Six Gun Sound : Blaze of Glory

Found a recent post on the Two Hour Wargames Yahoo group with a link to a write up on the boardgamegeek.com that I had posted shortly after I purchased Six Gun Sound. Here is the link to that write up.

http://boardgamegeek.com/thread/312166/shootout-in-big-rock-nevada-generating-a-\
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Re-reading that write up along with recently returning from vacation out west in Wyoming and Colorado got me interested in gaming this genre again. I looked through and could not find in my files any more on this character. Glad it was pointed out to me a few years later... look for more soon.

Star Wars - Undercover Stormtrooper?

After having suffered through having half of my squad being wiped out on a patrol the battalion commander decided to reassign the rest of the squad. As a junior NCO I was assigned to special services. Apparently some upper-echelon intel-type decided that training stormtroopers for undercover assignments might be a good idea. So after turning in my weapons and armor it was off to some remote training facility on a restricted planet in the core worlds.

The final leg of the trip was on an old freighter where I was assigned some old Mandalorian armor that a bounty hunter would wear and a new blaster carbine with no markings. Interesting. Odd... but interesting.

Our pilot indicated that we were going to land on Kurgal and that I should escort the cargo as a security guard. My destination was the same place as the cargo, a restricted facility outside of Sen City.

Next up... Training Week One!

Star Wars - Stormtrooper Patrol

Its been way too long since I've had a chance to play. I decided on a mix of 5150 and CR3.0 from Two Hour Wargames. I threw some terrain on the table and pulled out some Star Wars Miniatures, choosing to run a squad of stormtroopers.

I used the Star Army for the Stormtroopers and the PDF for the rebels. The Stormtrooper squad consisted of 9 troopers led by an NCO and Jr NCO (mini-me). The squad, split into two fire teams, was spread out in a skirmish line as they entered the board. The Inferno Grenade Launcher was with the senior NCOs team and the Rapid Fire Laser Rifle was with my team.

Three PEFs were placed on the board. One in the ruins to the squads left front, one in the ridge to the squads immediate front and one far behind the ridge. The PEF on the ridge was the first one that the squad resolved. It turned out to be a dug in squad of rebels (roll indicated a force of equal size to the squad). Unfortunately activation dice came up with the rebels activating first. Heck of an ambush point!

The rebels opened up and took out the Senior NCO and two others. The fire caused the Inferno GL trooper to duck back behind some rocks and another trooper on the other side of the road to duck back. One trooper rolled double ones on his reaction test and fired back, missing and was promptly gunned down by the rebels in the fire fight. My one trooper hiding behind the rocks decided he had enough and slipped back off the board (failed his leader lost test).

Meanwhile my fire team was protected by the trees (no line of sight) but seeing half of the other fire team gunned down I gave the order to double time it up the ridge and try to flank the rebels.

The Inferno Grenade Launcher trooper fired on the rebel position and took out 4 rebels including their leader. However they still passed their leader lost test and remained in their positions. Return fire took out the Inferno GL trooper (dice were not on my side yet).

Activation dice came up with the Rebels activating first. Since they didn't have line of sight to my fire team I decided I would roll on the PEF activation table to see how they reacted. They new my team was out there somewhere but had lost sight of me. They moved 16" toward the nearest PEF which was below the ridge but out my line of sight due to some low bluffs. However this movement towards the nearest PEF moved them into my line of sight. Time for some payback!

The fire team moved up to the edge of the tree

line and opened fire. The firefight ensued resulting in 4 downed rebels , one ducking back behind the bluffs, one retiring behind the bluffs (and hunkering down) and one returning fire and missing. The resulting return fire from my fire team took him down. I shifted the fire team to my left along the ridge to see if the rebels were still in sight. This also brought the second PEF into sight and it was resolved as nothing. However the one rebel was still there and snap fired on the squad and actually hit one of my men. He was taken out the the ensuing fire by the four remaining members of my team. Fortunately the trooper was able to recover on the knockdown test and was back into the fight. Just a glancing blow on the helmet. We moved down the hill and took the one rebel into custody.

