At last Friday's HAWKs meeting, I had a chance to playtest one of the GASLIGHT games that I plan to run at the upcoming Nashcon convention in Franklin, TN, and again later in the Summer at Historicon.
Unfortunately, my trusty digital camera, which I've had for over 10 years, chose this night to die. So most of the pictures were grainy and over-exposed, and tinged red. I was however able to salvage some of these by using a sepia tone and exposure fixes on them. In they end I think they give a good vintage look.
The scenario is entitled, "Jasper Flint Saves the Queen". It involves an attempt by the combined forces of Marshal Jasper Flint and his Posse, with Victoria Hawkes along for the ride, along with a unit of U.S. Marines, and British Guards, to rescue Queen Victoria from the clutches of evil Prussian agents and their hired mercenary gunslingers. The Queen has been kidnapped during a goodwill visit to the United States, and the Prussians are now holed up in a deserted Texas town, awaiting a zeppelin to fly in from Mexico and take the Queen out of the county. The allied forces must stop them before the zeppelin arrives in 12 turns.
In the end, the game was called as an Allied victory. It was a close run thing throughout, and all the players said they had a great time.
For the full after action report and more photos, see:
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