All the core game armor kits, arrived for review this week!

It’s gonna take a bit of time to properly review everything, ensure all the bits are on each sprue and that the multi-part pieces have numbers. This is the first time I got to see the plastic Phoenix, Lion and Leather set in person and there are just soooo many bits, its daunting!

Here are some of the survivors I assembled yesterday and this morning.

One of our play testers Zanbato (weapon above) wielders actually got decapitated by the level 2 Kings Man yesterday. He was sad, but it was awesome!

Phoenix armor is cool! I haven’t put together a male yet.

The White Lion Armor is one of the more offensive armors in the game. It’s usefulness trails off in the 2nd half of the campaign and ends up feeling very glass cannony.

Joe assembled this leather armored Whistling Mace wielder above!

Printing!

I think I might be just as excited by the token sheet, as I am all the armor kits. I am super pleased with the material, its very dense and the edges are extremely hard to fray.

Here is a glam shot:

Thickness:

Play testing

So here is, a quick, unedited grab from one of our play testers log. Some of it, might not make any sense… you have been warned!

**After Hunt**

Settlement name: Beta

Population: 8

Death Count: 23

Survival Limit: 4

Departing Survivors gain 3 Survival



Innovations: Language, Paint, Inner Lantern, Symposium, Lantern oven, Guidepost, Face painting, Ammonia, Shield mastery, Scrap Smelting

Principles: Life - Protect the children, Death - Graves, Conviction - Romantic

Locations: Lantern hoard! Bone smith, Skinnery, Organ grinder, Catarium, Stone circle, Weapon crafter, Leather worker, Plumery

Quarries: White lion, Screaming antelope, Phoenix

Nemeses: The butcher, The king’s man, The hand



5 Endeavors gained from butching the Butcher.

An acid storm ravages the settlement. Kristina must skip the next hunt. Sara skips while fiddling around with useless Butcher bits in a dark corner. A corner darker than the darkness that surrounds the settlement. Survivors pass some time with wildly fun face painting.



Available resources:

White fur, 2 Monster organ, 2 Love Juice, 4 Broken Lanterns

Small Feathers, Tail Feathers, Phoenix Finger, Muculent Droppings, Pustules, Phoenix Eye, Shimmering Halo, Rainbow Droppings



Some scrap was smelted into iron for working on the phoenix gear. Lance and Jose took the time to get crazy in the acid through innovative battle painting. Tracie then took the time to scavenge for scrap near the end of the storm.



No new items were made.



With a murder looming over the settlement, it is determined that Shane II leaves for this hunt without Tracie so that he can die in her stead. What a sick game these survivors are playing among themselves…



Gear:

4 Cloth

Skinnery: 1 Rawhide set, 1 Rawhide headband, 1 vest, 1 bandages

Bone smith: 1 Bone dagger, 2 axes, 1 darts, 1 sickle, 1 Skull helm

Organ grinder: 2 Monster grease, 2 Monster tooth necklace, 1 Lucky charm

Catarium: 1 White Lion set, 2 Lion beast katar, 1 Claw head arrow, 1 Cat gut bow, 1 Cat eye circlet, 1 Frenzy drink

Weapon crafter: Scrap sword, Zanbato

Stone circle: Green charm

Leather worker: 1 Leather set, 3 Round leather shield

Plummery: 1 Phoenix helm, 1 plackart, 1 gauntlet



Remaining resources:

White fur, 2 Monster organ, 2 Love Juice

Small Feathers, Tail Feathers, Phoenix Finger, Muculent Droppings, Pustules, Phoenix Eye, Shimmering Halo



William, Lance, Jose, and Shane II hunt a level 2 Antelope (with Manhunter hunt events)



Departing Survivors:

William

Ins 0, Sur 1

2 Und



Lance

Ins 3, Sur 0, 2 xp, Dagger prof: 0

1 Mov

3 Und, 1 Cou (Analyze)

Fighting Arts: Clutch Fighter



Shane II

Ins 4, Sur 1, 9 xp, Grand W. prof: 0

1 Str, 1 Acc

4 Und, 1 Cou (Tinker)

Fighting Arts: Rhythm Chaser, Combo Master, Mighty Strike

Impairments: Destroyed genitals



Jose

Ins 3, Sur 2, 2 xp, Sword prof: 0

1 Acc

4 Und, 1 Cou (Analyze)



Other notable survivors:

