Geezers Shut it! Scenario: Means to an end

The idea from the previous post had some positive feedback on the Geezers, Shut it! Yahoo group, (Special thanks to John Daley for the name of the scenario!) so here's a rough idea for anyone looking to have a game based on the previous post. I am making use of  what I have available in my collection:



Terrain setup is relatively simple:

A 4x4 foot with a big two storey manor house in the middle, the manor house is surrounded by a garden, lots of trees for cover, big marble flowerbeds and pots for the troops to hide behind. A Roller or Jag parked in the driveway along with a truck for the troops and a gardener's shed. (Think the end game in the first Beverley Hills Cop).



The Baddies consist of:

Lord Mountbatten
Lord Mountbatten's Aide De Camp
FOUR MI5 rogue agents
THREE thugs/ muscle seen previously doing all the heavy lifting.

The MI5 agents and Lord Mountbatten must escape off the table. His ADC and any Mercs will stay behind to cover their escape. 

CI5 will have:

TWO Top Geezers:
Bodie
Doyle
Riding in their trusty Ford Capri.

FOUR CI5 agents:
Riding in a Land Rover.

All CI5 agents have radios and are wearing body armour.



Here are a few extra rules to make things interesting:

1. Lord Mountbatten is a member of the Royal family, he's a war hero and we're not entirely sure of his involvement in this sordid affair, under no circumstances is he to be fired upon! (Yes, even if he shoots at you!): No shooting at the Lord, if going into rough stuff, characters will only get bonuses from their stats (assumed to be Martial Arts training ), so no weapons allowed.
2. Possibly have FIVE MI5 agents and make one of them an Undercover CI5 man.
3. In the 'Word on the street' phase, don't deduct each others' troops. Instead, the baddies get a truckload of 'Private army mercs' armed with semi-automatic rifles. They arrive on D6+1 turns.
4. The good guys get the boys from Hereford flying in via. helicopter. Not too many of them, maximum FIVE, but they will be well armed and extremely dangerous. They arrive on D3+2 turns.

I will dig up some stats from **REDACTED** I received from the Guv'nor a while back, towards the end of the week (Probably Thursday/ Friday) when work calms down a bit.

A scenario idea: The Mountbatten Coup

Apologies for a long absence!

Here's a scenario idea inspired by a discussion between Craig Rowlings of Kiler B games and John Daley on the Geezers Shut it! Yahoo discussion group.

The discussion of the alleged Mountbatten plot came up and I thought it would be an easy translation into a 28mm game!  

Scene: A hill overlooking a country estate, two young men, one with short dark hair (Bodie) another with curly dark hair (Doyle). Doyle is sitting in the car, a Mk 3 Ford Capri, looking through a camera fitted with a giant telescopic lens. Bodie is standing outside the driver's side of the car with a pair of army issue binoculars, he is wearing a shoulder holster.

Bodie: This was supposed to be our day off.

Doyle: Yes, but I don't think he really cares about that.

Bodie: So what are we supposed to be looking for?

Doyle: Anything suspicious

Bodie: And what does that look like?

Doyle: I dunno... suspicious...

**Bodie rolls his eyes**

Bodie: You can tell you were a copper.

Doyle: Look, he didn't say much, just that all CI5 agents have their leave cancelled and that he is in an emergency meeting in Whitehall and we are to survey this estate and report back anything suspicious.

Bodie: You think one of the royals are being indiscreet? We could sell the photos and make millions, quit this lark.

**Doyle grins**

A truck pulls up outside the manor, two large, mean looking chaps jump out of the back and unload several large crates and boxes. 

Bodie: Well that looks suspicious

Doyle:  starts to take pictures. One of the workers slip and a crate crashes into the ground, several rocket launchers tumble out.

Bodie: What do you think Mr. Detective?

Doyle: Unless they're hunting a massive fox, that certainly looks suspicious.

Bodie grabs his radio

Bodie: This is Three-Seven, tell Mr. Cowley that we've just spotted something suspicious, very suspicious!

