With the Illawarra Plastic Modeller's Association annual show fast approaching, last night we ran a playtest of the Alpha Strike scenario we'll be presenting on one of the days.
In the centre of the table is a power station. With it being on a dangerous world, it's defended by walls and gun-towers. Two groups of mechs are looking to 'salvage' parts from it before calling in drop-ships to whisk them away.
That's it. That's the scenario.
One group of mechs at the bottom, another at the top.
Our first target was the wall. It can be jumped, but it's easier to shoot holes in it. Though not, as we found, too many, as the wall is useful cover for the mechs supporting those members of their side sent in to grab 'salvage'.
You can see a few walls and towers have gone here. I set up my mechs to provide some fire support.
Others rushed in to grab stuff.
Basically we'll test that bit on the day.
(To be fair this is a demo game, so as long as it looks pretty, dice are being rolled, pieces are moving and stuff gets destroyed no-one is going to be bothered if the scenario is a bit shaky. The scenario is just for us.)
Great looking game. I really like all the different paint schemes of the Mechs. Best wishes with your demo.
ReplyDeleteThanks. We have several people at the club who have Battletech collections, some of them quite extensive (and some of them going back to the 80s!). It means there's a mix of styles and colour schemes around when resources are pooled for a game :)
DeleteYour set-up looks nice, both the models and terrain. In addition, the scenario seems simple and straightforward enough for “Joe Public” to understand.
ReplyDeleteDo your demo games manage to recruit any/many potential wargamers?
Cheers,
Geoff
Over the years we've picked up a couple of new members from the modellers show, yes. It makes us more visible, which is good. The modellers like out presence at the show because it adds something extra and makes it more interesting for the attendees. I think this is the fifth year we've done it now. Some of our members have started entering the plastic model competition too (indeed one of our group won the category they entered).
DeleteIn terms of wargamers there are a few of us around in our extended area. Our group meets on a Thursday evening, but there's another group initially made up of those for who Thursday isn't convenient, and they meet nearby on a Sunday*. There's an obvious overlap of members there. Within an hour there's three of four other groups and we sometimes get visitors from them (or visit them)
*The Sunday group meets all day, so here's scope for bigger games than we can fit into a weekday evening.