Exploring parties have reported sighting a number of strange monsters in other lands.
Often these animals appear to be some sort of magical cross breed.
These include, but are not limited to the following:
A cross between the Unicorn and an Elephant;
Giant camels crossed with leopards;
People covered with fur who neither speak nor build fires;
Giant cattle with huge flat horns that curve like sheep horns;
Water dragons with poisonous breath and spittle;
Deer who, instead of antlers, have twisted devil horns;
and
Birds with gems for feathers who do not sing, but shriek!
Sunday, June 1, 2008
Friday, May 23, 2008
New Scenario developing, the pool of Shi
The Pool of Shi Boom
(any resemblance to any real current or hysterical person, place, or thing is completely farcical and absolutely satirical)
The Castle of Shi Boom
Lady Sally Fourth and Lord Dammi Phyenoe.
(denizens of Pigg Hollow)
The ruins of Shi Boom Village
The outpost of the Bed Down tribesmen
(Turbines or Zinagarans)
The camp of
Shiek Urah Hasses.
Orders of Battle and all to come out next week!
:)
(any resemblance to any real current or hysterical person, place, or thing is completely farcical and absolutely satirical)
The Castle of Shi Boom
Lady Sally Fourth and Lord Dammi Phyenoe.
(denizens of Pigg Hollow)
The ruins of Shi Boom Village
The outpost of the Bed Down tribesmen
(Turbines or Zinagarans)
The camp of
Shiek Urah Hasses.
Orders of Battle and all to come out next week!
:)
Monday, May 5, 2008
Pigg Hollow Has Fallen!!!
Alas, quite literally.
I was getting my old lead collection out to set up a game when I fell ....
while holding one tub full of trays across another tub full of trays!!
Alas, Now I have some 2000 figures to resort by hand, buy new trays, etc.
And it definitely delayed a game I was playing for 18th century
Frankszonia!
It may be some weeks before I have the chance again ... so I'm afraid if I make the game, it'll be in plastic.
:(
Arthur
I was getting my old lead collection out to set up a game when I fell ....
while holding one tub full of trays across another tub full of trays!!
Alas, Now I have some 2000 figures to resort by hand, buy new trays, etc.
And it definitely delayed a game I was playing for 18th century
Frankszonia!
It may be some weeks before I have the chance again ... so I'm afraid if I make the game, it'll be in plastic.
:(
Arthur
Sunday, March 9, 2008
New Mustering
I'm working on a preliminary roster for my Imaginations:
Pigg Hollow,
Pigg's Eye Land,
Peculiar County,
and
Artie's Tatoo Grove for Picky Picts
It's going to hog up some time, but when I can muster a decent parade, Dame Edith, the fabulous artiste of Peculiar County, has engaged to generate some illuminative illustrations. ...
Pigg Hollow,
Pigg's Eye Land,
Peculiar County,
and
Artie's Tatoo Grove for Picky Picts
It's going to hog up some time, but when I can muster a decent parade, Dame Edith, the fabulous artiste of Peculiar County, has engaged to generate some illuminative illustrations. ...
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
The Sealed Temple, first raid ....
The Sealed Temple:
Opponents:
Team from Pigg’s Hollow vs. Local Defenders
Scenario:
Rumors of items of great power in a small, sealed temple on the border of Poitain and Zingara attract a team of adventurers .... However, the locals, driven by traditions of horrible curses, move to intercept them:
Terrain: A ruined plaza surrounded by overgrown ruins on plateau above local village:
In the middle of the plaza, there are the remains of a small, old temple which has been bricked over and a large well which is spring fed and still a good source of water. The Temple consists of small flat topped main building which faces onto a small courtyard. The gate is flanked by two smaller outbuildings.
Pigg’s Hollow:
Two Knights: Sir Eustace and Sir Fingerholden;
Two squires: Bob and Andy
The knights’ war dogs, and two clerics (along for their medical skills, and just in case).
1st Squad: Swordsmen A,B,C and Crossbowmen D,E,F
2nd Squad: Swordsmen G, H, I and X-bow J,K,L
Locals:
Men at Arms:
Brown team, three seargents and four men;
Grey team: two sergeants and four men;
Peasants:
headman, six shield men, and six slingers.
