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Miniatures Adventure => Pikes, Muskets and Flouncy Shirts => Topic started by: Silent Invader on November 07, 2011, 12:20:06 AM
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As seen at BLAM 2011:
The vast (nay, EPIC) joint-production that is Captain Blood's and Malamute's pirate game was a sight to behold.....terrain, minis, ships, scenario and rules all top-notch. Those that were there know this to be true and for those that weren’t…… there are photos.
The scenario:
“Port St. Anthony in The Barbadoes. A thriving trading post under Governor-General Sir Digby Trelawney, his stout redcoats, and a Royal Navy landing party left behind by HMS Squirrel. The Squirrel is shortly to return escorting a merchantman to collect the export goods of Port St. Anthony – tobacco, rum, and precious spices. HMS Squirrel herself will take aboard the Governor-General’s chest of gold: the annual taxes collected from the colony. The goods to be collected are currently distributed around the town ready to be moved down to the wharves….. But certain Gentlemen of Fortune have caught wind of these riches, and have other ideas……”
Port St. Anthony sits between a pair of sea cliffs, to the west and to the east:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g22/imagebucket_2006/BLAM%20Pirates%202011/BLAM_pirates_01.jpg)
The wharves are busy with all things commerce: traders, labourers and other purveyors of goods and services:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g22/imagebucket_2006/BLAM%20Pirates%202011/BLAM_pirates_02.jpg)
The first pirate ship docks against the middle jetty (played by “Dr. The Viking”), prior to which Captain Blood had been heard to remark to the effect that “it’s not always good to be first ashore…”:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g22/imagebucket_2006/BLAM%20Pirates%202011/BLAM_pirates_03.jpg)
The redcoats (played by Vikotnik) rush to the wharves, moving to take up a defensive position behind the parapet on the roof of the centre building:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g22/imagebucket_2006/BLAM%20Pirates%202011/BLAM_pirates_04.jpg)
Not appreciating the implications, the civilians carry on with their business:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g22/imagebucket_2006/BLAM%20Pirates%202011/BLAM_pirates_05.jpg)
The port’s cannon crew (also played by Vikotnik) stand-to on the roof of the tallest building, which is located towards the centre of town:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g22/imagebucket_2006/BLAM%20Pirates%202011/BLAM_pirates_06.jpg)
Dr. The Viking’s pirates swarm down the middle jetty:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g22/imagebucket_2006/BLAM%20Pirates%202011/BLAM_pirates_07.jpg)
While adjacent to the east jetty, a landing party from the second pirate ship (played by Dewbakuk) is rowing itself ashore:
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g22/imagebucket_2006/BLAM%20Pirates%202011/BLAM_pirates_09.jpg)
(http://i52.photobucket.com/albums/g22/imagebucket_2006/BLAM%20Pirates%202011/BLAM_pirates_08.jpg)
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Outstanding, just outstanding.
Lucky are those who get to play with such eye candy.
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OMg!!!! No coments ....... :o :o :o :o :o :o
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Love the look of that game. :-* :-* :-*
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Looks like cracking game ,excellent minis,wonderful scenery(and SI's well told report) :)
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Very pretty. And I'll be back to look it over again - to see what I can steal for my developing monstrous pirate game! lol
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Most impressive!!
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outstanding
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top notch... who makes the women in the governors party?
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I really anjoyed playing on such an elaborately designed table, even though my redcoats did not get the opportunity to change their orders (stand fast and fire) during the whole game.
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Thanks for setting this one up, it was very entertainingly moderated as well. Great game!
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Fabulous ;D
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Good lord - that looks brilliant!
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Lovely.
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Just the kind of quality one has come to expect from Senores malamute and Blood.
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top notch... who makes the women in the governors party?
They are a mix of Brigade Games swashbuckling girls and F&IW / ECW civilians from Redoubt...
Here they are in close-up...
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/5/577_15_02_10_7_28_23_0.jpg)
Thanks Steve, for the excellent photos and battle report. We appear to have traded photography and reporting roles on each others' games! :D
Thanks to all who played. It was true piratical mayhem, but the baddies won in the end, that's the main thing! ;)
If anyone's interested, I can attach pdfs of the scenario and player sheets so you can recreate the whole thing on your own tables :)
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Sometimes a wargame resembles a piece of artwork, absolutely fantastic.......... ;D
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Excellent as expected! What a rollicking tale of pirating goodness.
