Missions of Tomorrow, the first supplement to Future Tales, is coming very soon. And in addition to the scenarios, you'll find rules for a little game called Mengal, a futuristic and slightly more violent version of hockey.
Tonight's Mengal game is between the visitors, the Wastelanders and the home team, the Stoic.
Fans are lined up outside the arena, awaiting this game between two fierce rivals!
The teams set up on the ice to face off. Note that you do not need a game board or figures to play Mengal. You don't even need full teams. Each team has Team Stats which reflect the average skill of all players. You can even use your own Stars. Just be careful; Star Power will only help you to a point! For this game, I'm playing both teams as Grunts. The poker chip reflects the first Period.
The Wastlanders win the Face Off and play begins. During game play, each team can also add their Brutality to their Skill. Brutality Dice work like bonus dice and can improve your rolls. However, as fitting their name, they can also be used to bring agony and suffering to your opponents!
Here, both teams roll Triples with their Brutality Dice, meaning someone possibly got hurt, badly.
Near the end of the first Period, a player from each team suffers a minor injury, and the official separates the two, believing they are both too hurt to inflict any entertaining amounts of damage to the other. Both get sent to the bench with Failure to Injure minor Penalties.
No score in the first Period, and the second Period begins with both members of each team starting in the Penalty Box. Teams with a Penalty suffer a -1 or worse to one of their stats.
Uh Oh, tempers are flaring. Charon of the Wastelanders, swinging his stick (which is shaped like a club and covered with spikes) and catches Minos-C in the face and chest. A roll on the Injury table, and the results are not pretty!
Robots sweep and mop the remains off the ice while Charon gets a Major penalty for Mutilation.
Losing their teammate in such a brutal fashion has pushed the Stoic out of their trademark emotionless state. Minos-A, in a state of rage, floors Charon, only for Charon's teammate Salvo to jump in. Throwing down their gloves, the two brawl, with Minos-A winning and knocking Salvo to the ice. This gives the Stoic a quick bonus.
Taking advantage of the bonus, The Stoic manage to score, breaking the tie as the second Period closes.
Throughout the third Period, the Wastelanders are unable to tie the game. With just seconds left on the clock, they pull their goalie and use the extra man to charge the goal. Charon, Outlaw, and Spike breach the defense and triple team the goalie, Minos-X. As the period closes, they fire shot after shot, but Minos-X denies all three men and stops the Wastelanders as the game ends.
Final score: 0-1 Stoic.
Injuries: Charon (minor), Minos-A (minor), Minos-C (deceased).
Game play for Mengal is quick and easy, with lots of fun, action, and blood, though not necessarily in that order! You can create your own players in seconds and team in minutes. It functions both as an addition to your stories and as a diversion if you just want something different.
Keep watching for more previews of Missions of Tomorrow, coming very soon, from Two Hour Wargames.
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