Wasteman: Cybjorgs vs Lunar Coalition Battle Report

First in what will hopefully be of many, a small Wasteman Battle Report featuring the two starter sets i have painted up so far:

I set up the wasteland road map i picked up earlier in the year with a mix of Plasticraft games "Post Apocalypse" range and some of Thunderchilds Rad Town scatter terrain.

Jacob then had the choice of which side he wanted and which of the posses he wanted to use... being a natural gamer he just chose where he was sat already and he wanted the Cybjorgs haha.


I won the roll for deployment and so put my minis in some cover as we were both packing a couple of Assault Rifles with a big 20 inch range!

Jacob pretty much mirrored my deployment with his guys in cover, and with that we were ready to start our game. We played a turf war so had to try and get our guys across the board into the enemy deployment area!

Turn 1 and action was already hotting up with first blood to the Cybjorgs... Tobledrone at the very top of the photo gacked my Heavy mediator with his Mini Gun!!

The second photo shows our positions end of Turn 1, The Cybjorgs advancing up field with the LC cornered in the bottom left... My guy on the bottom right is seriously injured already by the Cybjorg Jarl and will take no further part in the game.

Turn 2 saw plenty of shooting from both sides along with lots of MAD cards... I was able to catch Grendel in a tornado and fling him back across the board after he tried chainsawing my Mediator camped by the bottom Vending Machine haha.

The highlight of the turn tho was my Advocate gunning down the Cybjorg Jarl, crippling Grendel then crippling a Hauser all in one activation with her OO-Z and 3AP yeah boi!

Turn 3 and we were both on four models, Grendel was poised to get to my Advocate after some fluff rolls, so it was with luck i pulled a Mutant Mutilator card and powered up my Emissary to smash out the fat angry guy with the drills!

Jacob retaliated with a foot stomp from a passing globe strider but it only spooked my Mediator and Advocate i had left clumped together. A passing Planetary Bombardment failed to kill off my seriously injured Mediator at the bottom of the board.

Turn 4 had us both short on numbers, my Advocate took out a Hauser, another Hauser seriously injured the Emissary and my superstar Mediator still camped by the vending machine was able to finally remove Jacob's Tobledrone next to the top vending machine.

Revenge was swift tho as his surviving Hauser was able to kill off my Advocate leaving us with one functioning model each!

Turn 4 i was able to seriously injure the last Hauser so he couldnt move to get anymore MAD cards so we called it there as he had no way to heal up his guys.

Despite this glum chops, we both really enjoyed the game and will be looking to play again very soon... Jacob with Kritters and me with Bandits who are currently sitting half painted hehe

Bushido Night at the Bunker

Last night I ran demo games of Bushido for the guys at the Bunker. Between Shape and myself we had 4 of the 5 factions available for people to use (only the Ryu were lacking). Games ran all night and I felt it best to get people started off playing then try the system out for themselves rather than me leading them through the entire game... it seemed to work as the guys were happily playing along and murdering their opponents boys!

 

 

 

We had 8 players and around a dozen watchers throughout the evening, taking breaks in there games of other systems, and feedback was positive so hopefully we shall see some more Bushido players at the Bunker in the near future... along with a tourney and some custom dice, everybody loves custom dice haha.



Bushido Battle Report: Ito Clan vs Cult of Yurei 2

Big news... I am now a Retainer for GCT Studios, part of the demo team for Bushido! I got confirmation yesterday so i was very happy, and will be continuing to spread the way of the warrior haha.

I played another game last night against my mate Shape's dastardly Cult, 35 Rice, using the Keii scenario, where we have to drop gift tokens off at 4 idols, scoring more points for the ones further away from your starting position.

Setup - Both forces arrayed for battle across the clearing, ready to appease the spirits with some goodies!

 

 

 

 

Turn 1 - Both forces move up as fast as they can, ready to get position for later turns. The temple Bushi in the forground places a gift token to get some points on the board (1-0) 

 

 

 

Turn 2 - A cunning ploy by me and a school boy error by Shape enabled Itsunagi to get a charge off on Kato and gut him in one swipe! He had moved up so the Kairai could leech off him but Shape didnt deploy the marionette to block a charge lane as he thought he was safe! Akimoto was sacrified to draw out Ikiryo away from Itsu haha (3-1, 1VP to Ito)

 

Turn 3 - Ikiyo continues to batter the Ito with her stink eye, she cant get a void attack on Itsu as he is facing the wrong way, so she tries to zap sakura but rolls badly. Itsu scores a gift token on the far shrine, ramping up my points. The right side Bushi tries to hold off two kairai but eventually succomes to the onslaught, enabling Shape to get some more tokens in. My other Bushi lines up a charge on Ikiryo but is too scared to move! (8-5)

 

 

Turn 4/5 - Itsu gets the first charge on Ikiryo, managing to kill her and survive the returned damage on one wound! Its looking bad for the cult as their two big guys are down but they arent out of it. the kairai farmer scores more gift points and they begin a march to my idol. The kairai milita is finally downed by the surving Bushi on the left. (10-7)

 

 

 

Turn 6 - Itsunagi gets the charge on the armoured kairai and finishes him off, trapping the farmer in melee with him, and even when exhausted he is able to kill the offending zombie with one big sword swipe haha. Final keii points are 10-7 to me, and a 3-0 VP win!

