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Broken Arrow! A Battletech After Action Report.

2012-01-27T11:57:00.004-06:00

This is Sector Zulu 3 Command to available units. Large seismic signature corresponding to last known coordinates of robe dropper on "rough final approach". Dispatch scout units to round up survivors/stragglers. Over"

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Ghost 301 from Reaper Actual. Standby for orders......

Ghost 301 deploy Ghost lance & Gunship 505 support to folowing coordinates. Locate all WoB forces from downed WoB dropship. Relay force composition of WoB assests & capture or eliminate all WoB units if possible.

Reaper Actual out.

Zulu Sector Command to Reaper Actual, assigned unit proceed to Z 145,176 with caution. Satellite and remote sensing confirm one downed robe aerodyne dropper scattered over 2 km vector 095, main debris field located 145, 182. Active contacts confirmed but not identified. Possible broken arrow, destroy launchers with extreme prejudice and neutralize any threats if possible, report priority one if unverified arrow proves true and on the bow...Wolf In Exile star moving from 080 to identical way point moving to support your operation."

WP: Objectives

+300: Identify unit in dropship (Active probe range or point blank inspection of destroyed unit).

+300: Scan for possible nukes (scan length/width of board) within 8 turns.

WP Bonus:

+50 Launcher unit destroyed (Arrow IV or Long Tube Artillery)
+20 Other unit destroyed/captured

+100 Confirm destruction/secure nuclear weapon.

-1000 robes use a nuke.

Ghost 301 Ninja-To NJT-2 65 Lt. Greta Khol
Ghost 302 Raptor RTX1-0 Prime 25 Iziaslava Musselwhite
Ghost 303 Strider SR1-0C 40 Rene Koens
Ghost 304 Beowulf BEO-12 45 Atisvarya Atnagulov

Gunship 505 Yellow Jacket Gunship Standard

205 WP cost for deployment.

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Ghost lance advanced with a single Yellow Jacket helo in support. WoB resistance reported as heavy by Ghost 301. WoB had deployed a Titan, Atlas, & Blue Flame mechs with heavy vehicle & battle armor support.

Ghost lance advanced and exchanged fire. Ghost 304 located and secured one crate of Thumper Artillery Nuclear rounds. Ghost 301 advanced and with support prevented 2 crates of Arrow IV Nuclear rounds from being removed by the WoB militia. Those rounds were flattened and the launcher was destroyed. Ghost 301 sustained non-survivable damage and sacrificed herself to take out the remaining launcher. One crate of nuclear ordnance was left behind as the combined WoB mech forces were to great to overcome. Ghost lance radioed for support and fell back with the secured nuclear ordance.

"Those who cling to life die, and those who defy death live."

Chu-i Greta Khol's body was recovered by Clan Wolf forces after the battle. She was laid to rest on the hill above the site of the battle. Sho-sa Gray awarded Khol the Glory of the Fallen Samurai and all the officers raised sake in a final toast over her resting place. Her name has been placed on the roll of honor on the battle standard of the Cavaliers and her family has been presented with the battle standard of the Fallen Samurai.

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* The game was fun and challenging. Had I not have been so tired I might have figured out a way to do better. I decided I like LRM's on light fast mechs. The Cavaliers will rise stronger and will have their vengeance for the cowardly WoB forces!

2 Steps forward, 1 Step back.

2012-01-26T12:15:00.003-06:00

I resolved to get more gaming stuff done and run narrative games as opposed to competitive slug it out ones this year. Changing my mindset and expectations has been harder than I realized though! I am getting there, just slowly.

