tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29699901123027589612024-02-07T14:10:42.525+00:0064M3HO521++Unplugged Gaming++War Games++RPGs++Paper Miniatures++Dice Stats++h3rne777http://www.blogger.com/profile/13228972520449865367noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969990112302758961.post-73454623567782939132012-12-01T13:04:00.001+00:002012-12-01T13:04:34.310+00:00Bad TimingSo NaGa DeMon ends and my prototype game, whilst much further forwards than it might have been, is still a long way from finished, or even in a state where it's playable.<br />
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Frankly, November is a bad month for me as a teacher - encompassing assessments for all, reports for most and tutor reports too. Nonetheless I'm glad I signed up. It did exactly what I'd hoped - carrying me over the long slog producing a lot of custom dice. It makes it far more likely I'll produce a finished game.<br />
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h3rne777http://www.blogger.com/profile/13228972520449865367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969990112302758961.post-2669692008286278342012-11-25T20:26:00.000+00:002012-11-25T23:05:16.492+00:00The Commodity Price at Port DiceStill not doing enough building - it's reports season - classes last week, form group this week :/<br />
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Nonetheless, I did another chunk of the art work, along with thinking about how the dice-tipping mechanism would work. Here's a the page from my journal where I finally decided.<br />
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Due to the design of the dice with the commodity title at the top, I've located the negative tip direction as "down" (you actually have to tip the dice up!) and the positive direction as either left or right depending on the face. This avoids having to use the top and the tip icons (shown here as the top row, rather in situ) interfering with the dice face title.<br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">All that's left now is the crew dice and the ninjas. Then I can start trying to balance the upgrades costs to make for an interesting game.</div><br />
h3rne777http://www.blogger.com/profile/13228972520449865367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969990112302758961.post-52050003855387120842012-11-18T23:44:00.001+00:002012-11-18T23:44:07.571+00:00The remaining commodity dice designs.Again, I only had a couple of hours to give to this over the weekend (and none at all during the week). Rather than complete making a single set of dice, I went for doing the art for all three of the remaining "cloth" cargo dice.<br />
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It also means I'm in a position to do all 6 types of commodity price dice for the ports on the map, although figuring out the number positions so that the "tipping" mechanism works needs doing (I can't use the standard 7s or even a version of it because you can't tip between 3 and 4). I'll need 21 of these, but for simplicity I'll put one of each type on a single sheet and make it 4 times giving 24, then remove 1 of each of the 3 non-cloth dice.<br />
<br />h3rne777http://www.blogger.com/profile/13228972520449865367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969990112302758961.post-15651149265026687802012-11-10T01:53:00.000+00:002012-11-25T23:04:35.059+00:00Wine BarrelsSlow progress now term has re-started, but here's the next set of Cargo Dice - Wine. I'm quite pleased with the barrels, although they took me the whole evening to get right. I'm less happy with the readability of the '4' numeral.<br />
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h3rne777http://www.blogger.com/profile/13228972520449865367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969990112302758961.post-69500272567615896592012-11-02T21:57:00.000+00:002012-11-02T21:59:20.960+00:00Component detail imagesHere are some detail images of the individual components:<br />
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The Board<br />
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The Ship Dice<br />
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The Eponymous Zombie Pirates<br />
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The Fortune Dice<br />
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Two of the six types of Cargo Dice<br />
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<br />h3rne777http://www.blogger.com/profile/13228972520449865367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969990112302758961.post-79993268971322459002012-11-02T13:28:00.000+00:002012-11-02T21:58:59.698+00:00Trading in the Mediterranean - Ninjas vs Zombie Pirates - The Solo Deck Building Dice GameSo here's what I've got so far:<br />
A picture of the board and the components (dice) I have designed and constructed so far.<br />
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This, incidentally, was not part of a game, just a "dummy" set up. For a start the "Spices" dice would be in reverse order.<br />
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I also have a design document, which is also a rules draft; here's a snapshot (of the Simplenote file):<br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><b>Trading in the Mediterranean - Ninjas vs Zombie Pirates - The Solo Deck Building Dice Game.</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A game designed by Simon* jf Hunt, specifically to cause Tom Vasel and Donald Dennis to simultaneously explode.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Rough Cut Rules</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">*Notes to self</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- these need to be a good deal sillier in terms of chrome…</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- I need a picture of some grumpy guy on the box.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">++Components++</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1 Game Board</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1 Flagship Die?Marker?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1 Fleet Die?Marker?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">21 Commodity Price Dice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- 4 Wool - Worsted - String ?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- 4 Cotton - Linen - Wimpoles?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- 4 Silk - Negliges?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- 3 Wine - Holy grails?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- 3 Spices - Holy Moley?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- 3 Glass - Holy Hand Grenades?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">36 = 6 x 6 Commodity Cargo Dice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">6? Ship Dice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Price Dice/Markers for Ninjas & Crew</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">?Do I want ships and fortune to work the same way?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">6? ninja Dice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">6 Crew Dice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1 - Bosun +1:+1:+1:+2:+2:+3 ev 1.67 modifies cargo capacity of ship he's on.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">2 - Navigator +1:+1:+2:+2:+3:+3 ev 2.0 modifies speed.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">3 - Merchant Taylor +1:+2:+2:+3:+4:1@ ev 2.4 @ev 0.20 modifies selling price of textiles.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">4 - Trader Veteran +2:+2:+3:+3:+4:2@ ev 2.8 @ev 0.40 modifies selling price of non-textiles.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">5 - Ninja Master x2:x3:x4:x4:1@:1@ ev 3.25 @ev0.50 modifies effectiveness of Ninjas on his ship.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">6 - Captain +3:+3:+4:+5:1@:2@ ev 3.75 @ev0.75 modifies any one attribute on his ship. This can be allocated dynamically (i.e. you don't need to decide beforehand and at the end you can always use his modifier to improve your selling prices).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">6 Fortune Dice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Lots and lots of Zombie dice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Florins</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Fortune Counters</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">++Set Up++</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1. Roll the 21 Commodity Price Dice on the map. Working from one end, use proximity to assign each of them to a unique port.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">2. Put the 6? Basic (Red?) Ship Dice in your dice bag</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">3. Decide the difficulty you want which determines your basic income:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>0: Ultimate</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>1: Master</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>2: Professional</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>3: Standard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>4: Journey Man</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>5: Apprentice</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>6: Beginner</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">?Negative maybe?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">4. Choose a starting port.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">++Turn Overview++</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1. Receive Income</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">2. Draw/Buy, Roll & Assemble Fleet</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">3. Sail & Combat Zombie Pirates</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">4. Sell Cargo & discard.