tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7222583741225192752024-03-28T17:32:38.976+10:30Captain Darling's Miniatures EmporiumCaptain Darling's extraordinary exploits and fearless feats of daring do during the Victorian Era of colonial expansion are legendary!
This blog interweaves his fantastic tales of adventure in an alternate late Victorian history with VSF, 28mm Miniatures and table top gaming.
Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.comBlogger138125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-34960434012154131162024-03-28T17:32:00.000+10:302024-03-28T17:32:05.727+10:30Creating Bacon Field the Home of the Pig Tickler Tournament<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Well now that I have the miniatures for a Pig Tickler Tournament I will be needing a play field. The rules say you should go with a 60cm diameter 'oval' or 'square' area but anything really goes! </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Being a 'Pig Stickler' for detail I have decided to go with the 60cm diameter circle for the play field!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">A period photograph of Pig Ticklers in 'the thick of it' on the hallowed grounds of Bacon Field!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgjkNrwWkwhU8dPZmb_vdFJRItMD6nQ87VKMz-ef1nY-mK-U7Ee_eugIwpJ6ay8h3fftotLSJxJNUzR5LCh8VDuUhZb0jM2-nIadMpF7kg161xY2-DeLOTFMe4hEb9s7Du7eIaba9H2wgxI0EHwxpyNehKGXwS0TUBhmpfSBeLf8d26Iz0LkcIv2M-OA/s2000/20240328_105829.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2000" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPgjkNrwWkwhU8dPZmb_vdFJRItMD6nQ87VKMz-ef1nY-mK-U7Ee_eugIwpJ6ay8h3fftotLSJxJNUzR5LCh8VDuUhZb0jM2-nIadMpF7kg161xY2-DeLOTFMe4hEb9s7Du7eIaba9H2wgxI0EHwxpyNehKGXwS0TUBhmpfSBeLf8d26Iz0LkcIv2M-OA/w400-h320/20240328_105829.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Okay so first thing I made up a quarter circle template which I though I'd then trace with chalk a circle on my green felt mat but then I had a light bulb moment...I had seen while researching the Pig Tickler rules another player make some cricket sight screens presuming the game would be played on cricket ovals for his games, definitely an idea worthy of using!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I then proceeded to build two sight screens and a cricket looking scoreboard the old fashioned small ground type where the basic writing was intrinsic to the score board and panels would be hung showing players names and scores. Now for the boundary a picket fence would be the go but no matter how much I like scratch building putting together around 1.8 metres of picket fencing that needed to curve was not my idea of fun so over to eBay I went! Soon I had sourced some suitable 'fantasy toy model fencing' that would suit and an order was placed!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">First up sight screens; these were easy I cut a rectangular piece of 2mm styrene plastic and scored in panel lines and then with 40 grit sandpaper scratched in a wood grain. Two simple triangular supports with bases were glued to the bottom corners and hey presto they were complete!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CO6MQenMUBBQtW7Jmp-T59Ra5fjFpAjPk1lYN4GGaUppRWn0AxNSINnMnmu13tCAkgWfoGmPXE1adgAwVEQX8YmGjcrKZfmVJS7WXeqI-l271kmkTdN0FikOhwfYBMtwNShgrGasoBdcl1pqT2H-UnObHB_GCF6LGVKzri88ujeHHqmYKnLHAOx38oU/s3418/20240319_104221.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3418" data-original-width="3418" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3CO6MQenMUBBQtW7Jmp-T59Ra5fjFpAjPk1lYN4GGaUppRWn0AxNSINnMnmu13tCAkgWfoGmPXE1adgAwVEQX8YmGjcrKZfmVJS7WXeqI-l271kmkTdN0FikOhwfYBMtwNShgrGasoBdcl1pqT2H-UnObHB_GCF6LGVKzri88ujeHHqmYKnLHAOx38oU/w400-h400/20240319_104221.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2okeS5bZEPiaawpIM2vUID-HeYG9LmCjIYnd9u4SYdJI7O3UOxZ8XQU5CEIgTCrcSLtmwgnKs_ibesqV0vzHWYTnfxUYwXDs2xZITl_wZ4ExrvbLX0uW231KdD2RX3iWtCz6c5Y2ZVxUQiRWdqVohKQWn_U-w9eZC5nfFb-BSrivdwGkoeAZvR6vDu-o/s2657/20240308_084054.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2657" data-original-width="2508" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2okeS5bZEPiaawpIM2vUID-HeYG9LmCjIYnd9u4SYdJI7O3UOxZ8XQU5CEIgTCrcSLtmwgnKs_ibesqV0vzHWYTnfxUYwXDs2xZITl_wZ4ExrvbLX0uW231KdD2RX3iWtCz6c5Y2ZVxUQiRWdqVohKQWn_U-w9eZC5nfFb-BSrivdwGkoeAZvR6vDu-o/w378-h400/20240308_084054.jpg" width="378" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Then to the scoreboard; for this I used a similar construction method to my Wild West Town (see the TSOG Blog). I made up two rectangular 'boxes' one slightly larger than the other to be a base and the top one including a raised front for the oval's name. I used 2mm styrene plastic for these components. Edging for the top part was created with 0.5mm styrene plastic strips and the base was scored to give a planking look, the whole lot was sanded to again give a wood grain effect. Stencils were used as a guide to the permanent writing on the score board and the Pig Ticklers names and their scores were printed on thick white paper and then taped on, the brighter colour hopefully makes them look like added panels (not sure that works except for people who have seen such score boards before and know how the freshly painted panels stand out against the old weathered scoreboard itself). The name Bacon Field was selected by Mrs Darling from a selection of five I gave her, maybe it sounds a little more Baseball like than Cricket like (eg the famous Wrigley Field) but it flows and is very relevant to the 'sport' being played! So now the score board was ready to go!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDc5z3g9VUAwAEjPASG0oDZ0Lyvo5jHix5eylsMG7of7OInNFfFo1guVHsb_3HZidtpG4Eoe2UFMseuM3y0LMDknpvi2UgWuS9eaSArWEULEkUutrp_j9CHKQLjivf2KOu1QWDgRbjPw5aiWq44z95My_pT0xUFtG0ZcmU3LwzGqLRFjuUa58sCTzId8Q/s3636/20240327_162156.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3636" data-original-width="2508" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDc5z3g9VUAwAEjPASG0oDZ0Lyvo5jHix5eylsMG7of7OInNFfFo1guVHsb_3HZidtpG4Eoe2UFMseuM3y0LMDknpvi2UgWuS9eaSArWEULEkUutrp_j9CHKQLjivf2KOu1QWDgRbjPw5aiWq44z95My_pT0xUFtG0ZcmU3LwzGqLRFjuUa58sCTzId8Q/w276-h400/20240327_162156.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-walPIBkshNIZ1VDAUbaSChyphenhyphen2-2v_8N1zHN89A05-OboHt172MK1EneVDddpPvshvMChQrGDj8GjDw0Kym_0i8gPacCnSR0nmZhJZKkknRh0eogLkn9Lvt3Gtki5OPYArYTtFJAiFNH6L7TlidjCeFViH_IMd9aXc2AF80bUQ_jKW5cFQP7uU6k6y8g/s3929/20240327_162212.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3929" data-original-width="2719" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp-walPIBkshNIZ1VDAUbaSChyphenhyphen2-2v_8N1zHN89A05-OboHt172MK1EneVDddpPvshvMChQrGDj8GjDw0Kym_0i8gPacCnSR0nmZhJZKkknRh0eogLkn9Lvt3Gtki5OPYArYTtFJAiFNH6L7TlidjCeFViH_IMd9aXc2AF80bUQ_jKW5cFQP7uU6k6y8g/w276-h400/20240327_162212.jpg" width="276" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qG9F8e0phQqXJxluQ99DYPrsEdE2RdO9Pi74_Hx2OjSJC617FU_j7wx1S1a9dpjUYla_lgrS7_Xf8xqjrN7SDg_PMWnoW4N9zHPZVeH8SaNXg0Cmwqf4yZ3B1378SdmRG_nttSz-QsErkH_8bXKr2DHIcHa4i0NZYqdlOiM9EQdBCwTrgylFnawAD2I/s3829/20240327_162224.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3829" data-original-width="3124" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3qG9F8e0phQqXJxluQ99DYPrsEdE2RdO9Pi74_Hx2OjSJC617FU_j7wx1S1a9dpjUYla_lgrS7_Xf8xqjrN7SDg_PMWnoW4N9zHPZVeH8SaNXg0Cmwqf4yZ3B1378SdmRG_nttSz-QsErkH_8bXKr2DHIcHa4i0NZYqdlOiM9EQdBCwTrgylFnawAD2I/w326-h400/20240327_162224.jpg" width="326" /></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">In the meantime my picket fencing had arrived!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCbK6CkeEDEVPh72yUVFbmHLVhWQOwZIBfTKMJYgPd_r5ouUMjNK8wG1Kj7CVW4JjsF9I0j12sN_xUdwJssNak_XfkFQMIq2dBiJ2PXU4jxk6QrVENTfGWlbOBpBfcVU9aSWkwAdQvbK0r1Ju8dhjdGnrsbhSFJYMpe4WBZbPMtcdx9uG836vj553Rpg/s4532/20240319_101650.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3399" data-original-width="4532" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqCbK6CkeEDEVPh72yUVFbmHLVhWQOwZIBfTKMJYgPd_r5ouUMjNK8wG1Kj7CVW4JjsF9I0j12sN_xUdwJssNak_XfkFQMIq2dBiJ2PXU4jxk6QrVENTfGWlbOBpBfcVU9aSWkwAdQvbK0r1Ju8dhjdGnrsbhSFJYMpe4WBZbPMtcdx9uG836vj553Rpg/w400-h300/20240319_101650.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lets put it all together...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicoEjX76bP4QUqI9QZemBRkjGhpkCNa2t6Kkh2QCHteyHOHUoUwrJbzBD6PO0RCL47VQidPdDdrdmORROoApkHQJai9PQnGmy2zAin1paZDFuXgcM2hDmPuRUhbGXBSqQXoiX8dN6xZGp_T1v8kW8DOQmi2h8FyWnxXdqaS4-31nWgrStCRLcx4ZuPHnQ/s2384/20240328_110439.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2384" height="269" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicoEjX76bP4QUqI9QZemBRkjGhpkCNa2t6Kkh2QCHteyHOHUoUwrJbzBD6PO0RCL47VQidPdDdrdmORROoApkHQJai9PQnGmy2zAin1paZDFuXgcM2hDmPuRUhbGXBSqQXoiX8dN6xZGp_T1v8kW8DOQmi2h8FyWnxXdqaS4-31nWgrStCRLcx4ZuPHnQ/w400-h269/20240328_110439.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Lovely set up even if I do say so myself!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Below a pair of </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">Pig Ticklers ready for Battle</span><span style="font-family: arial;">!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iXkchpMFmMbev9Pogo5fsYehdFUirD8TWlnxuoqTe-Lw5y6moqPNH9SzH9U0m8_-eCpkGbi91942jOku-d3TUiG6jm7t8jE6-yz7-wrief5fSaQ-fbVjEuTBTMho4ERj23XsCh9PeGlE7Po2rbcQGClc51aHmHrI5YU7qUhV4OYrLlOYfKLTEYLdB1E/s3850/20240328_105619.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2368" data-original-width="3850" height="246" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2iXkchpMFmMbev9Pogo5fsYehdFUirD8TWlnxuoqTe-Lw5y6moqPNH9SzH9U0m8_-eCpkGbi91942jOku-d3TUiG6jm7t8jE6-yz7-wrief5fSaQ-fbVjEuTBTMho4ERj23XsCh9PeGlE7Po2rbcQGClc51aHmHrI5YU7qUhV4OYrLlOYfKLTEYLdB1E/w400-h246/20240328_105619.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><b>Next Time: More on the Pig Tickler Tournament or maybe a the Russians are Coming AAR, yes I have one ready to type up!</b></span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-54549895663189940002024-03-09T22:08:00.003+10:302024-03-10T12:05:40.756+10:30Captain Darling & the Pig Tickler Tournament!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It is 1892 the height of the Victorian Steam Age and this story finds our
hero Captain Darling in residence at his Mayfair home located just off Grosvenor Square, London…</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">Pictured on a cricket oval near one of the sight screens in St James Park close to</span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"> Wellington Barracks </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span>Captain Darling 'in uniform' prepares for the upcoming Pig Tickler Tournament!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5LakrMvNyJMWuf8-Bq2LW7Alx6dSuEPKIY3-E8_K5a3cNICm1ikzTSpsI06HqDmV3oqUQSrpFqdytQ9xQT2q5fKDKZo7yKtNrtt0OvQIoQTEbiFvlLLWbvs-sNIucw-GNLBd2-CnkRWRkE181VJvPVSKsmPDZ0Zz72oSuP4kjk2wOzr903RzkCTilRrI/s6611/20240309_213246%20-%20Copy.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4522" data-original-width="6611" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5LakrMvNyJMWuf8-Bq2LW7Alx6dSuEPKIY3-E8_K5a3cNICm1ikzTSpsI06HqDmV3oqUQSrpFqdytQ9xQT2q5fKDKZo7yKtNrtt0OvQIoQTEbiFvlLLWbvs-sNIucw-GNLBd2-CnkRWRkE181VJvPVSKsmPDZ0Zz72oSuP4kjk2wOzr903RzkCTilRrI/w400-h274/20240309_213246%20-%20Copy.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></span></div><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-stretch: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">It was very late on a dark and stormy night
when a knock at the door of Captain Darling’s Mayfair residence roused him from
his slumber! He leapt from his deep and comfortable burgundy Chesterfield, grabbed his revolver
and sidled anxiously down the passageway leading from the smoking room toward
the front door. As he approached the ornate portal he thought to
himself it was a damn shame he let his Batman off for the day as he could still
be lounging! Returning his full to the matter at hand he approached the door slowly, he paused, who would be visiting at such an
hour he mused and then with some trepidation he reached out for the handle...he then froze as an envelope
slipped though the mailing slot and drifted quietly downward to land softly on the lush
hallway runner! Ignoring the letter Darling opened the door to find the step
and sidewalk suspiciously empty! He took a second look both ways down
the street and convinced no one was nearby cautiously withdrew from the front step. Back in the hallway his interest was piqued
by the missive which he picked up after he gently closed the door securing its latch. He studied the letter thoroughly, the envelope was plain white in colour and bore a gold
ink inscription ‘for the Attention of Captain Darling Esq.’ with a swift flash
of his sword he slit the top edge of the envelope and withdrew the parchment it
contained, with care he unfolded it and read the elegant gold script…</span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-stretch: normal; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Darling me Ol’ Mugger it began and continued,
Colonel Hyde-Park Commander of the Grenadier Guards Regiment requests that you
represent the Unit at the annual Pig Tickling Tournament to be held on the third Sunday
of August, eg in two weeks time. Our Tickling Champion has suffered a severe groin
injury whilst scrumming in a game of Rugger against the Horse Guards
so we are desperately in need of your skills. When considering your reply please remember your offer to assist the
Regiment in anyway after the Turkish Incident in the Crimea, yours Captain
Archibald, for Colonel Hyde-Park, the Grenadier Guards Regiment<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-stretch: normal; min-height: 22px; text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Darling was taken aback, it was he who had pulled the
Grenadier Guards nuts from the fire all those years before during the infamous
Turkish Incident in the Crimea, still being a fierce competitor the chance to enter the exclusive and time-honoured
Pick Tickler Tournament caught his attention, he fancied himself with a lance
on a unicycle even though he had never attempted it before…he decided on the
spot he would gird up his loins and accept the Colonel’s offer! He hurried to
his writing desk to pen a reply which he would dispatch in the morning!</span></span></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-stretch: normal;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">To be continued…</span></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Okay on the LAF an opportunity came up to buy a
set of Pig Tickler rules and a bunch of updated and extremely well painted
miniatures, I thought about it and jumped at the chance! There were the rules,
a PORC template (to determine the pig’s movement), 12 lance armed unicyclists,
an umpire, two stockers and of course a pig! The excellent thing is I was going
to buy some of these Eureka lance armed unicyclists to use in VSF games where
the lances would be tipped with explosives and the unicyclists the task was to
ride up to a Martian Tripod deliver the charge and then ride to safety as the
detonation brought the Martian to the ground, sounds a great idea what could
possibly go wrong, anyway this has saved me that purchase and the chore of
painting. The other good news is the updates unicyclists include have had their
lances replaced with better rigid examples and unicycles reinforced so there’ll
be very durable. </span></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Here's what I picked up from fellow 'LAFfer' Rob...am I happy...YUP!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSyT9SaR5HYcVmeJ2FSWDFDdCsJ5dBgN0ZUab8nVPNbICz4sdLZpjTzrAtJ1PSGMRKxr4jbbSigB_OGbvqZCyClqAk7Ju9EWA23zwebWWsDc9ERH_-0gZeIYnxoaZnH9Y-A79wNwY_OCLAKlPIZPnOKTnmHcSvQlC34j2D3wtyGg597M1jXwEJgev0Vg/s2540/20240306_132345.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2540" height="253" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSyT9SaR5HYcVmeJ2FSWDFDdCsJ5dBgN0ZUab8nVPNbICz4sdLZpjTzrAtJ1PSGMRKxr4jbbSigB_OGbvqZCyClqAk7Ju9EWA23zwebWWsDc9ERH_-0gZeIYnxoaZnH9Y-A79wNwY_OCLAKlPIZPnOKTnmHcSvQlC34j2D3wtyGg597M1jXwEJgev0Vg/w400-h253/20240306_132345.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b>Next Time: Building some Pig Tickler Tournament Accessories!</b></div></span>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-24970504244698124322024-01-04T22:14:00.000+10:302024-01-04T22:14:23.111+10:30The Christmas Pudding Factory Incident AAR<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Xmas FUBAR</span> <span style="font-family: arial;">Game has been played, and prefacing this with a thanks to HG Wells for penning War of the Worlds first published in full in 1898...😊...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Martian Tripods 'Red' and ' Green' on the the Move December 1874!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZarmHxCrkbFZuKqAwWVC9zij6zQ8Mk4H1Yy00xlVTx2nI9L_LQzugh6bLt9FXF1AwL1e_T7evcJMnRg9-RyKM400kcLLlRkEzCdRvc1VHVL8GBq5CVH7QjpiXSMENLirD7vSLL31UN4I7WaWgzOWA6DtpQBF1uwkobIo7im7RKC8YnkvtTuTIAkELFV8/s1226/LW%202019%20Pic%201%20Gun%20Defending%20Tripods%201%20Affects%201.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="1153" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZarmHxCrkbFZuKqAwWVC9zij6zQ8Mk4H1Yy00xlVTx2nI9L_LQzugh6bLt9FXF1AwL1e_T7evcJMnRg9-RyKM400kcLLlRkEzCdRvc1VHVL8GBq5CVH7QjpiXSMENLirD7vSLL31UN4I7WaWgzOWA6DtpQBF1uwkobIo7im7RKC8YnkvtTuTIAkELFV8/w376-h400/LW%202019%20Pic%201%20Gun%20Defending%20Tripods%201%20Affects%201.jpg" width="376" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">The Forces</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Humanity</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8 x Steam Powered Armoured Wagons</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Heavy Auto Cannon (no -1 at long range as pre-sighted prior to the battle)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 x Tesla Gun </span><span style="font-family: arial;">(no -1 at long range as pre-sighted prior to the battle)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x Steam Powered Blimps (One Bomb attack each arriving Turn Two)</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The Nasty Martians</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 x Tripod Fighting Machines</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Objective</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Martians have Eight Turns to exit one Tripod from the opposite tabletop edge to the one they start on, the Tripod must have at least one functioning Weapon System.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Battle Report!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Late December 1874 and </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Sir Blythe-Hamilton-Pants formed up the troops of his </span>7th Steam Power Armoured Detachment in advantageous positions to fight advancing Martian Fighting Machines. He selected uneven and marshy ground well to the South of Little Tinkle on Clyde for the battle. This terrain plus a tributary of the Clyde River would help his cause, the battlefield was split by a metalled road running North/South and the tributary was spanned by one of Brunel's wonders!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">It was mid morning when the Evil Martian Tripods lurched into view and halted appearing hesitant on the skyline. Using this pause Sir Blythe-Hamilton-Pants gathered his men and read them a rousing declaration from her most Imperious Highness Empress Victoria! The men were buoyed by the words and prepared for action!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The Tripods known to the British as 'Red' and 'Green' had spent several days trekking across the English countryside to reach their objective, a Human Factory located in Little Tinkle on Clyde. The Martian High Command had methodically calculated that the destruction of the Facility would break the unexpectedly high spirit the Humans were showing when facing their Fighting Machines! The two great machinations halted to survey Human defences located near a stream along a roadway as they came into view. The Humans took this pause as hesitation but it was not, the Martians spent a few minutes to plan their attack, they quickly determined these men and their puny machines could easily be swept aside so they ADVANCED!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The peace and quiet of the English countryside on that serene winters day was shattered by the roar of the Martians Machines powerplants and sounds of their rocket fire!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Reacting to the Martians attack Sir Blythe-Hamilton-Pants ordered his vehicles and Blimps to deploy with for his artillery to give them covering fire!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The air resounded with the noise of Steam Engines running at full speed, explosions, the Pew-Pew of Lasers, shouting, screams of pain and the clang of hot metal on the cold armour of the Martian Fighting Machines!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The battle played out quickly. Soon the burning wrecks of several Armoured Wagons lay upon the field of battle but the defenders were elated as they appeared to score telling hits on the closing Behemoths!</div></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman";"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">With the two Fighting Machines virtually upon the defences of the 7th Steam Power Armoured Detachment one of Sir Blythe-Hamilton-Pants Engineers triggered off one of the two mines they had buried in the fields, 'Red' disappeared in a huge fountain of earth generated by several hundred weight of TNT! A huge cheer erupted from the British lines and there was much excitement among the defenders at the sight of the explosion but their high spirits plummeted as the smoke haze cleared and seemingly unhurt the Tripod with its Red Eye glowing fiercely continued to close on them.</div></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Any regular fighting men would have fled at this point but the elite 7th urged on by </span></span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Sir Blythe-Hamilton-Pants doubled their efforts and fired at the Martians Machines as the literally 'walked' over them! </span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Again damage was inflicted on them but alas not enough to stop them!</span></div><div style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">The battle was over and it resulted in a victory to the Martian Invaders. Even though Human losses were comparatively light they had not been able to stop the advance of the Fighting Machines which continued on Northward in the direction of the </span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Puddin' Lady's Christmas Pudding Manufacturing Co Factory!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Post Script...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Although the battle was lost the campaign was saved thanks to the ingenuity of our Hero, Captain Darling. Yes the Christmas Pudding Factory was saved! On hearing of the defeat of </span></span><span style="color: #ffa400;">Sir Blythe-Hamilton-Pants Force Darling engaged the services of well known landscape artist Edward Wilkins Waite who quickly whipped up a full size and totally realistic painting of </span><span style="color: #ffa400;">the </span><span style="color: #ffa400;">Puddin' Lady's Christmas Pudding Manufacturing Co Factory which Darling cunningly used in a clever ruse to fool the Martians! The full size painting was put in place a mile south of the real factory and the Martians on seeing it blew it to smithereens! Convinced they had completed their mission successfully they reported the details to their Leaders. 'Red' and 'Green' believing their work was done withdrew albeit leaving the real Factory in tact and producing its precious wares! A huge well done and pat on the back to Captain Darling, yet again he had pulled the Empires bits out of the fire!</span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Some Pictures...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; text-align: justify;"> </span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Artillerymen of the 7th Steam Power Armoured Detachment zero their Heavy Auto Cannon in on the approaching Martian Tripods!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLkKfHwTKeok2eELOewDPQFsn5VEhuNPnCAqv8_evrpJxIaKvbgf-gf6xLU76R9hmL4EdEmgpPT2tlO7VinH-78hjZoU8FZPky5xxrnQ5fF1imZ1HGF-sb5_VHyz7ub7YF5URm8gX34exrxPXsTAzvdBTVQMYE2xFRoLPulu0H7czsLCUHXHBF1-wzVJY/s2453/20231227_202845%20aged.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2345" data-original-width="2453" height="383" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLkKfHwTKeok2eELOewDPQFsn5VEhuNPnCAqv8_evrpJxIaKvbgf-gf6xLU76R9hmL4EdEmgpPT2tlO7VinH-78hjZoU8FZPky5xxrnQ5fF1imZ1HGF-sb5_VHyz7ub7YF5URm8gX34exrxPXsTAzvdBTVQMYE2xFRoLPulu0H7czsLCUHXHBF1-wzVJY/w400-h383/20231227_202845%20aged.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">The Crew of the Detachments Tesla Gun too laid in their sights on the looming Martian Machines...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1FhGR0o_UBMQv1uVKojSZitZv-4GoCdB4DF3kb6L2l6YR8im5eB3_WFOr2yNg_XNGM9uyHrMjeOm7DvVk52ntjxrMDAPIotD9Sg01Pv0OgeuIFcUN_huZJdpiO5bnRUPe-mgt4IcSRhJxnCPHuOuCtWFkIaZC7sX4LT5g-ng14WlmIKL7d9s_rZOjSM/s2486/20231227_202835%20aged.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2062" data-original-width="2486" height="331" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl1FhGR0o_UBMQv1uVKojSZitZv-4GoCdB4DF3kb6L2l6YR8im5eB3_WFOr2yNg_XNGM9uyHrMjeOm7DvVk52ntjxrMDAPIotD9Sg01Pv0OgeuIFcUN_huZJdpiO5bnRUPe-mgt4IcSRhJxnCPHuOuCtWFkIaZC7sX4LT5g-ng14WlmIKL7d9s_rZOjSM/w400-h331/20231227_202835%20aged.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">End of Turn One Picture</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">The Martian Tripods advanced firing their rockets at their Human foes without achieving any successes, the outranged Humans advanced their Steam Powered Armoured Wagons!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0CZkchUrTBw6j0jR_umTxdxWMBiDrCEuZ7OvGog6G2asuv-Vlv33ie9bklf4mNNtHo8xmLtjXbp914ZJmrKfaqnb-FT_i-ZLgX9pmqcDS-94rMPReTjvml8ShvZBqjHvXtij6nwT2YpSQMJ7fsbMVITfhQ52AC3mofj0VhwQ-pB9g5CnmzHJfJgNyX4I/s3200/20231228_150710.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2194" data-original-width="3200" height="274" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0CZkchUrTBw6j0jR_umTxdxWMBiDrCEuZ7OvGog6G2asuv-Vlv33ie9bklf4mNNtHo8xmLtjXbp914ZJmrKfaqnb-FT_i-ZLgX9pmqcDS-94rMPReTjvml8ShvZBqjHvXtij6nwT2YpSQMJ7fsbMVITfhQ52AC3mofj0VhwQ-pB9g5CnmzHJfJgNyX4I/w400-h274/20231228_150710.