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Miniatures Adventure => Call of Cthulhu => Strange Aeons => Topic started by: nikharwood on 30 April 2011, 07:21:55 PM

Title: Trophy Hunt
Post by: nikharwood on 30 April 2011, 07:21:55 PM
Another Strange Aeons run-out tonight: Trophy Hunt in which the leader of the Threshold Agents, sneaks off to bag himself a Lurker trophy...so it's a 1-on-1 scrap. I chose a Nightgaunt for the Lurker [using, I think, a GW Vampire familiar?]:

Set-up: Lurker won the role for table edge & set up in the railway buildings; Special Agent Johnson enters on the road:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/strange%20aeons%2010mm%20game%205/STA41362.jpg)

(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/strange%20aeons%2010mm%20game%205/STA41363.jpg)

(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/strange%20aeons%2010mm%20game%205/STA41365.jpg)

(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/strange%20aeons%2010mm%20game%205/STA41366.jpg)

Lurker wins the first turn and the Nightgaunt flies low towards Johnson:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/strange%20aeons%2010mm%20game%205/STA41367.jpg)

In response, Johnson runs forward towards the danger, trying to get the Lurker in range of his Tommy gun:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/strange%20aeons%2010mm%20game%205/STA41369.jpg)

(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/strange%20aeons%2010mm%20game%205/STA41370.jpg)

(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/strange%20aeons%2010mm%20game%205/STA41371.jpg)

He hits the hovering Lurker and takes one of its two wounds just as it hurtles into him:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/strange%20aeons%2010mm%20game%205/STA41373.jpg)

Johnson fails his resolve test as the Hideous Daemon screeches into him - but his reaction to his fear is to become Frenzied [doubling his CC attacks]:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/strange%20aeons%2010mm%20game%205/STA41375.jpg)

In a frantic and desperate combat, Johnson is wounded:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/strange%20aeons%2010mm%20game%205/STA41376.jpg)

...but manages to take down the winged monstrosity [face down] - but the Nightgaunt rolls over [face up] to defend himself in the next round of combat:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/strange%20aeons%2010mm%20game%205/STA41377.jpg)

Johnson is still terrified and this spurs him on to a flurry of lethal attacks with his trusty Bowie knife, taking the Nightgaunt out [Major Injury]:
(http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f175/nikharwood/strange%20aeons%2010mm%20game%205/STA41378.jpg)

Post-game: Johnson earns a new Skill and takes a Trophy   8)
Title: Re: Trophy Hunt
Post by: Anatoli on 01 May 2011, 01:05:20 AM
Very cool!

Btw, those red dice - I have a couple myself from my Combat Zone box. I find that they roll better and more even results then the crap dice I have from GW and other sources (but of the same style). It has to be those sharper edges.
Title: Re: Trophy Hunt
Post by: Sheerluck Holmes on 01 May 2011, 10:08:44 AM
I am glad to see Agent Johnson won (no relative)  :D
Title: Re: Trophy Hunt
Post by: nikharwood on 01 May 2011, 07:59:59 PM
Very cool!

Btw, those red dice - I have a couple myself from my Combat Zone box. I find that they roll better and more even results then the crap dice I have from GW and other sources (but of the same style). It has to be those sharper edges.

They are nice - I've got a feeling they came from an 'official' D&D set a friend gave me a few years ago...

I am glad to see Agent Johnson won (no relative)  :D

It was close...with some lucky rolling on his part - if he'd not taken it out then I think he'd be regretting sneaking off in the early hours without his compadres..!
Title: Re: Trophy Hunt
Post by: einarolafson on 09 May 2011, 08:17:18 PM
I love your 10mm Strange Aeons games. I´m thinking about preparing something in this scale for me.
Title: Re: Trophy Hunt
Post by: nikharwood on 11 May 2011, 11:14:57 PM
Thank you - looking forward to seeing what you do  8)