twisted moon
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thank you; colourful and oldskool is what i'm aiming for with my sci-fi.
[five parsecs from home] marduk station & the traders of doom: the crew of the unfortunate misunderstanding
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igirisujin
Baron
I have to second the love of your setup. It looks great and the game looks like a blast.
twisted moon
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thank you too; yes, i'm having fun with it.
twisted moon
Moderator
turn 7 is available.
the opposition: haywire robots and a freeelancer (pleased to have got this figure to the table at last)
the setup: crew on the left
crew at the bottom
end of round 1
crombie and jokaero 7's view
bonny and klint's view
the antagonists' positions
end of round 2
another view
bonny and klint's view
crombie and jokaero 7's view
dazel and synapse's view
end of round 3
another view
end of round 4
synapse down! dazel's view
end of round 5
the action contracts
end of round 6
you can pro0bably tell, i got more engrossed as the game went on and thus took fewer photo's of successive rounds.
the opposition: haywire robots and a freeelancer (pleased to have got this figure to the table at last)
the setup: crew on the left
crew at the bottom
end of round 1
crombie and jokaero 7's view
bonny and klint's view
the antagonists' positions
end of round 2
another view
bonny and klint's view
crombie and jokaero 7's view
dazel and synapse's view
end of round 3
another view
end of round 4
synapse down! dazel's view
end of round 5
the action contracts
end of round 6
you can pro0bably tell, i got more engrossed as the game went on and thus took fewer photo's of successive rounds.
twisted moon
Moderator
turn 7 continued
end of round 7, bonny is off screen
klint gets the drop on the freelancer
end of turn 8, and klint finally makes full use of the hyper blaster to bring the skirmish to a conclusion.
the technical details are attached.
end of round 7, bonny is off screen
klint gets the drop on the freelancer
end of turn 8, and klint finally makes full use of the hyper blaster to bring the skirmish to a conclusion.
the technical details are attached.
twisted moon
Moderator
i played turn 8 on tuesday:
the opposition were another group of k'erin outlaws ...
... who were known to frequent cyril's dancehall & bar.
they were just coming out as the crew arrived.
being on-the-ball the crew all got to move into position before the k'erin were aware they were under threat.
then the bullets etc. started flying. end of turn 1.
klint fired wildly with the hyper blaster, yet again, causing the lieutenant to head for the cover of the parked cars.
end of round 2.
bonny and crombie advance on what has become the right flank.
jokaero 7 holds the left, facing off with the k'erin lieutenant.
end of round 3.
crombie exemplifies efficiency.
the k'erin specialist seeks cover to return fire.
gunbot h09te 'synapse' seeks a better firing position but leaves itself exposed.
a crate of shiny bits will increase the crew's payout for this job.
continued below ...
the opposition were another group of k'erin outlaws ...
... who were known to frequent cyril's dancehall & bar.
they were just coming out as the crew arrived.
being on-the-ball the crew all got to move into position before the k'erin were aware they were under threat.
then the bullets etc. started flying. end of turn 1.
klint fired wildly with the hyper blaster, yet again, causing the lieutenant to head for the cover of the parked cars.
end of round 2.
bonny and crombie advance on what has become the right flank.
jokaero 7 holds the left, facing off with the k'erin lieutenant.
end of round 3.
crombie exemplifies efficiency.
the k'erin specialist seeks cover to return fire.
gunbot h09te 'synapse' seeks a better firing position but leaves itself exposed.
a crate of shiny bits will increase the crew's payout for this job.
continued below ...
twisted moon
Moderator
end of round 4.
captain bonny lead by example.
once again, klint found his aim with the hyper blaster to put down the last of the crew's opponents.
technical details attached, which explain, amongst other things, why dazel is missing from this turn.
captain bonny lead by example.
once again, klint found his aim with the hyper blaster to put down the last of the crew's opponents.
technical details attached, which explain, amongst other things, why dazel is missing from this turn.
twisted moon
Moderator
i have played turn 9.
my first run in with colonial militia:
the mission was to take and hold the data centre in the middle of the table:
how hard could that be?
crombie would seek the high ground, synapse would dominate the square, jokaero 7 would provide flanking fire, and the captain would move on the objective from the right.
the colonial militia deployed the lieutentant, a specialist and a militiawomen in one group and the other specialist with three militiawomen in the other group.
the crew seized the initiative and all moved up, following the plan.
end of round 1:
everything is going smoothly:
end of round 2:
crombie is down and the plan requires some tweaking:
the tweak has left captain bonny in a compromised position:
... but gunbot h09te still has a commanding position:
end of round 3:
the gunbot is down, but the captain has survived her reckless move, and is flanking the remaining colonial militia:
... who have free access to the square and the objective:
... there they go:
end of round 4, and the captain is down!:
finding himself alone and at risk of being cut off, jokaero 7 decides this mission is irretrievably lost:
my first run in with colonial militia:
the mission was to take and hold the data centre in the middle of the table:
how hard could that be?
crombie would seek the high ground, synapse would dominate the square, jokaero 7 would provide flanking fire, and the captain would move on the objective from the right.
the colonial militia deployed the lieutentant, a specialist and a militiawomen in one group and the other specialist with three militiawomen in the other group.
the crew seized the initiative and all moved up, following the plan.
end of round 1:
everything is going smoothly:
end of round 2:
crombie is down and the plan requires some tweaking:
the tweak has left captain bonny in a compromised position:
... but gunbot h09te still has a commanding position:
end of round 3:
the gunbot is down, but the captain has survived her reckless move, and is flanking the remaining colonial militia:
... who have free access to the square and the objective:
... there they go:
end of round 4, and the captain is down!:
finding himself alone and at risk of being cut off, jokaero 7 decides this mission is irretrievably lost:
twisted moon
Moderator
here's the rules bit, for those who are interested.
symphonicpoet
Moderator
^Thanks for that! 
You know, the rules look pretty darn good. The statlines are clear. I love the way gear accumulates and gets spent. Seems like it plays well . . . Maybe I need more solo wargaming in my future. Fine. You've sold a copy! 
Looking forward to it.
You know, the rules look pretty darn good. The statlines are clear. I love the way gear accumulates and gets spent. Seems like it plays well . . . Maybe I need more solo wargaming in my future. Fine. You've sold a copy! Looking forward to it. twisted moon
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i got the first expansion for my birthday ...
... so i'll probably be chucking some more mechanics into future games.
in the meantime i played my tenth turn: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/marduk...unfortunate-misunderstanding---turn-10-report against security bots backed up by a mutant bruiser.
the table set-up:
the crews' perspective:
what their opponents could see:
the crew seized the initiative:
bonnie and dazel moved up the centre:
crombie, jokaero 7 and gunbot h09te 'synapse' took the left flank.
end of round 1:
crombie in a target rich environment:
jokaero 7 shoots under the pipes:
synapse lines up a target:
klint seeks to bring the hyper-blaster into play.
end of round 2:
dazel eyes up the shiny bits; the hyper-blaster pays for itself:
the crew push forward on the left flank:
twisted moon
Moderator
end of round 3:
dazel claims the shiny bits:
three on one on the left flank:
end of round 4:
bonny joins the hunt for the final 'bot.
end of round 5:
the 'bot is down:
klint surveys a job well done:
dazel claims the shiny bits:
three on one on the left flank:
end of round 4:
bonny joins the hunt for the final 'bot.
end of round 5:
the 'bot is down:
klint surveys a job well done:
twisted moon
Moderator
and the behind the scenes expose.