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">End of Turn Two Picture</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">The Martians continue to advance, they destroy one of the Armoured Wagons on the road with rockets, the men of the 7th fire their first shots scoring no damage on the Fighting Machines!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfOa1bsGg3YH6K2R5m52JAxrDMjetS4W9WmYpB1ig_cjBpekEHg29N5TZG-JHnSizQ_euXelrrztA4YssKhZIJRUiwQTBMp_1qaBW-tjmYbKa5Lj2C4aQiQiAKbQYH1j1qqh4PApB8vjNaqz3xpXwIAgog2xbYDk8WBKlcp2D7CAJ9O6mm7vsW3yA6EI/s3200/20231228_151732.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="3200" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPfOa1bsGg3YH6K2R5m52JAxrDMjetS4W9WmYpB1ig_cjBpekEHg29N5TZG-JHnSizQ_euXelrrztA4YssKhZIJRUiwQTBMp_1qaBW-tjmYbKa5Lj2C4aQiQiAKbQYH1j1qqh4PApB8vjNaqz3xpXwIAgog2xbYDk8WBKlcp2D7CAJ9O6mm7vsW3yA6EI/w400-h300/20231228_151732.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">End of Turn Three Picture</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">The Martians draw level with Brunel's bridge and using their Lasers they knock out another Armoured Wagon on the Human's right flank. The British Blimps launch their Bombs at the Tripods but inflict no damage, the Artillery on the other hand scored hits and the Martians took damage, nothing significant though!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9n2cdBuAgomJp44MLWRR008IegeRB1FCDDuNtbfU_ia82Lrkzk4OleuZP2n0l14fwRc5GzNNMei9H9yQ_JFIvqqEMY3h4kA8Zm2HfihyIERUlyh2Ho-0jdw9e0_4URd72ohCW3AwXjlK6UOcJNt2zPkw6J9cSrn-rKZCSMKkzqxcjgFFGOEEumOghG9I/s3121/20231228_152958.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1823" data-original-width="3121" height="234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9n2cdBuAgomJp44MLWRR008IegeRB1FCDDuNtbfU_ia82Lrkzk4OleuZP2n0l14fwRc5GzNNMei9H9yQ_JFIvqqEMY3h4kA8Zm2HfihyIERUlyh2Ho-0jdw9e0_4URd72ohCW3AwXjlK6UOcJNt2zPkw6J9cSrn-rKZCSMKkzqxcjgFFGOEEumOghG9I/w400-h234/20231228_152958.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Even through the Martians were advancing remorselessly and inflicting casualties on the <span style="text-align: justify;">7th Steam Power Armoured Detachment the remaining Humans continued too put up a stout defence! Here four active Armoured Wagons continue to engage the Tripods!</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fnET0RN3cRAEqoKEdNF3b0ffgGO4meF6DzF7SQvW7aHSCOQrc_FTlElxVso8BU-g0meS5aE5wKom0-Y3ZCZHF3FQemmixlzuunbaLujgKvbEeIXotZntDjBdZ_JbqswNaaIVd-K1MyUzBsDFZj27Me3VO6hGWl3DZGAoELf3MHqe-31v5u8SRvXuWSE/s2840/20231229_114811%20aged.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2130" data-original-width="2840" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0fnET0RN3cRAEqoKEdNF3b0ffgGO4meF6DzF7SQvW7aHSCOQrc_FTlElxVso8BU-g0meS5aE5wKom0-Y3ZCZHF3FQemmixlzuunbaLujgKvbEeIXotZntDjBdZ_JbqswNaaIVd-K1MyUzBsDFZj27Me3VO6hGWl3DZGAoELf3MHqe-31v5u8SRvXuWSE/w400-h300/20231229_114811%20aged.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">During Turn Four the Human triggered a mine consisting of several hundred weight of TNT, it created a large crater but barely scratched the Martian Machine, it scored a single 'Speed' hit...also in the picture a Steam Powered Blimp engaging the Tripod with its Rapid Fire Gun (eg Machine Gun)...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL46wz7_VzALAdn4vQTtOfV5pPpBtHtDIWzJf6slg42yyB8_hyphenhyphenjbNz44AmNvr7wa8wiOJ3x6HSLfhRBpiJILT7viJEoSeyoha6raH_c-__zCWsIwhu0q35dDkw6XtbmsHZWpFT30k-7RfSdq8cquQW7sXzgNXHnEhqBzGJ1Zp33r1k1PyjkFDm-cnZsu0/s2963/20231229_120016.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2963" data-original-width="1814" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL46wz7_VzALAdn4vQTtOfV5pPpBtHtDIWzJf6slg42yyB8_hyphenhyphenjbNz44AmNvr7wa8wiOJ3x6HSLfhRBpiJILT7viJEoSeyoha6raH_c-__zCWsIwhu0q35dDkw6XtbmsHZWpFT30k-7RfSdq8cquQW7sXzgNXHnEhqBzGJ1Zp33r1k1PyjkFDm-cnZsu0/w245-h400/20231229_120016.jpg" width="245" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Turn Four</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">This picture is mid turn just before the Mine Attack on 'Red'. The second Armoured Wagon on the Human left is destroyed and 'Green' now has an open run to get passed the defenders! 'Red' engages the Heavy Auto Cannon...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRweodxEezskm1oDUgRe6F541X6zpoWLCqPEJC581eGo06XIQaW0x41d56py5xSNcqktHKg4f_SoQ73ND0g6rdOe6UjhJXceF-RBFjEpICKv4MN_BojuPaNVeOAKvthhyphenhyphen6UHK_b4lJSEjBtY06B0KttuW1wMjMMAG6f_ZA5fR835sBWXaww6pr3InoRaU/s2619/20231228_154541.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2400" data-original-width="2619" height="366" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRweodxEezskm1oDUgRe6F541X6zpoWLCqPEJC581eGo06XIQaW0x41d56py5xSNcqktHKg4f_SoQ73ND0g6rdOe6UjhJXceF-RBFjEpICKv4MN_BojuPaNVeOAKvthhyphenhyphen6UHK_b4lJSEjBtY06B0KttuW1wMjMMAG6f_ZA5fR835sBWXaww6pr3InoRaU/w400-h366/20231228_154541.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">'Green' having destroyed both of the Armoured Steam Wagons on the British right simply 'strolled' over them in Turn Five!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBfxeQ0DrshGYQbhCTIMduj830em1OutWmScZLooWD25hMHGUYnY75FQ9qsbZL2h8oKT8zQ29OUqW9IWUOtkcJW7z1EhmWtaazAUYK5KY98ew4bRztYUbQiiMQleO6GMLGm3XBmGjNdPT2_aID5B0iMEQV4AP_BiwOMM64BTCMO050fpNStkd0MvarfQ/s2332/20231229_114841.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2234" data-original-width="2332" height="384" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPBfxeQ0DrshGYQbhCTIMduj830em1OutWmScZLooWD25hMHGUYnY75FQ9qsbZL2h8oKT8zQ29OUqW9IWUOtkcJW7z1EhmWtaazAUYK5KY98ew4bRztYUbQiiMQleO6GMLGm3XBmGjNdPT2_aID5B0iMEQV4AP_BiwOMM64BTCMO050fpNStkd0MvarfQ/w400-h384/20231229_114841.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">During Turn Five the Martians were passed the British line of defence but still attracted fire, several hits were scored on the behemoths inflicting more damage but still they soldiered on! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84ZZSOrMJbcG20EDCV2ZcLuW1tSk0Ren5r3PfT5vkAqz148FqY0NcCkb5DvOSAUch45kRF6-5obnn_OHw_Rf2Bi9VaDDJd1ykFh_oW7-Izdjt1MSCejp1GBN76ROBaEZf1vcmNdczYznQ-zP5-lYrHrMU0bsO79dLWy-EikmiIMKgV3_BS6wgRx9pl7c/s2996/20231229_114631.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Turn Six and 'Green' reached the Martian objective, eg exiting the tabletop, a Victory to the Martians!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibg_1KLD9Dk1dxa3BlXRK7Hjr6S4t-Im5wHcnexAOqFBVym1VanKPsMPjsMuwl3ZnZeg8P-1ecM6jRN2XdTKF0wj173KiQIeBp1PFLp1GqruaKzYTQFa19BWS2QzLPIuqveSXoYUE5Lu7UQIWaUUoQshc9SgdGQP_KLH_Z2MnVGkeucCyWpLnR0Kdb-sA/s2559/20231229_114902%20aged.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2559" data-original-width="2070" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibg_1KLD9Dk1dxa3BlXRK7Hjr6S4t-Im5wHcnexAOqFBVym1VanKPsMPjsMuwl3ZnZeg8P-1ecM6jRN2XdTKF0wj173KiQIeBp1PFLp1GqruaKzYTQFa19BWS2QzLPIuqveSXoYUE5Lu7UQIWaUUoQshc9SgdGQP_KLH_Z2MnVGkeucCyWpLnR0Kdb-sA/w324-h400/20231229_114902%20aged.jpg" width="324" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div><span style="color: #fcff01;">The situation at the end of Turn Six and the game!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0n1vnuP3gIFJBFXHj5T9kp5Tq1ZG1cONcdnYqrlV1VcEvH6uefsFBN_kgZdCIAjlv2SBw9Ro2zg8NzK5Vgx5fXsDNiHVmVxqfR0vdf95aC1xwqYRQPaIiNFt8sIxhXrqyLBGt52vbdpl_U_7-u4MpdzPk4oKqsgRIn-vYC8VQ6Xl4k_K1czp_pwPFARM/s3093/20231229_114714.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1992" data-original-width="3093" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0n1vnuP3gIFJBFXHj5T9kp5Tq1ZG1cONcdnYqrlV1VcEvH6uefsFBN_kgZdCIAjlv2SBw9Ro2zg8NzK5Vgx5fXsDNiHVmVxqfR0vdf95aC1xwqYRQPaIiNFt8sIxhXrqyLBGt52vbdpl_U_7-u4MpdzPk4oKqsgRIn-vYC8VQ6Xl4k_K1czp_pwPFARM/w400-h258/20231229_114714.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">The Martian Tripods seemed to win an easy victory but they took a bit of damage despite having a 2+ saving throw on a D6 for any hit; 'Green' was only one speed hit away from being immobilised taking three of the four allowed and 'Red' had taken half of its allowed Speed and Steering Hits</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjcgvQdXnKHQQ1VN603yl-Sib-sgO5Qs6TxHE9AbHuo6LoGc6MUoUuRRh9jNV-3NIqniLxSHivTKsYf0aZW-Gj6t1bWj4_iNy7i4wiGeZ2xWgdPA4SynaD2iNioSltDyRvZ8bGsRxBNNf6Z_RG_ceO4uoeqsS_G8nw1GdpV7PLa57icUVC_Y9Rn3SnUc/s2921/20231229_114602.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2060" data-original-width="2921" height="283" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWjcgvQdXnKHQQ1VN603yl-Sib-sgO5Qs6TxHE9AbHuo6LoGc6MUoUuRRh9jNV-3NIqniLxSHivTKsYf0aZW-Gj6t1bWj4_iNy7i4wiGeZ2xWgdPA4SynaD2iNioSltDyRvZ8bGsRxBNNf6Z_RG_ceO4uoeqsS_G8nw1GdpV7PLa57icUVC_Y9Rn3SnUc/w400-h283/20231229_114602.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div>Summary Stuff!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Okay we've played a smaller version of this scenario before but never had both of my Big Martian Fighting Machines on the table at once! I'd like to play this again sometime mid year as I think it is pretty well balanced. This was not an easy win for the Martians both Tripods were damaged and they were very lucky as they had to consult the Breakdown Table three times and each time luckily rolled the 'power surge' result so neither one was handicapped by the 'Breakdown' results! Plus there were plenty of Human assets still in action, only three out of eight of the Armoured Wagons were destroyed, both the Blimps were still in action and only three out of a total of eight Artillery Crewmen had become casualties, the British still had a lot of firepower at games end! Be ready to read about a rematch later in 2024...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Next Time: Captain Darling's Grand Tour Review or a way overdue AAR or two!</span></div></span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-72596470517495656372023-12-26T19:42:00.001+10:302024-01-02T06:48:50.992+10:30Captain Darling & the Incident at the Christmas Pudding Factory!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Christmas 1874 and Mankind continued their War with the Dastardly Martian host!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">December 1874 and Her Majesty's S.O.E. (Stealthy Overseas Executive) continued to try and interpret the Evil Martian High Commands intent. Thanks to their top Agent, Edward Bigger they uncovered one of the the Martian Devils most heinous plans to date, it appeared they planned to interrupt the supply of Christmas Puddings to the good citizen of the Empire! The Heads of S.O.E. shook their heads and despaired on being informed of this, was no depths of depravity that these Demons incarnate would not go!</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Perseverance by S.O.E.s Agents determined the target of the Martians latest plan was the Puddin' Lady's Christmas Pudding Manufacturing Co located in Little Tinkle on Clyde, they were the premier maker of the best and largest Christmas Puddings in the Empire!</div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Two Martian Tripod contraptions codenamed 'Red' and 'Blue' were shadowed by Agents while the Military took action! Captain Darling and a detachment of Guardsmen were dispatched forthwith to the Christmas Pudding Manufacturing Co. they were supplied with Armoured Steam Tractors and their associated Trailers to start convoying the output of the Factory safely to distribution Centres. Also the Top Brass was gave command of the newly raised 7th Steam Power Armoured Detachment to </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Colonel Sir Blythe-Hamilton-Pants. </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Blythe-Hamilton-Pants known affectionately by his ADCs as Ol' Brown Pants was a veteran of several encounters the the Martian Fighting Machines so an obvious choice and the men selected for his force were also experienced.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-family: arial;">It was late December on uneven and marshy ground that </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Sir Blythe-Hamilton-Pants Troops faced off against the Nasty Martian Machines...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">A picture of Captain Darling sporting a blue tunic conversing with an officer of the Guards whilst Christmas Puddings are prepared to be loaded for transport...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCEwg6WIrxqAGMkoz-7eHZTsc16PQpmxNTyX8oxPWMHs5v6hx_Y9QHPzS4GWGhxMnDu31JbuPF7NzgbT3xEm6HNted1QthPyAxsVzgr2Px3zJEIL3zh_UHM91JHwZ41MgX897TtxxMsB3Dt70vrdHZ8kbYVpB7_5VOajUsAGGHKztzBBcfEfnBC-J5VY/s2224/Teaser%201%20Aged.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1600" data-original-width="2224" height="288" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggCEwg6WIrxqAGMkoz-7eHZTsc16PQpmxNTyX8oxPWMHs5v6hx_Y9QHPzS4GWGhxMnDu31JbuPF7NzgbT3xEm6HNted1QthPyAxsVzgr2Px3zJEIL3zh_UHM91JHwZ41MgX897TtxxMsB3Dt70vrdHZ8kbYVpB7_5VOajUsAGGHKztzBBcfEfnBC-J5VY/w400-h288/Teaser%201%20Aged.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The game is set up for play in three days I will keep you up to date with the result!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Next time: as above 😉 the game AAR…</span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-2613185532693910982023-07-03T22:36:00.001+09:302023-07-03T22:36:55.858+09:30Captain Darling's 2023 Grand Tour is Announced!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Captain Darling's planned expedition of 2020 was forestalled due to a great blight that ravaged all corners of the Earth but showing his truly determined and rugged yet gentlemanly manner he has finally overcame this obstacle and is soon to set off on his aptly named 2023 Grand Tour!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Captain Darling has sourced the latest Cartographers Map for his Grand Tour of Europe...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SRcFzh6z1q84-hDI70zqC6M3rMK8jiQQjXwQjOhCPbshGHL1q0IZ2NxgH5ofnTCBhIEhWC4LmwpdZtDDedsgglSHavK-rXgr5UH82rd7iCFsBfhbT-w9tUgW2jmv7C8F9rHgiuTev2ynoSUlTwOvF2-0VRpxVimP2MspUV90XJE_WNt1ykJ1gyd7T0E/s494/Old%20World%20Map%20of%20Europe.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="386" data-original-width="494" height="313" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3SRcFzh6z1q84-hDI70zqC6M3rMK8jiQQjXwQjOhCPbshGHL1q0IZ2NxgH5ofnTCBhIEhWC4LmwpdZtDDedsgglSHavK-rXgr5UH82rd7iCFsBfhbT-w9tUgW2jmv7C8F9rHgiuTev2ynoSUlTwOvF2-0VRpxVimP2MspUV90XJE_WNt1ykJ1gyd7T0E/w400-h313/Old%20World%20Map%20of%20Europe.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">Map from Pinterest!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: justify;">The good Captain and his partner Mrs Darling (also known as She Who Must Be Obeyed) are </span></span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">soon to depart the Antipodes and journey north for several weeks! Travelling light </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">on this occasion, yes not a single </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;">Porter or even his trusty Batman will be in attendance as he plans to follow the exceptionally hazardous route laid out below!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Captain Darling's 2023 Grand Tour!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Manchester Ol' Blighty</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> is his first port of call and his arrival coincides with the Fourth </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Test Match of </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Ashes Series. Time has been allocated for him to engage in viewing the Cricket at Old Trafford and it is naturally assumed that he will take time swap stories of his cricket career with the current players if not roll his arm over and wield the willow if required. He and Mrs Darling will also take a day Safari to Liverpool to investigate the Beatles Plague they have been suffering from since the early 1960s!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hiking south the plucky party of two will stop in Birmingham, there they plan to seek the source of all the Birmingham Hallmarked Silver they continually spy on the 'Bargain Hunt' Television Series. While visiting the environs of the City he may take time to hunt out some local big game otherwise known as 'George the Stourbridge Station Cat'.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Travelling quickly south on board a modern locomotive the Darlings will make an appearance in London for a time. There plans have been formulated for darling to attend more Cricket at the Fifth Ashes Test Match at the Oval, after which he hope to catch up with fellow explorers at the Reform Club before taking Mrs Darling out on the town to take in some shows!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The expedition then journeys to the Continent and after a trip on a newfangled 'fast train' called the Eurostar a more sedate rail journey will take the party to Bayeux. At Bayeux several days will be sent investigating Normandy's beaches, the eateries, drinking establishments and then mimicking a fellow explorer Indiana he will visit a the local Museum and announce "I am here to see the tapestry!".</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Rail transport will then be employed as the small group delves eastward into Europe, the intrepid Captain and partner will take up residence in Amsterdam! Here there will be many sojourns discovering all manner of locales including everything from Windmills to Breweries! Also there are rumours of herbs that are very relaxing and exotic substances that broaden the mind which need to be explored!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Next stopover on the trek east is Munster Germany, no not the big one with Cathedrals and Centuries of coveted history bit the small one in Lower Saxony which is home to the German Tank Museum! Here the Captain will indulge while Mrs Darling will partake of shopping and imbibing, basically anything that distances herself from exploring a multitude of man made machinations that Darling will be immersing himself in!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Passage will then be sought to the distant east with a mind of visiting Warsaw. There the dynamic duo will bivouac and excursions will be made to this fabled city's precincts where time will be well spent exploring its treasures in depth.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From Warsaw our fearless band will transverses the wilds of the Polish countryside to a visit a Krakow home of famous King Solomon's Mine, ah hold on we have just been informed it is actually the home of the famous Salt Mines, Bugger!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The final destination of this endeavour will see the Darlings in the exotic City of Budapest, where they hope to be caught up in the magic of the history of the great twin Cities of Buda and Pest or at least have a look around and take a tour or two!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">As can be seen Mrs Darling is travelling very light...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ZjA96-Ox7s-S57aeDvbZjaCYfLgAEtS8cYwawKcVB_mLlFoKh1Nxx-RUVyCXESKkS08vFY_PfXCbHgHt2iuxWWcpJxtvT0UXlCcxWc0cw3olAMENKxE4OMjTUgeZodMJEJvgKBRzh2RDLuX1vxU9J_E2dOluJP1msBSdXELk00t-YVzyol_cOfQNXOY/s377/Luggage.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="377" data-original-width="247" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4ZjA96-Ox7s-S57aeDvbZjaCYfLgAEtS8cYwawKcVB_mLlFoKh1Nxx-RUVyCXESKkS08vFY_PfXCbHgHt2iuxWWcpJxtvT0UXlCcxWc0cw3olAMENKxE4OMjTUgeZodMJEJvgKBRzh2RDLuX1vxU9J_E2dOluJP1msBSdXELk00t-YVzyol_cOfQNXOY/w263-h400/Luggage.jpg" width="263" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;">picture thanks to weburbanist.com</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Returning to the Antipodes in late August 2023 Captain Darling will if the events in his busy life settle down attempt to bring his Blog up to date, thanks to all out there! You never know you may even cross paths with the Captain on his travels!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><b>Next Time; Probably something to do with the Grand Tour!</b></span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-1421673780197291972022-12-25T22:32:00.001+10:302022-12-25T22:37:50.955+10:30The Great Tibetan Expedition and A Christmas Message...<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">Captain Darling's adventures encompassed the length and breadth of the Globe and one of his lesser known exploits was his Expedition into the Himalayas, a treacherous mountain range that separated the Indian Subcontinent from the Tibetan Plateau. For this venture the good Captain travelled light and was accompanied by just 3 stout fellow Officers from his old Regiment and a single Sherpa named Bob. The plan was to cross from the great mountain range from North to South mapping a traversable route whilst keeping one eye peeled for the fabled land, Shangri-La. The band laboured for several months and arrived in the Indian Subcontinent ragged and exhausted yet successful, yes they had mapped a route for future travellers a very good result. Rumours abounded about whether they had located Shangri-La but the entire company remained tight lipped on that fact. Fanciful stories also circulated of a terrible creature that roamed the high ground preying on the local fauna. Captain Darling laughed these tales off mentioning they meet nothing more that the 'Abominable Snow-Mouse' a friendly super sized rodent! The successful explorers left India from Bombay on a tramp steamer and headed to Africa with plans to indulge in more feats of daring do before returning to Ol' Blighty for tea and scones!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">A faked photograph of Captain Darling and his purported meeting with the Abominable Snow-Mouse high in the Mountains of the Himalayas, this was a jovial aside he mentioned when questioned on the Expedition's discoveries which many took to be a distraction to cover up the actual findings made by them!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5lM-u8sYkwU5kcatHDl5yB_obIRyTFDXZ3XcTWgoCcqz9c6VeYhHTD3eScCWYa03sm3obF5ZEYy8lD-ALES_ZR1x_Wt2V_vKbIt1ylY4ErgF9p35Z3rJVW0ShS3etI_w5sBNcoPpnPh8nQOrMg36pWz6bS_ZLGHK7e-f0d0XZ_LNPTTAKHL7mTdV/s2870/20221225_090122%20sepia.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2870" data-original-width="2569" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh5lM-u8sYkwU5kcatHDl5yB_obIRyTFDXZ3XcTWgoCcqz9c6VeYhHTD3eScCWYa03sm3obF5ZEYy8lD-ALES_ZR1x_Wt2V_vKbIt1ylY4ErgF9p35Z3rJVW0ShS3etI_w5sBNcoPpnPh8nQOrMg36pWz6bS_ZLGHK7e-f0d0XZ_LNPTTAKHL7mTdV/w358-h400/20221225_090122%20sepia.jpg" width="358" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">I do not usually pass on Yuletide Messages but this year with the World opening up after the ravages of Covid I thought I'd take this opportunity to thank those who take the time to read my musings and to wish them all a Happy Christmas and a Very Happy New Year!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Next Time; The Violent Night Game OOBs and AAR!</span></div></span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-26202814399804938392022-12-18T09:04:00.000+10:302022-12-18T09:04:25.335+10:30The Battle of Salisbury Plain AKA Violent Night - A FUBAR VSF Tale<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dear
Reader after a lengthy hiatus I again have the time to sit at my bureau, flip open the silver capstan ink well, charge my pen and recommence writing the
chronicles of Captain Darling. It is with great excitement that I again put ink to
parchment and transcribe a tale that has been to now lost to the ages but I have recovered
from the good Captains own diaries. I will leave you in anticipation no longer…</span></p><p class="p1" style="margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; min-height: 22px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Captains Darling and Scott at the S.O.E. Moon Expedition</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> Research Facility Salisbury Plains, top English Space Scientist Professor Dingleberry can be seen with them. The Interplanetary Travel Pod by which they stand is ready to to loaded into the JVMG MkII Moon Cannon!</span></span></div><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymHD-F096rS1DRNfzscx_FhvAzeKk4wX-DsN5qIuI4ySK1gp_Xb44E7d3OZGkSCLZidiEYcrPgcNtJZjRLmhOWvNExhjzUocVev1hxw7HaUTS76unRY1qs7nGtn8MIN_xhOFlVarAX-BkS9SjnhNOXfJWv3-tt_2_RAQFiILVP9VkkYnrUnrVfytc/s2000/Big%20Picture%2061%2065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1761" data-original-width="2000" height="353" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiymHD-F096rS1DRNfzscx_FhvAzeKk4wX-DsN5qIuI4ySK1gp_Xb44E7d3OZGkSCLZidiEYcrPgcNtJZjRLmhOWvNExhjzUocVev1hxw7HaUTS76unRY1qs7nGtn8MIN_xhOFlVarAX-BkS9SjnhNOXfJWv3-tt_2_RAQFiILVP9VkkYnrUnrVfytc/w400-h353/Big%20Picture%2061%2065.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></o:p><p></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; min-height: 22px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Twas December
24 1888, a wintery Christmas eve and a blanket of white covers the countryside of the
counties of England. On this day the Boffins of Great Britain's S.O.E. (Stealthy
Overseas Executive) where busy preparing to launch Englishmen to the Moon. Yes
thanks to the JVMG Mk II Projectile Accelerator this feat was to be recognised!
The date was significant the English Scientific Community wished this feat of daring do to be their Christmas Present to their major patron Queen Victoria! The Travel Pod's two
handpicked crewmen, Captains Darling and Scott accompanied by one of Her Most
Imperial Majesty's Hunting Dogs were prepared for the Safari of a lifetime, a
journey into the heavens! Their Expedition included the most important of items
believed by the top scientists to be required for such an adventure; Sun
Helmets and Eye Shades, a brace of Elephant Guns, a fully loaded Tea Caddy and
several days supplies of Cucumber Sandwiches were amongst the plethora of
supplies which also boasted Scott's Manservant Jeeves!</span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; min-height: 22px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; min-height: 22px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">All was prepared for a
breakfast launch on Christmas Day and after the Travel Pod arrived on the Lunar surface the crew would have time to enjoy a hearty morning tea before they would ignite flares that
Her Most Imperial Majesty could view while dining on her sumptuous Christmas Repast. A most
glorious adventure indeed, what could go wrong???</span></p>
<p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; min-height: 22px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><span class="s1">What indeed!
Well the leading countries of the European Tri-Covenant had heard via their
Intelligence Services of the British Moon Plan and viewed it with suspicion.
They believed the British had weaponised their Moon Cannon and under the cover
of an Safari to the Moon were looking at launching dangerous projectiles at important
sites across the Continent in a prelude to an attempt to conquer the Mainland! The partners of this devilish coalition planned their own pre-emptive strike!
France, Germany and their uncomfortable bed fellow Russia combined forces to
create a raiding party that would strike at the eleventh hour, Christmas Eve. The Leaders of these three countries believed these impudent British and their Queen must be given a resounding rebuke!</span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"><br /></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><span class="s1">**********************</span></span></p>
<p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; min-height: 22px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"> </span></o:p></p>
<p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #ffa400;">So it is we
find ourselves on Salisbury Plain home of the British Moon Expedition research facility on Christmas
Eve 1888. All is quiet and tranquil as the sun slowly begins to set...then all
hell breaks loose as the Raiding Force from across the Channel looms from over
the horizon...there'll be no silent night tonight!</span></span><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><br /></span></span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Captain Darling can be seen in the far left in the photograph next to the Interplanetary Travel Pod dressed in the special Garb for Moon walking, very protective: note the brimmed hat to protect the face from the Suns rays, heavy duty gloves and shin protection, the choice of white was to allow the Explorers to easily spot any injuries that may draw blood while negotiating the alien Lunar landscape!</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdwEbZrvD9VLb3JKB94DttXZq1pXUuSUvPVIsnCkQ_L7nATSQttSHs41xYE7GvE3aNDTHT_0KaJBXtN6pzXAMA7wFTE2kZoyqmA-Crjb8Uw4lAhEay8Ypu9HjCMELLJ2bYnvHVUmip0TRb7y0OUKqgx32EnZf5LBlaobNpLKV7onQgoIcsCS98yqf/s2425/second%20close%20up%2061%2065.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2425" data-original-width="2000" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFdwEbZrvD9VLb3JKB94DttXZq1pXUuSUvPVIsnCkQ_L7nATSQttSHs41xYE7GvE3aNDTHT_0KaJBXtN6pzXAMA7wFTE2kZoyqmA-Crjb8Uw4lAhEay8Ypu9HjCMELLJ2bYnvHVUmip0TRb7y0OUKqgx32EnZf5LBlaobNpLKV7onQgoIcsCS98yqf/w330-h400/second%20close%20up%2061%2065.jpg" width="330" /></a></div><p></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; min-height: 22px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></o:p></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; min-height: 22px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p><span style="font-family: arial;">I am hoping 2023 will be a year without ripples and I can catch up on my VSF/Alternate History stuff from 2022 and cover Captain Darling's new adventures as they unfold through 2023! I actually have several AAR's for the TSOG Blog to do as well but don't tell the other Guys that! </span></o:p></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; min-height: 22px; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></p><p class="p2" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; min-height: 22px; text-align: center; text-size-adjust: auto;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #fcff01;">Next Time; a full report with OOB covering this Violent Night, hopefully this is all worth the
wait!</span></span></p><p class="p1" style="font-stretch: normal; margin: 0cm; text-align: justify; text-size-adjust: auto;"><o:p></o:p></p>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-34238159947414010922021-12-21T13:14:00.003+10:302021-12-21T16:04:28.627+10:30Blog Update - Seven Years & 100,000 Views!<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I'll start this post dear reader with a Hearty <b>"</b><b><i>Thank You!"</i></b> on the behalf of Captain Darling!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Who would have thought just over seven years ago the Blog I created would ever reach 100,000 views...yeah I know most are bots etc having a nosey but still I'm pretty chuffed!</div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This excerpt is from a front page story from the 'Adelaide Reporter' date unknown;</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial; font-size: xx-small;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">"It has been reported that on hearing the news of reaching 100,000 views on his Blog Captain Darling immediately celebrated, he; bought a new Lagonda Drophead Coupe to motor the streets of Adelaide in, and he visited the Duck & Weave Hotel, a very reputable establishment where engaged himself in consuming a large medium rare steak with vegetables and gravy washed own by a mighty number of frothy beverages!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Captain Darling outside of the Duck & Weave Hotel inspecting his new <span style="text-align: justify;">Lagonda Drophead Coupe</span> motor vehicle, you'll notice his trusted hound Maximillian is christening one of the tyres as he does so!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmKc2XpjmEXVum8bjTgckxHfEJkk14uVx6-dRjkWm_lVSqz9NVsffzkUqJZNX0l8zGVe3N8GfvGdxt4ECXUtJQpj2lCAEI8F0_iHrMK7OZOasd5a7cw695fWEzhKku2_DIr5wEDGP1z935M4RbwtzBKRMTEOmjn4nMMbLkaFPpQO-wPzI-CK8slmoy=s1541" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1048" data-original-width="1541" height="272" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgmKc2XpjmEXVum8bjTgckxHfEJkk14uVx6-dRjkWm_lVSqz9NVsffzkUqJZNX0l8zGVe3N8GfvGdxt4ECXUtJQpj2lCAEI8F0_iHrMK7OZOasd5a7cw695fWEzhKku2_DIr5wEDGP1z935M4RbwtzBKRMTEOmjn4nMMbLkaFPpQO-wPzI-CK8slmoy=w400-h272" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This Blog was started to share my Victorian Science Fiction Stuff and record my hypothetical 1879 Imperial Russian Invasion of the Colony of South Australia, even though such an invasion was <u>very</u> unlikely at several times during the later part of Nineteenth Century the Leaders of some of the Australian Colonies were convinced one was imminent! I believe it has been very successful in featuring my VSF foibles and following my customisation of the FUBAR VSF ruleset I use but despite finishing the 'historical' background to 'The Russians Are Coming' Campaign and the listing the miniatures to be used I have not completed the series of seven games that were planned! "That's a bit disappointing!" I hear you say well here's a big statement, in 2022 I will complete games six and seven of the </span><span style="font-family: arial;">'The Russians Are Coming' Campaign and get them posted up on the Blog...this will not mean that the scenarios featuring South Australian Militia gainfully fighting the Imperial Russian Army will not reappear as there is plenty of scope for more independent scenarios including perhaps a river battle on the mighty Torrens!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Overall content has slipped over the last few years but I expected that. Initially there were many posts regarding VSF and 'The Russians are Coming' Campaign miniatures and all the whacky VSF contraptions I built or scratch made and these boosted the post numbers. D</span><span style="font-family: arial;">ue to space limitations </span><span style="font-family: arial;">I have stopped adding to these collections so</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> now only games and their related details are going up! I foresee maintaining the current level of posts on the topics this Blog concentrates on in the future (remember as all my other gaming related posts are on the Toy Soldiers for Old Gits (TSOG) Blog). I also want to get back to core Victorian Science Fiction stuff so the Pulp games that have diverted me recently will give way to fleets of steam vehicles supported by colourful infantry, robots and flyers having at each other with aplomb!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I hope you'll keep up your patronage of Captain Darlings Miniatures Emporium and continue enjoy what you see and read! I hope you enjoy the Yule Tide Holidays and have a very Happy New Year!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Oh and a Merry Christmas from Captain Darling!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnqAmrJJNVAqRPVOJoffg43KBXYh5gYVuspaZ8XmKja6PBC8ILrLqsglxtYp2QV_EZ1xkJgJ9AzGuUnoDHjd43kVVOOl5iB1BrrHm-7y2SKOn4rShCWLOe9OhMVuSgwdcFrlruA6aEOsTK0Bzs1a9XXx6PeuZHn9u90Fsctj9Gn4_1uSLHd3xVdvDy=s411" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="366" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjnqAmrJJNVAqRPVOJoffg43KBXYh5gYVuspaZ8XmKja6PBC8ILrLqsglxtYp2QV_EZ1xkJgJ9AzGuUnoDHjd43kVVOOl5iB1BrrHm-7y2SKOn4rShCWLOe9OhMVuSgwdcFrlruA6aEOsTK0Bzs1a9XXx6PeuZHn9u90Fsctj9Gn4_1uSLHd3xVdvDy=w356-h400" width="356" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #fcff01;"><b>Next Time; the Land of the Lost AAR?</b></span></span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-7840783531701948772021-12-14T08:35:00.001+10:302021-12-14T08:41:58.878+10:30Jungle Cuisine, Explorer Broth - Scratch Building an Explorer in a Cooking Pot!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The final preparation </span><span style="font-family: arial;">work </span><span style="font-family: arial;">for the Land of the Lost game is done. The scenario needed one more specialty plot piece that required scratch building, 'the lost explorer in a Native Cooking Pot! Surprisingly I couldn't find a commercial one available but I don't mind pottering (pun haha) around anyway and putting something together myself. Here's the result...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Anyone for Wayward White Explorer Broth?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHRwE1xo7tv9-bIsK4bA4uWDFFtcVrpmvsvPTCthHyezJskL3ZQuZvr2PcPCf5jV49Ojl-O52rFOSvW034KrSvrkX3cnNs8XP-2lUgKT9XSx9Vw1zWpsBygOwc_sjL4JJQh3IQXUFuPLl7AN7gr0KvAFPT_b_uTOeiNybcMpC2U8DKQY_Ajz95DiCd=s1154" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1051" data-original-width="1154" height="364" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjHRwE1xo7tv9-bIsK4bA4uWDFFtcVrpmvsvPTCthHyezJskL3ZQuZvr2PcPCf5jV49Ojl-O52rFOSvW034KrSvrkX3cnNs8XP-2lUgKT9XSx9Vw1zWpsBygOwc_sjL4JJQh3IQXUFuPLl7AN7gr0KvAFPT_b_uTOeiNybcMpC2U8DKQY_Ajz95DiCd=w400-h364" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>Explorer Broth ingredients;</div><div>Milliput</div><div>Wire</div><div>Twigs</div><div>Sheet styrene</div><div>An old figure, preferably with a sun helmet</div></span></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Again I just created this on the go so here's the steps I followed!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Mix up a large blob of Milliput.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Roll most of this blob it into a ball, then elongate the ball rolling it so you get a cylinder with rounded ends, flatten one end, this will bulge that end and this will be the bottom of the pot, put your thumb into the other end and with a wet finger slowly work a lip between your thumb and finger, once flared and thinned and it looks like the top of a cooking pot smooth the surfaces and set aside.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3. Cut about a 35mm piece of sheet styrene and with the rest of the Milliput create a donut bigger than the pot diameter, flatten it and then add broken twigs to it to represent fire logs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4. Push the cooking pot carefully onto the bases 'logs' to form an indent in it so it will sit level on the base later.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5. Form a piece of wire into a handle, at each end bend the wire at right angles and press into the cooking pot, let the pot set a bit first so you don't deform it. You could let it dry completely and drill small holes for the wire to fit into, I did it while it was still soft to save drilling.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">6. When dry glue the cooking pot to the base and paint as desired.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">7. Create a torso to fit in the cooking pot. I used a Warlord German Tank Commander and cut the head off as a base for the explorer, I then added a sun helmeted head left over from an Empress Miniatures vehicle. Add paint as desired!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8. When the cooking pot and figure are dry pour superglue into the cooking pot creating a pool and fit the torso into the centre of the 'puddle', I would recommend test fitting the torso and get it set up right to be level before pouring the superglue! There you're done!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">This is the only 'in progress picture' I took, this is the end of step 6 above...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-7UmUNA6vTKVnCFFk8cny8WiGKSCy0qzNtXrEtdNQeNy6-a5uG5lJ8LjjbUHjxrFaron8yjK29W7Tm9hUhb0Fbpg1B8MbaJCy5cMyJHekjgrL083zvdPlYIwCZXgQa26hQ4CcINA47g8d_Z4mnLdSyTXLahVlJZ1iRakEmYrarG5gbJcb08AgvLWe=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="1500" height="325" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi-7UmUNA6vTKVnCFFk8cny8WiGKSCy0qzNtXrEtdNQeNy6-a5uG5lJ8LjjbUHjxrFaron8yjK29W7Tm9hUhb0Fbpg1B8MbaJCy5cMyJHekjgrL083zvdPlYIwCZXgQa26hQ4CcINA47g8d_Z4mnLdSyTXLahVlJZ1iRakEmYrarG5gbJcb08AgvLWe=w400-h325" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Dr Livingston on the boil!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFD7XahqJZoau8ffvy-CrHylYH5rkr3yG8VoV2wXoROexOxXuUMqdxuzw6oMpZiHJttCWThhtCUWScC5HvGfYMm9X85jOg1lcXidXcKFIKXvN0oYsWVoO9scyVqp0gpYxUrJwJVkynoSe2l9hCBPrhSpE0sR16q_aNPM3z-EA2VGiKcxpf9T8GUyy_=s1556" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1556" data-original-width="1500" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgFD7XahqJZoau8ffvy-CrHylYH5rkr3yG8VoV2wXoROexOxXuUMqdxuzw6oMpZiHJttCWThhtCUWScC5HvGfYMm9X85jOg1lcXidXcKFIKXvN0oYsWVoO9scyVqp0gpYxUrJwJVkynoSe2l9hCBPrhSpE0sR16q_aNPM3z-EA2VGiKcxpf9T8GUyy_=w385-h400" width="385" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">A view from above, the liquid effect was simply done by creating a puddle...okay pool as it sounds cooler of superglue and then plunging Dr Livingston's torso into it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7fFJRgmbAsXvMSxBaigqaPcEeAIeSl1saKarYEXBr4i5YNfF2kDClhMBbpdfqHgLbySt2qTdZnBqobgo4hRPv6XFleibjOukwYtXetLk58ihWwlnGO-c99lhqzVUDM6J9dri9RE0uvrnBXv9i6Qc_YlG78KX2q_WSB5YUCR0lNgNayfkOEVcVX3kZ=s755" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="755" data-original-width="602" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEi7fFJRgmbAsXvMSxBaigqaPcEeAIeSl1saKarYEXBr4i5YNfF2kDClhMBbpdfqHgLbySt2qTdZnBqobgo4hRPv6XFleibjOukwYtXetLk58ihWwlnGO-c99lhqzVUDM6J9dri9RE0uvrnBXv9i6Qc_YlG78KX2q_WSB5YUCR0lNgNayfkOEVcVX3kZ=w319-h400" width="319" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Dr Livingston 'in the pot' and 'saved by the explorers'...hmmm not an exact match as he's grown a moustache to twirl out of the pot! Never fear dear reader it won't matter on the night!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRsjVDsWuYxdVoifRNs8ZUK1TD_uYXa_TUopz7Ye2h_f_KT-fwtUJ6n8SJoIt3SZBiElel4FVgqw7dlLKFPKt2IAAttuJ4oGM-B7TaDGCoHxTUoIgfVAYOYSjT2xx2zleq9tdhkW4e786nVOArPXET1pzUZtntdIFcg6rvM9-oEijtS2Vq7WqERWyO=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1459" data-original-width="1500" height="389" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiRsjVDsWuYxdVoifRNs8ZUK1TD_uYXa_TUopz7Ye2h_f_KT-fwtUJ6n8SJoIt3SZBiElel4FVgqw7dlLKFPKt2IAAttuJ4oGM-B7TaDGCoHxTUoIgfVAYOYSjT2xx2zleq9tdhkW4e786nVOArPXET1pzUZtntdIFcg6rvM9-oEijtS2Vq7WqERWyO=w400-h389" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b>Next Time; Most probably the land of the Lost AAR!</b></span></div></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-2535136312508780592021-12-12T09:37:00.003+10:302021-12-12T10:07:57.237+10:30Scenery - Rope Bridges & A How to Scratch Build Them!<p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The upcoming Land of the Lost game requires several ubiquitous bits of specific Jungle Terrain the most iconic being 'rope bridges'! I need three for the game so how to make these suckers? I just went ahead and started making the first one and worked it out as I went.</span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4zzwfbjRLYVrZTV9GMcgVxo-uCFfjsPFYFe-hzvRxMWTZYXryHplWR_ybeHS1zDUlXRZu8QFC8aSpjyBpritD-nCdgowOFTDC6zg3k-kNFPgE7JN3sqOcr020Jqo4r7K6NeOULTRd0EuOJpXRaug__HZdtMUNN9__5kDQDABTJJ_67smtofDfL6_M=s589" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="442" data-original-width="589" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEj4zzwfbjRLYVrZTV9GMcgVxo-uCFfjsPFYFe-hzvRxMWTZYXryHplWR_ybeHS1zDUlXRZu8QFC8aSpjyBpritD-nCdgowOFTDC6zg3k-kNFPgE7JN3sqOcr020Jqo4r7K6NeOULTRd0EuOJpXRaug__HZdtMUNN9__5kDQDABTJJ_67smtofDfL6_M=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic2Q0Dvd53XphBd0e05qfuLgv8Wc4gX2FCoCNcvsn9W7pkCJXgOt3n13nSptaSOhAODhwKxPyWagW6SuPR15yzIhYLFyvGHfEhPgtQ5tJLExbacx9Q1J7K6igfdf5DIgcRZF7J6hSNm9MHVMxoRklfygQUGUtTGD46WQVmgkw1KkpjrmpI4y7qhgsx=s597" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="597" height="321" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEic2Q0Dvd53XphBd0e05qfuLgv8Wc4gX2FCoCNcvsn9W7pkCJXgOt3n13nSptaSOhAODhwKxPyWagW6SuPR15yzIhYLFyvGHfEhPgtQ5tJLExbacx9Q1J7K6igfdf5DIgcRZF7J6hSNm9MHVMxoRklfygQUGUtTGD46WQVmgkw1KkpjrmpI4y7qhgsx=w400-h321" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The 'How To'...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">I didn't take pictures as I went (DOH!) so added what I have where they're relevant!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Cut from sheet styrene two anchor points, make them the width of your bridge and them around twice the width measurement again for the depth.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2. Strip some electrical wire to bare the copper strands.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">3. Cut 4 bits of the copper wire to the length required, i.e. the span of the bridge (allow for some sag) plus about an extra centimetre extra.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4. Twist the lengths into two pairs.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">5 Superglue the lengths to you bridge supports from step 1.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">This picture shows the rope bridge at the end of step 5 and in the foreground are the roughly cut slats from step 6!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtcATLgq2yQ3V_KcVHR-n1yC-kyyLB6bZdAcAtL7k8HxNAaL7JiFlrFduT9Wy7WGcoCQFXi_rh0b7bzhMdj32AQdI0uqap-k5tfFmVT6I77SkbOXQFP_tPPRh9DCysu4jM4tGvWJL6LdVjzYt6XmsIPxyMTc02zQR2WvdxJ3UXDQDfftvzuNCIfMzk=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1384" data-original-width="2048" height="270" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhtcATLgq2yQ3V_KcVHR-n1yC-kyyLB6bZdAcAtL7k8HxNAaL7JiFlrFduT9Wy7WGcoCQFXi_rh0b7bzhMdj32AQdI0uqap-k5tfFmVT6I77SkbOXQFP_tPPRh9DCysu4jM4tGvWJL6LdVjzYt6XmsIPxyMTc02zQR2WvdxJ3UXDQDfftvzuNCIfMzk=w400-h270" width="400" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: arial;">6. Cut out uneven slats for your bridge and the superglue them onto your 'ropes', I used pop sticks, ice cream stick, coffee stirrers whatever they're called in your neck of the woods.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">7. From a wood coffee skewer cut four lengths, drill a 0.5mm hole in each just down from the top and glue them onto your bridge supports from step 1 in line and near the end of your main ropes/slats. I drilled a hole into the support base and glued them into there for extra strength.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">This picture shows my first attempt at the supports I cut the hand guide rope too short though as it should feed through the skewer uprights and then anchor onto the support base, a later pic will show that!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYmhmXUeMjia-uhobfTU5VSMcZQnM0oYyROQZlRL6RsAEo2N3YnXjVvEn5vD82g_seebaUiIXYGnymfLTfGgR_rZE_FxA9mhVKAtCjPy3Sbma6nZthUl5RayK0VeT24Lgaq_X6b2FQ1cJNB1qdC2mPdxs1OYkeSvRbpehkJWU0Pl7EfKrB7COQoMVc=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1317" data-original-width="2048" height="258" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYmhmXUeMjia-uhobfTU5VSMcZQnM0oYyROQZlRL6RsAEo2N3YnXjVvEn5vD82g_seebaUiIXYGnymfLTfGgR_rZE_FxA9mhVKAtCjPy3Sbma6nZthUl5RayK0VeT24Lgaq_X6b2FQ1cJNB1qdC2mPdxs1OYkeSvRbpehkJWU0Pl7EfKrB7COQoMVc=w400-h258" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">8. Cut two long lengths of the copper wire for the hand guide rope, feed them between the skewer support posts and anchor them at the back edge of the support base with superglue.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">See here the hand guide ropes should look, sorry painting has already started.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGUc8gAZfiKBBlSk7hADOl8fB2gg3CYW2dDiOCf9QgW2Q8oupovB0rwNZsh-66FQ9vVXTe0bPSQ0MS8p1ue3XmJ2vT6CjnX4LQyyWI084BCXXJqogA4ppj17-jOyGMxPkR86meJdxePGJhZ6pRYg1qglKwPpCh7vrU77VYfFj-PHlePn_ppvokB-zM=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1028" data-original-width="2048" height="201" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgGUc8gAZfiKBBlSk7hADOl8fB2gg3CYW2dDiOCf9QgW2Q8oupovB0rwNZsh-66FQ9vVXTe0bPSQ0MS8p1ue3XmJ2vT6CjnX4LQyyWI084BCXXJqogA4ppj17-jOyGMxPkR86meJdxePGJhZ6pRYg1qglKwPpCh7vrU77VYfFj-PHlePn_ppvokB-zM=w400-h201" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">9 Paint as desired and you're done!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Looks great (even if I do say so myself)!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtnMrX4BA0NMEgEjN8pFgqmnthupVyCQEdsImk8ZQmu5ynEoNKTkmVKjUgt6NiJEhjdHluGEc55X0__PAiqHdP-q7Fmsgu9gwn-bLO9or8ISy1C32oltp3wwvnxIqiHj_Rn8QbEKMkn6q0iwl-sTIr0Ir_XjjjULIlhIn1iWs9rf6L1fnY8FBjI8xi=s2048" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1572" data-original-width="2048" height="308" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEgtnMrX4BA0NMEgEjN8pFgqmnthupVyCQEdsImk8ZQmu5ynEoNKTkmVKjUgt6NiJEhjdHluGEc55X0__PAiqHdP-q7Fmsgu9gwn-bLO9or8ISy1C32oltp3wwvnxIqiHj_Rn8QbEKMkn6q0iwl-sTIr0Ir_XjjjULIlhIn1iWs9rf6L1fnY8FBjI8xi=w400-h308" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">For game purposes, as you would expect there is a chance these rope bridges will break causing the Scenario Characters on said bridge to fall into the crocodile infested river at the bottom of the deep ravine I had to make a broken bridge. It used the same basic process as above...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQQLBvmS2n_s8VumEYdEPplJg3eWgpL3eg3Q4Du28cSkvcZScY1mAOo9k7Zr8x-VhNkJzPS9qEYFnQY8updzPjCrLPmm9l7NWIj0OaH6qM867aeJtDbRFWL0bj78uwmBSx_6PrX0q-K7LZjb1tZVLqKEnzaC78EYfkNYedS_iVmIQCdhe7LNB2ClRz=s1500" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1125" data-original-width="1500" height="300" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEhQQLBvmS2n_s8VumEYdEPplJg3eWgpL3eg3Q4Du28cSkvcZScY1mAOo9k7Zr8x-VhNkJzPS9qEYFnQY8updzPjCrLPmm9l7NWIj0OaH6qM867aeJtDbRFWL0bj78uwmBSx_6PrX0q-K7LZjb1tZVLqKEnzaC78EYfkNYedS_iVmIQCdhe7LNB2ClRz=w400-h300" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">So there you go advanced rope bridge making covered, hope it may be of help!</div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><b>Next Time; Explorer Broth!</b></span></div></div></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-156247784084167802021-12-07T22:17:00.001+10:302022-02-06T12:12:20.076+10:30The Land of the Lost - The Historical Background and Scenario Details - A Pulp Action Game<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">I learned a lot running the Pulp Terror on Skull Island game last year and this year with updates to the gaming system and still using adapted FUBAR VSF rules we're all set to go again, welcome to A Bad Day in the Land of the Lost! Here is the Scenario Background and information on the Teams involved!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Best not to be a wayward Explorer in the Land of the Lost...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">you may end up on the locals menu!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uk3AwUKnLVQ/Ya8D44ck6TI/AAAAAAAAFB4/jr0phyRxTPcn1m2eFRpU20wox7XgmNgvQCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20211207_165051.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1711" data-original-width="2048" height="334" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uk3AwUKnLVQ/Ya8D44ck6TI/AAAAAAAAFB4/jr0phyRxTPcn1m2eFRpU20wox7XgmNgvQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h334/20211207_165051.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Historical Background:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Captain Darling’s daring 1885 Darkest African Expedition came back to haunt the him and others during the Great War that ravaged the World! Darling had naturally answered the call of King and Country as soon as the conflict kicked off and his service found him engaged in all manner of outstanding adventures in which he carried out multiple feats of derring-do. The particular operation involving Darling that interests us this time dear reader sees him carrying out a Top Secret mission for British Military Intelligence in the Middle East during August 1917! The assignment called for Darling and three associates to plan a route for the Entente’s imminent offensive targeting Southern Russia! They were the vanguard of Dunsterforce and their task would be complete once they met a British contact in Baku! Naturally under Darling’s command the path was quickly scouted successfully. They arrived in Baku just hours before the scheduled meeting with their contact allowing them time for tea and biscuits. The ‘contact’ turned out to be no other than S.O.E. Agent and long time friend of Darling’s Edward Bigger, the two men quickly finished their business and were retiring for an evening repast when things suddenly unravelled! They were ambushed by Cheka agents with Bolshevik military support! Darling and Bigger easily evaded capture and with their revolvers blazing they decamped with their accomplices leaving their Bolshie assailants confounded!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">The next morning Captain Darling noticed two pages from his dairy were missing, they must have slipped from the volume during his escape from the Bolshies, Bigger quickly discerned Darling's misgivings regrading the loss of the pages. Overhearing Darling muttering to himself he may have unlocked the ‘Doorway to Hell’, he announced to his stoic companion he would recover the missing sheets for him forthwith! With that the two parted company Darling heading south and Bigger vanishing into the shadows which he consistently inhabited.