This week, Bruce and I played a movie-monster themed game in honour of Hallowe'en. Bruce has been adapting the gladiator module for Fistful of Lead to swashbucklers and now horror and this was our horror playtest.
Frankenstein's Monster, Dracula, and two wraiths start in the cemetery (left side) and Frankie has an appointment to throw a girl down the well just off the right side of the board. Doc. Frankenstein and various hangers on must prevent him from getting past them. Below is the shot from the "good" guy's starting position.
I pushed the good guys forward, trying to take up a blocking position without anyone getting too far away so they would be isolated. The bad guys moved under blinds until they were were within 12 inches (it's night time, of course). Below, you can see Dracula has just materialized on the far left side of the board, likely scaring the hell out of the guy armed with a rake (?!?).
Dracula and the peasant tangle. The combat system has a very sword-play vibe to it with moves and counter moves built into the simple mechanics.
Meanwhile, mid-board, Frau Blucher encounters a wraith and Frankenstein's location has been revealed. Play starts to gravitate towards Frankie.
It takes all three of the best good guys to put a pasting in this wraith while Frankie tries to slip around the left flank.
Dracula is a tough customer but is starting to take some damage in the three-on-one I had going. He disapparats and then reappears a couple of times but the beating is starting to tell.
A super fun game on beautiful terrain with almost nothing to look up.
1 comment:
I like the way Frankie looks like he’s scared of the little girl’s torch in the last photo! Great looking game :)
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