Send in the Marines?

 Today we had a first go at Sword Weirdos progenitor, Space Weirdos.

I think we all agreed its very similar, with a couple of changes (Dodge for example)

Phil used some lovely Space Dwarves.

Lawrence had a purple gang!!

Rhod had a band of...Kharadron Overlords

I had 4 Imperial Fist Space Marines (Beakies!!)

I provided this side of the table and would face Phil's Dwarves in the first game.

Lawrence had individual cards for his guys, very swish!

Lawrence was allied to me and would face Rhod in his terrain (it curiously reminded me of 'Inside Out' in Riley's abstract world!!!)

In the first move I moved my Marines to cover.

Opposite the Dwarves did the same.

Being Legiones Astartes I moved forward.

The Dwarves seemed happy to let me do so!

On the other side of the table, Rhod moved through the ruins.

Lawrence tried to extend his line past them on the left flank.

Lawrence's man there took out Rhod's flank guard, who had shot at Lawrence's figure, but only provoked a snap shot back, which was lethal!

My flank men were shooting at, and being shot back at the Dwarves in the ruins.

Not much happened, my Heavy Armour saved me more times than I can remember!

On the far side, Rhod's leader killed that chap who this time didn't get a lucky return shot!!!

Lawrence had a good shot into the leader's back though! who was Down and Staggered.

I raced my Sergeant forward to deal with a Dwarf who had just missed hitting my missile launcher in the arch. He had a grenade, which easily silenced the stuntie!

Rhods Leader was soon better and attacked, but was taken out by another of Lawrence's men.

Rhod's Flamethrower roasted another Purple person in revenge!

My Rocket Launcher tried to take out Phil's leader, but missed!

Another of Rhod's men appeared to engage the Purple Person.

He didn't do well, Purple Person is a damn good shot!

My Right hand Marine was Staggered by a Dwarf...

But as my leader tried to attack on the left, an Overwatch shot somehow managed to kill him!!! - that was game end! Phil and Rhod won.

The second game:

I was moved to the right on the opposite side, facing Lawrence.

What did the Purple People have to deal with me?

I moved my Missile launcher into position and fired...

...I only knocked down the leader.

Under fire, my Launcher chap had to dodge incoming return fire.

Lawrence was massing on the building in the centre, he only sent one man round my flank (picture top left)

I tried to get my Lancher man back into action but he was knocked down.

My right flank guard managed to take out his opposite number!

Then a surprise! My Missile Launcher man turned and shot at my leader, who was blasted over a barricade, not best pleased!!!

However, once the Psychic mind control was over, my Missile Launcher man turned and shot the building- a great shot, which staggered the sniper there, but the blast radius caught the Purple leader, and killed him!

Nothing happened in the last turn before the game ended, so we totaled up and found Rhod and I had won!

I think we are finally getting the rules sorted out in our heads, and hope to play again soon!

Sword Weirdos

 Today, Lawrence brought down Sword Weirdos, a new variant of Space Weirdos, a PDF game which was written for Sci Fi.

We played with  his lovely Fantasy figures today!

In a first trial game (no pics) my Halflings managed to beat a Dwarven force, my dice were VERY kind!

In this second game I changed to a human force, with a Hero, a Magic user, a couple of Ruffians and a pair of barbarians!

This was the table we fought on. The scenario was to end half a 'stick' from as many of the 3 Objective Markers as possible, with more figures than the enemy.

I chose the near side so sent my Hero, Magic User and the two Ruffians to the left.

Phil had advanced his Hero and another Dwarf forward, while his Crossbowdwarf went left to get the Objective Marker in the ruin there. My Magic user hit his Hero and left him 'down' and 'staggered', with a lucky Magic Missile!

I had sent my Barbarians to contest that ruin with the Dwarven Crossbow.

I failed to hit the 'Staggered' enemy Hero - but he failed to get his mojo back!

My first Barbarian dodged a Crossbow bolt, charged the Dwarf, but missed so badly the stuntie counter struck with his sword, killing my Barbarian!

My second Barbarian charged, but he was knocked down too!

At the hedge, my Ruffians tried to overwhelm the Dwarf axeman there.

My Barbarian was Down and Staggered - that damned Dwarf!

Phil now got his Hero up and running again, but it took 2 of his 3 actions.

The next turn he charged one of my Ruffians!

I had retreated my Barbarian after getting my 'Down' and 'Staggered' off, the Crossbowdwarf charged and missed upon which my Barbarian finally slew him!

The Dwarf Hero made short work of my Ruffian, so my other one had 3 Dwarves to face!

My Magic User shot an area effect spell which killed a Dwarf, Staggered another and sent the third flying!

He landed near the ruin, but also my Hero had been beaten off the hedge by a Dwarf then killed.

My last Ruffian managed to kill the Dwarf Hero at the same time!

At this point the game ended, I had my Barbarian on the Objective Marker in the ruin, and my Ruffian had the one in the field, so it was a technical victory for my lads! - but a very hard fought and close victory.

We are doing this again next week as Rhod is back, so we shall see how he likes it too!