Marcy

Ins 4, Sur 4, 3 xp

3 Und, 2 Cou (Analyze)

Fighting Arts: Double Dash, Scavenger



Kristina

Ins 7, Sur 4, 3 xp, Katar prof: 1

1 Str

3 Und, 3 Cou, (Analyze, Stalwart)

Fighting Arts: Combo Master, Pickaxe Power



Sara

Ins 3, Sur 1, 1 xp

2 Und, 1 Cou

Disorders: Secretive



Tracie

Ins 2, Sur 2, 10 xp, Grand W. prof: 1

1 Str, 1 Acc, 1 Mov

3 Und, 1 Cou (Explore)

Fighting Arts: Clutch Fighter, Legendary Lungs



Hunt for a level 2 Antelope (with Manhunter additions)

William finds a dead antelope! No one wants to mess with a level 3 lion, it thankfully doesn’t happen. He then leads the party to a strange statue. Lance ends up touching it and switching existences with Ishi, the indecisive rageholic that loves him an axe. Ishi then leads his newfound friends to some wailing smoke. Jose straggles, but something in the smoke gives him a new perspective on life and death. In fact, he stops believing in either and embraces a sort of immortality. Shane finds a Vomit Pile that Ishi and Jose each scavenge for some courage. Ishi gains survival and Jose found some understanding and a pelt. Jose found a relic and got some insanity for it. William then led this fresh batch of men to a swarm of Man-stealers… What a friend. Jose had his genitals destroyed.



The darkness overwhelmed.

William took 4 damage to the head and 2 to the arms.

Ishi gained insanity and courage.

Jose lashed out and dealt 1 arm dmg to Will, 1 body dmg to Ishi, and 1 body dmg to Shane II.

Shane unnaturally cried out, dealing damage to everyone’s brains.



Jose tried to gather some minerals, but destroyed his axe with his furor. (rolled 1)



Ishi gained the Careful fighting art and 1 survival. Jose gained the Scavenger fighting art. William gained the Careful fighting art. Shane II did nothing with his report. While wrapping up the report, the survivors learned that the place they decided to pause at before approaching the antelope was actually covered in a carpet of ticks! Bill and Jose freaked out and lost their will to survive.



Screaming Antelope Shodown

An ore vein was discovered! This is auspicious. Iron was gained. Awesome. William goes a bit crazy, but then becomes a Rageholic. Wonderful. Then the Antelope eats a Lion Katar… Shenanigans.



Well, since Lance died, the settlement is looking at 2 endeavors. There’s still a full party, so that’s 5 more. Shane II tinkers for 1 more… And Shane is going to die after returning next year… 9 endeavors is a good number. I’m ok with this.

Question from last time: Are you more of a hobbyist or more of a gamer? And why do you think that is?

Answer: With Warhammer and Warhammer 40k, I can certainly say I am more of a hobbyist then a gamer. Growing up, playing was a treat! Getting everyone together at someone’s house was hard, people in brooklyn don’t really have a lot of space. We played in basements and when peoples parents were out of town! Looking back, I spent way more time building miniatures, painting them and chatting about playing, then actually playing. The smaller games, especially the euro style ones, however saw a lot of play. I’ve lost weekends to marathon catan or dominion runs, and I try every week to gather friends to game. Last time we played Trajan and next time I think we are going to try Quantum. I also played Kingdom Death for leisure on Saturday and we had the best 1st year I’d ever seen. It filled me with the urge to run my own solo-campaign and try out some whacky builds, but I just don’t have the time such an endeavor takes. Maybe once its all shipped out!

I think my question here is a little unfair. We are all gamers at heart, the hobby aspect of hobby games is part of the experience and getting black and white on it its nearly impossible. A better question would have been: “What come first, the hobbyist or the gamer?” For me, it was the gamer side, then the hobbyist in me embraced the assembly, painting and fussing about with all the small variables on out of the box game, can’t provide you with.

And so, that leaves us today with a new question:

Question: What do eat while you play games?