 

 

 

 

Another great game, it was far closer than the wipe out suggested as Shape was only 1 token from gaing a draw! We both agree the game is much better played to scenario than a simple dust up in a field, our two games have been very close dispite a wipe out each time. Shape will be adding some new guys to his force for our next game and i plan to drop Itsunagi and Sakura for Kenzo and Ayako to mix it up too.



Tabletop Day at Tabletop Nation

Today is International Tabletop Gaming day, so what better place for a day pass to be spent than playing Bushido at TTN!


I turned up at opening time with many other eager gamers to see what Wayland had instore for us... and we weren't disappointed... 20+ participation games including several with the developers! My mates at JAG were running several games including Bushido, Carvevale, SAGA and Dystopian Wars, and after a quick catch up with some old friends it was time for some hot Bushido action....

 

Battle 1 vs Brian's Cult: 35pts

 

We played the escort scenario, Sakura and Ikiryo, a big scrap erupted on the bridge between the Kairai, Itsu, Bushi and Akimoto. One Bushi was zapped with Ikiryo's stink eye, but Kato had moved too far forward and was hacked apart by Itsu with ease!

 

This marked the end of the Cult as Ikiyo rolled badly to stink eye Itsu, and was dispatched with a swift swipe hehe. It was then a simple matter to hold up the Kairai as Sakura sprinted up field... Victory to the Ito :-D

Battle 2 vs Jon's Savage Wave

 

 

Jon wanted to try out an Oni force so three big red badasses faced off against my Ito. The ogres sprinted upfield, Bobata takig the lead with Zuba and Waka flanking him... Big B swung his bell and crushed a poor Bushi flat! It was time for Itsu to do his thing and with some epic dice he managed to one shot Bobata hahaha.

 

 

This joy was short lived as Zuba got the charge on an exhausted Itsu and returned the favour... hammering the offending snake lover into a pancake :-(

 

His legacy of poison, combined with a heroic dice storm from Akimoto was enough to see off the Oni. This left Waka, who was dancing with the surving Bushi to little effect, until i was able to channel a lot of kii into him and buff some dice to finish him.... Victory to the Ito :-D

 





 

 

 

Hahaha poor Bobata! Itsunagi to the face!

 

 

 

Poor Itsunagi... Zuba smash!

 

 

A great day was had, i had some time to check out the other games the JAG boys were playing; Canada Steve and Martin were clashing on the high seas of Dystopian Wars... as i left it was Martin's British in a bad way to Steve's Frenchies! Chris and Martin were looting and pillaging with SAGA, the dark age skirmish system. I have played this before a few times and may visit it again in the future... Chris mentioned a crusaded era version being put into production which really sounds interesting.

 

 

Hopefully another event like this is on the cards soon, and the Relics Expo is coming up in May which im very much looking forward too.

 



Bushido Battle Report: Ito Clan vs Cult of Yurei

On wednesday night at the Bunker, myself and my mate Shape (Dont ask!) played our first game of Bushido. We used starter boxes of Ito and Cult of Yurei and fought the Idols scenario:

 

 

 

Cult of Yurei Setup - Shape has done a cracking job painting these!

 



Ito Setup

 



 

 

 

Turn 1 - Both forces adavnce upfield, the more support role characters like Kato and Sakura focus to gain more kii for the coming battle.

 

 

 

Turn 2 - Battle is joined around the Idols, two are contested by Temple Bushi as Itsunagi and Akimoto more on to engage the oncoming Kairai.

 

 

 

 

Turn 3/4 - The Cult gain control of Akimoto, and Itsunagi is forced to kill him before he can kill a Temple Bushi controlling an Idol! the Ito were hacking down kairai on several occasions but the unstoppable undead were rising up again!

 

 

Turn 5/6 - Disaster strikes! The Mannaquin controls Itsunagi after a school boy error by me, he then kills a Bushi which enables the Cult to capture a Idol off me. My last Bushi is killed with the end of turn 6 but i still control one Idol earning a draw haha!

 

 

 

 

We had a great time playing this and had a small crowd watching the action throughout, we made a few mistakes on subsequent reading of the rules again yesterday such as order of second actions and how long the mannaquin is in control of a victim and what it can do whilst under control but thats what playtime experience is for.

 

 

We have arranged a rematch for next week which should be smoother and quicker to fight!