Big Toof III--Da Rize o' da Gobbo

 Plops been cutting it up with da Whitez fer a couple of months.  If you look back you may see him once and awhile.  (Chris wouldn't take the whole warband when offered, but he did accept the gift of a squig.)
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Catch da Snotz
This is Jim L's favorite scenario 'cause he get free goblinz (as long as they don't kill hiz heroes)

Speaking of killing heroes, Da Gimp finds a Red Toof loon to be a bit much to handle


Da mass of GREEN dat iz Da Git Ya Gang


A wild squig!


Grootka commands from da center (which wuz good, 'cause I rolled da Minor Mutiny event...)


Explorin' da hutz


'Eadtaker an' Lucky Todder subdue a wild squig


Da invisible crowd go wild




Da advance of da Gutrippa


Squabblin'


Da crowd go wild wit gobboz


Da Battle of Big RedII






Reinforcement comin'


Oops! Crowd!


Even wit a little help Big RedII loses




Grootka watched




Another Red Toof!


Da Battle at da End








Da Git Yaz git!  Say dey gotz 8 or 9 out of action, got ta go!

Da Git Yaz lose da second to da last Stikka, an' a Moria Goblin.  Only one Stikka left, 2 Moria Goblinz still alive.  Da Gimp get Robbed! Da Git Yaz capture 3 Snotz, 1 squig, 1 goblin an' a Red Toof.  Kill one squig.  Sell da Snotz fer 5 teef...

Da Gutrippa winz! Nobody die (had 4 orcs and 1 squig out of action, so that is an accomplishment). Capture 1 Snot, 1 squig and 1 Red Toof.  

Gutrippa get 6 teef fer one snot, just sayin'    

See ya next week

HOORAY FOR WHOEVER! The photos were WONDERFUL!

Crumbs, that crowd got pretty damn rough! Lovely run of pictures once again.

Thanks for taking the time to comment gents.  Keeps me going some days.
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Da Rize an Fall o' da Gobbo--Wagons Roll

I decided to do a special scenario for the campaign, but I didn't have time to write it out or figure out the rules in advance.  So we just muddled through. This is how we always play.

So I based this on the awful Empire in Flames scenario, Stagecoach Ambush.  We have tried to play that scenario, but not lately as I could never figure out all the rules for wagons, let alone the special rules for the scenario.  For this incarnation I decided to replace the defending warband with NPCs loosely based on the Merchant Caravan warband.  Each attacking warband got 3 free mounts and a free chariot appropriate to their warband. The wagon rules are still fiddly and introducing chariots didn't make anything easier, but it looked cool.

Da idea iz dat da Greenskinz o' Big Toof has attacked a huge humie wagon train dat got lost in da Border Princes.  As da wagon train breaks up, so does the alliance of tribes.  Now its every Orc fer hizelf, an Gork take da hindmost!

Da Gutrippaz versus da Whitez

Grootka mugs for the camera while da humies tries to get away


Da slow gitz have laid an ambush out in front of the wagon


Meanwhile da Whitez have found the same wagon. Dey gotz more fast stuff 'cause dey already gotz some boarz.


Dey gotz less slow stuff


Da Wagon an' some of the caravan guards


Turn 2 looks good


Da Freelance knight decides to attack da Gutrippaz


Da Whitez surge forward




Big mess wit da Gutrippa slowz


Bigger mess as da Fastz scrap wit each other and the heck wit da wagon (Nameless stunned)


Cookie an' da 'Eadtaker in a mounted scrap wit everybody.


Da guards goes down


Plop II tries ta kill another horse


Cookie Wassis an' da 'Eadtaker iz ridden down.  Nameless out.  All da sqigz out, Mad Bomma out, couple boyz out.  Da Gutrippaz give it up.

Da Gutrippaz lose da new squig (Blu).  Cookie Wassis lose da lef' eye.  "Eadtaker take da Hand Injury, -1WS.  Greedy capture da horse. Da Gobbo Swab loot da Freelancer's body. (Woot!)  And in one of those crazy serendipitous Mordheim moments da Gutrippaz finds da Wrecked Wagon in Exploration...

Da Whitez loot da wagon fer all kinds o' goodies, got da ded horses to eat, an' loot da crew.  So they make out like literal bandits.  They lose Plop II an' one of da borrowed boarz (which didn't count anywayz but made me feel good.)  Both heroes that went out of action recovered from their wounds.

