{"id":528,"date":"2011-07-04T14:11:25","date_gmt":"2011-07-04T14:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=528"},"modified":"2011-07-04T14:11:25","modified_gmt":"2011-07-04T14:11:25","slug":"sammy-ran-her-first-wargame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=528","title":{"rendered":"Sammy Ran her First Wargame"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"The<\/a>
The Defense of the Fort<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Sammy ran her first wargame on 2 July 11. \u00a0She used my Eureka toy soldiers and teddy bears. \u00a0She made all the terrain herself. \u00a0The windmill came unpainted from the craft store. \u00a0The roads and rivers were made from white foam painted with acrylics. \u00a0Note the defensive walls made from miniature blocks. \u00a0See the ones arranged to spell “I love GASLIGHT.”<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>
The battle unfolds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She used GASLIGHT to run the game. \u00a0Since the toy soldiers were originally mounted and organized for Milk and Cookies Rules (units of four) to groups made an eight-figure GASLIGHT unit. \u00a0We used 8-sided dice, instead of 10-sided dice, for morale checks.<\/p>\n

Note the trees made to look like lollypops. \u00a0The log cabin was made from miniature Lincoln Logs that Sammy glued together.<\/p>\n

I have more toy soldier units than bear units, so the bears had slightly better stats. \u00a0The game was extremely balanced. \u00a0When we had to quit, the toys had three full-sized units, a cannon crew, and a handful of beaten-up units. \u00a0The bears had two full-sized units, a cannon crew, the fort, and a couple of chewed-up units. \u00a0It was a very good game.<\/p>\n

Sammy did a nice job running the game. \u00a0A couple of times she had to make decisions about ambiguous events, and she made good calls. \u00a0Now she wants to run the game at a HAWKs night.<\/p>\n