First Game...

[warrenss2]

We recently ran our first game of BASH.

It was just a power-armored badguy breaking into an company, that made leading edge electronics, for spare parts (at least that's what the heroes thought he was after). Two heroes trying to stop him. A Martial Artist type and a Flying Blaster type.

LOTS of FUN!

I ran this because I wanted us to get a good grasp of the combat rules (important in a superhero game).

Classic moment was when the Titan (the badguy) threw a forklift at one of the heroes... the hero failed his Defense Roll... only to have the forklift sail passed him and into the true target of the throw. A huge shelf of stored generators behind the hero... which all tumbled down on him. By the time he dug himself out the badguy got away.

Notes: Having to do a Defense and (if you get hit) Soak Roll seems to slow the game down a little bit, but I doubt the game mechanics would work very well if they were a set number like in the minions rules section.

The players loved the little adventure!

I guess Titan is going to be a recurring villain in our games.

PS - Miniatures really make for a great game. Used some old and repainted Heroclix and their accompanying maps. The forklift was represented by one of those rectangular erasers (wrote "forklift" on it. LOL!!

[fairytalejedi]

Sweet! Love your use of the "forklift".

I also appreciate the pure fun quality of the system. BASH is contagious! And the list of awesome 3pp products continues to grow, which is a great sign.

Good luck with future games, and bringing Titan to justice.

[BentonGrey]

Hey, that sounds like a lot of fun Warrenss! How did you work out the forklift's avalanche trapping the player, mechanically? That is a really neat idea. I'm trying to bring in more non-damage combat maneuvers like that in my own campaign.

Yeah Fairytale, this is a great, fun, and accessible system. My group of guys have all fallen in love with it. We've just finished a year of gaming with this system, and none of us are even close to tired of it yet!