Comin' soon--da Git Ya Gang versus da Poor Noobz

That was an AMAZINGLY confusing, but fun nonetheless game with some WONDERFUL photos. GREAT STUFF!

Thanks Al.  I aim to bemuse.
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Wagonz Rollz--Da Git Ya Gang vesus da Noobz

This will look eerily familiar...

Da Wagon and its guards


Da 'Fast' Git Yaz
Note that the chariot is set up to crash into the bush there.  Fortunately we were totally ignorant of the rules


Da 'Slow' Git Yaz


Da 'Fast' Noobz (yes that is 4 models total...)Fortunately we were totally ignorant of the rules of the original scenario


'Slow' Noobz


Gittin' closer...




Look out fer da bush! (Actually I think they ignored it altogether)


Apparently the 'x' marking the center wasn't...  Or the wagon moved backwards?  Anything could have happened.


Da Mad Bomma (Git Yaz) blows up a squig


Da 'Slows' catch 'em




Da 'Fasts' seem doomed to squabble


Everybody scrap!




Look bad fer da Knight


Look bad fer everybody








Da 'Fasts' catch up!


Da Flyin' Shaman tries ta steal a horse (he does steal a horse!)


Da wagon just roll along (the wolf is a horse because I had the extra horse models just 8' away...)






Da Noobz flee when da Git Yaz Big Red II jumps in da chariot...

Da Git Ya Gang WINZ!
I think that is #5!

Jim L wrote:

Well, I got rich but...
one of the new LOTR goblins died (0 exp)
Chopper da Goonz died.(42 exp)
So, no more Old Battle Wound.

I robbed everyone I tried to rob.  That's a 1st.
1 - outrider robbed
Freelancer robbed + caputed the Warhorse
Road Warden robbed + dead horse
Wagon's 1-live horse & 1 dead horse
2 - live orc boars
Crates found me 1 black lotus + 3gc and 2 toughened leathers + 10gc

Da Noobz lose a new orc boy.  (and gain lotz of underdog bonus, again)
If da Git Yaz left them anything to steal, no one has admitted it...

See you next week!

HOORAY FOR DA GIT YAZ! Liberating valuables is a fine art.

One of the great advantages of having someone in the 'Games-master' role is that they can just create rule fixes when need arises....

Fun reports, as ever, & good to see some classic models getting an outing!

I second the appreciation of seeing the classics. Looked like a nice scenario, as ever I'm amazed by the amount and variation of cool models finding their way into your games! Getting a little green here, don't worry, not turning into a goblin, it's just a little envy.

Thanks guys!  I try to vary the scenarios, etc to get the most out of certain collections that might not get on the table otherwise...
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Da Rize an' Fall o' da Gobbo--Free Falling Gobboz

It was another week of Da Raidin' Season fer da folks in Big Toof.  This week it was mule train robbin'.  I have always included the old Mule Train scenario in our campaigns.  It finally occurred to me that the scenario makes a better fight if the mule train is an NPC objective rather than a player...  Of course I could be wrong.

Da Mule Train

The Reiklanders drove the mules as fast as they could into the valley.  The men knew they were dangerously close to the new orc settlement.  Thus, they hoped to push through before the greenskins discovered that they were even in the area.  In this hope, they were to know disappointment...

Da Gutrippaz iz goin' ta move first.  Even though every warband started the same distance from the mule train, da Gutrippaz seems far away...


Da Whitez


Da Git Ya Gang


Da goblin infiltrators




Da Git Yaz go git em!




Da Whitez (4 of 'em squabble)


Turn two the ambush springs in earnest!





Death at the head of the line




Da Muleskinner last two turns.  Once he goes down da mules and camels scatter! (Coincidentally, da Reiklanders broke, too.)
Da Greenskins pick da panicked men off one by one.


Da attackin' Mobz start ta scrap wit each other.




Da Git Yaz Mad Bomma tries to blow Nameless up




Pushin' da camel ta safety


Muggin' da Gimp


Da Git Yaz Last Stand




Da Git Yaz git gone!  

Da Gutrippaz attack da Whitez




Da Cookie's Last Stand (and Da 'Eadtakers, too.)


