I was trying to run two different Savage Worlds campaigns each week – one on (Weird World War) Wednesday and one on (Savage) Saturday. Well over the next couple months the bulk of the Saturday Savages are going to be around less than 50% of the time, Wednesday wasn’t really working for some of the World War Wednesday Savages, and, honestly, trying to run two games a week was getting to be a bit of a strain and both nights I was feeling a little… unprepared…
So starting this week I invited the (Weird World War) Wednesday Savages to come out on (Savage) Saturday and I will alternate between the two campaigns. Which I run any given week will depend partly on who’s going to be able to make it out but mostly on whatever suits my fancy that particular week!
So this week the Cthulhu campaigners were going to make WWW2 characters (except the two that didn’t have a character decided to leave and go to a movie instead) and the WWW2 made some Cthulhu characters and then I tried to kill them all!! MWA-HA-HA-Ha-Ha-ha-ha-ha…!!!
8 October 1941
SITUATION
Operation Typhoon rages on. German Armoured groups plunge towards Moscow and threaten to encircle another vast number of Soviet soldiers near Viazma. The armoured thrust must be stopped!
SCENARIO
The Soviets must hold their line and not let any Germans exit their edge of the table. There is a second line of NKVD who will shoot at ANYONE that comes their way, Soviet or German, so there is not retreat.
FORCES
Soviet Forces
Serzhant Boris Trotsky - Wild Card - Dave
Ag d6, Sm d6, Sp d8, St d4, Vg d10,
Pace 6, Parry 4, Toughness 8
Skills: Fighting d4, Shooting d8, Notice d6, Stealth d4, Throwing d4
Edges: Rank (NCO), Nerves of Steel, Rock’n’Roll, Fleet Footed.
Gear: Ppsh SMG (Range: 10/20/40, ROF3, Damage: 2d6, AP: 1, Auto)
Soviet Riflemen - 5
Ag d6, Sm d4, Sp d6, St d6, Vg d6,
Pace 6, Parry 4 (5), Toughness 5
Skills: Fighting d4, Shooting d6, Notice d4, Stealth d4, Throwing d4
Gear: 6xMosin-Nagant Rifle (Range: 24/48/96, ROF1, Damage: 2d8, AP: 2) +Bayonet (Str+d4, Reach 1, Parry+1), 1x DP LMG (Range: 24/48/96, ROF3, Damage: 2d8, AP: 2, Auto, Snap fire)
Rayadovoy Ioseph Dizaleski - Wild Card - Patrick
Ag d8, Sm d4, Sp d6, St d4, Vg d8,
Pace 6, Parry 4, Toughness 6
Skills: Fighting d4, Shooting d10, Notice d8, Stealth d6, Throwing d4
Edges: Alertness
Gear: Mosin-Nagant Rifle Sniper Rifle (Range: 24/48/96, ROF1, Damage: 2d8, AP: 2, Snap Fire, Scope),
Leytnant Marcov - Wild Card - Jackson
Ag d8, Sm d8, Sp d6, St d4, Vg d6,
Pace 6, Parry 4, Toughness 5
Skills: Fighting d4, Shooting d6, Notice d4, Stealth d4, Driving d4, Throwing d4, Repair d8
Edges: Command, Rank: Officer, Ace,
Hindrances:
Gear: Pistol (Range: 6/12/24, ROF1, Damage: 2d6, AP: 1)
Soviet Tank Crew - 2
Ag d6, Sm d6, Sp d6, St d6, Vg d6,
Pace 6, Parry 4, Toughness 5
Skills: Fighting d4, Shooting d6, Notice d4, Driving d6, Repair d4
