Tales from the Mug Alehouse

[~ Tom Teriffic]

Greetings Fellow Explorers & Hunters!

This is my first post on this excellent site.  I have been lurking, and being inspired by the many great posts, here for a little while now.  As a matter of fact I've been so inspired that I've decided it's time for some new gaming Fun!

I thought you might enjoy an episode from Friday night's game.  My friends John (as Chuck Steak), Thomas (as Walleye, Beareye and then Wally), and I (as Tomas, recently of the French Foreign Legion) played our first game using Big Game Hunt.  (I believe I found these excellent free rules on Rugged Adventures site.)  Great rules, fast, fun, funny and dead simple.  Big Game Hunt makes for a perfect Beer & Pretzels game.

Chuck Steak and the various Walleyes are from Thomas' Mage Knight collection.  My Tomas is from the truly excellent Askari Miniatures, which are highly recommended!

Terrain is from my collection.  The big trees are ferns from Michael's or A.C. Moore craft stores.  The bushy clumps are aquarium plants.  The dinosaurs are from the DinoSauria set by Wild Republic that I found at Target Friday afternoon. $18 for eight very nice dinos.

Hope you enjoy!
 ~ Tom Teriffic

After a long and dangerous trek through the Lost Forest of Mirages we have finally returned to civilization.  I deeply regret that neither Wally nor I have any idea of what became of Chuck Steak.  The last time we saw Chuck he was running back and forth through the underbrush ~ muttering something about, "No!  Really!  I have it under control . . ."

Despite the unfortunate and hideous deaths of Walleye and his brother Beareye Wally and I continued our exploration of this strange and fertile land.  Neither of us have the words to describe the many different BIG creatures that we discovered.

Fortunately we were well armed and had sufficient ammunition to defend ourselves with.  In fact the Big Game Hunting was so 'enjoyable' that I believe neither of us will ever reveal the details of the location of this fabulous area.  (We might however be able to be, um, persuaded to lead other Hunters to the area for suitable inducement.)

Despite our long search, once we returned to where we had last seen him, we were unable to find Chuck Steak.  However we _did_ find an abandoned cache of photographic equipment.  The first of these plates have just been processed.

Now we have proof of the tales we have been telling in The Mug Alehouse!  I am enclosing one of the prints for your consideration.

Your Friend
 ~ Tomas

[gamer Mac]

Nice pic got any more.
We are a greedy mob here on the LAF.

[~ Tom Teriffic]

Oh aye, I do!  I've gotten side tracked making jungle terrain.  I'll have to see what other glass plates survived the journey and are fit to print!
 ~ TT

[~ Tom Teriffic]

My apologies for the delay ~ it is hard to find the materials necessary to print these plates in this little town.

This plate was made when this giant beast began to move away.  We never were able to see all of its massive body, fortunately there were many of these strange trees between it and our expedition.

Best Regards
 ~ Tom Teriffic

[Chairface]

Very cool! I think that is the very same dino I found at a junk shop last weekend.

[~ Tom Teriffic]

Oh Lord, Chairface _please_ tell me you paid more than the $US 9 that I did at Target for this sweet honking big beauty!  (Then I can sleep peacefully!)

 ~ TT