</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Our story then takes us forward three weeks to the headquarters of the Cheka in the bowels of Kremlin in the heart of Moscow. A top level meeting including representatives from the Politburo had taken place with the discussion revolving around two crumpled scraps of paper which lay before them on the table. The Head Cheka Agent summarised their conversation saying, “so Comrades it appears that the Evil Capitalist’s Great Land Grab in Africa has not been as complete as they believe, there is a void they are not aware of that we can fill and in which we can create a new Soviet State, there our egalitarian ideals can gain a foothold right under their big fat noses!” The statement was followed by murmurs of agreement and polite applause after which the attendees of the meeting adjourned for a celebratory round of vodka. As the Bolsheviks revelled none of them noticed the ornate Faberge Heirloom Credenza in the meeting room move slowly from the corner over to the same table at which they had gathered. Once there a wiry hand appeared from one of its drawers and snatched the crucial papers! The Credenza then edged silently back to where it first stood! Crack S.O.E. Agent Edward Bigger had come up trumps again, disguised as the Credenza in question not only had he recovered his best friends missing dairy pages but he had thumbed his own nose at the Bolshies!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Unfortunately for Bigger the contents of these pages had been perused and copied. They contained the location of the long lost plateau in central Africa that Darling had explored all those years ago. The 'Genie was out of the Bottle' and even though the Bolsheviks were embarrassed at losing the valuable original documentation they had all they required to send group of their own explorers to investigate (and conquer) this new land!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;">Two years later in 1919 the Russians were at last ready to mount their expedition to uncover the secrets and riches of the Land of the Lost...</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Teams...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From Great Britain! - The Fine British Explorers</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: black;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D-oWhhh4rMk/Ya72gGv1gtI/AAAAAAAAFBA/WocSqU48e5kusGIoX0EEs5Q2pS0CkbOvACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20211128_075724.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1049" data-original-width="2048" height="205" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-D-oWhhh4rMk/Ya72gGv1gtI/AAAAAAAAFBA/WocSqU48e5kusGIoX0EEs5Q2pS0CkbOvACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h205/20211128_075724.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">British Military Intelligence supplied with S.O.E. Agent Edward Bigger’s comprehensive report on the Land of the Lost wasted no time in planning a mission to ensure the Pinko Bolshevik Horde could not spread their poisonous doctrine outside of their borders! A retired Guards Officer, Major Burke was tasked with organising a company to thwart the Reds! Naturally Major Burke found all the stout chaps he would require from his ‘Club’! So, funded by the British taxpayers and well supplied with tea and biscuits this stout band of Explorers set off to lands unknown ready encounter any dangers while beating the Bolsheviks to their objective, the Land of the Lost...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Major Burke (twice retired!) - Hero Type - Revolver</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Sir Sterling Silver - Hero Type - Revolver</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Prof Thaddeus Bracegirdle -Trusty Chap - Revolver</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Steel Balls - Trusty Chap - Shotgun</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Dick Bonefat - Average Bloke – Elephant Gun</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Watson Later - Average Bloke – Elephant Gun</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From the Middle East - The Jihadist Rabble</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EMz7TbLB0vo/Ya74Q2sgjFI/AAAAAAAAFBM/CMPcnHXjLm0CouVmkDto6AFXS2mieWrUwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2528/20211128_074919.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="2528" height="196" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EMz7TbLB0vo/Ya74Q2sgjFI/AAAAAAAAFBM/CMPcnHXjLm0CouVmkDto6AFXS2mieWrUwCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h196/20211128_074919.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;">With the Great War ending the Western Powers began carving up the Middle East in what they believed would be best for its inhabitants. Eager to prove their worth many locals fired up with the spirit of Jihad resisted the Entente, it was time to strike a blow against these arrogant foreigners. Sultan Habib Hafiz while plotting his own Jihad learned about two Expeditions that were travelling into central Africa in search of great treasure, excited at the opportunity to hack these men into pieces whilst lining his voluminous baggy pants pockets with gold he gathered around him his most rabid followers. Once organised they travelled to the centre of the Dark Continent and followed the drums towards the Land of the Lost...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Sultan Habib Hafiz - Hero Type – Revolver & Sword</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">He-Is Afakir - Hero Type - Revolver & Sword</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Boghus Fakir - Trusty chap – Revolver & sword<span style="white-space: pre;"> </span></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Alibaba the ‘Sheik’ - Trusty Chap - Bolt Action Rifle & Sword</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Putta Inbin- Average Bloke - Repeater Rifle & Big Knife</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Abu Nasal - Average Bloke – Repeater Rifle & Big Knife</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From the Gutters of Society - The Evil Villain’s Minions</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KZp0SMbjeiE/Ya74umTBFsI/AAAAAAAAFBY/A3GQlQ9H5jsdyHCM9LAJr9kWfRr8NevDACNcBGAsYHQ/s2855/20211128_073252.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1102" data-original-width="2855" height="155" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-KZp0SMbjeiE/Ya74umTBFsI/AAAAAAAAFBY/A3GQlQ9H5jsdyHCM9LAJr9kWfRr8NevDACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h155/20211128_073252.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The seedy backstreet of London’s poorer districts were always abounding with rumour, gossip and scandal and a loose lipped British Civil Servant in search of dubious activities added to the mix! Whilst drinking in a dodgy establishment he let slip about Major Burke’s undertaking! It was not long before the evil mastermind Doctor Badlove came to hear of Burke’s mission and naturally his curiosity was peaked! He contacted an ex-Etonian known as Professor Omega and the two of them quickly organised their own Expedition made up of the dregs of society to beat the Governments official party to Africa. Well equipped they promptly departed Ol' Blighty helped by British Military Intelligence’s documentation, their destination the Land of the Lost...</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Doctor Badlove - Hero Type - Revolver</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Professor Omega- Hero Type - Revolver & Sword Cane</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Strangler of Edbury Hill -Trusty Chap – Revolver & Club</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Jack the Knife- Trusty Chap - Shotgun</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">Fred Bedlam - Average Bloke - Bolt Action Rifle</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;">The Moors Stalker - Average Bloke – Bolt Action Rifle</span></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">From The </span><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic</span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> - The Bolshevik Expedition</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gCVtnLBTwf0/Ya7529uksvI/AAAAAAAAFBg/agBJ2v-gmDkl11hEpFV-phqN63j0h9V1QCNcBGAsYHQ/s2567/20211128_074320.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="2567" height="191" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gCVtnLBTwf0/Ya7529uksvI/AAAAAAAAFBg/agBJ2v-gmDkl11hEpFV-phqN63j0h9V1QCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h191/20211128_074320.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></div></div></div><div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div>The Cheka furnished with information on a wonderous lost land from Captain Darling’s Diary pages were quick to realise they could use the information to gain the Marxist Revolution of the Proletariat a foothold on the Dark Continent! Advised of the details of the Cheka’s discovery the Politburo hungry for Prestige (and possible riches!) selected their two best Bolshevik diehards to lead an expedition to Africa. These two Commissars, Boris and Natasha were given support from the Cheka and the Red Army to complete their mission. It took time to organise but by 1919 they were ready. Two Junkers F-13 aircraft were secretly acquired to transport the Expedition members and their equipment on their glorious ‘crusade’ against the Capitalist West, they were headed to the Land of the Lost...</div><div><br /></div><div>Commissar Boris – Anti-Hero Type – Mauser C96 Automatic Pistol</div><div>Commissar Natasha – Anti-Hero Type – Nagant M1895 Revolver</div><div>Cheka Agent Yuri - Evil Chap – Nagant M1895 Revolver</div><div>Private Sasha - Evil Chap - Rifle</div><div>Private Anatole - Average Bolshevik - Rifle</div><div>Private Pavel - Average Bolshevik - Rifle</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here is a sample of the Player Sheet which each Team gets, this is the Bolshie one...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9dL-viAmb2c/Ya77-hbgaAI/AAAAAAAAFBo/FwSUXxRZBEsoyR26KwWalaK3RxgrIIN-gCNcBGAsYHQ/s715/Sample%2BPlayer%2BSheet.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="715" data-original-width="636" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-9dL-viAmb2c/Ya77-hbgaAI/AAAAAAAAFBo/FwSUXxRZBEsoyR26KwWalaK3RxgrIIN-gCNcBGAsYHQ/w356-h400/Sample%2BPlayer%2BSheet.JPG" width="356" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">And the updated for Pulp Gaming one page FUBAR VSF Rules we'll be using...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bwPWA7zF0P8/Ya78Xf5ic-I/AAAAAAAAFBw/niP8HaUFv8Ivf3xvvScuLuWf9UXHOcQFgCNcBGAsYHQ/s837/Rules%2BPDF.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="591" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-bwPWA7zF0P8/Ya78Xf5ic-I/AAAAAAAAFBw/niP8HaUFv8Ivf3xvvScuLuWf9UXHOcQFgCNcBGAsYHQ/w283-h400/Rules%2BPDF.JPG" width="283" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;">Here's the The Land of the Lost table ready to go, all the Event driven terrain has been removed and the silver Event Marker discs are now discretely hidden by jungle looking lichen!</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mcfVWYviFmM/Ya8HvSuNx9I/AAAAAAAAFCA/SXc2EHFNew0diDR--Dj8Ru4aluczqgVpwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/20211207_170738.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1516" data-original-width="2048" height="237" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-mcfVWYviFmM/Ya8HvSuNx9I/AAAAAAAAFCA/SXc2EHFNew0diDR--Dj8Ru4aluczqgVpwCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/20211207_170738.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Next Time: the Land of the Lost AAR!</span></b></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Well maybe not as we're not playing for three of weeks!</span></b></div></div></div></div><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-59246204230827640332021-11-13T11:02:00.004+10:302021-12-06T10:02:50.830+10:30Captain Darling in the Sudan OR Working on a Tan while Battling Natives!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Our Christmas game looms, read on for relevant details gleaned from the diaries of Captain Darling...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Captain Darling posing by a statue during his 1886 Expedition into the deepest depths of the jungles of Central Africa...reportedly the expedition discovered a lost plateau and while exploring it engaged in all manner of exciting adventures and made many curious discoveries...here Darling is seen standing beside what appeared to be Egyptian ruins where they should not be!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AHvVXMYZ3zY/YY7-ymUEOpI/AAAAAAAAE-0/ZR6zqw1BFbwG7GWbNCF9lJYLCytVcy74QCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/LotL%2BTeaser%2BPic%2B2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1536" data-original-width="2048" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-AHvVXMYZ3zY/YY7-ymUEOpI/AAAAAAAAE-0/ZR6zqw1BFbwG7GWbNCF9lJYLCytVcy74QCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/LotL%2BTeaser%2BPic%2B2.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">This Picture was taken by Percy Fiddler a member of Captain Darling's 1886 Expedition with a </span></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-size: x-small;">prototype Eastman Portable Camera, these became commercially available in 1888!</span></span></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-family: arial;">During 1884 with</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">the Mad Mahdi running rampant</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> and Her Most Glorious Majesty's African Possessions in great peril Captain Darling stepped forward (as one would expect) donned his uniform and headed to the front of the battleline!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400;"><span style="font-family: arial;">After an arduous journey across the Indian Ocean by cutter Darling and a small contingent of fellow Antipodean volunteers landed at Port </span></span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Suâkin in early September 1884. Knowing his ol' mucker Chinese Gordon was in a spot of trouble in Khartoum he and his stout band made plans to travel there to join him. It soon became apparent to Darling that due to the Mahdist siege of the city this was not possible and the good Captain decided to wait for the relief force from Britain to arrive so they could join that. As it turned out waiting for Sir Wolseley's column was a mistake as it arrived too late to relieve Gordon and Khartoum! Despite this disappointment Captain Darling still joined Wolseley's force and was at the Battle of Abu Klea where he won great accolades and of course many medals for his bravery! After this victory believing the Mahdists had been defeated and order was once again restored to Victoria's African Empire Darling and his brave cohort departed Sudan. They left </span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Khartoum </span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">in April 1885 for the Antipodes arriving in Adelaide, South Australia in time for tea and scones in January 1887.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Now dear reader it is at this point where our story gets interesting; why did it take so long for Captain Darling and his comrades to arrive at Port Adelaide, why were two members of the contingent missing both Bluey and Stan had just disappeared, how did Bert lose the lower part of his left arm and finally what was in the large number of elephant sized crates that accompanied them?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Rumour and gossip abounded regarding this Expedition, firstly in the fine drinking establishments of Adelaide and then around the globe </span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">spreading rapidly</span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">thanks to the wonders of modern telegraphy! It was said that Captain Darling had led his boys on a escapade of adventure and daring do in the environs of Central Africa! There were stories of exotic animals bigger than elephants and more ferocious than lions as well as treasures beyond the wildest dreams of average man in the street! Each of these wild stories varied in their details and minutiae but they all included one phrase 'the Land of the Lost'! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">'The Land of the Lost', what dear reader is the significance of this? Stay tuned for more details about this!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><b>Next Time, The Land of the Lost Scenario!</b></span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-37314562420967526032021-08-21T15:05:00.001+09:302021-08-24T08:01:39.560+09:30The Battle For Chateaux 'X' - FUBAR VSF AAR<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hello again Dear Readers it's been a while but I'm back and I'll hopefully will be able to divert some more time to my VSF passion over the next few months! This post, my first in quite a while is a FUBAR VSF AAR, yep I got the TSOG guys to play a game last Monday!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>Background</u></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Great Steam Wars of the 1880's engulfed the World and battles between the European Empires raged across the length and breadth of virtually every Continent! The Low Countries in Europe were a hot spot of activity and as allegiances and alliances changed Armies of the Great Empires fought many actions within their borders...one of those was fought for the possession of Chateaux 'X'!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The Battle for Chateaux 'X' begin German Steam Armour advances with Infantry support!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rHQXYr9BTHo/YR7q7kWK1VI/AAAAAAAAEr0/oZVtpydiGAgqWlws8ond2vX3ebJnVnDMgCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/Edited%2BTitle%2BPicture.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rHQXYr9BTHo/YR7q7kWK1VI/AAAAAAAAEr0/oZVtpydiGAgqWlws8ond2vX3ebJnVnDMgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/Edited%2BTitle%2BPicture.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The Armies!</u></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">British Army - Lord Arfwitt - the 22nd Steam Assault Detachment</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Unit</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Activation</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Expertise</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Armour</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Suppression</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Hero Pts</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">HQ<span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">2+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">4+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">6+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Guard Infantry</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">2+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">3+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">5+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">4</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Armoured Infantry 1/2</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">3+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">4+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">5+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">3</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Armoured Infantry 2/2</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">3+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">4+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">5+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">3</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Line Infantry 1/2</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">4+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">5+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">6+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Line Infantry 2/2</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">4+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">5+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">6+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Naval Auxiliaries</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">4+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">5+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">6+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Artillery Detachment</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">3+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">4+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">5+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Automaton MG</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">3+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">3+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">4+/6+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Special Rules</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">0</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">German Army Oberst Oinker - 3rd Grenadier Gruppe</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Unit Activation Expertise Armour Suppression Hero Pts</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">HQ</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">4+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">6+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Jager Border Guards</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">3+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">5+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">4</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> 2</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Armoured infantry 1/2 </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">3+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span> </span><span> </span><span> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">4+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">5+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">3</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> 1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Armoured Infantry 2/2<span> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">3+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">4+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">5+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">3</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Line Infantry 1/3</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> <span> </span></span><span style="font-family: arial;">4+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">5+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">6+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Line Infantry 2/3</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">4+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">5+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">6+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Line Infantry 3/3</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">4+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">5+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">6+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Artillery Detachment</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">3+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">4+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">5+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">2</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">1</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Automaton MG</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">3+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">3+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">4+/6+</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Special Rules</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> </span><span style="font-family: arial;">0</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">All Vehicles </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Activation Expertise Armour Suppression Speed Crew</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"> 3+ 4+ 3+ 2 10” 5/6</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Vehicle Notes;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Vehicle Activation roll of a 1 requires an unmodified 1D6 Roll on Breakdown Table</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Vehicles must move 3” straight ahead before it can turn up to 45 degrees</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Vehicles without turret have 6 man Crew</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Special Rules;</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1. Heroic Points can be spent to reroll a die per Point HQ may use its Points on Unit within 12”</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: 48px;">Gain 1D6 movement</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: 48px;">Gain 1 FP factor for a shot</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: 48px;">Reroll a save at 3+</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: -48px;">2. Automaton requires 2 successful unsaved hits in the one attack to kill, 1 unsaved hit </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: -48px;">causes a roll on the Malfunction table, if Controller is closer to firer than the Automaton he may be targeted and has 6+ Armour, the Controller must be within 12 Inches of the Automaton if not it rolls to activate a pass and it remains stationary a failure and it rolls on the Malfunction Table</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: -48px;">An </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: 48px;">Automaton Activation roll of a 1 requires an unmodified 1D6 Roll on the Malfunction Table</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: 48px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: 48px;"><u>Scenario Rules & Victory Conditions</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; text-indent: 48px;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Chateaux 'X' scenario begins with both sides placed within 6" of their table edge, one Armoured Steam Wagon enters along the road for each side per turn for the first three turns and at the end of turn three each side places their </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Artillery Detachment</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> anywhere within 20" of their table edge, once placed it can not move but it can pivot.