{"id":949,"date":"2012-02-05T22:59:34","date_gmt":"2012-02-05T22:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=949"},"modified":"2012-02-05T23:06:44","modified_gmt":"2012-02-05T23:06:44","slug":"napoleonics-dr-who-and-mad-scientists","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=949","title":{"rendered":"Napoleonics, Dr. Who, and Mad Scientists"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"LSNC:<\/a>
LSNC: Napoleonics at War Horse Farm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This was a gaming weekend. \u00a0Friday was HAWKs night, and we tested the Schlegels’ Kursk game for Cold Wars using LSNC: WWII. \u00a0Then Duncan, Chris, Dave, Tommy, and I drove to Gettysburg to play Look, Sarge, No Charts: Napoleonic Wars with Sam Fuson and a couple folks from his unit. \u00a0The Napoleonic game was great fun. \u00a0We had French vs. British and Spanish fighting for control of key river crossing points. The game went back and forth all day. \u00a0There were six flags on the table to be captured, each worth one victory point to whoever controlled it at the end of the game, and one more victory point for the side that had inflicted the most casualties. \u00a0When we stopped, after about 4.5 hours, each side had three flags, but the French had destroyed about 1\/3 more enemy battalions. \u00a0It was the most fun I’ve had gaming in a couple of months. \u00a0I think the rules are working for people who know Napoleonics as well as those who have come to believe that Napoleonic games cannot be fun.<\/p>\n

Sunday, between church, indoor field hockey, and walking around the neighborhood so Sam could attempt to sell chocolate bars for a school fund raiser (with little success), I finished some figures I had been working on and off for a week or so.<\/p>\n

\"Five<\/a>
Five Doctors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A couple of months ago, I bought some FASA Dr. Who figures from Greg that were duplicates for him. \u00a0Among them was this pack of the first five doctors. \u00a0I remember Tom Baker (the fourth doctor) as a kid, but my buddy Simon from the UK really turned me onto Jon Pertwee (the third doctor).<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Third Doctor, Romana I, and Jo Grant<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This picture will cause fits among Dr. Who purists, since this is the third doctor with Romana I (my favorite Romana), but she was the fourth doctor’s companion. \u00a0Jo Grant (in the outfit from The Carnival of Monsters) is one of my least favorite companions. \u00a0My favorite, you ask? \u00a0It’s a tie between Liz Shaw (third doctor) (who is a scientist and holds her own pretty well) and Sarah Jane (fourth doctor) (who is the best looking of the companions).<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The Fourth Doctor and K-9<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Okay, maybe K-9 is my favorite companion.<\/p>\n

\"Davros<\/a>
Davros and Three Daleks<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And what’s not to like about Daleks? \u00a0I had no idea that there were so many different paint schemes for these until I googled “Dr. Who Dalek color scheme.” \u00a0These are painted as Skaro Daleks.<\/p>\n

\"Three<\/a>
Three Time Lords<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

So why all the Dr. Who figures? \u00a0Well, I’m working toward a Dr. Who GASLIGHT game for Cold Wars. \u00a0I think I’m just about there. \u00a0Dr. Who purists likely will protest my combining of elements from different doctors and episodes. \u00a0The scenario is loosely based on The Green Death (third doctor, Jo Grant), in which maggots have been mutated to huge carnivorous creatures that seem to infect those they bite and cause death. \u00a0The scenario will take place in 1940, where Lieutenant Lethbridge-Stewart (the brigadier in the Dr. Who series) and Private Benton (Sergeant Benton in the series) are serving in the Home Guard. \u00a0During an exercise, they have come across the mutated maggots and begin the game hunting out nests of them to kill them. \u00a0Unfortunately, rifles do not penetrate the shell like exterior they have developed.<\/p>\n

These maggots have one useful mutation: \u00a0they poop jethric. \u00a0Jethric is described as one of the most important compounds in the universe during the Key to Time story arc. \u00a0Well, these little babies now poop the stuff. \u00a0That’s the good news. \u00a0The bad news is that Sontarans and Daleks want jethric too, and they have just landed to capture some of the maggots and destroy the rest. \u00a0If all goes well, a Churchill tank might come to the aid of Home Guard.<\/p>\n

In this scenario, the good guys will have The Doctor (third doctor), Romana, and Elizabeth Shaw, each controlled by a different player. \u00a0(Lots of Dr. Who continuity problems there — particularly if I add K-9 as well.) \u00a0This will give them three characters who might figure out why the Sontarans and Daleks have landed so that the Home Guard can destroy the maggots before the bad guys run off with some.<\/p>\n

\"Three<\/a>
Three Ice Warriors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Ice Warriors won’t be part of the game; although, I’d probably add a stack of Silurians if I had them. \u00a0These were in the bag with everything else, so I painted them up, which wasn’t hard, since they are a single color, green.<\/p>\n

\"RAFM<\/a>
RAFM Johann Ripponoff and Doom Ray<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In addition to all the Who-lishness, I also painted two more sets of figures from RAFM that I received for Christmas. \u00a0Above is Johann Ripponoff and his Doom Ray. \u00a0Below is Dr. Frankenstein.<\/p>\n

\"Mad<\/a>
Mad Scientists<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n