I have been on the hunt for a do it all miniatures rules system that I like enough to use in most of my games. My brain is older now and I can't sit down and absorb a new rules set every week and retain how they all work. So I elected to try out Forge of War. It has a number of pluses; it's free, it has a unique activation as opposed to I go/you go, and it is adaptable to any miniatures. Using their site I got the latest play test version off the boards and set to stating out a small Ork and Tau force to face off and see how it goes. My friend Chad was kind enough to lend me a hand with that. Battle report:

Battle at Vaporator 318

Tau hunter patrol Vrak Taa had been stalking the Ork raiders for 3 cycles. Now they had them. The bulky Ork war machines tripped a remote drone and now the Tau warriors were in position to strike. Deployment:

The battlefield was provided by Chad. I helped by giving him no support or directions for terrain or layout. I also set up a straight up fight with what I thought was a balanced force that would result in a somewhat even slug fest. Deployment was line up on opposite edges of the board and go at it. What I had set up was in fact an Ork advance, Tau kill, meat grinder.

So what did I do wrong? I took 40K ideas and tried to balance them in another rules set I was not yet familiar with. 40K Orks shoot all day and hit the broad side of the barn one third of the time. They allso attalck in the same ratio, 3 or more to one. I messed that up and as a result...

Anyway I lost the whole force of Orks and Chad lost one fire warrior. Whoops!

To add to that, I am still running battles like I am playing 40K! I set up 2 equal forces and divided the table in half. That was it. No narration, no story, no goal. Granted it was a play test but still. I need to change my focus more.

What went right? Well for one the activation system. It makes you think, and we did. Chad is better at it than me but even my random actions made him adjust and plan ahead. It also kept both of us engaged. You can't check out or walk away from the table because at any minute you may be acting again. It also requires that you think about who is doing what more. I know 40K has that to some extent too but I like FoW's take more.

The cards I made with unit pictures worked well. All my games will use this idea, unit stats with a unit picture on one side and a rules summary on the other. Easy & lets you focus on the game.

Final thoughts. Forge of War is alright and can be balanced if that is what you want. Activation is neat & easy yet tactical, you can use any miniature, & it's free. Unfortunately it is not striking a cord with me, at least not yet. So, next up is a test of their one page rules set FUBAR. It uses the same activation with all the rules on one page. Also, I have dug back out Savage Worlds. I plan to try both with a Rogue Trader style scenario game that is narrative. Working on the figs now and a battle report will follow both.

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Portal Under the Stars...

2012-01-11T00:11:00.007-06:00

Portal Under the Stars.

12 Of them in all decide to go. Old man Roberts had died lamenting not taking a chance at adventure in the ancient crypt. Life on the plantation was no adventure, only monotony and here was a chance at something better, or so they thought.

At the top of the old hill the stones were old and piled high. They do not speak often of that night. Only 5 returned alive. Done with field work and flush with loot they struck out together for better fortune. They are know as:

Adric "Grinch" Wymarc
Tessel VanDeeker
"Lucky" Jack Nealton
Arnulf "Nulf" Ambrosius
Clive Doubletree

*My DCC RPG Beta campaign began last month and has gone quite well so far. The free DCC RPG Beta is nice with neat new concepts and an "old school" look and feel that is most welcome. The Beta has it's issues but none that are not overcome with some work. All in all very worthwhile.

Character generation involves something called the funnel. Players create 3-4 0-level characters a piece with random occupations and backgrounds. We found this most entertaining though I did allow each player to pick 1 of their character's occupations so they were not all random.

Die rolls are what you see is what you get, 3d6 per attribute. Again I went with the 4d6, throw out the low die. My group still ended up with some characters with some poor attributes but that is life! They have compensated well so far.

The 1st adventure was from the starter, "Portal Under the Stars." It was entertaining. In all the players lost 7 of their 12 PC's. One lost them all and has received another players extra character. This is the point however. The players maneuver their guys through a mess and unless they learn fast and improvise they all end up dead! Loot gets consolodatedand in the end if you play smart you get a character or two out. Boy does the GM have fun too!

So on the funnel concept I give the guys at Goodman Games 2 thumbs up, it works, at least for my group. We are plowing on into the rest of the rules in a realm the players created using Dawn of Worlds. More on that soon.

What is on My Workbench Today.

2012-01-05T22:22:00.001-06:00

So to prove things are actually moving across my work bench...

