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Miniatures Adventure => Post-Apocalyptic Tales => Topic started by: Ultravanillasmurf on October 28, 2018, 07:53:15 AM
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So I was lucky enough to get the Here's Negan board game.
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It is certainly a substantial box.
Full of stuff.
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The Saviours
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The Walkers.
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As you can see, they are the same ones as TWD:AOW*, but the walkers are generic enough poses that is not a problem.
Negan certainly towers over everybody. Crooked Dice 28mm William Killian for scale.
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More photographs here:
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2018/10/heres-negan.html (http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2018/10/heres-negan.html)
* - The Walking Dead: All Out War
More later.
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Tempting!!!
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Sorry I don't know what is TWD:AOW. Are they 20mm or 28mm?
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TWD:AOW is The Walking Dead: All Out War and the figures are 32mm scale made of hard plastic.
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TWD:AOW is The Walking Dead: All Out War and the figures are 32mm scale made of hard plastic.
OK thanks. Not for me then.
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Rules overview here: https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2018/10/heres-negan-rules-overview.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2018/10/heres-negan-rules-overview.html)
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I have been busy painting Negan (and getting other things undercoated) before the weather turns.
If you enjoy The Walking Dead: All Out War, then this is for you, and you might be able to use it to introduce wargaming to non players. They build on previous rules and of course you get what is effectively Wave Six early (waiting for Mantic to print the TWD:AOW cards).
And remember, treat Lucille like a lady...
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OK thanks. Not for me then.
Just for interest, is it the figure scale, the material or a combination that is not selling it to you?
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Here's Negan!
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I do need to look at under the right arm, wobbly line...
A Zinge Industries Engineering brick cut in half diagonally adds some industrial detail to the base.
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I have this game on pre-order so congratulations to you for getting a preview copy. Yes, colour me jealous. :(
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This afternoon I ran through the first scenario with two Survivors plus Negan.
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The lighting is not inspiring, sorry about that. And bonus points for spotting I am using the Negan from the Booster pack.
A turn by turn description here: https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2018/10/heres-negan-training-day.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2018/10/heres-negan-training-day.html)
The Plan fell over after the first round, not due to the rules, but a combination of the vagaries of fate followed up by doggedly sticking to a plan when not only the wheels fell off but they fell off in quicksand... Burning quicksand. With bears...
A random event locked the exit from a room while the character with the magic door knocker was fending off the hordes at the back of the party. Dwight was rubbish trying to get the door open.
It did not end well.
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Now is there time for another game tonight?
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Looks pretty sweet. That Negan sculpt is pretty nice but the other Saviors look awesome. I haven't ordered yet but I plan to slide under the preorder wire soon. I'm hoping to make an order when I can pick up Advisor Dale and Scott Moon as well.
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I have this game on pre-order so congratulations to you for getting a preview copy. Yes, colour me jealous. :(
It will be worth the wait.
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Well there was time last night (and only a little into this morning) for two games.
The first one ended badly as I left Negan to his own devices while pressing on towards the exit.
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Moral, do not leave Negan on his own, use Clear The Way to get him past pinch points and Entry points.
The second one got within one die roll of victory. The exit room was Dark which meant that while Unsecured it spawned a Walker token in each Walker phase. John had cleared the room and if he secured it, Negan could Exit.
He (okay I ) did not make the roll and he got swarmed.
Dwight was watching Negan's back which meant that Negan reached the entrance and would not go into the unsecured room. Dwight could not get past him and did not have the Reputation to get him to move. The Walkers spawned in the Dark Exit room each Walker phase took Negan down, again.
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Close but no cigar.
I will do some more planning before re-entering The Sanctuary this evening.
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Finally I concentrated on getting to the Exit room, and hooray! Success.
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I then tried it with two different characters, Tara and Laura.
The first game with these characters went badly, different skills and equipment meant they played differently.
The second was a success.
Flushed with success, I ran the game with the full set of characters, this required some additional doors and secure tokens.
I had a plan and followed it. In some ways, the additional characters gives you more options, but also more chances to block corridors.
Success.
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Everyone made it to the exit, though John got Bitten. It does seem to be his lot in life.
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Does this need two players, or is it playable as a solo game? You wrote that you ran through it, which might suggest solo gaming (and I haven't been paying attention to Mantic's announcements for a while) :)
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I'm interested in this game - I've brought All Out War but my group hasn't really played it very much - some of us enjoy it whereas others really dislike the rules.
However we are all fans of Zombicide.
Is this similar to that? I am getting that kind of vibe from it.
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Does this need two players, or is it playable as a solo game?
It can be played as a solo game (one player) but you do need to use two characters.
The scenarios are scaled for the number of characters - the number of rooms, entry points and doors being changed.
You can, as I did, run all five characters (plus Negan) as a solo game.
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I'm interested in this game - I've brought All Out War but my group hasn't really played it very much - some of us enjoy it whereas others really dislike the rules.
However we are all fans of Zombicide.
Is this similar to that? I am getting that kind of vibe from it.
It is like a streamlined version of AOW, same dice etc.
I do not know Zombicide, so unfortunately I do not know.
I know Here's Negan! has distracted me from my TWD:AOW solo campaign ^__^.
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It can be played as a solo game (one player) but you do need to use two characters.
The scenarios are scaled for the number of characters - the number of rooms, entry points and doors being changed.
You can, as I did, run all five characters (plus Negan) as a solo game.
Nice, Thanks. I now have to decide if I can actually afford to burn that amount on a stand alone game.... hmmm...
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Nice, Thanks. I now have to decide if I can actually afford to burn that amount on a stand alone game.... hmmm...
If you already play All Out War it is less of a standalone - you can think of it as a Walker booster (equivalent of the Walker plus Roamer booster - you can never have enough Walkers), and if you preorder, it is a chunk of Wave six.
I have started painting the rest of the characters.
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I will get it for sure. Only the miniatures worth the price for TWD:AOW
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Ah, well. I preordered it, and a couple of Power Dice packs for Vanguard.
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So had another game of Here's Negan!
This is the second scenario.
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That is all on the back of my venerable DBA board, 600x600mm.
I am still in the process of painting the survivors (easily distracted). I am also still using the booster Negan figure.
By the Walker phase of turn one, Laura had got herself in trouble.
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Poor planning meant that after Negan had demonstrated his management technique.
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He stormed off ahead, leaving his lieutenants with minimum Stamina and no Reputation.
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More details here:
http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2018/11/heres-negan-anyone-home.html (http://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2018/11/heres-negan-anyone-home.html)
Time to reset, re-plan and restart.
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Nice report. Waiting for my copy from Mantic website.
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Nice report. Waiting for my copy from Mantic website.
Yep, me too!
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Same here. But it's also my Christmas gift from the wife.
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Same here. But it's also my Christmas gift from the wife.
Ohhh that's smart ;p
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Looks like fun.
I have a lot of the Walking Dead stuff,
I love it but most of the guys I play with don't.
I even have one guy saying, "it's not real wargaming." :-[
Maybe it's time to find other guys to play with.
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So I had another go at the second scenario.
This time all the survivors pushed forward, even after Negan called them back at one point.
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They rushed across the board, Clearing The Way for their boss.
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A more detailed AAR here: https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2018/12/heres-negan-anyone-home-redux.html (https://ultravanillasmurf.blogspot.com/2018/12/heres-negan-anyone-home-redux.html)
Having concentrated on getting to the exit, they did not gain a lot of Reputation.