Day: March 10, 2014

Scooby Doo, Where Are You?

Scooby and the gang in front of the Mystery Machine
Scooby and the gang in front of the Mystery Machine

I painted these figures just for fun.  I found the van on Ebay.  The figures are from Hasslefree.  They’re a bit pricey, but you only need a couple of figures.

Scooby and the gang preparing to do battle with zombies
Scooby and the gang preparing to do battle with zombies

This is the Scooby gang ready to do battle with real zombies instead of some guy dressed in a rubber suit with some glow-in-the-dark paint mumbling about “those meddling kids.”  The van is from Ainsty with a few small mods by me.  I found the van in a bucket of “off casts” at a convention.  When I found the die-cast Mystery Machine in the right scale on Ebay, I decided to modify this resin one to match the gan with weapons.

G.A.M.E.R.

Another picture of the WWII skirmish game
Another picture of the WWII skirmish game

My first public showing of G.A.M.E.R. was Sunday AM at Cold Wars 2014.  Both readers of my blog will recall several posts describing the evolution of this concept.  Though the scenario needed more Germans for balance, the game was fun, the players had a good time, and several asked when the game would be published.

Another scene of my WWII skirmish game on Sunday AM
Another scene of my WWII skirmish game on Sunday AM
Duncan's Germans advancing into the teeth of a British machine-gun
Duncan's Germans advancing into the teeth of a British machine-gun

I’m still tweaking the rules and the cards.  Eventually, I’d like to stabilize the cards and get some printed through a print on demand place.  My next play test will be almost all vehicles in order to test out all the vehicle rules.

Some Random Pictures from Cold Wars 2014

Schlegel's Ferry in 1864
Schlegel's Ferry in 1864

Eric and several other HAWKs ran a series of Schlegel’s Ferry games.  Schlegel’s Ferry is a fictional town on the upper Chesapeake that begins as an Indian village and advances through time, seeing battles from many different wars.  I ran Schlegel’s Ferry 1664.   The games this year were separated by 50 years.

Schlegel's Ferry in 1964
Schlegel's Ferry in 1964
Duncan's WWI LSNC game
Duncan's WWI LSNC game
Lots of Royal Marines advancing on the tavern at Schlegel's Ferry, 1814
Lots of Royal Marines advancing on the tavern at Schlegel's Ferry, 1814
Osama Bin Laden's compound, with the main building disassembled. Eric and Andrew Goodpaster put together this excellent game.
Osama Bin Laden's compound, with the main building disassembled. Eric and Andrew Goolander put together this excellent game.

Don's double-blind Battleground Game

Harford County militia chasing Royal Navy sailors at Schlegel's Ferry
Harford County militia chasing Royal Navy sailors at Schlegel's Ferry
The Battle of Montmiraile that I ran Saturday AM at Cold Wars 2014
The Battle of Montmiraile that I ran Saturday AM at Cold Wars 2014
Part of the Battle of LaRothiere, 1814, that Dave and I ran.
Part of the Battle of LaRothiere, 1814, that Dave and I ran.
It doesn't look like it in this picture, but there were 14 players in this game.
It doesn't look like it in this picture, but there were 14 players in this game.
Again, I didn't capture a lot of the players in this shot, but the game was full.
Again, I didn't capture a lot of the players in this shot, but the game was full.

Cold Wars 2014 was a good show for me.  Dave ran two Fate of Battle games on Friday with his 25mm figures.  Friday I ran 1664 at Schlegel’s Ferry.  Saturday I ran Montmiraile from Dave’s 1814 scenario book.  Then Dave and I ran the 12-player LaRothiere game.  Saturday night Dave ran his Fastov LSNC: World War II game.  Sunday I ran a first “public” showing of G.A.M.E.R., my new WWII skirmish concept.  I didn’t buy much, because a couple of the folks I wanted to visit weren’t at the show, but there’s always Historicon.