Last night myself and my mate Bert got a couple of games of Palaeo Diet in.
It began with the Hunters waiting patiently by the river as a herd of Grazers set to drinking and munching the shrubbery….
In the first game, which we took as a 'training game' as Bert had not read any of the rules beforehand (and they are not difficult as the second game attests with Bert taking over running the Hunt with ease ;)).
We needed to accumulate two points of Bulk for each Hunter taking part for the Hunt to be considered successful.
As we each ran two Hunters we would need eight points, with the smaller Herd Grazers being worth two and the Giant Grazer having a value of four points.
We came damn close in the first game, having taken down three Herd Grazers and wounding a fourth before they escaped our clutches.
In the second game we decided to use much more stealth and get as close as possible to the Giant Grazer to try and take him down with a concentrated attack.
It did not go all according to plan as one of our Hunters, Bet Lunch, was firstly the victim of a Stampede (from which she rather luckily emerged unscathed!) before she was attacked by the Giant Grazer itself and Wounded. (That 'lucky' leopard skin dress of hers was not so 'lucky' after all!)
The Giant was eventually taken down, along with three of the smaller Herd Grazers, and therefore we managed to accumulate ten points of Bulk and a Successful Hunt was declared, with much cheering from the Tribe!
In the post-game sequence we checked on Bet's injury, which resulted in her being psychologically scarred by her experience meaning she would be suffering from the Timid rule in the next Hunt.
On the upside Niels, the bowman, was declared 'Man of the Hunt' and gained the Calm skill which would enable him to be more adept at Ambushing in future.
Here are some shots from the games in no particular order….
Mad Sid creeps up on the Giant Grazer, stone axe at the ready….
Bet is about to be the victim of a Herd Stampede!
The Hunters creep up on the Giant Grazer….
Bet was having a really bad day at the office…..
The remainder of the Herd Grazers escape….
All in all a very entertaining evening and we shall be introducing this to the rest of our group as we both reckon it will be great fun as a light-hearted group game with everyone controlling a Hunter each.
I can see plenty of fun and games ahead with this one!
(Oh, and it can be played solo, so I can always have a crack at it on my own if I am feeling bored. :D).
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to catch!
