I love the "to be continued" ; it reminds me of old action movies, both silent & with sound...The Perils of Pauline spring to mind. They always ended with the Heroine dangling from a cliff, tied to the railroad tracks, about to endure a "fate worse than death" at the hands of some sneering, dastardly villain, generally in deep doodoo. It adds to the excitement.
The photos are TERRIFIC. Bert's Boys & Babes look GREAT in action as do the Forces of Unpleasantness. WONDERFUL STUFF!
Thanks, Al!
Lets hope the next installment lives up to expectations...
Fantastic AAR Mason! 
I can't wait to find out what happened next - and I played in it! 
Nutter!
This is just like those old Flash Gordon or Rocketman episodes short, thrilling and ending with our heroes in mortal peril! Hurry up with the next episode 
Ok then.
Here it is:
We left it with the team from the Thames Valley down to three members and leaderless, having been surprised and cut down by the Crowman and his foul brood.
The remaining Agents were facing almost certain death.
How long would they last against this evil horde?
Gloria Stitts was the first member of His Majesty's forces to gain some semblance of revenge by gunning down the Scarecrow that was lurking by the Barn.
Unfortunately, the tables were soon turned again, as the Maniac decided to make short work of Father deBetta.
The poor clergyman was cut to pieces by the frothing madman.
Meanwhile the Crowman had performed one of his dastardly experiments and changed the 'head' of one of his charges for a 'running head'.
The, now transformed, Scarecrow followed its Master's orders and took off down the road to hunt down more loyal Agents of the Realm.
Meanwhile, the Crowman and his Shambler continued towards the Barn to try and surround the Thompson wielding Agent.
Brave, some would say mad, Isaac Kite left the cover of the van and made his way up the road to try and stop the advancing Scarecrow.......
..........opening fire with both pistols Isaac proceeded to blow its 'head' apart in a spray of fleshy pulp.
The Crowman responded by by 'altering' another Scarecrow, only to see it fall apart at his feet.
Obviously that 'head' was a duff 'un...
He also sent the Shambler after Isaac and the Madman into the Barn, ready to charge Gloria next turn.
Gloria seized the initiative however, and decided to head into the darkened building from whence the crazy cackling was issuing.
Focusing on the demented noise she opened fire with her trusty Thompson......
....to be rewarded by silence as the echoes of machine gun fire faded away.
Things were starting to look up for the team.
Isaac carried on his advance up the road intent on training his guns on the Crowman.
Seeing him coming the Shambler was set upon him and removed him from the equation.
Painfully!
That left Gloria as the Last Women Standing.
She knew things were desperate as she advanced towards the roadway and took up position behind the hedge.
Sighting down the barrel of the Thompson she took aim at the Shambler and opened fire......
...........as the dust cleared Gloria stared at the mess that was left on the roadway.
She had blown the Shambler apart!
Distracted by the remains of the Shambler she did not see the Crowman as he advanced upon her, sickle in hand and a mad, feral gleam in his eye.
(He had injected himself as a last desperate move, which had resulted in a +1 Con to his profile).
It had come down to a straight fight between the Crowman and Gloria Stitts.
Dropping the Thompson, she drew her Bowie Knife just in time as the mad fiend was already upon her.
Stabbing the knife deep in his chest she felt elation as the blade slipped between his ribs......only to feel it stop suddenly, an otherwordly shell seemed to have grown to protect the innards of the twisted fiend!
As she stared in shock at the knife that stuck unnaturally out of the torso of the Crowman, she failed to notice the sickle that struck her solidly on the skull as she passed out into blackness and oblivion.....
25 June 2009, 10:42:34 PM
