Having painted them I wanted to get my new Outfolk onto the table, so I set up a game of Paleo Diet. I was a little over-ambitious with the scenario, however. I had two groups of hunters, both after a single mammoth in the centre of the table - the tribe which made the killing blow would be the victors. I added in some wild cattle for the fun of it and, of course, a group of opportunist Outfolk
One tribe - the Red Heads - closed in on the mammoth.
Or most of them did. One of them, armed with a stone-axe, went hunting the Blondes.
And killed one.
Another Blonde rushed over to avenge his comrade and was also killed.
This fighting attracted the Outfolk, who were now close up to various hunters and looking very threatening.
The mammoth (remember him) became very agitated and attacked one of the Blondes. The Blondes were not having a good day.
Their day got worse when the Outfolk attacked their slinger.
The Outfolk were now getting very aggressive, and the hunters of both tribes were devoting most of their attentions to fending them off.
Just to add to the fun, one of the cattle decided there was too much noise and movement and charged a Red-Head.
By now both tribes were down to two hunters apiece, and the Blondes didn't have anyone unwounded.
Both tribes withdrew. The mammoth was going to be too hard to hunt in these circumstances.
There was plenty of action in this game, but at the end of the day it was all a little unsatisfying since it turned into a massive brawl. Probably not my best designed Palaeo Diet setup.
It looks like it should be a contest between friendly tribes, not a fight. So maybe there should be a rule that Red-Head and Blonde teams can attack only animals and Outfolk, but not each other?
ReplyDeleteProbably something I'll try if I do something like this again, yes.
DeleteWhen two tribes compete for resources (potential food, in this case) doubtless each tribe wants to get/obtain the resource whilst denying the other tribe.
ReplyDeleteI imagine you’d also have to consider the “price” of achieving the objective - if you “win”, say, 1 small animal for food (such as a cow/pig/sheep type animal) then it’s a Pyrrhic victory if the cost was 2 dead and 2 badly wounded tribesmen. Of course, maybe such early humans won’t understand the reference to Pyrrhus 🤣😂
Cheers,
Geoff