05-10-2011, 02:30 PM
The old dwarves were well and truly battered.
The rerolling is an interesting idea. Even though a D4 seems like a low roller, the chances of getting a 4 are greater than a 6 on a d6 (25% as opposed to 16.7%), therefore increasing the possibility of a higher cumulative score.
However, it didn't help me much. As 5+ on a D8 to hit is far better than 5+ on a D6.
The Au idea works relatively well. With a decreasing number of figures allowed to perform the chosen action as the points wear down.
It was good dry run of the game, the forces were imbalanced as I'd incorrectly picked Dwarf Pirates instead of Venerable dwarves. But it wouldnt have made a difference to the shooting ability, only melee.
We got to see lots of elements of the game in action. But Justin didn't get to throw any grenades !
Lessons learned ?
Tool up the dwarves with big melee weapons and forget pistols or muskets.
Print out a load more reload counters.
Print out copies of the QR Sheets.
For me, get some dice where we can actually read the numbers on the faces (sorry).
The rerolling is an interesting idea. Even though a D4 seems like a low roller, the chances of getting a 4 are greater than a 6 on a d6 (25% as opposed to 16.7%), therefore increasing the possibility of a higher cumulative score.
However, it didn't help me much. As 5+ on a D8 to hit is far better than 5+ on a D6.
The Au idea works relatively well. With a decreasing number of figures allowed to perform the chosen action as the points wear down.
It was good dry run of the game, the forces were imbalanced as I'd incorrectly picked Dwarf Pirates instead of Venerable dwarves. But it wouldnt have made a difference to the shooting ability, only melee.
We got to see lots of elements of the game in action. But Justin didn't get to throw any grenades !
Lessons learned ?
Tool up the dwarves with big melee weapons and forget pistols or muskets.
Print out a load more reload counters.
Print out copies of the QR Sheets.
For me, get some dice where we can actually read the numbers on the faces (sorry).