We recently had the pleasure of attending Carronade in Falkirk, as ran by the FDWC, and demonstrated “Empire of the Dead” by West Wind Games, to several bloodythirsty Jack-The-Rippers and several dashingly daring Sherlock and Watson teams!
The game is a quick play version of the main rules, stripped down to represent the battle of wits and blades between Jack the Ripper, who is out to harvest the organs of the hapless denizens of Old London, and the dashing derring-do of none other than Mr Holmes of Baker street , with his faithful companion the good Dr Watson. The peelers, at this early stage in their development, wander around blindy until they chance upon a hapless victims mortal remains. At this point the flag goes up and the game is afoot!
I'll cut you good, sonny jim!
Everyone who played seemed to enjoy themselves and got into the spirit of things quite well, in the end it was more wins for the ripper than the forces of law and order, and there were some truly horrific stabbing sprees executed on the poor, defenceless citizens, enough to make the streets barren, for fear that the ripper would strike again!
Your humble, tired and in need of coffee servants
As an added bonus, we had the honour of being named the “best participation game” on the day, a humbling reward that we accepted with gratitude and some surprise!
