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MAURIZIO
Sergeant
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Lima, Perú
 | | 12/04/2006 10:15 PM |
| | Nice, thanks for that. When i have ready the map i take some pics of the battle. | |
Againts the Giants Called Shot: Cattie Bri.
Dungeon of Dread Called Shot: Cockatrice.
Todas las batallas en la vida sirven para enseñarnos algo, inclusive aquellas que perdemos. Paulo Coehlo
"DnD teaches you a valuable lesson, always loot the bodies of your dead enemies"
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tourette's
Skirmisher
24 Posts
Colorado
| | 12/07/2006 7:27 PM |
| I am going to try to load some photo's so I hope this works.  Dave
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tourette's
Skirmisher
24 Posts
Colorado
| | 12/07/2006 7:30 PM |
| Woo Hoo, It worked! I'll jam in a few more.
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tourette's
Skirmisher
24 Posts
Colorado
| | 12/07/2006 7:32 PM |
| I built an entire Castle for my RPG group to defend. Roughly 80 defenders and well over 400 attackers.
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tourette's
Skirmisher
24 Posts
Colorado
| | 12/07/2006 7:34 PM |
| The battle took two full days to complete.
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tourette's
Skirmisher
24 Posts
Colorado
| | 12/07/2006 7:40 PM |
| The DDM rules really helped streamline mass battles for D&D.
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tourette's
Skirmisher
24 Posts
Colorado
| | 12/07/2006 7:42 PM |
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yack
Commander
3162 Posts
Ottawa, Canada
| | 12/07/2006 7:45 PM |
| WOW WOW WOW
thats one sweet castle........very cool!
thanks for sharing that! | |
Champion of the Peryton
Vindicated Champion : Pit Fiend, Devourer
ATG: Fog Giant
DW: Duergar Priest
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tourette's
Skirmisher
24 Posts
Colorado
| | 12/07/2006 7:46 PM |
| I built the entire castle from scratch. I drew up a plan and built it from wood. The sides of each tower slide off for access to the interior. I sprayed the outside with a product called "Make it stone" from Hobby Lobby.
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tourette's
Skirmisher
24 Posts
Colorado
| | 12/07/2006 7:47 PM |
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tourette's
Skirmisher
24 Posts
Colorado
| | 12/07/2006 7:50 PM |
| Our RPG group defending the castle had seven players. I had three other players attacking the castle. This takes DM pity out of the situation. I also had another friend help DM the game.
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tourette's
Skirmisher
24 Posts
Colorado
| | 12/07/2006 7:52 PM |
| The battle came down to a final stand in the main keep where the players pulled off a victory!
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tourette's
Skirmisher
24 Posts
Colorado
| | 12/07/2006 7:59 PM |
| The castle is built in pieces so it can be used in different set ups. This also allows for easy storage and transport. The idea came to me one night while sitting on my deck looking at the corn field. "Build it and they will play" the voice said. So I did. In the garage, night after night, until it was finally done. This is a photo of the original pieces when my Dad helped me with the initial concept at his home (Thanks Dad). If you live on the front range of Colorado and have the need for a Castle, let me know. I would be happy to loan it out! I already have plans for a new one!
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Oryan77
Sergeant
955 Posts
| | 12/07/2006 9:08 PM |
| That castle is amazing. How long did that thing take to build?
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Round Table
Thenameless
Warlord
8991 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 12/07/2006 10:15 PM |
| | tourette's, BRAVO! It's posts like yours that I was hoping to see in this thread. Nice to see a guy build a castle with his own two hands, and then let the whole gaming group have fun with it. I particulary like the first two photos - the approach of the bad guy units with their seige towers. | |
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berus316
Sergeant
631 Posts
Markham, Ontario Canada
| | 12/08/2006 5:49 AM |
| Truly awesome Tourette's.
400 vs 80 in a castle....
The 400 isn't going to win, though I was surprised to see them actually make it into the castle.
I'm guessing the defenders didn't have pitch to set the towers on fire, and the attackers made it onto the walls.
Any morale issues involved? Cause I can't see the attackers getting down to a couple of loan ogres and still fighting it out.
What rules did you use for breaking down the gates?
I'm interested as my campaign will have an orc army invading a town at some point and the town has a small wooden keep in it that I'm thinking about building in a less detailed but similair way.
Very, very cool shots though... got me completely in a gaming mode rather than a work mode that I am currently getting paid for....
