Resulta que el viernes pasado fuimos a donar sangre con guille. Uno de los dos, no voy a decir yo quién, se desmayó y ni siquiera pudo dar sangre. Cuestión que no estábamos bien para volver a nuestros respectivos trabajos después de tal acto de hemo-heroísmo y nos fuimos para mi casa que quedaba a unas 15 cuadras. Ahí, dió la casualidad que tenía guille en la mochila sus miniaturas, dos listas armadas. Sacamos una mesa, armamos y nos pusimos a jugar.
El juego tiene una sola tirada para todo, y dependiendo de eso, es que se hace daño o no. La verdad es que es simple, llamativamente simple y al mismo tiempo es entretenido...
It turns out that last Friday we went to donate blood with Guille (Astraud). One of the two, I will not say who, fainted and could not give blood. We were not so good as to return to work after our acts of hemo-heroism and went to my house which was about 15 blocks away. There, cassually Guille had in his backpack his miniatures to play Frostgrave, two armed lists. We took a table, we put together scenery and started to play.
El juego tiene una sola tirada para todo, y dependiendo de eso, es que se hace daño o no. La verdad es que es simple, llamativamente simple y al mismo tiempo es entretenido...
It turns out that last Friday we went to donate blood with Guille (Astraud). One of the two, I will not say who, fainted and could not give blood. We were not so good as to return to work after our acts of hemo-heroism and went to my house which was about 15 blocks away. There, cassually Guille had in his backpack his miniatures to play Frostgrave, two armed lists. We took a table, we put together scenery and started to play.
The game has a single throw for everything, and depending on the differences among the throw and the armor is the damage that is done. The truth is that it is simple,
strikingly simple and at the same time you have fun.
La banda la armé con un mago, un aprendiz (encantadores), un templario, un ranger, un thief, un hombre de armas y tres perritos. Guille se armó una banda más de disparo: metió un mago y un aprendiz (ilusionista), creo que tres arqueros, un cazador de tesoros, y no recuerdo si algo más (un thief).
The band was buils with a magician, an apprentice both ofthem enchanters, a Templar, a Ranger a Thief, a Man at Arms and three dogs. On the other hand, Guille's band was with a wizards an apprentice (illusionist), I think that three archers, a treasure hunter, and I do not remember if something else (a Thief).
The band was buils with a magician, an apprentice both ofthem enchanters, a Templar, a Ranger a Thief, a Man at Arms and three dogs. On the other hand, Guille's band was with a wizards an apprentice (illusionist), I think that three archers, a treasure hunter, and I do not remember if something else (a Thief).
Vista de mi lado |
In the game there are spells that you have to cast before playing, and I had one: Animate Construct, this allow you to put constructs as soldiers, imagine a big, huge monster, a kind of golem, I have to had it. I tried the spell with the magician, a medium construct, and had to have a 10 or 12 and I Had it. Then you could repeat with the apprentice friend. Here I played it and said, well, you've tried the little guy, now try big man and I took the risk to build a large construct. I need a 14 and I got a 13. Under normal conditions this does not come out, but how good the game is that you can spend health to add to the thrown dice. I added him and got the huge construct. So I started the band with two constructs,I one medium and one large.
Distribuimos esceno y tesoros y empezamos. Habíamos elegido el escenario Mausoleo, en el que hay un edificio grande en el medio, con cuatro puertas y que cada turno sale un esqueleto de dentro. Este factor sería bastante importante en el juego, porque todos los malditos esqueletos salieron de mi puto lado. Con lo que yo tenía que lidiar tanto con el mago ilusionista y su cría, como con los esqueletos que venían a a saludar cada tanto.
We distribute scenery and treasures and started. We had chosen the Mausoleum scenario, where there is a large building in the middle, with four doors and that each shift leaves a skeleton inside. This factor would be very important during the game, because all the skeletons got out of the building using my side. Given that, I had to deal with both the illusionist and her calf, as with the skeletons that went to say hello to me so often.
Vista desde el lado de guillote con sus goblins asesinos. |
Vsta del mausoleo central de donde salían los esqueletos... |
El juego en si fue largo, porque las reglas no las teníamos muy claras, y porque en general la parte de combate está como redactada por un ruso y traducida del ruso al inglés por un ciego chino. Tuvimos que interpretar varias veces las reglas y medio que eso fue lo que hizo que leyésemos varias veces el reglamento (en inglés). Es muy simple, el juego tiene una tirada enfrentada de D20s y dependiendo de la tirada es como termina yendo en el combate. la magia es una tirada antes y dependiendo del hechizo después ocurre alguna tirada más (o de voluntad, o un ataque que habilita el hechizo). La diferencia entre armadura y lo que sacás en la tirada es lo que hace de daño y las criaturas tienen en general 10-15 pv. Los críticos, duplican daño, con lo que un crítico mata a la criatura de una. Al principio tardaban en morirse las criaturas porque sacábamos tiradas bajas, hasta que aparecieron las altas y fue una debacle. Guille me terminó limpiando de de la mesa. Logré sacar dos tesoros y guille 4. Lo bueno es que cada tesoro es aleatorio lo que tiene con lo que no es tan lineal que el que saca más tesoros saca cosas mas grosas pero si aumenta la probabilidad.
En síntesis, es es un juego simple, dinámico, la magia le agrega variedad, sinó de otro modo sería muy cabezón, la gracia está en jugarlo en modo campaña. Hay que probarlo más, pero gustó. Bueno, próximamente voy a mostrar como vienen los cofres y la escenografía que empecé.
The game itself was long, because we had not studied the rules and our memory was very bad. Appart from that the rules are not very explained and at some points your doubts may stop the game. As I said, the rules are simple, the game has opposed roll of D20S and depending on how are the differences among throws is the damage you may make. magic ussually has a first roll and deppending on the spell youj may have other throwss. The difference between armor and what you get on the roll is what makes damage and creatures generally have 10 to 15 health points. Critics, double the damage, with what one critic kills a creature. At first creatures they were slow to die because we drew very low throws, until it appeared higher throws and it was a debacle. Guille finished cleaning me off the table. I managed to get two treasures and guille four. The good news is that every treasure has a random content, so you have a probability of getting nice things or not.
In short, it is a simple, dynamic game, magic adds variety, and its grace relays in campaign mode. We have to play it more indeed.
Addendum: segunda partida
Bueno, el domingo volví a jugar con Berto Frostgrave, misma lista, lo único que cambié fue el hechizo granada por telekinesis. Y resultó ser el hechizo de la partida, me la pasé moviendo cofres de un lado a otro para que mis tropas los carguen después. Llegué incluso a robarle así la lámpara (jugamos la misión de la lámpara del genio) al pobre soldado muerto de berto que había desatado al demonio en persona. Esta segunda partida nos sirvió para entender las reglas un poco más. Intenté hacer constructos antes del juego y nada, no salieron esta vez...
Well, last Sunday I returned to play with Berto Frostgrave, same list as with Guille, the only thing I changed was the Granada spell by telekinesis. And it turned out to be the spell of the game, I play moslty moving the chests direclty to my troops for being charged later. I even stole the lamp (we played the genius of the lamp mission) from the poor Berto dead soldier who had unleashed the demon in person. This second game helped us to understand the rules a little more. I tried to animate constructs before the game but I haven succed.
Fotos de la segunda partida
Pics of this second game
Saludos
B.