I figured I'd try a bit of solo TFT Zombicide style gaming and set up one of spaceship deck posters. Put in a few random goals and my small pair of adventurers find themselves in the bridge of a spaceship. How they got there, and why an Elf and a Centaur are now in a science fiction setting is simply the joy of gaming.
I also added in the OSE rule that every 2 turns roll to see if something spawns. I added a roll also when any combat was happening as fights are noisy and bound to bring in other critters that may want fresh food. I also decided to use the entire stack of creature cards I have from all the things - there must be a couple hundred by now. Basically, an encounter happens and I'd roll some dice to narrow down the deck. Oddly did not even know about the kingowing from the bestiary (which, wow, sells for $80!) but it showed up.
I lost pretty quickly - 2 adventurers is not really enough, much like most RPG game or Zombicide. But at least I got to play with some toys.
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| the initial set up, with tentacles at the exit |
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| started on the bridge. I assume the red alert klaxons are sounding! |
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| a spider! Unfortunately, in TFT Elves are at a -3 DX against spiders and the like. Fortunately, it cannot fit up the stairwell. |
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Unfortunately, the smaller ones can!
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And here's the kingowing that killed them - the Centaur was busy trying to get ants off of his hide and while the Elf almost killed the beast, the beast killed him first.
It took longer to set up than actually play but that's okay - it was fun to mix a few genres together. It was pretty random - I suppose I really should formalize a few more rules like I did with our initial run. More of an experiment in solo gaming I suppose. Though without the interaction and decisions from other players it is not as much fun. I did randomize which adventurer creatures would attack, with a bias towards those inflicting damage.
Funny thing was I shared some pics with my game group and he said of course the spider was mad, its bathtime with its rubber ducky got interrupted. Oddly enough...
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| one of these days I'll finish painting the tub |
and a closeup of the creature at the end. Which I did mostly finish painting. Finally. See - I can make progress against the plastic pile o'shame!
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| eeks! |
Taking a bit of a break from the Traveller software - despite being a holiday week I was on call, and we only get Christmas Day itself off. And since I was on call it was still a bit stressful. And even got a few alerts today, so worked a bit as well. I keep telling myself I only have to hold on 3 more years or so! And at my age, that goes by awfully fast. But then I worry about too much unstructured time - I am not good with that either. I've 3.25 years to figure that out. I'll probably volunteer at an animal shelter and probably work part-time. I've got plans for what I need to do for work, and there is no way to get it down in 3 years. Assuming I am still with this company and still alive! I'd better be - I did the lifetime membership at my new gym, and the breakeven point is oddly at the time of my potential retirement!
And finally, January is coming up fast. Not sure if I'll do the character challenge again this year. I may but as always, I'll have to see about stockpiling some ahead of time as sadly my days are pretty busy. And when they are not busy, I often just don't have the mojo it seems. The holidays, though I do enjoy them, are also more stressful to me than they should be for a number of generally self-imposed reasons. Self-awareness is not always what it is cracked up to be!
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