These are from Khurasan Miniatures:

Seth's Battletech minis getting assembled with antenna.

And some odds and ends I am finishing up...

I also recently cleaned and organized the paint and bench top! Plan to make this a regular post to help with motivation so you don't see the same pile. :D

A New Year of Gaming!

2012-01-05T00:18:00.000-06:00

So what has been going on cause I have not posted in a while. Well lots, just little of it has ended up on the blog. So need to change that and a new year is a good start. Projects for the new year:

1) Weekly Posts on the blog.

2) Finish the prep and run 1st edition Space Hulk.

3) Paint lots of fantasy miniatures and grow my collection.

4) Get some Battletech in, just some...

5) Get my Macross City game finished.

6) Run scenario games with FUBAR or an equivalent/better rules set.

7) Improve as a GM.

Thank should be plenty for now. Game summary on the new campaign next post, till then:

Tau Uber-Suit...

2011-11-25T14:00:00.002-06:00

Perhaps a response to this?

Recent rumors posted on BoLS:

via Tastyfish

Demiurg are apparently a lot less Dwarfish than the initial concepts, instead being more like little stone golems (Ozruk from WoW was mentioned)

As a tongue in cheek nod to the fate of the squats, there is a named Demiurg (who may or may not make it as a SC) who survived fighting Tyranids and personally killed a large monster by drilling his way out after being "Swallowed up by the 'Nids"
This Demiurg is aware that the Ethereals have some kind of power over the Tau (maybe other races too) but not the Demiurg, who have presumably signed up for political reasons and of their own free will

Stealth suit mechanics may change
Kroot fieldcraft rule - presumably switched to Stealth and Infiltrate USR

4 new 'Tau' units*: Note these will not all probably be in the first release - there's 2-3 plastic kits here and we already know 3 for the 4 that are coming out.
-Dropship (carries upto 15 models or 2 battlesuits and 10 models, or 5 battlesuits)
-Fighter
-Snipersuits
-"Ubersuit"

The Ubersuit is a Battletech/Mechwarrior sort of thing (probably Dreadknight sized), with a special 'ridiculous' ability that lets it rain down shooting if it stands still.
Looks a bit like one of the Battletech Mechs that is named after an ancient weapon

Warhammer? Which is kind of ironic... just slightly....

40K Christmas for me! Mecha in 40K! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Newest Mech.

2011-11-21T19:29:00.001-06:00

So I am still working on N-scale Battletech stuff. In my hunt I turned up a Crusher Joe Ostall kit in banged up shape. I shortened the legs and it fits acceptably in the N-scale stuff. Pics:

More coming in this scale!

Rockcon 2011.

2011-11-21T19:14:00.001-06:00

Well, this is a bit late but I logged another big game at Rock Con. Again had a blast with D-company. Thanks to Chris, AJ, & Dale for a great game. We played Apocalypse at 5,000 points a player, 2 each side, Orks on Space Marines. I fielded a Ghazghkull Thraka led, 54 Mega Nob force! Some support from Skullhammas, including a custom ride for Ghazghkull to answer Yarrick's Fortress of Arrogance. Unfortunately they did not do so well. We got boxed in and pounded! Ghazghull killed lots of guys and a dread but the rest did not earn back thier points overall. Still looked cool and was fun. I may even expand the "Mega Mob" and search for better ways to make it hurt!

The Board. Each player deployed in a randomly determined 2' x 2' zone which set things up in a interesting way. With being unable to deploy within 18" of an enemy and going second, my Orks were a bit cramped.

And when the Salamanders drop on top of you...

As for the con, it was worth the trip. Lots of games got logged and attendance appeared at least as large as last year. The Dealer area was less well attended, though I still scored several deals. The silent auction continued to lag with time problems and I just didn't even bother with it this year. I saw guys waiting there to get closed out at 8pm when they closed the auction doors at 2:30pm! They need to fix that! Maybe go swap fair style or something. Overall organization was excellent and the volunteer staff was helpful and responsive. I look forward to next year!

