The Ruins of Ragynoc Tower - Dungeon World batrep

[nikharwood]

Thought it was about time I bunged some dice at my dungeon...and rather than play solo, I enlisted the help of my daughters [Tash, 12, and Daisy, 8; Isaac was more interested in fire engines today - although he did pinch some dice at one point - to make a caterpillar. It's fine. He's four  ]

We used the Dungeon World rules - and very nice they are too - fun & fast  

Background: There are ruins below Ragynoc Tower [name comes from backwards spelling of Conygar Tower, Dunster, which is right opposite my house]; Tash chose the Wood Elf, Daisy the Mage. I used a simple die-rolling mechanism to determine next part of the dungeon layout as they proceeded. You can see the initial startpoint in this pic at the bottom - basically the crossroads piece & I laid out three corridor lengths to start with.



The girls wasted no time in progressing through the dark & dingy ruins, attracting no wandering monsters before finding the first room - guarded by four skeletons who animated as they entered:



This let us get the basics of combat sussed - and with some great dice-rolling & tactics [Daisy "Controlled Enemy" & parked a skellie in the corner so Tash could nail it with arrows  ] they made short work of the undead & wasted no time in looting the room of treasure & food.

Daisy the Mage found a secret door too - which led towards an open room which, as they advanced, they could see held a Corpse Crawler - but also a well & a floor grate: so they decided it was worth exploring:







Again, some decent magic from Daisy the Mage & on-the-mark shooting from Tash the Pointy-Eared saw the Crawler skewered: but not before it had spat Acid at both of them, causing some wounds.



It's fair to say that Daisy shares my fondness for dice:



Another secret door in the north wall led to a larger room with a partially collapsed ceiling - and four zombies who shambled out of the darkness towards our intrepid adventurers...



They're not daft, my daughters, and decided to take the zeds on - on the basis that "there's a big door in the other wall - so there must be a load of treasure in there"  



Again, the combined tactics of the mage & the sharpshooter made short work of the undead shufflers...but not before they'd had a bash at munching chunks of Elfy-goodness! Tash was a bit worried at one point:





They found some hidden treasure in one of the rock slides...and moved swiftly on through the double doors to the north...only to find themselves confronting three giant Bone Spiders who hurtled out from the corners, giving the girls no time to react. This battle proved more difficult, even though the spiders failed to ensnare them in their webs...the arachnids are seriously tough and it was touch-and-go at one point before the girls again proved themselves better than me at dice-rolling and took them out...



The final treasure was theirs for the taking - as well as the thanks of the townspeople for clearing the Ruins of Ragynoc Tower.

Great stuff - took me back to my own first RPGing. Needless to say, the girls want to play more...I'll have to get some more nasties  

[Maenoferren]

Nice one, I Await the day when my girls can help Daddy in his games, Upon saying this we had playmobil camel races with my ancient egyptians using dice and a stick to measure,

A good write up 

[Luddite]

Simply brilliant Nik   

[Leon]

Excellent stuff Nik, this really makes me want to paint one up myself for use with the 6 year old!   

[Steve J]

Cool to see the girls having fun, but typical of Isaac to play with wheelie things and dice. Dungeon looks really good and it does take me back to the mid-70s playing D&D at lunchtimes in school (and on occasion in science lessons!). Will the girls be running a demo table at Nikfest?

[Nosher]

Coolio

Beaten by the girls again Nik?

I REALLY didn't need to see such a lovely dungeon, not with all the other loveliness in 10mm I have lined up to paint, purchase, plan for in the future Did you see that the Catch the Pigeon Range is in the pipeline? Leon already has the Carrier Pigeon...

[nikharwood]

Thanks guys - glad you like it 

Beaten by the girls again Nik?

Why break the habit of a lifetime??!

Will the girls be running a demo table at Nikfest?

That's not a bad idea - although everyone had better be prepared to be given a lesson in gaming 

Excellent stuff Nik, this really makes me want to paint one up myself for use with the 6 year old!   

He'd love it...guaranteed. And if you ask him nicely, he'd probably paint you some monsters! 

[Leon]

He'd love it...guaranteed. And if you ask him nicely, he'd probably paint you some monsters! 

I think I'll get one done, it's just finding the time.  We're away at shows for the next 3 weekends, then one off and away for another two, then one off and away for another three!  Can't wait til that last show in December, when I can finally relax for a couple of hours... before the missus drags me off Xmas shopping!   

[sixsideddice]

OMG Nik, I only just spotted your batrep a few minutes ago.

WOW, what can I say.... totally and addictively brilliant. Your models look superb, your monsters look awesome, and your dungeon looks like something off the miniatures set of Lord of the Rings.

FABULOUS name for a Dungeon btw  

You have two charmingly lovely daughters there, and they take me right back to playing RP games with my two girls when they were that cute (mine are now 15 and 17... still cute, but growing into young women fast).

Really wonderful write up Nik. You make me realise I am not alone is seeing my vision; that a 21st century revival of retro gaming in 3D is so very possible in 10mm.

I`m sooooo jealous of your painting skills  

20 out of 10 Nik, and thank you for such an enjoyable read. Glad you liked the rules.

Six

[nikharwood]

Thanks Six 

It was a great fun game - and really fast & intuitive, which is essential I think when gaming with kids...they want to play again- but I think this time I might make it a Pulp adventure (just for variety!)- with a bit of luck I'll get a chance to play this weekend.

[sixsideddice]

Excellent Nik, I hope the Pulp thing goes well for you all {another batrep? please please please  }

Maybe this will help. I wrote a pretty extensive set of rules for Pulp a few years ago, which I still use for my own 28mm games; but they`d work fine for 10mm too. Take a look, you may be able to use them.

http://tabletoptitans.com/rules/0001.php

Cheers Nik,

Six

[nikharwood]

Excellent - thanks Six...printing now