Cookie havin' good luck wit da Firez o' Gork spell! (Which waz good, cause he gotz da rubba clubba)


Da counter charge!




Jo'and Da Nife an' hiz friends attack da Whitez on da right


So da Whitez shootaz don't fight much.  When Jo'and da Nife take hiz healing herbs, da Whitez start feelin' vulnerable.  Add da fact dat Cookie and 'Eadtaker ain't ded yet, an' da Whitez legz it!  HA!

As usual I was feeling as though I was getting killed even though I was actually the one doing the killing.  I was saved from my own panic by da Whitez running away.

Da Git Ya Gang had added LOTZ of warriors and equipment after the win last week.  I hope they didn't spend all the money, because they got KILLED this week.

Jim L wrote:

Dat’s ‘cause we dids all da fightin’.

Closest models - not hurt.
Middle row - all the OOA I had to roll for.
Back row - caravan troops OOA (that would be all of them)


Da Ded
Chopper 2 died on his 1st game.
Replaced by Willow 2 (Red Toof L. G. T. )
Maxed-out Goblin One died.
Maxed-out Goblin Two died.
1 cave squig died.
1 snotling died.
The Goblin Wolf Rida died on his 1st game.


Da sort o' livin'
Blowhard (shaman) was robbed of his lucky charm, rabbit’s foot, spear & rope-hook. Exploring could only find a lucky charm for Willow 2.
I let Da Mad Bomma go, since he was out of bombs and not doing anything anyway.

I’m at a 405 warband rating.

Da Whitez did not lose anybody again. (I could not even hit the stoopid boar dat wuz guarding the stunned boar rida...with 5 attacks hitting on 3's or 4's.  Oh the shame.)  

Da Gutrippaz winz!  Only capture one mule (nobody else got a mule or camel away at all out of 5 of them possible.)  The captured mule yields all kinds of loot and another hired sword returns a favor.  Woot!

HOORAY, GUTRIPPAZ!
Funny, I thought you were the one with the Goblin band...wrong again.

Really fun report there -- all twists & turns as the first in are the first out, & the overwhelmed orcs hold out until reinforcements arrive! & remarkably little sign of random happenings...

Thanks for the comments gents!

@Rhydderch--I decided to drop random happenings from the 'raid' scenarios as they would be different than our usual Big Toof table of happenings and I wanted to focus on the scenarios and rules for chariots.  (Not that I don't have a table prepared mind)  

As it is I have still had to remind players that there are no crowds, etc...
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Da Rize an Fall o' da Gobbo--Da Frenzied Mob

Our final (?) raid scenario.  This Thursday saw flooding on the southside of Indianapolis (and bad flooding in southern Indiana.)  Kevin was planning on game night, but had to deal with flooding instead.  Rob decided to drop out as his warband was just getting whittled down to nothing.  

So we were back to three after planning for five.

Da humies iz en-croachin'!  Settlin' in da Big Toof valley.  Da Mobz head out to teach 'em a lesson.

Da Gutrippaz set up last


Between da Git Ya Gang and da Whitez




Da Gutrippaz move first.  You may have noticed that there were two boar riders in the first photo.  The hired sword boar rider and his 3+ armor save are shot out of the fight by a goblin with a short bow on the first turn...

Da boar rider has been removed... He was flanking Cookie


Da Gutrippaz receive da Frenzied Mob's charge.  2 Mobbers are down. A squig and goblin are on fire!


Cookie's revenge


Here Grootka takes care of the fool dat charged Nameless


Green Sqig is burned up by da Mob


Da White Troll is not even wounded by 9 Frenzied Mob attacks...


Da Gimp confronts a Frenzied Mobber (He has already taken one out of action.)


Da Git Yaz shoot Cookie


Dat never work (well they did 2 wounds...But Cookie gotz 3).  Cookie ride down da poor Red Toof, an' da Git Yaz bug right out.

Whitez shootin' Yo'and da Nife


Da fight fer da fences


End game.  Cookie face da White Boarz and Shaman. (Nameless iz stoopid)




Da Pirate Orc haz killed da White Ogre, but Polp iz kickin' gobboz


Too many Gutrippaz out of action


Da Grootka fail da rout test (10).  Da Gutrippaz bug out.