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World Building Begins.

2011-11-08T19:50:00.003-06:00

So we have started building Artharthafetch with Dawn of Worlds. I must say I am impressed with the simple effectiveness of them. I asked all the players to create a god to act for them in creating the world. What we have to begin with:

Niwradiia (Nee) - Goddess of Nature and Stone. (AKA Mark)

Sviraka (Rakka) - Goddess of the Water (AKA Jim)

Bal (Bal) - God of Magic & Knowledge (AKA Clint)

Master of Evil (MoE) - God of the Underworld (AKA Chad)

Zome (Zome) - God of Secrets & Learning (AKA Me)

Together Arth has been changed as below:

First Age:

1: MoE creates the Vents, inhospitable steamy ash wastes. Going deep enough may get you to the MoE.
2: Zome creates Flame Spires in the North pole. A range of impossibly tall mountains.
3: Bal creates arcane geysers all over the world that form the wellsprings of magic for the world. They are visible under perpetual storms that always hang over them.
4: Nee sleeps.
5: Raka raises the Midwater Straight into tidal flats where land is visible at low tide.
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6: Raka Raises 2 islands and creates reefs North of the Midwater Straights.
7:Zome Raises the massive volcano Zokir, largest on the planet. The temp arround the volcano falls impossibly cold in sheets of deadly ice.
8: Bal creates 2 forests on the Western continent, Keilan Forest a dark wood & Traytoo Forest a coniferous.
9: Nee sleeps.
10: MoE plots.
~
11: Zome gathers strength.
12: Nee sleeps.
13: Bal creates a vast desert on the Eastern continent.
14: Raka raises basalt cliffs, a mountain range, & steppe land under them on the Eastern continent.
15: MoE plots again.
~
16: MoE creates a race called the Vex (Evil), in the mortal world they are a mongrel race of mixed daemons and devils.
17: Zome creates an avatar in his image, Omo a beholder. Omo creates a race of cyclopes (The Orana - Neutral) to dwell underneath Zokir. Woodland springs up on Zokir's lower slopes.
18: Raka creates a great river with a large delta on the Easter continent. Adds 3 other smaller rivers and a patch of rain forest next the great river.
19: Nee awakens to raise a great mountain range (The Mother's Rise) to separate the desert and the great river in response to Raka's creations.
20: Bal sleeps.
~
21: MoE created an Order (the Order of the Bound) amongst the Vex so that they worship the MoE as a god and he rules them with an iron fist.
22: Zome creates the Zokir Dominion a City atop Mt. Zokir. The rest of the north pole is covered in glaciers miles thick.
23: Bal creates the avatar Zannti, an Oriental style dragon. Zannti creates magic using & consuming dragons (Neutral) that feed of the arcane geysers.
24: Nee sleeps.
25: Raka raises large peninsula and archipelago on the E. continent.
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26: Raka creates 36 small islands.
27: Zome brings the advancement of architecture to the Orana.
28: Bal splits the dragons into good (Keen), evil (Brue), & neutral (Zan) factions. Raises a great mountain riddled with caves called Mt. Zannti.
29: Nee raises the Spine, a mountain range running from Mt. Zannti.
30: MoE orders the Vex to spread out and infest the world.
~
31: Bal raises mountains (the Wall Mt.s) across the E. continent.
32: Nee extends the Spine Mts.
33: MoE creates a great vortex off the coast of the Vents. MoE adds more vents around the island & the untouched realm.
34: Rakka created a junglr S. of the Spine.
35: Omo gathers an army at the Zokir Dominion, they dispatch any Vex that come to the pole. Creates a forest S. of the Vents.
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36: Zome gifts the Orana with advanced magic. Great warcasters will lead the army.
37: MoE plots.
38: Bal sleeps.
39: Nee raises more Mt.s in the Spine. Add the first Mt.s in the W.
40: Raka extends the jungle in the E.
~
41: Raka creates “pools of purity,” natural water sites that are beautiful & sacred to Raka.
42: Zome gifts the Orana with Advanced ship building, they forge great Arks to travel down the underground river. The Orana begin interring their honored dead in deep glacial tombs. Zome rises the hill land known as the Lumps in the E. continent.
43: Bal gifts the dragons with war magic. The dragon start using the Arcane Geysers to recharge themselves. Bal creates the Dragon Bone desert.
44: Nee creates fjords on the E. continent.
45: MoE sends forth the Vex to burn and raise the forset S. of the Vents, now known as the Rattle Wood.
~
46: Zome raise several great forests.
47: Rakka spreads great mineral resources throughout Arth.
48: Bal raises a forest on the E. land.
49: Nee rasies Mt.s on the E. land.
50: MoE plots.
~Day 2~
