Cheetor invited a group of us down to his place for a weekend of gaming down at his place. Amongst the games we played were the new Assassinorum: Execution Force from GW, Season 3 of Zombicide and Pulp Alley. Execution Force was a bit of fun but let down somewhat by being a bit too easy and only having one scenario in the game. This was also my first game of the latest Zombicide and we played a couple of the beginning scenarios. Again they were a bit too easy - the special abilities that the survivors have tipped the balance a bit too much in their favour. The main event was, as has become the norm when we all meet up, a couple of games of Pulp Alley.
I played Paul B with my Leprecians pitted against his home brew Purgators. His minis are all from Ramshackle and are very nice in the flesh so to speak. We played Hidalgo Fire, which is the first scenario in the Perilous Island campaign. We tweaked it a bit to suit our needs and so began the battle of Standard Falls.
The Leprecians led by Captain Jameson |
The Purgators led by Cap'n Freeman |
The forces approach Standard Falls |
'Lady' Elaine, playing the part of the major plot point |
Turn 1
The action started quick and bloody over on my right with a Purgator and HR III shooting each other dead followed by Pig Iron, the Purgator sidekick, killing poor Orinoco, the space Womble. HR II takes out a Purgator sneaking up behind the bar and Cap'n Freeman and HR V exchange fire each taking a wound.
The action started quick and bloody over on my right with a Purgator and HR III shooting each other dead followed by Pig Iron, the Purgator sidekick, killing poor Orinoco, the space Womble. HR II takes out a Purgator sneaking up behind the bar and Cap'n Freeman and HR V exchange fire each taking a wound.
Mutually Assured Destruction |
Death of a Womble |
Another Purgator bites the dust |
During all this action Captain Jameson approaches the first plot point. |
Turn 2
The Purgators began the second turn with a slight advantage have recovered a couple of wounds whereas the Leprecians had failed all recovery checks. Both sides were closing in on plot points so it was still evenly balanced.
The Purgators began the second turn with a slight advantage have recovered a couple of wounds whereas the Leprecians had failed all recovery checks. Both sides were closing in on plot points so it was still evenly balanced.
Jameson and Pig Iron duke it out at the plot point |
Cap'n Freeman approaches Lady Elaine and succeeds in the challenge by drawing a 'Free Pass' |
HR II falls to another lucky shot from a Purgator. Obviously something was wrong with the firing protocols of the HR units in this battle. |
Having decided that discretion was the better part of valour Jameson undertakes a strategic withdrawal |
HR I blasts a Purgator but he dodge out of the way |
Bull however (right) captures Lady Elaines bodyguard for the Purgators (one of the minor plot points) |
Turn 3
The previous turn had seen the advantage swing towards the Purgators. They now controlled Lasy Elaine (major plot point) and the Bodyguard (minor plot point) plus had troops on the remaining three minor ones. The Leprecians were finding it extremely difficult to do any damage - obviously whoever programmed the HR units had messed up their firing and defense protocols.
Turn 4
The previous turn had seen the advantage swing towards the Purgators. They now controlled Lasy Elaine (major plot point) and the Bodyguard (minor plot point) plus had troops on the remaining three minor ones. The Leprecians were finding it extremely difficult to do any damage - obviously whoever programmed the HR units had messed up their firing and defense protocols.
HR V gets caught in a blast again. |
This clumsy Purgator died trying to cross the fence. Fences have turned out to be extremely dangerous in our games of Pulp Alley. |
Another HR unit falls to accurate Purgator fire |
Meanwhile the highly trained and tech savvy Anna Rchi can't figure out how to open the toilet door |
Captain Jameson dives in to grab the plot point out from under Pig Iron's nose, but Cap'n Freeman is closing in |
The town was rocked by multiple explosions |
The first took out 2 Tubes the Purgator heavy weapon specialist |
The second narrowly missed HR V |
The 3rd exploded between the two leaders |
Bull takes matters into his own hands and successfully claims another plot point |
Cap'n Freeman and Pig Iron try to down Jameson but he manages to escape with the plot point |
The game was going to hinge on a couple of things in Turn 5. Could Jameson and HR V get to the available plot points and knock Bull down? It was going to be tight with no room for errors.
Getting ready for a final throw of the dice |
It all goes horribly wrong for Jameson as Bull dodges and gets away |
A rather smug Cap'n Freeman wanders off victoriously with Lady Elaine |
We decided to call the game at that point - there was no way the Leprecians could even claim a draw. A furious, yet humbled and slightly embarrassed Captain Jameson slunk away vowing revenge on the Purgators for interfering with his plans.
Even though its often a few months between games and we are always rules rusty it only takes a turn or two of Pulp Alley to get back into the swing of things. As ever another fun game. We played a 4 player game later that evening - I'll post another report of that when I get a chance.
Great report! Sounds like heaps of fun. The shanty terrain looks really good. And I love that your guys have an aversion to fences. For us, it's climbing walls!
ReplyDeleteThanks for that :) The Shanty terrain is mostly scratchbuilt by Cheetor and makes a great layout. As to the walls/fences - its just too tempting not to play a card when someone tries to climb ;)
DeleteFYI, much of the Standard Falls terrain is scratch built, but a lot of the corrugated shacks are from Pardulon :)
DeleteAnd yes, fences, how I hate thee.
Great report John :)
Thanks Paul - I knew some of the stuff wasn't scratchbuilt but I couldn't remember which ones.
DeleteHaha, so cool! Lovely table, I must add. A pleasure for the eye!
ReplyDeleteSome good looking terrain there John.
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Cheers,
Pat.