Mammoth For Lunch

One of the nice things about working from home is that if I feel the desire I can set up a quick game to play at lunchtime. And that's what I did the other day.

I chose Palaeo Diet, because it's quick to set up and satisfyingly relaxing.

Long-time readers will know the drill here. We start the adventure with some hapless wildlife - in this case a trio of mammoths.

And here are the hunters. There's actually four of them, but one with a bow went far out to the left. This trio had one man with an axe and two with spears.

As ever the job of the hunter with the bow was to detach one mammoth from the herd. This he did by howling at first and then by shooting at the hunt's chosen target.

An overview. The terrain (randomised) was very open. The other hunters were closing in on the mammoth now that it was no longer supported by its companions. 

The axeman skipped in behind the mammoth to goad it a little further past the thicket, but it turned and charged him. Surprised he ducked out of the way and dealt the beast a mighty blow with his axe. 

This attracted a nearby predator - a terror bird. But a single arrow loosed in its general direction caused it to flee, never to be seen again. 

The wounded mammoth roared angrily and the hunters backed off. 

But they closed in again. The first hunter to attack it with a spear simply made it very cross, and the hunter was unfortunately gored by the pachyderm's tusks. 

The second spearman was luckier, with his throw finding the mammoth's vitals, dropping it.

So a textbook separation from the herd was spoiled by the mammoth being particularly aggressive and the loss of a hunter. But some lucky attacks saw it brought down. The tribe would have their lunch.