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Miniatures Adventure => Post-Apocalyptic Tales => Topic started by: Thargor on April 06, 2018, 06:23:29 PM
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Each year Chichester Wargames Club holds The Bob Bushell Memorial Tournament towards the end of March. As the winner of the 2017 game (Angels 20), it was my responsibility to organise and run this year's evening.
I decided to run Mad Maximillian 1934 - a new ruleset for the Club and me. I had to purchase a number of vehicles, some from Eureka and the rest die-casts from ebay. The diecasts were stripped down and re-painted, crews and weapons added and put back together again.
Here are the resulting cars:
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/793/26406644297_1e99553096.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GesXmD)The Red Max (https://flic.kr/p/GesXmD) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/864/40382067195_dcfaeda3ef.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24wqDFR)Der Zerstorer (https://flic.kr/p/24wqDFR) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/872/40382093965_651a98fea7.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24wqMDp)Silver Arrow (https://flic.kr/p/24wqMDp) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/895/40564468004_ebc73ea64f.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24Nxv6o)Doug & Les Spader (https://flic.kr/p/24Nxv6o) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/799/40564440584_039603d609.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24NxmWC)Hamilton Lewis the Third (https://flic.kr/p/24NxmWC) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/800/41278651161_134c2e785c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25TDSS6)Sqn Ldr Biggleswade (https://flic.kr/p/25TDSS6) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/785/27406011418_2eae23e0d1.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HKLYof)Peter Prefect (https://flic.kr/p/HKLYof) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/798/40382045795_bc833f0090.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24wqxjT)Prof Patrick Pending (https://flic.kr/p/24wqxjT) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/812/27406043758_a241f38d02.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HKM8ZQ)Penelope Pitt-Stoppe (https://flic.kr/p/HKM8ZQ) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/819/26406666177_f69eeea30b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/Get4RT)The Lavender Hill Mob (https://flic.kr/p/Get4RT) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/897/40564407624_fb1bc0ecdc.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24Nxc9m)The Claw (https://flic.kr/p/24Nxc9m) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/888/41278664751_13f33f88f3.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25TDWUp)The Boulee Brothers (https://flic.kr/p/25TDWUp) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/805/26406634867_62d0f6f43b.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GesUy4)Dastardley Dick (https://flic.kr/p/GesUy4) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/887/27406034668_031bd68a69.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HKM6i7)The Hornet (https://flic.kr/p/HKM6i7) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
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Some great car ideas there 8)
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Great stuff!
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Some really nice work there and the vehicles are extremely creative! Very well done!!!
Terry
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Super work, the cars are totally mad and brilliant!! :)
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Fantastic cars, looking forward to see pictures from the game!
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Fantastic.There'S some heavy duty firepower on those.Just wondering, does the position of the gun say something about the driver? I can't help wondering if the optimists have the gun on the back (Because they'll obviously be winning) and the pessimists have it mounted on the front to eliminate faster rivals?
And a practical question, being new to tabletop gaming: why do you put bases on cars?
I look forward to seeing the game in action...
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Nice cars.
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Loving the conversions and colours, well done.
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Thanks all.
@ Andy in Germany - they are based for practical reasons: It may stop people picking them up by what can be fragile exhausts, etc and when working out where damage will be sustained, it can help clear up whether side or front/rear are hit.
The tournament ran in a Grand Prix style with a Practice Race (on 4 separate tables - 3x3 cars and 1x4 cars), followed by a qualifying day (same tables with first placed car going through automatically) and then the Trophy Race itself. 2 of the 2nd place cars also qualified for the Trophy Race to make it a 6 car race. The other 7 cars also raced - for practice and to keep the players from distracting the finalists too much.
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Some pictures from the 7 car race:
The Claw and Prof Pending block the path of Der Zerstorer
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/893/27405210138_c1fc98694e.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HKGSc5) (https://flic.kr/p/HKGSc5) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
Peter Prefect slipstreaming The Boulee Brothers around turn 1.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/816/27405195918_14177f6dcb.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/HKGMXU) (https://flic.kr/p/HKGMXU) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
Peter Prefect and the Boulee Brothers spin off at turn 2, but Sqn Ldr Biggleswade, Dastardley Dick, Prof Pending and The Claw are closing in fast.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/806/26406044917_72c95e0a54.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GepTbv) (https://flic.kr/p/GepTbv) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
Biggleswade skids around turn 2 with Dastardley Dick in close pursuit
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/815/41234347772_a2a595cb98.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/25PJP1y) (https://flic.kr/p/25PJP1y) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
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The Bob Bushell Memorial Trophy race:
Penelop Pitt-Stoppe takes an early lead
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/783/39468276870_5178160551.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/238FeEf) (https://flic.kr/p/238FeEf) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
The Hornet narrowly avoids the oil slick as Lweis Hamilton the Third takes turn 1 behind him
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/805/39468256110_05ce0894e0.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/238F8uj) (https://flic.kr/p/238F8uj) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
Penelope and the Silver Arrow spin off at turn 2, allowing the Hornet to take the lead. Doug & Les Spader, Lewis Hamilton the Third and The Red Max race around turn 2, trying to avoid more oli slicks, left by Penelope
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/867/26406059647_4411716f9c.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GepXyt) (https://flic.kr/p/GepXyt) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
Cars slide sideways around the turn and skid through the oil slicks
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/878/26406019907_ca92557b12.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/GepKKi) (https://flic.kr/p/GepKKi) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
The Hornet and Penelope accelerate hard down the back straight
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/881/39468206220_c1375e3939.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/238ESE9) (https://flic.kr/p/238ESE9) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
With The Hornet taken out of the race by Anti-Tank Canon fire Penelope takes the final turn and has the race seemingly won... but in a deed more dastardley than any even Dick could have come up with, The Red Max turns off course and inloads both Vickers straight into her engine, immobilising her, allowing Doug & les Spader to take the chequered flag.