Da Git Yaz fled first.  Dey had 6 or 7 out of action.  Willow II da Red Toof take da Chest Wound and become the upteenth Gobbo hero ta die or 'retire'.  (I think that makes 5 gobbo heroes that the Gutrippaz have seen to.  Da Noobz an' da Whitez got one apiece.)  Some more Git Yaz bite da dust, too.  Git Yaz gain +3 Underdog bonus.  Dey roll da Returning a Favor exploration result. And one of their new hires becomes a hero.

Da Gutrippaz lose da hired sword Rukka da Boar Rider on da first turn of hiz first scrap.  Hiz boar die.  Da Green Squig burn up and da Blue Squig get shot.  Yo'and da Nife get Hardened as a result of losing 6 wounds to shooting...  Da Gutrippaz sell a bunch of stuff to make payroll.

Da Whitez winz!  But dey lose da Ogre an' an Orc boy.  Den a wandering troll eat another boy.  Ha!

See youse next week!

HOORAY FOR THE WHITEZ! It was good to see Plop doing his thing.

Thanks Al.  There may be a couple more of your guys on the table in this report...
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Da Rize an Fall o' da Gobbo--Lonely Hearts Club

Just to let you know how dedicated we are, here's a report from this Thursday

Da Race ta da Stash
(Dis iz one of doze Blazing Saddles scenarios, cause I be lazy...)

Da Git Ya Gang git goin'


Da fast gitz from each side confront each other outside the ruin...


Da Boar Ridin' Git literally gotz da Rubba Choppa






Da Squig Prodda Boss winz da race (he gonna loze dat war)


Coverin' fer da boss wit da shiny bitz


Tiny dies


Big Red II jumps da Gimpy Black Orc




Bad fings happpen ta da Orc Pyrate






Bad fings happen ta da Gobbo Swab (he ded)


Da end o' Big Red II

Jim L wrote:

Out of action=14


Ded:
Big Red II da Great Cave Squig
3 cave squigs
Slasha da Night Goblin w/2 daggers, short bow
Banga da Goblin w/2 clubs
Sneaksta da Goblin Swabbie
Tiny da Ogre Bodyguard


+1 Snotling...
Ok, so it was 9 out of 14 ooa

All 6 heroes are not even injured!

Da Brazz Brawlerz winz!  (Don't know nuffin' about dem gitz)

Comin' Soon: Da Big Toof Stampede
Not our first rodeo..,

HOORAY FOR THE BRAZZ BRAWLERZ aka THE UNKNOWN ORCZ!

Da Big Toof Stampede
A little more Big Toof-like version of Roundup at the Mordheim Corral

Chris and I have been lamenting that this campaign has seen few sightings of of mutating boars.  Finally Chris rolled the scenario.  Then he rolled a 1 or how many boarz would show up... fortunately I rolled higher, so we had 5 to chose from.

Da Ox Skull Raidaz event happens on my first turn.  They show up by da Whitez [dey looks a lot like da Gutrippaz...]


Da Gutrippaz capture too boarz!  It lookin' real good fer da painted team


Da Whitez shoot down da Ox Skullz ogre, so da Ox Skullz shoot down da Whitez squigs


Da lost mule happen later.  Greedy an' da Gobbo swab move to intercept


Da Whitez fill da Ox Skullz wit arrows.  Da leader go down


Da Whitez scrappin' wit boarz.  (Da troll put hiz down, den went stoopid for 3 turns. Those were good turns...)


2 turns later


Dis boar fought dese Whitez fer da whole time


Da Gutrippaz advance while da Whitez scrap wit boarz an' Ox Skullz


Cookie is trying to save Rigga Top (the archer is trying to shoot the cameraman...)


Well over half of the warband advances.  4 warriors are busy with captured boars.  The rest are squabbling (or I have forgotten to move them again)


Da Ox Skullz haz got rid of 2 squigs, a orc an' a gobbo so far


Da Ox Skullz ogre bashes a Whitez boy


Nameless doin' nuffin' while da rest o' da boyz git hammered by Whitez




End game--da Gutrippaz haz legged it.  Da Ox Skullz iz gittin' kicked.


So da Gutrippaz had da best set up ever!  Easy captures for boarz, distracted enemies and free money in the guise of da lost mule.  Den it all went somewherez south o' dere.  

