Reply To: Hobby Weekender 30/11 The Verge of Christmas!

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zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Well i’m up again with the night zombie that is Matty. Actually after a day in the crowds and noise of town i’m actually enjoying the peace.

@horati0nosebl0wer I’ve actually seen the movie Krampus (and it’s low budget rip off) and know the scene you mention. So true.

Chris, the Chef, still lives with us. It’s wierd really, the lad is a fantastic cook and does some really nice variations on meals ( His Chicken Lasagne and Korma Pie are particular faves of mine and his desserts are to die for…. not good for my Diabetes though 😀 ) but the wife says its not fair on him to be cooking all week to have to cook at home for us too. Me, I say get in that kitchen slave…

The Mini’s look fantastic, really nicely done. Shame they are such a pain to put together. Not sure if this is any good to you mate, but if you’re after another Krampus and can’t get exactly what you want, Warcradle Studios, the guys who make Wild West Exodus are currently doing a couple of Christmas specials and one of them is a guy called Krampus Rex. He might need a bit of converting though.

 

Ahh this weeks questions have arrived:

1) One of the funniest things that happened during a game, and it may be one of those “you had to be there” things was just after Matty had been bought a new sweater for Christmas. It was one of thos really fluffy ones. Well we were playing a game of Warhammer Fantasy Battle and Matty had a large unit of Metal Savage Orcs Spearmen in his army. So Matty leans over the table to move a unit of Boar Riders, and when he stands up straight again his entire unit of Savage Orcs have vanished. They were hanging off the front of his jumper. Of course he didnt see this right away and it was that few moments before he realised where they were and the look on his face when he saw an empty movement tray that was just priceless….. Although watching him and his mother trying to untangle them without damaging the jumper or the Mini’s was even funnier.

2) I love me some narrative play, and fotunately all the games we play are nicely geared up for it. We did a campain for Wild West Exodus a while ago, which started with Jesse James and his Gang Robbing a bank (I only had five deputies on the table to try and stop him). The second game in the campaign involved Wyatt Earp and a small posse tracking the James Gang to their Camp and Ambushing them at night (I had to try take care of the sentries before they raised the Alarm and woke the entire camp and if I was succesfull, which I was, Matty would have to roll seperately for each guy in his posse to see if he woke up) Jesse James actually slept through the entire game. That was followed by a breakout game, where Jesse and his gang had to escape the surrounding force of Lawmen. And then we had a final Showdown where the surviving members of both Posse’s fought it out in a small town.

3) This is hard because I love all the settings of the games we play for differing reasons. Wild West Exodus because its a “What If” game. As in what if this technology existed in the Old West how would it have shaped things. With Malifaux, its a game where the line between who are the good guys and who are the bad guys is just so blurred. The game’s theoretical bad guys, The Neverborn are only defending their homelands, whilst the good guys have major flaws, the Guild is oppresive and rife with corruption and the Arcanists are Criminals and terrorists.

I’ll have to leave it there… I have been summoned