18 June, What a Tanker! Game day in Spartanburg SC

I have finally scheduled a Game Day for 18 June, see below for details.  I have decided to run What A Tanker!  as I can easily scale it up for down depending on how many players how up.

Please RSVP using this form, I'll bring coffee and Donuts from Krispy Kreme:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfRVFgw6tWvLDDju6NN2O22AfgLsPgb9OLfsUfbTrxTE3cI3g/viewform 

Spartanburg County Public Library HQ Branch

151 S. Church Street

Spartanburg, SC 29306

Harley Conference Room (2nd floor)

 

10:30AM  Arrive

11:00AM Start Play

~2PM End Play, adjourn to Blue Moon (https://bluemoonsc.com/) across the street for lunch

Parking is FREE at library

 

We will play 'What A Tanker" From Too Fat Lardies (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWE_ShqU5L8) and should be able to get in a training game and 1 or 2 additional games. We will play with my 12mm tanks on a 6 x 4 table, late war Eastern Front.

 

I will have everything set up and ready to go, just bring yourself, your favorite dice if you like, and lunch money. 

FOR MORE INFO, see the SCHGS IO Group: groups.io/g/schgs

28mm 3d Printed Pulp Submarine

This is something I have been wanting to do for a while, now I can check off another box on my hobby bingo!

28mm Pulp Submarine on Thingiverse

I needed a 28mm Submarine for villains to pour out of when boarding the hero's tramp steamer in the South Pacific for games of Pulp Alley, Astounding Tales, etc. I needed it to be fairly big, but not too big, and historical accuracy was NOT a requirement.

So... I remixed a Oral B toothbrush holder, which is itself a remix of the bathtub U-Boat, scaled it up, and split it into 3 pieces to more easily fit onto my Ender 3.

The aft section does not fit very well, no matter how much I fiddled with it using my novice Tinkercad skills. I wound up having to file and cut to get it together, so be warned. you may want to adjust it yourself before printing.

I printed on my Ender 3 using the Fat Dragon games terrain Cura profile, but set the layer height to .12

Pulp Alley League: Doc Savage!

 Getting ready to do a Pulp Alley game day and am catching up on my league cards.  Here is a man and team that needs no introduction, Doc Savage!  

I am going to play this as a Company of Heroes, and Doc gets to pick 2 companions for each game.

You can see my Pulp Adventures and other leagues here.

Hobby Bingo Progress and 3d Printer repair

Just a quick update I am making progress on my hobby bingo.  I really need to catch up and take some pictures, but given the choice between photo shoots and painting, right now I am choosing painting!

Also, I have to replace the hot end and fan on my Creality Ender 3 Pro 3d printer.  Unknown to me, plastic has been accumulating and the fan started making a noise, so, $25 later I have a replacement.  I just need to install it now, that work is in porgress.  here is what the old one looks like...

Good gaming!
 

River of Terror! One Hour Skirmish Wargame

I had a day of hobby-ing last weekend while my wife finished her Yoga instructor certification.  She passed with flying colors and put a lot of work into this, I am very proud of her!

I did quit a bit of painting and checked off several boxes on my Hobby Bingo card, more on that in a future post.  I also managed to get in a game of One Hour Skirmish Wargames, I played a scenario I put together called River of Terror, you can find the detail here on my One Hour Skirmish Wargames page.

Here is a summary of the fight...

The cultists have blocked the river with canoes chained together so they can ambush the Miskatonic Queen.   

Soon Deep Ones begin emerging from the murky depths to attack the expedition.

Dr. Morgan faces off with a Deep One, this is worse than when he had to teach Freshman level Demonoloy. It does not turn out well for him.

Meanwhile on the other side of the boat, one of the crewmen shoot deep ones in a barrel with his trusty Chicago piano

Dr. Morgan managed to kill one of the Deep Ones, but fell prey to another, who began to rampage along the deck, even gravely wounding Captain Stuebing!

The abomination was finally stopped by two plucky sailors, who wounded the beast and then dispatched it in close combat.

While all of this was going on, the cultists on the shore and the expedition members on the top deck traded completely in effective fire (and that went on the entire game.)  Meanwhile, Professor Rice jumps on the barricade and makes his way to the shore, under a hail of fire, to free the boat. A cultist levels a MP-18 at him just as he gets to the end... but a lucky turn of the Joker saves him. 

He manages to free loosen the chain and sprint back to the Queen, which starts to chug forward.

The party is not wholly out of danger, as a few more Deep Ones jup on the deck. 

But the next draw of the Joker sees the cultists morale fail miserably... the deep ones slink back to the depths and the cultists try to figure out how they will explain their failure to their boss.

A very fun game, I am still hooked on the rules.  You should give them a shot!

next time, I will provide some hobby bingo update, meanwhile off to the beach this weekend with the kids and grandkids.  Good gaming!