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">5. Repeat 3&4 until you have reached your furthest destination.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">6. Check victory conditions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">++Turn++</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">1. Receive Income</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Depending on your difficulty level, draw your income from the bank.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">2. Draw/Buy, Roll & Assemble</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You can draw a die from your dice bag by either:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">= Spending one Florin</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">= Spending one Fortune token</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">= Adding a Zombie die to the Zombie Pool.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If at any time your dice bag is empty, then add the entire discard pile to your bag. If your discard pile is empty then you have all the dice available to you this turn unless you buy more from the markets. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">WHen you draw a die from your dice bag, roll it. If you get @1, draw another dice from the bag and roll it. Also re-roll the dice showing @1. If you get @2, draw two dice from the bag and roll them. Also re-roll the dice showing @2. Repeat these actions as appropriate if any newly rolled dice show @1 or @2 until no more dice show the @ symbol or no more dice remain in the bag, even after the bag has been replenished from the discard pile. Any dice showing @1 or @2 that remain are re-rolled as before, but you gain Fortune tokens in place of drawing dice.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If you have drawn a fortune die and rolled a certain amount of fortune, you may either:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">+Pay to re-roll the die</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">+Move the die to your discard pile and take that number of fortune tokens and add them to your Fortune pile.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You can re-roll any dice at any time during this phase by either:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">= Spending one Fortune token</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">= Adding a Zombie Pirate die to the Zombie Pirate Dice Pool</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Any die can be re-rolled multiple times as long as the appropriate price is paid for each re-roll.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">To buy a particular type of die, gather the unbought dice of that type and roll them. Note that unless you actually want to buy a particular type of die, it is un-necessary to set up the market for it, although you may wish to do so, to help you make purchase decisions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">For all except the Commodity Cargo Dice, arrange them on the appropriate Market Spaces, in order of ascending value first, then dice quality second (dice with re-roll symbols on the sides are of higher quality). Dice with the re-roll symbol upper-most are put aside and are not available for purchase at this port. Pay the price on the market square occupied by the die to buy it. In contrast to other deck building games, it is used immediately, not placed in the discard pile. Do not, as a matter of course, re-roll a purchased dice before you first use it (you use it as the value you bought it initially), but you may re-roll a newly purchased die as long as the re-roll price is paid to do so.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Commodity Cargo Dice are placed on the market spaces in descending order of size, as it is cheaper to buy in bulk, but still in ascending order of quality. The purchase price is the base price determined by the port die plus the position modifier, all multiplied by the cargo size value.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Assemble your merchant fleet, re-rolling and purchasing dice as necessary, by paying the appropriate price in Florins or Zombies. Just to be really clear - you can't buy stuff from the markets by adding zombies. The only way of acquiring dice using zombies is drawing them from your dice bag. Once these are exhausted (including after the dice bag has been replenished from the dicard pile) then you need hard cash.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Each ship in your fleet must have a bow, which shows the ship's maximum movement value (speed), and a stern, which shows the ship's the cargo capacity. The ship can contain as many Ninja dice and cargo dice as its capacity. Ninja dice take up one cargo space each, regardless of their value. Cargo dice take up as many spaces as their size.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Crew dice are placed on top of the ship dice and cargo dice, they do not take up any cargo space on a ship.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Any dice you cannot use (remember this normally means you are unwilling to pay the price to re-roll them to make them useable) are placed in your discard pile.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You can pay one Fortune token per distance to check the market at any port before you sail. See the market check instructions in step 4.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Finally choose one ship in your fleet as your flag ship. Place the flagship die on top of this ship. This represents the player, and if this ship is lost, the game is over.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">3. Sail & Combat Zombies</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The Zombie dice pool represents the level of interest you have generated amongst the Zombie Pirate fraternity during your voyage preparations.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The instruction "Remove" means:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- In the case of Zombie Pirate dice, put them back in the Zombie Pirate Dice Pool Bag/Pile.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- In the case of any other dice, put them into the discard pile.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Roll all the Zombie DIce in the Zombie Dice Pool Bag/Pile.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Put the dice that do not show a Zombie Pirate on the upper face back into the Zombie Dice Pool Bag/Pile. All remaining dice should have a Zombie Pirate showing on the upper face.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If at any time there are no zombie dice left in this pile because they have been removed then you have successfully repelled the Zombie Pirate attack. Proceed to step 4.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">+ Remove Zombie Pirates equal to the current Ninja value(s), remembering to multiply the Ninja's value by the Ninja Master's Value if you have one and they are on his ship.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">+ Remove a number equal to the Captain's value (if you have one). This "uses" the Captain's ability this turn and is not available if you have already used him to boost a ship's Speed or Cargo Capacity.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">+ Spend fortune tokens to remove as many more Zombies as you like, up to the number of Fortune tokens you have available.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If there are still zombie pirates left, here are your options:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-Remove a cargo die. It removes as many zombie pirates as its size value, but the whole die is removed to the discard pile.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-Remove a crew die. They take as many Zombies with them as their value and their die is removed to the discard pile. Increase (+1) the base value marker for crew on the market track. New crew becomes more expensive to hire if you have a reputation for killing them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">-Tip down a Ninja dice. Remove as many Zombie Pirates as their new value. When tipped below their lowest value, remove one more zombie pirate die and move the Ninja die to the discard pile. Increase (+1) the base value marker for Ninjas on the market track. New ninjas become more expensive to hire if you have a reputation for killing them.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">- Tip down the Bow or Stern die. Remove one zombie pirate per tip. If you no longer have sufficient cargo space for cargo or Ninjas then these must be removed so that the remaining cargo space is not exceeded. Please then go and lie down in a darkened room and consider why those diece were still there at that juncture. When either Bow or Stern is tipped below their lowest value, remove Zombie Pirate Dice equal to the total remaining speed and cargo values and move both the Ship dice and any other dice to the discard pile (although there really shouldn't be anything left on the ship at this point, duh!).</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If your fleet has been entirely discarded, the game is over. Any remaining money is your final score.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">4.Sell & discard</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">On reaching an intermediate port the bow and stern dice making up ships that have moved their maximum movement and their crew dice (including Ninjas) are moved to the discard pile. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Cargo is sold on the local market. Firstly, unless you checked before you sailed, check for recent price fluctuations. Perhaps another captain has arrived ahead if you, fulfilling the need and crashing the market. Perhaps the demand had increased?