There's a great line-up of GASLIGHT games at Cold Wars this year. Be sure to pre-reg for a spot early.
F-116 – Lost Temple of the Warrior Queen – Theme
Game
Fri. 10:00 AM, 4 hrs, 6 players
GM: Peter English with Nicole English
Pulp 28mm, Rules: Gaslight, mod.
The temple of the Warrior Queen has been lost in the jungle for
centuries. The temple is rumored to provide invincible powers to
the woman that places the "golden monkey" at the Warrior Queen's
statue. Its hiding place has been discovered deep the South
American jungles. Several groups have set out to obtain that
power, who will she smile upon?
F-307 – Duke Morrison and the Mounties
Fri. 10:00 AM, 3.5 hrs, 6 players
GM: Buck Surdu and HAWKS
Modern 28mm, Rules: GASLIGHT Compendium
Professor Nannini has developed an anti-gravity ray the Venusians
and their gangster minions want. To convince the professor to
share his invention, they have tied his daughter (also a physicist) to
a log, which is inching toward a large saw blade. Nannini is the
kind of girl wounded Marines crawl through broken glass and
burning desert to catch a final glimpse of before they die. Duke
Morrison and his companions, along with Sergeant Preston and a
squad of Mounties, try to rescue the girl, defeat the gangsters, and
break up the Venusian laboratory.
Younger gamers welcome with a participating adult. Rules will be
taught.
F-308 – Duke Morrison versus the Thuggees
Fri. 6:00 PM, 3.5 hrs, 6 players
GM: Buck Surdu and HAWKS
Modern 28mm, Rules: GASLIGHT Compendium
The beautiful daughter of professor Nannini has been captured by a
band of Thuggees and is about to be sacrificed to Kali. Nannini is
the kind of girl wounded Marines crawl through broken glass and
burning desert to catch a final glimpse of before they die. Duke
Morrison and his companions, along with a squad of British
soldiers, will try to reach the hidden temple and rescue the girl
from the Thuggees and their minions.
Younger gamers welcome with a participating adult. Rules will be
taught.
F-315 – Bring me the Sorcerer's Stone
Fri. 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, 6 players
GM: Dave Wood and HAWKS
Fantasy 28mm, Rules: Battles by GASLIGHT
It has been located. An Army of Elves, of Dwarves, of Goblins,
and of Ratlings have all been given the same order by their ruler;
bring me the Sorcerer's Stone. Which one will succeed?
Notes: Children under 13 welcome with a playing adult.
S-286 – The Vienna Musician's Union vs. Malzel's
Automated PanHarmonicon, Part 2 (1813)
Sat. 2:00 PM, 3 hrs, 8 players
GM: Todd Harland-White and HAWKS
Napoleonic 25mm, Rules: GASLIGHT
Beethoven wrote "Wellington's Victory" to celebrate the defeat of
Joseph Bonaparte in the Battle of Vitoria earlier that year. But this
ignited a secondary conflict over the proper instrumentation to use:
human players or Malzel's music machine? VMUMAP Part 1 saw
the MAP defeated, and Beethoven quickly rewrote the piece for
full human orchestra (and artillery). However, as the downbeat
comes on premier night after Beethoven's 7th Symphony, Malzel's
Incredible Creature Engines (MICE) swarm the stage and
overwhelm Beethoven's Elegant Animal Robots (BEARS) in an
attempt to restore the MAP to prominence.
Field Mice, Teddy Bears, and musicians by Eureka. Children
expected but fun for all.
S-397 – Slender
Sat. 3:00 PM, 3 hrs, 6 players
GM: Sam Emmo with Andrew Goodlander and WNPG
Prize: Dice
Modern 28mm, Rules: modified gaslight
After a strange phenomenon of disorienting lights and sounds you
and your friends come to realize you aren't in Kansas anymore!
Find your way around the unfamiliar landscape for any signs to
help get you home, Just remember to always look behind you.
Adult game, 16+
S-297 – Santa Claus vs. the Nazis
Sat. 7:00 PM, 4 hrs, 8 players
GM: Chris Palmer and HAWKS
Pulp 28mm, Rules: GASLIGHT
Bent on obtaining fabled and occult objects from across the globe,
Hitler sets his sights on the magical factories of Santa's North Pole
workshops. If these factories could be turned to munitions
production for the Third Reich, nothing would be able stop the
Nazi war machine. The Fuhrer dispatches a team of commandos to
capture Santa's workshops. Can Santa, his elves, and toys stop the
invaders, or will evil prevail?
Children under 14 only with a playing adult.
S-398 – Road Warrior
Sat. 8:00 PM, 3 hrs, 8 players
GM: Eric Goodlander and WNPG
Prize: Dice
Future 20mm, Rules: modified gaslight
Admit it, you want to jump from a car to a moving semi, drop
molotov cocktails from a gyrocopter and shoot
arrows/bullets/flame at whatever moves. The only caveat is: don't
blow up the truck, you will need the gas for your mostly
roadworthy vehicles if you want to survive on the rough roads of
the future….
Z-305 – Explorer's Day Comes to Schlegel's Ferry
Sun. 9:00 AM, 2 hrs, 8 players
GM: Kurt Schlegel and HAWKS
Future 54mm, Rules: GASLIGHT
In an effort to attract more business, the Schlegels have invited Dr.
Huer and his associates to investigate the ruins of Schlegel's Ferry.
When Dr Huer accepts, rumours of buried treasure spread and
many more people than were invited show up to join in the
festivities! Easy to learn rules, children with an accompanying
adult welcomed.
This is the six of six holiday themed scenarios at Schlegel's Ferry,
covering various periods of American history from colonial times
to the future.
