It's Spring time in Much Rampling......

[Mason]

Great stuff, Doug!
Loving this, appearing in installments as it is.
Like a 'proper' pulp serial.
 

Nice paintwork on the Squire too, one of my favourites from your selection.
 

[Elk101]

This is great Doug, please can we have some more?!

[Doug ex-em4]

Bedworthy strolls casually over to the Squire - aimless wandering is second nature to him. Arriving at the gatehouse, he is hustled into the farmyard by the Squire who then leads him to his farm office. Waiting inside are two people totally unknown to Bedworthy. One is a short, rather fussy man - he has a strong foreign accent Bedworthy judges to be French. The other is a very ordinary lady in late middle-age; almost elderly in fact. No introductions are made.

"Bedworthy, take this letter to Inspector Hemp at County Headquarters - use my bike, it's parked at the back. Take the lane past the pond; don't go through the Green."
"Inspector Hemp Sir? I don't know any Inspectory Hemp." Bedworthy looked puzzled.
"Er no, you wouldn't. He's in charge of Section T, er responsible for vehicle licences, that sort of thing. Jolly mundane sort of stuff."

Bedworthy, still looking puzzled, sets off on his errand.

[Elk101]

I'm enjoying this. Nice to see the Heroquest bookcases in use!

[Mason]

I'm enjoying this. Nice to see the Heroquest bookcases in use!

Ditto!

Also the 'French' fella and the 'ordinary' lady work really well for SA.
 

Looking forward to the next installment...






(In fact, your chosen colour scheme for the Detective is very similar to mine.....
http://leadadventureforum.com/index.php?topic=48785.30
.....and dozens of others, probably. 
Still: Great minds and all that!  )

[Franz_Josef]

Perhaps Charlotte of that Ilk could pay a call on he ancestral home.

[Doug ex-em4]

After Bedworthy departs, the elderly lady looks at the others, gives a little nod and heads for the door.
"Right gentlemen, she says, we have work to do."

They are joined in the yard by the Squire's man, Stirrup, armed with a James Purdey side-by-side 12 bore. The group then move through the gate-house, towards the village greem





In front of them, the morris men's dance has become a mad, whirling frenzy. The atmosphere is heavy with menace.....

Nice paintwork on the Squire too, one of my favourites from your selection.

Thanks Mason - nothing to do with me - that's one of the pre-paints from this range, regrettably out of stock at then moment.

I'm enjoying this. Nice to see the Heroquest bookcases in use!

Thanks Elk - waste not want not - eh? The Heroquest bits and bobs are very useful. Incidentally, I'm in the middle of a series of Heroquest games with my grandchildren at the moment - they love it, even the 5 year old.

(In fact, your chosen colour scheme for the Detective is very similar to mine.....

Yeah, but yours is much, much better. You'll notice that apart from the Squire (a pre-paint) I've carefully not photographed any miniatures too closely because, even after 42 years of practice, my painting is rubbish and I'm very chary of showing too much of it on this forum which has some true artists with the paint brush.

Perhaps Charlotte of that Ilk could pay a call on he ancestral home

  Indeed. By the way, do you like rampling? I don't know, I've never rampled...


Doug

[Mason]

Keep going, Doug, this is great!
 

In front of them, the morris men's dance has become a mad, whirling frenzy. The atmosphere is heavy with menace.....

I Have always felt that way about Morris men..

Nothing wrong with your brushwork from what I can see.
I have just noticed that that copper is the Partizan Old Bill.
I have him, nice characterful figure.
The uniform looks good, what colours did you use on it?

[magokiron]

Nice thread!

Full of evocative scenery and miniatures, and a plot that is evolving quite nicely.

We want to see the next chapter RIGHT NOW! 

Thanks for sharing.

[von Lucky]

I'm liking the story - keep it up. I wonder if we'll need our "little grey cells" to solve this mystery.

[The Gray Ghost]

who makes the guy in the top hat in the second picture?

[Doug ex-em4]

Having got this far, I must tell you that this is not an AAR. This has been a lead up to a game so far, not an actual game.

The thing is, I've had SA since last September. I worked out some characters and a campaing background. Like Mason, I've set my campaign in pre-war Britain. I could have piggy-backed on Mason's quite superb campaign but decided to do my own because I wanted a different slant than his. So far, so straight-forward. The problem is, getting into the rules. I haven't been able to make that leap from browsing through to table-top action. I thought if I set up a situation with some of the characters I'd prepared for the campaign, a scenario would follow fairly smoothly. So this thread is my situation. I'm wondering if players of the game think this is a workable SA scenarion in the making and if anyone has ideas of how to proceed to an actual playable game so any input is of interest to me.

who makes the guy in the top hat in the second picture?

He was part of a "vignette" given as the free figure at a Partizan show some years ago. The rest of the vignette was a "perils-of-Pauline" set-up with the girl tied to a railway/railroad track...

Doug

[Mason]

Having got this far, I must tell you that this is not an AAR. This has been a lead up to a game so far, not an actual game.
........ if anyone has ideas of how to proceed to an actual playable game so any input is of interest to me.

I like what I see so far, Doug, but if you are looking for a scenario for this tale to flow into, then Retrieve the Artifacts seems a natural progression.

The investigators/agents would be looking for evidence of 'suspicious' activity whilst the Morris Men(ace) would be trying to protect the crates (containing whatever it is that they want to hide) from falling into the wrong hands.

Hope that helps.

[Doug ex-em4]

I like what I see so far, Doug, but if you are looking for a scenario for this tale to flow into, then Retrieve the Artifacts seems a natural progression.

The investigators/agents would be looking for evidence of 'suspicious' activity whilst the Morris Men(ace) would be trying to protect the crates (containing whatever it is that they want to hide) from falling into the wrong hands.

How important is it to use standard scenario types? Do the rules revolve round using them or will they play as well in home-grown scenarios? One of the things that has put me off really getting in to the game is this aspect - I'm not keen on scenarion templates.

Doug

[Mason]

How important is it to use standard scenario types? Do the rules revolve round using them or will they play as well in home-grown scenarios? One of the things that has put me off really getting in to the game is this aspect - I'm not keen on scenarion templates.

Well. the scenarios have worked fine for us as a group, as they help to make sure everyone gets a fair shot as the teams all have the same victory conditions etc
Saying that, no two games are ever the same, so the scenarios do not feel limiting in any way.
I do not see any problem with home-grown scenarios either, if fact, right now I am running a Black Dossier (a set of linked scenarios that represent a particular mission) for Legionnaire Bert where all the scenarios will be home-grown, but will use the existing scenarios as a template to assist with balance and fairness.
This does not always work (the first scenario needed some tinkering as it was too difficult as a starter) but with sensible, fair-minded players this should not be a problem.

Whatever suits you would be the simple answer.
The rules work weell, and I will be using the rules in other settings where SA scenarios will have no place at all.