Family of Blood Halloween 2008

Family of Blood Game - Halloween 2008

This was one of my earl Doctor Who games from October 2008 using DWMG and before the Gripping Beast figures made to represent the Family of Blood characters were available, so most of the figures are Micro Universe (MU) plastic figures, converted Wiz Kids (WK) figures, West Wind (WW) miniatures.  The Scarecrows are RAFM metal miniatures and Wiz Kids (WK) plastic figures.  The students are assumed to be in their Cadet Army uniforms and I used Foundry First World War Figures to represent them including a Vickers MG.

It is interesting to compare this to the later 2011 Family of Blood game where the buildings and figures are more purpose designed to resemble the TV episode.

The game board.

Family of Blood - Doctor Who - Cangames 2011

Family of Blood Cangames 2011 Scenario

This 28mm scale game was a follow on game from the scenario entitled Family Values that can be found in the Doctor Who the Miniatures Game (DWMG) PDF rules supplement entitled "Last of the Time Lords" that was modeled after the TV episode The Family of Blood set in England in 1913.  I adapted this scenario to make it a 5 to 6 player game set after the events at the Village Hall in the Family Values scenario.  The students and school staff have retreated form the Village Hall back to the safety of the School in preparation for an attack by the Family of Blood and their Scarecrows.  I ran this game at Cangames 2011 on May 22nd of that year in Ottawa.  

NB. It is challenging to reconstruct the events from May 2011 in August 2019 as I was both the GM and photographer at the time which meant I did not have time to take as many pictures as I would have liked, and they are my main tool to reconstruct the events.  Plus my camera was much less advanced at the time, as were my photography skills.  I have added in some current day staged pictures to show the rosters, and a few from the test game I ran prior to the convention.

Overview of  the test game prior to convention, 
May 15th

Combat near the School, test game