I decided to run my Virtual Lard 5 Chain of Command game one final time before I take the table down. Colonel Hugh Jorgan, retired veteran of the First World War, and superbly commanded HMS Priapus faced off against the Foul Nazi Leutnant Helmutt Rasch, played almost naturally by Jamanicus (both of this Parish). The Germans seek to push through the brave folk of Bury and capture the secret of Black Pudding for their evil war machine.
Turn 1. Col Jorgan deploys the Bury Postal Rocket team. Still drunk from the previous nights escapades, they fumble the shell, creating yet another crater on the Lancashire landscape
Helmutt Rasch urges his men up to the wall and Fritz knocks some bins over. Must be full of Bury unstable waste as they explode in a ball of flame
The Irwell Vale Volunteers, having stripped their bedding of all the blankets, soak them in Good Old Lancashire Lard and set them alight. Helmutt Rasch curses as they disappear
Wee Alfie Hulme, the Stubbins Terror, takes a break from decorating the walls with graffiti of penii, aims his catapult and sends a little ball bearing up Fritz’s jacksy
Singing !No Pasaran! The Fleet Street Regulars, veterans of the Spanish Civil War, march on the Fairview Cottages. And are subsequently wiped out by Willie Wurstnapper and a squad of Falschirmjager.
Sgt Jerry Spywell, a very dubious and shabby Nazi trick, tries to distract Veteran Sgt Phillip McCrack. McCrack eventually sees through the heavily accented Germanic Lancashire accent and draws his Webley. One shot is all it takes
The game ends fittingly with Wee Alfie Hulme firing his last ball bearing at the elite Nazis, killing one and the other routs, clutching his groin in terror. He’s seen the pictures on the walls
After 3.5 hours, the game ends in a moral Lancashire victory. But then we always knew it would. Evil never triumphs for long
The Battle for Ewood Bridge
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Not often you see the words "moral" and "Lancashire" in the same sentence.
Kein Plan überlebt den ersten Kontakt mit den Würfeln. (No plan survives the first contact with the dice.)
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A lovely looking table
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Cheers VB. Was a fun day. Lots of laughs and silliness
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Amazing setup!
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Very nice, lots of action.
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Jeremy like a bit of CoC to get his BUM exercised.
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Thanks all