(1st play 3 player 3 newbies 1 teacher Warrington Games Club, maybe see a Youtube Vid in the near future )
Captains logs, Its 20 dickity 0 and my 1st landing on the mysterious islands of the Frostgrave Ghost Archipelago
2 other crews have also landed also green it'll be a bloodbath
My ten man crew Me(leader, Heritor), My Earth Warden(wizard), a Bootlegger(fighter), Archer, Crossbow men, and 5 red shirts some with shields some with double handed weapons
The 2nd crew with a Beast warden immediately starts luring more beasties to the board
me crew delves though the forest, my warden spotted some treasure and using a earthen mage wave has shoved it closer to my greedy men
next my warden ensorccels the enemy water warden with vine snares! dropping her effectiveness to 1 action a turn, until she can cut her self out
On the western part of the islands the water and beast crew tussle, a demonic goat has , a firebat(mosquito), skeleton, turtle and snake man warrior have been summoned as random encounters
Arrows and spells are slung though the Forrest
My bootlegger and Heritor engage a barbarian savage and the a few of the water crew its bloody but we come out on top .. barely
My crossbrow crits and showers the near by crew in blood and guts...
I secured 1 treasure, the beast crew snuck up and stole my 2nd with summoning shenanigans
It was a even game with all 3 crew fairly evenly engaging each other equally
final Picture of my dead crew mates
Did I mention my crossbow man shot my Heritor (Leader) dead in the back of the head?
my leader was engaged with two enemy crew, random chance :-p
as it was the 1st game we got a little lost on activation some times its meant to be leader , warden, remaining men, we some times went out of order
We called its a Win for the Beast crew, he and my self have 1 treasure off the board, but he has his hands on a 2nd treasure and both his Heritor and warden alive, water crew lost
victory was stolen from me by a summoned snake catching my 2nd treasure carrier just inches from the boat!
Enjoyable game, Nice simple d20 system comparing total fight values with very few modifiers
I think we missed some rules as 3 players and 1st time, with 1 experienced player teaching,
potentially should have had random encounters when we picked up treasures
I've all ready seen on some forums people suggest 2d10 over 1d20 or a d12 and d8 .. im not sure why so will take some looking into,
from what i took away from combat 1st you need to beat your opponents fight stat then you compare your fight stat roll to the opponents armour and do the difference in damage , quick and simple
most models seemed to be able to survive 2 hits 3 if lucky
It'll be fun to dive into a campaign, see what treasures and injuries we accumulate
the Northstar crewmen look fantastic! borrowed from Warrington club member Andy
Warrington Games club welcomes Wargamers and boardgamers with plenty of space, if your a board gamer keep at it arrange a game on the Facebook, as they have plenty boardgamers pop in, they just need them to pop in at the same time!