There are hazards to be met sometimes in the ball game. Here we see a local troll who has been distributed by the noise or a ball kicked into his cave. Perhaps the troll just wants to borrow the ball for a game of golf using his big wooden club or perhaps he sees the ball game player as potential lunch? In any case it is time to run , run as fast as you can.
The players can throw the ball to each other the length of a coffee stirrer. In this example the throw is half a coffee stirrer away and so the player needs to throw anything but a one for success. Coffee stirrers also show how far a player may move.
There are hazards on the battlefield and this player has kicked the ball into the pond, let’s hope it not too deep or has disrupted any residents of the pool. When kicking a scatter dice is use for direction and a d6 for distance in half coffee stirrer increments. A ball gamer who is a designated kicked may add a certain number to the dice score and hence kick a greater distance.
Inspired use of coffee stirrers as unit measurement … and troll pitch invasion. For the same reason, send three billy goats first over any bridge that has to crossed.
ReplyDelete"Can we have our ball back, mister?" I really like the random monster element 👍
ReplyDeleteHa! That gave me a chuckle.
DeleteIt's all shaping up delightfully.
An unusual and different setting for a game, -Nevertheless a very interesting one. I guess you just created rules to make Airfix Footballers useful for games as well.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you've got the basis of a great and fun game there Alan. I could see that being a boardgame in people's Christmas sacks.
ReplyDeleteThis is quite an enjoyable game! Do you have some figures to portray The Tartan Army who show up to cheer on both sides and drink all the local beverages?
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