A quiet neighborhood in Bricole de Gribeauval dreads nightfall |
This game was the first play test of an urban mini campaign for Warrior Heroes: Armies and Adventures. The plot will be familiar to fans of fantasy fiction. A family has been found slaughtered in their very beds. The work appears to be that of a monster or monsters. The towns folk of the city are on edge. The Watch has doubled patrols for the following evening. Enter our Heroes!
Our Heroes! From left to right, Silva the Elf, Alphonse dem Roten Hemd, Bors, Brother Hengist |
Still making his way towards Havenbrook to investigate the massacre of a Brethren party there, Brother Sergeant Hengist stays the night in Bricole de Gribeauval. Local authorities are quick to call on the Brother’s expertise in fighting the Dark.
Each game represents one night spent on patrol. Each night lasts as long as it takes for the party to check out all Possible Enemy Forces (PEF’s) that start or enter play. The mini campaign lasts until the fiends or the party are destroyed.
Starting position |
The game starts with the party on the south east corner of the table. The table is divided into 9 squares of any convenient size. Here I used about 8 ” squares giving a playing surface of about 2 foot square.
Rat PEF’s! |
First Move |
Surprise! |
Squeal, Ratula, squeal! |
The next PEF also turned out to be nothing. I had spawned maybe 3 or 4 new PEF’s as I blundered around in the dark.
Another surprise! |
By the time the next rat ran out of a building to surprise me, I had learned to have the party looking in different directions to prevent too much of a surprise.
Bully Boys |
This PEF turned out to be a band of robbers. One was Rep 4 and Hardiness 1, while the others were Rep 3. This game also uses a different manner of determining who and what a none jitters PEF turns out to be. This is partially based on the player characters’ stats to provide a reasonable challenge.
Meanwhile the noise of the scuffle drew ALL of the other PEF’s to the party.
As it happened they were all false alarms.
As dawn broke the heroes head back to the inn, their night’s work in vain.
Somewhere in the city another dwelling had been raided, the inhabitants slain.
Will our heroes stop the killings before an enraged populace decided the strangers must be the cause of their woes?
Hope you enjoyed the tale and as always, thanks for stopping by!
PS: The buildings are mostly from Miniature Building Authority. The cobblestone mat from Zuzzy. The latex roadway is from Miniature World Maker. The crates and stone walls are from War Torn Worlds. The rubble piles from Dwarven Forge. The trees are a mix of Lemax and The Terrain Guy with some of the small Warzone GTS thrown in. The ground cover the trees rest on is by The Terrain Guy. The sky back drop is Lemax.
The figures are mix of old Citadel/GW, Reaper, and EM-4. I only painted Hengist and the rats in this particular report.
Each time I look there is something I have left out of this list so suffice it to say that materials come from many sources!
Great looking table and nice narrative. Looks like the characters may need a little help trying to track down the 'fiend'.
I am interested in new way the PEFs move and the new way the PEFs nature is reviled. Can you elaborate it somewhere, maybe on 2HW yahoo group?
The new PEF rules are surely to be a part of 5150:NB :->
Thank you.The PEF's are similar to those in 5150NB but a bit different as befits a different genre.At least that is my intent : )
Great AAR and scenery!