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Roll the requisite number of dice (either 1 or 2 d6) and tip the Commodity Price Dice at the post accordingly. If the instruction is to "Reset" then set the Commodity Price Dice to its lowest value.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Wool: Roll 2d6. Down both under or either equal to 3, up both over, reset both equal 8/36:9/36:1/36</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Wine: Roll 1d6 .Down under 3, up over, reset equal 12/36:18/36:6/36</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Cotton: Roll 2d6. Up either over 4, reset either equal 20/36:11/36</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Spices: Roll 1d6. Down under 2, up over, reset equal 6/36:24/36:6/36</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Silk: Roll 2d6. Down both under or either equal to 2, up both over, reset both equal 3/36:16/36:1/36</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Glass: Roll 2d6. Up either over 3, reset either equal 27/36:11/36</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">If there is no official demand for a particular cargo at this port, it may be sold for 1 Florin per size unit, otherwise it is sold as follows:</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">The largest value cargo die is sold for the current market price per unit. The price then drops one level by tipping the demand die on your current port and the next largest die is sold and so on until all the dice are sold (causing the price to drop one last time) or the price has sunk to the commodity base price per unit.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">5. Repeat 3&4 until you have reached your furthest destination.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">At your furthest destination, sell the cargo as before but do NOT discard the ships or crew, unless you want to.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Repair/Upgrade Ships</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">For each ship die, pay 1f/its current value in florins? to tip up the die.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Crew Experience</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">For each surviving crew member, check to see if they have improved through experience by rolling the requisite number of dice (either 1 or 2 d6). If they make their roll, tip up their die. Obviously, a crew die showing its maximum face cannot be improved, so a success here will add a fortune token.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Captain: Roll 2d6. Up both over or equal to Value+1 (4 9/36)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A Captain failing his experience roll by rolling both under his value can improve any one crew member except Ninjas.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ninja Master: Roll 2d6. Up both over or equal to Value+1 (3 16/36)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">A Ninja Master failing his experience roll by rolling both under his value can improve any one Ninja on his ship.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Veteran Trader: Roll 1d6. Up over or equal to Value+1 (4 18/36) +2?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Merchant Taylor: Roll 2d6. Up either over or equal to Value+2 (5 20/36) +4?</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Navigator: Roll 1d6. Up over or equal to Value+2 (3 24/36)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Bosun: Roll 2d6. Up either over or equal to Value+3 (4 27/36)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Ninjas: Roll 2d6. Up either over or equal to Value (4 27/36)</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;"><br /></span>
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Retaining Crew</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">You must pay the value of each crew member as a wage to retain them for the next voyage, or they are added to the discard pile. You may pay them before you check for experience if you wish to do so.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">6. Check victory conditions.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Whatever they might be.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Count your current wealth. Add the number of Fortune counters. Add all the current die values in your fleet. This is your current score.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Quit while you're ahead? If you decide to quit now, this will be your final score. If not, return to step 1.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Software Credits</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Design Scratchpad by Simple Note</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Portrait Images by Zombie Booth, Face Goo and PS Express</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Image Processing by GIMP</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Courier New, Courier, monospace;">Dice Layout by Inkscape</span><br />
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<i>My Main Worry?</i><br />
<i>That the game will be difficult to begin with and get easier. I want quite the opposite</i><br />
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<i>Board Or Not? </i><br />
<i>/Yes, for routes and commodities/prices?</i><br />
<i>/Price varies, but once the specialist commodity for each port is established, the commodity doesn't change - a waste of dice! </i><br />
<i>/Fix the number of each commodity dice initially?</i><br />
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<i>VP Track? </i><br />
<i>XYes, unless I can think of a way of end scoring, but that's boring. I'm trying to think of an end condition that works... i.e. I'm not even sure how you might win or lose is game! Still no inspiration here. Now just thinking of going for hard cash!</i><br />
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<i>Fleet board? </i><br />
<i>/yes, but not really necessary, because you can make ships anywhere</i><br />
<i>/Could incorporate the VP track and the ninjas price track, although the purchase values might need all their own tracks.</i><br />
<i>/One track for the base price of each thing. One track for the actual selection and position modifiers. Fills from the high end.</i><br />
<i>/Currently everything is on a single piece of A4. This works well. However, the fleet board is dead space, as its completely unnecessary, and possibly too small.</i><br />
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<i>/Each turn is one fleet to one destination. Consecutive turns must follow trade routes! </i><br />
<i>X Do you have to discard all dice at the end of a turn or do ships and crew persist? </i><br />
<i>/Persistence seems more thematic.</i><br />
<i>X Long routes suffer 2 pirate attacks before arriving. I've now solved this by altering some routes.</i><br />
<i>/Bow sections control movement value for the turn? Ships that have to be left behind at other ports because they move less than the fastest are moved to the discard pile after they make their delivery (all dice - ship, ninjas, cargo, crew)</i><br />
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<i>/If your income is negative, you must pay the bank that amount by the end of the turn or add that number of Zombie Pirate Dice</i><br />
<i>/You can always sell goods for value 1 per size value even if there's no demand marker for that good on a port. </i><br />
<i>XTo buy a good, roll a Goods die from your bag to get the price?</i><br />
<i>/You can buy a good from the market or use your own?</i><br />
<i>XOr does each die cost the same but the values vary?</i><br />
<i>Better quality dice cost more. Base price is modified by price dice?</i><br />
<i>Initially all dice range linearly from 1 to 6 florins. Max price = 6 + 6 = 12 florins? Or = 6 x 6 = 36 florins (you'd be crazy to buy at that price but would make a killing selling!). Game balance may require adjusting of base and modifiers.</i><br />
<i>Different commodities have different base prices? And different progressions?</i><br />
<i>Separate Goods Dice and Price Dice.</i><br />
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<i>Wool 2-7, 2:3:4:5:6:7</i><br />
<i>Cotton 3-8? Or 3 to 15 in 2s, 3:5:7:9:11:13:15</i><br />
<i>Implies Glass 7 to 37 in 6s, 7:13:19:25:31:37</i><br />
<i>Or steps of base price?</i><br />
<i>Wool 2-12 in 2s, 2:4:6:8:10:12</i><br />
<i>Cotton 3 to 18 in 2s, 3:6:9:12:15:18</i><br />
<i>Implies Glass 7 to 42 in 7s, 7:14:21:28:35:42</i><br />
<i>I like this second scale better.</i><br />
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<i>Dice Bag</i><br />
<i>/Goods dice are in your bag. Represent your own contacts in the business? </i><br />
<i>XBonus good if you buy that good? But only if you buy!</i><br />
<i>Costs 1f to draw a die.</i><br />
<i>Also goods dice in the market.</i><br />
<i>You pay to draw and roll dice? Either in Florins or in Zombies!</i><br />
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<i>Price dice remain on the map. </i><br />
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<i>(Now swap pairs of Commodity Price Dice so that no two dice of the same type are joined by a single trade route - why? I'm not sure this needs to be true)</i><br />
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<i>Goods dice determine how much of the commodity is available. If a ship is not big enough you can down step a die but the extra is lost?. Purchase of the next die is at the next higher price. Dice in order of size descending (it's cheaper to buy in bulk!). This also allows the purchase of bargains if a good quality die rolls low. </i><br />
<i>Price is size+position?</i><br />
<i>Price is (base+position)xsize?</i><br />
