The Retreat

After the storm, the flood. Thankfully for me, this is going to be a very graphics-light post. After the exciting events of the last mission, the failed patrol which ended in a heroic last stand followed by quite a bit of running away, there is some definite bookkeeping that needs to happen. We've lost three out of four crew and the entirety of the Spectacular Craptacular. The one survivor of the crew fled the field. The good tank Chicken Scratch was utterly disabled. Luckily the crew of the Chicken Scratch got away completely unharmed. Don't Drop That Baby engaged the enemy and retreated from the battlefield intact, despite having the least experience of anyone in the group. Two vehicles, most of one crew, and a failed mission. Plus the crew of the Chicken Scratch probably deserves to be statted up. Let's get on that. Replacing Crewmembers Please turn to page 26 in the hymnal. First up, we look to see if people who have bailed out of the disabled vehicle or are Out...

Or How in the World Are We Going to Get Out Of This One? The Recap When last we met our intrepid band of fools and miscreants, they were in a bit of a pickle. Despite having taken out two of the Hishen slaver force, two heavy tanks and two medium were bearing down on their position from the Northeast. Our boys were hunkered down behind a hill in the woods, making the best use of cover that they could, but that position is threatened by the approach of unknown forces from the north. Anything could happen and anything probably will, as 5150: Gaea's Worst continues! "Bloody fuck," muttered Henri as he lowered the light amplification goggles. "This is going to be murder." "That's great!" The TC applied boot-to-head for the driver. Donny made his usual puzzled-wounded-child noise. "Ow." " Our murder, you moron." Ace piped up from the rear deck. "Well, if those fuckin' greybacks want to eat some more coherent light we...

I've talked about GM-less role-playing games. I've gone on at length about GM-full games. I've done a good chunk of character generation. I've even brought Christmas to the battlefield. But now we go one step beyond. We're going to actually play a few rounds of combat at the tip of the spear! Well, okay, maybe that sensitive bit just down from the tip, the bulbous head of the spear. Our enemy, the hideous Hishen , war-mongering bastards out for slaves and suffering to grow their mighty star empire upon. The Setup Introduction Anyone can be the strapping big-balled heroes that fights the good fight and leaves when the getting is good, girl in tow. But what about the average schlub who signed up with the Troopers because they had some slots and driving tanks looks cool. He has to fit in somewhere. That "somewhere" is the Planetary Defense Force for the planet designated with a pile of numbers and letters, but which mainly gets called "Steinler...

[RPGs/Wargames] Christmas at Twilight Or how I learned to quit complaining and love my fellow man -- loudly. Last year about this time, Eugen Systems -- creators of the very fine indeed Wargame and Steel Division -- posted a very thematic Christmas card to the community, and as I said on FB at the time, "Maybe I need to write that up as a 5150 scenario." Now that 5150: Hammer & Anvil has been released, I'm back to thinking, "maybe I should write that up as a scenario for 5150 . So let's do that. Inspirations Inspired in equal measure by 5150 itself, Twilight 2000 , Advanced Squad Leader , and Santa Claus Conquers the Martians . https://youtu.be/7dhvdnzHBr0 And maybe a little Futurama . https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nbMq4NCHuhU Mission: YULETIDE TANGO History Unfortunately, there truly is a War on Christmas. Not because of political factionalism or even religious diversity, but because the forces of Hell have not been receiving their due. KRAMPUS (Kraft...