Last Saturday, we ran a playtest of the Wars of Orcs and Dwarves (WOOD) using Zoom. Chris Abbey from Sally 4th in the UK ran the game at his home – and his blog post on the game link is below. WOOD is an in-progress adaptation of the Wars of Ozz rules for fantasy battles.
It was a fun game and I (in Massachusetts) played on the Orcs and Goblins side with Greg Priebe in Maryland and Jim in North Carolina. We were fighting Dwarves led by Buck Surdu (in Florida) and Chris Palmer in Maryland. We purchased our troops unbeknownst to each other, and chose our deployment area first as we bought fewer points worth of troops. This also gave us a recon advantage. I was on the open end of the battlefield and Greg/Jim were on the wooded area. I threw my forces headlong (and somewhat piecemeal and unsupported) at Buck’s forces with the goal of tying him down – and allowing my allies to close to the road. While I took heavy casualties, the strategy worked well enough to gain a minor victory and for our orcs, great orcs, ogres, and goblins to feast on dwarves! As my wolves had routed, there was more for them anyways!
I think the rules system (Wars of Ozz) is quite good, and the new WOOD adaptation will allow me to use many of my old fantasy figures on the tabletop again. Plus I am really looking forward to playing Wars of Ozz! Below are a couple of Chris’ photos – his blog has more.
Here is Chris Abbey’s blog post link worth a look – check it out and let me know what you think!
Mark A. Morin 
Great to see gaming across the different states, and the big pond, for you all to play. Gaming like this truly shows what a great community were part of !
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Yup, need more of that!
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Fantastic- love to see dispersed gaming like this.
Cheers,
Pete.
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Thanks Pete, I foresee a future game with our little community
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Sounds like you all had a good time! 🙂 That’s what it’s all about!
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John for the win!
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I think at times like this technology can be awesome. Linking up in such a way really does make the world feel small.
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Thanks Dave, I so much agree. Hope you can check out Sally 4ths offerings maybe. The Wars of a Ozz stuff would make great dioramas
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Perhaps you should look into the world record for the “widest circle of gaming friends”😉
Looks like you’re not letting “lockdown” hold back you’re gaming Mark, more power to you for it!
Cheers Roger.
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You had me concerned there for a moment, Mark – a game with Dwarves and Orcs! 😀
Just had a look over Chris’ post on it. It certainly looks an appealing game, and this online remote gaming is certainly bringing that new “realistic” sense of distance to the C&C chain…
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This looks very cool, Mark. How did the remote play work? Was it clunky or did it get in pretty smoothly?
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It worked ok given the situation. The clunkiness comes if the main router is inadequate. I ran a Feudal Patrol game that worked fine
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