Hi all,
Just a quick shout out to ED at Two Hour Wargames. He has updated his freebies to the latest rule set, how cool is that! You can get fantasy and modern rules on his website. Look out for "Swordplay", the fantasy rules (2015 and 2018 versions) and Chain Reaction 3.1. the core rule set that can be used for modern stuff tryouts to see if you like the system.
I do plan to use Swordplay rules in my Mordheim setting to see how it plays in solo mode, I also have the Frostgrave Rules from Osprey to try out, I am still digesting them at the moment.
http://site.twohourwargames.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=4008
There is a great forum if you are stuck on anything.
http://site.twohourwargames.com/forum/index.php
Regards,
Ivor Cogdell
This is for my war gaming and role-playing exploits, including SF worlds, fantasy and post-apocalyptic settings, with a dash of history. A mix of solo and group gameplay. Terrain making is also included, with reviews of figures, TV shows and films.
Saturday, 16 February 2019
Thoughts On - Alita Battle Angel.
Hi all,
The story is based on an Anime Graphic Magazine or comic. A robot with a "hidden past", tries to find out who and what she/it is. The 3D graphics coming from the studios were top notch as usual, acting / script was a bit weak and soppy at times. The underlying plot reminded me of the recent film "Ready Player One", the underdog against the big masters. To be fair, it is aimed at the younger teen audience and I am slightly older than that to say the least. I did enjoy it and will be looking out for part two, that's what its all about.
Score - 6 out of 10.
Ivor Cogdell
The story is based on an Anime Graphic Magazine or comic. A robot with a "hidden past", tries to find out who and what she/it is. The 3D graphics coming from the studios were top notch as usual, acting / script was a bit weak and soppy at times. The underlying plot reminded me of the recent film "Ready Player One", the underdog against the big masters. To be fair, it is aimed at the younger teen audience and I am slightly older than that to say the least. I did enjoy it and will be looking out for part two, that's what its all about.
Score - 6 out of 10.
Ivor Cogdell
Tuesday, 25 December 2018
Saturday, 22 December 2018
WHF - Arrival At Mordheim - Part 5
Hi all,
This concludes the Dwarfs first arrival in Mordheim, Will it be their last, you may be wondering to yourself? Read on ....
Expecting them to return, Bronn charges into the slightly faster Iggy as he comes around the corner.
Skaven Rout Test taken by YT, (1.2.) passed.
YT attacks Gornish, 3 Hit, 3 wound, (failed parry with Buckler, failed parry with Axe), 1 knock down.
Grinder attacks YT, 4 hit, 1 glancing blow.
Klacker attacks YT, 3 miss.
Dwarfs
Bronn and Strom gain 3 xp, Yolm and Klacker gain 2 xp, Grinder and Gornish gain 1 xp.
Snifter uses his greater speed and quickly moves in to attack Tom, but slips in some blood from a previous contest, and Tom dodges the blow easily, 3 Miss. The crowd hoot with laughter.
Tom defends using his morningstar, 3 hit, 3 wounded, (3, Snifter failed to parry with his sword), 1 a Knock Down.
Tom's second attack with his spiked gauntlet, Auto Hit, 3 Wounded, so, Out of Action. (Injury Roll, 2 - dead). Tom finishes it with a quick slash to the throat. The crowd cheer their hero on after another victory. Tom gets 1 xp.
This concludes the Dwarfs first arrival in Mordheim, Will it be their last, you may be wondering to yourself? Read on ....
Turn 11
Skaven Rout Test, (1.2.) passed.
Nobbler - retreat test (already escaping) ,(6,5) failed again, so he is moved off the board.
Movement
Snifter is searching a ruined building for treasure, nothing was found, so comes out and looks to see where the others have gone.
Iggy and Yellow Top are running towards the sound of battle.
Iggy and Yellow Top are running towards the sound of battle.
Expecting them to return, Bronn charges into the slightly faster Iggy as he comes around the corner.
Shooting
The Dwarfs are too close to Iggy to get a bow shot off and YT is not quite in view of anyone.
Combat
Bronn attacks Iggy, 4 a hit, 3 just a glancing blow from his kit.