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<i>/Port/commodities Dice - define commodity values</i><br />
<i>Define a single key commodity base value for that port.</i><br />
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<i>X that then decay with time. Then re-roll. Allow early re-roll or advancement?</i><br />
<i>/ Demand starts low and increases - encourages forward planning! Perhaps die advances by rolling higher or equal to the current value or the demand reduces to 1? Or perhaps each commodity has a fixed roll level? Different commodities need different #s of dice to reset? For common goods roll lower on 1 of n dice, for rarer goods roll lower on all of n dice. I'm leaning towards automatic advance? No, if I go to static demand + check on arrival, it could go up or down. Resets on equals?</i><br />
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<i>5 commodities?</i><br />
<i>X 3 dice all under</i><br />
<i>2 dice all under</i><br />
<i>1 dice under</i><br />
<i>2 dice either under</i><br />
<i>X 3 dice either under</i><br />
<i>Leaning towards fixed roll levels for different commodities.</i><br />
<i>This gives potentially 15 commodities, so I could reject the extremes?</i><br />
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<i>2 dice both under 2:1/36 3:4/36 4:9/36 5:16/36 6:25/36</i><br />
<i>2 dice both under or equal to 1:1/36 2:4/36 3:9/36 4:16/36 5:25/36</i><br />
<i>2 dice both under or either equal to 2:3/36 3:8/36 4:15/36 5:24/36 6:35/36</i><br />
<i>2 dice both equal (reset) 1/36</i><br />
<i>2 dice both over 1:25/36 2:16/36 3:9/36 4:4/36 5:1/36</i><br />
<i>2 dice both over or equal to 2:25/36 3:16/36 4:9/36 5:4/36 6:1/36</i><br />
<i>2 dice both over or either equal to 1:35/36 2:24/36 3:15/36 4:8/36 5:3/36</i><br />
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<i>1 dice under 2:6/36 3:12/36 4:18/36 5:24/36 6:30/36</i><br />
<i>1 dice under or equal to 1:6/36 2:12/36 3:18/36 4:24/36 5:30/36</i><br />
<i>1 dice equal (reset) 6/36</i><br />
<i>1 dice over 1:30/36 2:24/36 3:18/36 4:12/36 5:6/36</i><br />
<i>1 dice over or equal to 2:30/36 3:24/36 4:18/36 5:12/36 6:6/36</i><br />
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<i>2 dice either under 2:11/36 3:20/36 4:27/36 5:32/36 6:35/36</i><br />
<i>2 dice either under or equal to 1:11/36 2:20/36 3:27/36 4:32/36 5:35/36</i><br />
<i>(2 dice either under or either equal to 1:10/36 2:19/36 3:26/36 4:31/36 5:34/36)</i><br />
<i>2 dice either equal (reset) 11/36</i><br />
<i>2 dice either over 1:35/36 2:32/36 3:27/36 4:20/36 5:11/36</i><br />
<i>2 dice either over or equal to 2:35/36 3:32/36 4:27/36 5:20/36 6:11/36</i><br />
<i>(2 dice either over or either equal to 2:34/36 3:31/36 4:26/36 5:19/36 6:10/36)</i><br />
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<i>Wool: Roll 2d6. Down both under or either equal to 3, up both over, reset both equal 8/36:9/36:1/36</i><br />
<i>Wine: Roll 1d6 .Down under 3, up over, reset equal 12/36:18/36:6/36</i><br />
<i>Cotton: Roll 2d6. Up either over 4, reset either equal 20/36:11/36</i><br />
<i>Spices: Roll 1d6. Down under 2, up over, reset equal 6/36:24/36:6/36</i><br />
<i>Silk: Roll 2d6. Down both under or either equal to 2, up both over, reset both equal 3/36:16/36:1/36</i><br />
<i>Glass: Roll 2d6. Up either over 3, reset either equal 27/36:11/36</i><br />
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<i>6 commodities based on 4 and 3? I need the base chance of increase to be larger than decrease so that demand grows mainly.</i><br />
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<i>6 commodities and 21 ports means</i><br />
<i>Wool 3+1</i><br />
<i>Cotton 3+1</i><br />
<i>Silk 3 + 1</i><br />
<i>Spices? 3</i><br />
<i>Wine 3 </i><br />
<i>Glass 3</i><br />
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<i>Type1: down both under or either equal to 4, up both over, reset both equal 16/36:19/36:1/36</i><br />
<i>Type2: down both under or either equal to 3, up both over, reset both equal 9/36:26/36:1/36</i><br />
<i>Type3: down under 2, up over, reset equal 6/36:24/36:6/36</i><br />
<i>Type4: down under 3, up over, reset equal 12/36:18/36:6/36</i><br />
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<i>What am I trying to achieve here? The possibilities are:</i><br />
<i>Price increases</i><br />
<i>Price stays the same</i><br />
<i>Price decreases</i><br />
<i>Price resets</i><br />
<i>The roll n on either dice doesn't lend itself to this number of outcomes!</i><br />
<i>How about up or reset? Or up and down but no reset?</i><br />
<i>One of these must be fixed at 11/36. From a pattern point of view this really should be reset.</i><br />
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<i>2 dice either over but not equal to 1:25/36 2:24/36 3:21/36 4:16/36 5:9/36</i><br />
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<i>Type5: up either over 1, reset either equal 25/36:11/36</i><br />
<i>Type6: up either over 4, reset either equal 16/36:11/36</i><br />
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<i>XHave a further outer sheath to convert a generalised commodity die to a particular type, removing the need to have huge numbers of dice that are rarely used?</i><br />
<i>XBuy generic dice and sheaths separately? This gives _much_ more control. Not sure I like this. I want players to specialise in particular areas - like buy lots of ninjas, or more expensive ninjas.</i><br />
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<i>Allow luck? </i><br />
<i>XPoints that can be bought and spent to decide the roll of a dice (one point per die).</i><br />
<i>/Points that can be bought and spent to re-roll a dice.</i><br />
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<i>I'm now thinking of luck dice as one of the available purchase items - a "Fortune Dice".</i><br />
<i>cheapest fortune die - -:-:-:1f:2f:3f or 1f:1f:1f:2f:3f as other dice!</i><br />
<i>Most expensive fortune: 2f:2f:3f:4f:1@:2@</i><br />
<i>Some more expensive dice have "draw n dice and re-roll them including this one" sides marked by @.</i><br />
<i>Rolling fortune adds that number of fortune tokens to the fortune pile.</i><br />
<i>Do I need fortune, or could I rely entirely on Florins? No, there are some things you can only do with florins and specifically you can't buy dice from the market with fortune or zombies.</i><br />
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<i>Allow crew dice that give drms?</i><br />
<i>Captains +n to all rolls</i><br />
<i>ninja Sergeants +n to all hand to hand rolls? Combat rolls? Second round combat rolls?</i><br />
<i>Navigators? +n to movement</i><br />
<i>Bosuns? +n to ship function, perhaps even cargo capacity?</i><br />
<i>The master, the swabber, the bosun and I, the gunner and his mate.</i><br />
<i>Merchant Taylors? +n to sell value of textiles</i><br />
<i>Gunners? +n to first combat round.</i><br />
<i>Leaning away from a cannon round. Would merchant vessels have cannon anyway? Do I really need to worry about this level of realism? Would cannon dice add to the game?</i><br />
<i>I'm tempted to go ahead with a single combat round right now.</i><br />
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<i>Each delivered goods die reduces the sell value by one. Requires statted goods dice. Makes selling in bulk an advantage! Player chooses order of sale? As this is obvious, why bother allowing the choice? Dice sold in descending order of value.</i><br />
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<i>Zombie Dice. Different #s of sides that have zombies? Might be too complex. Same for each die? zzzz--?</i><br />
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<i>Ninja Dice. These were originally marines, but hey - Pirates vs Ninjas. Different strengths. </i><br />
<i>XDice can be cashed in for VP? VP no longer intended</i><br />
<i>Cheapest ninja Dice - m1:m1:m1:m2:m2:m3 expected m 1.67</i><br />
<i>Most expensive - m2:m2:m3:m4:1@:2@ expected m 2.75 : @0.75</i><br />
<i> Or m3:m3:m4:m5:1@:2@ expected m 3.75:@.75</i><br />
<i>All crew dice follow this pattern?</i><br />
<i>1 - x1:x1:x1:x2:x2:x3 ev 1.67</i><br />
<i>2 - x1:x1:x2:x2:x3:x3 ev 2.00</i><br />
<i>3 - x1:x2:x2:x3:x4:1@ ev 2.4 @ev 0.20</i><br />
<i>4 - x2:x2:x3:x3:x4:2@ ev 2.8 @ev 0.40</i><br />
<i>5 - x2:x3:x4:x4:1@:1@ ev 3.25 @ev0.50</i><br />
<i>6 - x3:x3:x4:x5:1@:2@ ev 3.75 @ev0.75</i><br />
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<i>All dice follow this pattern?</i><br />
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<i>Ship Bow/Stern Dice</i><br />
<i>Ship Hold Dice? I'm liking the single value from the stern die determining cargo capacity</i><br />
<i>Different qualities of Sterns with larger or smaller holds and more or less bows.</i><br />
<i>Initial ship die: <1: i="i" or="or"><!--1:--></1:></i><br />
<i>Most expensive <3:3 and="and" draw="draw" i="i" re-roll="re-roll" this="this" where="where"><!--3:3--></3:3></i><br />
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<i>Repair/Upgrade Ships</i><br />
<i>For each ship die, pay 1f/its current value in florins? to tip up the die.</i><br />
<i>Paying the current value means that its often better to trash and re-roll (cost 1f) than retain.</i><br />
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<i>X# re-Rolls of Any player dice = # re-Rolls of blank Zombie Dice. I quite like this as a mechanism. If there are no more blank zombie dice then you have maxed out on re-rolls this time, or you can do something that increases the number of Zombie dice, and hope they roll blank! </i><br />
<i>Or # re-Rolls of Any player dice = # extra Zombie Dice - this means that the number of Zombies will not be known until the actual combat - a little like ninja dice. If ninja dice are rolled, then what does "draw" do? Could that be re-roll another dice instead? I don't really want to roll the ninja dice once they're out. If they survive combat then they move up a level. Lost combat moves them down a level?</i><br />
