In Her Majesty's Name: Chapter Two, At the Limehouse Docks

The Strange and Unlikely Case of Spring Heeled Jack 

Chapter 2:  At the Limehouse Docks

   

5 Plot Points

1.   What’s in those crates?
2.   A Red Tong Symbol
3.  Attack by a Spring Heeled Kung Fu Master
4.   Threats of the Red Mandarin

Major plot point 
           5.    Is that a Sarcophagus? 

Random Character encounters

1.     Prostitutes
2.    The Whitechapel Slasher
3.    The Consulting Detective
4.    The Chinese Laundrymen
5.    Evie, the Librarian, Encyclopedic Knowledge
6.    A new character joins the League

LANDSCAPE:
 

THE DOCKS 

• Benefits: Plenty of cover from warehouses, stacks of goods being offloaded, cranes, ships, slips and wagons (both horse and steam).  
• Hazards: Collateral damage rule applies (9.2.3). May quickly attract the attention of the Authorities (9.2.5). Lots of moving goods vehicles (4.1.5).
• Suggested Terrain: The river or seafront down one table edge and then fill the rest of the board with buildings, vehicles, people, goods etc. Docks tend to be less organised than streets so you can be more random in the placement of features.

SCENARIO COMPLICATION
 

9.2.2 PEA SOUP A dense fog has descended over the battlefield. At the beginning of each turn, roll 2d10. The sum of the two dice scores is the visibility distance in inches for the rest of the turn. You may not fire at any figure beyond that distance. If you roll a double 1 or a double 10 the fog lifts.

Her Royal Britannic Majesty`s Geographical Society

Lord Randolph Farthingdale, Pistoleer, Patron

Dr Howard Parker, Encyclopedic Knowledge, Archaeology

Lady D`Arcy, Samurai Training

Mr Jeebers the Valet, Marksman

Chou en Ginsberg and the Red Tongs

Professor Chou en Ginsberg B.A (Failed) the Tang Terror

Fah Lo Suee the Professors man like daughter

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 Brown Shadow and his armoured troopers

The Brown Shadow, True Identity Unknown.

Dr Brunel, mad inventor

Hauptmann Jurgen Krupp  Sprinter, Marksman

9 Armoured troopers with shock lances

And the "authorities:"

The Peelers of Old Scotland Yard

Insp Abeline, Mystic

Sergeant Biggins, Brawler

The Bobbies, Brawlers

Some of my add on rules:
Pluck        2d6 check  5 (Hero) to 9 (Coward)  Low roll fails.
Shooting   D6 per weapon, -2 if 3” moved
Fighting    D6 per attack   -2 barehanded (Subdues)
Speed       Foot 6”  Running +3”

The Explorer's Society arrive on table

The Red Tongs enter from the jetty

At the second plot point the Explorers discover a Red Tong Symbol, but no encounter

Plot point four, Chou en Ginsberg harangues his enemies.

The Brown Shadow and his armoured men arrive.

A Spring Heeled martial arts expert attacks the Shadow.

A fight between the Tongs and the Shadow's men.  Both sides lose figures.

Dr Parker and Lord Farthingdale hide behind a wall, and fire their revolvers at the Tong Tiger men.

Finally the Authorities arrive, Inspector Abeline and his Peelers

Plot point five for the Explorers, is that a Sarcophagus in that crate...?

The Brown Shadow looses off a Nitro-bomb, covering his escape.

Covered by a Jingal gun the Red Tongs flee the scene, back to their waiting ship.
A win for the Explorers!