I have run a fair number of Fantastic Battles Games, but it has been about 9 months since the last one and this was the first one I have run at the Ottawa Centre Point Public Library. The game ran fairly smoothly, other than a minor hiccups, involving refreshing my memory on some rules.
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Those of you who read my Shakespeare Code Doctor Who game for Cangames 2024 blog will know I have to get around 15 to 17 Tudor type buildings ready for the game, so every building counts! That includes an old rubber Wordmaker? latex rubber Tudor Inn I purchased in a Bring and Buy at a previous Cangames.
The challenge it to find a quick and effective way to stop
it from sagging. Possibly using Lego, or carved Styrofoam blocks, or
small plastic pellets inside the shell to give it support. Shredded
paper proved to be too light to eliminate the sagging and sand too
heavy.
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| Joey keeps a watchful eye on the Rubber Inn |
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| Sleeping on the job. |
This years Cangames game (May 19, 2024) will be another Doctor Who game, based on the TV episode the Shakespeare Code. The game will be set in London England in 1599 with the Tenth Doctor, Martha and a variety of Elizabethan
characters attempting to foil or expedite the
scheme of six witch-like Carrionites to rewrite the ending Shakespeare’s play
Love's Labour's Won rewording it to cast a spell to free the rest of the Carrionite
race from imprisonment bring destruction to the world. The scenario is based on a two player scenario created for the Doctor Who the Miniature Games Rules (DWMG).
Unlike previous years when I used the DWMG rules, this time I plan to use Pulp Alley rules as I think these rules are better suited to represent this multi-player scenario. Those of you who have read some of my earlier blogs will know I have used these rules for other genres in the past. A short introductory video on the rules by the author Dave, can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBraL7mwXgM
Those of you who just watched the video will have heard Dave say that the rules are designed for up to four players and I will likely have 5 to 7 players, so some adjustments will have to be made. This includes drawing coloured tiles to determine who moves to speed up the game. Additionally I have kept the leagues small, 3 figures per player.
This will be an "evergreen" post as it will get updated as I progress preparing.
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| Promo picture from TV episode the Shakespeare Code. |
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| Some of the potential figures I may use in the game from my existing collection as of March 1, 2024. |
Making slow but steady progress getting my 28mm sailors in white tropical / Pacific uniforms painted, including two
versions of Vera Lynn, all for Menelduir's the Pulp Alley China Station campaign.
Along with them some RN sailors in blue (Atlantic) uniforms and a Humber
Scout Car, all for Bolt Action.
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| Figures by Warlord, Pulp Figures and Bad Squido |
