My son and I had a game of SS&SS just an hour or so ago. We both had loads of fun.
We played Orcs and slippery stones.
I used a pyramid as the middle stone that the orcs surround at the beginning. I was tempted to put some sort of idol on top.
Here is a short AAR on how things went.
Setup: I didn't want just 8 stones as the setup as that looked rather boring so near the edges, not really playing much of a part in the game I set up some ruins and some trees.
My son had the two guys on the left. A fighter wizard called Necro (Fireball, spellcaster, fighter, tough) and a scary looking ogre battle champion called Bonecrusher (Burly, fighterx2, deadly blow, free disengage).
My guys on the right were, Borc the half-orc (Fighter x2, Strong, Heavy Drinker), He has a keg on his shoulder, Rizaldo (Weak, spellcaster, fireball) Jall (Archer, Forester, Healer) and his trusty companion, Stalker (Fighter, Martial artist, Very fast, forester, keen senses, Weak Will)
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Borc starts the game with a hangover making him rather grumpy. First he moves up onto the closest Rock. Stalker follows him while a horde activates and moves closer towards Necro and Bonecrusher.
Jall hits a big orc with 2 arrows taking him down 2 HP.
Rizaldo kills 1 goblin from the horde (not sure if it should have been 2 with 2 damage from the Fireball, we played that later on with hordes)
Bonecrusher moves in to attack the goblins and Necro misses with his fireball at new goblins that appear from the table edge.
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All the monsters activate as Borc moves to the front of the rock and engages the biggest orc.
Stalker gets ambushed and kills the lone goblin attacking him Jall is sure he hears stalker grumble "I pity the fool..." but ignores it as wolves can't talk.
Rizaldo shoots off some fireballs but to no effect as they fly off missing their mark.
Jall hits another Orc with two well aimed shots.
The ogre moves up and kills the remnants of the horde of goblins finding 10SP.
Necro steps on a scorpion and then kills the recently appearing goblins with a sizzling ball of fire.
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Stalker jumps off the rock killing a goblin and moving into an orc ready to attack.
Borc kills the large orc, smashing his mighty club down on him while not spilling a drop of his home brew.
Rizaldo maintains his uselessness, missing again as does Necro who actually manages to hit but unfotunately finds himself up against a goblin impervious to fire.
Bonecrusher moves forward towards the goblin surrounded by fire.
Jall gets an awesome 3 activations but only manages to hit 1 goblin and kill it.
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Borc manages to descend the rocks and attack the last of the original orcs, however 2 bad activation rolls make two more wandering orcs appear both from the same table edge.
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A foolish goblin decides to run at the Bonecrusher and meats a grisly end beneath a battleaxe.
Jall and Rizaldo are ambushed by more goblins hiding in the rocks, they manage to kill one barely. My son rolled a 20 for the fireball aimed at the horde of goblin archers (so I let it inflict an extra wound destroying the last goblin of the horde. With the orcs and goblins now outnumbered the orcs that just entered have thought better of attacking the adventurers and decide it is time to leave.
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In the final stages of mopping up a bunch of 4 goblin reinforcements decide to enter the battle and are met straightaway by Jall and Rizaldo firing arrows and fireballs into them. Needless to say the goblins did not last long at all.
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I had played a quick game the night before by myself and had thought that the Fireball spell was too powerful. This game though it seemed a lot more balanced with many fireballs not hitting. I'm keen to keep playing and upgrading my troops. I haven't done any post battle stuff yet. I imagine I will make my Archer and my wolf bond so they gain a bonus on activation when trying to help the other out.
I'm keen to play the "Defend the village" scenario to try to defeat a larger enemy. That should be quite fun, I have so many minis in my cupboard to use for that purpose. I'm also keen later on to give the spider scenario a go. I've just sold a large spider sculpt to Alternative Armies and I should be getting a copy of it soon.
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