Monsters in the Temple:
Saved for a later game, I’m afraid ....
Rules: Home Brew ...
The game began very well for the Pigg’s Hollow team, which was able to approach the temple without being observed. Then only the Men at Arms activated for the locals! I assumed then that it would be a cake walk for the Pigg’s Hollow guys ... but there was a Howard / Lovecraft surprise in the Temple which I figured would even things out quite a bit.
Well, Sir Eustace, Bob, their dog and a cleric took the 1st squad into the temple and clambered up on the roof (hoping to find an easy place to break in) while the rest of the gang gathered around the well and filled up canteens.
At this juncture, the local men-at-arms shamble out of the woods (having climbed the steep slope in full gear). Sir Fingerholden puts his swordsmen in front of the x-bows while the cleric runs for the temple with 1st squad’s water jugs.
Then things seemed to go sour for Pigg’s men. To shorten the story, in the words of Admiral Halsey, their x-bows “couldn’t hit a bull in the butt with a base fiddle.”
Sir Eustace and his fellows scramble up on the Temple too, and sort themselves out with the 1st squad. Bob tries to hold the gateway, but the Greys shove him back and eventually strike him down. The Browns have brought ladders and hope to swarm up on the side of the temple while the Greys clamber up from the court yard.
Sir Fingerholden and his dog actually manage to keep the Browns from getting up in a topsy turvy fight. Indeed, one of his x-bowmen actually manages to hit a couple of the Brown sergeants! Sir Eustace tries to rescue Bob, but the push of the Greys prevents him from getting down into the courtyard. However, in the confined space of the little courtyard, the rest of the Piggs manage to eventually beat the Greys down, though Andy is also felled.
After a couple of turns, the Greys are overcome in the courtyard, and the Browns, seeing this and having had three of their men down, including their sergeant, decide to pick up the fallen and retreat.
(In my home rules, suffering a hit can either cause you to miss your attack next turn, to be knocked back, down, and / or out ... there are recovery rolls too, so both sides roll on each fight).
Finally the x-bow men score, and the Browns are forced to leave two bodies.
At this point, having 10 bodies to loot, with poor Bob dead and Andy out, and two swordsmen and a x-bowman injured, the Piggmen decide to withdraw before the villagers attack with the aid the remnants of the Browns.
The Temple and its ?treasure? remain intact, and its demon is undisturbed ....
yet.
:)
A
Opponents:
Team from Pigg’s Hollow vs. Local Defenders
Scenario:
Rumors of items of great power in a small, sealed temple on the border of Poitain and Zingara attract a team of adventurers .... However, the locals, driven by traditions of horrible curses, move to intercept them:
Terrain: A ruined plaza surrounded by overgrown ruins on plateau above local village:
In the middle of the plaza, there are the remains of a small, old temple which has been bricked over and a large well which is spring fed and still a good source of water. The Temple consists of small flat topped main building which faces onto a small courtyard. The gate is flanked by two smaller outbuildings.
Pigg’s Hollow:
Two Knights: Sir Eustace and Sir Fingerholden;
Two squires: Bob and Andy
The knights’ war dogs, and two clerics (along for their medical skills, and just in case).
1st Squad: Swordsmen A,B,C and Crossbowmen D,E,F
2nd Squad: Swordsmen G, H, I and X-bow J,K,L
Locals:
Men at Arms:
Brown team, three seargents and four men;
Grey team: two sergeants and four men;
Peasants:
headman, six shield men, and six slingers.
Monsters in the Temple:
Saved for a later game, I’m afraid ....
Rules: Home Brew ...
The game began very well for the Pigg’s Hollow team, which was able to approach the temple without being observed. Then only the Men at Arms activated for the locals! I assumed then that it would be a cake walk for the Pigg’s Hollow guys ... but there was a Howard / Lovecraft surprise in the Temple which I figured would even things out quite a bit.