Iggy defends itself, 2 a miss.
Turn 12
Skaven Rout Test taken by YT, (1.2.) passed.
Movement
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| Snifter is coming. |
YT charges Gornish.
Yolm charges Iggy.
Grinder and Klacker both charge YT.
Stronn runs towards the battle. (He only has a move of 2), carrying the Battle Horn. He does not have a clear shot of either Skaven.
Combat
YT attacks Gornish, 3 Hit, 3 wound, (failed parry with Buckler, failed parry with Axe), 1 knock down.
Grinder attacks YT, 4 hit, 1 glancing blow.
Klacker attacks YT, 3 miss.
Turn 13
Skaven Rout Test, (5,3) failed. "Run away! Run away!" squeaks YT.
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| Scurrying to safety. |
The Game Ends
Aftermath
The Treasure chest found by the Dwarfs, it contained 8 gold coins, a suit of light armour, a sword, 2 x Jems worth 10 Gold coins.
Undead
Hern and WH gain 1 XP each. Redclaw, Pike, Footsie and Clubber were re-animated. (There is no xp award for zombies).
Hern got a smashed leg. (NOTE house rule - minus 1 to move, now = 5). It will miss the next battle.
Dwarfs
Bronn and Strom gain 3 xp, Yolm and Klacker gain 2 xp, Grinder and Gornish gain 1 xp.
Skaven
Flicka, Greyface and Curly Tail are dead.
Yellow Top = 2 xp, Slasher = 2 xp, Nobbler =1 xp, Iggy = 2 xp. Snifter gets sold to a Pit Fight Club to serve as an example to the rest of the warband.
The Pit Fight
Turn 1
Snifter, with his sword, faces a veteran pit fighter, Tom Greyshirt, who is armed with a morningstar and a spiked gauntlet.
Snifter uses his greater speed and quickly moves in to attack Tom, but slips in some blood from a previous contest, and Tom dodges the blow easily, 3 Miss. The crowd hoot with laughter.
Tom defends using his morningstar, 3 hit, 3 wounded, (3, Snifter failed to parry with his sword), 1 a Knock Down.
Tom's second attack with his spiked gauntlet, Auto Hit, 3 Wounded, so, Out of Action. (Injury Roll, 2 - dead). Tom finishes it with a quick slash to the throat. The crowd cheer their hero on after another victory. Tom gets 1 xp.
Exploration
The Undead and the Skaven find 1 wyrdstone each.
The Dwarfs find 4 wyrdstones and an overturned wagon containing 8 gold coins, light armour, a sword and a dagger. Checking under the seat he finds 2 gems worth 10 gold coins.
Recruiting replacements
Once Hern becomes corporeal again, it resurrects Redclaw, Pike, Footsie and Clubber, at a cost of 80 gold coins. Savings = 130 gc.
Once Hern becomes corporeal again, it resurrects Redclaw, Pike, Footsie and Clubber, at a cost of 80 gold coins. Savings = 130 gc.
Yellow Top hires a dark runner and two verminkin into his gang, plus assorted weapons.
Savings = 82 gc.
Savings = 82 gc.
Trade
Bronn finds a market, he sells 3 Wyrdstone for 65 gold coins and buys Eldrond, (who is now healed and can take part again) a shield, Stronn gets a shield and a sword. Klacker, Grinder and Gormish get a light sword. Savings = 57 gc.
Advancement
Bronn and Yolm gets +1 to Wounds stat, now 2. Strom and Klacker gets Master of Blades skill, Grinder and Gornish (Beardlings), get +1 to Toughness, now = 5.
Ratings
Rank Gold Wyrdstone
Lizardmen 38 235 3
Beastmen 58 38 1
The Undead 55 130 1
Skaven 68 82 1
Rank Average 54.75
Dwarfs 91 57 4
Average of the 3 battles fought 76
I hope you liked the action. The Skaven seem to be nasty opponents, but no doubt the others will have some nasty tricks too. I have not decided who will star in the next episode yet.
Regards all,
Ivor Cogdell
Wednesday, 12 December 2018
Just a quick question
Hi all,
Just a quick question for you, "what RPG or Wargame did you expect not to like, but did ?", Or if you want to do it the other way around "What did you expect to like but did not ?"