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<i>ninja dice must equal or exceed Zombies. When rolled?</i><br />
<i>1d6 per ninja strength point? Or just use the ninja dice?</i><br />
<i>ninja Dice have different values. Zombies are linear but the zombie pile forever grows!</i><br />
<i>If zombies win then either lose ninjas or cargo</i><br />
<i>Cost of new ninja dice increases if ninjas are killed.</i><br />
<i>Place dead ninjas on cost track to obscure lower values. Or do they go to discard? Add one zombie for each ninja strength?</i><br />
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<i>X Non linear reward for # matching ports/commodities a bit like Bohnanza - this idea now exceeded by selling bulk at the top price.</i><br />
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<i>Buy new </i><br />
<i>X port</i><br />
<i>X commodities</i><br />
<i>/ commodities quantity dice</i><br />
<i>/ ninja dice</i><br />
<i>/ ship bow & stern dice</i><br />
<i>X VP</i><br />
<i>/ crew dice</i><br />
<i>/ fortune dice</i><br />
<i>Xnews of nearby ports dice - do I really need these or </i><br />
<i>/does the fortune die do this too?</i><br />
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<i>Just use x(Roll and use) bought dice immediately - do not just add them to your discard pile like other deck-building games!</i><br />
<i>Just use the value you buy unless you pay to reroll.</i><br />
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<i>X Perhaps just re-roll ports and commodities? Superseded by economic mechanisms</i><br />
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<i>Roll ship dice and construct ships</i><br />
<i>X Start with 3 bow/stern dice so a simple <] is always possible. Actually this is nonsense!</i><br />
<i>X Bow and stern define # holds also - place on a mat a certain distance apart?</i><br />
<i>/ Perhaps only the stern determines cargo capacity? </i><br />
<i>/Cargo dice have values that must fit into the holds?</i><br />
<i>/The ship can contain as many cargo dice or cargo dice values as this number. </i><br />
<i>XPart of me likes the separation of the cargo dice and their value.</i><br />
<i>/Needing to fit dice values in the holds will require lots of ships. Fine!</i><br />
<i>/Each ninja die takes up one hold space.</i><br />
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<i>XAllow ships to be damaged by reorientation of the die. This determines how much cargo is lost? I'm not sure I like this particularly as I need the ship dice to do other things.</i><br />
<i>XI'm not sure that I like the idea of ship then HTH combat. The ship can add to the initial? combat round. I'm currently thinking of abstracting the combat into two rounds, allowing some reduction in the # of zombies before the final reckoning each round.</i><br />
<i>/In fact I'm now leaning towards just a single abstracted zombie combat round</i><br />
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<i>/Can whole ships be lost? If there's one Zombie left for each movement and hull point? </i><br />
<i>XOr maybe an empty ship is considered lost?</i><br />
<i>?One new zombie dice per item lost?</i><br />
<i>XCan the ship dice be lost? If not then having ships destroyed by zombies is less serious, they just go back into the discard pile and thence the draw bag. /Empty ships go to the discard pile.</i><br />
<i>XCan the player re-configure during combat? Probably not.</i><br />
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<i>XPlaces that you have traded at get extra demand dice but that also attracts zombies. I'm now not sure extra demand dice will fit on the map!</i><br />
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<i>I'm a bit concerned that with 21 ports the economy upkeep phase will be too arduous, especially as only a handful will be relevant.</i><br />
<i>/Maybe only generate economy as you sail? There can then be actions to buy intelligence before you sail. </i><br />
<i>/Maybe an initial setup? </i><br />
<i>/Or roll only for the ports you can reach? </i><br />
<i>I'm leaning towards an initial setup so that the player has some initial info _and_ rolling when you arrive/when asking for info.</i><br />
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<i>/How do we decide starting position & resources? Difficulty and a strategic choice or rather vice versa</i><br />
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<i>21 Ports</i><br />
<i>X Ports - rated according to # connections. Too complex to include.</i><br />
<i>Valencia 2</i><br />
<i>Barcelona 2</i><br />
<i>Marseilles 2</i><br />
<i>Genoa 4</i><br />
<i>Naples 2</i><br />
<i>Venice 3</i><br />
<i>Ragusa 3</i><br />
<i>Corfu 3</i><br />
<i>Constantinople 5</i><br />
<i>Canea 5</i><br />
<i>Famagusta 3</i><br />
<i>Rhodes 3</i><br />
<i>Antioch 1</i><br />
<i>Tyre 1</i><br />
<i>Alexandria 5</i><br />
<i>Tripoli 3</i><br />
<i>Messana 5</i><br />
<i>Tunis 2</i><br />
<i>Algiers 1</i><br />
<i>Palma 4</i><br />
<i>X Pisa? 5</i><br />
<i>Cadiz 2(1)</i><br />
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<i>Commodities</i><br />
<i>/Countries such as Spain and Italy, in the southern areas of the continent, specialized in glass, wine and spices.</i><br />
<i>Silk, wool, cotton</i><br />
<i>?I'll use these then?</i><br />
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<i>/Currency is the gold florin.</i><br />
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<i>Real prices. </i><br />
<i>1fl = 75s = 900d</i><br />
<i>1s = 12d</i><br />
<i>Worsted (wool) 3.5d/yd</i><br />
<i>A bale of wool 3 fl. ==> 1 bale = 3x900/3.5 = 770yd</i><br />
<i>Linen (cotton) 6-12d/yd</i><br />
<i>Silk 100-280d/yd</i><br />
<i>Spices 12-36d/lb</i><br />
<i>Saffron 183d/lb</i><br />
<i>Stained Glass 500fl? Weak source.</i><br />
<i>Wine 4-8d per gallon, 1 barrel = 60 gallons = 480d ==> ~2 Barrels/fl</i><br />
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<i>Total Dice</i><br />
<i>21 Commoditiy Price Dice</i><br />
<i>6x6 = 36 Commodity Cargo dice</i><br />
<i>6? Ship Dice. This may not be enough? Allows max 3 ships. Should there be ship starting dice? 21 Dice 1x6, 2x5, 3x4, 4x3, 5x2, 6x1? Allows a potential fleet of 10 ships.</i><br />
<i>A half way option is 3:2:2:1:1:1 = 10 dice. Do commodity cargo dice need the same structure?</i><br />
<i>6? ninja Dice. Total EV 15 implies 21 Zombie Dice - seems too few</i><br />
<i>6 Crew Dice</i><br />
<i>6 Fortune Dice</i><br />
<i>Total:</i><br />
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<i>n Zombie Dice, where n is probably quite large.</i><br />
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If you read this far, thanks for your interest.h3rne777http://www.blogger.com/profile/13228972520449865367noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969990112302758961.post-68004858227822075202012-10-31T20:19:00.002+00:002012-11-02T21:59:10.838+00:00Two Terrible Things Happen at OnceSomeone posts on the <a href="http://www.boardgamegeek.com/forums/guild/477/print-and-play" target="_blank">BGG Print and Play forums</a> about <a href="http://nagademon.com/" target="_blank">NaGa DeMon</a> - National Game Design Month and on the same day someone else posts in the <a href="http://www222.pair.com/sjohn/risus.htm" target="_blank">Risus</a> <a href="http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/risustalk/?m=0" target="_blank">Yahoo Group</a> about a new <a href="http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/risustalk/message/6553" target="_blank">One Page Design Challenge - a Risus Steampunk Setting</a>.<br />
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*Must Not Chase Shiny Things*<br />
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So, the NaGa DeMon project will be Trading in the Mediterranean with Ninjas vs Zombie Pirates - The Solo Deck Building Dice Game (tm).<br />
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A game designed by me, specifically to cause Tom Vasel and Donald Dennis to simultaneously explode. ;p<br />
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This is past the initial design phase and into the play testing - the only current problem is the need to construct over 100 custom paper dice before I can start. Progress is slow. Each set of 6 dice takes about 2 days.<br />
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It also occurs to me that now people in the UK can Kickstart stuff, the joke would be complete if I did a Kickstarter campaign for it... Unfortunately, there's too high a risk that people without a well developed sense of irony would back it. Although I could always put the funding target as £1M...<br />
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As for the Risus Setting, it would be a good excuse to do something like a Girl Genius homage. "Femme Fantastique" maybe?<br />
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Progress reports as separate posts to follow. Maybe.<br />
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<br />h3rne777http://www.blogger.com/profile/13228972520449865367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969990112302758961.post-38345976937333146502011-09-03T22:56:00.000+01:002011-09-03T23:10:25.520+01:00Mythic and the Art of TarotI'm a huge fan of the Mythic RPG system - particularly the core GME engine (Game Master Emulator). It's main strength is the ability to truly surprise the player with the direction of the story through the use of random events and complex questions.<br />
