tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post5097591513470355048..comments2024-03-23T00:48:13.780-07:00Comments on Fantorical: Mutants & Death Ray Guns Report: Judge Dredd & Tweak - "2T(FRU)T"Blaxklerichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06986635840718583767noreply@blogger.comBlogger58125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-15413496856904207872017-04-28T13:24:06.096-07:002017-04-28T13:24:06.096-07:00Thanks very much indeed Mark. Glad I was able to c...Thanks very much indeed Mark. Glad I was able to convince you to give "Mutants And Death Ray Guns" a try. If you like "Aliens" then I have tweaked "Zombicide" for a few BatReps, where they were encountered by "Blake's Seven". Here's a link to the first if you're interested: http://fantorical.blogspot.co.uk/2016/04/zombicide-report-alien-verses-blakes.html<br /><br />Thanks for following too btw, and especially commenting :-)Blaxklerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986635840718583767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-41361751038919418092017-04-28T11:43:11.483-07:002017-04-28T11:43:11.483-07:00This is great. Just bought a copy of the rules aft...This is great. Just bought a copy of the rules after reading your blog entry. Have been playing 'Flying Lead' recently and I love the mechanics. But I'm thinking 'Mutants and Death Rays' may be good for 'Aliens' styled games. MarkGhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10931863014281720994noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-22861697091269383632017-04-20T13:46:58.677-07:002017-04-20T13:46:58.677-07:00Cheers Dai. Great story :-) "Mutants & De...Cheers Dai. Great story :-) "Mutants & Death Ray Guns" certainly means that nothing is certain in this particular scenario... Blaxklerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986635840718583767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-70117391496794699142017-04-20T13:31:58.118-07:002017-04-20T13:31:58.118-07:00"Dai's Den" reminds me of an old Stu..."Dai's Den" reminds me of an old Studio flat I used to rent in Norwich 20 years ago.... Kitchen caught fire after I came home drunk, decided I needed some grilled sausages as a post-pub feast and promptly fell asleep. Was woken by my neighbour angrily hammering on my front door asking of there was smoke coming out of my kitchen window to which I checked the kitchen, saw billowing smoke and flames and answered "Yep" and shut the door in his face and went back to sleep!<br /><br />The only reason that the whole building didn't catch fire was that the frozen Tescos sausages burned so hot, that the ensuing blaze melted the top of the grill on my cooker and the molten metals oozed onto the flames and put them out! <br /><br />No idea why I decided to recant that particular story.<br /><br />So far, Dredd and team look like they're having a mixed bag of results here. Perhaps bringing Giant Jr and a non-human was a mistake? Guess I'll have to wait until the next installment to find out if they are able to redeem their slow start!Daihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04978439841611727387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-4112916199075470532017-04-19T07:20:39.777-07:002017-04-19T07:20:39.777-07:00Thanks Phil. I must say that this "Mutants &a...Thanks Phil. I must say that this "Mutants & Death Ray Guns" posting certainly seems to have caught the imagination!!Blaxklerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986635840718583767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-34707730547325981592017-04-19T07:19:05.315-07:002017-04-19T07:19:05.315-07:00Absolutely Phil. This is a Stallone-free Dredd :-)...Absolutely Phil. This is a Stallone-free Dredd :-)Blaxklerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986635840718583767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-50207147981323150682017-04-19T03:32:13.015-07:002017-04-19T03:32:13.015-07:00Well I thoroughly enjoyed the battle report and re...Well I thoroughly enjoyed the battle report and reading all the comments while drinking my coffee and eating too many Jaffa Cakes while I was so engrossed.Phil Curranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06828625218031670912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-52979565883447082062017-04-19T03:29:56.831-07:002017-04-19T03:29:56.831-07:00But he'd still wear his helmet !!!!But he'd still wear his helmet !!!!Phil Curranhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06828625218031670912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-19845045618519444792017-04-17T06:49:18.161-07:002017-04-17T06:49:18.161-07:00Cheers Dave, that sounds very encouraging indeed, ...Cheers Dave, that sounds very encouraging indeed, and thanks for following. Its much appreciated. I'm certainly looking forward to playing a lot more "Mutants & Death Ray Guns" in the future, and happy to 'ramp up' the tabletop numbers as I go :-)Blaxklerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986635840718583767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-40725486159362704232017-04-17T06:39:40.556-07:002017-04-17T06:39:40.556-07:00(((( For now though I'll be working my way thr...