THE DOCTOR, CHEWBACCA AND HAN SOLO BATTLE THE CYBER LEADER |
This game was played predominantly using the ‘Season One’
rules of “Zombicide” by “Guillotine Games” and as we were attempting the
mission C19 “A Little Setback” (once again) we used the Tiles 5B, 6B and 7B.
Because I wanted to try out the rules playing with science fiction heroes, and
have plenty of painted “Crooked Dice”, “Black Tree Designs” and “Wizards Of The
Coast” models ready for the table, we simply swapped the Survivors, Walkers,
Runners and Fatties with some space-farers, Cybermen, Cybermats and Yeti.
“The
story so far… Doctor Who continues to attempt to thwart the evil machinations
of the Cyber-leader and Great Intelligence on Earth. However whilst working
alone the Time Lord has got himself into a bit of a pickle and having safely
locked the TARDIS up inside an abandoned Generator Room, now needs to retrieve
his Neutron Flow Polarity Reverser from the Console Room. To make matters worse
the Cybermen have cornered him in the bathroom of a local restaurant and will
soon ‘delete him’. Fortunately the Doctor has managed to make an intergalactic
phone call using his sonic screwdriver and a couple of toilet rolls, so knows
that help is on its way. Indeed, a modified YT-1300 light freighter has already
landed nearby having managed to make the Kessel Run in 12 parsecs…”
THE TABLETOP - THE STREETS OF LONDON |
Before we started we changed a couple of the printed
scenario’s special rules in order to make it a bit different. Instead of
following the “Split without enough weapons” instructions we gave Han Solo two
pistols, Doctor Who a Fire Axe and a ‘Free Search Action’, and finally Chewbacca
a Crowbar and ‘+1 Max Range’ skill. The Wookie was also made a Zombivor (as per
the “Toxic City Mall rules) on account of his great strength. In addition we
ignored “It’s quiet for the moment” and used all of the Zombie cards from the ‘Season
One’ boxed set, didn’t award the Doctor 5 experience points simply because he had
“already taken the key” and would not reveal any foes when opening the
Generator Room door.
Having heard the approach of the Millennium Falcon, the
Doctor started to search his location for anything useful for which to defeat
his arch-foes the Cybermen. But in opening one of the bathroom’s cubicles
instead found a still functioning Mark 1 silver cyborg and promptly had to send
it back to Mondas by chopping its head off with his fire-axe. Meanwhile Han Solo
threw his co-pilot one of his pistols and moved North into Vampifan’s Avenue.
Chewbacca soon followed him and actually moved further East down the road so he
was stood outside the bolted northern door of Roger’s Store. A little way in
front of the Wookie appeared a Cyberman…
THE DOCTOR BATTLES A MARK I CYBERMAN FROM MONDAS |
Still digging around the Doctor found a machete and continued
to wait for help as the three Cybermen outside impotently pounded away on his
hidey-hole’s plywood door. Chewbacca fired three times at the silver giant in
front of him, but the Force wasn’t with him at all and he missed. Fortunately
Han moved up alongside him and took down the cyborg with a single blast. With a
Corellian curse though the silver-haired smuggler spotted another Cyberman
emerging from a side-street.
With a satisfied smile the Doctor found a handy rifle
tucked away in one of the rest room’s corners, and immediately opened the door
between himself and the Cybermen. The Time Lord fired twice and two of the
cyborgs crumpled to the ground before the third closed with him. Outside
Chewbacca finally managed to ‘kill’ one of the ‘Giants from Telos’ and smashed
open the northern door to Roger’s store. With a growl of horror the Wookie saw
that the building not only housed three silver cyborgs but an impervious Yeti
as well. Han’s pistol was out of his holster and firing before you could say “scruffy-looking
nerf herder” and two of the Cybermen were down. However unable to damage the
great Intelligence’s hairy automaton, the Rebel moved West to give himself some
room and helplessly watched at the Yeti moved in on his co-pilot. Meanwhile more
Cybermen appeared both to the East and West of the Corellian.
With two whacks of a fire-axe the Doctor dealt with the
silver giant in front of him, rushed out into the restaurant’s main dining room
and found ‘Plenty of Ammunition’ for a shotgun. Chewbacca used two actions to
push past the Yeti, and battered the remaining Cyberman with his crowbar.
Sensing his friend was handling the situation, for now at least, Han Solo fired
twice at a Cyberman to the West of him and then moved south down towards the
Generator Room. The Yeti once again closed on the Wookie inside Roger’s Store.
Whilst two more Cybermen appeared to the East.
