"Cold wars AAR: Happy Birthday, General Grant by GASLIGHT" Topic
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| Chris Palmer | 23 Mar 2016 6:39 a.m. PST |
Saturday night at Cold Wars, I ran my GASLIGHT game called "Happy Birthday, General Grant". In this game Rebel raiders attack a birthday celebration for General Grant and attempt to achieve three goals: 1) Kidnap the General, 2) Steal the wagonload of whiskey at the party, and hijack the train containing the huge birthday cake that had been made for the General.
I had run this game before at last year's Fall-In, and it had been so much fun I thought I would give it another showing here at Cold Wars. At Fall-In it had been a close run affair with the Union just managing a victory after winning a prolonged struggle over the unconscious body of General Grant. The Rebels got the whisky wagon away, and the train stayed in Union hands. In this running of the game, dismal Confederate dice rolling and amazingly hot Union dice rolling, meant that the Union denied all three victory conditions to the Rebel raiders. However, everyone had fun; and that, as the GM, was the most satisfying thing.
For more photos and the complete report, please se my blog:http://onemoregamingproject.blogspot.com/2016/03/cold-wars-aar-happy-birthday-general.html |
 Flashman14  | 23 Mar 2016 6:53 a.m. PST |
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| Gone Fishing | 23 Mar 2016 7:06 a.m. PST |
Chris, that scenario does sound like a lot of fun, and the game itself is a sight to behold. I've always loved the tanks you made out of Mott's Apple Sauce containers--that's one in the lower photo, I think? Thank you for sharing the photos! |
| capncarp | 23 Mar 2016 8:09 a.m. PST |
One of the Rebel Mechanical Mole Drills surfaced (randomly) and took out the gazebo, setting back the town's courting opportunities immeasurably! The horrors of war! |
| Gone Fishing | 23 Mar 2016 8:14 a.m. PST |
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| Chris Palmer | 23 Mar 2016 4:38 p.m. PST |
Thanks for the comments! I'm glad you all enjoyed the game report. |
| capncarp | 23 Mar 2016 8:03 p.m. PST |
Hey Chris, if the commander of the spear-armed Bicycle Hussars was named Boyle, would that make them Boyle's Lancers? <rimshot> |
| clifblkskull | 28 Mar 2016 9:04 p.m. PST |
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scratchbuilds another Victorian flying machine.