Please put your answers (and why, if you want) in the comments section below.
In my case it was Chuthulu, I am not usually into horror as such (apart from D and D), but I tried it a couple of times at my local club, "Circle Battle Group" and liked it. If you want to find us on Facebook, it is Circle Battlegroup.
I watched the final 15 minutes of Robo Rally, a card-driven board game. Robots race around a randomly generated conveyor strewn course, where you plan your moves with the cards you are given (which may be of no use to you whatsoever but you have to use them anyway), then they all move together and hope you are not knocked out of sequence and crash into a hazard or shot by another player. The gamers all seemed to be enjoying it, but I'm not sure it is my sort of thing. I suppose that the proof is in the playing.
Regards all,
Ivor Cogdell
Just a quick question for you, "what RPG or Wargame did you expect not to like, but did ?", Or if you want to do it the other way around "What did you expect to like but did not ?"
Please put your answers (and why, if you want) in the comments section below.
In my case it was Chuthulu, I am not usually into horror as such (apart from D and D), but I tried it a couple of times at my local club, "Circle Battle Group" and liked it. If you want to find us on Facebook, it is Circle Battlegroup.
I watched the final 15 minutes of Robo Rally, a card-driven board game. Robots race around a randomly generated conveyor strewn course, where you plan your moves with the cards you are given (which may be of no use to you whatsoever but you have to use them anyway), then they all move together and hope you are not knocked out of sequence and crash into a hazard or shot by another player. The gamers all seemed to be enjoying it, but I'm not sure it is my sort of thing. I suppose that the proof is in the playing.
Regards all,
Ivor Cogdell
Saturday, 1 December 2018
WHF - Arrival at Mordheim - Part 4
Hi all,
Another quick instalment of the first Dwarf battle in Mordheim.
Gornish stands up.
Another quick instalment of the first Dwarf battle in Mordheim.
Turn 10
Skaven rout test, (6,1) passed.
Movement
Gornish stands up.
Snifter went to search a ruin site. Iggy and Yellow Top head back towards the sound of fighting.
Yolm charges Flicka from behind.
Stromm charges Nobbler.
Klacker runs out of the building towards the action.
Shooting
Klacker ran so he could not shoot this turn.
Combat
Flicka v Gornish + Yolm.
Flika attacks Gornish, 1 miss, he was distracted by Yolm, who was about to attack him from the flank.
Gornish defends - He seizes his chance, 6 Critical Hit, 5 Slicing attack causing 2 wounds and +2 on Injury roll, Rolled 4+2=6 Out of action.
Curly Tail v Bronn.
CT attacks Bronn, 5 Hit, 4 Glancing Blow off his armour.
Bronn defends, 6 Critical Hit with his warhammer, with a mighty blow, blugeoned, CT Armour Save 3, failed. CT is Out Of Action. Gains 1XP.
Nobbler v Grinder + Stromm.
Nobbler attacks Grinder, 4 Hit, 6 Possibly wounded, failed his Armour Save, but parried with his Buckler.
Stromm attacks Nobbler, 5 Hit, 2 Glancing Blow.
(No return attack by Nobbler, as he only has one to use.)
Nobbler - All Alone test (4,4), Failed. Turn to flee. Grinder Auto Hits and does a Glancing Blow and the same for Stromm.
Nobbler flees the fight, its little feet a blur, claws seeking grip on the rough rocks.
There we are, another bite sized chunk of action from Mordheim. I hope it was to your liking. There is more to come.
Regards,
Ivor Cogdell
Gornish defends - He seizes his chance, 6 Critical Hit, 5 Slicing attack causing 2 wounds and +2 on Injury roll, Rolled 4+2=6 Out of action.
Curly Tail v Bronn.
Bronn defends, 6 Critical Hit with his warhammer, with a mighty blow, blugeoned, CT Armour Save 3, failed. CT is Out Of Action. Gains 1XP.
Nobbler v Grinder + Stromm.
Nobbler attacks Grinder, 4 Hit, 6 Possibly wounded, failed his Armour Save, but parried with his Buckler.