T-26S Tank
Acceleration 3, top Speed 8, Toughness 17/15/15 (7/5/5)
Heavy Armour
DT Co-Ax MG (Range: 24/48/96, ROF3, Damage: 2d8, AP: 2, Auto)
45L76 AP (Range: 24/48/96, ROF1, Damage: 3d8, AP: 5, 1 Action to Reload)
45L76 HE (Range: 24/48/96, ROF1, Damage: 3d6, AP: 3, Medium Burst Template),
Soviet BT-7 Tank Crew - 3
Ag d6, Sm d6, Sp d6, St d6, Vg d6,
Pace 6, Parry 2, Toughness 5
Skills: Shooting d6, Notice d4, Driving d6, Repair d4
BT-7 Tank
Acceleration 6, Top Speed 14, Toughness 16/14/15 (6/4/5)
Heavy Armour
DT Co-Ax MG (Range: 24/48/96, ROF3, Damage: 2d8, AP: 2, Auto)
45L76 AP (Range: 24/48/96, ROF1/2, Damage: 3d8, AP: 5)
45L76 HE (Range: 24/48/96, ROF1/2, Damage: 3d6, AP: 3, Medium Template)
Rayadovoy Alexi Petrov – Wild Card - Darrin
Ag d6, Sm d4, Sp d6, St d8, Vg d6,
Pace 6, Parry 4, Toughness 5
Skills: Fighting d4, Shooting d8, Notice d6, Stealth d4, Throwing d4
Gear: PTRD-41 AT Rifle (Range: 40/80/160, ROF1, Damage: 2d10, AP: 3, heavy Weapon, No Move)
Anya Putyatin – Wild Card - Amanda
Ag d6, Sm d8, Sp d8, St d4, Vg d4,
Pace 6, Parry 4, Toughness 4
Skills: Fighting d4, Shooting d6, Notice d6, Stealth d4, Healing d8, Throwing d4, Psionics d10
Edges: Healer, Combat Medic, Arcane Background (Psionics)
Hindrances: Heroic,
Gear: Medical Kit
Powers: Healing, Detect Arcana
German Forces (elements of Army Group Center)
Gefrieter Helmut Schnitzel – Wild Card
Ag d6, Sm d6, Sp d6, St d8, Vg d8
Pace 6, Parry 5, Toughness 5
Skills: Fighting d6, Shooting d8, Notice d6, Stealth d6, Intimidate d6, Throwing d6
Edges: Rock-n-Roll, Command
Hindrances:
Gear:
MP-40 SMG (Range: 10/20/40, ROF3, Damage: 2d6, AP: 1, Auto)
Luger Pistol (Range: 6/12/24, ROF1, Damage: 2d6, AP: 1)
2x German Rifle Team (6)
Ag d6, Sm d6, Sp d6, St d6, Vg d6,
Pace 6, Parry 5, Toughness 5
Skills: Fighting d6, Shooting d6, Notice d6, Stealth d6, Throwing d6
Edges:
Hindrances:
Gear: 1x MP-40 SMG (Range: 10/20/40, ROF3, Damage: 2d6, AP: 1, Auto)
5x Kar 98K Rifle (Range: 24/48/96, ROF1, Damage: 2d8, AP: 2), Bayonet (Str+d4, Reach 1, Parry+1)
2x German MG Team (4)
Ag d6, Sm d6, Sp d6, St d6, Vg d6,
Pace 6, Parry 5, Toughness 5
Skills: Fighting d6, Shooting d6, Notice d6, Stealth d6, Throwing d6
Edges:
Hindrances:
Gear: 3x Kar 98K Rifle (Range: 24/48/96, ROF1, Damage: 2d8, AP: 2), Bayonet (Str+d4, Reach 1, Parry+1), 1x MG34 (Range: 30/60/120, ROF3, Damage: 2d8, AP: 2, Auto, Snapfire)
3x German Pzkw 38(t) Tank Crew - 4
Ag d6, Sm d6, Sp d6, St d6, Vg d6,
Pace 6, Parry 4, Toughness 5
Skills: Fighting d4, Shooting d6, Notice d6, Driving d6, Repair d4
3x Pzkw 38(t) Tank
Acceleration 5, Top Speed 10, Toughness
Heavy Armour
Co-Ax MG (Range: 24/48/96, ROF3, Damage: 2d8, AP: 2, Auto)
37mm gun AT (Range: 60/120/240, ROF1/2, Damage: 3d8, AP: 5, Heavy Weapon)
37mm gun HE (Range: 60/120/240, ROF1/2, Damage: 2d8, AP: 0, Heavy Weapon, Med)
...and others....
