Fistful of Lead, Darwin Tabletop Gamers. I dusted off my 28mm figures for a 4 player Fistful of Lead 'Saving Private Ryan' game...with character stats I made up inspired by the film. There was Captain Miller (Veteran), Sgt Horvath (Veteran), Pte Carpazo, Pte Ryan (of course), Medic Wade, Pte Jackson (sniper)...but i just had to include the insipid CPL Upham (he was a D8 for everything, -1 for Shooting, -1 for wound rolls, and only 2 wounds in total)...his job was basically to hug close to the medic and not die, a job which he surprisingly excelled at.
It was a really close game that went down to a race to capture the bridge on the final round.
Let's just say it was a Hollywood ending.
All in all it was a great fun game, with loads of close calls, weapon stoppages at crucial moments, tangled barb wire shennigans, brutal close combats, scads of grenades and miraculous last stands from Matt Damon in particular. We introduced two new players to FFoL with no dramas, it's a little bloody ripper of a little system, one of the best recommendations I've had here on LAF.


