Mammoth Hunt

I played a quick game of Paleo Diet the other day, just to while away a lunchbreak with something other than a nap.

I set up a couple of mammoths and some horses. One of the mammoths was a juvenile as I'd not really used the juvenile rules that much.

There were five hunters, with a target of six bulk. The adult mammoth is worth 4, the juvenile 3 and the horses are 2 each.

An early shot with an arrow saw the adult mammoth wounded. The archer was really just trying to drive it away from the calf.

A hunter inflicted a hit on the calf, but this brought up the wounded parent who was quite cross. The hunter was wounded in the attack.

Another hunter came up and attacked teh juvenile mammoth. This obviously enraged the parent whose subsequent attack were all ineffective.

The hunters killed the juvenile and the parent ran off.

A spear-armed hunter had attacked one of the horses, and found himself in the path of the bereaved parent.

One of the hunters carried fire, and had been trying to set up a wall of flame to prevent the animals fleeing north. However the fired had kept going out and it was only now, well into the hunt, that he really got things going.

The spearman ducked out of the way of the mammoth and finished off one of the horses.

In panic the other two horses stampeded over him, injuring him.

They also ran towards the fire, panicked again and headed towards teh edge of the table. If they left then the hunters would have to take on the adult mammoth; not an enticing prospect. One of the club-wielding hunters moved to drive them back into the hunt area.

They turned around and he was lucky enough to get a good strike at one, killing it.

And that was it; with two horses and a juvenile mammoth in the bag the hunters had managed a successful hunt, albeit with two injuries.

In fact they were very lucky; the adult mammoth had attacked four times with a 50% chance of scoring a hit and missed each time. At least one hunter would have probably been put out of action if the mammoth's attacks had been better.

Still, juveniles offer an interesting challenge, and I'm going to try another hunt with one for my next game.