Nightwatch – Spawn Matrix
Nightwatch: Terror and Treasure in the Dark Corners of the World has proven to be a delightful little solo wargame that has kept your host occupied for hours. Almost four of them so far, and I’m finally starting to get the hang of all the basic rules. One thing that I have found helps me need to remember less stuff is to prepare a ‘reinforcement’ table before the game begins. Rather than refer to the table in the book and have to remember turn number and what my current difficulty rating is, I can just grab the next batch of baddies and go to town.
Take a look:
The numbers at the top are the turn numbers, the letters down the left hand side represent “Terrors”, “Hordes”, and “Vermin” from top to bottom. Now, once my little Guildsters have completed their four actions on a turn, I can just reach over and grab the next column of reinforcements. This also gives me a solid ‘turn counter’, because I can just look at the blank columns and know where I am at in the current game.
Here is some tabletop eye candy showing a scrum as four heroes defend the bones of a fallen saint against the ravages of lizardmen:
