7TV - Atlas Sighed AAR

[psullie]

Played 7TV at weekend - the heroes or heroines where tasked with securing the various parts of a mysterious engine. as the defenders they promptly took a defensive position around the farm house, the former home of the said machines inventor. A Plucky Assistant and the Academic (the spy effect allowing for some early optimal placement) were sent out looking for the 'lost engine' parts.
The Insidious Industrialist and his fiends initial direct assault turned very bloody as accurate rifle fire from the army dispatched the bazooka team and a couple of minions.
This forced a new plan, sneak around the back. Alas the heroines were wise to this movements and eventually the Action Heroine was able to trap the magnate and give him a good pistol whipping. A crushing victory for the girls!

[Arundel]

That's a very nice looking table, Psullie, and the game sounds like a lot of fun. What did you think of the 7TV rules? They seem a little counter-heavy to me but sound fun. I'd also be curious as to how many figures per side the rules can handle (as a maximum). Thank you for any help and for sharing the photos!

[uti long smile]

Nice to see how well it slips into a Pulp vibe without much effort.

[psullie]

That's a very nice looking table, Psullie, and the game sounds like a lot of fun. What did you think of the 7TV rules? They seem a little counter-heavy to me but sound fun. I'd also be curious as to how many figures per side the rules can handle (as a maximum). Thank you for any help and for sharing the photos!

Hi Arundel

First full disclosure - as I've written one of the 7th Voyage (7TV's fantasy based cousin) supplements I'd be a little biased towards the rules 

they are a great and very flexible set of rules - although the focus is on James Bond, the Avengers & Dr Who type games it's easily adaptable to a wide range of genres. As the focus is to play out a TV episode the game is centred around your Stars and Co-stars who are supported by Extras. as for numbers the action mechanism of the rules limits what you can do each turn, basically the camera can only be one place at a time. I've played with 20+ minis on a side and had lots of fun - just don't expect to use them all every turn. 8-12 per side played on a 4x4 table is the optimal game size but it also handles mismatched side too - that 20+ game was played against just 4 heroes and it was a very close game.

It does use counters to track wounds and other conditions, and each turn you use tokens to nominate which figures you plan on using - I personally prefer this to book-keeping and the numbers in use are not too many.

btw this last game was done with the soon to be released 7TV2 which plays much faster and with fewer tokens

[Arundel]

Psullie, thank you for the detailed answer, it was very informative. I might have to pick up a copy of these rules when the second edition comes out.

[Mad Lord Snapcase]

Nice looking game.

[psullie]

Psullie, thank you for the detailed answer, it was very informative. I might have to pick up a copy of these rules when the second edition comes out.

Arundel you'll be happy to know that Crooked Dice have published a beta set of 7TV2 for testing which you can download for free (save for your comment etc.) http://www.crooked-dice.co.uk/wp/7tv-2nd-edition-downloads/

enjoy

[Tars Tarkas]

Thanks for that info re 2nd edition rules.  I just downloaded and will definitely check them out and review.  I love the 7TV spin on things!

[Arundel]

Thank you for the heads up!!! On my way...