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Miniatures Adventure => Gothic Horror => Topic started by: nozza_uk on May 31, 2019, 05:39:03 PM
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Had a chance to try out the new Fistful of Lead/Galactic Heroes expansion - Tales of Horror.
We created a Hunter group https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/2019/05/fistful-of-lead-tales-of-horror-hunter.html (https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/2019/05/fistful-of-lead-tales-of-horror-hunter.html) and a Necromancer group https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/2019/05/to-take-on-my-hunter-group-in-tales-of.html (https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/2019/05/to-take-on-my-hunter-group-in-tales-of.html).
Groups created, we decided to try out the 'Foggy Streets of London' scenario, but transplanting it to Colonial New England.
More on the blog here https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-foggy-streets-of-chester-falls.html (https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/2019/05/the-foggy-streets-of-chester-falls.html)
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Enjoy! ;D
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Excellent stuff, Glad to see other people playing ToH.
I like your setting too, very nice indeed. :)
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Excellent report. Good to see the rules in another setting. Ours takes place in a Pulp era environment..
Two player games can easily be played in under and hour, but that makes for a great campaign!
-J
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Entertaining write up and good to see the Necromancer getting a run out as well as some of the spells. Please keep posting!
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Entertaining write up and good to see the Necromancer getting a run out as well as some of the spells. Please keep posting!
Thanks for the comments. Will post the outcome of the next game, which I think will be the 'The Beast in the Woods' scenario. Just got to find time to play it!
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The latest scenario AAR is up on the blog - https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-beast-in-woods-tales-of-horror-aar.html (https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/2019/06/the-beast-in-woods-tales-of-horror-aar.html)
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The latest scenario is up on the blog - https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/2019/06/settling-scores-tale-of-horror-aar.html (https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/2019/06/settling-scores-tale-of-horror-aar.html)
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Enjoy lol
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Great stuff, poor dice rolling will never win you the game lol
I have very much enjoyed your setting for the game, its nice to see Gothic Horror played in a different timeline. :)
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Very cinematic! Love the mini campaign. With the Hunters out of the picture, time for some Vampires to move in...
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The Zombies are unstoppable!!!
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Very good! I enjoy reading your game reports. I'm yet to use the 'light fast' trait but it sounds like it worked well for the necromancer.
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Being Soulless, the zombies are easier to shoot. And their d8 in combat SHOULD make easier to defeat in close combat, but bad dice are bad dice.
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Further to what has been said and what's in the AAR.
Zombies are easier to hit with Soulless, but the flip side with Zombies is that Shock and Wounds simply knock then down. In the latest game, the Hunter player was rolling sufficiently high to successfully hit, but then rolled badly on the Wound table.
The other limitation was the Hunter group were using Muskets - which require reloading after every shot. Even giving the Militia 'Deft', still meant that they were firing 1 shot each a turn. Effectively, 4 shots a turn vs 9 Zombies and if your shots are ineffectual...
Also, my game plan for the Necromancer actually worked. Making him the prime target early on allowed the Zombies to advance unhindered. If 'Lightning Fast' hadn't saved my Necromancer so many times, this could have a very different game.
When it came to Close Combat, being able to swarm a Militia Man with at least 3 Zombies really helps. Also, consistently rolling 6+ on a D8 helps - especially when your opponent was rolling badly on a d10. I sure my luck with the cards and dice will change soon.
The Hunter player has asked to replay this game but with updated weapons instead of Muskets and Flintlock pistols, so we will see how that goes.
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Remember, even though the Grunts (Zombies) activate on the same card, they do move as one. In other words, the zombie card comes up, move one into contact. Fight the Close Combat. If the Militia man wins he could push the zombie back, switch places, etc. Then Zombie number 2 of the pack attacks. Repeat. Then number 3. It is possible to swarm, but only if the militia man was losing his Close Combats and was locked in combat with the zombie.
And as I think I mentioned, you can change the rules to make zombies like other Henchmen and any wound drops them.
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It is possible to swarm, but only if the militia man was losing his Close Combats and was locked in combat with the zombie.
And they did lose their Close Combats!!! lol - I would add an evil laugh here too if I could!!!
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At the behest of the player running the Hunter team, we had a rerun of the Settling Scores scenario. This time it took place in the 1970s and I'm sure you will be able to guess the movie inspiration!
Anyway here's the link - https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/2019/07/return-to-san-monique-tales-of-horror.html (https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/2019/07/return-to-san-monique-tales-of-horror.html)
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Enjoy! ;)
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Great to see you rerun the game with a different setting. Looks like it went the distance which is excellent. :)
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I'm enjoying reading your write ups. Another good one and very interesting to see the difference the time jumping made. Keep posting them!
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Yes. Nice contrast between two games.
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Having so much fun with Tales of Horror, so much so that I've created stats for one of my favourite TV shows.
https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/2019/07/mulder-and-scully-for-tales-of-horror.html (https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/2019/07/mulder-and-scully-for-tales-of-horror.html)
What do you think?
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Excellent, I think you have the right traits for both of them. Looking forward to seeing an AAR in due course.
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Look good to me!
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Nice idea. 'Indomitable' could be another good one for Scully.
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Ok, another Tales of Horror AAR (based on a well known TV show).
This time taking my beloved zombies and using them as a 3rd party force against two human forces.
Take a look here - https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/2019/08/alexandrians-vs-saviours-using-tales-of.html (https://nozzawargaming.blogspot.com/2019/08/alexandrians-vs-saviours-using-tales-of.html)
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Enjoy.
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Great stuff, I like the extra Zombie rules.
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Yes, I like the zombie ideas too. Nice report.