Space Rangers in Danger

 Part of Project Fluffy. The Space Rangers need to get across the snow fields to the rescue shelter and call down a shuttle to escape. All that stands between them and safety is an endless horde of Fluffies who want to eat them.

Rules used are the FFOL Galactic Heroes.

Fluffies move 10" per turn and can only fight in close combat and roll a D8. Each turn one to four groups of three Fluffies will appear on the edges of the board. There a six entry locations on the edges of the board and each group will be randomly allocated to one of these.

Space Rangers can fire twice, or move once 4" and fire once, or move twice (8") and roll a D10. The rangers need to get to the shelter, enter and call down the shuttle. The shuttle will take one to four turns to arrive.

Below- Start of the game - on the left is the space ranger squad led by their sergeant with a flamer. The other five rangers all have assault guns. The Fluffies on the board are hidden by hills.

End of turn 1. Fluffies are moving from both sides as the rangers head for the shelter. Two more lots of Fluffies have come on the table.

End of turn 2.  The Sergeant sends two men to the shelter to call down the shuttle while the other rangers deal with the approaching Fluffies. All the Fluffies have moved towards the rangers. Four additional groups of Fluffies have appeared on the board with three of these groups appearing in one entry location, bottom left.

End of Turn 3. Fluffies that have been incinerated are replaced by burning markers. This shot are shown by the red hit markers. Dead Fluffies are added back to their reinforcement pool.

While the Sergeant and his partner have dealt with the Fluffies near them, the rear two rangers are struggling to inflict any wounds on the Fluffies. The front two rangers have been stopped in their race to the shelter but have killed one Fluffy. However a horde of Fluffies is approaching from the bottom left.

End of turn 4. The rangers at the rear are still struggling to do any damage. In the center they have finished off the Fluffies and at the front only one Fluffy remains. However three more sets of Fluffies are headed their way from the top.

End of turn 5. The rear rangers finally kill two Fluffies but they will soon be replaced.

In the center the Sergeant moves to incinerate a the advancing horde of Fluffies and sends his squad members towards the rescue shelter.

At the front two rangers hold the Fluffies while a third races towards the rescue shelter to call for help.

End of turn 6.  The Sergeant's sacrifice has paid off and one of the rear rangers has broken free. The other unfortunately also falls prey to the Fluffies. 

In the center the Fluffies are being killed in great numbers but more and more replace them.

One ranger has reached the rescue shelter and will soon be able to call for the evacuation shuttle. 

End of turn 7. At the rear the Fluffies feast on the fallen rangers. In the center the Fluffies still come and the rangers have battled through them. Will they make it to the shelter?

At the front the ranger has made it into the rescue shelter and has called for evacuation. Will any other rangers join him?

End of turn 8. The shuttle is 2 turns out from the shelter, but a horde of Fluffies is headed there as well. Two of the Rangers are free from the Fluffies and maybe able to make it to the shelter.

End of turn 9. The shuttle is only one turn away as the rangers battle with Fluffies to make it safely into the shelter. One of the rangers has gone down to the rampaging Fluffy horde who feast upon him

End of turn 10. The Shuttle arrives and the three remaining rangers enter it gratefully as Buzz provides covering fire. 

I had no idea how this would turn out so a good result as far as I am concerned. The Fluffy hordes kept coming and coming. While the Rangers killed 30+ Fluffies they were not deterred. No doubt the Rangers will not return here.

But good news. The Imperial Guard will and another report is on it way.

Lots of fun to play. I skipped using the cards to determine playing order and the rangers went first each turn. With the number of Fluffies in play it made more sense.

 

 

Project Fluffy

 A new quick project.

In the comments of my last post Stew (of a Terrible Loss of  Lead and Wealth) suggested that I make a few more Fluffies and run a game using FFOL Galactic Heroes against my Space Rangers. This was a great idea as Fluffies are easy to make and it would be a silly but fun game to play.

So, in my quickest project ever I have already made a great start and in less than two weeks

Another 30 Fluffies have been made.

In the scenario I planned I realised I would need a small Rescue Shelter and I decided that this could also perform double duty as a box for the new Fluffy horde. I have completed the Rescue Shelter for the game using a clear take away container that I usually use to store my figures in.

I got out all the figures I would need for the scenario. Fluffies, Space Rangers, Buzz Lightyear who will come to save the Space Rangers in his shuttle and the completed Rescue Shelter.

I have even set up the table for the game. Going old school with a white table cloth for the snowy planet, various objects under it for hills and ridges, Fluffy starting positions and entry points, and the Space Ranger Squad with the long trip to the Rescue Shelter where they will call down Buzz and the Shuttle to take them away from these hideous xeno's.  

So a fantastic result in less than two weeks I have created a new army plus the terrain to play a game with. Lets see if I can complete the game in the next two weeks.

Using the takeaway containers for a building is something I had done before. Here is a photo of some I created for my nephew when he was interested in 40k. Cheap and very easy to make with just a bit of spray paint and some suitable posters printed out.

My nephew started a Necron army so I built him some Necron themed buildings as well.

Not Much

 Just a pointless post showing two things that I have done in the last twelve months.

First up is Fluffy. The world cheapest homemade monster and something I am inordinately proud of.

Fluffy is constructed with the following:

- a cotton wool ball
- a small coin
- red & black paint
- two squiggly eyes (that I purchased about 20 years ago because one day they would be needed.)

Glue the cotton wool ball to the small coin. Once the glue has set paint on the month in black and add red if desired, and stick on the eyes. You now have a silly monster for 40k or any other system.

Fluffy on the left has just eaten while Fluffy on the right is still hungry

Dopey looking Fluffy on the right.

Mummy and baby Fluffy. Baby Fluffy can be used for 10 or 15mm games or can join in the 28mm games too.  To make a baby Fluffy just tear the cotton wool ball in half.

Action shot of Fluffy and a Space Ranger

Action shot of Buzz Lightyear firing double gangster style to cleanse the galaxy of these hideous xeno creatures. No mercy Buzz!!

I have also bought a few more of the contrast paints. To give me a better idea of how they look/work I decided to copy what Games Workshop displays in their stores. I got some surplus 10mm figures, undercoated them in white and then painted each figure in one of the colours. This would also help me see how the contrast paint would work in 10mm

The ones at the front are Army Painter Metallic Speed Paints. All the others are GW Contrast paints.
I cleverly remembered to keep a record of what colour each one was. Especially for the GW ones as the name is often meaningless.

So not much of a post but just enough to say I am still doing stuff and keep the blog ticking over.

Thanks for reading.