{"id":3440,"date":"2014-12-20T16:33:50","date_gmt":"2014-12-20T16:33:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=3440"},"modified":"2014-12-20T16:33:50","modified_gmt":"2014-12-20T16:33:50","slug":"hawks-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=3440","title":{"rendered":"HAWKs Night"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Dave<\/a>
Dave sporting his fashion accessories during Chris Fischer's stomp robot play test<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Last night was HAWKs night. \u00a0There were two simultaneous games. \u00a0The first was Kurt Schlegel’s 1973 Arab-Israeli War game based on the battle of Quatre Bras. \u00a0Since many of the HAWKs supported the 114th Signal Battalion’s SLPD (see http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=3350) the various game masters have taken turns running their version of the scenario at club nights. \u00a0This week was Kurt’s turn.<\/p>\n

The second game was a play test of Kevin Fischer’s game based on a Japanese anime series. \u00a0It involved large stompy robots (actually these are more like battle mechs that have human (or human-like operators) battling each other. \u00a0We also had tanks and infantry running around.<\/p>\n

\"Kurt<\/a>
Kurt Schlegel's 1973 Arab Israeli War game based on Quatre Bras<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Apparently the Egyptians had a slight advantage over the Israelis when the game ended.<\/p>\n

\"Another<\/a>
Another view of the Arab Israeli War game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The robot game went pretty well for a first play test. \u00a0I don’t know the genre, so I don’t know if the game reflects the cartoon well. \u00a0It had a few rough edges and can use a little streamlining, but it was fun.<\/p>\n

\"I<\/a>
I hit Mike Fischer's stompy robot in the cockpit in mid leap, and it crashed.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The game only took a couple of hours, so we had a little time for a game of Red Dragon Inn.<\/p>\n

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A quick game of Red Dragon Inn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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