2021’s Last Tsunami-Venetian Style.

Wednesday 29th December 

Still singing.

Venice before the Tsunami.

             

           The last game of an eventful 2021 found us back at the Garvald Film Studios for an exciting romp involving Chinese Tongs and the Servants of Ra racing each other to embark on the boat that was going to save them from the ensuing Tsunami which was about to make Venice even more waterlogged.This was an In Her Majesty’s Name scenario that I had plucked out of the new rule book as I thought it looked interesting and boy was I going to find that out at the end as once again I hadn’t read the victory conditions correctly.The conditions stated that once six people were on the boat,it cast off and the game was over but I didn’t click that it meant any six persons meaning although at the end El Presidente had four and I had two it still meant end of game-bummer! 

The Servants of Ra nervously looking over their shoulders.

Single file in twos.

The hoped for refuge.

             . My plan was to rush to the boat with the Dragon Lady and some of her retinue whilst her  second in command and a few lackeys would hold off the opposing cultist minions hoping they would be heading for the safety of the boat before the Tsunami struck.This set the scene for a big stramash on one of Venice’s bridges before both sides remnants headed for the escape boat. I drew first blood with a snapshot from one of my musket armed Boxer sending one of the cultists into Venice’s dirty canals.

Diversifying 

The bad guys converge.

The Bridge Brawl.

             This just drew the ire of the Ra’s cultists as they swarmed over the canal bridge and surrounded my poor Chinese lads who were fighting for their lives even before the Tsunami struck. The Tsunami was a random generated event which was diced for after every movement phase working on a D10-2 which was okay to start as El Presidente rolled a one meaning the wave was working itself up to a frenzy  before swamping Venice and all the participants .

Dragging their heals behind the Dragon Lady.

Said Dragon Lady.

The first arrival.

Servants of Ra are not far behind.

          Our main participants were racing each other down opposite sides of the canal hoping to board the boat/submarine which was going to guarantee their safety-maybe!The two ladies could be seen given each other the finger as they headed for the mooring before their eye makeup ran.Their entourages were close behind them.

Facing off!

We didn’t have a marker to represent the Tsunami so you have to imagine the gondola surfing on the crest of it!

The entranced Dragon Lady spars with the Dragon Warrior.

                  The entourage finally arrived at the docking pier with their girls to the forefront and before we could have a pleasant chick fight Professor Abir had cast a Zone of Shadows spell on my Dragon Lady which lo and behold she couldn’t defend herself against. The result of this spell had her scrapping with her faithful Dragon Warrior who was just a few paces behind her.Luckily nothing bad came off the fight.After she recovered from the spell,she just gave herself a shake and headed back towards the submarine seeking revenge..

“Wait for me!”in Chinese.

“Everyman for himself!”

                Meanwhile back at the bridge Master Wu-jen was dispatching with aplomb all insunder but alas my lackeys were dwindling rapidly probably as they were all keeping one eye on the oncoming tidal wave.After one last skirmish the remaining combatants decided to place safety before valour and disengaged from each other before legging it towards safety.

“Cast off!”

“And their off!”

              Back at the pier it was setting itself up for one last battle as everyone was desperate to get on to the boat and in the ensuing scrap my Dragon Lady came up against Akhenaton,head cook and bottle washer of the Servants of Ra and I’m sorry to say came of second best and was last seen being dumped into the canal.Boo Hiss!

Survival of the slimiest.

       It was at this point El Presidente informed me that there were now six persons on the boat therefore he could cast off even although the six persons were from a different sides.Bummer,one should read the victory conditions with a bit more concentration.Game set and match to El Presidente as all my gang were still spread out all over Venice and although I had a couple of figures on the Submarine my strewn dead bodies meant that the Servants of Ra had won the day but revenge will be swift.

The “Tsunami “reaches the bridge-luckily everybody had legged it.

         A great game to finish off a weird gaming year which had a few ups but a lot of downs mainly due to lack of understanding of the ever changing rules and regulations laid down to us by our so called dithering political masters.

       I wish you all a Guid and hopefully prosperous New Year and hopefully we’ll see you for a gab at one of the game shows the Gothenburg Gamers intend to attend starting with Hammerhead at Newark in March.

              See You All When I See You!

         This has been a Garvald Film Studios Production.