[Gloire/AtWP] The Horror of Fort Wilderness

[Mad Doc Morris]

Recently, however with a little delay Hannibal and me staged a small Halloween special, in the form of a Gloire game using the new Among the Warparties supplement. I wrote two scenarios, inspired by the "Wendigo" campaign and one of my favorite movies, "Le Pacte the Lups". Historical background was given by the French & Indian War, which raged over North America from 1754 to 1763.
In the first scenario accidentally British and French patrols met at an outpost ("Fort Wilderness", after a famous movie) which had been devastated and abandoned only days before. They had to find tracks of the causer of the devastation. Second encounter took place at an old mission house whereto the tracks obviously led. A giant beast (the "horror") appeared A Jesuit priest played a dubious role in this scenario. This last game ended with a cliffhanger, which could be used as a link for further scenarios.

Being involved as author, gamemaster and player, I had no time for taking pictures or writing up the flow of events. Therefore, no full scale game report this time. But maybe you like to see what I've tinkered especially for this game - only hours before things started, as usual. 

First, the beast and its master (or maybe not?)



And a back view. (Never again will I use gloss and matt varnish to finish a miniature; that turns out total crap everytime I do it!  )
Und die beliebte Rückansicht. (Niemals wieder benutze ich Glanz- und Mattlack auf einer Figur; da bessere ich lieber abgeriebene Stellen aus. :cursing: )



Additionally, I built a marker set with a slight mystical Indian/North American theme. Those giant mushrooms turned up with my last order from Wargames Foundry - and they work perfect as a strong hint that something strange is going on here. The totem came from Conquest, the musket from a Redoubt blister and the skull from GW skeletons. The rest is homebrewed.



And finally, two impressions of the games:

Game 1 - British rangers (down right) starting on boggy ground - and claimed it the reason for losing the first scenario!



Game 2 - French militia secure the mission house.



Comments are welcome!

Additional shots can be found at my blog (LINK!)

[itchy]

excellent work ,who  makes  the beast figure ive not seen that before.

[Mad Doc Morris]

Sorry, forgot to add that. It's simply a Wild War Chieftain from GW's Lord of the Rings range. Think it's a Perry sculpt, so I had to get it.

[Le matou rouge]

Wow !
Excellent pics of my favourite era 
Perfect ! (Except that your LINK to your blog doesn't work because of the double http:// )

here it is :

http://lead-mountain.blogspot.com/

meow,
Matt

[Mad Doc Morris]

Wow !
Excellent pics of my favourite era 
Perfect ! (Except that your LINK to your blog doesn't work because of the double http:// )

here it is :

http://lead-mountain.blogspot.com/

meow,
Matt

Thanks - and fixed!

[Gluteus Maximus]

Great stuff!

I love the markers and your imaginitive use of the Wild Warg "Chieftain". Despite the silly prices, they are lovely models and IMO worth having. Who makes the Priest? He looks a bit like an Essex Mini to me, but I didn't think they made one ...

The terrain and buildings etc are also very well done.

All in all, a fantastic looking game!

[Malamute]

Fantastic stuff, love the beats vignette too.

Gluteus, the priest is c Conquest Miniatures figure I think.

[cianty]

Very cool stuff! The markers are excellent and fit perfectly on the table. A great source of inspiration!

[Gluteus Maximus]

Fantastic stuff, love the beats vignette too.

Gluteus, the priest is c Conquest Miniatures figure I think.

Ah, thanks!

I have been meaning to order some Conquest stuff for ages, but inevitably as soon as I decide to, the exchange rate goes belly-up and makes it unfeasible

Something to wait for, I think, as I'd love to get some woodland Indians.

[Malamute]

Fantastic stuff, love the beats vignette too.

Gluteus, the priest is c Conquest Miniatures figure I think.

Ah, thanks!

I have been meaning to order some Conquest stuff for ages, but inevitably as soon as I decide to, the exchange rate goes belly-up and makes it unfeasible

Something to wait for, I think, as I'd love to get some woodland Indians.

Nick at Northstar stocks them, so no need to wait,you can have them now from Nottingham...

[Gluteus Maximus]

Nick at Northstar stocks them, so no need to wait,you can have them now from Nottingham...

That's very good news, but in some ways very bad news too 

Now I have no excuse not to buy them 

[Operator5]

Beautiful game boards. I really like how they capture the feel of a North American wilderness.

[imurdentist]

Looks ace, love the log-house!
Who makes the trees?

[Mad Doc Morris]

Thank you all for the nice comments! Always a source of motivation.

imurdentist, sadly I've no idea where I got those trees. Maybe it's NOCH. I was inapt to flock the leaved ones properly, so I only added carrageen from a local building centre. You could do better, for sure!

[white knight]

Very cool. I'll need to get me one of those beasts now. Did you convert the casualty figure on the base or does it come like that?

Somehow that priest reminds me of Chuck Norris in that first pic.