Roll4Con - July 2024

 

    Our local Gaming store in London, ON, The Game Chamber held a sort of a mini-convention on Saturday.  A lot of different games were scheduled and I took part in the afternoon offering of The Silver Bayonet hosted by my friend, David. First a few photos of the various game offered, most of with - I admit - I have no idea what the games were. (Photos courtesy of Beth, David, and Joe, with one or two by me.)

"The Boss" takes a hand.

Our game was set somewhere in Europe with a search for a lost esoteric volume of lore penned by a local friar. We had four teams: Joe represented the Spanish Inquisition... as expected! Dan led a French group, David captained a Dutch group, while I fielded my Austrians. My wife, Beth, kibitzed, researched, and rolled the dice for the monsters, since she was a neutral party! Just so you know, David provided all the troops and monsters (except for mine) and his painting is superb! He also provided the majority of the terrain. The table was a delight, as you'll see.

The field showing the reference library as well.

The view from David's seat. Joe was to his right, Dan across from him,
and me in my Tom Servo-esque finest. Beth took the photo.

Cardinal Fang, Cardinal Biggles, and an armed member of the Inquisition advance.

Cardinal Ximénez and another Inquisitor go for the clues.

French Dragoons of Dan's French troops.
Those are not "Roombas" to clean the table; they mark hits on the figure.

Grenadier Gefreiter Keller and Feldpfarrer, Father Miller of my Austrian force find a clue...
which brought on another revenant!

David's Dutch force including the Veteran Hunter, Sergeant Sickles!

David's Dutch infantry and his coachman investigate the house.
I'd never seen the coachman used before. David says he's worth the point cost!

Dan's Dragoon farrier/sapper (the axe is the give-away) hacks down a revenant.
("How does one kill what's already dead?" he inquired quizzically.)

My Austrians again.
The Dhampir, Leutnant von Hanraty and the Veteran Hunter, rifle-armed,
Feldwebel Beck of the Jäger Battalions hunt for clues.
von Hanraty bravely dueled the Inquisitions troops while Beck sniped.
Neither survived the encounter, (Ach, schade!)

Both Cardinal Ximénez and some Dutch troops chase Father Miller - who has the book! - but found him too fast for them.
See, you CAN run in a cassock!

The clerical chase from a different viewpoint.

David's troops met the big baddie of the day - a vampire.
Quite stylish in his own pale way!

The troops of the House of Orange face the terror of the day!
By the way, they got him!

Discretion IS the better part of valour!
See ya, boys!

Am I gloating? No! Never!
(Well, maybe a little.)
(By the way, this is a Trent model. The rest of the Austrians were Perry Miniatures.)

The centre of the table was a bit of a traffic jam at times.
The tuft of cotton indicates that the figure has fired their firearm and reloading is required,

Joe insisted I gloat in this photo. 

Among the unexpected details on the table was a rabbit among the cabbages!

We all know what this is supposed to be...

But is it really?

Who won? I came in last on the points given for finding clues, taking down monsters, or taking out opposing team members... but I got the book off the board which was the scenario's big thing. Joe, David, and Dan all had more points as listed in the victory conditions. I really don't think any of us cared who "won" since we all had a great time. We're all hoping to play this game again, using a different scenario.