Saturday, 3 August 2024

The Great Sedan chair race project

 

Starting the scratch build


Moves faster "long" with no passenger, and rolls only one d6.


Needs a d6 roll of 5-6 to turn 45°


Passengers may engage with pistols, traps or swords within the measure.


With a passenger;

Roll 3 dice

1 dice short move 

2 dice Medium move

3 dice long move

Don't roll any 1s.

A 6 and the passenger may take an action


A roll of 1 sees the leading bearer step in slippy sh*t.  He will totter, reducing the move to short, and rolls again.

1  tips the passenger out 

2 the bearer falls

3 unseemly swearing is heard

And ready for painting and filling.


On a roll of 6 the passenger may;

Risk a Pistol shot.  Needs a 6

Thrust a sword  Needs a 6 in the measure.

Call out an insult.

Lay a trap!  Players imagination on this one.  Marked on track.

But roll a 1 and the action unbalances the bearers with a slip as a result.

The track.


Interventions

Characters not in the race may intervene if;

The racers come within measure, splattering them with sh*te

A sedan chair calls an insult within 6.  Do you bite your thumb at me, sir?


Event cards.

Players can hold on to these and play at a later time rather than immediately.

Distractions.  A Lady, a drunk, an animal. 

Rough going   the washing line, the pail of water, the rolling barrel.

Getting nearer.  Painting done!