</span></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">The game runs for eight complete turns and at the end of the game victory is given to the side with the most Victory Points at that time.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Victory Points are earned for;</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">1 VP per live figure within 12" of the edge of Chateaux 'X' on the player's half of the table</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 VPs per active vehicle within 12" of the edge of Chateaux 'X' on the player's half of the table</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">2 VPs per live figure with 12" of the edge of Chateaux 'X' on the <u><i>other</i></u> player's half of the table</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;">4 VPs per active vehicle with 12" of the edge of Chateaux 'X' on the </span><u style="font-family: arial;"><i>other</i></u><span style="font-family: arial;"> player's half of the table</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Chateaux 'X', everyone's objective, seems the Senior Officers of both sides wanted a classy bivouac for the night!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sdyOb9krTjA/YR7tnkbtl1I/AAAAAAAAEr8/v99r-cI9YBwsQYqA6lN6bTv8W_igYBsfgCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/image7.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-sdyOb9krTjA/YR7tnkbtl1I/AAAAAAAAEr8/v99r-cI9YBwsQYqA6lN6bTv8W_igYBsfgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/image7.jpeg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The AAR</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">With cold Autumn nights approaching many Commanders sought better lodgings and Chateaux 'X' drew the attention of both Lord Arfwitt and Oberst Oinker, they manoeuvred their forces to gain control of this vital location in the lowlands of Holland.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The Germans deployed with a strong right wing and their elite Jagers in their centre with their Automaton under the control Engineer OberLeutnant Willi Orvontee. The British placed their troops in a long line on a board front with their Guard Grenadiers in the rear and their Automaton supporting their left flank. Both sides expected reinforcements of Steam Powered Armoured Wagons and Artillery which would enter along the road.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Both sides advanced aggressively the British skewing their advance toward the dead ground behind Chateaux 'X' where as the German continued their attack on a wide front!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">The road was the centre of the action for the Steam Powered Armoured Wagons of both sides and it became a battle within a battle. In a confused firefight interspersed with Breakdown Events a draw ensued, One British vehicle was destroyed, one bogged down and the other dogged by fires fought on valiantly earing them double VPs, while for the Germans two vehicles were destroyed and the other successfully ended the game near the Chateaux giving them VPs.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">While the armoured clash continued the foot soldiers of both sides drew closer to the Chateaux and each other. Initially the British had the better of the exchange of fire but near the font entrance of the Chateaux the garden became a killing field and two British Units were hammered by the German Armoured Infantry.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">During the last two turns the British artillery came into play pushing back two German Units and then the fresh British Grenadier Guard Unit was released and on entering the fray unleashed a barrage of fire that made the difference! They defeated all the Germans facing them and they then pressed forwards to earn even more VPs for their side!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">At this point the action ended with a British triumph over their German foes, they scored 54 Victory Points to Germans 34!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Our Battlefield, the British are in the foreground!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1wE0SaMy1aQ/YR70cdY-8tI/AAAAAAAAEsY/nYB5G7I7Gz0a91gCxhJ98iDOfcLZczVTgCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/000%2B20210816_182033.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="2048" height="258" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-1wE0SaMy1aQ/YR70cdY-8tI/AAAAAAAAEsY/nYB5G7I7Gz0a91gCxhJ98iDOfcLZczVTgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h258/000%2B20210816_182033.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The British initial positions...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Us5PytAihU/YR70XDi5SaI/AAAAAAAAEsE/gzxHCTDL2I0RGD3JqsPKnUM-u9YmDKj7gCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/001%2B20210816_181936.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1256" data-original-width="2048" height="245" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8Us5PytAihU/YR70XDi5SaI/AAAAAAAAEsE/gzxHCTDL2I0RGD3JqsPKnUM-u9YmDKj7gCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h245/001%2B20210816_181936.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Captain Walee and his new Automaton on the extreme British left.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XfPiFgzFnA4/YR70lDpKcoI/AAAAAAAAEsg/UV-MQpP-NS0nAT2D0ct2cYijwma3-OuhwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/004%2B20210816_182021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1487" data-original-width="2048" height="290" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-XfPiFgzFnA4/YR70lDpKcoI/AAAAAAAAEsg/UV-MQpP-NS0nAT2D0ct2cYijwma3-OuhwCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h290/004%2B20210816_182021.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The Germans deployment mostly hidden in the fruit orchid...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kWVuQNG383o/YR70Yb_jSRI/AAAAAAAAEsI/oYYLW5F7aH4m_9q_rD9ffrplcJqpelI4ACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/002%2B20210816_181952.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="2048" height="256" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kWVuQNG383o/YR70Yb_jSRI/AAAAAAAAEsI/oYYLW5F7aH4m_9q_rD9ffrplcJqpelI4ACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h256/002%2B20210816_181952.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The Huns left flank advances!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">(the blue mini die indicates Units that have Heroic Points they can spend during play!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vSffruaN3RQ/YR70bv3CmPI/AAAAAAAAEsQ/umfedFxTbAYw0xFzUO7ztYgRl5Ci7HU5ACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/003%2B20210816_182007.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1716" data-original-width="2048" height="335" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-vSffruaN3RQ/YR70bv3CmPI/AAAAAAAAEsQ/umfedFxTbAYw0xFzUO7ztYgRl5Ci7HU5ACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h335/003%2B20210816_182007.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The British move forward carefully shielding their reserve, elite Guard Grenadiers armed with the latest repeating rifles and grenade launchers with a Naval Unit...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zkBcTPJrXKM/YR70aDrD1ZI/AAAAAAAAEsM/TEcMrwhBR8ky_lLrJacUQ6zA6tfQ2fVNgCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/003a%2Bimage6.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zkBcTPJrXKM/YR70aDrD1ZI/AAAAAAAAEsM/TEcMrwhBR8ky_lLrJacUQ6zA6tfQ2fVNgCNcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/003a%2Bimage6.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Germans massing at the edge of the orchid about to begin their grand attack! Their best Unit is ready to lead the way!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-whdQel_2z-4/YR70b2hPUoI/AAAAAAAAEsU/1uW45QUikcgKFjez4kCuPw-pj9yql_g8ACNcBGAsYHQ/s640/003b%2Bimage8.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="640" data-original-width="480" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-whdQel_2z-4/YR70b2hPUoI/AAAAAAAAEsU/1uW45QUikcgKFjez4kCuPw-pj9yql_g8ACNcBGAsYHQ/w300-h400/003b%2Bimage8.jpeg" width="300" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The first German Steam Powered Armoured Wagon to arrive coordinated closely with the Infantry!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d1TSu2gv2Zs/YR70hPFRp3I/AAAAAAAAEsc/sWP_avsywRgUskQuNGXOEpnrvIhvxtCxACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/005%2B20210816_191008.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1465" data-original-width="2048" height="286" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d1TSu2gv2Zs/YR70hPFRp3I/AAAAAAAAEsc/sWP_avsywRgUskQuNGXOEpnrvIhvxtCxACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h286/005%2B20210816_191008.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;">"Mensch Vorwarts!" The German advance begins!</div></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fyKx4wzlTjE/YR70lneflZI/AAAAAAAAEso/S6dUQKRuGa02KQ_NbzkXry12sZwE1dcuwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/006%2B20210816_191029.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1526" data-original-width="2048" height="297" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fyKx4wzlTjE/YR70lneflZI/AAAAAAAAEso/S6dUQKRuGa02KQ_NbzkXry12sZwE1dcuwCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h297/006%2B20210816_191029.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Meanwhile the British Steam Armour was in difficulty, a fire broke out in their leading vehicle!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">(the infamous Breakdown Table strikes!)</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wjxzoWcNlss/YR70mLr8LVI/AAAAAAAAEss/syS4phEkxdggJgL4bfBhYEQybJCprPOQgCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/007a%2Bimage5.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wjxzoWcNlss/YR70mLr8LVI/AAAAAAAAEss/syS4phEkxdggJgL4bfBhYEQybJCprPOQgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/007a%2Bimage5.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Not to be outdone the Germans Armoured Behemoths too fell foul of fickle mechanics! This allowed the British to hit the middle vehicle below destroying it!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LTc2Ta-eais/YR70rV6XsMI/AAAAAAAAEs0/7dVJrnEweVAwNiQ1WXaDAhGjDtyT56ibACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/008%2B20210816_193133.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1588" data-original-width="2048" height="310" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LTc2Ta-eais/YR70rV6XsMI/AAAAAAAAEs0/7dVJrnEweVAwNiQ1WXaDAhGjDtyT56ibACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h310/008%2B20210816_193133.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Meanwhile the first infantry casualties are taken, the Germans best troops, their Jagers take hits from opportunity fire!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_R56qVuZjLs/YR70o6YqU-I/AAAAAAAAEsw/FNP9D_zo0XwAppEAoK-2u-ApX8HxdxMpQCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/008%2B20210816_194558.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1587" data-original-width="2048" height="310" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_R56qVuZjLs/YR70o6YqU-I/AAAAAAAAEsw/FNP9D_zo0XwAppEAoK-2u-ApX8HxdxMpQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h310/008%2B20210816_194558.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The roadway became the location of a hot armoured action! Below in the distance two British vehicles move down the road toward their German counterparts, a third one after putting out an internal fire veered off the road when a second fire broke out (curses!). In the foreground the two surviving German vehicles face them.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uGhwIcjwkmk/YR70tuShEaI/AAAAAAAAEtA/5SVDvTD4qx46luMyYGAYkM507obzgA8sQCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/009%2B20210816_195108.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1424" data-original-width="2048" height="279" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-uGhwIcjwkmk/YR70tuShEaI/AAAAAAAAEtA/5SVDvTD4qx46luMyYGAYkM507obzgA8sQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h279/009%2B20210816_195108.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">In an attempt to clear the road for their last vehicle the second British Armoured Wagon moved off the road but due to a power surge it ended up bogged down in the Chateux's pond! It became a pillbox for the rest of the game, luckily though it was within 12" of the Chateaux so qualified for VPs at the last moment!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5X0yADdkwPY/YR70zhlZe_I/AAAAAAAAEtQ/AVMO3foccG0S8SHj6EdHN6Hg9TDxOIDrwCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/011%2B20210816_203515.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1432" data-original-width="2048" height="280" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5X0yADdkwPY/YR70zhlZe_I/AAAAAAAAEtQ/AVMO3foccG0S8SHj6EdHN6Hg9TDxOIDrwCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h280/011%2B20210816_203515.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jLKcwDCFVBc/YR70ubsCp6I/AAAAAAAAEtE/l9GGRW7SF6EwWsl-6yVpagzIg_h00nphACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/010%2B20210816_203509.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1295" data-original-width="2048" height="253" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-jLKcwDCFVBc/YR70ubsCp6I/AAAAAAAAEtE/l9GGRW7SF6EwWsl-6yVpagzIg_h00nphACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h253/010%2B20210816_203509.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Firing was now general across the line as both sides Units advanced, initially the British got the better of this but in the foreground of the below a shattered Unit of Redcoats retire losing seven out of ten figures (the red disc indicates routing units!)!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PxqqRrwi1UY/YR702p-HTtI/AAAAAAAAEtg/oXgAmnIohY84IlFDlXWAKe3FHk2u2gniQCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/012%2B20210816_203526.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1568" data-original-width="2048" height="306" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-PxqqRrwi1UY/YR702p-HTtI/AAAAAAAAEtg/oXgAmnIohY84IlFDlXWAKe3FHk2u2gniQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h306/012%2B20210816_203526.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The British artillery deployed on their left and proved deadly targeting the German foot troops...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-81n4TtiXZ7w/YR701C4JHOI/AAAAAAAAEtY/VRWhY2fj49stM0K44ipl5w7zlrVtGGSBACNcBGAsYHQ/s640/013a%2Bimage2.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-81n4TtiXZ7w/YR701C4JHOI/AAAAAAAAEtY/VRWhY2fj49stM0K44ipl5w7zlrVtGGSBACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/013a%2Bimage2.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The final German push supported by artillery looks promising and despite losses they were advancing steadily!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Note the lonely looking German Automaton ambling forward in the centre of the picture, its operator, </span><span style="font-family: arial; text-align: left;">Willi Orvontee</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> is lurking near the artillery behind the hedge.</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CSRGwPq_ZYM/YR709OyD_DI/AAAAAAAAEtw/H9VJi41fAv8xVUJGzSZ3-Ccu9w7imoU9ACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/014%2B20210816_203546.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1460" data-original-width="2048" height="285" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-CSRGwPq_ZYM/YR709OyD_DI/AAAAAAAAEtw/H9VJi41fAv8xVUJGzSZ3-Ccu9w7imoU9ACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h285/014%2B20210816_203546.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Ground level view of the German right...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-13AHtyAdbiM/YR704y3NIsI/AAAAAAAAEtk/NZRpHYyGH0Q-O-C-Kk2kAEebAbYg4IQxQCNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/015%2B20210816_203552.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1389" data-original-width="2048" height="271" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-13AHtyAdbiM/YR704y3NIsI/AAAAAAAAEtk/NZRpHYyGH0Q-O-C-Kk2kAEebAbYg4IQxQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h271/015%2B20210816_203552.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Despite losses the British gunners toiled and their work reaped rewards, they broke two German Units pushing them back out of the VP area of the Battlefield!</span></div><div style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y0ZtD6GnA10/YR701DZ640I/AAAAAAAAEtU/PHQkFb27Jf8EfTG8EkjYCyslZIFFmHo_ACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/013%2B20210816_203534.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1410" data-original-width="2048" height="275" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Y0ZtD6GnA10/YR701DZ640I/AAAAAAAAEtU/PHQkFb27Jf8EfTG8EkjYCyslZIFFmHo_ACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h275/013%2B20210816_203534.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The last German Steam Armoured Wagon destroys the the British vehicle facing it and trundles down the road! It ended up earning the Germans VPs.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kSS_pkqsSHs/YR709e3rgyI/AAAAAAAAEt0/ViEJMZxoYagcJGfiljJIZOrZ_Ey_rguNACNcBGAsYHQ/s2048/016%2B20210816_203605.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="2048" height="254" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-kSS_pkqsSHs/YR709e3rgyI/AAAAAAAAEt0/ViEJMZxoYagcJGfiljJIZOrZ_Ey_rguNACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h254/016%2B20210816_203605.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The final dispositions around Chateaux 'X'! These are the figures/vehicles that earned the sides VPs, the British are to the right and Germans (obviously) are to the left, it was 54 British VPs to 34 German VPs! Take that Huns, three resounding cheers her Her Majesty Queen Victoria! Hussah!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6kjNn4ZNf2k/YR706oIWFfI/AAAAAAAAEto/Bux_N_gUUNcy4JE_lt2dz7RfJbfeRyeUQCNcBGAsYHQ/s640/017%2BEnd%2BGame%2BPositions.jpeg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="480" data-original-width="640" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6kjNn4ZNf2k/YR706oIWFfI/AAAAAAAAEto/Bux_N_gUUNcy4JE_lt2dz7RfJbfeRyeUQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/017%2BEnd%2BGame%2BPositions.jpeg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The Summary!</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Alan and I lined up as the British and Dave and Maurice took the reins of the Germans. This was a proven scenario formula I have used many times before, it forces players to advance to a central point and if the want to win 'advance lots'! The victory conditions rewarded the attacking and both sides did that, uncertainties of the Breakdown Table ensured that both sides Steam Armour were not major influences and as usual the Automatons proved unreliable (as they should be). The British tactic of retaining a strong reserve in their Guard Unit as against the Germans advancing their best Unit, the Jagers proved crucial and was telling in the end result. We haven't played these rules for ages but they were quickly picked up and the game ran quickly and smoothly. Fun was had by all and the fickle steam vehicles added a lot to the entertainment! </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hopefully we'll get another game in before the FUBAR VSF Christmas Extravaganza!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><b>Next Time; Back to the Russians are Coming Games!</b></span></div></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-91235708348543521732021-01-07T18:04:00.001+10:302022-02-06T12:11:30.333+10:30Terror on Skull Island - Pulp Action AAR<div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">And so our intrepid Adventurers took their first steps into the dark jungle of Skull Island...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The 'star' of the Terror on Skull Island Scenario, Kong seen atop the Island's Volcano...</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5bN1MrvwGN4/X_VLhCTBeiI/AAAAAAAAEBE/OU8OIuNfMOQpgQIykVhTk3uXgc4lI1wAQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/20201220_173002.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="793" data-original-width="1000" height="318" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5bN1MrvwGN4/X_VLhCTBeiI/AAAAAAAAEBE/OU8OIuNfMOQpgQIykVhTk3uXgc4lI1wAQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h318/20201220_173002.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The Action on Skull Island!</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">All four
Expeditions pushed forward into the dense undergrowth as fast as they could
inspecting every square inch of the ground they covered...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-etDnGUbLueQ/X_aiU71v73I/AAAAAAAAEBg/meGB-vwVMlcM1cfYBRxyyUnmbWNUFpIKgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1430/20210103_181905.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="992" data-original-width="1430" height="278" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-etDnGUbLueQ/X_aiU71v73I/AAAAAAAAEBg/meGB-vwVMlcM1cfYBRxyyUnmbWNUFpIKgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h278/20210103_181905.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #fcff01;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-81AVi65zTsA/X_aijt7_XBI/AAAAAAAAEBo/i8avLlYlv08mwDzAOBKTpf1od93adnhZgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1545/20210103_224916.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="810" data-original-width="1545" height="210" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-81AVi65zTsA/X_aijt7_XBI/AAAAAAAAEBo/i8avLlYlv08mwDzAOBKTpf1od93adnhZgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h210/20210103_224916.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #fcff01;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YYwDWh4YipM/X_aijnQh8hI/AAAAAAAAEBk/aVcBa5sFXEszhM1f90oDEuVlYq5kJfxjQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1320/20210103_181852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="966" data-original-width="1320" height="293" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YYwDWh4YipM/X_aijnQh8hI/AAAAAAAAEBk/aVcBa5sFXEszhM1f90oDEuVlYq5kJfxjQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h293/20210103_181852.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: #fcff01;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">...and it was not
long before the dangers of Skull Island began to reveal themselves; the SS
Titan’s First Mate Erasmus nearly drowned in a fetid swamp which he and his
ship mates were forced to circumnavigate…</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j_Xps7NrSaw/X_airlQo_DI/AAAAAAAAEBs/J7ODansvoks0thJ8n3hmSsj5bCvsPRbugCNcBGAsYHQ/s1525/20210103_224943.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1040" data-original-width="1525" height="272" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j_Xps7NrSaw/X_airlQo_DI/AAAAAAAAEBs/J7ODansvoks0thJ8n3hmSsj5bCvsPRbugCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h272/20210103_224943.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">…then Needlework Ladies became engaged in fisticuffs with some fiery Natives whom
they eventually overcame.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iqfv1ibErhM/X_ai1TZafYI/AAAAAAAAEB4/rZ9fv0s1xwUx2pRz5joT6C_XnnBXaE0BgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1539/20210103_181839.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1011" data-original-width="1539" height="263" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-iqfv1ibErhM/X_ai1TZafYI/AAAAAAAAEB4/rZ9fv0s1xwUx2pRz5joT6C_XnnBXaE0BgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h263/20210103_181839.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The English Gentlemen and the Nazis soon split into two groups to cover the ground more quickly…</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-39eXfc6nfcA/X_ajGWq5yZI/AAAAAAAAECE/i53lUsaqG2UVcBHfQza3RrXNE487oI7kgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1499/20210103_225032.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1149" data-original-width="1499" height="306" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-39eXfc6nfcA/X_ajGWq5yZI/AAAAAAAAECE/i53lUsaqG2UVcBHfQza3RrXNE487oI7kgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h306/20210103_225032.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">…it was a
decision which the Nazis would later rue!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lTHNCZdcG0s/X_ajMvtfu4I/AAAAAAAAECI/gDOS1LyBGkwM81T7QoQsWjeA4ipz-nXOACNcBGAsYHQ/s1565/20210103_224959.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1032" data-original-width="1565" height="264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-lTHNCZdcG0s/X_ajMvtfu4I/AAAAAAAAECI/gDOS1LyBGkwM81T7QoQsWjeA4ipz-nXOACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h264/20210103_224959.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">T</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">he
unlucky Sailors meanwhile ran into quicksand and Erasmus again required rescue…</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8alJvA4V-r8/X_ajaWDEAzI/AAAAAAAAECM/hLmSCk4zv8UC_Pems5wJJbGQMthLVb7uwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1510/20210103_225122.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="1510" height="284" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8alJvA4V-r8/X_ajaWDEAzI/AAAAAAAAECM/hLmSCk4zv8UC_Pems5wJJbGQMthLVb7uwCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h284/20210103_225122.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">… only for