If anyone's interested, I can attach pdfs of the scenario and player sheets so you can recreate the whole thing on your own tables :)
Love to take up the offer good Captain.
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A mighty fine game it was too. Beware the chain shot!
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Just the kind of quality one has come to expect from Senores malamute and Blood.
Indeed!
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Beautiful - well done chaps!!
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Lovely stuff - me hearties ;)
www.gallopingmajorwargames.com
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They are a mix of Brigade Games swashbuckling girls and F&IW / ECW civilians from Redoubt...
curses, looks like the one aiming the pistol only comes with the blockhouse set...
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curses, looks like the one aiming the pistol only comes with the blockhouse set...
Hmmm. Maybe. You might need to buy the set of 7 or 8 figures, but you certainly don't need to buy the blockhouse itself - I didn't anyway.
Redoubt's catalogue is a bit chaotic, so it can be hard to tell sometimes. But what they did a couple of years back, was collate various 'mop cap / bonnet and skirts' female civilian figures drawn from various packs across their C16th, C17th, C18th ranges, into some new 'women and children only' generic packs.
So you might find the pistol armed shootist is also available in one of those packs...
Worth giving them a call to find out... :)
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I thought you could pick em up separatley if memory serves me they may be in the bits range...off to check (I picked some up for my Highwayman games)
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Thanks for sharing.
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Fantastic stuff!!! :-* :-* :-*
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Hi all
I was the other Richard that played in this great game. Still not sure why I was the natural choice to play the lesbian pirate though!
It was my first time at Blam and I thoroughly enyoyed the whole weekend. Myself and Dean spent most of the trip back to Nottingham talking about ideas for next year so It's safe to say I am hooked.
Cheers
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Hi all
I was the other Richard that played in this great game. Still not sure why I was the natural choice to play the lesbian pirate though!
Cheers
It was your beard, much like why you were cast as a Werewolf ;)
See you next year, hopefully sooner though if we can convince Dean to travel down for some more VSF shenanigans ;)
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Excellent - these reports and the eye-candy are one of the highlights of this forum!
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Great stuff guys :-* :-* :-*
Really sorry I never got a chance to play this game but it was running at the same time as my own :'(
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Looking forward to the PDF so I and my pirate crew can thieve away.
Any chance of a photo showing the whole thing, a step back from the table shot that shows the whole thing at once to put it in better perspective? I can piece a lot together from what you've posted but would like to see 'more.'
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The port is awesome :o, and the figueres are very good. Exelent Job.
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Fantastic :-* :-* :-* :-*
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I don't think I have a photo of the whole table but will check this evening. Anyone else?
I have. Will post it later on tonight hopefully.
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The scenario is attached as a pdf, plus (below) the four different crew and objective cards for the four pirate players controlling the scurvy ships 'The Black Joke', 'The Sophie', 'The Walrus', and 'The Loup Garou'.
There were no crew and objective cards for the defending players, as they had fewer specific objectives and identified characters to worry about. The two defending players simply had an initiative and order sheet each.
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The pirate player sheets attached... :)
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As promised
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/1912_08_11_11_11_21_45_0.JPG)
and a couple of others
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/1912_08_11_11_11_21_45_1.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/1912_08_11_11_11_21_45_2.JPG)
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/1912_08_11_11_11_21_45_3.JPG)
Believe it or not I have a claim to fame on this amazing board. I supplied the bell lol
(http://leadadventureforum.com/gallery/9/1912_08_11_11_11_21_45_4.JPG)
I was sick that I never got to play on this table as it was running at the same time as my own.
Stunning looking game :-* :-* :-*
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Lovely and thanks for taking the time to post 35(§§) images SI
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WOW!!!
Lovely!
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Excellent work all round. Well done guys. Its this kind of work and effort which inspires us all.
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Believe it or not I have a claim to fame on this amazing board. I supplied the bell
:D It's the bell that lifts it above the mundane.... lol
But seriously - fantastic board and sounds like a splendid game (and a lovely bell).
Doug