Well, I finally got to play in this game tonight and what a blast. Joe, who ran the game using the
.45 Adventure rules, came up with an excellent scenario and tons of little things to make the atmosphere perfect. He printed out all the encounter cars not just with what happens, but with a bit of flavor to add atmosphere. I took a bunch of pictures and I'll post them here for all to marvel over.
Essentially, the tale involves the disappearance of the professor. Two teams go in search of him. THose working for the University and those working for a wealthy "collector" by the name of VanHorn.
We came in on opposite sides of the board. These first three shots are some atmosphere images to show off the board.
Now, my character was an accountant working for VanHorn and overseeing things to make sure money was well spent. No character description was given, but my character was both Jumpy and Clumsy so I played him as quite a coward. I also happened to be the first to stumble upon a Deep One.
This first image is me running away from him into the mansion.
After locking the door, I attempt to flee some more, the Deep One however breaks the door down.
While fleeing the first Deep One, I stumble upon a second. Needless to say, my sanity was not holding up well. Right after this show was taken my character smashed the window with a fireplace poker that he had picked up and dove out the window.
And yet, being the coward that he was, he still managed to locate the stairs to the cellar and get the key to open it. Downstairs he found a ritual in full swing. After taking out one cultist, I find their log book only to discover that I too have that "Innsmouth look." The Log book Encounter stated that upon reading it, you find your own family tree within and you suddenly remember the town and your place in it. It was an awesome twist. I didn't let the other players know immediately and saved my betrayal for later.
Of course, while all this is going on, other characters are out and about getting into mischief. Here we see one character talking with a somewhat "fishy" character (at least I was not the only one losing my sanity).
And that same character trying to step on the fingers of a Deep One just barely holding on.
And just a cool shot of the shanty town.
Finally, once I had reached the ceremonial chamber and found the log book, the Endgame began with Deep ones and cultists swarming from everywhere.
Here we see a cultist taking a cigarette break as he chases the Old Man. A Deep One is in the background trying to sneak through the buildings and get in front of the Old Man.
This was a shot just before the end of the game. My betrayal occurred soon after this, though failed miserably when I failed to wound my target and in return got my last arms box whacked.
My thanks to Joe for putting on a great game and to Steph, Chris, and Rich for being great co-players. I don't often get a chance to play in any of my games except as the game master, so it was a fun break and I really enjoyed.
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