yellow king question for uncle mike

[Cultist Steve]

so I read the scenario that had stats for Yellow King
YEAHHHHHHH
but it has no point cost for him
Boooooooo!!

if I wanted to use the yellow king (and i do) outside that scenario
what would be his BP?

[Grumbling Grognard]

I do not believe there is a way to get the King In Yellow without buying the plot point and enacting the entire play.  IMHO, that is kinda the entire point.   

If you want a proxy, I would just suggest a cultist with a few skills in close combat.  Then add "fluff" to taste.

[Uncle Mike]

G.G. has it correct. There is no point cost for 'The King' because you can't simply buy him for a game. You gotta sacrifice those cultist to get him! 

[Cultist Steve]

thank you for answering.
very new to the game, still learning how things work.
i was hoping to use the stats for one off games at cons ..... guess i could use god spawns instead.

[Grumbling Grognard]

thank you for answering.
very new to the game, still learning how things work.
i was hoping to use the stats for one off games at cons ..... guess i could use god spawns instead.

Ah, well, I am doing Strange Aeons at our con here in DFW this year.  I very, very much plan on using the King in Yellow (or "Yellar" as we say down here).

I will be running 6 or 8 players through, 3-4 match ups with 3-games each.  The time slots are 4-hours so with pre-generated lists and scenarios as well as terrain placement and rules explainations, I think this will work well.  

This is a convention.  People want to toss dice and play.  Plus, that way I have more time to actually talk real rules they need to know before the game so that everyone can enjoy all 3 games and not just the last one when the start to figure it out for real.  

The first game is a 15 pt game.  The second game is ~25pts.  The last game will be ~50pts and in this one the Threshold player's characters are starting to "age" a bit so they have a few nicks and cuts from the previous "major injuries" they have suffered...  

The King In Yellow is center stage for one of the final games.  The Living Idol the star in another climatic battle.  The third game will be a Damned Alter.  My 4th climatic match-up (if I do that many games) will most likely be one in The Devil's Hopyard.

The plot points and the like are too good not to use at a con!  

I figure in this way, everybody gets to have a real "big one" at the end of a 3-game set.

Now, if you figure a good, clean, simple way to make this a multi-player game I am all ears.  

Scott

[scouts19508]

GG,

What are you doing to determine in what order players activate in? Curious because I'm going to try a 6-8 player game at my game club and I haven't figured out what I want to do. Also how many figures per player?

Thanks
jim

[Grumbling Grognard]

GG,

What are you doing to determine in what order players activate in? Curious because I'm going to try a 6-8 player game at my game club and I haven't figured out what I want to do. Also how many figures per player?

Thanks
jim

Jim,  I think you mis-understand me.  I have *not* figured out a good way to run Uncle Mike's great game multi-player.  It can be done (I have thought about it), but IMHO, it loses much of the flavor of the game.  Strange Aeons (at least to me) is a very intimate game.  Small table, few but very important figures (at least in each battle!), etc...  AND, it is two player.  Face-to-face and up personal.  I kinda like it that way and want to present it that way as well.

So, instead of trying to force it into multiplayer I am doing it as 3-4 separate *pairings of players*.  Then, I will run them through the 3 games.  I have not decided how we will determin sides, or if they will switch.  Most likely, I will let the players in each game decide for themselves.  Keep it simple for me.   

So, if you come up with the perfect solution to making go multiplayer let me know, but I did not like anything I came up with...  For the record, my "best idea" was to simply use two teams and allow each player to activate one figure per turn.  meh...   Like I said, I did not like any of the multiplayer ideas I came up with...but we digress.

Scott

[WallyTWest]

When will the king in yellow be avaible for purchase?

[Uncle Mike]

That will be a while away yet. No firm dates but I'm pretty sure I have one or two floating around the shop...could be persuaded to trade for, say, a not-Chris-Lee figure...

[WallyTWest]

I happen to have an extra Christopher Lee vampire miniature... If that's an offer I'll take you up on that!

[Uncle Mike]

Deal!  I;m down at the Sentry Box this Sunday and the next. I'll be sure to have one on my person.

[WallyTWest]

Alas Mike, I live in Massachusetts next to the supposed location of Innsmouth... PM your address and I will send it to you.

[Uncle Mike]

I thought you were in Calgary...am I crazy?

[WallyTWest]

Do you really need to ask?

[Uncle Mike]

Ha!