Stromm attacks Nobbler, 5 Hit, 2 Glancing Blow.
(No return attack by Nobbler, as he only has one to use.)
Nobbler - All Alone test (4,4), Failed. Turn to flee. Grinder Auto Hits and does a Glancing Blow and the same for Stromm.
Nobbler flees the fight, its little feet a blur, claws seeking grip on the rough rocks.
There we are, another bite sized chunk of action from Mordheim. I hope it was to your liking. There is more to come.
Regards,
Ivor Cogdell
Wednesday, 7 November 2018
WHF - Arrival at Mordheim - Part 3
Hi all,
Here is a quick top up of the Mordheim adventure. Parts 1 and 2 can be found earlier.
Wolf Head takes a Rout Test and fails (6.5), he flees the board with Iggy, Snifter and Yellow Top close behind. They stay on the board.
Slasher and Nobbler Charge Grinder, who calls for help. (Flika and Curly Tail initially charged him too, but turn and face Bronn and Gornish, who rush to Grinder's aid).
Klacker comes down the ladder onto the ground. (NOTE - He could have moved forward and shot from the walkway, but that would have made him even slower in joining the combat, if he was needed).
NOTE - I'm not sure if the about-face by Flika and Curly Tail was totally correct in the rules, but thought it went with the storyline and their need for self-preservation.
Feel free to add your thoughts in the comments.
Slasher attacks Grinder. 4 Hit. 3 Glancing blow.
Grinder defends, 6 a Critical Hit, 6 Two wounds caused, Injury 4+2 = Slasher Out of Action.
Nobbler attacks Grinder. 3 Miss.
Grinder defends, 1 Miss, he misses also with his dagger.
Flicka attacks Gornish (with a Flail) 4 Hit, 3 wound, Gornish tries to protect himself with his shield (6 needed, 4 rolled = failed), Injury 2, Knocked Down.
Curly Tail attacks Bronn. 2 Miss.
Bronn defends, 4 Hit, Ct attempts a parry with his sword 1, missed, Wound 3 missed with a glancing blow.
There you go, I hope you like it.
Here is a quick top up of the Mordheim adventure. Parts 1 and 2 can be found earlier.
Turn 9
Rout Test
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| Wolf Head routs. |
Movement
Initiative - The Skaven move first.
Slasher and Nobbler Charge Grinder, who calls for help. (Flika and Curly Tail initially charged him too, but turn and face Bronn and Gornish, who rush to Grinder's aid).
Klacker comes down the ladder onto the ground. (NOTE - He could have moved forward and shot from the walkway, but that would have made him even slower in joining the combat, if he was needed).
NOTE - I'm not sure if the about-face by Flika and Curly Tail was totally correct in the rules, but thought it went with the storyline and their need for self-preservation.
Feel free to add your thoughts in the comments.
 |
| Yolm (lower left) and Stron (Top right) move towards the fight. Stron was not quite in range to join in this round. |
Shooting
Stron - Pistol still on his back, not ready.
Yolm - No clear target.
Klacker - He had no target.
Combat
Slasher attacks Grinder. 4 Hit. 3 Glancing blow.
Grinder defends, 6 a Critical Hit, 6 Two wounds caused, Injury 4+2 = Slasher Out of Action.
Nobbler attacks Grinder. 3 Miss.
Grinder defends, 1 Miss, he misses also with his dagger.
Curly Tail attacks Bronn. 2 Miss.
Bronn defends, 4 Hit, Ct attempts a parry with his sword 1, missed, Wound 3 missed with a glancing blow.
There you go, I hope you like it.
Parts 4 and 5 are published.
Regards,
Ivor Cogdell
P.S. Hmm, I tried to share this, nothing. I tried to add a comment, same thing, nothing doing. Is there a bug or problem in the system? Can you please add a comment, even if it is just a "Hi there", so that I know it is working. Thanks.
Regards,
Ivor Cogdell
P.S. Hmm, I tried to share this, nothing. I tried to add a comment, same thing, nothing doing. Is there a bug or problem in the system? Can you please add a comment, even if it is just a "Hi there", so that I know it is working. Thanks.
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