Stargrave: Loot Tokens

 

These are 6 Loot Tokens I have just recently made for playing Stargrave with,

Very simple to make, a base from card with half a wooden Jenga block stuck on top.

Then some weapon parts from my bits box and some cereal card to make the crates look more...cratey.

Data Loot tokens I made to look roughly like a consul of some kind, just used very small bits of cereal card painted appropriately.

A quick drybrush all over to give them a slightly worn look and some wash to bring out the details, finished with a bit of varnish.

Could easily use these in 5Parsecs as well. 

Seems that I am not really getting my finger out when it comes to actually playing a game of either Stargrave or 5Parsecs at moment, its because real life has opened its ugly maw and swallowed me whole. Work and elderly parents are really taking up my time and they have to be the priority, however I will get to it eventually.

Cheers for looking in.

Five Parsecs from Home: Creating the Crew

 

I have my copy of Five Parsecs from Home, going to be using this a lot today, a rough pad of paper for recording scores and details before they get transfered to the proper sheets. Although I wont be using the provided ones in the book, bit too small and light for me to see at my age. Will be using something of my own for that. Finally I will be using, possibly surprisingly, Xanathars Guide to Everything a D&D 5e resource book, its great for names. 

I am starting from models I have (and are painted) to create my crew so they will not all be human and I will not be rolling on the species tables I just picked them.

I am not going to go through the process point by point, get the rules yourself and you will see how straight forward it is.

I like to jot down all the crew creation bits on a notepad and gather all the info together before I write them up on appropriate sheets. Then I can switch items about and spend some time getting into the characters before definitely putting them into the crew. Having said that I love random generation of characters so have never declined to paly with any I have rolled.

My new crew will be as you see here , they were a pleasure to roll out and discover being very simple to do. Most of the process was exactly the same as it was before with only a few alterations, but very well set out and very well organised. Brilliant design- nice one Ivan.

Nofret Ndidi the Leader (Human)

Arturo Chimola (Human)

Maiathah Firahel (Precursor)

Therai Death (Feral)

Thar (Hukler)

I also sort out the ship they will use and am in the process of building a model, which isn't necessary but should be fun.

The ship is a worn freighter on which the crew owe 22 credits and is called Dagnal-116M

The whole process took just over an hour and was fun throughout.

Next I will be sharing the crew sheets I use and explaining where their adventures will take place. 

Stargrave: More Terrain

Another look at some of the terrain I intend using for Stargrave in the next month. Made a while ago but still up to the job I think. Originally made for Five Parsecs from Home which also has a book coming out soon, and which I have ordered.The PDF looks very nice, can't wait for the book.

All made from junk, cardboard, hardboard and foamcard as well as cereal card

Really looking forward to playing both Stargrave and Five Parsecs from Home, quite different games.

 

Five Parsecs: Odi Sante Mission 6: Jane's Port

Pre-Game

Going into this game the crew were a little quiet to say the least. Having lost 2 of the compariots in the last game all they wanted to do was leave Horst and put some distance between them and the Enforcers. They headed for Jane's Port where their shuttle was being housed. 

Eema checked her stash and going into the game had 8 creds. However with all the crew up and about 4 creds went on upkeep. Darrsha, Timtuc and Remi did a bit of trading to try to raise some cash, They scored a handgun, some trade goods and some worthless tack.

When the crew arrived at Jane's Port on Horst they quickly realised that Guild Troopers had their shuttle under guard. 

Five in total, one being the Enforcer who led the team who killed two of the friends.

Luckily the crew spotted the Troopers before the alarm was raised.

While Eema, Darrsha and Remi sneak up the right flank, Timtuc6 prepared to act as decoy to draw the Troopers fire.

While most of the Troopers stayed put, the Enforcer high up to the rear left of the field saw something in the corner of his eye and sent a Trooper to go investigate.

Timtuc readied his gun and stepped out felling one of the Troopers and drawing attention to himself. The troopers move toward Timtuc and one shoots back but misses their mark.

The rest of the crew continued to sneak forward.

Timtuc stepped back into cover and waited for more Troopers to arrive. However as he did so realised he could see another Trooper stealthing towards him and shot him down.

One Trooper starts to close on Timtuc's position so he backed off.

Eem, Darrsha and Remi get as close as they can to the shuttle.

Remi stides out form behind his cover and guns the Enforcer down, grinning as he did.

Darrsha had poked his head out of cover a little too far to watch Remi and the Trooper on the roof caught site of him and took a shot which missed wildly. 

At this point the Troopers decided that no amount of extra pay was going to be enough and fled the scene.

The game was over and the crew had successfully cleared the field.

The Troopers on the toes, leaving Jane's Port.

Final last scene from different perspectives.

The crew gained entry to their shuttle and decided to leave there and then heading towards the Odi Sante orbiting the planet.

And with no injuries or deaths! 

However the only way they could raise the 5 credits they need for fuel was to sell a blast rifle and a load of colonists rations. Eema had been forced to pay some unusual expenses held over from the last game at the casino. Sal Bleng was very unhappy about his tarnished name after the incident.

When they finally got on board the Odi, Timtuc6 and Darrsha had a bit of a row concerning the selling of the blast rifle and a crowbar send Timtuc to the sick bay for a turn. All good natured stuff!

Next game will be part of a new campaign on a new planet with a smaller leaner more hungry crew. 

Thanks for reading.