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Author Topic: My first game of Empire of the Dead: picture heavy  (Read 5628 times)

Offline Laughing Ferret

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My first game of Empire of the Dead: picture heavy
« on: May 16, 2012, 06:48:07 PM »
Last Friday Skrapwelder set up his great city terrain at the gamestore and supplied 4 of us with some minis to try this game out- I'd had to miss the first night he ran it   :'( But I was here for this one.  

My full thoughts on the game and pictures that can get larger close ups are here:
http://laughingferret.blogspot.com/2012/05/empire-of-dead-my-first-try-at-it.html

But here are the pictures with description of the action.
I can't take credit for any of the terrain or minis- all of those are Skrapwelder's, but I've already placed a couple orders for some minis, I'll be making some teams soon!

We had 4 players: Werewolf, Vampire, & 2 explorer Gentlemen's Club.
I ran the wolves: a Main werewolf, secondary werewolf, 2 wolves and 3 humans, all with daggers, one with a bow and the other 2 with throwing knives.

The Vampires had the 2 vamps and 4 humans, a couple of the humans had rifles and the vampires had swords.

Both Gentlemen's clubs had a lot of firearms.  The one I faced had a personal gatling gun on one.

I adjusted the photos I took to set the mood... enter a chill night in London, 1888....

Book st. with it's bookshop & papermill is quiet and peaceful.

A perfect night for a stealthy hunt. The packleader in center leads his pack into the city.

The local chapter of the Intrepid Chaps lead by Lord Blackstone take to the urban landscape for a night hunt

The still of Book Street is interrupted by a howl of a wolf

But the call is heard not just by man, but by creatures of the night, unfriendly to the wolfen: Vampires.

Spotting the Vampires and their human thralls, Clara stays behind as the wolves circle around the building and aims her bow at an unsuspecting thrall.

The wolves stalk around the building, but the smell from the coffee house masks the scent of their prey.

Her arrow having missed her mark, the thrall's attention is drawn to the wolf clan girl, he raises his rifle and kills her, the shot a small crack of thunder, which begins the storm of carnage to follow.

The first born vampire leads Ward and Spanner into the fight against the wolves.

Neither vampire nor wolf is able to get the better of each other, while further up the street the minions of both engage.

Blackstone's Chaps close in on the sounds of snarling combat.

Sensing the humans approach, the vampires call a truce with the wolves and head back to the woods, to circle around and hunt the other group of mankind that are trying to entrap them.

The wolves prepare to take down the explorers. Their guns reach the wolves first, wounding the secondary werewolf, who draws back momentarily, the rest rush the men.

Only the pack leader has the speed to reach them, but his ferocity is enough to give them pause as one of their number is brought down, his throat ripped out.

Hearing the snarls and cries of anguish in death, the other Gentlemen's Club is reluctant to close with the vampires they are tracking.  With the lateness of the night, the groups retreat back to their mansions and lairs
« Last Edit: May 16, 2012, 10:47:18 PM by Laughing Ferret »
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Offline Anatoli

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Re: My first game of Empire of the Dead: picture heavy
« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2012, 07:01:55 PM »
Awesome report and great pictures!  :-*

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Re: My first game of Empire of the Dead: picture heavy
« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2012, 07:08:09 PM »
thats just brilliant love the models  wondeful stuff

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Re: My first game of Empire of the Dead: picture heavy
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2012, 07:12:05 PM »
David,

What a great job you did with the pictures. We need to talk photoshop this Friday.

Great work.

Mike

Offline nikharwood

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Re: My first game of Empire of the Dead: picture heavy
« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2012, 07:14:16 PM »
Superb - really atmospheric, nicely done  8) - can't wait for my rulebook to arrive...

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Re: My first game of Empire of the Dead: picture heavy
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2012, 11:10:14 PM »
Well, this isn't doing anything for my savings.

Great report! Looking forward to seeing more, I'm really intrigued by this game.

Wonderful stuff!! (And the LAM figures look a treat!)

Offline Dr Mathias

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Re: My first game of Empire of the Dead: picture heavy
« Reply #6 on: May 17, 2012, 12:04:11 AM »
Really cool! I like the 'solarized' pic... I presume that's wolf point-of-view?

This thread makes me realize I have a gap in my terrain... I need some 1800's cityscape in a bad way...
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Re: My first game of Empire of the Dead: picture heavy
« Reply #7 on: May 17, 2012, 01:42:37 AM »
Just outstanding in every way.
Love the black and white pics, really set the mood.
Thanks for sharing.
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Re: My first game of Empire of the Dead: picture heavy
« Reply #8 on: May 17, 2012, 01:47:55 AM »
I was really excited when I clicked on this forum link and you did not disappoint.  :-*
Great stuff.  :-*

I'd love to see a couple color shots as well.
I can't help it I'm greedy.  :D

Offline Gary Mitchell

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Re: My first game of Empire of the Dead: picture heavy
« Reply #9 on: May 17, 2012, 03:36:16 AM »
Excellent;y atmospheric black and white pics. Well played Sir!

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Re: My first game of Empire of the Dead: picture heavy
« Reply #10 on: May 17, 2012, 07:52:33 AM »
Terrific stuff, great photography too ;D
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Re: My first game of Empire of the Dead: picture heavy
« Reply #11 on: May 17, 2012, 01:08:36 PM »
Marvellous stuff. I'm running my first game next week so its good to read your take on it.

Who are the gentlemen on the long coats (not the LAM chap)? Are they from a Wild West range?
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Re: My first game of Empire of the Dead: picture heavy
« Reply #12 on: May 17, 2012, 01:12:11 PM »
Those are Artizan Pinkertons with a hat swap.

Offline Laughing Ferret

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Re: My first game of Empire of the Dead: picture heavy
« Reply #13 on: May 17, 2012, 06:09:45 PM »
Thanks all!  :D  glad you like the feel of the photos

Aggro: Unfortunately, I was doing these photos fast, and just saved over the original, so I don't have the original color shots, but we're playing again this Friday, so I'm sure there will be lots more photos in the future.

Dr.M: yes, the solarized picture is supposed to be from the wolf-perspective, the pack leader's mental picture of what happened as he feels one of his pack killed.  It made me think of some of the effects from the horror films from the 1970's, or things they'd do in shows like Night Gallery.  ;D

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Re: My first game of Empire of the Dead: picture heavy
« Reply #14 on: May 17, 2012, 10:06:19 PM »


Aggro: Unfortunately, I was doing these photos fast, and just saved over the original, so I don't have the original color shots, but we're playing again this Friday, so I'm sure there will be lots more photos in the future.


Cool! Please take photos.  ;D

 

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