A visit from Stuart was a good excuse to put on a figures game. These have often been big games with multiple objectives for different players requiring a lot of pre - and as a consequence are played very rarely - so I wanted to try and set something up quickly, using one of the in-built scenarios from the Legends of the Old West rule book. We had played Bank Robbery before with four players, splitting the two posses into two halves. This time James played the bank robbers and Stuart the lawmen.
The table was four feet square with MDF and card buildings making up part of Whitewash City:
The lawmen had to split their posse between two table edges - the second selected after the bank robbers had deployed and indicated the edge they would aim to escape across.
The bank robbers started in and around the bank, with a safe and two strongboxes carried by three of the characters.
Players were allowed to move three of the dozen townspeople (non-player characters) in each movement phase. Stuart heartlessly used this to set up a screen between the lawmen and bank robbers but hadn't realised how ruthless the robbers would be - their "Life is cheap" characteristic means they will shoot at opponents regardless of whether they will hit friends or bystanders. Which they did, taking out a barman and later a musician harmlessly playing a fiddle.
The bank robbers movement was halved due to the loot from the bank but they dropped their booty in order to rush into a huge fistfight that was happening between the rest of their gang and the lawmen.
The bank robbers were getting knocked out quicker than the lawmen, enabling Stuart to gang up.
Ultimately, all the bank robbers were taken out by turn 15 and their takings returned to the safety of the bank. A few lawmen were lost but the game was Stuart's.
Getting stuff out of the loft and set up took a little while, but it was reassuring that this game could be done with less prep than I remembered, and played in about ninety minutes. So a New Year's Resolution is to get more figures game on the table this year. (Admittedly, we make this resolution most years but I will try harder this time!)
The table was four feet square with MDF and card buildings making up part of Whitewash City:
The lawmen had to split their posse between two table edges - the second selected after the bank robbers had deployed and indicated the edge they would aim to escape across.
The bank robbers started in and around the bank, with a safe and two strongboxes carried by three of the characters.
Players were allowed to move three of the dozen townspeople (non-player characters) in each movement phase. Stuart heartlessly used this to set up a screen between the lawmen and bank robbers but hadn't realised how ruthless the robbers would be - their "Life is cheap" characteristic means they will shoot at opponents regardless of whether they will hit friends or bystanders. Which they did, taking out a barman and later a musician harmlessly playing a fiddle.
The bank robbers movement was halved due to the loot from the bank but they dropped their booty in order to rush into a huge fistfight that was happening between the rest of their gang and the lawmen.
The bank robbers were getting knocked out quicker than the lawmen, enabling Stuart to gang up.
Ultimately, all the bank robbers were taken out by turn 15 and their takings returned to the safety of the bank. A few lawmen were lost but the game was Stuart's.
Getting stuff out of the loft and set up took a little while, but it was reassuring that this game could be done with less prep than I remembered, and played in about ninety minutes. So a New Year's Resolution is to get more figures game on the table this year. (Admittedly, we make this resolution most years but I will try harder this time!)
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