Christmas Scenario

 I was cleaning up some files on my laptop, and found this gem from three years ago, back when I painted some old Grenadier C'thulu detectives and gangsters.

December 23rd

The tenement of Mary and Joey Baggadonetts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Mary was decorating the corner of the tiny studio apartment she and Joey had designated, “Da Nursery”, when Joey burst through the door.

“Pack yer tings Mary, we gots ta get outta here.”

“Whatsamatta Joey, is da heat on?”

“Woise, da Iggles is playin’ da Cowboys dis weekend, an you know what dat means...”

“King Harry gots da Romos comin’ ta town!  Whadda we gonna do, Joey?”

“We’s gonna go up North”…

“Wheah up North, Joey?”

“Ta Nazareth.”

“But Joey… I can’t make dat drive!  Da baby is gonna come any second now!”

“An so’s Harry… wit’ da Romos.”

Anyway, I have no idea where to go from here.  If I somehow make this into a game, I'll probably use Larger Than Life from Two Hour Wargames.

Martians invade Pennsyltucky

Just before the COVID lockdown, I bought some Warlord US Infantry at a flea market, and painting them occupied me for a while.  I'm in Michigan, and we're still mostly locked down, so gaming at the local store isn't an option.   Not having a WWII opponent, I unpacked the Flying Frog Martians I use as 5150 Hishen and decided to solo game a monster movie type scenario.  The rules I used were 5150: Star Army 2nd Tour, from Two Hour Wargames.

 Dateline: August 10th, 1950, 

S-Mart Shopping Center, Pennsyltucky

The Pennsyltucky National Guard has been deployed to the shopping center in response to a Martian saucer landing in the parking lot.  First squad is on the left, second squad on the right, and a medium machine gun team in the center, across from Cooter Liquors.

Turn One: US wins activation and the two squads advance to the parked cars.  Two PEF (Possible Enemy Force) turn out to be "just a case of nerves".  A third PEF comes out of the liquor store and resolves as a squad of Martians.  In Sight tests were taken and the National Guardsmen opened fire.

The gunfire sent three Martians OOF (Out of the Fight) and the survivors ducked back into the store.

On the next turn, the Martians failed to activate, while the Guardsmen advanced for an assault.

On Turn 3, the Martians won Activation and opened fire on First Squad, causing several casualties.  The Guardsmen, who failed to activate, broke and ran.

Turn 4 saw the Martians activate first, so they came out of the liquor store and then they also won the In Sight test, opening fire on Second Squad.  The Guardsmen took a couple casualties and then also ran away, leaving the Martians victorious.