"Ace in the Hole" - Madame Singleton (Aunty Entity)

"Ace in the Hole" - Madame Singleton (Aunty Entity) - Part 2

Madame Singleton’s work as an archaeologist

and preserver of ancient cultures has led her

to many strange places in the galaxy.

Hello one and all! Welcome back to another Friday on The Art of Caesura!

Today we're picking right up from where we left off last week with the Ace Pilot for my Space Station Zero crew, Rhea Sol (AKA Aunty Entity (Mad Max), AKA Madame Singleton (Zombicide: Invader).

The Explorer vessel has access to two specialist units: Chief Engineer (better than a normal engineer) and Ace Pilot (better than regular pilot) so obviously I took one. The Ace Pilot has excellent Reaction (noticing things and dodging damage) with special abilities that let her role extra dice for Reaction tests and re-roll 1s. Not bad.

Wanting to capitalise on her Reaction I gave her one of the 3 coveted pieces of equipment that I have across my whole team: a Hyper-scanner. Like her Awareness ability (giving her two extra dice for Reaction tests), the Hyper-scanner gives her a further two extra dice for Reaction tests. So she'll never bloody fail a Reaction test! How useful is that? Only time will tell.

It would be nice to be able to afford med-kits or armour for my gang, but everything I've read about Space Station Zero (including it's own rulebook) speaks to how deadly it is; and that it is quite likely that your guys will die quite quickly. So with that in mind, I don't want to put too many of my eggs in one basket and overly laden one character with all the equipment only to have them die straight away!

Tune in next week when we look at the next member of my motely crew, right here on The Art of Caesura!

Reading: The Anxious Generation: How the Great Rewiring of Childhood Is Causing an Epidemic of Mental Illness (2024) - Jonathan Haidt

Watching: Big Mistakes (Netflix)

Next Week:

Medic!

Comments

The Full Stop - Trench Crusade

The skies shall darken, the ground shall open up and the screams of the damned shall echo through the ages. - Novae Revelationes 99:24, Trench Crusade Greetings friends of the Caesura, and welcome back to your Friday dose of The Art of Caesura! I hope you are well, and I'm sending loads of positive vibes your way, especially if you need them today (and you will after reading of the awesome Grimdark horrors ahead). Last week we left off looking at my plans and aspirations for Hive Fleet Klendathu, and today I had planned to show you the test model that I have painted for this Starship Troopers-inspired Tyranid force. However, something cool is afoot, and it's kind of time-sensitive... That's right - there's a Kickstarter (which has now raised over 2 million dollars!) for a very Grimdark miniatures skirmish game and it is due to end on Tuesday, so I decided to reschedule things on the blog a little to draw your attention to this before you miss your chance. I am talki...

The Full Stop - A Deep Dive into Warhammer 40k Combat Patrol

Welcome to Combat Patrol! Whether you are a new recruit to Warhammer 40,000 or a seasoned veteran, Combat Patrol is all about getting your forces into action as quickly as possible. - Combat Patrol Rules - Games Workshop Welcome back to the Art of Caesura! Recent readers will see that we've been looking at our fun little Warhammer gathering, KillCon over the past few weeks. Two weeks ago I provided a narrative verion of my game of Combat Patrol of my Black Templars vs. Tristan's Tyranids where as l ast week I gave a more "gamer oriented" play-by-play of the game. Today I want to dive deeper into this accessible and engaging game-type. I want to argue that Combat Patrol is not just for beginners. Combat Patrol in 10th Edition is Games Workshop's new smallest scale Warhammer 40k game type. But unlike in previous editions, where it just meant that both sides took 500 point armies and went at it, in this edition, Games Workshop has changed things up a litt...

"Righteous Crusaders" - New Black Templars Stuff and Strategies

"Accept any challenge no matter the odds!" Black Templars Codex Hello and welcome back to The Art of Caesura! I'm sending loads of positivity your way, especially if you need it today! Today we're changing gears a bit. I had meant for this post to come out last week, but that was before I had realized that I had neglected the poor Emberling . So a few weeks ago now at this point, my beloved Black Templars (the army that I have played since 3rd edition of Warhammer 40k - which is now in its 10th edition!) received a revamp! New codex (which brought all new rules, new points, new style of play), new models, new dice, new Combat Patrol . For someone like me, who historically has only got a game in every 6 months or so (that's about to change - tune back in next week!) and who has many (MANY) other hobby interests, the new rules are very exciting but also met with some trepidation of investing the time to relearn everything. Well, I have started investing the time...

Search This Blog