{"id":551,"date":"2011-07-12T17:45:18","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T17:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=551"},"modified":"2011-07-13T10:23:50","modified_gmt":"2011-07-13T10:23:50","slug":"gaslight-extravaganza-at-historicon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bucksurdu.com\/blog\/?p=551","title":{"rendered":"GASLIGHT Extravaganza at Historicon"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Some<\/a>
Some kind of dinosaur and the Colossus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

To commemorate the release of The GASLIGHT Compendium we wanted to run a really large GASLIGHT game. \u00a0We ran a Northwest Frontier by GASLIGHT game which featured British attacking to seize a Pathan hill fort, rescue Wee Willie Winkie, and recapture the Colossus left behind after the previous punitive expedition. \u00a0Robert Seitz scratch built the Colossus from the cover of the \u00a0book.<\/p>\n

\"Chris<\/a>
Chris laying out some of the troops for the game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

All players had two units and one or two special things, typically a vehicle. \u00a0The British approached from both ends of an “L” with the hill fort at the bend. \u00a0The British on their left flank fell into the classic gamer trap. \u00a0They tried to pry the Pathans out of a village which had nothing to do with their victory conditions. \u00a0As a result, they never made it to the Colossus to get it started again.<\/p>\n

\"British<\/a>
British helicopters had a bad day<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The British helicopters pictured above were treated as unarmored conveyances. \u00a0As such, the vehicles get no Save rolls. \u00a0The pilot, a Main Character, got a Save roll, but both of them failed and went down from a hail of gunfire from Pathans ensconced in the rocky hills.<\/p>\n

\"Indian<\/a>
Indian steam elephants moving inexorably forward<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

On the British left, they had more success. \u00a0They advanced steadily toward the hill fort, despite heavy casualties and the early loss of one of the British steam spiders. \u00a0(Note the Pathan timberclad war machine toward the right of the image above.) \u00a0They would have reached the hill fort to kill Pasha Chrismajadeen and rescue Winkie, but the Russians pushed two squads of infantry into the fort, effectively blocking the British advance.<\/p>\n

\"Another<\/a>
Another view of the British advance<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The players seem to have had a good time. \u00a0The game flowed well. \u00a0I was happy with the result.<\/p>\n