(((( For now though I'll be working my way through the basic rules (have yet to implement group orders etc ))))<br /><br />This is when the game really starts to come alive Blaxkleric. When you start to give group orders to units left right and centre. The whole thing starts to feel like a larger scale skirmish wargame, and gives you an immersive feel like you are giving orders to whole sections and platoons of troops. They say the game works best with a handful of figures (12 max per side) but it is my personal experience that Ganesha Games rules work just fine with up to three times this many, per side even. So 36 X2 = 72 figures on the table. Looks great and plays like a dream. Course, also works swimmingly well with just half a dozen per side as well.<br />Dave The Gamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10180930644573850393noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-21941766359488146342017-04-17T06:35:22.326-07:002017-04-17T06:35:22.326-07:00Excellent :-)Excellent :-)Blaxklerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986635840718583767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-11942812538487026652017-04-17T06:24:40.020-07:002017-04-17T06:24:40.020-07:00OOO you`re on..... deal ^^OOO you`re on..... deal ^^Stephen Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01704275344468801259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-87784464874760231192017-04-17T06:21:44.014-07:002017-04-17T06:21:44.014-07:00I certainly think you'll be seeing more "...I certainly think you'll be seeing more "Songs of..." BatReps on this blog in the future than "7TV2e" and "Savage Worlds". There's also at least one more "Age Of Sigmar" coming, just to keep Bryan happy ;-)Blaxklerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986635840718583767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-85866245158902389992017-04-17T06:17:39.187-07:002017-04-17T06:17:39.187-07:00No worries Steve, I'll let you know when I pop...No worries Steve, I'll let you know when I pop them in the post for you. Have a look at 'em and then you can always send me something historical and get me into a new genre :-)Blaxklerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986635840718583767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-22857853535913572642017-04-17T04:30:13.699-07:002017-04-17T04:30:13.699-07:00Oh GOD, yes yes yes yesssssss please. That's i...Oh GOD, yes yes yes yesssssss please. That's is absolutely MARVELOUS news. Soooo exciting and wow just made my day, seriously.<br /><br />(don't mind who sees it, we`re pretty well known anyway hehe.... "those pains over there - in the bog")<br /><br />-------------------<br /><br />Stephen Gilbert<br />Fuchsia Lodge<br />Aghagooheen, Durrus,<br />Bantry<br />Cork<br />Ireland<br />P75DC60<br /><br />-------------------<br /> <br />Agreed, about Crooked Dice minis being well worth it. I really love what they do. With their mounted simians, however, I just cant go £6:00 per figure though, not when need lots of them as I do lol.<br /><br />Oh and I agree totally. First film is the best (the rest are meh! just about tolerable). But the series is ace :)<br /><br />Okay, tit for tat, please please let me know if there`s stuff you need too. I (like most people) have TONSSSSSS of stuff going begging. Rattle of a few things and I`m sure to be able to oblige on at least something hehe.Stephen Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01704275344468801259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-85418940117253436222017-04-17T04:17:26.015-07:002017-04-17T04:17:26.015-07:00Jumping in there a second, yes it totally makes se...Jumping in there a second, yes it totally makes sense. I wish now that I`d discovered the original 7TV first, as version 2 somewhat ruined the experience for me. Many people here love it, and I`m always happy to go along with whatever game is presented to me (if a game host has taken the time to learn a game, and been bothered to bring along his terrain and models, I`d never be so disrespectful as to say “don’t like that game, it sucks.” I`d play it and try hard to like it. You can usually learn something good from a game, and besides, a good game is about the players and sharing fun... good rules just help). And I don’t even mind hosting a game (i.e. being the GM) if the guys like a game enough that they ask me to learn it and run it for them. But personally, meh, I can pretty much take or leave the entire 7TV thing altogether. <br /><br />Agreed about Savage Worlds infantry skirmish rules working well though. I nearly looked deeply into using the whole thing it for a Quasi Colonial Imagi-Nation thing at one time; but was soon put off by its over complexity and the way the author(s) could never seem quite to decide which direction their endless add on supplement s wanted to go in. A generic game, sure, yet one which tried endlessly to steer you too much into thinking the way the authors wanted you to think, perhaps that was the problem?