Tales of Horror: An American Werewolf in Drumheller

 I squeezed in an evening game of Fistful of Lead: Tales of Horror this past Wednesday using my recently-painted Canadians and some werewolves I painted last October. 

Table Setup

The Hunters:

• Lefty LaRue, Dashing Outdoorsman (Leader; Veteran, Lucky, Coolheaded, Deadeye; armed with an Automatic Rifle and Silver Bullets)
• Jack Nuniq, Inuit Sniper (Specialist; Eagle-Eyed, Sniper; armed with a Rifle and Silver Bullets)
• Frenchie Sinclair (Regular; Folklore Expert; armed with a Pistol)
• Sgt. McMichaels (Regular; Steady; armed with a Pistol)
• RCMP Patrol (Henchman Group; Loyal; armed with Rifles)

The Werewolf Pack:

• Brutus (Pack Alpha; God-Like, Large, Cold-Blooded, plus Werewolf Traits )
• Cassius (Pack Beta; Predatory, Stealthy, plus Werewolf Traits)
• Casca and Cinna (Werewolves; Ferocious plus Werewolf Traits)
• The Mad Trappers of Rat River (Henchman Group, Killer, armed with Rifles)

 

I mostly ran this as the "Under the Blood Moon" scenario out of the Tales of Horror book; Frenchie, Sgt. McMichaels and the Mounties were holed up in an isolated cabin in the hills outside Drumheller, Alberta, and needed to survive the werewolves A) long enough for Lefty and Jack to arrive with the silver bullets, and then B) survive until the sun rose at the end of Turn 7.

Pardon the unpainted cabin.

The werewolves moved cautiously around the cabin for the first two turns after Brutus got a Shock token on Turn 1. Lefty and Jack arrived at the beginning of Turn 3, right as the werewolves were starting to move in and really attack. Lefty shot at Brutus as the giant werewolf savaged one of the Mounties, but was attacked in turn by Cassius. 

 

Casca and Cinna attacked the cabin, with Cinna smashing in the window to attack the nearest Mountie - only to get knocked flat with a rifle butt. McMasters and Frenchie opened fire on Casca, driving the werewolf backwards but not harming him. 

If you're cold, they're cold. Let them in.

Jack drove off Cassius, and Brutus slunk away, deciding to abandon this pack and form a new one next month. He left the table. Ultimately Lefty spent the rest of the game crawling across the table towards the cabin, his wound never allowing him to stand up. Jack shot both Cassius and Casca with silver bullets, finishing them off. The Mountie that bashed Cinna got shot through the window and killed by one of the Mad Trappers. Frenchie and McMasters finished off the Mad Trappers, though McMasters was killed in the process. 

The game ended with the Hunters with 5 Renown Points and the Werewolf Pack with 2 Renown Points, a solid win for the Hunters. Though Lefty was bitten by a werewolf and survived, so who knows what the next full moon holds for him...

Yukon Toughs

 This bunch actually went surprisingly quickly - first pic is four of the five figures in the "Northland Adventurers" pack, second pick is four of the five "Scarlet Patrol," and the last pic is three of the four "Mad Trappers of Rat River," all from the "Yukon Peril" line over at Pulp Figures. These will all see use in various "Fistful of Lead" games - starting with a "An American Werewolf in Saskatchewan" game of Tales of Horror I've got planned for myself. 

Not Much to Report

 My painting has, unfortunately, slowed down dramatically since January. Depression has been kicking my ass, sad to say, and just all around haven't been able to carve out both the time and energy to make it to the painting desk. I did manage to eke out these vampire women from Reaper's Bones 5 Kickstarter, part of the "Shadows of Ravenholme" expansion.