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In the GME both random events and complex questions are generated with the use of word lists. However, on the rather excellent <a href="http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/Mythic_Role_Playing/">Mythic Yahoo Group</a> many solo players are experimenting with other randomisers: Some just tables and some using "random page" facilities on Wikipedia and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/055010030X/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=64m-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=055010030X">Brewer's dictionary of Phrase and Fable</a>. Recently someone used the <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0738705950/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=64m-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0738705950">Bright Ideas Deck</a> (which is essentially a Tarot deck).<br />
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Back in my misspent youth I was fascinated by Tarot and its apparent ability to speak to the situation/question that had been posed. It's only recently through reading things like <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1905026358/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=64m-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1905026358">Tricks of the Mind</a> and <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0230752985/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=64m-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=0230752985">Paranormality</a> that I've come to understand that the human brain's evolved tendency to seek pattern even where there is none explains Tarot cards making "sense" of a situation/question as a by product of that mechanism. Also, thinking of my own experience of Mythic, I hardly ever invoke the "I dunno" rule, which means that I'm able to apply a pair of random words to an event or question and interpret them as an answer almost without fail.<br />
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It follows therefore, that as long as the randomised object is sufficiently information "rich" I should be able to use just about _any_ deck of cards (cards because I like them; I guess drawing random toys from my son's toy chest should work too, but it's far less portable). My choice of the deck of cards would then essentially lend a particular personality to whatever I'm randomising for.<br />
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My first thought is a solo game of Microscope with 3 players being run by the GME and a particular deck of cards. As it happens, I have virtually endless decks of cards in my games collection and elsewhere. Here are some I've considered:<br />
- The randomiser deck from Dominion<br />
- Space and Starwars Top Trumps<br />
- The cards from Apples to Apples (You'd need to draw several at once)<br />
- A standard Tarot deck<br />
- <a href="http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1409507300/ref=as_li_tf_tl?ie=UTF8&tag=64m-21&linkCode=as2&camp=1634&creative=6738&creativeASIN=1409507300">50 Things to Spot at an Airport (Osborne spotter's cards)</a><br />
- A set of Ogham cards (or even celtic rune stones)<br />
- A MTG white weeny deck from 1998<br />
- Sherlock Holmes the card game Deck<br />
- A Netrunner deck (either hacker or corporation)<br />
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Ones that might not work quite so well, because of the limited scope:<br />
- Chance and Community Chest from Monopoly (Too prosaic and no images)<br />
- The adventure cards from "Galaxy Trucker"<br />
- SJGames Illuminati cards (although the Fnorder iPhone app might be interesting!)<br />
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The theory seems sound - let the experimentation begin!<br />
<br />h3rne777http://www.blogger.com/profile/13228972520449865367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969990112302758961.post-10243371735848434842011-07-12T19:47:00.000+01:002011-09-03T23:20:07.589+01:00RISUS One Page ChallengeOver in the Risus Talk yahoo group someone issued a One Page Adventure Challenge - to write a one page RISUS adventure using the key words Obelisk, Howling and Abandoned.<br />
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Try as I might to distract myself from this, I ended up doing it anyway. As ever, I probably had more fun out of this thinking of plot possibilities and Physics (including researching Eris, Dysnomia and the Kuiper Belt) than anyone will have playing it, but be that as it may, interested parties are welcome to it.<br />
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!Warning! With only one page to play with, it relies heavily on the GM understanding the tropes of the genre and being able to fill in the gaps with improvisation.<br />
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Have Fun<br />
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<a href="https://sites.google.com/site/risusverse/home/opc-21-july-2011/ReturntotheO.B.E.L.I.S.C.v1_2.pdf?attredirects=0&d=1">File here</a>h3rne777http://www.blogger.com/profile/13228972520449865367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969990112302758961.post-12066516013107341282010-08-05T11:39:00.000+01:002010-08-05T11:39:59.783+01:00Chain Reaction 3.0 - First ImpressionsSo after half a game of Dog Soldiers here's what I think:<br />
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The system is fantastically fluid, which makes the games swift, despite all the goofs I made.<br />
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I love the way the reaction system "pulls you through the action". Once the opponents see each other, that encounter then resolves before anything else happens.<br />
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The system seems to produce excellent narrative in my head as I play (I can turn the dice and movement into re-world analogs very easily). The promise of an "immersion game" is all it claims.<br />
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Using piles of dice on the table allowed me to play the first 3 hours of the scenario (8pm - 10pm) over the course of a week in very broken time (sometimes a few minutes at a time). The system allowed me to be very sure where I was up to, so I didn't waste time getting my head around it.<br />
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I think I may have found something to wean the 4dkay lads at the school games club away from the awful IgoUgo whilst allowing them to keep their minis. On the last "Charity Games Day" I had a couple of lads fight only the first 3 turns of a 4000+ point per side battle over the full 7 hours. At one point one of them went to lunch while his opponent moved and fired, delegating armour saves to a friend with sandwiches.<br />
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It impressed me enough to buy the 5150 and Warrior Heroes which shows that giving away the vanilla system for free actually makes business sense.<br />
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I'm in awe of people who do full blow by blow Battle Reports (Bat Reps). It's taken me an age (broken time again) to write up just the first turn, but I hope to get to the others (probably with less detail) sometime soon.<br />
<ul></ul>h3rne777http://www.blogger.com/profile/13228972520449865367noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969990112302758961.post-72901323961417683632010-08-01T20:02:00.000+01:002010-08-03T17:04:17.682+01:00Dog Soldiers BatRep - Trying out CR 3.0<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:arial;">So this took _much_ longer to do than I anticipated. Firstly because we have a 16 week old son and everything else comes second. Secondly, I had to wait for Amazon to deliver the Movie so I could watch it before I played the game (so many questions – Why does the move strap line talk about 6 soldiers when the scenario only has 5? Who is Megan?) and thirdly, there's just something about _way_ in which I typically engag</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="font-family:arial;">e with games which means getting to my first play often takes a while.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VJYV_Lpl9BbTEBXxtCHb9XA1_HEsqoHfrZjQt_n4mMUo_Alze2QhUTgj7JkET6flXmEdTO5Fc2z_LfOXkclzgyIBpwHcTi71zKHjQNFE73E6EPesKNw-xaFWtxILZ85yEleeF7KxOo3V/s1600/Annotated+Set+Up.png"><img style="float: left; margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; cursor: pointer; width: 240px; height: 320px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_VJYV_Lpl9BbTEBXxtCHb9XA1_HEsqoHfrZjQt_n4mMUo_Alze2QhUTgj7JkET6flXmEdTO5Fc2z_LfOXkclzgyIBpwHcTi71zKHjQNFE73E6EPesKNw-xaFWtxILZ85yEleeF7KxOo3V/s320/Annotated+Set+Up.png" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500743910623683986" border="0" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Sometimes I can get mo</span><span lang="EN-GB">re fun out of a game creating components and play-aids than actually playing it, so I spent so</span><span lang="EN-GB">me time finding/creating some suitable paper minis for the scenario. I couldn't find any Werewolves so I made my own. I didn't have any modern troops (I tried using some sci-fi troops, but somehow they didn't cut it) and after some searching I used some of Arion Games' Modern Soldiers II set for the squaddies, with Sergeant Wells taken from their Planetary Militia Se</span><span lang="EN-GB">t. The internet is disappointingly sparse with early Landrover nets, but I found a b&w net for a Hummer which I coloured in GIMP2 for the vehicle. Finally I made some chits for the improvised weapons. Mistakenly I arranged all this onto a single A4 sheet in Word07 which nearly died under the strain (I really ought to have gone with my first instincts and used Inkscape). A little cutting and sticking later and the addition of my old WH40K dice and I was good to go.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">So as per the rules, the boys arrive at the font door of the cottage carrying Sgt. Wells. He is immediately taken to the Master Bedroom, and then the house is searched.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">If you want to “game” this piece to maximise the number of improvised weapons, there’s a particular order in which you want to do this but I just had them search the rooms in an order that seemed realistic.</span><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p></o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">The search turns up the following: </span></p> <ul style="font-family:arial;"><li><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">A camera in the Master Bedroom</span></li><li><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">A lighter & hairspray in the loo</span></li><li><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">An axe in the closet</span></li><li><!--[if !supportLists]--><span lang="EN-GB"><span style="">·<span style="font: 7pt "Times New Roman";"> </span></span></span><!--[endif]--><span lang="EN-GB">A pan of boiling water in the kitchen</span></li></ul> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Sadly, no silver letter opener (“No self respecting Werewolf would have silver in their house.”) and no Claymore, with a slim possibility of petrol bottles in the shed, should they dare go and search for them.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">All entrances and windows are barricaded and the other 4 Squaddies apart from the poorly Sgt. Wells hole up in the Living Room and clean their weapons ready for the night ahead.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">8pm</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Turn1</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Rolling on the Where Werewolves Attack table and starting with the highest Rep Werewolf (as per one of Ed’s clarifications), the Alpha Werewolf attacks through the Front Kitchen Window, Adult Werewolf1 tries the 2nd Bedroom Window and Adult Werewolf2 goes after Sgt. Wells through the Master Bedroom Window. With no squaddies outside, they move directly to their respective entrances.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span style=""><v:shapetype id="_x0000_t75" coordsize="21600,21600" spt="75" preferrelative="t" path="m@4@5l@4@11@9@11@9@5xe" filled="f" stroked="f"> <v:stroke joinstyle="miter"> <v:formulas> <v:f eqn="if lineDrawn pixelLineWidth 0"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 1 0"> <v:f eqn="sum 0 0 @1"> <v:f eqn="prod @2 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="prod @3 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @0 0 1"> <v:f eqn="prod @6 1 2"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelWidth"> <v:f eqn="sum @8 21600 0"> <v:f eqn="prod @7 21600 pixelHeight"> <v:f eqn="sum @10 21600 0"> </v:f> <v:path extrusionok="f" gradientshapeok="t" connecttype="rect"> <o:lock ext="edit" aspectratio="t"> </o:lock><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_5" spid="_x0000_i1028" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="Annotated Set Up.png" style="width: 462pt; height: 615.75pt; visibility: visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CLICENS%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_image001.png" title="Annotated Set Up"> </v:imagedata></v:shape></v:path></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:f></v:formulas></v:stroke></v:shapetype></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">I roll a black die (B) for the Werewolf Activation and a red die (R) for the Squaddies and get B5 R5 – and Sgt. Wells recovers to Rep2 (I’m using a red d6 next to his mini to track this). I then re-roll getting B5 R1. The Werewolves go first and all being Rep5 or higher (the Alpha is an eye-watering Rep6) they all activate. The Alpha Werewolf automatically breaks down the barrier, I then roll a d6 for each of the others and they both roll 5 or below, so they rip down their barriers too.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWd6NzptCcJtQZoz_LlCctUeLpzxsBWjru6axD7M8FSJwQ47vPjamN_isyqeUXFUvIbUhf9lb2V4sSAkFuegy2zpCDQXMqpo5Jd9vWOug5A-Lz6_lrcvNNwHhrF3c19WejDVw-nUb2M9Q/s1600/P7130051.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjWd6NzptCcJtQZoz_LlCctUeLpzxsBWjru6axD7M8FSJwQ47vPjamN_isyqeUXFUvIbUhf9lb2V4sSAkFuegy2zpCDQXMqpo5Jd9vWOug5A-Lz6_lrcvNNwHhrF3c19WejDVw-nUb2M9Q/s320/P7130051.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5500811504557837250" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span style=""><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_3" spid="_x0000_i1027" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="P7130051.JPG" style="width: 462pt; height: 347.25pt; visibility: visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CLICENS%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_image002.jpg" title="P7130051"> </v:imagedata></v:shape></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Having ripped down the Master Bedroom Barrier, I judge that the Adult Werewolf2 will now be concealed but in sight of Sgt. Wells. Sgt. Wells is in a bad way, having had his guts ripped out on the retreat to the house. Cooper has shoved them back in and sealed the wound with superglue (“Vietnam field surgery”) whist the others barricaded the doors and windows. Sgt. Wells has got an MP5, but could do with some help, so I invoke Cooper’s <b style="">Right Place Right Time</b> special ability and he moves into the Master Bedroom in response to Sgt. Wells’ shouts.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Rules Goof: I allow both Sgt. Wells & Cooper to pass <b style="">In Sight</b> 2d6, missing the fact that it’s not a *Pass test – they both should’ve rolled. Moving quickly on…</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Sgt. Wells fires his MP5 (Target 3) and rolls 1,2,6. With a current Rep of just 2 he needs a somewhat impossible 7 on a d6 to hit (a concealed target requires a 9 = 2+7 to hit). Having rolled one 6, I invoke <b style="">Pitiful Shot</b> but he then rolls a 3.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Despite his condition Sgt. Wells manages to bring his MP5 to bear on the Werewolf as it smashes through the barricaded window, but a short controlled burst of fire splashes the wall and window frame, with no bullets finding their mark.</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Rules Goof: Reactions should always go from Highest to Lowest Rep.. Cooper is Rep5 and Sgt. Wells is currently Rep2. Cooper should’ve gone first.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Cooper also opens up with his MP5, again needing 9s or better to hit, with Rep5 he needs 4+s, he rolls 2m,2m,2m (all misses).</span><br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Cooper dashes through the Master Bedroom doorway to see a Werewolf climbing through the window. He opens fire with his MP5, but is unlucky to have all his shots zing off the remnants of the barricade.</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">The Werewolf Adult2 passes 1d6 <b style="">Received Fire</b> test and Charges.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Now through the window, the Werewolf charges Sgt. Wells.</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Rules Goof: At this point the Werewolf ought to have tested for <b style="">Wanting To Charge</b> but I missed that this time.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Both Sgt. Wells & Cooper *pass <b style="">Being Charged</b> and open fire again. This time the target is in plain sight and requires an 8 or higher to hit. At Rep2 Sgt. Wells needs to roll 6s, at Rep5 Cooper needs 3+s</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Sgt. Wells MP5 5m,4m,3m. All misses.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Again Sgt. Wells fires his MP5 from his propped up position on the bed, but he is too weak to aim properly and more plasterwork takes the damage.</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Cooper MP5 5h,4h,2m - 2 hits: 1,3. The 1 means the Werewolf goes <b style="">Out Of the Fight</b>.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Cooper sees the Werewolf lunge for Sgt. Wells and cracks off another short burst. This time one of the bullets finds a sensitive spot and the Werewolf, unable to stand the hail of bullets any longer, dives back out of the window.</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Rules Goof? “Moving Inside Buildings” on p.22 of CR3.0 states that inside buildings, everyone is always in cover. However, I initially missed this, treating everyone as if in plain sight. This obviously favours the squaddies in this scenario as they’re the ones with the shooting weapons. Also, always needing 10s to hit means the Rep 4s would only hit on 6s. I’m also only able to simulate the greater difficulty of hitting a Werewolf when its outside a window/door smashing its way in by creating a new 11 to hit level, which would be inaccessible to the Rep4s except through Pitiful Shot. Therefore, I’m sticking with my initial goof on this as it actually seems more realistic. If the squaddies win too easily, I’ll reconsider this idea for the next game.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Finally, the Werewolf passes 1d6 on the <b style="">Recover from Out Of the Fight</b>, which means he <b style="">Regenerates</b> and returns tothe pool.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Sgt. Wells and Cooper grin at one another; pleased to have faced down the monster, but equally sure it will be back soon.</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">There is no line of sight to the other Werewolves so Activation passes to the Squaddies. Their best chance seems to be to stick together, so Cooper moves from the Master Bedroom to the Living Room and they stand back from the noises coming from the front of the house, but no-one goes looking for trouble.<br /></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB">“Steady” growls Cooper to his men as they all raise their weapons and slip off the safeties.