AAR: Pantheon: Another 3 vs. 3 Melee.

     This was another late night game of Pantheon. Kalissa and I figured that our friend, William enjoyed this game, since he wanted to play again after coming down to visit. And of course, he went with Zeus for his God based off all of the lightning he could zap people with. I went with my trusty Goddess, Athena. Kalissa decided to choose Artemis, even if I had not painted her two hounds that fight with her. We just pretended that they were always in the shadows.
     With this game, I have reinforced the notion not to shoot first in a game. I did this with the first character in range of Odysseus! Needless to say, he got fried with lightning so bad that he was not able to move for the rest of the game. I clearly made enemies with Zeus. Between, Athena and Zeus, we will call it a parental disagreement. It got so bad that it took a turn or two to convince William to stop the revenge and try to stop Kalissa who was being ignored and pretty much winning. It was the changes in targets that made the game pretty even. I ended up winning on a daring move which required surviving three hits on Athena. I took two hits and won! However, I have still won every game of Pantheon I have played. Kalissa told William this, which means my reign in soon to be over. My feelings are: "Bring it!" Here were the game pictures below.

Olustee Project: There Maybe Snakes in There: Swamps.

     For my project, my battlefield has a couple of swamps and a pond. This is what I came up with for the smaller of the two swamps. I was thinking about having a couple of smaller sections, but I think a larger solid piece would be a little more epic. Besides, the scenario is going to make the swamp impassible to reinforce the idea that the board is just the like the choke point that the Union troops were sent into. I think it came out close to what I want. Below are some photos of the real swamps and what I came up with.

I liked the red, but decided I wanted a little more green to my trees.

Olustee Project Update: More Board.

 
     This is just another update about my Civil War Project for this year. I have been somewhat busy with other projects, work, and commissions as of late, so I did not want to let anyone following this project to think that it has been sent to the rear. It is far from that, I assure you! At this point, I have painting four more regiments: two Confederate and two Union. I have made some more pine trees. I have made some snake rail fence. And I built a plastic house that I forgot my wife got for free two years ago. It is not involved in the scenario. Plus, I made another section of the board. I just need to make one more section to complete the full battlefield. I could have just done this all at once, but it seems nicer to pace myself. I decided to do this last weekend between projects.
   However, I still have a lot to accomplish. I still have quite a few troops to paint: about 500 more. I know that might seem a little much, but if the rules Kalissa and I have modified a little, it is most likely going to have high casualties. I probably will not get as carried away as having a casual per figure like our WWII game, but it is still early. Despite the large number of figures planning to be involved in the game, I expect to have half of them removed on dice rolling violence.
   I also, need more detail for the mats, which some might say is not needed, but it will just add a little extra character. I need to get my palm underbrush incorporated into the scenery as well. Plus, I have to make a pond, finish one swamp, and start on the larger swamp on the third board. This also means more trees. There will be about 100 trees on the whole battlefield, give or take. Either way, I am looking more and more forward to the finished product. Below are some current results.

AAR: Pantheon: Tuesday Night Fight: Athena Vs. Aphrodite

       It has now been the third time Kalissa and I have played the Mystic Battles Pantheon game and it was a great game. Great, because it never seems to be a cake walk with all of the combinations of creature and God abilities. Plus, I have won every game! That has given it three times the charm. For Kalissa, it is a great outlet from a stressful day. I actually had to work hard on this last game. Someone in the Pantheon Facebook group said it best if you are winning too easily: "You must be playing against a sack of potatoes!" I can be a Spud for time to time, hence the name! However, I usually loose games due to terrible rolls of the die. It happens!
   In this game, we really wanted to test out various units. This was especially true for the ones that were painted. The last two games saw our figures unpainted. I really prefer to never sport a miniatures game with unpainted figures. However, I saw the gleam in my wife's eyes that we need to play this. After all, she loves Greek Mythology. So I have been on a campaign to paint all of these figures for Pantheon where we have received the core game and an expansion. So I have 108 figures to paint for this game, which has been fun. I get to paint with colors I am not used to painting with. The challenge has been good for me. Here are some of the ones I have painted or mostly painted.

Odysseus, Aphrodite, Zeus, and Athena

Athena with a Manticore behind her.

The Dragon of Thebes

The Manticore.

Some Hoplites.

Spartans.

     As for our game, Kalissa chose to be the Goddess, Aphrodite. Amongst her force, she had a Manticore, the Dragon of Thebes, and Spartans. There was not much to her force, but they had some powerful abilities and were very tough. I ran the Goddess Athena, Medusa, the Minotaur, a Griffon, a unit of Amazons, and a unit of Hoplites. I had more units, but they tended to be crunchy. At least, they were under the weight of a Manticore!
    The game was a free for all game with seven Omphalos to collect on the table. The middle left side based on my side was the most contested. We both really wanted to try out our various abilities. I was not very fair to my Minotaur, since I used him like a bludgeoning tool, and sent him in charging with no back up. He was the first unit of mine to die. I, also, treated Medusa this way as well, but things worked out in her fair before she died. She was able to petrify two full units. So she payed for the cause. In the end, I used my Griffon to finish off the Manticore. It was a long game, but fun. My wife really made me work for my victory. Anyway, the game shots are below. Enjoy!

Aphrodite and her bouncers, I mean, Spartans.

This game also brings out some dirtiness. I thought the Griffon was so awesome, it shits gems!

The Minotaur charging at Aphrodite, but she ain't taken it! You have to use an Art of War card to even attack her! 

This is when the Minotaur had taken some serious damage.

The Manticore has a Block ability to prevent me from moving through a space. This denied Medusa one space to get a Omphalos.

The Hoplites were ignored through most of the game. 

I set up a nice defense in the ruins from the Dragon of Thebes.

The Dragon was killed, so Kalissa gained a unit of Skeleton warriors which.........

Immediately turn to stone by Medusa!

The final fight: Manticore versus a Griffon!