Fistful of Lead

In early May, Bruce hosted two games of Fistful of Lead. The first one was a pulpy 1930s adventure. Nazis have stolen a bomb from America and are trying to get it back to the Fatherland aboard a zeppelin. The US rocket corp must board and either grab the bomb or take control of the blimp and fly it home.

This game was fought in very close quarters on two levels (gondola and gas bag) and was extremely bloody, taking almost an hour. In the end, the rocketeers prevailed, grabbing both the control room and the bomb.

The second game was a 1920s/1930s gangster game. (Bruce may have run a version of this at the Trumpeter convention.) The cops need to arrest Mr Big. Both sides have an opportunity for reinforcements and there is a random end game (probably 9-11 turns until starts starts).

The paddy wagon rolled onto the table and disgorged five cops. There was a brief shoot out between the fellow son foot while the driver tried to run down a gangster (twice!).

Using the trolley car as cover, the cops managed to corner and arrest (posthumously) Mr. Big. This game took maybe 20 minutes and had all sorts of tension and hilarity.

Overall, this is such a flexible system that it is hard to find fault with it if you are looking for a light game.