The Heroes Begin to Muster
First of the heroes from Hawk the Slayer. Gort the giant played by Bernard Bresslaw. Probably best known for the Carry On movies. At six feet five inches, he was an imposing figure. His other important genre credit was as an ice warrior in Doctor Who.
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Bernard as an ice warrior in Doctor Who
Gort 'I'd sooner Sat cowdung '
Soldier 'That can be arranged, and you can wash it down with your own blood if needs be'
Gort vs. A few ruffians.
Gort and Balin debate sharing food...
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A Small Disagreement
I decided to replay Gort's opening scene where a merchant tried to double cross Gort after he fixes his wagon. When merchant refuses to pay for the repair to the wagon. Gort breaks the wagon. And the merchant, calls some ruffians to sort Gort out.
I used Middle Earth strategy battle games rules as they are easy to play and ideal for a quick skirmish. Gort has to take on five ruffians. When I writing this up and looked for some pictures, I found he actually took on six ruffians.
Still no home PC, so I have had to take a picture of the stats as the PC can’t connect to the internet 😨.
Gort has few harsh words for the merchant.
Gort moves away to avoid being surrounded. And takes down two.
But the remaining ruffians still manage to surround Gort.
Gort (yellow dice) loses the combat against the three ruffians and has to use his two points of might to win the combat. Remember Gort has a -1 on his dice due his two handed weapon.
The last ruffian flees. Similar result to the film!
Rob
We have to confess that we didn't know the film at all, even though by checking on the web we saw that it was also circulated in Italy. Cute clash that emulates the film: which manufacturer is the miniature of Gort the Giant from? And above all... what happens to the merchant?
ReplyDeleteThe mini is from Crooked Dice along with the other heroes. The merchant escapes because Hawk turns up and takes Gort to join the heroes before he can finish him.
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