Rigga Top fails da animosity, decides he gonna show 'em an' attack one o' dem fear causing T5 Boar Ridaz.  Dat no work.  Cookie try ta save Rigga, dat no work.  Da rest o' da warband fail to do anything.

Then Grootka fail da first rout test.  Oh well.

So da Gutrippaz have Da Krazy Git kilt ded.  An Cookie lose hiz boar.  Rigga Top, da worthless git, roll full recovery.  Cookie Wassis take da Hand Injury.  Woe!

Da Gutrippaz capture one boar an' 'Eadtaker tame a scorpion tailed mutant boar!  Woot!

Da Whitez don't lose nothing, in spite of being broken for 2 turns before da Gutrippaz. (And fighting the stupid Ox Skullz for 2 turns after that!  Gitz!)

Da Whitez capture a Fear causing boar and a scaly skinned boar.  Da Li'l Big Un get better.

Sometimes it is difficult to tell if victory is achieved by good game's play or mere luck. One thing is for sure: being painted has no effect on the final outcome other than making the War Band look good no matter what happens in the game. HOORAY FOR LOOKING GOOD!

I have always maintained that the dice gods smile not on unpainted miniatures. Others claim the dice gods are cruel, & mock our efforts by immediately striking down those miniatures on which we spent the most time. The dice gods are mighty & unknowable...

Grand reports, as always!

Thank you gentlemen for the kind words.
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Da Rize an' Fall o' da Gobbo--Da Beat Down Go On

Jim L missed the 21st.  It was a shock, but Chris and I played on.  There was the possibility that Kevin could join us, but that turned out not to be the case.

Da Troll Hole
Formerly known as Monsta Valley (based on da scenario Demz My Gubbinz)

So deres dis li'l gobbo village a bit south o' Big Toof, see? It turns out dese gobboz get raided by some o' dem migrant troll folk.  Drove da gobboz right out o' dere home.  But as dey flee da gobboz swearz dat dey see dis big troll with a big bag o' shiny stuff.  So da tribez in Big Toof fink, dem trollz got shiny stuff...Dat ain't right!  Weez got ta take dat shiny stuff!

It looked sorta like dis...




Only this time I had the trolls enter randomly.  This meant that the first troll turned up right beside da Gutrippaz and tried ta take Jo'and's head off.  Da troll failed, but he held up a bunch o' Gutrippaz while da Whitez grabbed shiny stuff, including da Sacred Gubbin.

Fortunately, da animosity result dat doomed da Gutrippaz last week happened to da Mean Boar Ridda dis week.  Dat git charge Nameless all by his lonesome right into da middle o' da Gutrippaz.  Unfortunately, da Mean Boar Ridda stood up to Nameless, Cookie an' Goomba da Halberdier, while Plop da Squig stopped Grootka from charging.

Den da next troll to arrive saw da git wit da Sacred Gubbin, an' started ta try ta stop da thief.

Den da White Troll got a case o' da stoopids again, which was real nice.

Anyway in da end da Whitez scampered wit both Boar Ridaz out of action, an' da git wit da Sacred Gubbin got kilt by da migrant troll!

So, da Whitez run.  One Boar Rida or da other take da Smashed Leg.  A boar die.  (Just what Chris said, "a boar died."  Um, which boar?  Da stoopid tentacle boar or da mean scorpion tail boar?  I still don't know.  But one of 'em is ded.)  So iz da git wot stole da Sacred Gubbin.  Da pesky Whitez run off wit 2 gubbinz, too.

Da Gutrippaz winz!  Yay!  But both of da Halberdierz die.  An' Gibbet da Shoota died.  An' Li'l Bil da Gobbo broke hiz neck inna fall.  So like da Gutrippaz winz, but lose 4 out of 7 out of action.  Cookie survive against da odds! 'Eadtaker suffer da hand injury.  Woe!

Da Gutrippaz steal 3 gubbinz an' kilt one troll.  An' da orc pyrate hired sword loot both da ded thief an' da Halberdierz, so da Gutrippaz no loze too much money on weapons.  Dem Halberdiers waz well armed, I tell ye.
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Don't Wake da Giant!

So dis week Jim L could make game night again.  And he brought along a classic giant to fight over.







