Today we played our annual Christmas holidays game which this year was "The return of the mark of Zorro"
Basically it was a rehash of the game played at BLAM 2009, so apologies if the photos bear some similarities to those of the previous game. However the outcome was not as before.
The premise was the dastardly governor was still taxing the poor, feelthy peons and Zorro once again took to his saddle to relieve the authorities of their ill gotten loot still hampered by local banditos also keen on helping themselves to the monies.
This time the players starting positions were chosen on the cut of a card with the corresponding card number relating to a specific building on the table. The players declared their location only when they decided to exit the building.
Here are some shots of the table set up, showing all the latest buildings( I definately need a bigger table for the next game
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Luckily for Zorro he started off hidden in the church, the taxes being collected right outside.
Unfortunately though he was discovered quickly as Sargento Garcia promptly exited his hiding place and immediately starting searching the church looking for the fox.
The Seguin family, nefarious local banditos did not have a good time, they were shot down by the Presidiales captain before getting anywhere near the loot. The remaining bandits were forced to scuttle off the table to regroup and drink more Tequila to build up their nerves to return to the fight.
So Zorro was forced into action early and set about securing the cash box. He quickly cut down several troopers, pushed back El capitan and grabbed the box.
Unfortunately Zorro was not able to make a quick escape as Presidial troops appeared all around him.Soon he was surrounded on all sides and made a fighting retreat, unable to call for his trusty steed Tornado.
He ran the capitan through with his Spanish Toledo blade then retreated into the church and up onto the roof (via the soon to be "bell tower "
) fighting all the way.
A running battle ensued across the church roof with Zorro still in possession of the cash box alternating between sword fights and running with shots being fired at him.
Thinking they had him cornered Sargento Garcias men pursued Zorro right to the back of the church roof, with seemingly no place for Zorro to run to. However they had forgotten his trusty bullwhip...
Fortunately for Zorro the nearest tree was only three inches away, just within whip range and in true Hollywood fashion Zorro won the initiative, lept from the roof and swung towards the nearest tree and safety...
Sadly in doing so he had used up all of his fame and fortune points and was quickly shot down by the much improved marksmenship of Garcia and his men.
The cash box tumbled to the ground and was picked up by the remaining bandito, but he was also shot and forced to flee the table leaving the money behind.
So the game ended with victory for the evil governor and Zorro supposedly lying dead somewhere in the corn field where he had landed after having fallen from the church roof. But nobody rememebered to check on the whereabouts of his body....
The post match experience/fate rolls revealed that Zorro had survived the seemingly fatal shooting and would return to fight again another day.
Ay Carumba!
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