Captain Black and the Game that never ended

 Mini-Me minor was down in the basement playing soldiers on a rainy day during Dad-Camp (more later).  Want to play, says I.  Yes, says Mini-Me Minor.

So, one game set up later we have Captain Black trying to drill into th earth to set of an atomic bomb while Captain Scarlet and Blue try to thwart his nefarious deeds.  Or at least that was the plan...

The set-up, Balck and cronies have a core drill going, Scarlet, Blue and Spectrum troops enter bottom right in an SPV and hover-APC

Nearly ready to get going

The control station

Mine, robots and all sorts await Spectrum

Vroom, vroom, hover, swish

Is it ready?

Ready when you are, Chief!

GO!

Dodge the mines

Or not

Robots activate

Scarlet in the SPV charges ahead, easily dodging the mines

Scarlet blows away a robot

Blue and Troopsers debus, BLAM!, BLAM!, more robots down

ITS ON!  The core drill starts

Phew, a busy first turn

Robots rush to counter Spectrum

A lone defender vainly tries to eshoot down the SPV

Well ,you know how that would go...

Th estompy warbots move towards the SPV

A hit!, it immobilises the SPV

Scarlet bails, his anti-mysteron gun ready

More defenders rally, at least briefly

As I said, briefly.  At this point Mini-Me Minor and PSectrum anre taking names and kicking Bottom.  However, storm clouds are gathering, he was distinctly unhappy about losing the SPV

Stompybots shoot

And miss, Blue and Scarlet lead the assault

Defenders huddle around the drill for any cover they can find

Black is firmly in control (Black, in disguise, is the guy pointing), the atomic bomb starts being driven towards the drill

The attack seems to stall, Mini-Me is losing his momentum...

The defenders shoot, its just a flesh-wound shrugs Blue

In return Blue and Scarlet blow away a warbot

Over other side the Spectrum Troops decide they have had enough, as does Mini-Me Minor.  Unfortunately, this was GAME-OVER!  

 Bummer, but that's the way it goes gaming with kids sometimes.  Perhaps it was me and I missed the point at which I should have stopped and given him a snack.  Maybe next time...

Vroom Vroom

Its time for this year's Dad Camp, and we have a tropical storm dropping buckets of rain on us today so we are inside, time to play a game...

Its the next race in the NE Dustbowl 2000 series

Who will race?

Only three cars qualify for the start line

The cars are off!  The course looks as intimidating as always

Team Green jsut about to attempt the swamp jump

Red pulls in for more fuel

White surges ahead to finish the first lap (of 6)

Green follows soon after

White races ahead, is this lead untouchable?

White laps Red

White readies for turbo

White catches Green

White laps Green

Green pulls in to diarm the guns White switched on earlier in the race, they have been playing havoc with Red and Green all race

White has a one lap and commanding lead so far

Green pushes hard to catch up, Green pulls back the lap lead White has

Going int to the final straight White's lead has been slashed, green could take this, White has one more action, is it enough?

White falls short of passing th efinish line.  Grrn laps Red, it is hard on White's heels, with two action remaining Green could take the win, but first Grren has two driver checks, one for the guns White reactivated, PASSED!

The second for the passive mine Red dropped earlier, FAIL!

And with that, White wins!

White wins and starts the doughnut, its on...

and on..

and on..

 and over, White wins, Green second and Red pulls up the rear.   A great game with Mini-Me Major and Minor.

Its been quiet, we have been playing, just not soldiers, instead we have been playing a bunch of board and card games.  Popular this spring and summer so far have been: The Thunderbirds Board game, Unstable Unicorns, Cover Your Assets, Turbo Rush and a perenial favourite, Labyrinth.