51: Nee's daughter, the demi god Mara (the moon) comes of age to rule the domains of the tides, cycles of seasons, & months. Nee raise the Southern mountain range called the Mother's Land in the S. of the Eastern continent.
52: Bal raise a giant active volcano that spews magic and lava, Mt. Zuul that is wreathed in firestorms & deadly magic. Bal raises the Snow Drop Peaks S. of the rattlewood.
53: Zome creates the great Dodd Swamp, the Lett swamp, & Verde Swamp around lake Rakka.
54: MoE raises Rikoz, a more massive volcano twin on the S. pole opposite Zokir. The land around is toxic with everchangeing climate.
55: Rakka carves out the caves of Labrynthia that extend 100's miles in the E. cliffs of Bath. Rakka brings several rivers fromm the nearby mountains down to the caves that flow through them underground. They are a mystery as of now. Rakka creates a forest E of there as well.
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56: MoE uses the Vex to collapse the E. end of the Snow Drop Peaks and renames them the Pit. The Vex continue to dig MoE plots.
57: Bal expands the Dragon Bone Desert.
58: Rakka creates the Marrin Tower on the E. Continent. Rakka creates river from a pool of purity running through an arcane geyser and through the caves of Labrynthia.
59: Zome raises the Goldoon & Silvermoon forest around the matter spewed from Rikoz.
60: Nee raises a great platua bordering the Dragon Bone Forest. A foreboding forest (the Wolves Wood) is raised in the W. continent near the Mother's Land.
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61: Bal creates lake Minong a dark enchanted lake over a arcane geyser, lake Minoe for a light enchanted lake, & lake Midae a neutral enchanted lake. The geysers erupt out of the lake.
62: Rakka creates the Spires of Soros, in their center is the Pool of Eros, and the Pass of Golem is made through them. A nameless woods is expanded. The arpicelego becomes a former volcanic field.
63: MoE drops more of the Snow Drop Peaks. MoE corruts a pool to a naughty pool and a geyser to naughty geyser. Dead dragons raise from the Dragon Bone.
64: Nee creates a great stretch of flat land called Milewaukay.
65: Raise the Brun Mts. on an island of the same name. Giant cacti spring from the naughty geyser leakage and grow large as castles and are quit deadly with spines massive enough that the dragons sometimes end thier lives on them.
~
66: Bal raises thousands of rivers to spread magic throughout more of the land. Many flow as Bal pleases, not necessarily with the landscape. Great grassland rise with the enchanted irrigation.
67: MoE creates the Loss, a great evil lake. It is surrounded by expansive salt flats. The pool & sping next to the vents are corrupted.
68: Rakka sets rainforest's and jungle on all the W. islands and grasslands on the E. ones. On Brun adds mountainous woods. The caves of Gorgen are formed. The Cavern of Creation.
69: Nee create the Wolve Ways, strips of forest/forested corridors across the W. Continent. More rivers form.
70: Zome splits the S. Pole with great canyons.
~
71: Rakka rests and saves her strength.
72: Bal rests as well.
73: MoE's Plots attract the wrath of the Gray Lord who confronts Skrotch and casts him down.
74: Zome gives the Oranna the secrets of breeding and race shaping through arcane manipulation. Zome commands Omo to raise the cities of Anok & Seros. Omo raise the 2nd Legion, and army to guard Anok.
75: Mara creates a race of intelligent wolves to maintain the balance and the ways of the mother.
~
The Second Age begins.
~
76: Nee creates 4 sub races of Oranna with 2 eyes, the giants. The first guards the Mts., the second called the Ogers shall guard the wetlands, the lowlands 7 the rivers shall be called trolls, & and to guard the seas the Leviathan.
77: Aspect of Bal turns to Balo, and appearance changes to a tall human figure with no face standing with a staff and scaled. Balo creates the Elvo (N), a arcanely gifted race. Elvo advanced in war magic, architecture, & literacy. Zanti commanded to create 2 cities for the Elvo, Lythander & Bron.
78: MoE creates a subrace, the Lords of Vex (E), in command of the building the city of Torpor (under the Vents). MoE advances the Vex in sunterfuge & misdirection.
79: Rakka creates the demi god Natron, the god of healing. Natron creates the race the Lasheen (G) closely associated with water, living anywhere water is near. They are man like with gills and web feet and on good terms with the Leviathan. The capitol of the lasheen founded (Arash) by Natron. Cities of Sytos, Lachrima, & Magara raised. Advance the Lasheen with cartography & navigation.
80: Zome creates the sub race of the dwarves to serve, punished with 2 eyes. 4 more legions raised, 2 for each city. The 1st legion makes war, collects the Vex for experimentation.
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Interesting and unexpected so far....