<br /><br />When you talk about Mutants & Death Ray Guns, I feel completely at home. I know many of their other books and as they all (oh so sensibly) all run off basically the same rules engine, everything you say is familiar and comfortable, and sits well within my comprehension zone of understanding... always a sign of a good enduring system I always think, when people anywhere have common ground of shared experience, like with D&D (everyone’s played it at some time or other), Warhammer (same thing), etc etc. I just WISH Ganesha Games were a better known company. Their rules books are simple, always comprising a nice colour cover, and all the rest is simple black and white interior art, easy to hold and read paperback novel in size, and has absolutely no additional, cards, charts, or eye candy clutter. What you get is good, solid functioning rules you can USE and enjoy. Rules that make sense, leaving you with a satisfying feeling of: “yeah, I really get that.”<br /><br />Bit like chess. Simple to learn, but plenty of scope to keep learning more and more at the games you play mount up. Sadly people nowadays are too seduced by glossy books (they rarely actually use), and miss up on things companies like Ganesha produce :( Just take their Song of Drums and Tomahawks as an example. It’s a superior system, but is TOTALLY over shadowed by “Muskets and Tomahawks.” Why? Because Muskets and Tomahawks has lovely glossy interior art, comes with a set of lovely cards, and spool feeds the reader, making initial access into the game easier to get into. `Songs of...` assumes a bit of reader intelligence lol (like early D&D did) and you have to work that little bit harder to break it out on the table..<br />Stephen Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01704275344468801259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-64847429760483453372017-04-17T03:27:52.859-07:002017-04-17T03:27:52.859-07:00Hils, I have a lot of "Savage Worlds" ex...Hils, I have a lot of "Savage Worlds" expansions, and as you say, felt the system should be liked. Probably as a skirmish infantry game its still one of my faves, but I think they went too RPG once they turned their attention away from the foot soldiers. As for "7TV2E", I think it works well for those who didn't play the first version. But for me, once you had assembled your forces (which I agree was somewhat time-consuming), the original "7TV" was terrific for a two-hour pulp TV session if someone who knew the rules GM'd; I certainly enjoyed it.<br /><br />"Mutants & Death Ray Guns" has a similar sort of feel to it as the original "7TV", but provides the player with far more reliability in their decision-making, as it doesn't contain all the event cards, equipment reveals, which can scupper even the most well-thought out plans. Instead it has the Quality rolls, which whilst not guarantees by any means, make you feel a little more in control of events as you decide how many dice to risk rolling. Hope that makes sense :-) Blaxklerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986635840718583767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-84407140153494301582017-04-17T03:20:17.901-07:002017-04-17T03:20:17.901-07:00"French Indian Wars" is not a genre I..."French Indian Wars" is not a genre I've yet dabbled with Steve, but if I ever do, and there are some wonderful minis out there I know, then I'll be sure to use "Song of Drums and Tomhawks". This posting sure is turning into a 'we love Ganesha Games' article ;-)Blaxklerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986635840718583767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-20534802958186255172017-04-17T03:17:16.181-07:002017-04-17T03:17:16.181-07:00Heh heh. Life is full of co-incidences as that is ...Heh heh. Life is full of co-incidences as that is precisely why I immediately bought Project Simian too; albeit I actually prefer the TV series to all but the very first movie :-) The "Crooked Dice" minis are a little expensive but well worth it imho...