</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span style=""><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_4" spid="_x0000_i1026" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="P7130052.JPG" style="width: 463.5pt; height: 347.25pt; visibility: visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CLICENS%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_image003.jpg" title="P7130052"> </v:imagedata></v:shape></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-weight: bold;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Turn 2</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Activation B1?R3? (I didn’t note this down but I remember it was Squaddies First and everyone could activate).</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">The Squaddies are up first, but ironically have nowt to do but keep waiting.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Next up the Werewolf Alpha activates and moves from the Kitchen to the Living Room.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Rules Goof: This ought to have taken two turns – one for the Werewolf to move from Outside to Inside the Kitchen and one to move from Kitchen to Living Room. The only effect other than adding another “nothing happens” turn to the game, is the chance of rolling activation doubles, and Sgt. Wells taking another step towards health and werewolfhood.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">The Alpha* Werewolf moves into the living room and the Squaddies take an <b style="">In Sight</b> test.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwIIctWsgpWdKOCCT9HvhrBzlUZ0wBkwpoWh6Cjp9lmSO5tTMhANDxNnbaPNA7LB1qErlOBGlPYrH0_yhSD26GGHeEjNEO0JgQYc3meV0RR9-YsaNtwXQjRJUUeCMq3KmeN5VU5mQp-2lu/s1600/P7130052.JPG"><img style="cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 240px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwIIctWsgpWdKOCCT9HvhrBzlUZ0wBkwpoWh6Cjp9lmSO5tTMhANDxNnbaPNA7LB1qErlOBGlPYrH0_yhSD26GGHeEjNEO0JgQYc3meV0RR9-YsaNtwXQjRJUUeCMq3KmeN5VU5mQp-2lu/s320/P7130052.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5501172231216927650" border="0" /></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Rules Goof: As you can see from the picture I rolled 2d6 for <i style="">each</i> Squaddie, whereas I really needed just 2d6 for the group.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Cooper(5*) passes 2d6 and Opens Fire </span><span lang="EN-GB">(needs total 8s => rolls of 3+)</span><span lang="EN-GB"> rolls 5h,1m,1m for his MP5 and has to re-load.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Terry(4) passes 1d6 and Snap Fires (needs total 10s => rolls of 6), rolling 3m,1m,1m for his MP5 and also has to re-load.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Spoon(4) passes 1d6 and Snap Fires </span><span lang="EN-GB">(needs total 10s => rolls of 6)</span><span lang="EN-GB">, rolling 6h,5m,2m for his AR3.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Joe(4) passes 2d6 and Opens Fire </span><span lang="EN-GB">(needs total 8s => rolls of 4+)</span><span lang="EN-GB">, rolling 6h,6h,1m for his Shotgun.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">Rules Goof: The Shotgun is Roll 6d6 and count just the highest 3, but count them all for reload purposes, but I’d forgotten that at this time.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">All 4 hits roll above their Impact and the Alpha* Werewolf automatically passes the <span style="font-weight: bold;">Recover From Knockdown</span> test.</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB">As a Werewolf emerges from the Kitchen into the living room, the Boys open fire. Cooper notes grimly that this one is bigger and meaner than the one he fought off in the bedroom, but he keeps his cool and hits the monster, albeit with no visible effect. He then experiences a bad-dream moment as the MP5 starts to click – his clip is empty. Terry is seeing a Werewolf in the open for the first time and panics, emptying his whole magazine and hitting nothing but farmhouse.</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB">“Controlled Bursts Only” yells Cooper angrily.<br /></span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;font-family:arial;"><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB">Spoon is also spooked but manages to land a shot from his AR3, again the Monster shrugging it off like a flea bite. Joe, comforted by the weight of the Combat Shotgun, levels the barrel and pumps out three rounds, the first takes off a chunk of architrave, but the other two rounds slam into the beast. A moment’s elation is almost immediately quashed when it reels under the impact, but then recovers.</span></i></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB">The Alpha* Werewolf automatically passes its <b style=""><span style="font-weight: bold;">Received Fire </span></b>and its <b style="">Wanting To Charge </b>test, reaction then passes to the Boys who take the <b style="">Being Charged Test</b>. Cooper (as the leader) passes, I then decide to resolve those that can fire before those that can’t fire move into Melee (seems the most realistic to me).</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;">Lots of bad news here for the Squaddies. Two out of the four need to get to their own activation to re-load, including the highest rep. character (Cooper). Unless the rolls go with them next they'll end up in Melee with the Alpha* Werewolf.<br /></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><i style=""><span lang="EN-GB">While Cooper and Terry start to think about throwing down their empty MP5s and drawing a combat knife, Spoon and Joe get off another burst of shots.</span></i></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;">Spoon (Rep 4, weapon:AR3 target 3 impact 3, requires 8 to hit, needs to roll 4+) 5h,4h,1m : 6kd,6kd<br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;">Joe (Rep 4, weapon:CSG target 3 impact 2, requires 8 to hit, needs to roll 4+) 5h,4h,4h : 1oof, 6kd, 6kd</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;">Counting the most serious result (1oof) the Alpha* goes <span style="font-weight: bold;">Out of Fight<span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">. </span></span></span>As it has Rep 6 it occurs to me at this point that this bad boy (or girl?) can never be killed, as it will always pass 2d6 on this test, but at least he's gone for now...</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">The Alpha Werewolf is not used to prey that shoots back. Reeling under the combined might of the AR3 and the Combat Shotgun it turns tail and flees back the way it came.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Seconds later another Werewolf emerges from the second bedroom and receives a similar drubbing from Spooner and Joe. There's a nasty moment as Joe's shotgun goes empty, leaving just Spooner and his AR3 loaded and ready, but luck is with they Boys this time as the monster also backs up into the second bedroom and dives back out of the window it entered by.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;">I've lost the roll record for this piece of the encounter (maybe I should be using Dicenomicon?), but the final result was a Retire.</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">There's some celebration when the Boys realise they've withstood the first assault.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"Werewolves? More like pussies" says Joe.<br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">Cooper snorts grimly.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal; font-family: arial;"><span style="font-style: italic;">"It's a long time 'till dawn, Lads. They'll be back, and they'll attack smarter. We better get to repairing those barricades."</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br /></p><span lang="EN-GB"></span><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style="font-style: italic;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"></p><p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span style=""><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_6" spid="_x0000_i1025" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="P7130053.JPG" style="width: 460.5pt; height: 345pt; visibility: visible;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:%5CUsers%5CLICENS%7E1%5CAppData%5CLocal%5CTemp%5Cmsohtmlclip1%5C01%5Cclip_image004.jpg" title="P7130053"> </v:imagedata></v:shape></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" face="arial" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; line-height: normal;"><span lang="EN-GB"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>h3rne777http://www.blogger.com/profile/13228972520449865367noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969990112302758961.post-67924125927002602612009-07-18T21:03:00.000+01:002010-08-01T19:54:53.238+01:00Title? No ReallyI return to this a few months later and can't figure out my own title. 64M3HO521<br /><br />64M3 = Game?<br />643521 are the numbers on a d6?<br />51MO2 = Simon?<br />H521 = Hvnt?<br />3H from H3RNE?<br />MHO = Scale of hardness?<br /><br />I have no idea... but I might just as well keep it...h3rne777http://www.blogger.com/profile/13228972520449865367noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2969990112302758961.post-45656273427685357132009-05-01T00:10:00.000+01:002010-08-01T19:51:30.357+01:00Title WTH?If you're reading this, please stop. Go outside and play. Or just go and play. It's what I should be doing.<br /><br />I only really created this blog so I could comment on others that are of interest. I'm actually a Physics Teacher, with an interest in indie games both wired and unplugged. I hope that clears up the blog title ;)<br /><br />Maybe this might be of use as online thinky space. If I never post again you know it wasn't.h3rne777http://www.blogger.com/profile/13228972520449865367noreply@blogger.com0