(https://farm1.staticflickr.com/805/40563577684_18e18abc99.jpg) (https://flic.kr/p/24NsWr3) (https://flic.kr/p/24NsWr3) (https://www.flickr.com/photos/10903634@N05/)
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This is simply delightful. Excellent work!
Leads me down a rabbit-hole: what does the surrounding world look like if the apocalypse happened in the ‘20s/‘30s?
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Looks like a fun game. I think I may be able to get my boys interested in this...
One question though, where do you get the figures for drivers and gunners?
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Eureka (through Fighting 15s in the UK) do a selection of drivers and gunners, with more for release shortly. I also went through the Pulp section on LAF and bought lots of extra figures for conversion.
A really fun game that is very quick to learn (my 10 year old daughter learnt the rules for movement (accelerating, braking, turning, skidding) inside 10 minutes. The gamers at the club took less time.
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;D. Beautiful!
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Sonavagun! I'm totally blown away by these and inspired! Now I have to shake those images out of my head because I can NOT afford a new project but I so want to get in on this action because you made these models so friggin awesome.
Hat is off. Excellent work!
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Thanks guys.
I only announced the game the week before the tournament, by which time I'd had over 2 months of planning, painting and building, with no pictures or hints posted anywhere.
I have some plans for more vehicles and factions to split the vehicles into for different scenarios.
There are no rules for it currently but I'm definitely going to have a truck with a naval harpoon gun in the flatbed.
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Very lovely stuff. I've looked at these rules and purchased a few of the Eureka gunner/driver figures. What's stopped me progressing with it is uncertainty as to the scale of the necessary vehicles/figures. I've got quite a few of the Matchbox Models of Yesteryear/Lledo Days Gone vehicles that I was going to convert, but it seemed to me that the Eureka (and also the First Corps range) vehicles/figures were probably larger and more 1/48, and therefore I would have to invest yet further if I wanted to get vehicles/figures compatible with any of these (rather lovely, but a bit pricey) vehicles? That said, you've clearly got all this cracked with your lovely set-up. What would you advise re. scales and the possibility of converting compatible diecasts from other ranges/other 28mm figures? The other thing that weighed on the mind was how long it would take a group of experienced gamers to "pick up" the rules from a "standing start", and how long an average game would take to play through? Would be grateful for your experience and congratulations again on some beautifully produced vehicles.
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Late reply:
The vehicles are sized for 28mm, which means around 1/48 will do. It depends on who you game with, as I have seen 1/72 sized games played equally well. Models of Yesteryear work well, but even they have variable scale (not all true 1/48), but this doesn't impact the look of the game badly.
Eureka are releasing Max 34 boxed sets (initially at PAX Australia this weekend). They include 2 Eureka cars with plenty of bits, the Core Rulebook, and some nice laser cut mdf terrain including race barriers to help mark your course. As usual with Eureka, it probably won't appear on the website for a year or more, but Nic responds well to email enquiries. Price works out to be about the same as 2 cars and the rulebook bought separately, but the race terrain makes it a bargain as a starter set.
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I demoed some intro games at PAX AUS yesterday, and picking up the basics for non-wargamers was pretty quick - everything is linked to how many fate (working against you) and fortune (working for you) dice you roll to perform an action.
Not wanting to derail the thread, here's some photos:
https://donnerundblitzenwargaming.blogspot.com/2018/10/pax-aus-day-1-maximillian-1934-and.html
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Hey von Lucky, no problem with you adding pics of the demo games. Looks like a lot of fun was had and those cars are wonderful.
I understand there were some new crews released a while ago and hope there'll be new cars/ bikes coming too.
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Great stuff man, Its always s treat to see my car designs done up so well!
There are no rules for it currently but I'm definitely going to have a truck with a naval harpoon gun in the flatbed.
You might want to shoot the chaps at mana press a line, (pun intended) they wrote the rules and I hear there might be harpoons in the expansion they are planning.
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Harpoons and similar rules for Max 34 came out in either Wargames Illustrated or Wargames Soldiers and Strategy. But yes, the Grand Tour supplement with have some extra goodies and weirdness ( such as Motorcycle Chariots)
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Super vehicles!
Well done.
tt43.
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Great cars!
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Harpoons and similar rules for Max 34 came out in either Wargames Illustrated or Wargames Soldiers and Strategy. But yes, the Grand Tour supplement with have some extra goodies and weirdness ( such as Motorcycle Chariots)
Anybody any idea which magazine (and issue number) this might have been?
Motorcycle chariots? Woohoo!!!!!
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Motorcycle chariots? Woohoo!!!!!
Aye, we yoke about this a lot.
(https://i.imgur.com/gXbPNhl.jpg)
I'll get my coat.
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I’m going to do something for Car Wars using the GHQ N scale cars; they have a line of “transition era” vehicles from the 30s and 40s that are begging to be done up for PA crash boom speed games.
http://www.ghqmodels.com/store/n-scale-transition-era-trucks-accessories.html