Finally...another battle report that I am late putting up!
Warning! This battle report is for the faint of heart. If all the blood, sex and violence has been keeping you from reading this discussion, then fear not! No cultist members of any kind were hurt in this "battle"...we are not necessarily proud of our cowardice but sometimes its nice to have everyone make it home back to their families after a hard day at the office...
My death cult went up against Uncle Mike's Serpent Worshipers. The mission was "Get'em" so a chance for our cults to scoop up some of the local populace who got caught in the wrong place at the wrong time. Both cults were below their starting resource points (mine at 39 and Mike's at 36) at this point so both were looking to stay out of too much trouble on this dark night...
The townfolk (5 civilians) can be seen here going about their business, unaware that their lives are about to change drastically...by ending...
The serpent worshipers advanced first, making their way towards the closest civilians. The undead did the same, both forces trying to capture as many as they could...
The serpent worshipers made contact with 2 of the civilians first. The cultists were sent forward as not to frightened the civilians and make them run or attack. This did mean however, that they did not shoot at the approaching undead as they were focused on running to the civilians as fast possible.
The conglomerate and all his limbs lumbered rapidly (is that possible?) towards the other civilians. He first approached the lady in the red dress and she feinted at his horribleness. With that he moved on towards the other two civilians as Mike was rounding up the two on his side of the board.
As the conglomerate tried to grab the next civilian, he bravely decided to hit the ground as the slimy tentacles reached for him. With that civilian down, the conglomerate moved on to the last one who bravely stood there as the conglomerate grabbed him.
My cultist and mummy boss moved up to try and grabbed the fallen civilians and prepare for Mike's move to try and take one of the cultists from my grasp (Having grabbed 3 civilians to Mike's 2, I had the advantage for the win)
It was at this point that Mike decided 2 civilians in hand is better than 3 in the bush, and bravely called his cult back...pulling his victims with him...
Having the victory sealed up, the death cult began pulling the captured civilians away as well. The conglomerate could have been sent forward, but on this day a victory with no deaths seemed pretty appealing. As the penguin looking civilian got too close to the mummy, he frenzied and attacked the conglomerate! So brave! We might still see some blood yet!
The conglomerate showed restraint and gave the civilian a swift wack with his tentacle and put him face down. This guy will live on to be sacrificed off screen...
The Serpent worshipers lost but escaped with 2 civilians and everyone alive and healthy. No skills were gain (the karma of cowardice perhaps) and for cult management was short a resource point so had to pay one from their stash to feed and re-equip everyone. Not a great finish but there was still hope with the favor roll. By sacrificing the 2 civilians to their dark gods, the serpent worshipers only needed a 4+ to gain a favor...and a 2 was rolled. Everyone escaped unharmed but the gods did not look too favorably on the cult's activities on this day...
The death cult got the win with 3 civilians captured. My mummy boss gained a skill which I choose to be connected. This allows the death cult access to the full weapons list. In the cult management phase, I managed to get 5 resource points and only need 1 to upkeep everyone. By sacrificing 2 of the 3 civilians, I needed a 3+ to gain a point a favor and rolled a 6! My first favor point!
The death cult has the option of turning any captured civilians into zombies to join the cult for free. The 3rd captured civilian, who was briefly excited about not being sacrificed, instead felt the cold grip of the undeath.
Feeling confident with all my winnings and new connected skill I picked up double barrel shotgun for my boss (I love mummies with guns!) and a tommy gun which I gave to the newly created zombie (more undead with guns!).
The game was fun despite the complete lack of action. There a few moments we had models close to each other that the game could have gone a completely different way. With both cults being early in development, sometimes its nice to have a game where you don't take a step backwards. Mike's bad rolling meant he didn't take advantage of the sacrificed civilians, but both cults had a chance to walk away a little stronger...or at least no weaker...
19 September 2012, 01:48:04 PM