them to encounter even more quicksand into which Popeye slipped into and had to be saved from…</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Clnfs0It5sY/X_ajlPCZMkI/AAAAAAAAECQ/H7BSoerw7k0sFszWvlDhE_3OwxKAmnSJwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1484/20210104_090452.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1094" data-original-width="1484" height="295" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Clnfs0It5sY/X_ajlPCZMkI/AAAAAAAAECQ/H7BSoerw7k0sFszWvlDhE_3OwxKAmnSJwCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h295/20210104_090452.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">...encountering quicksand seemed like a walk in the park compared to the the experience of the Needlework Guild's Les Beau-Dyke when turning a corner while following a small jungle path she was confronted by a monstrous Man-Eating, or in her case Woman-Eating Plant! Reacting quickly she sprayed it with perfume (quite a nice Parisian scent) and while the nasty plant recoiled she ducked back the way she had come!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m3IYnXDvOPU/X_a3QSQIPuI/AAAAAAAAEE0/P_L3yp93-_ouAaxIAqg-Nk-AWIxr7MmmgCNcBGAsYHQ/s900/20210103_110706.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="671" data-original-width="900" height="299" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-m3IYnXDvOPU/X_a3QSQIPuI/AAAAAAAAEE0/P_L3yp93-_ouAaxIAqg-Nk-AWIxr7MmmgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h299/20210103_110706.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">…the fauna
as well as the environs of Skull Island were taking a toll, Nazi Average Bloke Schutze Hans
Mauser noticed a pretty butterfly as he stumbled through the dense foliage. He decided to snare it to take back to the Fatherland for research purposes, unfortunately it stung him, quickly his faced swelled to twice its normal size and moments
later he fell dead before his comrades Feldwebel Schultz and Schutze Willi
Luger!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rGu5V3iQQIo/X_ajtEzolII/AAAAAAAAECY/zeH8E6yFROkT5zfamjt01TWXyLq3TpCxwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1365/20210103_225143.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1038" data-original-width="1365" height="304" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-rGu5V3iQQIo/X_ajtEzolII/AAAAAAAAECY/zeH8E6yFROkT5zfamjt01TWXyLq3TpCxwCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h304/20210103_225143.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The rest of
the Nazis led by Walther Bergman continued on unaware of the fate of Hans Mauser…</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4GwWEKvZ3I/X_akPFSqa_I/AAAAAAAAECk/btg-Mq1iTEQ8VM6COo6l2_xx5h9onUTeQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1420/20210103_225225.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="1420" height="323" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Z4GwWEKvZ3I/X_akPFSqa_I/AAAAAAAAECk/btg-Mq1iTEQ8VM6COo6l2_xx5h9onUTeQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h323/20210103_225225.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">...in the meantime the
Needlework Guild after getting the better of the Native Warriors pressed on
toward the Volcano only to be ambushed by even more Natives determined to make
the Ladies day worse than it had already been! Professor Les Beau-Dyke and Fanny Farhts took them on and dispatched them in
due course…</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ff31Us66DB4/X_akmf5Et_I/AAAAAAAAECs/2Gc1AtE_g-8U1lrWkTeRriCX6KH9mMnWgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1553/20210104_090529.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1010" data-original-width="1553" height="260" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ff31Us66DB4/X_akmf5Et_I/AAAAAAAAECs/2Gc1AtE_g-8U1lrWkTeRriCX6KH9mMnWgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h260/20210104_090529.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">T</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">he Ladies
were not the only Explorers in strife, while they battled Natives the Sailors
ventured into the Pygmy Village only to be confronted with a <b>Dinosaur</b>! The
creature leapt from the jungle literally ripping Popeye to shreds only to then slink
back into the undergrowth from which it had sprung its hunger sated.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pduZ80kqXy4/X_ak0I3foRI/AAAAAAAAECw/hc84haPMQVYQDRfBoRgp_bNlWOt5-Jd5wCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20210104_090545.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-pduZ80kqXy4/X_ak0I3foRI/AAAAAAAAECw/hc84haPMQVYQDRfBoRgp_bNlWOt5-Jd5wCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/20210104_090545.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">After this
horrific incident the Men of the SS Titan and the Ladies of the Needlework
Guild clashed in the Pygmy Village. After a brief exchange of shots, the
Sailors scurried off leaving Cookie lying in a pool of his own blood riddled
with bullets from the Guild’s Lewis Gunner, Helen Back. She sneered after the
retreating Sailors taunting them while cooling changing her guns magazine!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ib6rJ-mImXE/X_alAVt2rOI/AAAAAAAAEC4/9PmDey1z-SgKgut6F5FvL2HdPFrnavpogCNcBGAsYHQ/s1494/20210104_090638.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="1494" height="321" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-ib6rJ-mImXE/X_alAVt2rOI/AAAAAAAAEC4/9PmDey1z-SgKgut6F5FvL2HdPFrnavpogCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h321/20210104_090638.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The
Englishmen at this time were plodding forward and quietly amassing Artefacts while
keeping their heads down. They had uncovered some Ancient Tablets and maps of
Skull Island made by the Long Lost 1933 Expedition. The crew of the SS Titan
had also found treasure at this time albeit after avoiding a man trap
consisting of a barrage of poisoned blow darts!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Nazis in the
foreground and English Explorers in the distance almost came to blows near the
second Pygmy Village!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j3r6OaoCwyk/X_alTl9mAsI/AAAAAAAAEDE/o8hM8rPrc78BKbr9ihE0vFebdBPBx0gewCNcBGAsYHQ/s1370/20210104_090819.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="836" data-original-width="1370" height="244" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-j3r6OaoCwyk/X_alTl9mAsI/AAAAAAAAEDE/o8hM8rPrc78BKbr9ihE0vFebdBPBx0gewCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h244/20210104_090819.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">At this
point a terrific roar could be heard across the whole of the Island along
with a deep drumming sound…the Mighty Kong had appeared on the lip of the
Volcano’s crater beating his chest and bellowing…a more ferocious sight none of
the Adventurers had ever encountered. They all looked upon him in awe and held
their breath!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5PUW9FxYajE/X_aliQ42NEI/AAAAAAAAEDI/FsvvdRgbVesf_ZRY2nPnugx8utsAAVLnwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1218/20210104_090852.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="895" data-original-width="1218" height="294" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-5PUW9FxYajE/X_aliQ42NEI/AAAAAAAAEDI/FsvvdRgbVesf_ZRY2nPnugx8utsAAVLnwCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h294/20210104_090852.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The Movie Cameras
of the Expeditions were quickly set up with the emergence of Kong, every Team
except for the Women’s Needlework Guild successfully took footage of the Great
Ape. Unfortunately, the Ladies Cinematographer John Arnold fell as one
of the Island’s frequent Earthquakes began and he split his head open on a sharp rock, Skull Island continued to claim the lives of the Explorers!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">After the Earthquakes
reverberations faded the Teams plunged further into the jungle but very
wisely the Englishmen and Nazis dispatched their Cinematographers back
to their Base Camps with their precious film footage ‘in the can’.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">At this
point both the groups of Nazis were assailed by Natives who were promptly
dispatched in truly Teutonic style!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x95uD-5zJXc/X_alt0h6NaI/AAAAAAAAEDQ/oDpi6kQ8mZ8fxSqye9QNbohrzLJnH5OWACNcBGAsYHQ/s1478/20210104_090934.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1108" data-original-width="1478" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x95uD-5zJXc/X_alt0h6NaI/AAAAAAAAEDQ/oDpi6kQ8mZ8fxSqye9QNbohrzLJnH5OWACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/20210104_090934.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S6cICBksLZA/X_al578njwI/AAAAAAAAEDY/RsCw-N3h1IYRBY_UWuzS1XG6ndBxf6zgACNcBGAsYHQ/s1486/20210104_091103.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1114" data-original-width="1486" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-S6cICBksLZA/X_al578njwI/AAAAAAAAEDY/RsCw-N3h1IYRBY_UWuzS1XG6ndBxf6zgACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/20210104_091103.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The ‘end run’
was now on as the rumblings of the Volcano became ever more audible and an
eruption began…that's right an ERUPTION had started, <i>the teams now had a limited time to clear out of the jungle!</i></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The fine
fellows of the Shooting and Yachting Club were next to fall foul of the fauna
and flora! Their ‘second’ team were assailed by a violent Raptor! John Puller
was snatched and disembowelled while his associates looked on helplessly!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SkanQ5Nlo5o/X_amKKzfq_I/AAAAAAAAEDk/y4Es8jAUweEA60gJ5QqOPUsAMlUwXGekQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1335/20210104_091007.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="973" data-original-width="1335" height="291" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-SkanQ5Nlo5o/X_amKKzfq_I/AAAAAAAAEDk/y4Es8jAUweEA60gJ5QqOPUsAMlUwXGekQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h291/20210104_091007.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Then to top
that off Expedition leader, Colonel Crisp E. Bacon was confronted by a wild Man-Eating plant only his
deft explorer skills allowed him to avoid a nasty whiff of poisoned pollen!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u-4PaJMHxpw/X_amUHdp3PI/AAAAAAAAEDo/5byzEgBSLCM4h3b5seRbNoV9Zjimys-1gCNcBGAsYHQ/s1408/20210104_091156.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="1408" height="304" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u-4PaJMHxpw/X_amUHdp3PI/AAAAAAAAEDo/5byzEgBSLCM4h3b5seRbNoV9Zjimys-1gCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h304/20210104_091156.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Smoke,
flame and lava belched from the Volcano as the Nazis made a last lunge to
investigate the ruined Temple, maybe it would have been better if they hadn’t!
They were confronted by a wailing Priest and two fierce Native Warriors who
were in the process of sacrificing a stray Hollywood Actress, Pauline, <b>yes</b> Pauline was in Peril!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k0t5wrY3Xe4/X_amf3AQfDI/AAAAAAAAEDw/chLAp_JltnUkYiIAlEcND4VNhRQ-57dvQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1600/20210104_091213.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="1600" height="300" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-k0t5wrY3Xe4/X_amf3AQfDI/AAAAAAAAEDw/chLAp_JltnUkYiIAlEcND4VNhRQ-57dvQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h300/20210104_091213.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">A violent
struggle ensued and both Walther Bergman and Hauptman Adler were killed!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VHCxxtAd6Tw/X_ammo9oTII/AAAAAAAAED4/YAje9KzbONY5EFu9EBCGkdEAkR6pryj8ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1370/20210104_091354.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="font-family: "Times New Roman"; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="1370" height="334" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VHCxxtAd6Tw/X_ammo9oTII/AAAAAAAAED4/YAje9KzbONY5EFu9EBCGkdEAkR6pryj8ACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h334/20210104_091354.jpg" width="400" /></a></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Eruptions, Man-Eating
Plants and Raptors, the men of the Shooting and Yachting Club were at the end of
their tether, with enough discoveries and footage of Kong in their possession to justify their trip they decided to trek back to their Base Camp.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xCxn0lqCuug/X_am7uS_qaI/AAAAAAAAEEE/_psxeH-E0-4cdRc8V5KSEZnK8evG9oqHgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1420/20210104_091420.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1085" data-original-width="1420" height="306" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-xCxn0lqCuug/X_am7uS_qaI/AAAAAAAAEEE/_psxeH-E0-4cdRc8V5KSEZnK8evG9oqHgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h306/20210104_091420.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><br /></span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The Needleworkers too headed for the Temple as brimstone rained down upon them, they successfully
chased off the Priest and Natives and rescued Pauline whom they escorted back to their own Camp!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0uyrm0JdwKM/X_anDhEcWDI/AAAAAAAAEEI/UcQ31A1Fji03Z8CXj16GhR7wBkea6mjQgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1396/20210104_091452.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1134" data-original-width="1396" height="325" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0uyrm0JdwKM/X_anDhEcWDI/AAAAAAAAEEI/UcQ31A1Fji03Z8CXj16GhR7wBkea6mjQgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h325/20210104_091452.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">With the other expeditions in retreat a final
search through the jungle as the Island seemed to be exploding around them Captain Smith’s
Crew stumbled upon the wreckage of a Lockheed Electra. It was the plane of lost
Scottish Aviatrix Amelia Braveheart! She joined the Sailors and they escorted her
from the jungle (as an aside she kept these rowdy Sea Dogs at a proper distance
with her pearl handled pair of six shooters!).</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-byfZPu_bQmg/X_anV_Bbw9I/AAAAAAAAEEU/_eo5QNOyP-szaSy_mZIdoqBUgJIlJSYTgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1061/20201219_110438.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1061" data-original-width="1000" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-byfZPu_bQmg/X_anV_Bbw9I/AAAAAAAAEEU/_eo5QNOyP-szaSy_mZIdoqBUgJIlJSYTgCNcBGAsYHQ/w378-h400/20201219_110438.jpg" width="378" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">The only
remaining Characters on the play area as lava filled it were Feldwebel Schultze
and Schutze Willi Luger. They were overtaken by the flow </span><span style="font-family: arial;">only a fraction of an inch from safety</span><span style="font-family: arial;">, it was an unpleasant end for them and the violent end to the game!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u86YWD8bTWw/X_antrAjLvI/AAAAAAAAEEc/oyAz3RN5ltgRbwc59CRszVe6XJIExu4KgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1160/20210104_091627.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="1160" height="289" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-u86YWD8bTWw/X_antrAjLvI/AAAAAAAAEEc/oyAz3RN5ltgRbwc59CRszVe6XJIExu4KgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h289/20210104_091627.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;">The Prestige
Points for the expeditions were tallied and the results were:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">First, The Royal Overseas Shooting and Yachting Club with </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">40 Points</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Equal Second, Nazi ‘Ahnenerbe’
Expedition with 35 </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Points</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Equal Second, The Crew of
the SS Titan with 35 </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Points</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Last errr Third, The Women’s Needlework Guild of America with 21 </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Points</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><u>The Survivors</u></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Winners on the night were The Royal Overseas Shooting and Yachting Club! Loaded with riches and playing a conservative game they acquired all they needed to win and successfully got back to their Royal Navy Frigate losing only one man, John Puller to a roaming Raptor!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YnljwomxnWE/X_K3Dz_pe0I/AAAAAAAAD_M/TBXkS4Zm95owKcr3nNcMnFBmZcnEL0JogCNcBGAsYHQ/s1523/20210104_090253.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="832" data-original-width="1523" height="219" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-YnljwomxnWE/X_K3Dz_pe0I/AAAAAAAAD_M/TBXkS4Zm95owKcr3nNcMnFBmZcnEL0JogCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h219/20210104_090253.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Equal second were the Crew of the SS Titan and the Nazis...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The rowdy Sailors got some vital film footage, saved a famous female explorer and picked up some treasures on their journey. They came close to winning and only lost one man the unfortunate Popeye felled by ravenous Skullasaurus!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6t22tRRWKYQ/X_K24fiKaoI/AAAAAAAAD_I/t8O7EiTv9WYwfu6z9OoMQKlK0k-rHb3oQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1531/20210104_090306.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="837" data-original-width="1531" height="219" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6t22tRRWKYQ/X_K24fiKaoI/AAAAAAAAD_I/t8O7EiTv9WYwfu6z9OoMQKlK0k-rHb3oQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h219/20210104_090306.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">The Nazis lost their Leaders to the Native Warriors and their Average Blokes to the fauna and last minute lava flow (ewwww nasty!) but gained clear footage of the mighty beast AND kept their powder dry earning their Evil Regime brownie points in international circles!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--rnuJrM6yAc/X_K3PXcx6PI/AAAAAAAAD_U/cOg3hVQbZnMiywYh62bpr46rR88ROtbIACNcBGAsYHQ/s1346/20210104_090317.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="936" data-original-width="1346" height="279" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/--rnuJrM6yAc/X_K3PXcx6PI/AAAAAAAAD_U/cOg3hVQbZnMiywYh62bpr46rR88ROtbIACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h279/20210104_090317.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Last were the Ladies of The Women's Needlework Guild of America, their only casualty was their Cinematographer John Arnold who fell during the earthquake knocking his head on a rather sharp rock! They got quite a stash of artefacts together and even saved a stray Actress, losing their </span>Cinematographer cost them the game!</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eh3IMlJ1k0Y/X_K3mV7ODsI/AAAAAAAAD_g/zvm4ocxzo089_GOfT7cPhTA8FpBX-vBYwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1463/20210104_090336.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="795" data-original-width="1463" height="217" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-eh3IMlJ1k0Y/X_K3mV7ODsI/AAAAAAAAD_g/zvm4ocxzo089_GOfT7cPhTA8FpBX-vBYwCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h217/20210104_090336.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><u>The Credits</u></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Okay to wrap up, a great game ensued and fun was had by all! The figures were great, the terrain looked good and the Event Markers worked as planned creating the story BUT there were a couple of points that need to be addressed if it is played again or if we play another large Pulp Action game using the Event Markers. First up, as play progressed players expected the Event Markers would only result in 'bad news' (not true!) so a couple started avoiding them, next time to ensure there is more interest in them they'll be a Prestige Point awarded to teams for each Event Marker investigated, in this game this could have given the Game to the Ladies or the Nazi's! Secondly half the players didn't reach the middle of the play area and because of this the old 1933 Camp Site was not investigated, so again to encourage this they'll be 10 Prestige Points awarded to the teams for reaching central locations, in this case the Temple and 1933 camp site, again enough points to have changed the result in this case. Lastly next time I plan a scenario of this type I won't have a huge impassable piece of terrain dominating the tabletop, the volcano was spectacular and really essential to the storyline but it prevented a lot of player interaction!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;">Next Time: Captain Darling and the Sudan!?!</span></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">PS for those interested here are the Player Sheets, The Events list and the Teams special victory conditions!</div><div style="text-align: left;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x_-6tcsqRzs/X_K7UylTHnI/AAAAAAAAD_4/90I-CRko1G0ww8EQHKQ1z3XNDQFEGCK6QCNcBGAsYHQ/s789/Womans%2BGuild%2BPlayer%2BSheet%2BJPG.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="635" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-x_-6tcsqRzs/X_K7UylTHnI/AAAAAAAAD_4/90I-CRko1G0ww8EQHKQ1z3XNDQFEGCK6QCNcBGAsYHQ/w323-h400/Womans%2BGuild%2BPlayer%2BSheet%2BJPG.JPG" width="323" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; 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Here is the Scenario Background and information on the Teams involved!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Members of the </span><span style="font-family: arial; mso-bookmark: _Hlk27491991;">The</span><span style="font-family: arial; mso-bookmark: _Hlk27491991;"> Royal Overseas Shooting and Yachtin</span></span><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial; mso-bookmark: _Hlk27491991;">g Club tackling</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial; mso-bookmark: _Hlk27491991;">the flora of Skull Island!</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_pxSGEFbupA/X-kZGtuTtaI/AAAAAAAAD98/6CnTLA4sslck3H0nJ9HNn8NaqH_HVWJ7gCNcBGAsYHQ/s1027/20201228_094912.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="884" data-original-width="1027" height="344" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-_pxSGEFbupA/X-kZGtuTtaI/AAAAAAAAD98/6CnTLA4sslck3H0nJ9HNn8NaqH_HVWJ7gCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h344/20201228_094912.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Historical Background:</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">The
1933 Expedition to Skull Island aboard the SS Titan departed Southampton as the
sun rose on a cool autumn morning. The Titan could be seen steaming into the
distance until Noon whence it disappeared over the horizon, it was never heard
from or seen again!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">We
go to Berlin March 1936 and to 29 and 30 Bruderstraase the premises of the Deutsche's Ahnenerbe, in the spacious and well-lit upstairs operations room eminent Dutch Prehistorian Herman Wirth and his six staff poured over the very
same Skull Island documents that the 1933 Skull Island Expedition had
possessed. It was decided in the name of Aryan research that a group of
Himmler’s Henchmen would travel to the Island to carry out a survey and search
for artefacts of interest. Little did Wirth know during this crucial meeting
but British Secret Agent Edward Bigger was in the room disguised as a
Grandfather Clock. Bigger a master of disguise recorded all the details of
Wirth’s operation and before nightfall that very day he had communicated the Ahnenerbe's intensions to his supervisors via carrier pigeon.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">With
the information of Skull Islands location and mysterious history revealed the
Great Democracies of the West were prompted into action! To counter the Nazi’s
Skull Island plans both the British Joint Intelligence and the American Interdepartmental Intelligence Coordinating Committees dedicated their own teams of investigators to travel the high seas and explore Skull Island!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">October
1936 and all three of the new Expeditions were ashore on Skull Island preparing
to strike inland but they were not alone! A dark enigmatic old tramp steamer
had also dropped anchor near the southern coast of the Island. A closer
inspection of this vessel revealed it was the long-lost SS Titan! The now rough
pirate crew after abandoning the 1933 Expedition to their fate had heard
through the dens of iniquity of South east Asia of the renewed interest in
Skull Island so had returned in an effort to purloin some of the booty the new
Explorers were in search of!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">And
so it was four intrepid bands ventured into the unknown…</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">The Teams:</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk27491991"><span><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">From Great Britain!</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><a name="_Hlk27491991"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk27491991"></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-irj0jj45dgo/X-kPVlnmvmI/AAAAAAAAD84/OpQGJe25tEgedsO1bBAVURPgUVaKHuP5wCNcBGAsYHQ/s3134/20201205_151746.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1004" data-original-width="3134" height="129" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-irj0jj45dgo/X-kPVlnmvmI/AAAAAAAAD84/OpQGJe25tEgedsO1bBAVURPgUVaKHuP5wCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h129/20201205_151746.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk27491991;"><span>The
Head of </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk27491991;">the British Joint Intelligence Committee needed to find just the right sort of men to comprise their Company for the Skull Island escapade. They required men who could handle the Nazis whilst also coping with the demands of travel aboard into hostile environments. Where else would this breed be found but the Exclusive Men's Clubs of London, they approached The</span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk27491991;"><span> Royal Overseas Shooting and Yachting Club and they eagerly took up the task!</span></span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a name="_Hlk27491991"><span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk27491991;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></span></a></div>
<span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk27491991;"></span>
</span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1">Colonel
Chris P. Bacon (retired) </span><span>- Hero Type - Revolver<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1">Lord
Butmann</span><span> - Hero Type - Revolver<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1">Dr.
