Mars Attacks

Inspired by a friend's idea last December that Martian's might make a good "enemy" in my Christmas game versus Santa's forces I took a look on line to see what was available online. It would be too late for Christmas 2019 but it was worth looking into for Christmas 2020 or other games. As a result I  bought some Mars Attacks figures I found online, I now have 18 Martian figures (10 grunts, 5 Marines, and 3 Martian characters).  I enjoyed the movie and the figures look well detailed and accurate.  Even thought the Martian figures are made of box game type soft plastic I think they will paint up well based on pictures and videos I have seen on line.  They should make for a fun game versus opponents such as my: Copplestone Men in Black, modern U.S. Marines, modern British Marines or even UNIT troops.  Not sure why Mantic stopped producing the Mars Attacks game or if I will use their rules (which I found as a PDF online) or some other rules like: Pulp Alley, Gaslight, Future Wars, INEPTT or DWMG.

My collection so far.

INEPTT skirmish game

Some of the pictures from the first InEPTT (International Extraterrestrial Paranormal Tactical Teams) (2014) game I ran in August 2017 using the intro scenario involving the Grays.  It features 16 soldiers (1970s era British) and 4 policemen versus 8 Gray aliens.  The objectives were the 10 civilians.  Unfortunately we only got to turn 3 as there was a lot of paper work to be done to get the character sheets done and we were learning the rules.  When we called the game after 3.5 hours the Greys had captured 3 of the 5 civilians they needed to win and lost one of their own in exchange for 3 INEPTT soldiers being vaporized. 

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