I may not be able to play games currently, but that doesn't mean I've been completely idle.Whilst any form of me bending over causes great discomfort, I've managed to up-date, some of the paperwork needed to play the Gladiator game "Blood on the Sands" that I was playtesting before my recent untimely departure to hospial.
The rules are in their third version and luckily all I needed to do was update the three categories of 'paperwork' that I had already done for the first two versons. I felt extra 'paperwork' was needed to play the game more effectively.
The games uses character sheets that record wounds, fatigue etc. to the Gladiators (six different sheets) and once laminated can be re-used if white board pens are used. The sheets have been changed so these too needed renewing.
Secondly each gladiator has access to ten 'special attacks' and three gladiator-type specific "special attacks", which I listed on six sheets (one for each type of gladiator). Finally I 've made two, two-sided qrs sheets (one for each combatatnt) which are a bt rough and ready, but do the job.
The rules are contuning to evolve and each version has had significant changes, without changing the feel of the game.
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| All the print-outs - just ten sheets of A4 |
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| My £15 'Wilko' laminator in action ! |
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| It's slow but gets the jub done - all sheets laminated |
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| A4 to handy A5 sheets |
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| Slicing six of the eight laminted sheets and the job's a good'un |
That's it from me this week - at least I've managed something, even though it took a lot longer that I'd normally take.
I'm now going to try and view a few blogs.
Thanks for taking the time to visit, hopefully there was something of interest and your comments, as always, are both welcomed and appreciated.
Good to see you're managing somethings Joe, and not trying to push yourself past your limits, as this will hopefully mean a speedier recovery.
ReplyDeleteThanks Dave, even this meagre offering was quite an effort and my Doctor says I have to go easier !
DeleteStill several weeks before I'm anywhere near my old self.
Great to see you able to at least do some wargaming related reading Joe, so my fingers are truly crossed that you're on the mend :-)
ReplyDeleteThanks Blaxx, I'm goin 'stir crazy' here at home, but I'm only a few clicks on the computer away from wargame stuff that akes little effort !
DeleteAgree, great to see your new post!
ReplyDeleteThanks you Michal for your continuing support.
DeleteGood to hear that you're feeling up to some gaming activities, Joe.
ReplyDeleteThanks Ray, fingers crossed, I may get agamein this week (probably against doctor's ordes)
DeleteReally good to see you getting some gaming-related activity done, Joe! Hope you're feeling much better and can get back to normal as soon as possible.
ReplyDeleteThanks Matt, even better news is that I'm hopefully playing a game or two this evening!
DeleteHopefully you should be ok pushing s few gladiators around the arena, just make sure they're the light weight chsps, none of that heavy armour.
ReplyDeleteThanks John, I'll avoid using the single metal gladiator that I have and stick to the plastics !
DeleteGood to hear you are at least making some progress, any is good!
ReplyDeleteBest Iain ( caveadsum1471)
Thanks Iain, all progress is good progress!
DeleteI changed y browser (?) from Firefox to Microsoft "Edge" and it has fixed my erstwhile blogger problems !
Glad to see your back at it Joe. Surely you be able to sit at the table & toss a few dice soon! Laminating character sheets, especially with those games that come with a 'pad'. I always try to keep as many of the originals as possible, should there be a desire to sell the game down the road. Of course taking 1 & photocopying it over & over again works too!
ReplyDeleteSorry, thats my comment above. Wish companies would leave working things be & stop 'changing' them for the usually not better
DeleteThanks Terry fo rthe comment and explanatory comment !
DeleteHave a look at my reply to the above comment, a change of browser has solved my problems with Blogger.