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Miniatures Adventure => Call of Cthulhu => Strange Aeons => Topic started by: Cultist Steve on 18 January 2016, 05:26:57 PM
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so I read the scenario that had stats for Yellow King
YEAHHHHHHH
but it has no point cost for him
Boooooooo!!
if I wanted to use the yellow king (and i do) outside that scenario
what would be his BP?
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I do not believe there is a way to get the King In Yellow without buying the plot point and enacting the entire play. IMHO, that is kinda the entire point. ;)
If you want a proxy, I would just suggest a cultist with a few skills in close combat. Then add "fluff" to taste.
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G.G. has it correct. There is no point cost for 'The King' because you can't simply buy him for a game. You gotta sacrifice those cultist to get him! :)
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thank you for answering.
very new to the game, still learning how things work.
i was hoping to use the stats for one off games at cons ..... guess i could use god spawns instead.
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thank you for answering.
very new to the game, still learning how things work.
i was hoping to use the stats for one off games at cons ..... guess i could use god spawns instead.
Ah, well, I am doing Strange Aeons at our con here in DFW this year. I very, very much plan on using the King in Yellow (or "Yellar" as we say down here).
I will be running 6 or 8 players through, 3-4 match ups with 3-games each. The time slots are 4-hours so with pre-generated lists and scenarios as well as terrain placement and rules explainations, I think this will work well.
This is a convention. People want to toss dice and play. Plus, that way I have more time to actually talk real rules they need to know before the game so that everyone can enjoy all 3 games and not just the last one when the start to figure it out for real.
The first game is a 15 pt game. The second game is ~25pts. The last game will be ~50pts and in this one the Threshold player's characters are starting to "age" a bit so they have a few nicks and cuts from the previous "major injuries" they have suffered... ;)
The King In Yellow is center stage for one of the final games. The Living Idol the star in another climatic battle. The third game will be a Damned Alter. My 4th climatic match-up (if I do that many games) will most likely be one in The Devil's Hopyard.
The plot points and the like are too good not to use at a con! :-*
I figure in this way, everybody gets to have a real "big one" at the end of a 3-game set.
Now, if you figure a good, clean, simple way to make this a multi-player game I am all ears. ???
Scott
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GG,
What are you doing to determine in what order players activate in? Curious because I'm going to try a 6-8 player game at my game club and I haven't figured out what I want to do. Also how many figures per player?
Thanks
jim
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GG,
What are you doing to determine in what order players activate in? Curious because I'm going to try a 6-8 player game at my game club and I haven't figured out what I want to do. Also how many figures per player?
Thanks
jim
Jim, I think you mis-understand me. I have *not* figured out a good way to run Uncle Mike's great game multi-player. It can be done (I have thought about it), but IMHO, it loses much of the flavor of the game. Strange Aeons (at least to me) is a very intimate game. Small table, few but very important figures (at least in each battle!), etc... AND, it is two player. Face-to-face and up personal. I kinda like it that way and want to present it that way as well.
So, instead of trying to force it into multiplayer I am doing it as 3-4 separate *pairings of players*. Then, I will run them through the 3 games. I have not decided how we will determin sides, or if they will switch. Most likely, I will let the players in each game decide for themselves. Keep it simple for me. ;)
So, if you come up with the perfect solution to making go multiplayer let me know, but I did not like anything I came up with... For the record, my "best idea" was to simply use two teams and allow each player to activate one figure per turn. meh... Like I said, I did not like any of the multiplayer ideas I came up with...but we digress. :-X
Scott
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When will the king in yellow be avaible for purchase?
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That will be a while away yet. No firm dates but I'm pretty sure I have one or two floating around the shop...could be persuaded to trade for, say, a not-Chris-Lee figure... ;)
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I happen to have an extra Christopher Lee vampire miniature... If that's an offer I'll take you up on that!
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Deal! :) I;m down at the Sentry Box this Sunday and the next. I'll be sure to have one on my person.
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Alas Mike, I live in Massachusetts next to the supposed location of Innsmouth... PM your address and I will send it to you.
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I thought you were in Calgary...am I crazy?
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Do you really need to ask?
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Ha!