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Nemesis of Gnomes and Warforged
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tourette's
Skirmisher
24 Posts
Colorado
| | 12/08/2006 6:41 AM |
| | The Castle took roughly two months to build in my spare time, hidden in the garage so the group wouldn't see it. The first time they saw it was when they defended it. The attackers had 480 total and defenders didn't do a very good job of trying to stop any of the siege weapons. They had access to fireballs which would have stopped the towers considering they were so close together, but the attackers kept foiling the wizards plans. Once they gained access to the walls, there was no stopping them. The front and side gates had set HP and the rams had set damage based on who was swinging them, so I knew roughly how many rounds it would take to sunder the gates. They had already abandoned the gate house before the ramming begun, so there was no way to stop them. Once open, 8 orges swarmed the courtyard crushing the handful of defenders left to buy time. Morale was a factor. It was based on the primary leadership of the attackers, it was not a factor for the defenders (They had no where to go). They never went after the leaders which surprised me, but in the end, morale broke with almost 80 attackers left and they fled. The defenders had a few less than what was shown in the final picture. | | | |
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Bring_it_On_DDM
Sneak
121 Posts
Canada
| | 12/08/2006 10:06 AM |
| WOW great job... I'm impressed with the quality of the castle and size to DDM ratio.
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I'm new to DDM. But have played D&D for 13 years!
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Gargantuan Silver Dragon | |
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PaSquall
Underboss
1395 Posts
| | 12/08/2006 11:01 AM |
| WOW ! Fantastic castle !
Great job ! | |
Vindicated Champion of the PSEUDODRAGON
(Unhappy) vindicated champion of the DRYAD
Against the giants called shot : huge cloud giant female
Demonweb called shot : ghost | |
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Azalin
Sneak
76 Posts
| | 12/08/2006 12:11 PM |
| Amazing Castle..wow I bet that was a fun gaming session.
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Azalin
Sneak
76 Posts
| | 12/08/2006 12:11 PM |
| Amazing Castle..wow I bet that was a fun gaming session.
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berus316
Sergeant
631 Posts
Markham, Ontario Canada
| | 12/08/2006 12:31 PM |
| It is a sad commentary to my level of geekness and how interesting I found the above description of the battle.
Sounds amazing, probably not amazing enough to try and learn how to build one myself, but pretty freaking amazing to envision regardless.
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Champion of the Aspect of Gruumsh
Nemesis of Gnomes and Warforged
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AnarionZelle
Underboss
1099 Posts
USA
| | 12/09/2006 8:54 PM |
| Simply incredible... Thanks for posting these, Dave. Methinks your gaming group is lucky to have a DM like you 
You know, you could ship the pieces of cut wood, unassembled, in a kit with instructions, and folks would buy. I think your siege towers and battering ram would sell as well. | |
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Thenameless
Warlord
8991 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 12/10/2006 2:23 AM |
| Posted By berus316 on 12/08/2006 12:31 PM
It is a sad commentary to my level of geekness and how interesting I found the above description of the battle.
Sounds amazing, probably not amazing enough to try and learn how to build one myself, but pretty freaking amazing to envision regardless.
I think anyone who frequents these boards is probably a hard-core geek, whether outwardly or from in the closet. I loved the battle details same as you. What I'm most interested in, is trying to figure out how to mesh some elements of the skirmish game with both mass battles rules and RPG flavour. | |
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scruffydude7
Underboss
1196 Posts
Rock Hill, SC
| | 12/11/2006 6:43 AM |
| That.
Is.
Awesome!
I am inspired to start a castle project similar to this one. All I need is some space to keep it.
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Champion of the Revenant
Knight of the Elf Duskblade
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gss_000
Commander
3204 Posts
Baltimore, MD
| | 12/11/2006 9:01 AM |
| | As I posted before, I would love to play in a game like this. Any plans for the catle now that it has been used? Is it going to be a recurring "character" in your campaign? | |
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tourette's
Skirmisher
24 Posts
Colorado
| | 12/12/2006 5:38 AM |
| | As far as storage goes, all of the buildings, towers and walls are removeable from the board. So the board stores away easily and the towers and walls are all side by side on a shelf in the garage. Because they are removeable, I have incorporated certain pieces into my next castle plans. I'm not sure if I will ever use this exact set up again, but we'll see. To help streamline the mass battle, I put little number stickers on the mini's to identify each one and then put together a one page summary for each squad. The damage was pre-set and the HP's were the same within the squad. Each squad sheet had a picture of the mini up in the corner to help the player remember who was who. I have all of the sheets in excel if anyone is interested. There are a few things I would do differently in the next one to speed up game play, but otherwise it was a lot of fun.  | | | |
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sam500
Sergeant
415 Posts
Berkeley, CA
| | 12/12/2006 3:07 PM |
| Here is my first go with some Dwarven forge stuff.
The Set Up
Driders up to their old mischief.
An aquatic rumble.
A TPK in the works. Poor bard, going down like a potato....
Yes, 8 beholders summoning the most vile creature of all..... the WRACKSPAWN!!! BEWARE!
"I knew we should have turned right back their Martha."
