A walk in the woods
Player B
(Escaped Prisoners)
For concealment purposes movements will be on
the plan and then possibly the GM will move figures until actual confrontational
contact with is achieved.
You are Leonard Mead known as
Lennie the Horn, the finest safe blowing cracksman in Britain. You have been
residing at her majestys pleasure in Sladewood Prison but your fame has saved
you. Some Bavarians wish to make use of your services regarding a very
important safe job! They have paid the Prof a handsome fee to spring you out.
No expense spared, they have also arranged for a couple of hundred other
prisoners to join the break out to help cover yours. They had your mother send
you a birthday cake actually for your birthday! Of course the warders sampled it
but they left the part under the icing model of the Houses of Parliament. This
was the part with the dynamite in it with the detonators in the model itself.
You were housed in the A Wing of the prison having the most notorious
prisoners in it. Included were several likely to be sentenced to death on
conviction. The Prof organised for clothes weapons and support for these
including employment should they manage to reach the Ashdown Forest. Part of the
plan was for the prisoners in B and C wings to be released as well. They were
told that there were mules laden with civilian clothes for those who could find
them to the east and west of the prison. (Not true but you did not know that.)
Your own objective after leaving the jail was to head south to find some actual
mule loads with guides to assist you. The selected prisoners and helpers in the
organisation are to wear sprigs of yellow broom in their buttonholes. Some of
these are with the mules. The password is Eos to be answered by Aurora. You
have with you two desperadoes Jason Jermaine and Vernon Vessinter, accused of
murder and likely to be hung if caught. In the night you found a mule with the
boy Desmond who was looking for you in particular. The three of you change into
civilian clothes with you being dressed as a woman. Desmond tells you that Kevin
and Luke will be paid two pounds each if they escort you to a set place. Then
they can carry on to southward to hide in the Ashdown Forest. They are armed
with a revolver each and you have a derringer. In fact Desmond is to take you to
a shed to collect a bicycle. You are to escape by riding east to Wych Cross
disguised as a local lady Miss Aspasia Warbleton to whom the bicycle belongs.
Short of Wych Cross you will be met and transported to safety. Another group of
prisoners is led by Percy Partington serving ten years for rape. (Called by the
newspapers the Passionate Peeler of Poplar.) For him there was a police uniform
and his cover is that he is escorting the other two, also jailed rapists as
captured prisoners. He has a revolver but the uniform and badges are for the
metropolitan police rather than the Sussex constabulary. The other two are Reg
King and Dave Weeks armed only with their fists.
You have four other squads of two each. Such a large breakout will have
police warders and perhaps even troops out in force. Whilst some of your
escapees have pistols they know that a gunshot is likely to attract hostile
attention. This is why many have preferred to stick to cudgels or daggers.
It is a dry day, sunny with cloudy intervals.
Movement on the paths and track are at normal rate, minus two inches for furtive
or searching rates. Movement through the overgrown woodlands is at half plus 1
rate, with minus two inches for furtive or searching moves. Draw a card for the
position of each squad at dawn.
