Pull up a chair and roll some dice, welcome to the Space Dinosaur Gaming Table, where I cover Age of Sigmar battle reports to list building ideas and everything in between. Today's post follows up on mixing D&D and Age of Sigmar, in the first two missions of the Dragon of Icespire Peak campaign.
Building on my tutorial on mixing D&D and Age of Sigmar, my brothers and I were able to squeeze in a game a bit ago, with the first two missions from the excellent Dragon of Icespire Peak campaign. A quick disclaimer, I know I usually have fully painted miniatures and environs in these posts, but when it comes to gaming you have to use what you got. Before the campaign could start, it is necessary to introduce you to the 3 heroes of our game:
These were created with the free Warscroll Designer by RuneBrush, and are Age of Sigmar batteline units powered up so they can contend with more threats while not being grandiose heroes right from the get go. I let the players pick the models first, then designed the warscroll around their pick. Then they were named, with some obvious inspiration from our recent Lord of the Rings watch, and loosed into the world of the Sword Coast.
After rutting around in the town of Phandalin, the party set off to inform a duo of dwarves of the impending danger of a nearby dragon. They head to the Dwarven Excavation, one of 3 starting adventures in the campaign. The Kharadron dwarves mention that they will only leave on the recovery of an old dwarven artifact. The heroes plunge in, fighting off a group of goblins and cave squigs before securing the artifact. Elrond the swordmaster is knocked unconscious, but survives. They receive some gold as compensation for their troubles, which they use to buy some healing potions.
This also marked the first time I used the Dungeons & Lasers kit in game, and I actually prefer leaving the walls off as it reduces set up time and makes it easier to see and play with the miniatures. I use a few walls and door frames to set the scene though. The DM screen that comes with the D&D Essentials kit is nice, but also got in the way, and since my players were used to Age of Sigmar, they always wanted to see the dice rolls anyways, so I ended up not using it much. For those curious, the game mat I use is from DungeonMats, a neoprene double sided battlemat that you can order in various styles.
The heroes then set off to Umbrage Hill to rescue Neenach the Apothecary. After chasing around Chaos Furies, who proved to be slippery little devils, the players finally killed them off and saved Neenach, who in her gratitude gave them all some healing potions and gold. The players then returned to Phandalin for their next quest.
I very much enjoyed these games, and my players did as well. Keep a look out for more posts on the continued adventures in D&D.
-The Space Dinosaur
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