{"id":8062,"date":"2018-07-18T11:44:34","date_gmt":"2018-07-18T11:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=8062"},"modified":"2018-07-18T11:55:21","modified_gmt":"2018-07-18T11:55:21","slug":"duncans-zorro-game-at-historicon-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=8062","title":{"rendered":"Duncan’s Zorro Game at Historicon 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"
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“On Sunday morning I ran “Zorro and the Dastardly Plot.” \u00a0I had seven players, so one played the tavern staff. I actually prefer that because the staff can do more interesting things under player control than I can do as the GM. Tom Veilott and his dad Jim Veil, a dad with a son and daughter, Joe Procopio and a friend of his were the players.<\/div>\n
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“This was a Blood and Swash<\/em> scenario with the usual overlapping objectives, but most players wanted to get the treasure of kill Zorro. But first, Bernardo had to discover the villains’ plans and report to Zorro. \u00a0[If you are a fan of the Disney show like Duncan and me, you know that Bernardo pretends to be deaf.]<\/div>\n
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“Bernardo innocently loiters near the room where the baddies meet.<\/div>\n
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“But having overheard their plans, he cannot get past them to use the stairs.<\/div>\n
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“So, in a scene that reminded me of Yoda doing cartwheels with his lightsaber, Bernardo jumped off the balcony onto the bar.<\/div>\n
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“While the villains put their plans in motion, and Don Alejandro and the tavern staff mix it up with El Comandante, Zorro emerges from the tavern cellar to put things right.<\/div>\n
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“He is immediately accosted by Sgt Garcia and lancer Perez who want the reward for his capture. Why don’t they ever get him from opposite directions?<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
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“Zorro breaks away from Garcia and Perez – making both saves – and attempts to get through the baddies at the foot of the stairs. Garcia rejoins the fight – now he’s getting somewhere, coming in from behind!<\/div>\n
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“Zorro was played by Tom Veilott who has been playing Blood and Swash as long as any of us. He knows that staying in a fight to avoid the free hit when there are objectives to reach is a sucker bet. So, Zorro breaks away from three attackers, making two full and one half saves and runs up the banister, making another save. I can just picture Guy Williams doing this.<\/div>\n
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“On the balcony, Zorro finds more baddies, and those from the bottom of the stairs have followed him. This is getting ugly.<\/div>\n
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“Meanwhile, in the tavern, Teo the bartender has picked up a bench and is bludgeoning one of El Commandante’s lancers.<\/div>\n
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“After turning the tables on a minion who tried to push him off the balcony, Zorro has made it into the room with the villains’ ill gotten gains. However, the numbers are catching up to him – too many enemies, too few activations.<\/div>\n
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“In the end it was to much for Zorro to endure. Better luck at FALL IN!”<\/div>\n
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This looked like a good game with all the usual Blood and Swash<\/em> hilarity. \u00a0Perhaps Zorro will try to escape from the Quartel with Bernardo’s help at Fall In?<\/div>\n