{"id":3123,"date":"2014-08-17T00:57:11","date_gmt":"2014-08-17T00:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=3123"},"modified":"2014-08-17T00:57:11","modified_gmt":"2014-08-17T00:57:11","slug":"a-little-weekend-gaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=3123","title":{"rendered":"A Little Weekend Gaming"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Marder<\/a>
Marder II gets a track hit from a bazooka, and the crew bails out<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

As my wife and kids are off visiting my mother in law, I invited a few buddies over for a small gaming session. \u00a0I find that early play testing rules is often better with a smaller group. \u00a0I am still refining the vehicle rules for GAMER and wanted to test some ideas with just three or four guys. \u00a0Only two could make it, Chris and Duncan.<\/p>\n

I set up another tank-heavy scenario involving a scratch German force attacking an American position. \u00a0I was hoping to get a couple of close assaults and some bazooka fire. \u00a0I also wanted another test of the vehicle damage procedure. \u00a0All seemed to work well, but I still need to think a little about how vehicles interact with cover and vehicle movement speeds.<\/p>\n

\"Stuart<\/a>
Stuart facing off against a 38(t)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There Germans started with four tanks, while the Americans just had a Sherman and a Stuart. \u00a0The Americans also had two infantry squads, each with a bazooka. \u00a0The Germans had two tank hunter teams, one with a panzer faust and the other with a panzershreck. \u00a0Even though the Pz. IV fired first, the Sherman knocked out the Pz. IV. \u00a0The Germans never got much momentum, and the Americans gradually attritted them. \u00a0In the end, it was a convincing American victory. \u00a0I just need to clarify a few points with regard to the vehicle hit procedure. \u00a0Also, I think that vehicles are moving too slowly. \u00a0I also need to play with indirect fire.<\/p>\n

After the WWII game, I cooked some hamburgers on the grill and we talked about game design a bit. \u00a0In particular we were trying to brainstorm ways to account for the drawbacks of card-based activation without going back to IGO-UGO.<\/p>\n

\"Tree<\/a>
Tree monster hit with a flame spell starts to burn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A couple of years ago, Chris, Dave, and I were working on a set of rules for wizard battles. \u00a0After the WWII game, we pulled out the wizard game again and fiddled with it some more. \u00a0We came up with some good ideas. \u00a0When I finish with writing Bear Yourselves Valiantly and G.A.M.E.R., I’d like to resurrect the wizard battle game.<\/p>\n