Well, Sir Eustace, Bob, their dog and a cleric took the 1st squad into the temple and clambered up on the roof (hoping to find an easy place to break in) while the rest of the gang gathered around the well and filled up canteens.
At this juncture, the local men-at-arms shamble out of the woods (having climbed the steep slope in full gear). Sir Fingerholden puts his swordsmen in front of the x-bows while the cleric runs for the temple with 1st squad’s water jugs.
Then things seemed to go sour for Pigg’s men. To shorten the story, in the words of Admiral Halsey, their x-bows “couldn’t hit a bull in the butt with a base fiddle.”
Sir Eustace and his fellows scramble up on the Temple too, and sort themselves out with the 1st squad. Bob tries to hold the gateway, but the Greys shove him back and eventually strike him down. The Browns have brought ladders and hope to swarm up on the side of the temple while the Greys clamber up from the court yard.
Sir Fingerholden and his dog actually manage to keep the Browns from getting up in a topsy turvy fight. Indeed, one of his x-bowmen actually manages to hit a couple of the Brown sergeants! Sir Eustace tries to rescue Bob, but the push of the Greys prevents him from getting down into the courtyard. However, in the confined space of the little courtyard, the rest of the Piggs manage to eventually beat the Greys down, though Andy is also felled.
After a couple of turns, the Greys are overcome in the courtyard, and the Browns, seeing this and having had three of their men down, including their sergeant, decide to pick up the fallen and retreat.
(In my home rules, suffering a hit can either cause you to miss your attack next turn, to be knocked back, down, and / or out ... there are recovery rolls too, so both sides roll on each fight).
Finally the x-bow men score, and the Browns are forced to leave two bodies.
At this point, having 10 bodies to loot, with poor Bob dead and Andy out, and two swordsmen and a x-bowman injured, the Piggmen decide to withdraw before the villagers attack with the aid the remnants of the Browns.
The Temple and its ?treasure? remain intact, and its demon is undisturbed ....
yet.
:)
A
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
The Mate Tricks
Since I've mentioned that I'll be doing most of my Iron Age gaming on my matrix, it behooves me to post a recent version .... somewhat mangled by the limits of the blog space! Each Line has six to seven slots on it, so the even numbered lines here are actually the eastern end of the line above ....
:)
Arthur
October 17, 2007 (12:11pm)
The Matt Tricks
----------- Dangle -(covers all "Danish / Viking" variants -------------------
Crab Apple Isle / / Hollow Lands / / Flushing Mains / / More Dangle / / Balmies
Honey Meade / / Krankt Kaze / / Wendy’s / / Polisher / / Dangle or Mangle
Peculiar County / / Porkshire / / Mark Land / / Mangle (Eastern Horse bands)
Pigg’s Eye Land / / Loincaster / / Lark Land / / Wieners / / either Turbos or Mangles
Sugar Maples / / Honey Dukes / / Row Hands // (empty) / / Salves / / V
Caer Dragwrydd // Pigg Hollow// Normalcy // Frog Gall / / Vain Ice / / Salves // Mangles etc
Hog Wilds / /Sowfolk / / Provisionals // Mild Hand Oil / / Axle / / Constapation.