Artharthafecth

2011-10-10T15:03:00.004-05:00

I am on the cusp of starting a new campaign. With Dragon Age on hiatus and me being a little burnt out on the setting I wanted to do something different. I have been running sandbox style in my last campaign and though that is fun it is also a lot of work. I decided I wanted to get back to a dungeon crawl mindset, at least partially. With many pre-generated modules and settings out there I could choose something and just make it my own instead of making it all up. That would help my creativity block and limited time too. But what setting & what game?

I have been thinking hard about a long term Rogue Trader rpg game but I don't think my group or even I am ready for that just yet. Dungeon crawls answer many of my needs so I thought I would stick there for now. I used Wikkipedia to check D&D settings and read through the overviews of many. The thing that got my attention was the history behind the Greyhawk setting. After reading how several iconic concepts came about I decided that I wanted an "old school" game.

So old school it is. I decide I want a setting I can drop any pre-made module into and go. The setting has to open enough to handle that stuff yet have some background so I don't have to make it all up myself. Which one? Now I decide to add a new wrinkle, I don't want to have anyone to have played in the setting before. Greyhawk is cool but if you have already adventured there I think there is a tendency loose the feeling of discovery. That and you get a "I know what is next" thing going. So which setting, my group has played in lots. So I think, make one up. But that puts me back on the sandbox time and work treadmill.

Then I stumble across Dawn of Worlds. A simple yet elegant solution. Your group makes up the worlds as part of a mini game. Every player is familiar because they created it. Since the group does the work, I don't have to all by myself so it is much less daunting. It was perfect!

Game wise I settle on Dungeon Crawl Classics RPG based on their beta release and the "old school" mindset/style. Despite a pushed back release on the rpg and the modules I decide to try it out. With our own world I can drop whatever wherever I want and go. That and I can dig out old modules from many places just for this! In short I am excited!

Dawn of Worlds is a mini game in itself, and appears to be a fun one at that. My group seems to really like the idea so I roll with it. Based on a player (Mark's) concept I copied his map idea into a GIMP file. I use Gimp to make it into a hex map that I can fill in with old D&D style tiles cause I thank that is cool. :D Then I take the map and blow it up on a huge piece of paper at the copy store so the group can draw in their stuff.

Then I use a concept out of DoW and tell the players they have to create a god to play that will become part of the world. :D So now the pantheon comes from what they create along with the world itself. This has to be fun! We play our first session on Weds. I can't wait! The world shall be known as Artharthafetch or Arth for short...

The players get this notice:

It is a new age.

