A Passage to Egypt

In our last episode Her Britannic Majesty's Explorers Club foiled the plans of Professor Chou En Ginsberg, MA (Failed) the Red Tong, in his attempt to steal an Egyptian Mummy being exhibited in the British Museum.  

 Accompanying the exhibits, now being returned to Cairo, along with the Museum Curator and a dowdy Librarian, the Explorers have taken the steamship Pride of Alexandria, and passage to Egypt to solve the Mystery...

 
As fate would have it the ship is actually under the control of the maniacal Prussian "the Brown Hatter," and his armoured troopers.  Not only that,  but the Red Tongs have stowed away and are determined to liberate the Mummy.

 SS. Pride of Alexandria

TERRAIN: THE STEAMER
The trade of empires and nations travels the globe in the holds of these rugged craft.
Benefits: The enemy has nowhere to escape, but then again, neither do you.
Hazards: Going overboard is probably fatal. Throwing grenades about near the hull could doom you all.
Suggested Terrain: Open decks, gantries, cranes, open holds, the bridge, mast etc.

The Game

5 Plot Points (Random Order)

·        The dead crewman

·        What's in those crates?

·        The Si-Fan Assassins

·        Attack from the Shadows

Major Plot Point

·        The Rise of the Occupant of the Golden Sarcophagus
 

Her Royal Britannic Majesty`s Explorers' Society 

Lord Randolph Farthingdale,

   Pistoleer, Patron

Dr Howard Parker, 
Encyclopedic Knowledge, Physician, Archaeologist.

Lady Jamalia D`'Arcy, Sasta-Vidya Swordmistress, Khanda 2 edged Punjabi Sword, two Katar H hilt daggers

Mr Jeebers the Valet, Marksman

The Tang terror

    Chou en Ginsberg and the Red Tongs

Professor Chou en Ginsberg B.A (Failed) the Tang Terror
Fah Lo Suee the Professor's manly daughter,
Dim Sum, the Professors number one dim son. 
Jack E. Chan, Martial Artist agent of the professor.
10 x Red Tongs, martial artists with oriental weapons
3 x Tigermen of the Si-Fan Assassins

The Hatter in his trademark brass picklehaube

    Der Braune Hutmacher und sein Gepanzert Truppe
The Brown Hatter, True Identity Unknown, in brass picklehaube.
Dr Brunel, mad inventor with spring loaded top hat
Hauptmann Jurgen Krupp of the Armoured Truppe... Sprinter, Napalm bomb chucker,
9 Armoured troopers with shock lances and arc pistols.

Mrs Angelina Peele and Sir Binky

     Mrs Angelina Peele (Librarian gunfighter and Tomb Robber) and Egyptologist Sir Binkey Snetterton-Winkle, Museum Curator and leather pouch collector.

Jeebers, his Lordship's Valet serves canapes in the first class lounge.

Out on deck the Royal Society discover plot point one (it clearly says so) a dead crewman

But the result at Plot Point Two is not so favourable.  Si fan Assassins

The Fight for Plot Point two over three rounds.  Lord Farthingdale empties his revolver hitting three times, Lady Jamelia cuts the head from one assassin, whilst even Jeebers kills one.  Dr Parker... enjoys his pipe...

On the deck we meet the Librarian and the Museum Curator out to take the air... after all that shooting?  Really?

But its "attack from the shadows" as the Brown Hatter's men trigger the next plot point.  Jurgen Kruppe of the Armoured truppe prepares to lob a napalm grenade into the deck passage

The Curator fails his pluck roll and is blown overboard.  Oh dear!

One of those Oh! moments. Mrs Angelina Peele, Librarian, produces two automatic pistols and blazes away, clearing Kruppe and his men from the bridge wing.  She is immediately invited to join the Royal Society.

Bypassing the bridge the Explorers go for the forward hold.

But the forward hold hides a deadly secret.  The Red Tong are hiding in crates, and appear wielding their angry choppers.  Lady Jamelia goes into action with her Indian sword, whilst His Lordship and the gunfighting Librarian blaze away.  Jeebers snipes from the deck level.

Dr Parker goes to plot point three to enjoy a quiet pipe whilst the shooting is all going on.  He rolls a 6 and in a moment of epiphany discovers the truth about the Golden Sarcophagus.  Running back to the hold he shouts "Don`t open the box!"

But oops, its Plot point five and the last tong opened the box.  Imhotep and his mummy mates rise up.  Time to retreat!

You have to hand it to Dr Brunell, as he lobs an exploding clockwork top hat down onto the Mummies.  

But drawing Imhoptep's attention was probably a mistake, as the Mummies swarm the bridge

The Mummies make short work of the Brown Hatter and his men, but they are weakened.

Last stand in the First Class Salon.

The gunfighting Librarian blows the head off one of the Mummies, whilst Her ladyship gets the other one with her sword. 

Dr Parker claims the last plot point, making a 5 out of 5 win for the Royal Society.  He rolls terribly, and fails to notice that those mummies are not quite dead.  I mean they are dead, but also pretty much not.  He decides that the Explorers must take the Golden Sarcophagus back to the Royal Societies dig in the Valley of the Kings.  Game five will be  Murder on the Desert Express...

    A preview of game five and my scratch built 2D/3D desert railway engine.  Dr Howard Parker relaxes with his pipe on the footplate.  Just what is the boy smoking?