The Curse of Dead Man's Hand

The Curse of Dead Man's Hand

 A three part review of the products available for the Curse of Dead Man's Hand which is teh recent expansion for Dead Man's Hand Game.

Basically it pits a un-dead horde (Zombies) raised by the Evil Baron against the unsuspecting town folks living in the town of Dead Man's Hand, who is intent on destroying the world.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3 

Cowgirls for Dead Man's Hand

My Cow Girl Gang the `Whores of Babylon` for use with Dead Man's Hand. They need some re-touching and tidying up and the bases finishing but they are game ready.

Now just to work out the special rules.

Dead Mans Hand - Show Down

Towns folks face off against the Villains before deployment.

Sundays' game of Dead Mans Hand had us using a total of 18 figures,

Good Guys were, Sheriff, Marshall, 3 Deputies and 4 Towns Folks Vs the Bad guys who had a Boss, 7 dudes and a varmet. The Towns folks were out gunned with the Sheriff falling to a lucky hit only two activations into the first turn.  No matter what they did the town folks were gunned down mercilessly as 19 after 19 was rolled, I think the bad guys threw around 6 19's through out the game with very few shots missing. The last town folk took on the baddies in hand to hand fighting only for the bad guys boss leap up onto the roof and dispatched the lonely town folk with one mighty punch.

Dead Man's hand and the Old Wild West

Some time back I posted same pictures of some Wild West figures that a friend gave me.  Now he told me that I could do what ever I wanted with them, but me being slightly sentimental decided to keep them...
I have this image of him evilly sniggering at this point. After downloading several free rules and trying them out, I found them irritatingly bad. So a few weeks ago, a little retail therapy was needed after a crud day at work. Whilst browsing E(vil)bay I came across Dead Man's hand, after quickly reading through a few rule reviews, my mind was made up and I purchased a set. And that was turn 1 of the proverbial screw in the coffin.
The game arrived and I had a quick test play and a few days later a friend came round, and a nights gaming took place.
Well the following day I ended back on the internet in the hunt for buildings, and came across pre cut MDf  ones. Whilst looking into it a bit further, I came across a range of pre painted ones and thought hey presto, and now look what my friend ultimately did to me...

Dead man's Hand is very simple set of rules. It uses a D20 and a D10 system to simulate the shooting and each character gets three actions; and it is completely random as to who gets to do what first.

The Rule book is flimsy and a set will set you back around £20, but you get a little set of gaming cards with it, which is allocated to each side. 3 or 4 players will need more cards which you can only get with the rules. The cards come in a nice little clear plastic case which I thought was a nice touch.

Along with the rules I also purchased a set of MDF laser cut/printed markers, which I must say for the cost are very reasonable.

Rule book with cards (top left) and laser cut tokens (Left)

 Having used CD cases as buildings for the test game, I took the decision to look for some buildings. Whilst Battle Flag produce some real nice real-estate at nice prices to match, they do not contain interior walls and are unpainted. I came across a range from  4-Ground which was ready painted and contained additional interior walls. Although a few pounds more than Battle Flag; it would be worth the time saved by not having to paint them.

I have purchased about 60% of the range and have since purchased some more of the range (Fences, wagons and out buildings). 

Below are the contents of one of the packs.

So now I will be having some fun building them, so watch this space...

Just some new toys

A friend visited me and gave me some new toys:

500 point Space Marine Army:

 A 40k Desert raider vehicle:

 Some Cowboys:

And an new e(VIL)bay purchase, one 40k Grey Nights Forge World Dreadnought