Monster Hunting in Egypt

[Graham Harrison]

I am gearing up for trying out a new set of rules, When Nightmares Come, the latest offering in the Osprey blue book series.
Although the rules are set in the contemporary era, I am going for a 1920s pulp setting, to match minis and terrain in my collection.
My random musings so far are on the blog
https://grahamsgaming.blogspot.com/2024/04/when-nightmares-come-first-campaign.html
https://grahamsgaming.blogspot.com/2024/04/when-nightmares-come-cast-list-egypt.html

[Mike]

I like that a game is called a case.

[Graham Harrison]

Mike, a game is referred to in the rules as a Mission or, more normally, a Tactical Engagement. A Case is a series of games, usually 6, so a mini-campaign.

[Mike]

Ah.

I like how mini-campaigns are called cases.

[Tony S]

I do believe the author already has a couple more cases on Wargame Vault.   I don’t have this particular set of rules by him, but I have a few others and they are quite interesting and fun to play.

https://www.wargamevault.com/m/browser/publisher/14978

I do like the beginnings of your campaign – er case Graham!  You seem to have a great knack for this era.

[Graham Harrison]

Thank you very much gents, Ian came over to join me for a try-out of these new rules. A full batrep, pictures and first thoughts are on the blog https://grahamsgaming.blogspot.com/2024/04/when-nightmares-come-egypt-1920s-case.html

[Graham Harrison]

Write up for the second game in my 1920s case https://grahamsgaming.blogspot.com/2024/04/when-nightmares-come-egypt-1920s-case_20.html

[Andrew Beasley]

They look fun 🙂

The modern weapons seem to help keep the monsters away (esp the Tommy gun) though – long term is this going to lead to a dull game or lots and lots of monsters do you think?

As for re-death of a mummy – good point I’ve no idea what it’s called!

[Graham Harrison]

I think things will get more dangerous as the case progresses.  We will encounter stronger foes in the next game. The Minions of Set are the real lowest of the low level monsters.

Monsters save on 4+ normally, the tommy gun makes it a save on 6+. The Minions roll d6s so they tend to die in droves. The Mummified Priests save on d8s, so they are a bit harder. The Temple Guardians save on d10s, so they are much more resilient.

As I have said elsewhere, the jury is out on these rules at the moment, they are elements I really like. I might tweak the way the monsters behave to give the PCs a bit more of a challenge.

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