and use them yourself, put them on E-bay, so that someone in our community can get some gaming miles out of them. The bonus is, you feel a sense of achievement, you can boost your funds to afford those new games a bit later on down the road. The Postie gets to keep his job too. Everybody wins.

A happy new year to one and all,

Ivor Cogdell

Frostgrave Warriors

 
Hi everyone,
                    Here is a list of my first bunch of Frostgrave Warriors. Meet my daring Wizard, Haviskar Skaramir, his apprentice, William Tremayer and their assorted hired guards.

Haviskan and William are armed with Staffs at the moment.  

They are ready for action. 

I was not exactly sure how this "paste" from a spreadsheet that I had used to create it was going to turn out like. I do admit that the result was a bit fuzzy, but hopefully it is clear enough for you.

Frostgrave Report no 1 part 1 contains turns 1 - 9 photos and After battle campaign report, text complete for Turns 1-3, and Turn 9.

Frostgrave Report no 1 part 2  contains turns 4 - 6 photos and partial text for turns 4 and 5.

I am in the process of editing the rest.

Stay safe and warm.

Ivor Cogdell

Microblogette - Updated

 "Happy New Year everyone",

                   A quick update on my upcoming Frostgrave battle report. I have relocated my gaming photos on my backup hard drive. I swopped them onto my main drive last weekend-ish, so I can lay my hands on them easily.  I have found a new virtual friend in the hobby, "Hi John N" and other friends have been in touch. A big wave to the Battle Circle wargaming group in Birmingham and players and DM's everywhere.

                  I was chatting to John about assorted games and war hammer came up, as it often does. There have been a few versions of 40K figures. I have some "Rogue Trooper" units and a few of the version 9 magazine figures, plague bearers etc. I prefer the early version Space Marine with the clean lines. Is version 9 your favourite sculpt or do you prefer earlier versions ? 

Update 1 - I have found my warriors stats, you can find them in my next post - Frostgrave Warriors.

Update 2 -  I have posted my Frostgrave Battle Report Number 1 to the net.

Update 3 - I have just found all of the script for it and will edit them into the Battle report over the next few days. Currently it is in two parts (partly edited), but there will be three eventually.

Stay warm and safe folks,

Ivor Cogdell

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Thoughts On - Dr. Who

 Hi Everybody,

                      For the first time in my tv viewing history (I'm 63), an episode of Dr. Who came on  Tv and I could not be bothered to watch it, or to be more accurate, I could not bear to watch it.(About 5 Nov 2021). Jodie is doing her thing, and the result is only partially her fault,(Writers and directors, I am looking at you too.) The rest of the cast I have no problem with and happily cheer them on. After following with growing gloom, the last but one series I could not watch as they mangled the once beloved travels of the Timelords.  I will put my hand up and admit, in this respect, I am old fashioned when it comes to Galifreyans. My favourite Doc was Jon Pertwee, closely followed by Tom Baker.

                     That was how matters stood for a couple of weeks, until, by chance, I saw the Dr. Who trailer with the "Angels" in it. I must admit, it did catch my interest. I thought, I will see what they are getting up to. On checking the listings, I noticed there was a few of the earlier episodes I had missed. I thought, in for a penny, in for a pound. I watched those first and was pleasantly surprised. Jodie was, well, Jodie, but by now I was used to her. To be fair, she seemed to be finding her feet and be more relaxed in the role. (Spoiler) The Master was back, making mischief once more. (Bonus). The storylines have thrown the spotlight on green issues. (Absolutely fantastic writers, gold star, well done, thought provoking. We have been warned. If you can't trust a Timelord to tell it like it is, Who will you trust???).

                I have not delved into the "Angels" plot yet, but that should be rectified soon. I once more look forward to finding out about the other baddies the writers have in store for us, too. For the moment, I give them the benefit of the doubt. Time will tell if my faith in them was misplaced or not.

               A question or two for you to ponder as you drop off to sleep tonight....

Did the Master really take on and beat Gallifrey on his own, as he claimed or is he just taking the credit for it, which is what I suspect?. Did he have a hand in it at all or did he have an ally, another rogue agent perhaps that has kept to the darker corners of the universe out of the Doctor's way and playing the Master for the "Fall Guy"? 

When is good old Captain Jack going to put in another appearance ? Will he and Jodie become a love item ? Will we hear wedding bells anytime soon ? Will Jodie jilt him at the altar because she accidentally regenerates with excitement and turns back into a chap? (Hint to the writers - possibly into an Aussie? "G'Day to cobbers everywhere and everywhen.").

Do you think I am overreacting? Have you already turned off, like one of my friends ? Please leave a comment for or against "Time Ladies". Debate is good for our brains, so they say.

Stay warm and safe all,

Ivor Cogdell

P.S. Ginormous sigh of relief, the latest incarnation of The Doc has been announced, its a bloke. I dont know anything about him, but I wish him well in the role. Just for the record, I do wish Jodie well in her next role, too.