Today, Phil and I had a return to the Stargate universe, of course, I have had several games solo during lockdown, and it was fun to share it again!
Our game got several 'Ooohs and Ahs' from interested folk around the church hall!
The table, a desert one, and yes, two Stargates!
A view from the other side.
A M.A.L.P. surveys the terrain, reports back, and goes into hibernation.
A few hours later, the gate bursts into life!
Four beige clothed figures appear as if from thin air as they exit the gate.
They spy four Jaffa in the distance on patrol.
Their leader leads his men at a sprint behind a nearby hill.
The Jaffa halt, apparently unsure what to do!
Phil's team comes through the gate, forewarned by me, they head towards my hidden position.
The gate disengages.
We skirt the hill, approaching the point at which we saw the Jaffa.
The Jaffa see us and shoot a few bolts from their staff weapons.
Our fire...
...wounds one of them and suppresses the rest.
We continue firing, the Jaffa begin to fall.
Taking a chance our fire might attract more Jaffa, we continue sending rounds down range until the last of the Jaffa fall.
Too late, a new group of Jaffa come round the building!
Their fire is as ineffective as the first group's.
Ours was very effective, considering the range.
With the Jaffa suppressed, I lead the teams forward.
We fire on the move, killing the last of the Jaffa.
A third group of Jaffa round the building...
...while more appear in a walled field on our left.
I lead my team forward.
Fortunately, the Jaffa decide not to fight, and rout off table!
My men pause, in case more Jaffa appear!
Phil's men went back to the hill near the gate to engage the Jaffa in the field.
A Jaffa falls.
My men attack a hill to dislodge the Portal Markers that brought the Jaffa down on us!
With nowhere to go within 12", the 3 counters are destroyed.
Phil is winning against the group of Jaffa in the field, but more Jaffa came up in support of them.
Phil is coming under more and more fire.
My men move to engage the Jaffa, and attract their fire!
Another Jaffa falls.
The Jaffa have friends! - A heavy staff cannon sets up on a hill behind the Jaffa.
He sets up to engage me!
Our fire knocks down more Jaffa in the field.
The Jaffa 'Cree' off the table.
My men go into the lee of the hill to avoid the cannon fire.
More Jaffa appear to support the cannon
Phil, too, keeps low and heads towards the gate.
I run towards a building nearer the cannon.
Phil sets up behind the gate.
His men spot another group of Jaffa.
These have just come off another hill.
They take cover in some bushes.
To my right, the second gate activates, and six Jaffa arrive.
I try to engage them.
One of them is wounded.
The Jaffa in the bushes get a 20 on a D20!
...it only suppresses Phil's half team!
Another Jaffa 20...
...again it only suppresses half of my men.
The Jaffa in the hedge make good their escape.
Phil's forward men engage the Jaffa in the hedge.
They kill one.
All my men are now suppressed!
The Jaffa at the gate disable one of my men!
I call for the team to take position in the house.
They take position at a window...
...and at the door.
Phil drives the Jaffa from the bushes.
Go Phil!
My fire from cover...
...kills two Jaffa.
The rest take cover, but I still kill one more.
A Staff blast comes through the window and kills another of my men!
We hold our nerve and keep firing.
The last two Jaffa charge desperately.
More Jaffa arrive, aiming to engage Phil.
Phil moves behind another building.
He engages the first group.
I stand my ground in the house and kill one of the Jaffa attacking it.
The survivor runs.
The Jaffa attack Phil's men...
...A short range blast disables one of his men.
The second fires on full automatic.
The Jaffa are mown down.
The last one runs, too.
As I engage the last group of Jaffa, one of them wounds me!
We manage to kill two of them though!
The other Jaffa flee!...cowards!
The Staff cannon is shooting at targets of opportunity.
Phil's men are in cover, and the shots miss.
Phil gets more rounds into the Jaffa on the hill.
He advances!
With the line of sight clear, the Staff cannon fires at my man.
He hits a tree! - we are undamaged!
I wound the gunner, Phil's men kill more Jaffa on the hill.
The last one flees too.
We knock over the gunner, the hill is ours!
Taking our wounded and dead, we go home through the gate.
Phil has a new Staff cannon, towed back by the M.A.L.P.!
Hardly a glorious victory! - but we had fun!
Postscript: Th captured Jaffa tells the SGC the planet is used by Anubis and the Children of Ra as a meeting place to discuss the politics of empire, hence the 2 gates, the Anubis gate we used, and the Ra Gate.
Quite the wack a mole adventure for the SG team! They just keep coming. Still the intel was probably worth the effort. Great game and good set up!
ReplyDeleteThanks Mike! - I thought my goose was cooked when I got outflanked by all those Jaffa from the gate!
DeletePhil saved the day!