Whet Faartz</span><span> -Trusty Chap - Revolver<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span style="font-family: arial;"><span class="s1">Fred
Quartermaine</span><span> - Trusty Chap - Shotgun<br /><o:p></o:p></span></span><span><span style="font-family: arial;">John Puller - Average Bloke – Elephant Gun<br /></span></span><span><span style="font-family: arial;">Willie Stroker - Average Bloke – Elephant Gun<br /></span></span><span><span style="font-family: arial;">Gil Taylor - Average Bloke – Cinematographer with Revolver</span></span></span></div>
<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk27491818"><span><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">From the <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>USA</span></span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><a name="_Hlk27491818"><span style="font-family: arial;"></span></a><span style="font-family: arial;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk27491818"></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EaMrwVA5YAw/X-kPdE-cBLI/AAAAAAAAD88/X8Jp7xemPV02Ly-qPbHAVo3rbA7Edr4agCNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Team%2BUSA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="1000" height="135" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-EaMrwVA5YAw/X-kPdE-cBLI/AAAAAAAAD88/X8Jp7xemPV02Ly-qPbHAVo3rbA7Edr4agCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h135/Team%2BUSA.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><span style="text-align: justify;">Once the brief on Skull Island reached the Oval
Office President Franklin D. Roosevelt summoned J. Edgar Hoover and set him on a quest to find the best representatives for the USA's mission to the Island. Hoover's G Men soon found a resolute group that would be ideal for the job, they were hands-on, practical and spirited, they were a close-knit clique from the W</span><span style="text-align: justify;">omen’s Needlework Guild of America!</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Tanya Hyde - Hero Type - Revolver <br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Professor Leslie Beau-Dyke - Hero Type - Revolver<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Francis “Fanny” Fahrts -Trusty Gal - Revolver<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Hazel Knutts - Trusty Gal - Revolver<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Tara Dacktill - Average Chick - Rifle<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">Helen Back - Average Chick – Lewis Gun<br /></span><span style="font-family: arial;">John Arnold - Average Bloke – Cinematographer with Revolver</span></span></div><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"></span></p>
<div style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk27492132"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">From
the SS Titan</span></a></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8m8GbitGugI/X-kPkCxkOSI/AAAAAAAAD9A/NBvIHVrX10oncWbWIg0s7wymbXplHSVvgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Titan%2BCrew.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="1000" height="126" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-8m8GbitGugI/X-kPkCxkOSI/AAAAAAAAD9A/NBvIHVrX10oncWbWIg0s7wymbXplHSVvgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h126/Titan%2BCrew.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">After abandoning the Explorers of the 1933 Skull Island Expedition to their own devices the disgraced crew of the SS Titan took to the pirate life! Marauding the Seven Seas they became feared and hated. Yet they were always haunted by the events that had unfolded on Skull Island and were destined to return to the site.</div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: white;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Captain Ed Smith - Hero Type - Revolver<br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">First Mate Erasmus- Hero Type - Revolver<br /> </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Cookie -Trusty Chap – Thompson SMG<br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Popeye - Trusty Chap - Bolt Action Rifle<br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Davey Jones - Average Bloke - Bolt Action Rifle<br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Jack Tar - <a name="_Hlk59701173">Average Bloke </a>–
Bolt Action Rifle<br /></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Dante Spinotti - Average Bloke – Cinematographer
with Revolver</span></span></div>
<span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;">From Nazi
Germany</span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dysUmWfql7Q/X-kPthZV7BI/AAAAAAAAD9M/USf7gF6f8KYMasH7ZyqmuYc2DCyQG2FcQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Nazis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="1000" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-dysUmWfql7Q/X-kPthZV7BI/AAAAAAAAD9M/USf7gF6f8KYMasH7ZyqmuYc2DCyQG2FcQCNcBGAsYHQ/s320/Nazis.jpg" width="320" /></span></a></div><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;">Herman Wirth from the Ahnenerbe scoured the ranks of the Gestapo and the Schutzestaffel for the best of the best to find the recruits to form his Expedition to Skull Island. All were men who were ruthless and dedicated to the core! They would stop at nothing to deliver the 'goods' to him. their leader was a failed artist and the Gestapo representative had been a chicken farmer, the rest were a motley band of wannabes he figured with these stellar backgrounds how could they fail!</div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name="_Hlk27491818"><span style="color: white;"><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Walther Bergman</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> –
Anti-Hero Type – P08 Luger<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Hauptman </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Ernst Adler</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> –
Anti-Hero Type – P08 Luger<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Gestapo
Agent </span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Arnold Todt</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> -Evil
Chap – Mauser Automatic Pistol<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Feldwebel Schultz</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> -
Evil Chap - SMG<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Schutze Hans Mauser</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> -
Average Nazi - Rifle<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span face="Arial, sans-serif">Schutze Willi Luger</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> -
Average Nazi - Rifle<br /><o:p></o:p></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif">Fritz
Riefenstahl</span><span face="Arial, sans-serif"> - Average Bloke – Cinematographer with Revolver<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif"><br /></span></div>
</span></a></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><a name="_Hlk27491818"><span style="color: white; font-family: arial;"><span style="text-align: justify;">Here are sample of the Player Sheet each Team gets...</span></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial;"><a name="_Hlk27491818"><span style="color: white;"><span style="text-align: justify;"></span></span></a><span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><a name="_Hlk27491818"></a><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zdwIzmKPKgY/X-kQQPd8VJI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/9hPK6Sd1_3UsfSNAIasamSwAKErytdSzwCNcBGAsYHQ/s789/Womans%2BGuild%2BPlayer%2BSheet%2BJPG.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="789" data-original-width="635" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-zdwIzmKPKgY/X-kQQPd8VJI/AAAAAAAAD9Y/9hPK6Sd1_3UsfSNAIasamSwAKErytdSzwCNcBGAsYHQ/w323-h400/Womans%2BGuild%2BPlayer%2BSheet%2BJPG.JPG" width="323" /></a></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">And the updated one page FUBAR Rules we'll be using...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lp_tZmAOVFo/X-kQwBaj7FI/AAAAAAAAD9g/EQh-J2xK774YYqeTxlXtduDgzEE1YTYbQCNcBGAsYHQ/s859/PULP%2BFUBAR%2BVSF%2BRules%2BJPEG.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="859" data-original-width="598" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Lp_tZmAOVFo/X-kQwBaj7FI/AAAAAAAAD9g/EQh-J2xK774YYqeTxlXtduDgzEE1YTYbQCNcBGAsYHQ/w279-h400/PULP%2BFUBAR%2BVSF%2BRules%2BJPEG.JPG" width="279" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: white;">Here's the Skull Island table ready to go, all the Event driven terrain has been removed and the silver Event Marker discs are now discretely hidden by jungle looking lichen!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LnzwF-fdoAg/X-kVjDE6-gI/AAAAAAAAD9s/P0FjDQCo5Y4BiuxJTLu82ySZ-Z-JCmEiQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1388/20201228_090021.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: white;"><img border="0" data-original-height="980" data-original-width="1388" height="283" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-LnzwF-fdoAg/X-kVjDE6-gI/AAAAAAAAD9s/P0FjDQCo5Y4BiuxJTLu82ySZ-Z-JCmEiQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h283/20201228_090021.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; color: black; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><b><span style="color: #ffa400;">Next Time: the Terror on Skull Island AAR!</span></b></div></span></span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-25860136742552914442020-12-21T23:36:00.007+10:302022-02-06T12:11:55.334+10:30Terror on Skull Island - The Trailer - A Pulp Action Game<div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gYOIJ81qbVw/X-CPjrJghbI/AAAAAAAAD6o/jtP-pYL41pwM8cHEH771KIe4wHu0ZCKFQCNcBGAsYHQ/s465/Title%2BJPEG%2B3.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="156" data-original-width="465" height="134" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-gYOIJ81qbVw/X-CPjrJghbI/AAAAAAAAD6o/jtP-pYL41pwM8cHEH771KIe4wHu0ZCKFQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h134/Title%2BJPEG%2B3.JPG" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span face="Arial, sans-serif" style="font-size: medium;">Welcome to
Skull Island located in the most remote part of the Pacific Ocean...</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wig8Vcaji1k/X-CQVsKRQ6I/AAAAAAAAD6w/0UXhDZw-xmUfC2yULTtJivPmoM1cF6tGwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Overview%2BSkull%2BIsland.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="678" data-original-width="1000" height="271" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-Wig8Vcaji1k/X-CQVsKRQ6I/AAAAAAAAD6w/0UXhDZw-xmUfC2yULTtJivPmoM1cF6tGwCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h271/Overview%2BSkull%2BIsland.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">...an island of dangerous flora...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VMBxN7RuREA/X-CRJip5aGI/AAAAAAAAD68/oyQuBDFNOXAHLcIjdPT75jhkhe7VQKBUACNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Dangerous%2BFlora.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="933" data-original-width="1000" height="374" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VMBxN7RuREA/X-CRJip5aGI/AAAAAAAAD68/oyQuBDFNOXAHLcIjdPT75jhkhe7VQKBUACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h374/Dangerous%2BFlora.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;">...and even more dangerous fauna...</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VZzaEC0GMg4/X-CRtdFi3cI/AAAAAAAAD7E/TLnM0xXdvYEsIU7SAfbP08dmxrTqCfgUgCNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Dangerous%2BFauna.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="890" data-original-width="1000" height="356" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VZzaEC0GMg4/X-CRtdFi3cI/AAAAAAAAD7E/TLnM0xXdvYEsIU7SAfbP08dmxrTqCfgUgCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h356/Dangerous%2BFauna.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">...swamps and quicksand...</div></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7TguEPvsNPA/X-CScCzw2YI/AAAAAAAAD7Q/aJtzz7UcumMv_eIil4VabM2Bcwu5T0degCNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Dangerous%2Bswamp.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="833" data-original-width="1000" height="334" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-7TguEPvsNPA/X-CScCzw2YI/AAAAAAAAD7Q/aJtzz7UcumMv_eIil4VabM2Bcwu5T0degCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h334/Dangerous%2Bswamp.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">...home of Evil Cults...</div></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QmS3Np4JnrM/X-CSvBPLRRI/AAAAAAAAD7Y/qFCV_2lpImEV2zj1niOJ6KPlzUNLG4AMQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Evil%2BCults.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="767" data-original-width="1000" height="306" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-QmS3Np4JnrM/X-CSvBPLRRI/AAAAAAAAD7Y/qFCV_2lpImEV2zj1niOJ6KPlzUNLG4AMQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h306/Evil%2BCults.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;">... and fearsome native warriors...</div></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VPWNb1PKEgs/X-CTHBIMjrI/AAAAAAAAD7g/q7vvw3cxfc4AiHUq2oLOXf6onIx4A8TPwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1591/20201220_172951.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="1591" height="305" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-VPWNb1PKEgs/X-CTHBIMjrI/AAAAAAAAD7g/q7vvw3cxfc4AiHUq2oLOXf6onIx4A8TPwCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h305/20201220_172951.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><div style="text-align: center;">...and most importantly a land overflowing with great treasures!</div></span><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><br /><div style="text-align: justify;">Into this land only the bravest and some would say the foolhardiest would dare! In
1935 at the height of the exploration season three Expeditions and the Crew of
the SS Titan ventured deep into Skull Island's impenetrable jungle to unlock its
secrets and hopefully sneak a view of the most fearsome creature on the face of the
Earth, the Mighty Kong!</div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span face=""Arial",sans-serif"><br /><div style="text-align: center;">Okay we're
ready to play! Below are the characters who will risk all and go forth into Skull Island's hinterland.</div></span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">Expedition</span> Great Britain. Dotty Ol' Chaps!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X96xyX5uIvs/X-CYXo9DtTI/AAAAAAAAD7s/5xL1OwbfCVEtxqaYULz7Ey6ZqKIw90hLQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Team%2BUK.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="320" data-original-width="1000" height="127" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-X96xyX5uIvs/X-CYXo9DtTI/AAAAAAAAD7s/5xL1OwbfCVEtxqaYULz7Ey6ZqKIw90hLQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h127/Team%2BUK.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><span style="text-align: left;">Expedition</span><span style="text-align: left;"> USA. Cool Jazz Age Chicks!</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Ih6W6IvqA8/X-CYeQOzmDI/AAAAAAAAD7w/eka0SBTnltwP0NnieJgTknfsHkU9mM77ACNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Team%2BUSA.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="339" data-original-width="1000" height="135" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-2Ih6W6IvqA8/X-CYeQOzmDI/AAAAAAAAD7w/eka0SBTnltwP0NnieJgTknfsHkU9mM77ACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h135/Team%2BUSA.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The SS Titan's Crew. A Rowdy Bunch!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wkG8LkwLLQk/X-CYk9-okwI/AAAAAAAAD70/WaMsixaf_PU8dOzbfFN-I9fh5eMYTWukQCNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Titan%2BCrew.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="317" data-original-width="1000" height="126" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-wkG8LkwLLQk/X-CYk9-okwI/AAAAAAAAD70/WaMsixaf_PU8dOzbfFN-I9fh5eMYTWukQCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h126/Titan%2BCrew.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">The Evil Nazi <span style="text-align: left;">Expedition.</span> Yep Everyone Hates These Guys!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P6cN6giouTk/X-CYq2ONptI/AAAAAAAAD74/DSB2BOC1EYcztpF2vxo3A8xiAER84bjPwCNcBGAsYHQ/s1000/Nazis.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><img border="0" data-original-height="322" data-original-width="1000" height="129" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-P6cN6giouTk/X-CYq2ONptI/AAAAAAAAD74/DSB2BOC1EYcztpF2vxo3A8xiAER84bjPwCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h129/Nazis.jpg" width="400" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: medium;">Full Scenario and Character details will follow soon!</span></span></div></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: medium;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Oh and you may have noticed the picture of Skull Island is dotted with silver markers, there are 54 to be exact. During play on inspection of each marker by a character a playing card from a full deck, including the Jokers will be drawn which will be checked on a list to see what if anything may occur or be discovered! The events that the cards refer to will get progressively nastier the deeper into the jungle our intrepid adventurers advance ( this will be controlled by</span></span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> staggering deck, Hearts will be available first, then Diamonds, then Clubs and lastly Spades and Jokers)!</span><span style="font-family: arial; font-size: large;"> To ensure total randomness of what will occur only half of the cards are actually linked
to 'events'.</span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-16207988926075299542020-11-04T12:20:00.010+10:302022-02-06T12:12:04.664+10:30Captain Darling and the Mysterious Skull Island Expedition<div style="text-align: left;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Hello again Dear Reader! More information has come to light on what at the time was considered a minor exploit in the life of Captain Darling! Read on...if you dare (not sure why you wouldn't though?)...</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><span style="color: #ffa400;">After the Great War Captain Darling retired to his Franklin Street accommodation located in the city streets of Adelaide, South Australia. It was not long despite his idyllic surroundings before his need of adventure and excitement sparked the good Captain into action! Inspired by his desire of seeking the unknown and pushing the boundaries of the British Empire into unexplored territories he decided to again set off on a new escapade! </span></span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Armed only with a mysterious map he acquired during his time on the Dark Continent and a small entourage he led an expedition into uncharted parts of the wide expanses of the Pacific Ocean!</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Mid afternoon April</span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"> 1st 1923 an</span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"> excited crowd cheered seven brave explorers led by Darling as they departed Port Adelaide</span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"> in the tramp steamer SS <u>Titan</u>. Three months later on a dreary winter's day five haggard survivors decamped from the </span><u style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Titan</u><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"> at the very same berth! The atmosphere on the pier on this occasion was totally different though! The gangway and quay was empty of crowds and rather quiet, in fact the only sound was that of the rain. Once the group of explorers and their baggage was ashore a motor vehicle was summoned for Captain Darling who bade his companions farewell and with his precious diary in his right hand and a large can of film in his left headed off to his Franklin Street retreat. The other members of the entourage sworn to secrecy dispersed and too retired to their homes...</span></div><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">This period of Captain Darling's life was shrouded in mystery and he made no official statements regarding it.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;">Dialling</span></span><span style="color: #ffa400; font-family: arial;"> forward some 20 years and moving to the other side of the globe we find ourselves in a dark and eerie London Tavern in the company of several unscrupulous characters! Their conversation was made up of muffled whispers as they perused an old map, a few pages torn from a small book and a couple of tattered photographs. The group were deeply engrossed in these few items and their meeting dragged on for quite some time and it was just before the Publican declared last drinks that one member of this coterie stood and for the first time in an audible voice announced to the others, "So Gentlemen it's decided! We're travelling into the unknown and heading for <b><i>Skull Island</i></b>!".</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Two photographs from Captain Darling's mysterious Pacific Ocean Expedition of 1923...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">Captain Darling, Professor Teebagg and Lord Basket-Case being filmed in what is apparently an abandoned pigmy village...</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0U4VD8orudw/X6ICGFM07NI/AAAAAAAADvQ/_eoFAWJaKKgYc6Nk7D076L2NVpd41gjiACNcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Teaser%2BPic%2B1%2BAged.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="844" data-original-width="1280" height="264" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-0U4VD8orudw/X6ICGFM07NI/AAAAAAAADvQ/_eoFAWJaKKgYc6Nk7D076L2NVpd41gjiACNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h264/Teaser%2BPic%2B1%2BAged.jpg" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-family: arial;">Captain Darling warning the expedition of a fetid swamp blocking their path. This swamp had claimed their fellow adventurer Keith, Keith's fedora a grim reminder of this gruesome incident </span><span style="font-family: arial;">can be seen on a stump in the photograph</span><span style="font-family: arial;">!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d4CZq83tATk/X6ICM8XJusI/AAAAAAAADvU/Y_lz1zFICS0fUdtHwVdUhnUcytf37nY5gCNcBGAsYHQ/s1280/Teaser%2BPic%2B2%2BAged.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="944" data-original-width="1280" height="295" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-d4CZq83tATk/X6ICM8XJusI/AAAAAAAADvU/Y_lz1zFICS0fUdtHwVdUhnUcytf37nY5gCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h295/Teaser%2BPic%2B2%2BAged.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-family: arial;">This modern photograph </span><span style="font-family: arial;">is reputedly </span><span style="font-family: arial;">the central portion of the very map that Captain Darling had in his possession during the infamous Pacific Ocean Expedition which in the 1930's ended up in the hands of persons unknown and of less than honest reputations...</span></span><span style="color: #fcff01; font-family: arial;">..</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tUaJyl-jTdM/X6HzazxQ7AI/AAAAAAAADu4/TS7suvc4298FAKrVtAne1WRtaY84-S-owCNcBGAsYHQ/s331/Crumple%2BMap%2BJPEG.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="211" data-original-width="331" height="255" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-tUaJyl-jTdM/X6HzazxQ7AI/AAAAAAAADu4/TS7suvc4298FAKrVtAne1WRtaY84-S-owCNcBGAsYHQ/w400-h255/Crumple%2BMap%2BJPEG.JPG" width="400" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: #fcff01;"><span style="font-family: arial;">A page that appears to have been removed from Captain Darling's </span><span style="font-family: arial;">Pacific Ocean Expedition </span><span style="font-family: arial;">diary, the last line appears to carry an ominous</span><span style="font-family: arial;"> warning, <i>"My prudent advice is to keep clear of Skull Island"</i>!</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t95JO4X5lgM/X6H3hia0ZSI/AAAAAAAADvE/9yTt2AcNMzc7Y6Nx0P4b3Mgw6JhRdNgxACNcBGAsYHQ/s411/Diary%2BPage%2BJPEG.JPG" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="411" data-original-width="322" height="400" src="https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-t95JO4X5lgM/X6H3hia0ZSI/AAAAAAAADvE/9yTt2AcNMzc7Y6Nx0P4b3Mgw6JhRdNgxACNcBGAsYHQ/w314-h400/Diary%2BPage%2BJPEG.JPG" width="314" /></a></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: arial;"><b><span style="color: #fcff01;">Next time; FUBAR VSF meets Skull Island!</span></b></span></div>Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-66239238081152629392020-03-17T15:32:00.000+10:302020-03-17T15:32:31.619+10:301/56 Tsar Tank Kit - Part 3 Completing the Kit!<div style="text-align: justify;">
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Last time I had completed the main body and wheels of the vehicle and pre-painted the rear wheel assembly parts.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So first up I put together the Tank's rear wheel, I found the wheels were a very tight fit in the bracket so much so they don't rotate (they did on the test fit prior to painting).</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">This is the bottom view of the completed part notice the rectangular part that is below the pin I added this to ensure it would not slip out the bottom hole...it was cut from spare card from the kit...</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">...and here is the complete Tsar Tank facing off with one of my scratch built Martian Fighting Machines, I suspect the Slimy Blob inside the Alien Tripod is saying"WTF!"...</span></div>
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<br />Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-79629207976028791342020-03-09T18:36:00.000+10:302020-03-18T04:01:36.514+10:30The Story of the PH Armoured Recon Tractor Mk II - Another 1/56 VSF Landship<div style="text-align: center;">
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">1878, the Second Great Steam War dragged on and the Great Powers of the World were still locked in an epic struggle for supremacy! In August Great Britain’s premier intelligence bureau S.O.E. (Stealthy Overseas Executive) proved successful in acquiring plans from the Imperial Russian Intelligence Department, Division Seven containing references to a new Super Landship they were developing. These details were brought to light by the ever-enterprising Special Field Agent Edward Bigger. Cunningly disguised as an elderly Babushka serving borscht in the canteen of the Saint Petersburg office of Division Seven, he uncovered secret blueprints scrawled on the back of a napkin. He then changed guise to that of a beautiful gypsy fortune teller and slept his way across Europe to arrive in Brighton a week later literally shagged out by his adventure! These were the sterling exploits that the Her Most Imperious Majesty Queen Victoria expected of her S.O.E. representatives!</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">S.O.E. boffins then poured over the plans and determined the proposed Imperial Russian Super Landship would render the current Landships of the the world obsolete overnight! As an aside little did they know the scribblings Bigger found were actually those of the Son of the Head of Division Seven, Alexei and they were pure figments of his imagination!</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Sparked into action British technicians (led by Chief Designers Prof. J Parish and F Herriford whose surname initials were included in the vehicles designation) worked without rest and soon had dispatched blueprints of a revolutionary vehicle to the Royal Arsenal at Woolwich which was appointed to build a prototype to be known as ‘Object 69’. To speed construction the Royal Arsenal sub-contracted out construction of the major parts under the guise of building a portable rain water tank and it was not long before the prototype was ready to be tested on Salisbury Plains. Initial tests were positive so full construction was commenced of the vehicle which was designated as the PF Armoured Tractor Mk II. Once again Great Britain would reign supreme over its enemies her red coated soldier supported by the most modern steam powered conveyances available!</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dimensions: 60 Feet x 30 Feet x 40 Feet</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Weight: approximately 54 tons</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Crew: 10 - 14 depending on armaments</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Powerplant: 2 x Super Cooled Mini High Pressure Steam Turbines</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Road Speed: 14 MPH</span><br />
