On Friday 15th August John put on his first Dr Who scenartio, trying out the rule set found in an old Wargames Illustrated (Issue 130: Exterminate. Exteminate.
Exterminate
by Tony Yates). As ever the rules were adapted a little to meet our needs for this scenario, which was umpired by John himself.
Daleks wer played by Mat, Dave, Nigel &Mark whilst the Humn forcs were played by Mike W, Mike N, Jane & Steve. Rupert took the part of the good Doctor and his glamourous assistants.
The setting was a 6' x 6' table with a range of human settlements spaning the ages, from ancient ruins, to local hovels and some hi-tech futristic locations.
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Mayan ruins in the centre, where the Doctor landed,
Chemical Works in the distance |
Each location on the board had a number of secret items located for the players to find. The scenario involved a number of Dalek landings as they hunt for human captives and tech plunder, whilst the humans were largely represented by UNIT troops patroling the area to counter reported Dalek sightings.
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| Forest and swamps, with the ruins inhabited by the Weeping Angels |
The Doctor was searching for a spare part for the TARDIS, which needed replacing and which he'd hidden in the area some years ago, but whise location he'd forgotten.
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| Hovel Village just visible at top of photo |
The game opened with a Dalek spacecraft depositing a squad of Robomen, under Mat's command, near to the Orbital Beacon building and the ese guys proceeded to search the area for humans and loot.
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| First Dalek Robomen squad land at the Orbital Beacon |
Game turn 2 saw the two Mike's deploy their UNIT squads in the hovel village which they proceeded to recce and then set-up defensive positions upon hearing firing from the nearby Orbital Beacon location.
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| UNIT Squad enter the Hovel Village |
INevitably the Daleks headed towards teh hovel village, once Dave & Mark had deploye dtheir Dalek squads to re-enforce their initial positions. Meanwhile a third UNIT squad arrived at the wrecked Chemical Factory where they discovered large quanties of toxic waste.
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| UNIT Squad approaches the Chemical Factory |
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UNIT troopers devending the village
take out their first Dalek |
Dave's Dalek squad approache dthe Hovel Village and were engaged by Mike W's UNIT squad with rifle fire, to everyone's surprise the plucky humans took out a Dalek. In subsequent rounds the defending UNIT squad took out 3 more Daleks but at a terrible cost to themselves - loosing 5 of the 8 troopers in teh squad during the game.
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| A Weeping Angel attacks the Robomen |
The Robomen at the Orbital Beacon, were also having issues as they encountered a Weeping Angel in the Ancient Ruins that they were exploring, leading to the loss of two of their number.
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| Robomen defend the Orbital Beacon as the Weeping Angel attacks |
Over the other side of teh table the Doctor and his assistants had arrived and the meet wit hteh third UNIT squad to plan a search pattern. This rendez-vous was gatecrashed by a Dalek Roboman squad, commanded by Negel, who opened up a withering fire on the Doctor and neutralised his two assistants.
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| UNIT Troopers and the Doctor Rendez-Vous |
A firefight then broke out between Steve's UNIT squad and the Robomen, in which significant casualties were taken by each side.
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| Surprise attack by Dalek Robomen on the Doctor |
Meanwhile, Mike N, moved hs UNIT squad to re-enforce Mike W's depleted squad whilst also trying to link-up with Jane's Special forces squad which was deploye din ambush positions across the tabletop.
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| Steve's UNIT Squad is initially isolated on the wrong side of the Dalek spacecraft |
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Mike N's UNIT Squad move through the Hovel Village
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The space time continum shifted and the game came to an end, with honours pretty much tied!
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| A good shot of Mark's Spacecraft |
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| A somewhat lonely Doctor fights of fthe Robomen |