**Cue the music**

Geezers Royale: Seven minutes to midnight

Good evening, the man you are looking at is Jacque-Jean Nemard,
a millionaire industrialist and financier to the nefarious organization H.A.R.M. He has recently stolen from this country, a specimen of a new and lethal chemical weapon- Drago and kidnapped the world renowned Biochemist, Dr. Fleming.

He is holding London to ransom for £10 million pounds. Unless his demands are met, he plans to fire rockets containing the deadly toxin into London, Liverpool and Birmingham.

Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to infiltrate Nemard's island base, stop the launch of the Drago missiles and rescue Dr. Fleming.

As always, should you or any member of your UNITY force be caught or killed, the Minister will disavow any knowledge of your actions.

This message will self-destruct in five seconds.

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Ever since I bought my copy of 'Geezers, Shut it!' and the release of the Kiss, Kiss, Bang Bang range from Artizan Designs and Copplestone Castings, I've taken an interest in the advertisement promising the release of 'Geezers Royale', after bugging Craig from Killer B games for a year or so, he has very kindly sent me an advanced copy of the rules to run a playtest session with.

As it stands, I plan to run the game with 6 people at the HKSW AGM on the 19th May with a range of 28mm miniatures from Killer B games, Warm Acre, Artizan Designs, Copplestone Castings, Forlorn Hope, Eureka,  Urban Beat miniatures and The Assault Group.

The volcano base will be designed using the base design rules contained in Geezers Royale, the Nefarious organization H.A.R.M will be split into 3 groups:

1) The Evil mastermind, Jacque-Jean Nemard and his No. 2 commanding a private army of minions;
2) The Deadly Irish Assassins backed up by a former KGB Colonel and his team of Spetznaz mercenaries;
3) Femme fatales, Ivana Desire and Lotta Totti and their deadly fembots.

UNITY will also have 3 teams:

1) British MI-6 agent Sir Atherton Smythe;
2) CIA agent Verity Flexible both will be supported by a group of Royal Marine Commandos
3) SAS commander Major Price and his SAS detachment were captured in an earlier operation and are being held hostage, they will need to be rescued or will need to break out of their cell to participate. (In anticipation of any late-comers).

The famous mini-Gryocopter 'Little Nellie' will make a special appearance along with several other surprises [As long as I can get them painted up before the 19th!].

Gangland boss murdered in hail of machine gun fire during botched escape attempt.

The game was played using 'Geezers Shut It!' rules by Killer B Games, the majority of the miniatures were made by Killer B Games, the blaggers armed with 'SMG's' were from The Assault Group and the figure straight out of a Blaxploitation film was from Reaper's Chronoscope range. The buildings were homemade by another member of our gaming club. The two terrain posters with the roads were from the OOP 'Gangs of Mega City One' game. 

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The East London Evening Gazette

Members of the Flying Squad and the Metropolitan Police armed response officers were out in force today as they foiled an armed robbery at Canning Town Post Office and an escape attempt in the Docklands by gangland mastermind, Peter 'Mister' Slugworth, who, along with one other member of his gang, was killed in the crossfire. Another member of the gang is in critical condition.

The Canning Town Post Office Robbery 

The armed robbery took place at approximately 10am today as four men armed with shotguns and pistols burst into the Canning Town Post Office and assaulted two members of staff before making off with £450.

DCI Burnett and DI Haley of the Flying Squad and two members of the D11 armed response unit were diverted from the convoy, escorting Peter 'Mister' Slugworth from the Bow County Court holding cells to Wandsworth prison, to assist the officers responding to the 999 call.

Local witnesses saw the armed men wave their weapons menacingly at the approaching constables as they made their way down Cray Avenue towards the carpark opposite the Canning Town Parish Church. Their escape route was blocked as the CID and armed officers arrived on the scene.

One of the masked suspects jumped across the wall and fled into the church. The police are still looking for this man and are appealing for witnesses and information.

Two other suspects surrendered after they failed to flee the scene. The remaining suspect ignored calls by the police to drop his weapons and surrender and despite, like the other members of the gang, not firing a single shot during the entire incident, was deemed 'a menace to public safety' and shot in the leg by DI Haley. 

A MK. 1 Jag was impounded at the scene, as it was thought to be the gang's get away vehicle. An irrate member of the local borough council was seen confronting the police and making loud  and angry complaints over the decision. 

