Thursday, September 19, 2019

More 7TV With My Disaster Dice


I got a chance to head over to Beau's again for some more 7tv a few weeks ago and it was a blast!


And the table was just gorgeous as you can see 😃


This factory complex was just incredible and it had a real James Bond feel to it.


Goldeneye anyone?!


He did an amazing job painting up all the computer consoles, data banks, and cooling panels from Crooked Dice (made by Figurebitz). I have a boatload of these myself and have only built a couple, but seeing what he did makes me want to go back and copy his paint scheme instead.


As usual I was too focused on getting crushed to take but a couple of photos. I did take a few but almost everything you see is courtesy of Beau.


Beau's cast was pretty heavy on minions as you can see with all the orange suited models above and below, so while he had a superior model count I definitely had a much more powerful cast. Completely forgot to take any pre-game photos of my cast.


What was really fun was he had two tables set up next to one another so he and I had a game and then Chris and Bob had a game of their own going on at the same time - no photos from next door unfortunately 😕


Chris was nice enough to lend me one of his casts that had a lot of really neat aspects to it - which of course I completely mucked up at every possible roll of the dice lol!


I had models that could teleport anywhere on the table, which in hindsight totally should have been used to grab objectives early on.


Each of us had a team of dogs and a handler which was fun!


A good scientist always has gadget and this model had one to get him right to the top of the platform.


Which made this first objective easy pickings for Beau.



Orange suited minions just swarmed across the factory floor pinning several of my models into a corner.


Flamethrower model leading the way around the corner.


A heavy weapons team protected his right flank from above.



A really fun part of the game was this poisonous gas cloud (represented by the orange blast template) that moved around the floor of the factory compound randomly at the start of each turn - I even managed to muck up those rolls lol! I totally could have caught orange suited minions in the cloud several times in the game but who is the only person to possibly roll a 3 on two six sided dice (the number you rolled on the two six siders represented the amount in inches that the cloud moved)??!! Yeah, you guessed it, this guy.


Despite my failures, these types of random events in a game are things that I absolutely love and always try to work into my games somehow.


Chris and Bob played with the same random event and during the talks of each of our games afterwards the poisonous cloud was the game changer for Chris as his star succumbed to the effects of the cloud and ended up turning sides which helped Bob win right at the end.



While it was disaster dice on my end, Beau was just crushing it on his dice rolls. I can't quite remember if this was his heavy weapons team die roll, but regardless he hit on every single added dice and pretty much summed up the night.


This was my one objective grab of the game, utilizing the teleporting ability of this model.




This photo represents what was my big plan and my BIG failure at the same time. This was my most powerful model of the cast - and by far the most powerful model on the entire table. So first activation of the game for me and I immediately use a grappling hook gadget to her up two levels to the top of the catwalk with the cylinder containers as I was going to go after Beau's scientist who'd already grabbed one objective on the other end of the platform. If this worked (and how could it not work with this particular character!!) I could easily put myself in a flanking position and really cause havoc for Beau's crew.


Well, the dice had other ideas. As I mentioned this was the most powerful model on the table, hitting on a base of +10 (average for a model is usually about +8) and getting 2 attacks! Well, needless to say when I announced my attacks all I needed to hit was to get three's or higher on I think it was five dice and sure enough missed on everything!!?? It summed up perfectly how the rest of my night would end up going with rolling the dice. By far one of the most disastrous night's of rolling dice I can honestly ever remember lol!


I did at least have one fun cinematic moment where I was able to take out Beau's flamethrower model - we both agreed it would have been fun to house rule an explosion next time if that model gets taken out! Needless to say I got absolutely crushed - claimed but one lonely objective and had more than half my entire cast eliminated. But despite how badly I played it was still a ton of fun regardless of the outcome.


Remember the Alamo? Well, I got all the roofs, doors, and windows all painted up - and what a huge difference it makes.


I will tell you that in researching the Alamo I have bought a several books, with The Illustrated Alamo 1836: A Photographic Journey being far and away the greatest resource if you want to accurately represent the Alamo on the tabletop. The big question is do I actually want to go that route? I think there are some things I definitely will change on the Hudson & Allen model to make it more accurate, but it does make me wonder where H&A got their information from on how they designed their model - there are some things in the model that are no where close to being accurate. Though it could simply be changes/decisions were made purely from a gaming standpoint. Anyway, stay tuned.

Until next time, thanks for looking!
Ivor

26 comments:

  1. LOL!! Oh man ... I have sympathy for you and your dice. I wish I had answers on how to make it better. I tend to roll better after drinking ... maybe it helps to be loosened up? :-)

    Alamo --- dang, humming right along! Yeah, I had planned several mods/customization's for the model just to make it integrate with the table better and make it more realistic. Looking great so far!

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    1. My friend you have no idea how bad the dice rolling was 🤣 But on a positive note I did come up with some fun t-shirt ideas for said bad dice rolling 😀
      The Alamo has been a fun project!

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  2. Wow both tables look incredible. I keep finding my finger hovering over the 'buy' button for 7TV

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    1. Thanks Riot! Beau does set up some incredible tables 🙂

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  3. That look like just the best fun ever!

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    1. It was indeed Michael - if only I didn't have to roll dice it would have been even better 🤣

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  4. Wow that table was amazing Ivor & get to see you getting another outing with the lads.
    The Alamo is coming along nicely, but I was disappointed not to see Mr Rex in the middle of it :)

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    1. Cheers Frank! Yeah, it was great to get together with everyone again for sure 🙂
      Soon my friend, soon lol!

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  5. WoW! That was a smashing table. I have my own ideas for an industrial complex-table, and this was really inspirational.
    Looks like a good game even though the dice rolling had potential for improvement :D
    7TV really is a good set of rules. Enjoying it immensely at the moment

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    1. Thanks Joakim! It was a great time despite my dice not cooperating in any way 🙂

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  6. That is a great looking table and it looked like a good game.
    And I'm still jealous of your Alamo.

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    1. Cheers Mike! Don't be jealous, especially after realizing how much more money I have to spend on a Mexican army lol!

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  7. What a superb looking table! Sounds like lots of fun too, despite your dire dice.

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  8. So you’re saying you had bad dice rolls AND bad tactics but still had a good game with good people and pretty to boot. Thanks makes you a Winner, my friend 😀

    Looking forward to more alamo updates.

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    1. Lol! Everything was bad for me that night in terms of the game 🤣 But yeah, despite that it was a blast just being able to get together with the guys!

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  9. Great terrain. I always wonder how these secret headquarters get built, who gets the contract, will it be overbudget and how is it no one notices a mountain getting hollowed out?

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  10. Well that looked like fun, the table is fantastic, the mdf really works well for this style of thing, but theres so much more. I can see why you had a great time with the guy's.

    The mark of a great game is having a good time, it doesn't matter who wins but was it fun. Looks like you're a winner to me.

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    1. Thanks John, it was a grand time all around 🙂

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  11. Even the best laid plans can;t survive the whims of the dice gods !
    Great looking table and hte game sounded like it was great fun losing.
    I like what you've done with the Alamo too, it's instantly recongisable.

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    1. You couldn't be more right Joe lol!
      Much appreciated 😃

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  12. Looks like a great game. Winning is not really part of 7tv anyway.

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