THE GAME
(Remember: click on the pictures for a bigger version)
The German Armoured Onslaught arrives!
Our heroes haven’t even had time to deploy!
Alexi Petrov scores first blood…
…penetrating the turret of the first Panzer 38t and killing the gunner!
The fight was brief but violent.
The Soviets lost one tank – the T-26 Lt. Marcov was commanding was destroyed. Luckily all the crew successfully bailed and survived. Though a number of Soviet Riflemen had been hit – the quick action of the medical aide got them back up and into action again. Only one was unable to continue at the end of the action. Normally he would have been evacuated, but they feared the NKVD might execute him so his wounds were stabilized and he was left to rest in the woods furthest from the Germans
The Germans lost one tank destroyed and two seriously damaged – all due to the Anti-tank Rifleman; Alexi Petrov! Two German Riflemen were killed in action and another was lightly wounded. With all that damage to the tanks they decided to fall back and regroup.
The Soviets consolidated their position. The Riflemen took a new position in the woods on the North end of their designated area of the front. Lt. Marcov took over the remaining tank and positioned it behind some woods on the south end of their operational area. Alexi Petrov skulked in the rear with his Anti-tank rifle.
They waited.
And waited….
AND waited!!
Finally…. in the middle of the night….. everyone failed notice rolls!
Before he even knew they were there, the attackers were on his tank and tearing at him! Lt. Marcov at first couldn’t understand why his own people were attacking… or how they could attack with such vigor when they clearly had such severe wounds… Then he realized something more sinister was at work here. The driver fired up the tank and tried to drive away – most of the attackers fell off.
More Russians appeared, shambling, out of the gloomy woods. There was something not right about them either… then it dawned upon the defenders THESE WERE THE REANIMATED CORPSES OF THEIR FALLEN COMRADES!!!
One mob was upon the Riflemen. Anya made a run for it – hoping to retrieve the rifle of the wounded riflemen in the next copse of woods. The tank took a tour around the battlefield – having some difficult locating anything in the dark!
The animated dead shambling their way across the field towards Alexi Petrov.
Marcov’s driver tried to make a tight turn to avoid the woods in the dark, but had trouble judging distances. He crashed through a few rees and very nearly drove over the medical Aide!
Marcov finally located some of the attackers and got an HE shell loaded. The gunner fired off a wild shot in the dark barely missing Alexi Petrov!
Serzhant Trotsky’s squad fought a brutal melee with the attackers. Though they sold themselves dearly the attackers numbers overwhelmed them. Eventually Serzhant Trotsky broke free and made a run for it!
The other group of attackers inexplicably veered away from Petrov’s position and charged down Dizaleski and the Medical Aide!
It soon became apparent why – Petrov was in league with the minions of evil and started shooting his Anittank Rifle at the BT-7!?
The BT-7 Roared away from the undead mob and tried to run down Petrov and the dark cloaked figure in the woods opposite – again the driver had difficulty navigating the terrain in the dark and crashing into trees was deflected offto the side!
At pointblank range Petrov fired a shot into the side of the tank destroying it!
Having no more use for his “puppet” the shadowy figure shot Petrov. One of the bailed tank crew, however, charged into the woods and attacked him! Around the same time Sgt. Trotsky arrived and clubbed him on the head a couple times with his Ppsh. When the shadowy figure fell the tank crewman put a bullet in his head for god measure and at that moment the remaining undead staggered and dropped to the ground!!
And it was none too soon. On the same turn Anya Putyatin and Ioseph Dizaleski had been incapacitated – another turn and they would have been lunch (killing blows/brains eaten...). Petrov and Marcov both suffered serious wounds (2 wounds each). Of the Rifle squad only one was outright killed the rest escaped with light wounds…
There had been 20 reanimated Russians attacking them. 13 had been K.O.ed before their controller was taken out.
Coming Soon to Savage Timmy’s Playhouse:
Hopefully some fleshed out backgrounds for a few of the newish characters.
Next Savage Saturday night we will probably return to the Weird War Two action. It will likely be some time later as everyone but Sgt. Trotsky have severe wounds to recover from… The following week we could be back to our Realms of Cthulhu campaign…. But we shall see…
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