Da Gutrippaz set up first.  Moved first...


Rolled da event da Fanatic...


Shoot da Fanatic




Da Git Yaz' Orc pyrate an' gobbo swab show up on da flank


Da rest o' da Git Ya Gang (Da giant is 'sleeping')


Da Whitez moved last


Da Cookie killz da Git Yaz' orc pyrate




Wewenge! Da gobboz kill da Gutrippaz orc pyrate hired sword.


Da Gunna shoot down one orc wit hiz new blunderbuss (wot he stole from Rigga Top, like months ago)


In other attacks da Gimp an' a blue squig take on da Squabbla. (dis no end well)








Big scrap wit da Whitez




Da Gutrippaz gobbo swab take revenge of hiz own


Da White Troll wake da Giant!


Da Git Yaz iz gonna steal all da shinies!


Da White Troll iz stunned!


Da Git Ya Gang gitz!  All gone




Da Giant attack a lowly orc an' get knocked down!


Da Gutrippaz sneakz on da Whitez shootaz


Da gobbo swab grab a treasure chest (while Rigga Top fails an animosity test)




Cookie cast Fires o' Gork three times in a row (this is only one of them).  Causes no wounds


Da Gutrippaz charge!


Da gobboz sneakz wit a treasure chest


Nameless take da flank!




Esmeralda da witch an' da 'Eadtaker help


Da Boar Ridaz squabble an' hide from One Eye Sharper


Da Whitez flee when da Li'l Big Un go out of action.  Dey gotz like 8 out of action!

Da Git Yaz fled early, 'cause dey not only set up last inna middle, but dey pick fight wit everybody an' loze.  Dey git no treasure.  Da orc pyrate hired sword die.  An' a gobbo or a snot die too.

Da Whitez tossed da troll away on da Giant, den dey lose lotz o' boyz to da Gutrippaz.  Nobody die.  Da Li'l Big Un miss da game wit a arm wound.

Da Gutrippaz only have 2 warriors out of action.  So da Gutrippaz loze da orc pyrate hired sword an' da promoted halberdier (promoted from swordorc, not a hero).  Since da orc pyrate was da first to fall, there iz no looting the dead so all that cool equipment on da halberdier goes away.     Da Gutrippaz get rich off of 2 treasure chests and a big bag o' gold!  So da Gutrippaz throw a big party.
   

"Oh, don't throw me down dat deep, dark hole, Br'er Fox."..right off the bat all the Orc Speak turned into The Song of the South...not a bad change at all. The games were BEAUTIES with some really excellent looking miniature headed by the Old Giant along with some lovely terrain. OUTSTANDING STUFF!

Classic metal giants are always welcome guests...

Thanks for the kind comments gents, always good to see some feedback.
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Da Rize an Fall o' Da Gobbo--More Ded Gobboz

Kevin could play this week!  

It is funny. We play in a store and folks are always stopping by to see what game we are playing, but it is rare for us to have two tables of games these days. (Which is also nice because I don't need to bring much terrain...)  But it is great when we can play more than one game a week with just the three of us.

Jim L rolled a 10 for which scenario he would play, which meant that Chris and I both wanted to beat up on goblins again.  Chris won the roll.

Da Big Toof Stampede

More herds of mutating boars are terrorizing Big Toof!  Da Git Ya Gang an' da Whitez scraps over six boars.

A boar charges da Squig Prodda early on




What it sez


Tiny da ogre an Da Gimp capturing boarz da hard way.




Not sure how we get from the above photo to this one...




Squig warz


Da gobboz swarm dat boar!


Trying to get away






Da Git Ya Gang grabbed four out of the 6 boarz.  But that left a lot of White to try to take da boarz away from da gobbo.  (Which leads to the saying "easy as takin' boarz from a gobbo.")

Da Git Yaz eventually save all da boarz, but lose a lot o' gitz


Da honored ded


How it looked on da other side


Da Whitez winz!

Dey have da one git out of action (dat orc what fail da animosity test).  He die.  Da White Troll git better.

Da Git Yaz iz rich! But da Bubba Four iz ded (aka Boomer).  Long live Bubba Five!

Coming soon--Da Lobba!

It looks like the Goblins will be having a luau. GREAT STUFF!

Goblin luau sounds like a hell of a modelling project...