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Post by americanelm on Feb 23, 2016 14:13:53 GMT
As a native Texan, I can assure you that with Texas cut off, the plains would be teeming with millions of longhorns.
That was the whole reason for cattle drives in the first place. There were so many that you had to find something to do with them. I honestly don't think that the aggregate mortality rate on a normal cattle drive would be much worse than an encounter with a tripod.
Besides, it gives us something to do with our Texas Ranger and Villista units. Give them the ability to shift the path of a longhorn herd 20 degrees or so per turn. Think of a herd of cattle as the old Plasma Torpedo in Star Fleet Battles, that you can nudge one way or the other.
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Post by madmorgan on Feb 23, 2016 14:22:46 GMT
Oh, I like the idea alright. Reason I gave those units 'sticky' saddlebag explosives for a +3Assault. Okay so where we finding enough longhorn cattle figures to do a 'herd'? How many in a 'herd' to be a threat to tripod?? Of coarse the unit formed would be call "Rawhide".
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Post by boxholder on Feb 24, 2016 1:09:07 GMT
Sounds like its time for a photo-etch conversion kit: Longhorns for your Holsteins. Woo-hoo!!
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Post by novista on Feb 26, 2016 9:35:20 GMT
In the "Mars Attacks!" board game, stampeding flaming cattle are a random event - the herd runs in random directions, disrupting whatever they hit. You could even set a trap on the Texas front - a large herd of cattle held in a pen for 2 days without water. Wait for a tripod to get between them and a watering hole, and then open the pen. I promise you they would make a beeline for the water, tripod or not. So, first you starve them of water, then set them on fire! Dude that's harsh! Flaming pigs...
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Post by boxholder on Feb 27, 2016 13:28:57 GMT
Before we jump on americanelm, let's recall that it was the Martians who set the cattle herd on fire in the opening sequence of "Mars Attacks." I don't think humans have enough weaponry put all that beef on the road to "well-done."
Looks like they carried that into the boardgame. I may have to check that one out.
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Post by americanelm on Feb 28, 2016 13:09:08 GMT
I've seen fire, and I've seen rain . . .
If you'd ever spent an August afternoon working cattle in South Texas, then you'd understand why I'd cheerfully set a herd of longhorns on fire.
BTW - Mars Attacks! a GREAT game, and a perfect choice for a double-header to pair with AQMF. If anyone wants to see how to package a starter set, with a series of short scenarios that teach you the rules slowly and let you use everything you bought in the boxed set, Mars Attacks! Is a case study on how to do it right.
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Post by tomg on Apr 21, 2016 5:58:39 GMT
My heart goes out to the barbacues all around the states! What fun - ty! It puts to mind what the Martians might do in Africa and India with some of those animals - water buffalo, elephants!, hippos. I'd think the water buffalo would be the creature of choice. Or Aussie wallabeasts. A side experiment is one with dingos, baboons, or hyenas and wild dogs. Any meatloving pack animal would be nasty opponents as lobos, especially with their speed and enhanced (by the Martians) teeth. Let loose the dogs of war! What if the Martians learned enough about human culture to use the cowbototons as psychological warfare in India?
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Post by madmorgan on Apr 21, 2016 8:48:10 GMT
Hmmm interesting thought, but I don't think the Martians of AQ (or even the other versions) care much about the 'preys' culture unless its related to military tactics.
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Post by hardlec on Apr 23, 2016 17:58:59 GMT
Cows taste like beef Humans taste like pork it is not possible to use cockroaches for popcorn Martians taste like jello
Sigh.
In serious mode, I would probably dress in a C4 vest and charge a harvester. Desperate times, desperate measures.
Remember that the Buffalo were nearly extinguished in order to "pacify" the Native Americans. Now they are needed to feed the Refugees.
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Post by boxholder on Apr 24, 2016 17:04:05 GMT
Yow!!. The C4 hors d'ouvres would certainly inspire caution ingesting folks willy-nilly. Gives "the prey that stings" a new meaning.
Of course, a "forlorn hope" style attack by a trooper, after letting the harvester grab him, by dropping a satchel charge into the maw might become a viable tactic. It would require a cool trooper to execute and short fuse on the charge, but the guy might survive the crash.
As you say: Desperate times--desperate measures.
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Post by madmorgan on Apr 24, 2016 17:36:50 GMT
Gads, need some title better than a 'forlorn hope' for sure. And he might survive?? The explosion and the resulting sharpnel!! I can certainly see some of the Japanese troops being up for this tactic as well as maybe some Chinese and Sikhs & Ghurkas. A few others like crazy Irish & Scots. Any of the decendants of Viking berserkers. This does need a new title for the trooper though. I can see a bar scene in a rear area in Louisville, KY - Three guys wearing 'Forlorn Hope - Survivor' patches louding swapping stories of surviving their 'job, accidently bump into another fellow at the bar. The room goes silent as the scarred faced fellow turns slowly to the threesome, one eye thats not blind appraising the situation. A chill goes over the threesome as the patch on the front of his uniform comes into view - "Harvester Killer, 3rd award". The tension is rising in the bar as onlookers wonder what he'll do and how the threesome will react. He takes a long drag off his cheroot, blows the smoke their way and turns back to his drink. Somehow, his drinks are paid for the rest of the night.
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Post by boxholder on Apr 25, 2016 17:38:59 GMT
OK--I warned you guys! Here they come: LobotoHippos, LobotoCrocs, and Gorillobotos!! These are gonna be tough to kill! Weapons that would kill Lobotons should only enrage these things. These are from a company called Safari Ltd. I found them at a nearby HOBBYTOWN USA. For scale, the gator/croc is about 1.5 inches long and the gorilla is about 3/4 inch high. They have a bunch of different animals, but all are in the 1 inch or so major dimension. The line includes Tyrannosaurus Rex and a Stegasaurus at these sizes. Would the Martians be bold enough or smart enough to bioengineer those??
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Post by boxholder on Apr 25, 2016 17:57:51 GMT
Gads, need some title better than a 'forlorn hope' for sure. And he might survive?? The explosion and the resulting sharpnel!! I can certainly see some of the Japanese troops being up for this tactic as well as maybe some Chinese and Sikhs & Ghurkas. A few others like crazy Irish & Scots. Any of the decendants of Viking berserkers. This does need a new title for the trooper though. I can see a bar scene in a rear area in Louisville, KY - Three guys wearing 'Forlorn Hope - Survivor' patches louding swapping stories of surviving their 'job, accidently bump into another fellow at the bar. The room goes silent as the scarred faced fellow turns slowly to the threesome, one eye thats not blind appraising the situation. A chill goes over the threesome as the patch on the front of his uniform comes into view - "Harvester Killer, 3rd award". The tension is rising in the bar as onlookers wonder what he'll do and how the threesome will react. He takes a long drag off his cherut, blows the smoke their way and turns back to his drink. Somehow, his drinks are paid for the rest of the night. Great movie scene at the bar!! I can see Clint Eastwood, Jack Palance (or equivalent action hero) just wither them with a stare. Then shake his head and decide nobody needs to die tonight. If the fuzing lets the charge detonate down inside the Harvester, most of the blast effect should be contained internally. That should really clobber the internal systems and give the Martian "a case of the vapors." What escapes might be like a gigantic, wet (bloody?), fart out the chopper intake and waste outlet. Our hero grabs hold of the tentacle that held him, rides the collapsing tripod down, appears from the dust cloud and walks away...saying "Well, that's four" while lighting his cigar...heroic anthem builds...fadeout...roll credits.
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Post by madmorgan on Apr 26, 2016 10:13:20 GMT
ty I like the "grabs...tentacle...", I was kinda thinking that he has some sort of belt attachment to the tentacle when he's grabbed up.
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Post by boxholder on Apr 26, 2016 11:53:25 GMT
Yes, the belt idea would work, too. I envision the Harvester just kind of collapsing into a tangle of legs when the power system quits. Anything that keeps the hero from ending up under that thing is good.
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