Skirmish Outbreak: Zombie Apocalypse

It's time to play another game that I purchased years ago and then sat on forever!  This time, it's "Skirmish Outbreak" by Radio Dishdash Publishing.

Ok, first of all, for legal reasons, this game has been renamed "Skirmish Ragers".  So if you're looking for it, that's the new name.  Also, if you buy the PDF from Wargame Vault, it's locked so you can't print it, so be warned.  Also, the print book is printed with a bright yellow background, which doesn't bother me, but does bother some people, and probably isn't a best practice, since nobody else does it.

"Ragers" is what they call the fresh, fast, angry zombies.

Elder Soul Relay

Over the weekend, I knocked out a relatively quick little terrain project.  I wanted to make a thematic piece of terrain for my friend, something that would match his army of reincarnating robots (which is why this is green and yellow).

Let me tell you, though, light green and yellow are BEARS to paint.  I must have put on at least seven or eight layers.  Yeesh!

Anyway, here's a stat card I made to go with it.  The stats are for Squad-Hammer.  The idea is that it can be used to (re)load souls into the damaged robotic shells of a diminished Elder squad.

I apologize to whoever is responsible for the image of this building.
I don't know where I got it, and wasn't originally intending to share it.

Squad-Hammer Core: Great Mountain Corporate SWAT vs Bloo's Gang

Nordic Weasel Games recently came out with a trimmed-down and updated version of their Squad-Hammer rules, called Squad-Hammer Core, just in time for my weekend gaming.  It's supposed to be a solid beer & pretzels framework for some fast fun with friends, but with enough structure to build your own house-rules or setting-specific information into.

Alien Squad Leader 3.0: Human Imperials vs. Outlaw Gang

A friend of mine asked that I try this game out, and it's been sitting on my shelf anyway, so I thought "Sure, why not?"

I missed the first two.  Am I going to be able to follow the plot?

The Department of Fabricant Management - First Mission

The Department is a game that I like to describe as "Bladerunner: The Skirmish Game".  You play (alone or with friends) special detectives in the Department of Fabricant Management.  Your job is to hunt down renegade fabricants (ie "replicants" or "androids").  You can just play any random mission, but the fun is in the campaign rules.

...of Fabricant Management

Sci-Fi Billboard Images

I've been asked to share the images that I used to make the billboards for my terrain.  And so, here you go.  This is a good idea, right?  I think you should be able to copy them at full resolution (300 ppi).  If not, I guess I'll have to think of something else.

Mi esperas, ke vi ĝuu tiujn ĉi.

Mmm! Savory!

Unsavory!

Big Brother is watching!
(But at least murders are down this week.)

- Jason "Ludanto" Smith C;E

Close Quarters Skirmish: Unity Regulars vs. Great Mountain Veterans

I had a very long weekend, so I played another game.  This one I wasn't familiar with, but it was new (to me) so I thought I'd give it a go.  Close Quarters Skirmish from Legionnaire Games is some kind of spin-off from their board games, and is a pretty flexible sci-fi skirmish tabletop rules set.  You can build your own units, but I basically swiped some of the existing units because I'm lazy.  The game is scenario based, so I went with the smallest and easiest scenario, "Patrol".  My goal (as Unity) is to kill more points of Great Mountain guys before the end of the 4th turn.  Unity had 16 Regular figures at 99 points, and Great Mountain had 8 Veteran figures at 88 points.

The table setup