Author Topic: The Shadow Over Isigny-sur-Mer (Read 10669 times)

wolfkarl · « **Reply #15 on:** 12 February 2016, 05:00:59 PM »

Beautiful table, looking forward to the AAR.

jbemmett · « **Reply #16 on:** 13 February 2016, 02:20:23 PM »

Thanks all for the wonderful compliments. Anyone finding themselves in Northern Virginia is more than welcome to come visit for a game.

For the Strange Aeons Vets, here are the modifications I've made to the rules. After three rounds of play testing, they all seem to work well within the framework of the scenario. Many of these are borrowed elements from Arkham Horror.

1) Card based activation like Savage Worlds - each player/monster is dealt a standard playing card face up and models are activated in descending order from the Joker to the Ace. Ties are resolved by a suit hierarchy.

2) Any time a Joker or a Spade - Jack through Ace - is dealt a monster is spawned. I have a deck of monster cards, so a random draw is made and that monster is placed D6" in a random direction from the gate nearest the model(s) triggering the spawn. That model then receives the next activation card drawn.

3) I changed the wounds stat to "Stamina" and added a value called "Sanity". If either of these drop to zero a roll on the injury table is made.

4) Sanity may be lost through spell casting attempts, events, and sanity rolls.

5) There are four card decks that contain monsters (as discussed), events, items and spells. Players have the option of spending an action to have an event in certain locations which may result in the drawing of an item or spell...or not.

6) The scope of the game is a little larger than your standard Strange Aeons scenario, so I dropped critical hits, parry and AP to streamline it. In testing most players were forgetting about them anyway.

I think that covers it. I'll try and post some of the player aids and components for the protagonists next.

Cheers.

jbemmett · « **Reply #17 on:** 13 February 2016, 04:57:13 PM »

Hopefully this is visible. After trying several card types, I ended up going with full size sheets for the players. The game is set up for 4 Allies each running two models. The reverse of the sheet has a player briefing and a rules summary.

jbemmett · « **Reply #18 on:** 22 February 2016, 05:05:53 PM »

Here are the miniatures I'm using for the protagonists for the game. Most are two person teams - singles are NPCs that may join the party, others are backups in case things go horribly wrong early on.

Alan Partridge - British Commando Demolitionist

Bill Millin - British Commando Bagpiper

Craig Harrison - US Sniper/Shapeshifter

James Nicholson - US BAR Gunner

Daniel Say - Game Warden

Audrey Mainville - Psychic Operative

Warren Ames - US Airborne K9 Handler

Riley - US Airborne Attack Dog

Lt. Allen Barham - US Airborne Platoon Leader

Cliff Hughes - US Rocket Trooper

Thomas Bentley - British Airborne Medic

Father Ancar - Exorcist

Marcel Langer - Undertaker

Mason · « **Reply #19 on:** 22 February 2016, 07:44:43 PM »

I like the backgrounds and the figure choices are excellent, full of character and fit the bill perfectly.

Oh, and I love the rules for the bagpipes. They often have the same effect on me.

jbemmett · « **Reply #20 on:** 24 February 2016, 06:02:44 PM »

Quote from: Mason on 22 February 2016, 07:44:43 PM

I like the backgrounds and the figure choices are excellent, full of character and fit the bill perfectly.

Oh, and I love the rules for the bagpipes. They often have the same effect on me.

Why thank you Sir.

jbemmett · « **Reply #21 on:** 29 February 2016, 04:40:49 PM »

Last week I was able to spend some time on the "desktop publishing" piece of the game - typing up some narratives, GM notes and, more importantly, the cards. Here are a few samples of the card decks I'm making. Fortunately I had held on to some Fantasy Flight sleeves which worked out pretty great. Here's some samples: