Judge Dredd

 So after what seems forever ... 2015 actually, was the last time we played Judge Dredd. So its been well over due for a game or two. 

So we managed to get some games in at the South Auckland Club on Sunday. I rolled out the Fatties and their fans. Steve had the Judges, Kevin with his East Meg Judges, Jason with his Angel gang and Kavin with the Klegg.

I was in epic form, my ability to roll 1’s was breaking laws of statistics, I’m sure of it. My poor old Fatties got mowed down. Didn’t help I was using the rules the wrong way, but that’s all part of the fun.

Looking forward to some more games and a small campaign in the coming months.

The Fatties read to roll

 So I've just managed to complete the 6 Fatties for the Judge Dredd games tomorrow. Just now finishing off the Fat Fans to go with them. Thes guys and gals are all 3D resin prints. Should be good fun to play.

Judge Dredd - Fatties

Here's the list I'm going with, hopefully the lack of long range weapons wont cripple me too 

Fatties on a Roll

 

The guys at the gaming club are wanting to roll out some Judge Dredd next month, a game we haven’t played in very long time.(9 years or so I think)  So I went and found some Fatties to 3D Print for it and hopefully should get them completed in time.

3D files from PAPSIKELS MINIATURES - THE METAHUMANS JUNE 2021

Work in progress... 

Judge Dredd and the Crispy Department

Life goes on, as does work.

Gaming this year has been a bit slower than previous years and having alot of other distractions and large amounts of work hasn't helped. But with summer well on its way I hoping that it will bring back some enthusiasm along with the warm weather.

Judge Dread has been played at the club for the last few months and this month was the final campaign day. So cheating a little bit, I'm using Bryan's write up ... and added some details from my games as well, along with some photos I shot of my games.

November 2015 meeting saw the conclusion of our Judge Dredd campaign which we have been playing for the last 3 months.

Not too many games played at the November  club meeting with both Arthur and Harry missing in action this month, and although Mark showed up he didn’t play any games because zombies can’t climb L, so he was still a bit sad about that.

Jason’s Angel Gang took on Bryan’s Apes in a kill the leader scenario. The Apes put up a gallant fight with their heavy spit guns pouring out death, taking out one of just three in the Angel Gang, but Mean Machine dialled himself up and took care of business in the end.

Kevin continued his meteoric rise up the leader board, taking on Bryan’s Apes in a Turf War and completely wiping the simians out. Most of the Apes came back though (minions) and their leader Gaz only got a scratch!

Glenn’s Judda also took on the Angel Gang later in the day in another Turf War, but came unstuck when he failed to take out Mean Machine after several opportunities, then ran out of Judda to hold the required table quarters so Jason’s Angel Gang claimed their second win of the day.

Glenn's Judda dealt out the burning heat on my Judge's with cruel efficiency, and a last ditch effort of my Physic was foiled by the teleporting trickery of the Judda. Thankfully all my Judges survived that battle, all feeling a little barbecued and several now sporting with some new bionic arms and legs. 

I really hate fire weapons, my Judges seem to just attract anything that sets them on fire. Flame grilled and crispy Judges never seem to be able to roll dice very well. 

The fire department weren't much help as they  ended up in a pile up and didnt even put out my Judges as they got flame grilled.

A few cheap toy vehicles made for a fun addition to my terrain, and for some extra fun we had them randomly moving down the roads as the gangs slugged it out. We had intersection pile ups in both games and a crazy loon driving on the wrong side of the road with a caravan in tow.

After that Cavan’s Kleggs were going tooth and claw(and heavy spit guns) against my Justice Department. With the points difference, I hied a couple of Video reporters to try and boost my financial status, since I'd spent most of my credits repairing and replacing lost limbs of my crew.

I got plastered quite well with spit gun shots as Cavan's die rolling was just to good. I did manage to out shoot one Klegg with my Sniper Judge and a few tricks. But that didnt save one of my Video reporters from being eaten. In the end Cavan pushed me back enough to take the scenario win.

In the final wash-up the campaign winner was Kevin, with a clear lead on the rest of the field. 

After the day’s play the  final rankings in the campaign were:

JUDGE DREDD RANKINGS
Placing	Player	Gang	Credits
1	Kevin	East-Meg Invasion Force	5675
2	Cavan	Klegg Invasion Force	2010
3	Glenn	The Judda	1975
4	Rob	The Justice Department	1940
5	Bryan	The Ape Gang	1669
6	Jason	The Angel Gang	1631
7	Arthur	Judge Cal’s Personal Retinue	1040
8	Harry	The Justice Department	925
9	Mark	Zombie Horde	700

Awesome fun all round.

Judge Dredd

Well I'm still alive and kicking, Blogging has dropped off my list of must do's in recent times. The usual work, family and general life getting in the way. Along with holidays and getting rather side tracked with other hobbies.

On Saturday, we had our usual monthly South Auckland gaming club meeting. Judge Dredd was the game of the day. With a bit of a campaign going we rolled out three games over the course of the day.

Brian had picked up this awesome Infinity rubber mat when he was in Melbourne, which suited Judge Dredd rather well.

No surprise, Brian's Ape gang were looking pretty slick, but not slick enough as I took them down in our "Check Point" scenario. Which I felt was rather one sided for my Judges as I managed to easily arrest half his gang in the first two rounds. A rematch of this scenario would be good as I think both of us would play it quite differently.

Getting up close to any of the Angel Gang is a very, very bad idea, as I found out in my game against Jason. Mean Machine gets his name for a reason.

Overall I really like the game, the theme of course is awesome, the models are great. The artwork on the book is pretty cool,  The rule book is .. the worst laid out rule book I own. I mean seriously, it's down right crap.. the layout that is, the index and referencing has mistakes in it as well, there is gang stats all over the place, mixed into rules sections ... well actually there is no sections, as things are all over the place. Basically trying to learn the game means your flicking back and forth all through the book trying to find the rules. Don't get me wrong, it's a great game and has some fantastic flavour from the Judge Dredd realm, and the rules themselves for the most are are pretty good. It's just the simple stuff.. layout, index and referencing that is terrible .. frustrating as hell and slows game play right down when your just learning the game. It definitely needs to be redone.

Anyway enough on that, as we are playing a campaign, the part I have really enjoyed is levelling up the survivors from each game. Making them more dangerous, harder and tougher and of course sneakier. It's been alot of fun and reminds me of the days when I played D&D. 

As usual its always a good days gaming at the club and I'm looking forward to arresting some more prep's next club day.  

Judge Dredd

Just a quick update on my progress on my Judge Dredd figures. I've finished six for my starter box and now working on my two Lawmasters

The Judge is in the House

Whaooo….my birthday present to myself turned up today. The starter box for Judge Dredd. I was nicely surprised to see that it actually came in a nice large box, I had thought it was just the advertising image. So thumbs up for the box,it will make a nice transport for the models and it also has a nice tray to hold the rule book.

  

The book and starter pamphlet is on the top compartment, with the models in boxes below. Add some foam to the base and the transport box will be sweet..

The rule book is a nice, well bound hard back. With some nice artwork and lots of cool inspiration for painting models. There are lots of shots of painted figures in the book, but you cant go past the comics for real inspiration

The actual models are the usual standard from Warlord, nice one piece models, all metal so no crazy building and gluing on arms etc. They will also be great for some other games.

I think my Bolt Action Russians may end up taking a back seat for awhile.