Today we were a bit short of players at the club, but Phil was able and willing to help me make the most of the lack of players by playtesting my newest rule set, Dr Who!
Its only in a beta version so far and is only really suited for outdoor adventures, though I have ideas for expanding it in different directions if this first set works.
I will try to give an idea as to the systems I used...
The small village of Shillingbottom
All is quiet, even for a sleepy village like this.
An area of rough ground at the edge of the village echoes to a familiar mechanical wheezing sound....
A Tardis appears!
The Doctor (Phil) stepped out, followed by Sarah Jane (me).
Sarah Jane ran ahead, glad to be back on Earth.
The Doctor moved towards a garden opening.
Oddly, nothing was to be seen or heard.
You can see the Portal Markers - these move if you get close, but each turn you dice to see if anything appears at one of the visible markers.
As you can see, the markers moved behind a tree (left) and a small barn (right)
The Doctor went towards the telephone kiosk, while Sarah Jane went to look at the barn.
The Doctor stood, looking around, wondering if the place was deserted.
Sarah Jane moved round the barn towards the road. (sorry its blurry!)
She peeked round into the road, there was a slight sound in or around the barn.
The Doctor crossed the road to knock on the door.
The Portal markers up the road triggered an ambush, and we randomly got Autons (The Nestene Consciousness), two Autons, weapons raised, approached the Doctor, who raised his hands.
The Doctor was driven towards a house.
Sarah Jane had found the prisoners a 'Supplementary quest' card we had picked up earlier had directed us to rescue. Sarah Jane couldn't help the Doctor so this was a useful thing to do.
She then went to see how the Doctor was getting on!
The Autons had imprisoned him in a containment field!
The prisoners Sarah Jane had rescued made their escape.
Sarah Jane called to the doctor, and, as she had planned, the two Autons moved towards her.
As they raised their pistol hands, she ducked back behind the building.
She moved quietly, waiting for a chance to help the Doctor.
As the Autons looked for her she ran over towards the Doctor.
Spending the 2 cards she had, she released the Doctor, but the 2 Autons were soon in pursuit.
All this activity had generated several cards for us, but also 3 more Autons.
Sarah Jane had found a stick of Gelignite and threw it at one of the Autons, amazingly she put it at its feet and managed to destroy it! (Lucky girl!)
After discussing with the Doctor, she then ran over the road, attracting more of the Autons there. She was lucky, being narrowly missed by an Auton shot!
She managed to get across the road safely though!
Bypassing the house she went into hiding behind some bushes.
The four nearest Autons followed her.
The Doctor had been making an improvised smoke bomb, so, evading the Autons looked in the house, where the Nestene Consciousness prime node was (Sarah Jane had heard it earlier if you remember!)
The Doctor deployed his smoke bomb!
He then moved to the house and retrieved the Node.
One Auton across the road was a bit confused, but having the brain of zombie it didn't move to investigate!
The Doctor destroyed the Node, and the Autons began to collapse.
Wafting the smoke away, the Doctor went to join Sarah Jane and return to the Tardis, their work here was done!
Ready for a new adventure no doubt!
I made a couple of minor rule changes as we went along, but am pleased to say we both enjoyed the game, and will try it again sometime!
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