Sunday, 2 June 2019

Of Gods and Mortals Four Player Game

James  came over to the Soldier Shack with his son for a game of Of Gods and Mortals. Chum Martin has just started working on a force too, so we invited him as well to make the numbers up to four.
Martin has Hekate, James' lad wanted Poseidon (rather like the Gaming Heir he basically wanted to summon the Kraken) I took Hermes and James had Athena as he'd just painted it up at his son's request.
We didn't bother too much with points but each had a couple of legends and some troops - shades for Hekate, Spartans and Harpies for me, Archers and hopilites for Athena and Skeletons for the sea god.
James and heir were on one side and Martin and I faced them. The objective was some goats in the temple in the centre of the board.


The peaceful Greek settlement (a bit later the tide came in in the top right hand corner so that a Kraken could appear)


Hermes and a load of bull


Hermes decides to take on Athena with some harpy help.


Meanwhile Martin's harpy heroine was helping herself to the goat buffet.


Nemean lion meets hydra.


The hydra chased off (but din't kill) the lion and then thundered into the bull, sending it clanking from the field.


The Spartans cornered Caliban the Celtic hero that James' son had made him take.


Hekate got ambushed by the drunken Centaurs.


But chased them off


Caliban proved remarkable resilient


So Hermes got involved


Athena raced to join a big fight in the centre


As did Hekate


(You'll notice the face of a slightly distracted small boy appearing in pictures after he decided to photobomb at every opportunity)

Hekate and Athena prepare to go toe-to-toe



At this point persistent photobombing rendered further photos impossible.

However the Talos scooped up the goats and took them to the seaside.
And fed the to the Kraken.
Thus ending the game.

Good fun and nice to get lots of cool Greek themed models out on the table.

3 comments:

  1. Great looking game. Where do uo get the figures for the Greek Gods. Northstar only stock 2

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    1. Hermes and Poseidon are from SHQ Miniatures (in their 25mm Fantasy range) There are no pictures on the SHQ site, but if you look under the Of Gods... tag on this blog you'll find painted pictures. They're roughly 40mm size. Hekate is from the CMON Pantheon boardgame - Martin picked her up on Ebay I reckon she's about 54mm size. Athena is a Northstar Amazon figure (in their Fantasy range IIRC) just a standard 28mm model.
      TBH you can use whatever you like as a god. We tend to put them on 40 or 50mm round bases so they stand out. Also if they're small (like Athena) building up the base with cork or stones to give height helps them look more "godly"

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    2. Cheers, I'll check them out

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