Hammshire / /Candy Spangles // Sardines // Flower Essence // Olive Oyl / / Ate Hens / / Turbos // Mangles
Adolescent Zits / /Palm Oil / / Roaming / / (Empty) / / Sputter / / Corn Oil // Turbos // Mangles
Sandy’s Moors // Syrup Cruets // Neap Oily / / (Empty) / / Partsa / / Turbos // Scarves /// Mangles ^
The Great Egg / / Alli Gearia // Lubricant / Malt / / Cretins // Turbos // Scarves // Ragged Beds
Mole Asses / / Dry Croisant / / Tim Bucks Two // Gypped // Scarves // Ragged Beds // Hindend Cushion
(empty) / / da Homey /(empty) / / Sue Dan // Raggeds //
(empty) / / Ivory / // (empty) / / Ah Bin Seein’ Ya // (empty) // Hindend Cushions
Groupings:
Crab Apple Isle // Hollow Lands + Honey Mead + Peculiar County + Pigg’s Eye Land + Sugar Maples + Caer Dragwrydd;
Lark Land + Honey Dukes + Row Hands + Normalcy, Frog Gall + Provisionals (very loose agglomerate) ;
Krankt Kaze + Mark Land + Weiners = northern Oily Roaming Empire ;
Mild Hand Oil, Vain Ice + Flower Essence + Roaming + Neap Oily = southern Oily Roaming Empire
Sardines, Palm Oil, Syrup Cruets + Malt = (another loose agglomerate)
Olive Oyl, Corn Oil, Sputter, Axle, Ate Hens, Partsa, & Cretins = Grease ( + Constapation)
:)
Arthur
October 17, 2007 (12:11pm)
The Matt Tricks
----------- Dangle -(covers all "Danish / Viking" variants -------------------
Crab Apple Isle / / Hollow Lands / / Flushing Mains / / More Dangle / / Balmies
Honey Meade / / Krankt Kaze / / Wendy’s / / Polisher / / Dangle or Mangle
Peculiar County / / Porkshire / / Mark Land / / Mangle (Eastern Horse bands)
Pigg’s Eye Land / / Loincaster / / Lark Land / / Wieners / / either Turbos or Mangles
Sugar Maples / / Honey Dukes / / Row Hands // (empty) / / Salves / / V
Caer Dragwrydd // Pigg Hollow// Normalcy // Frog Gall / / Vain Ice / / Salves // Mangles etc
Hog Wilds / /Sowfolk / / Provisionals // Mild Hand Oil / / Axle / / Constapation.
Hammshire / /Candy Spangles // Sardines // Flower Essence // Olive Oyl / / Ate Hens / / Turbos // Mangles
Adolescent Zits / /Palm Oil / / Roaming / / (Empty) / / Sputter / / Corn Oil // Turbos // Mangles
Sandy’s Moors // Syrup Cruets // Neap Oily / / (Empty) / / Partsa / / Turbos // Scarves /// Mangles ^
The Great Egg / / Alli Gearia // Lubricant / Malt / / Cretins // Turbos // Scarves // Ragged Beds
Mole Asses / / Dry Croisant / / Tim Bucks Two // Gypped // Scarves // Ragged Beds // Hindend Cushion
(empty) / / da Homey /(empty) / / Sue Dan // Raggeds //
(empty) / / Ivory / // (empty) / / Ah Bin Seein’ Ya // (empty) // Hindend Cushions
Groupings:
Crab Apple Isle // Hollow Lands + Honey Mead + Peculiar County + Pigg’s Eye Land + Sugar Maples + Caer Dragwrydd;
Lark Land + Honey Dukes + Row Hands + Normalcy, Frog Gall + Provisionals (very loose agglomerate) ;
Krankt Kaze + Mark Land + Weiners = northern Oily Roaming Empire ;
Mild Hand Oil, Vain Ice + Flower Essence + Roaming + Neap Oily = southern Oily Roaming Empire
Sardines, Palm Oil, Syrup Cruets + Malt = (another loose agglomerate)
Olive Oyl, Corn Oil, Sputter, Axle, Ate Hens, Partsa, & Cretins = Grease ( + Constapation)
Tuesday, January 1, 2008
vauge location
Since the Ancients campaign seems to be focusing upon the old Howard universe of Hyperboria, I've slapped a vague location down which may give me scope for both my Medievals and Byzantines and bit of my Dark Ages figures.
drin .... uh ... thinking on New Year's
I'm snorkeling around for history ideas ...
Like the great rivalry between the Dukes of Pork and Loincaster and the
sugar vs. salt politics of Hammshire, and the stodgy old families of
Sowfolk.
Of course, the Royal Steward, being the King's elder, illegitimate brother, has set up an odious "Big Brother" government ....
:)
Like the great rivalry between the Dukes of Pork and Loincaster and the
sugar vs. salt politics of Hammshire, and the stodgy old families of
Sowfolk.
Of course, the Royal Steward, being the King's elder, illegitimate brother, has set up an odious "Big Brother" government ....
:)
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