<span style="color: orange; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Armament: varied, Tesla Guns, Cannons, Grenade Launchers & Rapid Fire Rifles arranged in 2 turrets and 2 sponsons</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">So construction of this monster Tsar Tank kit is now virtually complete ('monster' makes it sound a hard build but its really very easy). I have followed the assembly instructions I downloaded closely and have not run into any issues so far (okay one issue, but that was my brain fade putting the spoke parts together). I have now stopped to allow all the glue to dry completely before I carry out painting before final assembly.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Adding the pre-painted tracks to the bicycle wheels, this complete the wheels! Woo Hoo!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Hello! Yes I'm still here just been very busy with real life stuff and some 'other era' gaming!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Back to my favourite gaming genre though, VSF. A couple of unrelated things came together recently; my admiration for the ill fated Imperial Russian 'Tsar Tank' and my liking of Miniature Scenery's products...yes Miniature Scenery have produced a 1/56 scale flat pack Tsar Tank, oh yeah!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I won't bore you with the full story of this behemoth (a quick net search can give you that) but it turned out to be an expensive failure. I do say failure but it may not be the best word for it, in 1915 when it was built Armoured Fighting Vehicles were in there infancy and many prototypes got even less further than this so I look upon it as a step in the development of AFV's.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Her's how the actual prototype Tsar Tank shaped up...</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Dimensions: approximately 18m x 9m x 12 m</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Weight: approximately 60 tons</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Crew: estimated at 10 - 12</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Road Speed: 17 KPH</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Armament: several Cannons and HMG's in 2 turrets and 2 sponsons</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">So to my Tsar Tank, I'll be using it in my VSF games obviously as part of the Imperial Russian army but I'm also hoping it will give my Martian Tripods a run for their money! Not sure what I'll call it or of the 'creation' fluff but I'll get onto that later (the real story is so cool I may go with that but with a different Tsar!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">I plan to build this directly from the kit (there are some optional 3D printed parts but won't use those) except for in two places; I'll add a dome to the top of the upper turret instead of using the kit parts and I'll make some 'pads/tracks' for the front wheels.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The parts, they are well cut in MDF and thick card.There are also three pieces of dowel for axles/gun barrels. The design of the pieces is very clever and minimises any chance of mixing them up by allocating the tabs cleverly (nothing is foolproof though I'm evidence of that!).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Oh and I like the attention to detail in the packaging, the whole pack is designed with a hanger for shops included in the laser cut design (on all of the Twisted range of kits I've had too from them) very cool inclusion...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The assembly instructions are a download and when (if) printed are 36 pages long! There are 96 steps to follow but with optional armaments and upper turrets not all will be followed. They are clear but could have a little more descriptive text (I still managed to make a stuff up while constructing the bicycle wheels but thankfully it's not an issue!).</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Note the cannons for the sponsons are made from 9 parts (MDF & card) and go together well one can be seen lower right in the picture...</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Test fitting the bicycle wheels, the spoke parts are designed in pairs and you see the criss cross pattern here...</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">The finished bicycle wheels in 'heritage' green and brass, note I've mixed up the spoke parts they still look fine and we're talking VSF here so I'm not fussed...</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Members of the S.O.E. Team Queen Victoria as they explore the plain of Dloser in search of ancient Egyptian artefacts...</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Time for the Christmas FUBAR VSF game! After a hearty BBQ had been consumed the teams were allocated and the order of play was randomly selected;</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">We had a quick run through of the rules and then hit the dice! Unfortunately I took a lot of the pictures for this game on my partners smart phone and they looked like crap (washed out by the flash?) so the pictures are a bit limited for this AAR.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Everyone took advantage of the dawn reduced visibility during turns 1 to 5 which kept to a minimum the likelihood of clashes to make a beeline for the Pyramid while searching the ruins and terrain on the way. Team Queen Victoria got the better of this phase of the game reaching the foot of the Pyramid first and acquiring a golden statue on the way. In the meantime Team Evil collected a stash of Egyptian Jewels and a crate containing two Canopic Jars while the British Museum's Explorers plodded along slowly in the wake of the others empty handed!</span><br />
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Initial turn and Captain Long-John's men of Team Queen Victoria quickly advanced on a wide front while the closely grouped team between the pond and cat topped column was Team Evil which cautiously edged forward... </span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Team Victoria searching the ruined Egyptian Boulevard of columns, they were to find a golden Pharaoh's Head at the base of one of them!</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Von Hades Minions discovering the Pharaoh's Jewel stashed in the pond, this brought them to the attention of a couple of Royal Skeleton Guards which they dispatched with ease (DOH picture of that was washed out!).</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Turn 6 Team Queen Victoria find their way into the Pyramid and begin hostilities firing on the British Museum's Explorers. They find in the Burial Chamber the Royal Conifer Tree still alive after all these centuries (spooky music!) </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Team Evil arrive at the Pyramid and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the British Museum's Explorers start a firefight with the British redcoats.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Team Evil engage Queen Victoria's redcoats and beat them in some hand to hand biffo clearing them from the exterior of the Pyramid. Team Queen Victoria begin an orderly withdrawal one group retiring with their remaining artefacts, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;">Riflemen Asquith and Chamberlain</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: center;"> are sent searching for more treasures and </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Gunner Smith trapped in the Pyramid's burial chamber girdered his loins and awaited the worst! T</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">he British Museum's</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Explorers leaving the others to duke it out spread out searching for more artefacts!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Team Evil hunker down in the Pyramids burial chamber. Team Queen Victoria continue to advance away from the action and some of </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">the British Museum's</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"> Explorers keep searching the plain of Dloser for more goodies alas in vain while others tried to stop Team Queen Victoria from getting away.</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Turn 11 and The British Museum's team leader, Fred of India after moving quickly across the table with the assistance of his robotic legs dealt with one of the roaming Cultists. Next turn he collected the second crate of Canopic Jars! In the background George Livingstone can be seen searching for further artefacts!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">At the end of the 12 turns Team Queen Victoria's survivors and their treasures were safely aboard their river gunboat, the remnants of Team Evil were cowering (as evil types do) in the Pyramid's burial chamber their hands tightly wrapped around the artefacts they had discovered and 'acquired' and the last of the British Museum's explorers were scattered over the plain of Dloser but they were now in possession of some artefacts! The victory points were tallied and Team Queen Victoria won the day (as of course in the age of VSF they should!)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Faction Evil, Dave: 7</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Faction British Imperial Museum, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">George: 5</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; text-align: justify;">Well an enjoyable evening was had by all! The actual game did not play out at all like my play test but it still worked okay, the point totals were very competitive. Also of note the booby traps had no effect a couple were triggered and caused no damage I've noted that for next time, more lethal booby traps! Now that all the TSOG guys have experienced the FUBAR VSF Pulp rules the next time we play I'll give each player a couple less figures each but use the full Hero Point rules and include many more steam gadgets. Woo Hoo!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">And thanks to Dave and Al for supplying the Palms Trees, Skeletons, Cultists and Mummies!</span></div>
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<span style="color: yellow; font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;"><b>Next Time: Good question that one oh and Happy New Year!</b></span></div>
Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-70981673578459194572019-12-30T14:48:00.003+10:302019-12-30T23:25:42.205+10:30An Incident at the Dloser Pyramid…FUBAR VSF Scenario Forces & Special Rules<br />
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Christmas 2019 so time for some FUBAR VSF action! This year we're going
down the PULP theme again...so get ready for more; brave redcoats, nasty
villains, heroic actions, ominous creatures, exploding steam driven devices etc...<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">After
the discovery of the Long-Lost but recently discovered Pyramid of Dloser S.O.E.
dispatched a Team lead by </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Captain Long-Johns</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">
with Royal Navy support to survey the structure and recover any items of
importance.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">But
little did intrepid the force’s leader, </span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Long-Johns</span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> know but
the Pyramid’s location had been leaked by a double agent of the Tsar posing as
Fakir in S.O.E. Agent Bigger’s entourage. His task was not going to be easy!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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20 and after a perilous journey the British Expeditionary Force disembarked
from their transport ship, the Shastah and despite warnings of a pending
sandstorm moved off toward their objective as soon as the sun began to rise. At
the same time two other Teams of intrepid (and not so intrepid) men were
carrying out exactly the same mission, the groups Doktor Von Hades and the
British Imperial Museum had co-incidentally arrived that very same day! <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">S.O.E. selected a group on upstanding members of Her Most Imperious
Majesties Army to comprise an Expeditionary Force to be sent to Africa and
investigate the Pyramid of Dloser and its environs. These well-equipped “Good
Guys” disembarked near the Pyramid from the River Boat Shastah in darkness and
awaited the sun. They were men of valour and honour and in true British
tradition will kill anyone who gets between them and their objective…the
Queen’s men stirred into action at first light and approached the Pyramid from
the east, the time was 4:30am local time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">On hearing of the discovery of a new Egyptian Pyramid Doktor Von Hades
dispatched a group of his “evil cronies’ to find and recover any mystic items
from the Pharaoh’s final resting place. They were the type of men whom could be
found in the slums and dens of iniquity of the world so basically have the same
mode of operation as the men from Queen Victoria’s Faction i.e. they will kill
anyone who gets between them and their objective. They arrived in the vicinity
of the Pyramid and advanced on it from the west at around 4:30am local time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">News of the unearthing of the Long-Lost Pyramid of Dloser became the
topic of conversation in every Public House of London despite S.O.E.’s attempt
to keep it a secret. It was while planning a new Safari under the patronage of
the British Imperial Museum at the Bucket of Blood drinking establishment the
famous Fred of India overheard the news. Being a man of action (and fortune)
and willing to destroy any antiquity in search of loot and lion skins Fred was
spurred into action! He gathered his loyal Safari companions and native
attendants and departed for Egypt post haste. He would search the site for any
items of interest (i.e. value) and flog ‘em off to the highest bidder, plus
there may be some native wildlife he could shoot and get stuffed for his
collection…the Safari arrived at the location of the Pyramid neared it from the
south at around 4:30am local time.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Pharaoh’s Skeleton
Guard - Average Blokes<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><u><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Character Ratings:</span></u><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Hero Types:<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Trusty Chaps:<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Average Blokes:<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Activation 3+<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Activation 4+<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Activation 5+<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Expertise 4+<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Expertise 4+<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Expertise 5+<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Wounds 3<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Wounds 2<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Wounds 1<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Hero Points 7<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Hero Points 3<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Hero Points 1<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Save 4+<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Save 5+<span style="mso-tab-count: 2;"> </span>Save 6+<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<u><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Scenario Special Rules;<o:p></o:p></span></span></u></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Scenario length is 10
Turns, with 2 more optional turns allowed for by Umpire.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Turns 1 to 5 are
played during dawn light conditions so the visibility is only 10".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Doorway cost 0".<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Descending/ascending
into/out of the Pyramid of Dloser burial chamber costs 1 action<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">The tributary and
Pond of Dloser can’t be entered.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">ignore Standard Hero Point rolls for this scenario they can be used to;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">assist with character save rolls<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">assist with character to hit rolls in both firing and close combat<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">decrease booby trap to hit rolls<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Characters can carry
only one artefact and can do so at no penalty. The process of finding an
artefact includes ‘picking it up’. Dropping an artefact cost no action but can
be done when the Character activates, picking up a discarded artefact takes an
action after the Character moves adjacent to it.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Artefacts: when
discovered;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Place the discovered Artefact
adjacent to the Character and roll for a Booby Trap <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">a 6 results in a 2 dice attack hitting on 3+<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">a 5 results in a 1 dice attack hitting on 3+<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Note - Characters may
play a maximum of 2 Hero Point that give a -1 modifier for the To Hit Number
per Hero Point for these attacks<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Finding the Pyramid
of Dloser entry point;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Move adjacent to the
base of the Pyramid of Dloser and then for every complete action i.e. not straight
after initial contact roll<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">a roll of 5,6 Doorway discovered<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">a roll of 2,3,4 Nothing of note discovered<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">a roll of 1 and Character has tripped on rubble and takes 1 hit on a
3,4,5,6<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">If successful the
player immediately attempts to open the Pyramid door, further attempts cost an
action<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Pyramid of Dloser doorway
booby trap;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Remove the doorway
block and roll for a Booby Trap <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">a 5,6 results in a 2 dice attack hitting on 3+<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">a 4,5 results in a 1 dice attack hitting on 3+<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Note – Characters may
play a maximum of 2 Hero Point that give a -1 modifier for the To Hit Number
per Hero Point for these attacks<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Ant unfriendly
characters moving within 12 inches of any part of the river boat Shastah automatically
receive 1 hit and halt for the turn after rolling their saving die.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Mummies, Cultist and
Pharaoh’s Skeleton;<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Controlled by the
Umpire BUT must attack the closest Player Characters by charging, they have no
ranged weapons.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">A total of 12 pairs
are available, a pair will appear on a roll of 5 or 6 (Umpire’s discretion here
too) when any terrain is entered or moved adjacent to. Once the pairs have been
deployed no more will appear (okay there is Umpire discretion at call here as
well!).<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Mummies, Cultist and
Pharaoh’s Skeleton: <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Activation: Automatic
with 1 Action only<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Expertise: 4+<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Wounds: 1<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Hero Points: 0<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Save: 6+<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: white;"><u><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Victory Conditions:</span></u><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Locate and extricate
to their side of the table as many of the hidden artefacts From the Plain and
Pyramid of Dloser and kill as many of the opposition as possible. Artefacts can
be removed from the play area and the Character can return to the table the next
turn to ensure the Faction retain it, artefacts on the tabletop at the end of
the game are deemed owned by the Faction (if any) that possesses it.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Artifacts;<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Pharaoh’s Sacred Conifer (what we'd call a Xmas Tree) 2 VPs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Pharaonic
Statues x 4 1 VP each<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Crate
of Two Canopic Jars x 2 1 VP each<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Crate
of Ancient Scrolls 1VP<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Pair
of Rosetta Stones 1VP<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Royal
Jewels 1 x VP<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Royal
Gold Stash 1 x VP</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Opening the
Pyramid earns that player 3VPs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Entering the
Pyramid first earns that player 1VPs<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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opposition Hero earns that player 2VPs<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: white;">Highest total after
10 Turns wins (the Umpire at their discretion may add up to 2 extra turns)</span></span></div>
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Captain Darlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10600207936774500844noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-722258374122519275.post-53584257939625144092019-12-05T08:11:00.000+10:302019-12-05T08:12:30.323+10:301879 - The Royal Navy's Newest Armed River Boat, The Shastah! - Includes making a 1/56 Riverboat?<div class="MsoNoSpacing">
<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Building a
stylised gunboat is a project I have been considering for quite a while and
with this year’s FUBAR VSF Christmas scenario being based along a tributary of
the River Nile I bit the bullet and decided to build one! I checked out some
period pictures and looked at what others had created and barrelled ahead…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: yellow;">A picture of
Her Most Imperious Majesty’s Navy’s newest River Nile gunboat, the Shastah with the crew posed 'ready for action' in June 1869.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><span style="color: orange;">The Shastah
(pronounced shaz-tar) was Britain’s newest addition to her mighty Eastern
Mediterranean Fleet. This River Nile gunboat boasted a shallow draft allowing it
the flexibility to sail on virtually any waterway and it featured a wide hull
making it a very stable gun platform. It was armed with a single aft mounted
cannon, two rapid fire ‘machine’ guns and two dozen modern rifles were aboard
in the armoury. The steam driven single screw drive ensured it was the fastest
and most manoeuvrable vessel available to the British in Egypt.</span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"><u>Building a
Generic River Nile Gunboat</u><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I’ll start
with a parts list…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">0.5mm,1.0mm
and 2mm thick styrene sheet<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Styrene tube<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Gap filler
tube nozzle<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Washers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Kebab
skewers<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Paper Clip
and Coat Hanger wire<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">MDF<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Bits from
the ‘Parts Box’<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Firstly, I
laid out the deck. I had to make it large enough to include a decent sized
superstructure yet allow room for up to 25mm figure bases to be deployed on it.
This is what I came up with; an MDF base and a deck (The build pictures feature
my 28mm Captain Smith figure)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Next using 0.5mm styrene I created the hull sheets and painted the hull grey. I didn’t add any rivet detail or portholes as this will double for a more modern ship hull!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">I built the lower superstructure with front and back cabins and a boiler sort of thingee…</span></div>
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June 1877 the northern Egyptian plains experienced the worst sand storms in
living memory. On the morning of the 30th </span></span></span><span style="color: orange;"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">thanks to the shifting sands </span><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">a small group of lowly Arab camel herders were
surprised to see the ghostly image of the apex of
an ancient pyramid emerging from the dunes. It was the long lost Pyramid of Dloser</span></span><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> last resting place of
the Pharaoh </span></span><span class="s2"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Butwejustmet that had been revealed by the fierce winds </span></span><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">(insert dramatic music). One of the scruffy camel herders with a decidedly European complexion and displaying amazing British spunk inquisitively approached the edifice...</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="s1"><span style="color: orange; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">Later that very same day at </span></span><span style="color: orange; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">S.O.E. (Stealthy Overseas Executive) Headquarters</span><span style="color: orange; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;"> in London...while the Head of Operations was
enjoying his afternoon cup of tea and slice of lemon cake a junior
secretary looking rather bothered burst into his office. "Sir, an important Marconi message has arrived from Agent Edward Bigger in
Egypt...” and after a short pause to catch his breath he continued, “while he has been there acting for us in the guise of an unassuming
Arab Travelling Camel Salesman he has come into the possession of vital information! The long lost Pyramid
of Dloser has been discovered!” He handed over the missive. After briefly glancing
at the contents of Agent Bigger’s communication the Head of Operations roared, “</span><span style="color: orange; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">By God Man s</span><span style="color: orange; font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">ummon Captain
Darling and Professor Tangent immediately this is just the break we’ve been waiting
for, we are now one step ahead of that Evil Genius Doctor Von Hades! We
must organise an expedition to the Dark Continent post haste...”</span></div>
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<span style="color: orange;"><span class="s1"><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif;">So
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so there you have it another 'Pulpy Search' Scenario in the making! Now what do
you need when your scenario is based in Egypt and specifically around an
ancient Egyptian Pyramid? Well an ancient Egyptian Pyramid of course! Okay off to the workbench Robin! Now I didn’t
take any WIP pictures of this quick and nasty project but I can give you an outline of what happened! I started out with a piece of Masonite, a whole batch of foam packing bits in various cuboid shapes, a tube of gap filler and some old house paint. I simply glued the foam blocks together roughly on a piece of Masonite then let the gap filler dry overnight. I then painted the lot and added some sand to the edge of the base...nice and simple. I didn't overdo it as this will probably be a once of use item!</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif;">Not sure when we'll get to play this scenario but I'll get the background blurb and the OOB up in a post soon. I suspect it will turn out to be the FUBAR VSF Christmas game for the year! Now I gotta work out a Christmas twist...DOH!</span></div>
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