New Bear Range Kicked Off

 

In my dwindling free time, I sometimes think about ranges I would finish if there were interest.  I’m more likely to have a free 10 minute block where I can design something on the computer than a whole hour or two to get a game set up and played through. 

The 18th Century Bears have made it to the table, Roadster Bears have been started and not finished.  I had been working on a racing game suitable for young kids, but it has stalled (pun very much intended). I've been tossing around the idea of a more character based skirmish game for a while. Cowboys seems to fit that theme well. There seems to be lots of opportunity for escort missions, searching for treasure, capturing key locations, and driving off enemies. It’ll being more narrative, it might also spur some writing prompts for my imaginative daughter who is very excited to write. 

If I continue down this path, these will be the most articulated and varied models I will have designed. 

Getting the Bears on the Table

 

Initial Deployment 

We recently moved houses (for the last time). My daughter asked to get the bears out, so of course I obliged her. We played a quick hunt for the honey game. Her bears were tasked with exploring the buildings and searching for honey. My bears knew where the honey was and were tasked with defending the honey. She lost 3 of 5 infantry units, but eventually found all 3 honey caches. 

She did ridicule me for bringing unpainted terrain to the table. I guess I’ll have to fix that.