Tuesday, 21 January 2020
Wipeout / Dragon Rampant Battle Report
About once a year my cousin comes to Berlin to play a turn in our Waltrop campaign. On the 26th of May, last year, around noon, one day after my 49th birthday, he moved his Greek army into hexagon 70 on our campaign map to expand the territory of the Aquarians. My cousin divided his Dragon Rampant army into two groups.
group 1: Greater Warbeast (Leader) / 2 Light Foot
group 2: Greater Warbeast / Bellicose Foot / Scouts
Krüger and I played an alliance of wild tribes. Krüger played orcs.
Bellicose Foot (Leader) / Heavy Riders (Chariots) / Scouts
I played Tupí Indians.
Bellicose Foot / Light Missiles / 2 Scouts
Each turn the order of activation was supposed to be: Aquarians (group 1), Orcs, Aquarians (group 2), Tupí, but at some point we got confused, probably because we had consumed too much Tsipouro the night before.
(Next time we play a 2 vs 1 Dragon Rampant game we want to do it differently and try these rules: The player who controls an army by himself does not have to devide his army into groups. He can activate all units, but each unit only once during a game turn. To avoid confusion markers should be used.)
The battlefield was a sandy beach with some palm trees, bushes and rocks.
In the first turn the Greek scouts moved into a piece of rough terrain on their left flank. From there they threw stones at the Tupí indians, destroying all of my units apart from the light missiles. These were destroyed by the mighty minotaur lord instead who was the Greek general.
Krüger, who played the Orcs on our left flank, was a bit more lucky at first. There was a moment when his Orc warband (Bellicose Foot) destroyed a group of harpies (Bellicose Foot) in a piece of palm tree forest. This coincided with our confusion about the turn sequence and my cousin complained utterly.
But shortly afterwards Krüger lost his general (the Orc warband) and his chariot. The remaining orc scouts couldn’t possibly win the game.
So now the Aquarians occupy hexagon 70 on the campaign map.
Tuesday, 14 January 2020
My new upcycled Waltrop Box
Happy new year!
Going through my children's old toys I found a wooden box which they don’t need any more.
I repainted it, using paints with fancy names like "Lucy in the Sky" and "Cape Town Blue", and glued a map of Waltrop on it.
Unfortunately after painting and varnishing the box the lid bent. I have been trying to straighten it for some time now but it only got worse.
Also, I’m very eager to make a wooden box like this from scratch one day …
Labels:
Dragon Rampant,
maps,
Waltrop
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