This left the one PEF located in the ruins. This PEF had a REP 1 so it didn't activate all game. Leaving the one trooper with the rebel prisoner the rest of the fire team fast moved to cover along the road where we had line of sight to the ruins.

Resolving the PEF resulted in stragglers. I rolled and they had 1/2 of my force (assumed it was 1/2 of my remaining force). Two rebels hiding in the ruins but were probably the spotters that allowed the rebels to wipe out half of the squad in the initial ambush.

I sent the Rapid Fire Laser Rifle to the right with another trooper while two of us went left. The RF Laser Rifle caused one rebel to duck back and the other trooper took out a rebel. Meanwhile we swung around the ruins out of the rebels line of sight. We stormed the ruins from two directions and took out the remaining rebel.

We took the field but with significant casualties to the squad. Twelve rebels killed or taken out of the fight and one captured. The senior stormtrooper NCO = OD, Inferno GL trooper = OD, and 3 other stormtroopers out of the fight and being taken to the hospital ships in orbit.

Where Does the Time Go?

Ok, so it is now March and the last post I did was back in November? Wow...

I've bounced back and forth on what games to play. Thinking of a simple Chain Reaction 3.0 patrol using Star Wars miniatures. Hope to post photos and a battle report soon.

Safe Harbor - Outer RIm

Jack and Nee returned to the ship after their meeting at the cantina to find Bobby George lying on the gangway to the cargo hold. He had a large knot on the back of his head and blood trickling from the corner of his mouth but he is breathing and regaining consciousness. Seeing he is still alive, Jack and Nee drew their weapons and headed up the ramp into the hold. The T1 loader droid sat idle in the back of the hold. After checking out the hold and finding no intruders they worked their way towards the cockpit. Nobody was their either. Jack pointed back toward the engine room and whispered to Nee "I wonder where Kari has gotten off to?".

They search the whole ship and don't find anyone on board. Jack tells Nee to check the security log with video while he gets Bobby back to the common area that also serves as the ship's medical bay. While getting Bobby settled in Nee comes tells Jack to check out the monitor. The security video shows Bobby being hit from behind by a Wookie and Kari being taken off the ship by two heavily armed thugs.

"That's not good" says Jack. Turning to Bobby he quips "lucky you're still alive."

Nee comes back on the intercom, "We got a message too, boss. They left a datapad by the security cam. They wanted us to see this. The message says to meet outside 'The Pit' at dusk if we want to see her alive." The Pit was a local dive on the edge of the spaceport and known hangout for the darker side of humanity.

[game mechanics] - using the Larger than Life rules to set up the story it was determined that Jack and his crew would have to retrieve an object. The capture of Kari was to set up the first meeting. The meeting at The Pit was to set up the travel scene. The Big Bad is a civilized native who wants to steal an object.

Next - the outcome of the travel scene.

5150 - Life in the Outer Rim

I decided to try some 5150 gaming for the weekend. The Crew consists of a small group of smugglers, I mean Independent Merchants, making a living in the outer rim. I'm going to use some of the LTL (Larger Than Life) rules to string together their adventures into an ongoing story. My star, Jack Logan, is a Rep 5 owner/pilot of a small freighter. Jack carries a rapid fire laser pistol and has the Sidewalk Demon attribute.

Jack's co-pilot is a Rep 4 Duros named Nee Bannis. I gave him the Runt Attribute as this race is not known for their melee skills (per the Star Wars Saga Edition rules). This is a racial trait so I also drew a random card and came up with the Transporter attribute. Nee Bannis carries a laser pistol.

Jack has also recently hired a ship's mechanic named Bobby George. He is of unknown quality (Rep 3) and has the Wary Attribute. Bobby carries a laser pistol.

Jack also took in a young refugee named Kari-an. She is Rep 3 and has the Medic attribute and carries a laser pistol.

The final member of the crew is a T1 Bulk Loader Droid that Jack inherited with the ship. The droid is useful for loading and unloading cargo as well as some other things.

Next will be the beginning of the adventure.

Once again real life has gotten in the way of gaming...

Now that Thanksgiving weekend is here I plan to try to get a game or two in this weekend. The FNG bug has gone for a while. Have the bug to some 5150 and WH:A&A again.

Hope to post anything by the weekend.

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