DCI Burnnett praised the officers who responded calmly and professionally to the 999 call and promised his department and fellow CID officers would do 'everything in their power to bring every armed blagger in the Greater London area to justice'. However, his interview was cut short as calls emerged over the radios that the 'Slugworth' convoy was under attack.

The ambush on the Slugworth convoy 

As reported yesterday, Judge Docherty of Bow County Court convicted the 60 year old Peter 'Mister' Slugworth for 6 brutal gangland murders as well as charges for conspiracy to murder, kidnapping, blackmail and the planning of over a dozen armed robberies in the Greater London area. Peter Slugworth was to be transported from the Bow County Court holding cells to begin his life sentence in Wandsworth prison.

(Yes, I need more female civvie figures!)

With the Flying Squad found themselves undermanned, as a part of their team were called to the Canning Town robbery, they were left with 2 armed constables and 4 members of CID to escort the van through the Docklands. DI Regan decided to forego the slower, but heavily armoured prison van for a standard police mini van, which would be faster and more maneuverable.

The nerves of the officers showed when a young woman, a Doris Stephenson, on her way to work in a Ford Fiesta, tried to cut into the convoy, causing its alert occupants, two members of the Flying Squad to jump out of their cars with guns drawn, ordering her out of the car. A very shaken Miss Stephenson was allowed to go about her business, following a stern talking to about road safety and rules of the road concerning right of way.

Shortly thereafter, the front and rear vehicles of the police convoy were rammed by a Volkswagen camper van and a speeding Mark I. Jaguar. Its occupants, burst out of the vehicles armed with machine guns and hand grenades straight out of The Dirty Dozen.

DS Carter and DC Trent fired at the occupants of the Jaguar as their Ford Capri was peppered with shots from the machine gun. In the brief gunbattle that ensued, one of the villains was shot and killed by the police, both DS Carter and DC Trent were wounded in the process. An emotional DI Regan would later report that DS Carter is in a stable but critical condition.

At the front of the convoy, quick thinking by DI Regan and skilled driving by the police driver, allowed the mini van in the middle of the ambushed convoy holding Peter Slugworth to drive into the backalley of a nearby housing estate, two of the criminals pursued the mini on foot and shot into the back of the mini van's tires hoping to stop or slow down the vehicle. Unfortunately, the bullets would go through the backdoors of the vehicle, riddling the unfortunate Mr. Slugworth in a hail of bullets.

The criminals reversed their camper van hoping to catch the van carrying Mr. Slugworth before it could reach the exit. The lead Panda car regained control and rammed itself into the criminals shooting at the escaping vehicle. One of the criminals, a Carlos Owengo was bad injured as the police car crushed him against a wall. The mini van was able to make its escape.

A red mini, thought to be stolen from the University College London carparks from a week ago, was spotted picking up one of the criminals behind the Jaguar, while the others fled the scene in the camper van following their unsuccessful raid.

An angry DI Regan swore he would bring the men responsible for today to justice and made stinging comments against the current government and its cutbacks into police funding, "leaving only a few coppers on the street with inadequate equipment.". A source from the Metropolitan Police confirmed that Krugerrand was recovered at the scene and the body of the criminal shot and killed by DS Carterm was a former member of the British South Africa Police. There are rumours that a mysterious Home Office department, known only as CI5 have picked up the investigation.

(Yes, there will be a follow-up game to this! With Doyle and Bodie supported by an angry Jack Regan out for revenge!)

More photos can be found at: http://www.photobucket.com/gsi6aug
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The Courts
The Mercenaries in the second game were either killed or made their escape from the scene.
Out of the 4 Post Office blaggers:

One of the villains, Kieran Whitley made his escape.

David Smedley, despite being shot after refusing to surrender and carrying an unlicensed sawn-off shotgun, was bailed by his bent lawyer (Mr. Haley?) and given a perfect Alibi, his lawyers are currently assisting him in suing the Metropolitan Police for damages. And for safe measure, the jury was nobbled during his trial.

Norry Fletcher gives a confession to the police, but is let off by a legal technicality.