Rocks
D6
4+ to find one per 4 rounds, Thrown 6
5+ (+Th) Bst -2
1st Squad
Safe Cracking & Intimidating Witnesses
(Leonard dressed as a woman Aspasia
Warbleton)
Leonard Mead
Lea Ac Mo 6,
Fa 2/2/2, Ag -1, Th 0 Me 0 Derringer Bst 3 Class IV
Dubious, Charm M 0, F 0, Coercion 0,
MC £12 6 8d, Speaks English German
Derringer Firing, 2 bullets 3 4+ st 0, 6 5+, st 1, 11 6+ st 2
Jason Jermaine
Ac Mo 6, Fa
3/3/3, Ag +1, Th +1, Me +2 cudgel Bst 1 Class III
Unsavoury, Charm M 0, F -1, Coercion
+2, MC £0 6 8d,
Vernon Vessinter
Ac Mo 6, Fa
3/3/3, Ag +1, Th +1, Me +2 cudgel Bst 1 Class III
Unsavoury, Charm M 0, F -1, Coercion
+2, MC £0 6 8d,
Boy Desmond
Ac Mo 6, Fa 2/2/2,
Ag +1, Th +1, Me -1 Knife Pst 2 Class II
Dubious,
Charm M 0, F 0, Coercion -1, MC £4 2 8d, Speaks English
2nd Squad
Rapists
Percy Partington
Ac Mo 6, Fa 3/3/3,
Ag +1, Th +1, Me +2 truncheon Bst 1 Class III
Revolver Firing 3 6+ Pst 0, 6 7+ Pst 0, 11 8+ Pst 0,
5 rounds
Unsavoury,
Charm M 0, F +2, Coercion +2, MC £0 6 8d, Speaks English
Reg King
Ac Mo 6, Fa 3/3/3,
Ag +1, Th +1, Me +2 Fists Bst 2 Class III
Unsavoury, Charm M 0, F +2, Coercion
+2, MC £0 6 8d, Speaks English
Dave Weekes
Ac Mo 6, Fa 3/3/3,
Ag +1, Th +1, Me +2 Fists -2 Bst 1 Class III
Unsavoury, Charm M 0, F +2, Coercion
+2, MC £0 6 8d, Speaks English
3rd Squad
Mafia extortionists. Awaiting trial for the murder of waiter Toni Defunto
Davido Robusti
Ac Mo 6, Fa
3/3/3, Ag +1, Th +1, Me +2 Daggerl Pst 1 Class III
Unsavoury, Charm M 0, F 0, Coercion
+2, MC £0 6 8d, Speaks Italian English (P)
Lenardo Robusti
Ac Mo 6, Fa 3/3/3,
Ag +1, Th +1, Me +2 Dagger Pst 1 Class III
Unsavoury, Charm M 0, F +2, Coercion
+2, MC £0 6 8d, Speaks Italian English (P)
4th Squad
Sentenced for extortion
Lester Malcolm
Ac Mo 6, Fa
3/3/3, Ag +1, Th +1, Me +2 cudgel Bst 1 Class III
Unsavoury, Charm M 0, F +2, Coercion
+2, MC £0 6 8d,
Wilton Rugge
Ac Mo 6, Fa 3/3/3,
Ag +1, Th +1, Me +2 cudgel Bst 1 Class III
Unsavoury, Charm M 0, F +2, Coercion
+2, MC £0 6 8d,
5th Squad
Long sentences for manslaughter
Percival Cadwell
Ac Mo 6, Fa 3/3/3,
Ag +1, Th +1, Me 0 Revolver Bst 2 Class IV
Dubious, Charm M 0, F +2, Coercion
+1, MC £0 6 8d, Speaks English Latin
Revolver Firing 3 6+ Pst 0, 6 7+ Pst 0, 11 8+ Pst 0,
5 rounds
Billy Slaughter
Ac Mo 6, Fa
3/3/3, Ag +1, Th +1, Me +2 cudgel Bst 1 Class III
Unsavoury, Charm M 0, F +2, Coercion
+2, MC £0 6 8d, Speaks English
6th Squad
Both to be tried for murder
Basil Ludd
Ac Mo 6, Fa 3/3/3,
Ag +1, Th +1, Me 0 Revolver Bst 2 Class IV
Dubious, Charm M 0, F +2, Coercion
+1, MC £0 6 8d, Speaks English French
Revolver Firing 3 6+ Pst 0, 6 7+ Pst 0, 11 8+ Pst 0,
5 rounds
Lawrence Fitt
Ac Mo 6, Fa
3/3/3, Ag +1, Th +1, Me +2 cudgel Bst 1 Class III
Unsavoury, Charm M 0, F +2, Coercion
+2, MC £0 6 8d, Speaks English French