We had our third adventure in our Rangers of ShadowDeep campaign this afternoon. "The Bridge Guards" is the first part of the second mission from the main Rulebook. There are some very interesting mechanics going on in this one, and it was a pretty tough scenario.
I designed a paper mat specifically for this scenario using some free assets from the 2 Minute Tabletop website... I created a PDF on photoshop, and then just printed it out on paper and stuck it to the table. Then we filled it with trees and ruins etc and a bridge from the old Warhammer Townscape papercraft set.
There was a formidable gang of Gnolls guarding the bridge... we had a surprise advantage, but that only lasted whilst the Gnolls didn't spot us and raise the alarm... We managed to quietly pick off a few of the Gnolls before we were spotted and made a rush for the ford at the far edge of the board. Meanwhile a giant Vulture appeared and was trying to fly across the board, but luckily one of our rangers managed to shoot it out of the sky using her "Steady Aim" special ability...
A big fight kicked off at the ford, it started to rain heavily making shooting harder, a couple of our guys managed to break free of the fight whilst everyone else was embroiled in it, and make it to the Gnolls camp to pick up the treasure and find a vital clue just in the nick of time. We took out most of the Gnolls, but 3 of our crew were knocked out. Luckily they all recovered to return in the next part of the mission.
This scenario felt a lot harder than the first two we did, and it was a lot more fun for it! Great stuff.
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