ATZ-FFO : Episode 7 : The Outpost (rules update)

Scenario 7 is up and has been played.
The AAR will take time, it was eventful, even if I planned to have it this way, it went beyond my expectations. I would say, it is usual for a THW (Two Hour Wargame) to escalate quickly and at the wrong time usually.

The game had few specific features:
Feature 1: 2 boards, one at the ground level, one underground
Feature 2: The underground bunker is build randomly with a separate deck of cards, reusing tiles from a very well known game from a very well known company
Feature 3: The Victory conditions are relative to Investigations Points, which can be earned only by drawing investigation cards. To draw an investigation card, a soldier must spend all his actions in a room and with a passed Savvy Check. A room can generate only 3 investigation cards and only one Savvy Test allowed, independently if it is a success or a failure.
Cards can be found here

The characters playing the scenario are:

from the previous scenario:

Star : Lieutenant  Mallory Mc Cain (REP: 5, PEP: 4, SAV: 3) – SKILL Born Leader, Fast, SMG

Sergeant Johnson (REP: 5, PEP: 3 , SAV: 4) – SKILL Fast, SMG

Stevenson (REP: 4, PEP:2 , SAV:3 ) – SKILL Greedy, M1 Garand

Scott (REP: 4, PEP:3 , SAV: 2) – SKILL Dim, SMG

4 new comers, who provide extra help:

Kyle (Paratrooper) (REP: 4, PEP:2 , SAV:3 ) - Skill Runt, SMG

Morgan (Commando) (REP: 4, PEP:2 , SAV:3 ) - Skill Slow, SMG

Paulson (Tanker) (REP: 4, PEP:2 , SAV:3 ) - Skill Logical, SMG

Kowalsky (Paratrooper) (REP: 4, PEP:2 , SAV:3 ) - Skill Attractive, SMG

There are 4 additional soldiers at the US base, so in total the group of Mallory is of 12 soldiers.  And reinforcement is not an option.

PEF Event

1        PEF CONTACTMist: +1
Raining: +1
Evening: +1
Night Time: +2

PEF Table

#	Result
1	SWD – Roll on the How Many Table
2	Zombies– Roll on the How Many Table with a -1
3	SWD– Roll on the How Many Table with a +1
4	Zombies– Roll on the How Many Table
5	Survivor– Roll on the How Many Table with a +1
6	Zombies– Roll on the How Many Table with a +1
7	Zombies– Roll on the How Many Table with a +2
8	Zombies– Roll on the How Many Table with a +2

How Many Table

Circumstance	Modifier
As in rural Area	-1
#	SWD	Survivor	Zombie
0	1	1	1
1	1	1	1
2	1	1	1+ 1/2d6
3	2	1	1/2 Humans on the table +1
4	2	2	Humans on the table
5	3	2	Humans on the table +1
6	3	3	Humans on the table +2
7	3	3	Humans on the table +3
8	PG+2	3	Humans on the table x2

3          BUNKER ENCOUNTERS
(for each card drawn)

#	Result
3	Nothing
4	Nothing
5	Nothing
6	PEF generated on the discovered bunker section
7	Fire. The section is on fire and will hit any model trying to cross it.
8	In one of the already searched room, a hidden zombie burst out of a closet and surprise charge one of the character. If not possible, then  a zombie surprise any soldier above ground in the back.
9	The fire alarm start and water spray. If there was any fire, it will stop. The alarm will continue for 1d10 turn. If more than 8 turn, at turn9, the drawn-card section will be flooded. (see event 17). At the end, the vapor of the water will blur and limit visibility to 8 squares only for 1d6 turn.
10	Dead body. It can be searched only one time for investigation card. If Savvy test is failed, nothing is found.
11	Light out/Light on. If this is the first time this event is drawn, light is turned off by something, visibility is then limited to 2 squares with search lights, and any PEF have a +2 modifier until light is on again.Zombies have a +2 dice bonus in melee during light off period. Every time this event happens, the lights alternate off/on.
12	PEF generated on the discovered bunker section
13	Somewhere, something started playing a music that play military march outside. It will attract 1d6 zombies per turn. Each turn new turn, if the sum of the player+zombie dice roll is less or equal to 7, the music stop.
14	The closest dead zombie was not really dead. It stands up and move immediately 6” to the closest human in sight.
15	PEF generated on the discovered bunker section
16	Night is falling. If night has already fell, a PEF is generated at ground level
17	Flooded. The whole section is flooded. It is not sure if the ground there is solid or not. If a model tries for the first time to cross, roll 2d6. Pass2, the ground is even, it is a paddle only. If 1d6, the ground collapsed and models need to jump over or swim over. if fail 2d6, the ground collapsed and a zombie is deep down hidden, fighting the model.
18	PEF generated on the discovered bunker section

Jumping over a section. Starting at 2 of difficulty (REP), every additional section difficulty is raised by one more.

Swimming take 2" of movement for every 1 square crossed. Non-zombie models have a -2 dice when fighting and swimming.

Possible encounters (replace the random event)

3      ENCOUNTERS(Taken whenever the activation dice rolls a double)

#	Result
3	No More Zed will be generated for the encounter
4	When there is one, there is more. All Zombie for the encounter will be 1 more than standard role.
5	The closest zombie to the group and not in melee reveals itself as a disguised human. If the agent has not be found yet, he is the agent.
6	PEF generated
7	Exploding mine/shell. Somewhere a shell explode in the wood surrounding the bunker. Likely a zombie or an animal stepping on it. It will attract 1d6 extra zombie.
8	PEF generated
9	Argument breaks between the leader and one of the soldiers at random but within 4” and LOS. At each activation, roll 1d6 per REP of the 2 arguing. If the leader scores more, argument is over. If not, for each additional success of the soldier, roll 1d6 to attract zombies as normal
10	One random soldier has lost his ammo. When the primary weapon runs out, he would stick to BAP
11	One member twist his ankle and move 2” slower and can only Fast Move at 1d6. If failed a Fast Move test, he is disabled, considered Knocked Down and Carry On.
12	PEF generated
13	PEF generated
14	The closest dead zombie was not really dead. It stands up and move immediately 6” to the closest human in sight.
15	PEF generated
16	Night is falling. If night has already happened, PEF is generated
17	Mist, in full motion in 2 turns. Reduce visibility to 6”. If Mist already happened, PEF is generated.
18	Rain, reduce visibility to 12” and arrives in 1d6 turns. If Rain already happened, PEF is generated. Note: All fire test have a -2 on the SPREADING FIRE test.