OK back to IHMN, using the war of the worlds lists in WSS we had an afternoons entertainment, Alec brought Captain Flashheart and his men to the game to face not the tentacle Martians from the HG Wells books but the skull faced insane killers from Mars Attacks, all hell was about to clash.
Professor Tablets experimental saucer has crashed in the ruin zone and he needs to be rescued before the Tripods arrive and vaporise the little bugger, Captain Flashheart volunteers to go get the "little guy out of the pickle he is in" Expecting slimy flesh tentacled Martians he has no idea the mad buggers also from Mars have been watching the war and now want the Professor and his ideas
the crashed saucer holding up the Professor till help arrives , bystanders / survivors roam the ruins also more deadly dangers
Lady Felicity also graces the ruins content in her bath oblivious to the carnage around her
the scene is set both sides must try to get the Professor off there table entry point
Complications ? well we got burning cows and huge bug who move random and anyone in 3" must roll a pluck of fall to the ground till recovered roll is made
General Zar and his troopers 2 armed with sonic cannons the rest heat guns plan to outnumber and steal the Prize maybe get a peek at the woman in the bath also
Captain Flashheart and his men Dr Eddie and Engineer Ruffles
the Brits move in to take positions and get ready to give the enemy a damn good thrashing
Zar spans out his man to flank the evenly and surround the saucer
Well there dirty little buggers and cannot resist and human female
The British take up firing positions
Flanking Martians hope to over run the enemy easy
Sonic cannons ready as there alien eyes spot the prize
then a huge bug dashes past scattering the Martins in all directions
Flash make ready revolver and sabre in hand "don't shoot till you see the whites of there eyes or whatever sticks its ugly face out there"
the left flank Zar moves his troops in a plan to show his fire power off
the right flank move on stopping to view Lady Felicity "can; resist can they?)
the centre Martians charge forward heat rifles firing into the British positions
hand to hand take place (Human to Martian)
Flashes men fire is ineffectual to the Martians body armour
Zars group move into firing range
SGT Borrage is struck down by the sonic cannon
in return gun fire slays a Martian
a bayonet fight ends with a broken bayonet (bad rolls make this game so much fun)
the flaming cows charge around felling humans and Martins alike
"Up and at them lads, last one in is a sissy" Flashheart charges the Close Martians pistol and sabre cutting down the Green clad aliens
a lone trooper is outnumbered and ripped to shreds by the Aliens
another tussles with an alien
Sgt Borrage is hit again and turned to mush by the alien weapon
the rocket gun is ineffectual so Ruffles charges into the saucer to get the Professor
massed melee erupts around bayonets and alien knives hack and slash
the sonic canons victims mount
out numbered the British start to fall under the Alien wave
Flash finds himself hard pressed by the green monsters Sabre slashing but not effecting the Aliens armour
another trooper is slaughtered in seconds by the Martians
the troopers fall around all seems lost
the flaming cows scatter the melees and give a respite rest to Flash
he is knocked out in the commotion is all now ended for the Brits
as a Martian charges Dr Eddies service revolver dispatches him in an instant
Ruffles is grabbed by a Martian to stop him escaping with the professor
Flash rises his revolver fails he faces more Martins his mane bravely fighting now for there very souls
the flanking Martian meet up they now surround and block any exit the plan is complete the humans will all die
Ruffles smashes the Martin down and grabs the Professor
Flash is surrounded all his men dead around him "right its gloves off time you ugly bllighters"
Dr Eddie and ruffles are jumped by the flanking Martins
a brutal fight but they still outnumber the two man
Flash faces certain doom the the bug returns scattering all
a lone Martian stand only to find Flashes sabre in his chest, he then runs to the aid of the Dr and Ruffles
straight into 4 Martians "Bugger me"
Dr Eddie tries but falls under the Martian horde Ruffles also falls as a Martin grabs the proffessor away
Alone Flash heart faces the Martians he shouts "God save the Queen" and charges in revolver blazing away
Zar now recovered joins in what will be the Earthmen death
Professor Tablet is escorted away the Martins victory is almost complete
his confidence his demise and Zar is struck down by Flash heart who then slays the other 2 Martians
his pistol dispatches a third who was dragging off the professor he then grabs and runs for his escape perused by 2 martins intent on stopping the lone earthmen
Flash turns and with pistol and Sable drops both of them "Take that and don't come back to alien B*****ds, come on Prof the drinks are on me" victory to Flasheart
What a game madness I know Martians . flying saucers heat rays sonic cannons, Flaming cows , giant bugs and a lady in a tin bath.
We both enjoyed and laughed so much again IHMN is brilliant afternoons entertainment, and Flashheart is a true hero he lasted alone against 7 Martians in the end and won the game.
As always dedicated to the late great Rik Mayall,
I thought it was all up for the thin red line even with Lady Felicity to distract the johnny foreigners but I was forgetting this was Flash! Jolly good show!!
ReplyDeleteBonkers, exciting stuff...love it!!
ReplyDeleteGood Heavens! Flasheart took it to the jolly old limit, what? Great AAR!
ReplyDelete