John A found this game on the 'Pz 8' blog some months ago. We played it at the Sheffield club with John's 15mm toys. Aside from it being rather jolly, I thought the game would work rather well with 54mm toys. Having made the mistake of saying so, some other fool suggested it would fit in well at COW. Having (successfully I hope) spread the blame, it's back to the game. I established that I had most of the required toys - Deetail US for the infantry, a pair of scruffy Tamiya Jeeps and an
M-41 Walker Bulldog of dubious origin!
The spider cost about £2 from eBay and is suitably scary - especially the red eyes!
The game was inspired by those dreadful old Science Fiction movies of the 1950’-1970’s. A meteorite hits the countryside somewhere and turns out to be the egg of
a giant Spider. You are in command of an Army unit with a vital mission: kill
it.... and save the Earth!
At COW I ran the game twice with three players each time. Two of the players each commanded three infantrymen (think of them as representing a squad or thereabouts) and a Jeep with MG. The third had a tank.
The spider is cornered - human forces are approaching from top left, top right and bottom left.
The spider didn't move about very much and was soon overcome by sustained gunfire.
3 comments:
Wonderful! Any reason to incorporate a giant creature into a game is a good one. In true space age atomic sci-fi fashion, the obvious implied ending of this game is a cut away to a hidden nest of this spider's young hatching and spreading out into the world.
John Y
I’m sure that won’t happen, but just in case - DON’T LOOK UNDER YOUR BED!
That Bulldog really has come up well! Nice looking game.
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