Strontium Dog Miniatures Game - The Gronk Grab Job

The Gronk Grab

This is a new job for the Strontium Dog Miniatures Game, available from Warlord Games here. The Gronk is a character that isn't particularly desirable to field in your band and, as a result, there's a danger that he won't feature often in your skirmishes. This scenario sees him caught between two bands looking to recruit him as a healer!

Alien of interest: Capturing the Gronk
is the central aim of both gangs on this job  

When you heard that there was a Gronk tourist in town, you knew that you had to "recruit" him for your team. The alien creatures are legendary healers and would be an invaluable asset, particularly in the aftermath of a job gone wrong. Two problems: firstly, you need to be careful not to scare the frail-hearted timid creatures who can die at the slightest fright. Secondly, and of greater concern, is that it looks like another band in town has heard the news and has the same idea. You'll need to to run those sneckers out of town...

Forces  

Both sides have 100,000 Collateral.

Special

The Gronk by Carlos Ezquerra
Copyright Rebellion 2000 Ltd

The Gronk is positioned in the centre of the table. He is gripped by terror as the two bands close in to recruit/abduct him and as a result is completely passive for the duration of the entire scenario. Both bands are seeking to grab him and take him to safety. They do so using the Portable rules on page 51 of the rulebook; they must then take the Gronk off their edge of the board.

Neither band wishes their prize to die of a heart attack before they capture him. Anyone who picks up the Gronk cannot be targeted with lethal weaponry, including time weapons for fear that they kill the frail alien. In practical terms, this means that a model carrying the Gronk may only be targeted by weapons on stun mode or by Close Combat attacks, both of which must inflict stuns rather than injuries until the carrier drops the creature.

Game End

The game ends when one band manages to carry the Gronk off their own board edge.

Pay Off

All named characters taken down are worth their bounty value to the other side. The band who captures the Gronk gains the 30,000 bounty on him.

In the event this scenario is played as part of a campaign, the Gronk is added to the campaign roster of the band that captured him. It is recommended that this be played at the start of your campaign with follow-up jobs involving the Gronk played later (watch this blog for further Gronk jobs coming soon).

Encounters

1-3 Face Off

4-5 Raiders

6 Showdown

The Gronk features heavily in the Search/Destroy Agency Files 1 & 2 available from the 2000AD store.