Safely tucked away under a napkin the Doctor somehow
managed to find a katana. Pocketing the overlarge knife, the Time Lord moved outside
the diner and spotted the two recently arrived Cybermen at the North end of the
street. With a couple of shots from his rifle, the time-traveller managed to
dispatch one of the silver giants. Meanwhile Chewbacca continued to dance
around the Yeti looking to find something in Roger’s Store which would actually
hurt the Great Intelligence’s robot. With a bemused roar the Wookie found a
rifle hidden amongst the shop’s apple display.? Han meanwhile was able to shoot
a Cyberman which had started to follow him, moved North into Vampifan’s Avenue
and fired at the cyborg about to enter Roger’s Store through the building’s
northern door. Attracted by the noise of the Time Lord’s rifle a Cyberman
started to move South down the road towards the Doctor, whilst a second one
emerged behind him from an adjoining side-street. To make matters worse a
second Yeti and two accompanying Cybermen appeared behind Solo, making the
silver-haired smuggle whirl around in surprise…
Dum Da Dum, Diddly Dum, Oo-ee-oos…
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Wow, how cool was that? I had to smile when I saw Vampifan's Avenue and Roger's Store (he will be chuffed, I'm sure!). It's early days yet, but you seem to have tweaked the rules just fine this time. With more Cybermen to contend with, the addition of an extra hero seems very sensible. Han, Chewie and the Doctor have the potential to be a great team up. I can't wait for part two.
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Bryan. I'm delighted you enjoyed it, and the least I could do was give a nod to the man who made me buy this terrific game in the first place :-) There are plenty of surprises in store and what seemed like a fairly comfortable ride soon escalates into a serious Cyber-threat. Han, Chewie and the Doctor look great together on the board (imho) and there were plenty of quotes flying about as you can probably imagine. If you thought this was cool though... wait until the next part ;-)
DeleteAnother interesting use of the Zombicide rules, which I'm guessing the creators couldn't possibly imagine occurring. I'm curious as to whether the type of figure used changes the "feel" of the game, as although we've had the Doctor, Batman, werewolves, zombies and Cybermen, as the underlying rules are the same, your AAR's feel quite similar. Not a criticism, I might add, just curious.
ReplyDeleteCheers CC. The games do feel entirely different despite the cosmetic changes as the gore-fest imagery imagined with say pure "Zombicide" doesn't seem to enter the mind. Instead Han is using his DL-44 heavy blaster pistol, Chewie his Bowcaster (rifle) and the Doctor some piece of gadgetry he's cobbled together with his sonic screwdriver. I think the AAR's feel similar because this is the way I always do them. Although our next planned game won't be using the "Zombicide" tiles and will probably include some simplistic rules for the 'zeds' shooting as well...
DeleteI love your games! Can't wait for the next instalment!
ReplyDeleteThanks Gordon. Glad you're enjoying it :-)
DeleteAnother cool twist on the Zombicide rules! Well done Bk.
ReplyDeleteCan't wait for the next episode.
Cheers Bob. Glad a "Zombicide" veteran such as yourself approves. Much appreciated.
DeleteAnother very imaginative mix-up :-) . Looking forward to the next installment.
ReplyDeleteThanks Colgar6. Good to get Han and Chewie straight onto the tabletop, and dust off those Cybermen once again.
DeleteHa Ha! Vampifan Avenue and Roger's Store I am as Bryan said most honoured sir, Excellent Batrep as always Simon, though you could have actually used the zombies themselves against Han and Chewie as there is a president for this in the shape of a video game from a few years back (the name of which escapes me at the moment) I only know of this as a while back I picked up a book from our local charity shop (because I liked the cover) called "Death Troopers" with a stormtroopers helmet hanging from a meat hook, anyway to cut a look story short it had Han and Chewie fighting "zoms" on an imperial star destroyer. Book was OK but I just thought I'd mention it. Good work anyway,
ReplyDeleteCheers Roger (store owner extraordinaire, apocalypse sale starting soon!).
Cheers Roger :-) I have the unabridged audio of "Death Troopers" but have never had a chance to listen to it. I may well put it in the car now and give it a go. I still haven't managed to re-base all my modern-day zombies yet, hence I'm a little stuck for zeds unless they're WW2 Undead. Glad you enjoyed the BatRep anyway and Part Two will be posted within the next few days.
DeleteSounds (Unlike previous AAR's) that the heroes are handling themselves... handily(?) thus far.
ReplyDeleteDeathtroopers was entertaining UNTIL Han and the Wookiee make an appearance. Kind of fed up with major characters having to be in EVERY story in SW. Huge galaxy, they surely can't be everywhere!?
Things certainly look good for the heroes at the moment, Dai. "But I've got a bad feeling about this..." ;-)
DeleteI certainly hope to give "Death Troopers" a listen... I suppose Han & Chewie sell. But there again I'd have thought zombie stormtroopers would have as well...
A rifle in the shop’s apple display, eh? My market generally hides its firearms in the dairy section. :-P
ReplyDeleteCool batrep, BK. An entertaining read as always.
Thanks Finch. I always smile when my "Zombicide" heroes find weapons in the most bizarre places within buildings :-)
DeleteCan we ever expect to see the heroes of the Empire as the 'goodies'? Darth Maul doing acrobatic attacks with his dual-bladed lightsaber would kick ass!
ReplyDeleteKeep up the good work
Cheers Roy. Sadly not... for now at least, as I've not painted up any of the baddies :-)
DeleteAbsolutely wonderful, but what will happen to our silver haired hero?
ReplyDeleteMany thanks Michael. Part Two should be posted tomorrow ;-)
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