Halloween 2019
November 23, 2019Nowadays, I put on a Halloween game every year, and 2019 was no exception (you can check out previous games by clicking on the Halloween tag). There’s obviously always some sort of horror theme, and this year I went loosely with sharks. The concept of the game was simple: a pirate ship had been wrecked and it was up to the survivors, floating on debris, to race to the shore. Unfortunately for them there were plenty of sharks about. Oh and the Kraken.
The game itself was surprisingly good, if I may say so! The mechanics functioned really well, it was a close game in the finish, and everyone seemed to have a good time. There was even talk of maybe developing it further and turning it into an actual game. Who knows – I’ve long wanted to publish a game. Pirates were knocked off their rafts and eaten by sharks and the Kraken took the ship’s boy. As usual, shown below is a collection of photos taken by the players, I hope the feel of the game comes across!
And of course it wouldn’t be Halloween without themed foods, so…
Halloween is really fun evening for us every night. This year it however came at a cost: painting all those sharks means that I’ve been going “Baby shark do-doo-do-doddo-do” a lot. Oh well. Do-doo-do-doddo-do.
That’s an amazing, and horrifying looking game!
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by Azazel November 23, 2019 at 11:59Thanks! Glad the horror effect was achieved 😀
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by Mikko November 23, 2019 at 13:57Excellent! Game looks brilliant! Unfortunately, so does the Halloween-themed food! 😉
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by John@justneedsvarnish November 23, 2019 at 12:29Hahah, thank you very much! We ate soooo much.
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by Mikko November 23, 2019 at 13:57Awesome! Don’t know about Baby Shark, but I’d definitely have the Jaws theme on a loop in the background!
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by Alex November 23, 2019 at 15:08Thanks Alex! I can promise you that the Jaws theme was definitely listened to…
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by Mikko November 24, 2019 at 01:09Looks amazing – with the first and last photos being the real standouts 🙂 I wouldn’t have been able to resist the Jaws theme tune (and I hope someone remembered to cry “Release the Kraken!” at the appropriate moment!)
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by Wudugast November 23, 2019 at 15:12Cheers Wudugast! Yes, Jaws theme it was and I’m fairly certain someone made the Kraken reference as well. Ah, geeks.
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by Mikko November 24, 2019 at 01:10I’m loving those sharks, especially the one in the first pic! You’ve done a great job on the painting front, and the print quality is still astounding. Also, the foods look properly disgusting!
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by mcmattila November 23, 2019 at 19:21Thanks, much appreciated! The printer can really knock out some stellar prints, just put in an order for another 2l of resin. Also looking at a filament printer for ships, terrain pieces etc – even those are getting pretty amazing in terms of quality.
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by Mikko November 24, 2019 at 01:12Haha great post! Those sharks are incredible and I love the themed food.
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by imperialrebelork November 24, 2019 at 09:10Thanks IRO! I’ve developed something of a fanboyish approach to sharks recently 😀
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by Mikko November 25, 2019 at 12:14Haha they are pretty bloody cool
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by imperialrebelork November 26, 2019 at 04:46You have them around your part of the world, right?
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by Mikko November 26, 2019 at 08:13Oh yeah. My sister lives in Western Australia and was on the beach once when a kid was attacked. Fortunately the kid survived.
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by imperialrebelork November 26, 2019 at 13:54Brilliant- I love a themed gaming evening like that
Cheers,
Pete.
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by Pete S/ SP November 24, 2019 at 12:19Thanks Pete! It was great fun.
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by Mikko November 25, 2019 at 12:14Lovely looking game and photos. Me thinks you might need a singing siren and lucky mermaid for the next game ?
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by The model warrior November 24, 2019 at 20:32Oooh, not a bad idea at all. In fact I’ve already been looking at a couple of mermaids and I do have some harpies for printing too. Thanks for the comment!
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by Mikko November 25, 2019 at 12:15As the others said the models and theme are excellent. It looks like it was a lot of fun
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by backtothehammer November 29, 2019 at 19:24Thanks! For some reason WordPress hadn’t notified me of this comment – better late than never I guess!
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by Mikko December 16, 2019 at 14:37Very impressive Mikko. The food alone was beautiful, and the game looked epic. Hope you publish it – in English – ac my Finnish is limited to profanity mostly!
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by Mark A. Morin December 9, 2019 at 02:25Thanks Mark! Finnish is a great language for profanities 😀
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by Mikko December 16, 2019 at 14:37