Mark Fleming doesn't give anything up during his confession and is released by a nobbled jury. 

AAR for Geezers! Shut It! (With colour photos!)

The rules

Having bought the rules and miniatures for a little over a year, I finally got off my fat 'arris and got all the miniatures painted and ready for a game!

All the photos from the game can be found here: http://photobucket.com/geezersHK

We played 2 games of the Matrolls Factory wages snatch: (We couldn't figure out when the police should arrive, but reading the Police intelligence report, we had the police should arrive on the table the same turn the villains went for the money. (This made for a very difficult game for the villains).

Two armed villains in ambush.

THE BEDFORDSHIRE TRIBUNE

DCI Seib spoke to journalists today outside the Bedfordshire County Court as three suspected members of an armed robbery walked free from court today on grounds of insufficient and circumstantial evidence, while in one case, the judge was extremely critical of the police and the procedures followed by officers of the ‘Heavy Mob’.

A livid DCI Seib made accusations of the juries of theh cases being bribed and vowed he would eventually bring the men to justice.

The men were arrested following a fierce gun that battle erupted in the industrial district of Bedford several months ago. Members of the Bedfordshire Flying Squad foiled an attempted armed robbery at the wages office of the Matrolls Components Factory at the corner of Waterman Road and Cowley Way. £6,000 were recovered at the scene.

Sharon Bristols, wages clerk at the Matrolls office said, “It all happened very quickly, a few seconds after the security guards dropped off the day’s wages, these two men wearing balaclavas, carrying pick axe handles and shotguns burst into our office shouting at us to keep our heads down and to hand over the money. Our security manager, called the police, they arrived almost instantly, like they were waiting just round the corner. I heard a lot of shouting and shooting outside. And a man with a moustache and long blonde hair ran into the building. When this happened, they all started to turn on each other, swearing and accusing each other of being ‘snitches’.”

It's the Rozzers!

Two robbers were shot, one, ‘Mad’ Harry Hunt was killed by his own gang during this confrontation, while another was shot and wounded by the security manager and his old service revolver from the war. One man is thought to have made his escape during the confusion, while witnesses confirmed a Jaguar sped away from the scene shortly after the criminals surrendered.

The robbers briefly took the three office workers hostage, but decided to flee from the scene as the police closed in. During their escape, DS Fletcher shot a fleeing suspect in the leg and forced the other men to surrender.

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The Security Van is ambushed.

DCI Hunt spoke to journalists today outside the Bedfordshire County Court as four members of the Matrolls armoured car robbery were convicted to 10 to 15 years today. The evidence collected by the members of the Bedfordshire Flying Squad ensured swift convictions for all four members of the gang.

A beaming DCI Hunt declared, “Me and my lads will do all we can to ensure that every little toerag with aspirations to be the next Ronny Biggs will find themselves eating hard porridge, courtesy of her majesty’s government.”

The men were arrested following a Flying Squad ambush in the industrial district of Bedford several months ago. Members of the Bedfordshire Flying Squad foiled an attempted hijack of a Securicor van outside at the corner of

Waterman Road

and

Cowley Way

. The van was thought to be carrying an estimated £6,000 for the Matrolls factory’s daily wages.

Brenda, barmaid at the Owl and Parrot said, “I was cleaning up after the regulars had finished their lunch when I heard a lot of shouting outside, men with stockings over their head and in masks shot at this van and then a load of blokes carrying pick axe handles ran up to the van and pulled one of the security guards out, the police were there very quickly, like they were expecting them.”

The suspected leader of the gang, one, ‘Mad’ Harry Li was killed by his own gang during this confrontation, most of the gang quickly surrendered once the police arrived, except for ‘Soft’ Eddie Rawlins who attempted to hijack the van and make his escape with the money. Unfortunately, he didn’t expect the van to be driven by retired prize fighter Chuck ‘The Iceman’ Widdle. Who knocked out the unsuspecting villain with one punch.

The police are still after one man, thought to be Arthur ‘Wheels’ Smedley who made his escape in the gang's getaway vehicle during the confusion.

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A fantastic afternoon was had by all, the rules played out extremely well and apart from getting everything painted up, we're now ready for our big game in August.