<br /><br />If you're happy to send me your address Steve, I have literally just discovered some "Black Cat Bases" head blisters you can have. There's eight chimpanzee heads amongst them, as well as fly and insectoids. I won't be using them, so they're yours if you want?Blaxklerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986635840718583767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-32812531061342504552017-04-17T02:24:39.525-07:002017-04-17T02:24:39.525-07:00You know what Simon, I think I agree with every wo...You know what Simon, I think I agree with every word there. Savage Worlds" IS clunky isn't it. I`ve seem enough games of it grind to a crashing halt (on nights when I`m club hall host for the night and become tea lady, and sit watching the lads play), and 7TV2e, I`ve done that same thing I`ve seen so many others do, we RAVE about it at first, we feel we SHOULD like it, we WANT to like it, but the disappointing reality is that, its awkward, its clumsy, and its a little stereotypically limiting in many ways. Its a game I feel I want to enjoy (like peanut butter) but the experience somehow doesn't live up to the reputation.<br /><br /> Hilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786352646244095934noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-78659782937627716432017-04-17T02:14:56.761-07:002017-04-17T02:14:56.761-07:00Well Tar` having tried maybe a dozen rules sets fo...Well Tar` having tried maybe a dozen rules sets for my American Wars and French Indian Wars, I couldn't find even one I was remotely happy with. Closest was a set I write myself but I dunno, something was still missing :( Then out of the blue one day I discovered Ganisha Games, and in especial to me their Song of Drums and Tomhawks rules.. specially designed for all those "Last of the Mohicans" and "Davy Crockett" moments. I knew instantly - I was home. Over thirty games later using these rules, and have never looked back since. I have very high hopes this new Ganesha venture as well.Stephen Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01704275344468801259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-28738376858294891662017-04-17T02:06:32.656-07:002017-04-17T02:06:32.656-07:00Will do Simon, we will most likely get down to Pro...Will do Simon, we will most likely get down to Project Simian fairly quickly as it happens. Few of the lads here (led by Dave) have found a renewed interest in the five original -circa- 1668/1974 Planet of the Apes films, and also the relatively forgotten and now unknown TV series spin off that came along after in late 1974. Crocked dice still do the Planet of the Apes range, so before they vanished the way of the Dodo, we have been picking these off as fast as money allows while we still got the chance (at roughly £4:00 a shot, these specialise minis simply aren't cheap). The rest we are scrimp and scrounging from other bits and bobs we ether have or can find, which we can then convert to the theme.<br /><br />So anyone have any 28mm monkey heads going spare... I need about four or five to stick on riders, to convert into mounted apes. I`m SURE we have something here YOU need for your own projects... swapsies, yeahhhh.<br /><br /><br />{{so I'd be especially interested to hear your thoughts on the supplement if you get in a game using them before me}}<br /><br /><br />Will do Simon, and same for you too, it you get to this supplement first, please do let us know what you think, and your evaluation on how the new rules work. <br /><br />Stephen Gilberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01704275344468801259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-68805470005225906922017-04-16T11:09:17.012-07:002017-04-16T11:09:17.012-07:00I've certainly been looking for a small-model ...I've certainly been looking for a small-model count skirmish game for the good Doctor, and "Mutants & Death Ray Guns" would appear to be it :-)Blaxklerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986635840718583767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-64981433201458423892017-04-16T11:08:23.783-07:002017-04-16T11:08:23.783-07:00Wise words indeed, Hils. As I own both "SoD&a...Wise words indeed, Hils. As I own both "SoD&S" and "Chosen Men", but not actually played either - just looked at how easy it would be to put together an Austrian and a French force, I do rather favour the "Songs of Blades & Heroes" variant :-)<br /><br />Both "Savage Worlds" and "7TV" both struck me as systems for life initially. But "SW" has a rather clunky vehicle system (imho) and "7TV2" was an awful upgrade (again imho). Thus its time to trial "Ganesha Games" rule-set...Blaxklerichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06986635840718583767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1308328551615343287.post-81625053364428294822017-04-16T10:45:50.374-07:002017-04-16T10:45:50.374-07:00nods* in this life, in this hobby we share, there ...nods* in this life, in this hobby we share, there are a few certain truisms I find. One of these is - that there are certain (but very few) rule systems some of us stick with for life. One such (for many) might be Dungeons and Dragons, another might be 40K. I suspect the Drum and Songs series may just be one such enduring thing for many.<br /><br />I am told that SoD&S is a highly superior system than Chosen Men, or so the Napoleonic lads at the club say. Hilshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09786352646244095934noreply@blogger.com