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CHAMPION OF ALL TOWNSFOLK
47 COMPLETED TRADES ON MAXMINIS
14 COMPLETED TRADES ON WOTC BOARDS
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yack
Commander
3162 Posts
Ottawa, Canada
| | 12/12/2006 3:28 PM |
| very nice Sam..............!
sigh where is my stuff...?  | |
Champion of the Peryton
Vindicated Champion : Pit Fiend, Devourer
ATG: Fog Giant
DW: Duergar Priest
RPG Only!!!! The Drumming Drunkn' DM | |
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AnarionZelle
Underboss
1099 Posts
USA
| | 12/12/2006 10:52 PM |
| Great setup, Sam
So what has your party gotten themselves into this time???
My favorite pic is of the dragon and the Chuuls at the underground lagoon. | |
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MAURIZIO
Sergeant
929 Posts
Lima, Perú
| | 12/13/2006 9:35 PM |
| | nice pics, this dragon, what kind of dragon is? | |
Againts the Giants Called Shot: Cattie Bri.
Dungeon of Dread Called Shot: Cockatrice.
Todas las batallas en la vida sirven para enseñarnos algo, inclusive aquellas que perdemos. Paulo Coehlo
"DnD teaches you a valuable lesson, always loot the bodies of your dead enemies"
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Dimitris
Warrior
188 Posts
Athens - Greece
| | 12/13/2006 11:58 PM |
| Ok. I manage to upload them.Â
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Ha 72/80 De 55/60 Ar 52/60 GoL 67/72 Ab 56/60 Dk 55/60 Af 54/60 Ud 57/60 Wd 57/60 WQ 55/60 BW 57/60 Uh 55/60 NB 55/60 DD 56/60 DuD 52/60 AtG 8/60 | |
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Dimitris
Warrior
188 Posts
Athens - Greece
| | 12/14/2006 12:02 AM |
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Ha 72/80 De 55/60 Ar 52/60 GoL 67/72 Ab 56/60 Dk 55/60 Af 54/60 Ud 57/60 Wd 57/60 WQ 55/60 BW 57/60 Uh 55/60 NB 55/60 DD 56/60 DuD 52/60 AtG 8/60 | |
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Dimitris
Warrior
188 Posts
Athens - Greece
| | 12/14/2006 12:06 AM |
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Ha 72/80 De 55/60 Ar 52/60 GoL 67/72 Ab 56/60 Dk 55/60 Af 54/60 Ud 57/60 Wd 57/60 WQ 55/60 BW 57/60 Uh 55/60 NB 55/60 DD 56/60 DuD 52/60 AtG 8/60 | |
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Thenameless
Warlord
8991 Posts
The Fortress of Solitude
| | 12/14/2006 1:01 AM |
| sam500, your Dwarven Forge set-up is something to be admired. As is your collection of nice minis.
Dimitris, nice to see that it looks like you're actually playing the mass battles rules (I noticed both the formed and unformed units). | |
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Dordledum
Commander
3183 Posts
Netherlands
| | 12/14/2006 6:59 AM |
| Posted By Thenameless on 12/14/2006 1:01 AM
Dimitris, nice to see that it looks like you're actually playing the mass battles rules (I noticed both the formed and unformed units).
Indeed! This is the first time ever I've seen those used.
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Darkfather
Commander
3457 Posts
Queensland, Australia
| | 12/17/2006 12:08 AM |
| It's no Mass Battles pic, but it quite easily could be the cause of a Mass Battle....
DF
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Low Key
Underboss
1231 Posts
| | 12/17/2006 4:49 AM |
| | That castle is very impressive. | |
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Mjollnir
Underboss
1433 Posts
Canary Islands - Spain
| | 12/17/2006 6:06 AM |
| Darkfather picture is awesome, indeed. Great castle. Where did you get it?
On the other hand tourette's work is nearly breathtaking. I would love to know how did he do it.
I'm another one thinking on building one myself, you see! | |
Champion of the Molydeus
Vindicated Blood War Called Shot: Cornugon (Horned Devil)
Icons Called Shot: Tarrasque
Vindicated Dungeon of Dread Called Shot: Mind Flayer
Against the Giants Called Shot: Uncommon Fire Giant
Demonweb Called Shot: Myrlochar
Feywild Called Shot: Molydeus
"Sé que me acusan de soberbia, y tal vez de misantropía, y tal vez de locura. Tales acusaciones (que yo castigaré a su debido tiempo) son irrisorias." - Jorge Luis Borges
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Darkfather
Commander
3457 Posts
Queensland, Australia
| | 12/17/2006 6:15 AM |
| Posted By Mjollnir on 12/17/2006 6:06 AM Darkfather picture is awesome, indeed. Great castle. Where did you get it? On the other hand tourette's work is nearly breathtaking. I would love to know how did he do it. I'm another one thinking on building one myself, you see!
Heya Mjollnir;
Think your username is teh bomb by the way!
The castle I have in my pic is just the GamesWorkshop one. I picked it up rediculously cheap as part of a 'box o stuff', a while back.
DF
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