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Offline DS615

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Witch Hunter Scenarios?
« on: 12 July 2016, 06:06:17 PM »
I'm wondering if anyone has, or knows of somewhere to get, some good scenarios for some Witch Hunter games.
"Actual" Witch Hunters, as in Puritans, not the GW faction.

Ideally, I would love something like linked scenarios, progressing from one to another.  I have not been able to find any, so I thought I would ask!
I have a new 1/1 scale miniature, so I can't afford to buy anything.  :)
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Offline robh

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Re: Witch Hunter Scenarios?
« Reply #1 on: 12 July 2016, 06:20:19 PM »
You need to pick up the "Witchfinder General" rulebook.

As well as being a superb set of rules for Witch Hunter games it has a good set of encounters and ideas on campaigns plus a bibliography listing several books dealing with the historical prototypes.
For a more fantasy based approach the Savage Worlds Solomon Kane books are full of ideas.

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Re: Witch Hunter Scenarios?
« Reply #2 on: 12 July 2016, 09:49:29 PM »
See if you can find Witchfinder General on DVD. That should give y ou scenario ideas for sure.
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Re: Witch Hunter Scenarios?
« Reply #3 on: 12 July 2016, 10:01:43 PM »
The Solomon Kane books are. Worth a read

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Re: Witch Hunter Scenarios?
« Reply #4 on: 12 July 2016, 11:59:00 PM »
DS615, all the above are great ideas!

Witchfinder General: Days of Revelation Game has a group on yahoo, you can find some nice material there: https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/TheWitchfinderGeneral/info

Take a look at these two very inspiring scenarios/AARs:

http://colgar6.blogspot.com.br/2014/11/battle-report-flames-of-justice.html

http://pijlieblog.blogspot.com.br/2014/06/wargames-beer-witchfinder-general.html


And congratulations for your new 1/1 miniature!  ;)
« Last Edit: 13 July 2016, 12:18:16 AM by dinohunterpoa »
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Re: Witch Hunter Scenarios?
« Reply #5 on: 13 July 2016, 03:34:30 AM »
Who makes those cool witches?
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Offline The Gray Ghost

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Re: Witch Hunter Scenarios?
« Reply #6 on: 13 July 2016, 03:04:19 PM »
the one on the broom is from West Wind
I used to be with it, but then they changed what it was. Now what I'm with isn't it anymore and what is it seems weird and scary.

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Re: Witch Hunter Scenarios?
« Reply #7 on: 14 July 2016, 12:27:58 AM »
West Wind GHW0007 - Storybook witches and old hags ; please note the little child inside the cauldron!  ;)





And their cousins: GHW0002 - The Cousins of The Coven




I've used all of them together once in a multiplayer "Gretel and Hansel & Red Hood against Everything Else" Halloween game; the old hags were two characters with both on foot and flying models - and yes, a witch flying around and throwing explosive pumpkins can make for a very fun game for sure!  lol


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Offline DS615

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Re: Witch Hunter Scenarios?
« Reply #8 on: 14 July 2016, 06:19:58 AM »
Witchfinder General: Days of Revelation Game has a group on yahoo, you can find some nice material there: https://uk.groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/TheWitchfinderGeneral/info

And congratulations for your new 1/1 miniature!  ;)
Thank you!  She's simply excellent, and an adventure of an entirely different sort.

I didn't know about the group, I'll look at that.

The Solomon Kane books are. Worth a read
Absolutely, yes!  I've read the collected stories "The Savage Tales of Solomon Kane".  It isn't what inspired this period, but it certainly fueled it!

Thanks everyone for the ideas!

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Re: Witch Hunter Scenarios?
« Reply #9 on: 15 July 2016, 02:47:10 AM »
I recognize at least one of these from Foundry in there.

"One of My Men Became Restless" focuses on 15mm Horse & Musket periods and 25mm Horse & Musket, Fantasy, Horror and Victorian everything! Occasionally there'll be stuff of related interest but it's mostly a painters blog.  See it all here: http://flashman14.blogspot.com/

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Re: Witch Hunter Scenarios?
« Reply #10 on: 15 July 2016, 09:59:21 PM »
I can remember another set of witches from Foundry:


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Re: Witch Hunter Scenarios?
« Reply #11 on: 15 July 2016, 10:01:10 PM »
If these great Foundry witches decide to unite with the West Wind ones to destroy that peaceful little village, who's gonna stop them?

The VAMPIRES, of course!  ;)

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Re: Witch Hunter Scenarios?
« Reply #12 on: 18 July 2016, 04:40:43 PM »
Thank all for the witch pictures, rules ordered and on the way.

Rules arrived today, great service, I'll start on them tonight!
« Last Edit: 29 July 2016, 04:19:57 AM by warchariot »

 

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