The dust of a thousand thousand deities is tread under your newly made form.

That dust was their ancient creations, triumphs, and wars.

Now it is your age.

The Grey Lord has cast you forth to this new space.

Therein lies an untouched, unspoiled world.

You shall shape it.

You shall guide it.

You shall make it your own.

Know this.

The Grey Lord watches,

and he has a plan.

Dragon Age Session 20!

2011-08-31T12:57:00.003-05:00

3 Haring 9:30 - North of Ostagar, in front of Loghain.

The party sits on the road as the vanguard approaches. They decide to stand their ground and learn what they may. Loghain speaks with them himself. The party tells him they are there to save the king to which Loghain replies that he is already dead. Loghain rides on leaving the confused heroes behind on the road.

Low in spirit the party decides to press on and see for themselves. They ride on to Ostagar finding the fortress abandoned. Sounds of battle drift up to them however. When they head to the bridge between towers they see a massive darkspawn host fighting the remains of the King's army!

The group uses a hidden ramp to descend to the fight seeing the King in a knot of surrounded warriors. They leave Ari to hold the ramp and ride hard to rescue the King. Unfortunately he is attacked by an Ogre before they reach him and the Grey Warden Duncan sacrifices himself to save the King. The party attacks the Ogre!

The fight is quick, brutal, and leaves the Ogre gutted in the dirt. Seeing their options dwindle quickly, Keneas yells for Oswulf to shove his skull into the dead Ogre's guts! Oswulf does this and Keneas is somehow able to raise the Ogre under his power. Keneas covers their retreat to the ramp and then a giant explosion blasts the battleground destroying much of the darkspawn host! The party flees up to the empty camp and the King gathers a few items.

The party fills in the King on Loghain's treachery. Though the King lives he has no army, is declared dead, and sits in the middle of enemy territory with only the party as help. Despite the crushing news the King asks the party to bend a knee. He solemnly dubs each a "Lion of Ostagar" and asks them to rise a knight in the service of King Calin of Ferelden. He then pledges to win back his kingdom and banish the darkspawn horde with their help. The sun sets as they prepare to venture North again into new danger.

GM Notes: Being a touch burned out and lacking inspiration I have called a temporary halt to the Dragon Age campaign. The last game was played before Gen Con and it was hoped I would find time and inspiration after the trip. In the meantime I have switched to running WEG Star Wars for a short bit. The Dragon Age game remains in the air till inspiration strikes again!

N Scale Battletech

2011-08-28T20:28:00.002-05:00

Had my first 3 day weekend in months where I could be home and work on hobby stuff. Thinking about a game for Rock Con. Got the PDF of Wars of Reaving, covering the clan upheaval in the Jihad era. It is a great source book and I have read most of it which does not happen often with me and source books in general. The battle for the Kerensky bloodname was particularly inspiring so I decide to set up a game around that. Since the Camo Specs guys have already done it in 1/285th I figured why not do it in N scale (1/160). :D

Basically the Wolf clan holds the Kerensky blood chapel against all comers. And all the clans work on their own trying to take them down. What better way to throw a wrench in things! Add to that I will use Quick Strike rules to keep things fast and it should be loads of fun. Some of the project start:

Inked and swapped the base is all with this one.

The Vulture got a repose and I extended the arms out from the body a bit. This will be a Wolf mech in a gray scheme.

These guys just got here and I wanted an excuse to use them!

Some other work:

Repainted the colors on this Centurion and inked is all.

This locust is a Dougram kit. I shortened the legs and filled in the body to repair battle damage the previous owner had modeled. It is still a bit large but I don't care cause it is cool!

Lastly Michael's had a sale on paint, $.77 a bottle so I stocked up. Also converted some old board game pieces to laser turrets for CBT. One the drawing board for CBT projects, the N scale Wars of Reaving, a CBT scale Quick Strike Ghost Bear campaign, and a 1/60th scale elemental on Periphery bandit battle using the 28mm elemental Armorcast did a while back. Should be interesting!